the September-December 2016 brochure

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What’s happening at
St Martin-in-the-Fields
September | October | November | December 2016
www.smitf.org
Exhibitions
The Christmas Appeal
Monday 5 August – Tuesday 27 September
Foyer Exhibition
Sunday
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
10.00am Parish Eucharist
1.00pm Service in Mandarin
2.15pm Service in Cantonese
5.00pm Choral Evensong
7.00pm Sacred Space
(1st and 3rd Sundays of the month)
Compline with A Time To Heal
(2nd Sunday of the month)
The Connection Art Group Exhibition
The Connection at St Martin’s is London’s busiest
homelessness day centre supporting people away
from the streets. As well as practical advice and
support there is a wide range of activities including
an Art Group. The group’s work will be on display
and for sale during the summer.
For more information visit
www.connection-at-stmartins.org.uk/events.
Monday
8.30am Morning Prayer
1.15pm Holy Communion (DSC)
4.30pm Choral Evensong (DSC)
Monday 5 September – Sunday 30 October
Outside in the Courtyard
Build Hope in the City – Concern Worldwide
and Panos Pictures Exhibition
Welcome to St Martin’s
Front cover:
In the Beginning
Sculpture in Portland stone by Mike Chapman
Photograph by Liam Bailey
The Apse is located in the Crypt
and is available for private dining.
Email café@smitf.org for details.
St Martin-in-the-Fields is a unique configuration of commercial, cultural and charitable initiatives rooted
in a vibrant congregational life. Our vision statement is, ‘At the heart. On the edge.’
This autumn we are looking into perhaps the most pressing international issue of our time with our
Autumn Lecture Series entitled Who is my Neighbour? The Ethics of Global Relationships.
We have an outstanding line-up of speakers this year. For the fifth year we are hosting the only national
conference in which people with lived experience take the lead in articulating theological perspectives on
disability. This year’s conference is entitled Prophets and Seers: Calling from the Edge.
Our whole community is galvanised each year by the BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martinin-the-Fields. This year marks the 90th appeal, which will be broadcast on 4 December.
Christmas is coming. You will want to book early for our many Christmas concerts to ensure you get a seat
and make a note of the dates of our Advent and Christmas carol services. The Christmas Shop in the Foyer,
with many charity Christmas cards and other delights, opens on 1 October and Christmas cards are
available from 17 September. Join us for a warm welcome in the Café in the Crypt – and consider our
spaces for event hire at Christmas and all the year round.
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St Martin’s is an experiment in hope that strives to embody goodness, truth and beauty in central London.
We welcome you to the heart of our life.
Revd Dr Sam Wells, Vicar
Visit our website www.smitf.org | Box Office 020 7766 1100 | All profits support the work of St Martin’s
This
photographic
exhibition
produced by
overseas aid
agency,
Concern
Worldwide,
together with Panos Pictures, documents the
reality of urban life for some of the world’s poorest
communities living in Nairobi, Port au Prince and
Dhaka. The exhibition is part of Concern’s Build
Hope in the City appeal which is raising funds to
help families struggling to survive in overcrowded
and unsafe cities to transform their lives. Find out
more at www.concern.net.
Thursday 29 September – Monday 31 October
Foyer Exhibition
Strength for life – an Age International
Exhibition
An exhibition depicting the strength and dignity of
older people from around the world, featuring
photographs from award-winning amateur and
professional photographers. Age International is
the only UK charity focusing on the rights and
needs of older people in developing countries. For
further information please visit
www.ageinternational.org.uk.
Weekly Worship
Together for 90 Years
This year marks 90 years that people have have
been coming together to support the BBC Radio 4
Christmas Appeal with St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Thanks to the generosity of donors, the 2015
Christmas Appeal reached its highest ever total of
£2.5m and continues to support homeless and
vulnerable people at times of crisis, both here in
London and across the UK through The Connection
at St Martin’s and the Vicar’s Relief Fund. Manu
was supported by The Connection and told us:
“Without The Connection I haven’t got a clue
where I’d be… They’re trying to help me. You have
to lead by example. If it wasn’t for The Connection
– I don’t know. To me it’s home.”
Donors, beneficiaries, members of the
congregation – the whole St Martin’s community
and the BBC – have helped people take positive
steps forward and move on with their lives.
We hope you can tune in to hear the 90th appeal on
Sunday 4 December. From late November, you can
also visit our exhibition in the Foyer. To find out
more about supporting and volunteering for the
Appeal visit charity.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/
get-involved/.
Tuesday
6.00pm Evening Prayer (DSC)
Wednesday
1.00pm Choral Eucharist
6.30pm Bread For the World
Thursday
1.00pm Great Sacred Music
Friday
Saturday
As well as our regular daily service times, the Dick Sheppard
Chapel (DSC), at the far end of the lower crypt, is available for
prayer throughout the week.
During Advent there is no 5.00pm Choral Evensong on Sunday
and no midweek Evening Prayer. Wednesday Choral Eucharist
at 1.00pm continues. There is also no Monday Choral
Evensong or Wednesday Bread For The World.
