Crypt Close-Up: Stockhausen’s Stimmung
In the hushed, magical atmosphere of candlelight, deep below London’s bustling West End, Karlheinz Stockhausen opens a portal to another world, as London Voices perform his cult classic Stimmung live in the St Martin’s crypt. A circle of singers, a handful of…
Crypt Close-Up: Heartstrings – Hugh Cutting and Daniel Murphy
Hugh Cutting and Daniel Murphy celebrate the ways that songwriters have coloured our experience of love in all its forms. Their illuminating choice of songs juxtaposes music from different eras – Dowland to Don Mclean; Britten to the Beatles – demonstrating that…
Crypt Close-Up: Engegård Quartet
Beethoven meets folk fiddles in the crypt of St Martin-in-the-Fields: pure energy from Norway’s award-winning Engegård Quartet. “Music is life and death!” says Arvid Engegård of the Engegård Quartet – and this vibrant Norwegian string quartet thrives on live performance, on the…
Crypt Close-Ups: Mark Padmore & Morgan Szymanski
Grab a drink and get close-up to artists performing by candlelight in St Martin’s dramatic crypt. These informal concerts are immersive and atmospheric and are a great way to experience sublime music in a whole new way, in the intimate candlelit surroundings…
Crypt Close-Ups: The Gesualdo Six – Fading
Grab a drink and get close-up to artists performing by candlelight in St Martin’s dramatic crypt. These informal concerts are immersive and atmospheric and are a great way to experience sublime music in a whole new way, in the intimate candlelit surroundings…
Crypt Close-Ups: Plínio Fernandes
Please note change of date for this event. Grab a drink and get close-up to artists performing by candlelight in St Martin’s dramatic crypt. These informal concerts are immersive and atmospheric and are a great way to experience sublime music in a…
Crypt Close-Ups: Christian-Pierre La Marca and Yaman Okur
Grab a drink and get close-up to artists performing by candlelight in St Martin’s dramatic crypt. These informal concerts are immersive and atmospheric and are a great way to experience sublime music in a whole new way, in the intimate candlelit surroundings…
Crypt Close-Ups: Bach Cello Suites by Candlelight
Grab a drink and get close-up to artists performing by candlelight in St Martin’s dramatic crypt. These informal concerts are immersive and atmospheric and are a great way to experience sublime music in a whole new way. Charismatic cellist Vlad Waltham (‘Hear…
Crypt Close-Ups: Time stands still – Songs of Nick Drake & John Dowland
Grab a drink, get close-up to the artists and wander St Martin’s atmospheric crypt by candlelight for these informal, immersive new gig nights. This session is an encounter between two of the greatest English singer-songwriters, each a genius of his time and…