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Autumn Lecture Series
Events at St Martin’s
Who Is My Neighbour? The Ethics of Global Relationships
Marksteen Adamson © 2016
With the UK voting to leave the European Union, and with increasing division, xenophobia
and confusion over future national and international relationships, St Martin-in-the-Fields’
Autumn Lecture Series examines the crucial question: Who is my Neighbour?
What does the Christian commandment to love one’s
neighbour as oneself actually mean for us today?
Lectures by renowned theologians and practitioners
will reflect on this subject in relation to issues of
ecology, immigration, fear and discrimination, the
present political climate in the UK, Europe and the
USA and how the lives of our poorest neighbours may
in fact be God’s gift to us as a church and as a nation.
Rowan Williams, who gives the first lecture in this
series, says:
The way that our world works, as many people have
said in recent years, seems to be a way in which the
boundaries and barriers are rising higher between
different parts of the human race. It is a world in
which very few voices are saying that the death of a
child in Africa or the suffering of a woman in Syria,
diminishes the reality of the child or woman in
Britain, or the other way round. And if the church is
not saying that, God forgive us, and God help us.
This is our calling, to let the Son of God be revealed
in us, to be a sign of a unity that brings alive that
deep sense of connectedness in the human world....
Each person is diminished by the pain of another and
each person is enriched by the holiness of another.
Monday 19 September, 7.00pm
Rowan Williams: Who is my neighbour?
The Ethics of Global Relationships
Rowan Williams was Archbishop
of Canterbury from 2002-2012
and has been Master at
Magdalene College Cambridge
since January 2013. Worldrenowned as a theologian, writer, teacher, thinker,
and for his deep wisdom, spiritual leadership and
grace, we are deeply honoured that he has agreed
to give the first lecture in this Autumn Series.
Monday 3 October, 7.00pm
Michael Northcott: My neighbour and the
ecological crisis
Michael Northcott is an Anglican
priest and Professor of Ethics at
New College in the University of
Edinburgh where he leads a large
Arts and Humanities Research
Council project on Ancestral Time and Scottish
Ecocongregations. He has written 12 books, mainly in
the area of religious ethics and nature conservation.
The series is open to all. Free tickets are available via stmartininthefields.eventbrite.com.
Questions and answers will follow each talk and a retiring collection will be taken to help cover costs.
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Sarah Teather: My neighbour the refugee
Sarah Teather is Director of Jesuit
Refugee Service (JRS) UK. In her
previous role as an MP for London,
Sarah served as Minister of State for
Children and Families and chaired
two cross party inquiries, one on support for children
in the asylum system and another high profile inquiry
into the uses of immigration detention.
Saturday 17 September, 10.00am – 4.00pm
Open House London
St Martin’s takes part
in this city-wide
celebration of the
buildings, places and
neighbourhoods where we live and work. Tours of
the church and bellringing demonstrations will be
held during the day.
See www.smitf.org for more details.
Tuesday 27 September, 7.00pm – 9.00pm
St Martin’s Hall
Sarah Coakley is Norris-Hulse
Professor of Divinity at the
University of Cambridge. She is a
leading scholar in the fields of
Philosophy of Religion and
Theological Ethics and has wide interdisciplinary
interests. Sarah is an Anglican priest of the diocese
of Ely and a minor canon of Ely Cathedral.
We explore, in our continuing series, what it
means to become a more dementia-friendly church
and what the experience of dementia might teach
us about God, with input from those with lived
experience, healthcare professionals and
theological reflection. All are welcome.
Free tickets via stmartininthefields.eventbrite.com.
Sarah Coakley: My neighbour beyond fear
and discrimination
Stanley Hauerwas: My neighbour, my nation
and the presidential election
Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert T.
Rowe Emeritus Professor of Divinity
and Law at Duke University, North
Carolina. His work has been to show
that theological convictions make no
sense unless they are actually embodied in our lives.
He also works in medical ethics, issues of war and
peace, and intellectual disability.
Monday 14 November, 7.00pm
Sam Wells: My neighbour, God’s gift
Revd Dr Sam Wells is the Vicar of
St Martin’s and a widely-known
preacher, pastor, writer,
broadcaster, and theologian. Sam is
currently Visiting Professor of
Christian Ethics at King’s College, London and has
published 25 books on Christian ethics, social
mission, intercessory prayer and Anglican faith.
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End of Life With Dementia
Regular Services
All are welcome on Sunday in church at 10.00am
for a Eucharist and healing service for St Luke’s
Day. The service reflects on the themes of the
weekend and includes the laying on of hands and
anointing with oil, accompanied by prayers for
healing. No tickets are required for the service.
Later on Sunday in St Martin’s Hall from 2.00pm
– 4.30pm there is a screening of the acclaimed
documentary film Notes on Blindness. The film is
based on John Hull’s audio diaries, as he reflected
on his journey into blindness. Joining us for the
screening are the filmmakers and Marilyn Hull.
To book your free film ticket, please go to
prophetsandseers.eventbrite.co.uk.
Sunday 23 October, 7.00pm
St Martin-in-the Fields International Group
host Woven Gold
Wednesdays at 6.30pm
Bread for the World
A weekly informal Eucharist on Wednesdays to
deepen the life of the St Martin’s community,
through prayer, music, word and reflection.
Followed by fellowship.
Thursdays at 1.00pm
Great Sacred Music
Revd Dr Sam Wells explores through word and
song, reading and prayer, the great classical music
of our religious heritage with St Martin’s Voices.
See concert pages for details.
Sundays at 7.00pm
Sacred Space
4, 18 September; 2, 16 October;
6, 20 November
Saturday 1 October, 12.00noon
Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture
Empathy, ethics and peacemaking:
reflections on preserving our humanity
Rowan Williams will deliver the Annual Lecture
for the Gandhi Foundation which strives to
promote the continuing relevance of Gandhi’s
insights and actions today. The lecture takes place
in church, is free and open to all.
Saturday 15 October and Sunday 16 October
St Martin’s Hall
Prophets & Seers
5th Annual Conference on Disability and
Church, in partnership with Inclusive Church
The conference is organised by and for disabled
people, supporters and people with an interest in
these issues. On Saturday join us in St Martin's
Hall from 10.30am-4.30pm for speakers, small
group discussions, a marketplace and silent space.
Tickets are £20, £10 concessions and are available
from www.inclusive-church.org.uk/disabilityconference or complete the form in church.
Woven Gold, a choir of refugees, is part of the
Creative Arts Programme at the Helen Bamber
Foundation, a human rights charity working with
survivors of cruelty, which believes that working
together creatively can help rebuild broken lives.
Woven Gold performs a passionate mix of songs
and music, written by themselves or traditional
songs from their own countries, arranged by the
group and sung in the original language. They are
led by professional UK musicians. This is an
evening not to be missed. Their music is deeply
moving and inspiring.
All are welcome. There will be a retiring collection
divided between Woven Gold and St Martin-inthe-Fields Sunday International Group, which
provides hospitality and welcome to refugees
facing destitution in London.
On Sundays at 7.00pm twice a month we invite
you to Sacred Space, a time of silence, reflection,
music and prayer to draw close to God and
experience stillness and peace at the heart of this
city. With the prayers of the Taizé community.
Compline followed by A Time To Heal
11 September and 9 October
The Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields sings the
beautiful night prayer of the church, a perfect end
to the day. Compline is followed by Time To
Heal for those who wish to stay to receive the
laying on of hands and anointing with oil in the
healing ministry of the church.
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Worship for Autumn
Worship for Advent and Christmas
Sunday 2 October, 10.00am
Neighbours In Creation
In our harvest thanksgiving service, we give thanks
to God who sustains us through the life of creation
and see how to show that same generosity for our
global neighbours.
Preacher: Revd Katherine Hedderly
Sunday 27 November Advent Sunday
3.00pm Pearly Kings and Queens Harvest
Festival
Sunday 16 October, 10.00am
St Luke’s Day – Calling to the Heart
This Eucharist with the ministry of healing is part
of our Prophets & Seers conference. See page 5.
Sunday 30 October, 10.00am and 5.00pm
A Commemoration of All Saints and All Souls
In our 10.00am Parish Eucharist we give thanks
for the lives of the Saints. The preacher will be
Revd Richard Carter. The Choir of St
Martin-in-the-Fields sing Fauré’s Requiem at
our evening All Souls Choral Eucharist at 5.00pm,
The preacher will be Revd Katherine Hedderly.
Thursday 10 November, 11.00am
Annual Service of Commemoration
We remember those who have been homeless
who have died in the last year. With Streetwise
Opera, The Choir with No Name, The
Connection and Housing Justice.
Sunday 13 November, 10.00am
Remembrance Sunday and Patronal Festival
Join us at our Parish Eucharist at 10.00am on this
Remembrance Sunday. At 5.00pm we celebrate
our Patronal Festival The Art of Being Church
and mark the 1700th anniversary of the birth of
St Martin of Tours, 800 years of there being a
church of St Martin on this site, and the climax of
our 15-year programme. Led by Revd Dr Sam
Wells. Followed by celebrations in St Martin’s Hall.
Wednesday 23 November
Just This Day
A day to share in meditations and discussion.
All events are free to attend. www.justthisday.org
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10.00am Eucharist
The first Advent Candle is lit.
Preacher: Revd Katherine Hedderly
5.00pm Advent Carol Service
In words and music we explore our theme
for Advent At the heart. On the edge.
With the Choir of St Martin-in-theFields. Preacher Revd Dr Sam Wells.
Doors open 4.15pm. No tickets required
but the church is often full and you are
advised to arrive in plenty of time to be
certain of a seat.
Tuesday 29 November
Sunday 4 December Advent 2
7.55am BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with
On behalf of those who
are homeless.
10.00am Eucharist
The second Advent Candle is lit.
Preacher: Revd Dr Sam Wells
1.00pm Service in Mandarin (St Martin’s Hall)
2.15pm Service in Cantonese (St Martin’s Hall)
2.30pm Salvation Army Carol Service
5.30pm Blessing of the Crib in
Trafalgar Square
6.30pm Shelter Carol Service
Tickets on the door if available.
Thursday 1 December
6.00pm Lighting of the Christmas Tree in
Trafalgar Square
Gather at the heart of this world famous
square to hear the Christmas story told in
words and music. Meet on the church
steps at 5.20pm for a torch-lit procession
to Trafalgar Square led by the Salvation
Army Band with the Choir and Clergy
of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
7.00pm Sacred Space for Advent
A reflective service using chants from the
Taizé community focusing on the themes
for Advent.
Officiant: Revd Richard Carter
Tuesday 6 December
From 6.00pm come and join the Choir
of St Martin-in-the-Fields to sing
carols around the tree, the gift to London
from the Norwegian people.
7.00pm Transport for London Festival
of Carols
Admission by souvenir programme
available on the door.
Saturday 10 December
11.00am Annual Memorial Service
For those bereaved through homicide.
6.30pm Ronald McDonald House
Charities Carols
Tickets available from
www.carolsbycandelight2016.eventbrite.co.uk
For any queries please contact
[email protected] or call 07753 429463.
Wednesday 14 December
6.30pm Peabody Trust Carols
Tickets on the door if available.
10.00am Eucharist
The fourth Advent Candle is lit.
5.00pm Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
10.00am Eucharist
The third Advent Candle is lit.
Preacher: Revd Richard Carter
5.00pm Carol Service
6.30pm Christmas Inspire: Share the Light
Carol Service
Free tickets are available on Eventbrite or
[email protected]
With the Choral Scholars of
St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Monday 12 December
6.30pm Missing People Charity Carol Service
A service to remember all those who are
missing and their families at Christmas.
www.missingpeople.org.uk and on the
door if available.
Tuesday 13 December
7.00pm Livability Carols
www.livability.org.uk and on the door
if available.
The story of the birth of Jesus is told in
this service of readings and music.
Traditional carols are mixed with a variety
of choir pieces as we explore the
significance of the Christian story for us
and what it means for us to welcome God
who comes to us in the child of Bethlehem.
Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells and the
Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Doors open 4.15pm. No tickets required
but the church is often full and you are
advised to arrive in plenty of time to be
certain of a seat.
Tuesday 20 December
6.30pm Community Carols
Join us for this joyous celebration of the
Christmas season, featuring well-known
carols specially chosen by those who work
around Trafalgar Square. The service is
led by Revd Dr Sam Wells with the
Choral Scholars, Occasional Singers
and Children’s Voices of St Martinin-the-Fields. Doors open 5.45pm. All
are welcome. No tickets required but come
early to be certain of a seat.
Saturday 24 December, Christmas Eve
1.30pm Crib Family Service
Led by the Clergy of St Martin-in-theFields. A lively service of readings and
carols particularly suitable for younger
members of the family and including the
Blessing of the Crib. Doors open at
1.30pm. No tickets required.
4.30pm Parish Carol Service
& 7.00pm A beautiful candlelit celebration of the
Christmas story led by the Clergy of
St Martin-in the-Fields with
St Martin’s Voices (4.30pm) and Choir
of St Martin-in the-Fields (7.00pm).
No tickets required. You are advised
to arrive early to be certain of a seat.
Doors open at 3.45pm and at 6.15pm.
11.00pm Midnight Mass
The climax of all our Advent preparation
and Christmas worship as we light the
Christmas candle and welcome the Christ
child. Led by the Clergy and Choir of St
Martin-in the-Fields. No tickets required.
Preacher: Revd Richard Carter
Sunday 25 December, Christmas Day
10.30am Eucharist Service
Join us as we celebrate Christmas with
our combined English and Chinese
speaking congregations.
Preacher: Revd Jonathan Evens
Sunday 1 January 2017
10.00am Epiphany Eucharist
5.00pm Evening Prayer with hymns
Sunday 8 January
10.00am Eucharist
5.00pm Epiphany Carol Service with the
Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields
With reflections led by Revd Dr Alastair
McKay.
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Thursday 1 September
7.30pm Glory of the Baroque
Vivaldi – Concerto for Strings in C minor
Vivaldi – ‘Summer’ from Four Seasons
Boyce – Symphony No 2 in A
Bach – Harpsichord Concerto in F minor
Handel – Concerto for Two Oboes and Strings
Thames Chamber Orchestra
Keith Marshall Conductor
Tickets: £24 £20 £16 £13 £9
Friday 2 September
1.00pm FREE Lunchtime Concert
Prokofiev arr. Borisovsky – ‘Dance of the
Knights’ from Romeo and Juliet
Clarke – Morpheus
Brahms – Sonata in F minor
Mark Gibbs Viola
Chris Atkinson Piano
7.30pm Sound of St Martin’s Choral Series
Vivaldi Gloria by Candlelight
Concerts, Choral Services and Jazz at St Martin’s
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Zadok the Priest
A selection of well-known works by George
Frederic Handel, written when he lived in
London, including the Coronation Anthem
Zadok the Priest and extracts from the
Utrecht Te Deum.
Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
St Martin’s Voices
Andrew Earis Director
3.00pm Voices in the Crypt
Afternoon Concert Series in the Crypt
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
A 45-minute concert of light-hearted vocal
music on the theme of birds and birdsong in
the beautiful Crypt of St Martin-in-the-Fields,
including Stanford’s Blue Bird, Gilbert and
Sullivan’s Tit-Willow (from The Mikado) and
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.
Monteverdi – Beatus vir
Scarlatti – Iste confessor
Cavalli – Magnificat
Vivaldi – Introduczione al Gloria ‘Ostro picta’
Vivaldi – Gloria
Hilary Cronin Soprano
Brandenburg Sinfonia
Andrew Earis Conductor
Tickets: £26 £22 £18 £15 £9
Monday 5 September
de Falla arr. Graciano Tarrago –
The Three Cornered Hat
Boccherini – Introduction and Fandango
Paulo Bellinati – Jongo
Nigel Westlake – Songs from the Forest
de Falla arr. E. Pujol – La vida breve
Roth Guitar Duo
Representing the Royal Northern College of Music
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All are welcome to this church service.
Tuesday 6 September
Beethoven – Sonata in A Op 47 ‘Kreutzer’
Kreisler – Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven
Julian Jacobson – Eva’s Waltz
Yuka Matsumoto Violin
Julian Jacobson Piano
Representing the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe
Wednesday 7 September
8.00pm Swing Out
7.30pm Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight
Vivaldi – Concerto for Two Violins in A minor
Mozart – Divertimento No 3 in F
Pachelbel – Canon and Gigue in D
Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Vivaldi – Four Seasons
Tickets: £10 £5 (unreserved)
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Festive Orchestra of London
Sarah Moffatt Violin
Miki Takahashi Violin/Director
Tickets: £28 £24 £20 £15 £9
Voices in the Crypt is an exciting new
concert series combining choral music
and spoken word in the atmospheric
setting of the Crypt. Join our very own
St Martin’s Voices and guests on
selected Thursdays at 3.00pm in
August, September and October to
explore a themed selection of words,
poetry and music. The concerts last
around 45 minutes.
Highlights include A Nightingale Sang
in Berkeley Square, a light-hearted
sequence of music on the theme of
birds and birdsong on Thursday 1
September and When I am laid in
earth, a sequence of music by Henry
Purcell, on Thursday 6 October.
Saturday 3 September
Jo Harrop
Sarah Moffatt
Thursday 25 August
Thursday 6 October
Introit: Schubert – The Lord’s my Shepherd
Responses: Sumsion
Psalm 28
Canticles: Sumsion in A
Anthem: Schubert – Benedictus from Mass in G
St Martin’s Quartet
Great Sacred Music is FREE and all are welcome.
Please note the following listings contain
highlights. For details of every piece for
each concert visit
www.smitf.org/music/concerts.
Voices in the Crypt
Afternoon Concert
Series in the Crypt
Inspired by the joyful playfulness of Ella
Fitzgerald and the bluesy tones of Billy
Holiday, Jo Harrop’s vocals ensure an
evening of swinging and heartfelt jazz.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
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Brandenburg
Choral Festival
Autumn Series
9/11
Marking the 15th anniversary of the 9/11
terrorist attacks in the United States of
America, we explore music written in
response to tragedy, including Howells’ Take
him, earth, for cherishing and MacMillan’s
A Child’s Prayer.
Friday 9 September
7.30pm Bach Brandenburg Concertos
by Candlelight
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No 5
Vivaldi – Concerto for Sopranino Recorder
in C
Telemann – Recorder Concerto in F
Vivaldi – Concerto for Cello in B minor
The Autumn Series of the Brandenburg
Choral Festival features some of the
highest-quality amateur choirs in the
UK, giving them valuable opportunities
to perform in central London.
Traditionally, the Festival opens with a
performance of Messiah in December,
but hopefully their performances in
September will whet your appetites!
On Saturday 10 September, Pegasus
Choir will present a programme of
beautiful a capella works including
Mozart’s Ave verum corpus and
Brahms’ Geistliches Lied and Bach’s
sublime Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.
The Addison Chamber Choir and
Brandenburg Baroque Soloists
will perform Vivaldi’s rousing Gloria
on Thursday 15 September, followed
by a late-night concert of
Rachmaninov’s Vespers by
Wimbledon Choral Society.
On 29 September, join the Choir of
Royal Holloway and Brandenburg
Sinfonia for Mozart’s dramatic
Requiem, followed by a later
performance of Tallis’s epic 40-voice
motet, Spem in alium by Vivamus.
Over the Rainbow
A 45-minute concert of light-hearted vocal
music on the theme of the sky in the
beautiful Crypt of St Martin-in-the-Fields,
including Sullivan’s The Long Day Closes,
and popular songs Fly me to the Moon and
Over the Rainbow.
7.30pm Vivaldi Concertos
Bach – Concerto for Two Violins
C.P.E. Bach – Keyboard Concerto
Vivaldi – ‘Autumn’ and ‘Winter’ from
Four Seasons
London Concertante
David Gordon Harpsichord
Ben Norris Director/Violin
Tickets: £24 £20 £16 £13 £9
Friday 9 September
Grieg – Sechs Lieder
Schumann – Gedichte der Königin
Maria Stuart
de Falla – Siete canciones populares espaņolas
Copland – Old American Songs
Emma Stannard Mezzo Soprano
Keval Shah Piano
Christopher Suckling
Pegasus Choir
Feinstein Ensemble
Martin Feinstein Director/Flute/Recorder
Catherine Manson Violin
Christopher Suckling Cello
Nicholas Parle Harpsichord
Organ Recital Series
A recital of popular works for organ including
Reger’s Toccata and Fugue and Franck’s
Prelude, Fugue and Variation.
Andrew Earis Organ
Introit: Wood – Oculi omnium
Responses: Matthew Wood
Psalm 85
Canticles: Dyson in F
Anthem: Bach – O Jesu Christ, meins
Lebens Licht
Tuesday 13 September
Bartók – Suite Op 14
Brahms – Intermezzi Op 117
Enescu – Suite in G minor
Tickets: £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
6.00-7.00pm Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Candlelight
Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Brahms – Geistliches Lied
Mozart – Laudate dominum
Mozart – Ave verum corpus
Rheinberger – Abendlied
Pegasus Choir
Matthew Altham Conductor
Tickets: £14 (unreserved)
Bring us, O Lord God
An exploration of the life and work of
metaphysical poet John Donne, with choral
works including Harris’s Bring us, O Lord
God, and Parry’s At the round earth’s
imagined corners.
Jeremy Cole Director
Alexandra Vaduva Piano
Representing the Royal Academy of Music
8.00pm Heads South
Cuban and Latin rhythms and distinctive
melodies are dynamically combined in
original and classic tunes.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Jazz and Live Music
in the Crypt
September
7.00pm Vivaldi Gloria by Candlelight
Bach – Concerto for Violin in E
Vivaldi – Gloria
Addison Chamber Choir
David Wordsworth Conductor
Tickets: £29 (premium) £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
9.30-10.30pm Rachmaninov Vespers by Candlelight
Rachmaninov – Vespers (selected movements)
Gorecki – Totus Tuus
Wood – Hail, Gladdening Light
Wimbledon Choral Society
Neil Ferris Conductor
Friday 16 September
8.00pm Mozart Requiem by Candlelight
Mozart – Adagio and Fugue in C minor
Mozart – Marriage of Figaro Divertimento
Mozart – Requiem
Brandenburg Singers
Robert Porter Conductor
Tickets: £33 (premium) £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
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Monday 12 September
C.P.E. Bach – Sonata ‘Hamburger’
Bartók – Suite Paysanne Hongroise
Ian Clarke – Great Train Race
Widor – Suite for Flute and Piano
Charlotte Ashton Flute
Representing Making Music
7.30pm Bach, Handel and Vivaldi by Candlelight
Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Vivaldi – ‘Spring’ from Four Seasons
Handel – Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 3
Vivaldi – Concerto for Four Violins No 10
Bach – Violin Concerto in E
Trafalgar Sinfonia
Ivor Setterfield Conductor
Tickets: £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
Miss Hoodoo and the Delta Boys
Swing Out
London-based jazz singer Jo Harrop is
a velvety-voiced songstress with a vast
repertoire of classic jazz from the likes
of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and
Billy Holiday.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Heads South
Heads South combine emphatic Cuban
and Latin rhythms with tuneful
melodies. The five-piece band features
piano, trumpet, Cuban percussion,
drums and bass.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
The Red Stripe Band
Red Stripe sets the scene for a raucous
night out with their boogie-woogie
rhythms, infectious energy and perfect
comedy timing.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Featuring the inspirational vocals of
Bridgett Amofah, heavy-weight horns
and a tight rhythm section, Miss Hoodoo
and the Delta Boys evoke the bluesy soul
of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
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Monthly throughout the year
6.00-7.00pm Allegri Miserere by Candlelight
Allegri – Miserere
Byrd – Agnus Dei from Mass in Four Parts
John Sheppard – Libera Nos 1 and 2
Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah (Part 2)
John Taverner – Dum transisset sabbatum
St Martin’s Embassy and Cultural
Institute Series
A programme of songs by Handel, Mallotte,
Schubert, Purcell, Andrew Lloyd-Webber and
a special composition by the performer.
Rishida Excelicia Cunville Soprano
Representing the Nehru Centre and High Commission
of India
English Chamber Choir
Guy Protheroe Conductor
Institute Series exists to create a
platform for international artists in the
cultural heart of London, that will
increase cross-cultural appreciation
and understanding, through the
medium of music.
One such performer is the Indian
singer Rishida Excelicia Cunville
who performs on behalf of the Nehru
Centre and High Commission of India
on Tuesday 20 September. Ms Cunville
hails from an illustrious Khasi family
in Shillong, one of the smallest states
in India. Ms Cunville has an
extraordinary singing range, which she
has used to great acclaim in
performances throughout India,
Thailand, the UK and the Netherlands.
Institute is proud to work in
partnership with
Mozart – Salzburg Symphony No 2
Purcell – Chaconne
Bach – Air ‘on the G String’
Mozart – Church Sonata in D
Belmont Ensemble of London
Helen Davies Violin
Peter G Dyson Conductor
Tickets: £28 £24 £20 £15 £9
Monday 19 September
A concert to mark the 350th anniversary of the
Great Fire of London, featuring music by
Lawes, Purcell, Blow and Humphrey with
readings from the diaries of Samuel Pepys
and John Evelyn.
Ceruleo
Representing Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Introit: Batten – O Praise the Lord
Responses: Ayleward
Psalm 72
Canticles: Ayleward Short Service
Anthem: Palestrina – Sicut cervus
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Guy Protheroe
7.30pm Fauré Requiem by Candlelight
Fauré – Requiem
Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine
Bruckner – Motets
Tavener – Song for Athene
Purcell – Hear my Prayer, O Lord
New London Singers
Friday 23 September
7.30pm Mozart and Moonlight by Candlelight
Beethoven – Sonata for Piano in C sharp
minor ‘Moonlight’
Mozart – Salzburg Symphony No 2
Mozart – Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat
Mozart – Divertimento in D
8.00pm The Red Stripe Band
I Love my Love
An exploration in words and music of the
English composer Gustav Holst, including a
performance of his sublime Nunc Dimittis.
Led and directed by Jeremy Cole
7.30pm Baroque Masterpieces by Candlelight
Vivaldi – Concerto for Flute in D ‘Il gardellino’
Telemann – Concerto for Recorder in C
Vivaldi – Concerto for Cello in C minor
Vivaldi – Concerto for Sopranino Recorder in C
Feinstein Ensemble
Christopher Suckling Cello
Tickets: £24 £20 £16 £13 £9
Beethoven – An die ferne Geliebte
Schumann – Dichterliebe
Peter Aisher Tenor
Lucy Colquhoun Piano
Representing Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music
and Dance
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Berio – Les mots sont allés...
Brahms – Sonata for Cello in F
de Falla – Suite populaire espagnole
Urška Horvat Cello
Francesca Fierro Piano
Tickets: £22 £18 £14
Red Stripe’s brassy sound, hilarious high jinks
and infectious boogie-woogie make for a great
night out.
Monday 26 September
Costas Fotopoulos Piano
Costas Fotopoulos
St Martin’s Embassy
and Cultural Institute
Series
Tickets: £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
4.30-5.30pm Mini Maestro Family Concert:
‘Spring’ and ‘Summer’ from
Four Seasons
Café in the Courtyard
Representing the Royal College of Music
Introit: Tallis – A New Commandment
Responses: Ayleward
Psalm 47
Canticles: Weelkes – Short Service
Anthem: Tallis – If Ye Love Me
All are welcome to this church service
Winners of EPTA UK 20th Piano
Competition 2016
Join the winners of the European Piano
Teachers’ Association UK competition for a
special showcase performance.
Charlotte Kwok Piano
Lauren Zhang Piano
Manu Hasan Piano
David Gibson Piano
Representing the European Piano Teachers Association
8.00pm Miss Hoodoo and the Delta Boys
Come on an exciting journey through ‘Spring’
and ‘Summer’ from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons,
with barking dogs, chattering birds, raging
storms and all the glories of nature.
London Musical Arts
John Landor Conductor
Don’t miss out on a last chance to come
along to the Café in the Courtyard
before it closes on 31 October. Located
behind the church this seasonal outdoor
café has an area for takeaway as well as
a covered seating area making it perfect
whether you are rushing back to the
office or you have some time to sit back
and watch the world go by. New to the
menu are tasty paninis, mussels and
hearty platters to share.
Special Offer:
Platter for two and a bottle of
house wine for £29.95
Tickets: £10 (adults) £8 (under 16)
Pachelbel – Canon
London Musical Arts
Tickets: £28 £24 £20 £15 £9
Café in the Courtyard Opening Times
Take in rare and well-known blues and jazz
gems delivered by hard-hitting vocals, heavyweight horns and a tight rhythm section.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
September
Monday – Wednesday
Thursday – Friday
Saturday
Sunday
8.00am – 7.00pm
8.00am – 9.00pm
10.00am – 9.00pm
11.00am – 6.00pm
During the month of October the Café in the
Courtyard closes daily at 5.00pm
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October
A Sequence for St Michael
A celebration of the feast day of St Michael the
Archangel, including Howells’ A Sequence for
St Michael and Dering’s Factum est silentium.
Handel and Vivaldi
Jazz Mondays
Wednesday 5 October
John Donegan
Pianist John Donegan performs
traditional and modern jazz with a hint
of soul and folk.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Wednesday 12 October
Jazz Mondays
This London-based band features
powerful saxophones and a tight
rhythm section and performs
everything from jazz to soul, ska
to funk.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Mississippi Swamp Dogs
The Mississippi Swamp Dogs’ tuneful,
high-energy show fuses funk, Cajun,
soul and rock & roll with spicy
Latin rhythms.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
A concert of beautiful works for soprano and
mezzo soprano including Vivaldi’s Laudamus
te from Gloria, and Handel’s He shall feed his
flock from Messiah.
Rebecca Hardwick Soprano
Judy Brown Mezzo soprano
Andrew Earis Harpsichord
Mozart – Serenade in D major
‘Serenata notturna’
Mozart – Sancta Maria, mater Dei
Mozart – Requiem
Choir of Royal Holloway
Rupert Gough Conductor
Tickets: £29 (premium) £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
9.30-10.30pm Spem in alium by Candlelight
Tallis – Canon
Vaughan Williams – Te Deum in G
Byrd – Mass for five voices
Tallis – Spem in alium
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
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Rufus Frowde
Dynamic diva Marion Joseph’s
powerful voice moves effortlessly from
Motown classics to soul and disco
anthems and the latest chart hits.
Pianists of the World Series
Chopin – Waltz in A flat
Szymanowski – Variations in B flat minor
Schumann – Romance F sharp
Chopin – Polonaise in A flat
Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No 6
Artur Haftman Piano
7.30pm Mozart and Handel by Candlelight
Handel – Overture and Pastoral Symphony
from Messiah
Handel – Concerto Grosso ‘Alexander’s Feast’
Mozart – Divertimento in F
Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik
London Musical Arts
Tickets: £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
Saturday 1 October
7.30pm Sound of St Martin’s Series
Brahms Requiem by Candlelight
Beethoven – Finale from Choral Fantasy
Beethoven – Allegro con brio from
Symphony No 5 (chamber arrangement)
Brahms – Requiem
St Martin’s Chorus
Jeremy Cole Piano
St Martin’s Consort
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Monday 3 October
Join rising classical stars from Romania, in
celebration of our 12 year partnership with
the Romanian Cultural Institute, London.
The Fabulations
Friday 30 September
Vivamus
Rufus Frowde Conductor
Introit: Pitoni – Cantate domino
Responses: Ayleward
Psalm 105
Canticles: Stanford in C
Anthem: Ives – The Canticle of Brother Sun
Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Tuesday 4 October
Handel – Hornpipe from Water Music
Kodály – Intermezzo for String Trio
Beethoven – Serenade for String Trio in D
Rogeri String Trio
Wednesday 5 October
8.00pm John Donegan
Pianist John Donegan infuses Latin rhythms
and soulful bebop with traditional and
modern jazz.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Thursday 6 October
Hymn Writers 1: Isaac Watts
eighteenth century English Christian
minister, hymn writer and theologian Isaac
Watts. Including settings of When I survey
the wondrous cross, Jesus shall reign
where’er the sun and Give us the wings
of faith.
When I am laid in earth
Well-known choruses and arias by Henry
Purcell, including movements from his operas
Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy-Queen.
Andrew Earis Continuo
7.30pm Bach Masterpieces by Candlelight
Bach – Art of Fugue
Bach – Concerto for Flute in A
Vivaldi – Concerto for Flute in D ‘Il gardellino’
Mozart – Andante for Flute and Orchestra
Telemann – Concerto for Recorder in C
Feinstein Ensemble
Miki Takahashi Violin
Robin Bigwood Harpsichord
Tickets: £24 £20 £16 £13 £9
Friday 7 October
A concert given by students of the Purcell
School. As Britain’s oldest specialist school
for talented young musicians, it holds the
UNESCO Mozart Gold Medal in recognition
of its unique contribution to music, education
and international culture.
Students of the Purcell School
7.30pm Sound of St Martin’s Series
A Celebration of Handel
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Handel – Let Thy Hand be Strengthened
Handel – Suite from Water Music
Bach – Himmelskonig, sei willkommen
Handel – Dixit Dominus
St Martin’s Baroque Players
Tickets: £26 £22 £18 £15 £9
Saturday 8 October
6.00-7.00pm Fauré Requiem by Candlelight
Fauré – Requiem
The programme will also feature much-loved
choral masterpieces.
Barts Chamber Choir
Pachelbel – Canon
Vivaldi – Concerto No 1 in B flat
‘La stravaganza’
St Martin’s has eight attractive and
flexible event spaces to hire for parties,
conferences, meetings dinners and
receptions. To find out more email
[email protected].
Ivor Setterfield
Jazz and Live Music
in the Crypt
Trafalgar Sinfonia
Tickets: £28 £24 £20 £15 £9
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Brass Rubbing
Monday 10 October
d’Anglebert – Unmeasured Prelude in G minor
Jacquet de la Guerre – Unmeasured Prelude
in A minor
Royer – L’aimable
Messiaen – La fauvette passerinette
Dutilleux – Piano Sonata Op 1
Alexander Soares Piano
Representing the Royal Over-Seas League
Introit: Shepherd – I Give You a
New Commandment
Responses: Sumsion
Psalm 127
Canticles: Noble in B minor
Anthem: Balfour Gardiner – Evening Hymn
Tuesday 11 October
Bruch – Selections from Eight Pieces for
Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Brahms – Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
in A minor
Masumi Ogura Clarinet
Janet Coles Cello
Nadia Lasserson Piano
Representing the European Piano Teachers Association
Using specialist paper and metallic
waxes you can create your own
masterpiece. Choose from St Martin’s
superb selection of replica brasses
including medieval knights in armour,
fabulous costumed ladies, St George
and the Dragon, William Shakespeare
and many more. Prices for brass
rubbing start at £4.50. The last brass
rubbing takes place one hour before
the Shop closes.
8.00pm Jazz Mondays
Thursday 13 October
Hymn Writers 2: Catherine Winkworth
Catherine Winkworth. She is best known for
bringing the German chorale tradition to
England through her numerous translations
of church hymns, including Lift up your
heads, eternal gates, Now thank we all our
God and Praise to the Lord, the almighty, the
King of creation.
Led and directed by Andrew Earis
7.30pm Bach Violin Concertos by Candlelight
Mozart – Divertimento in F
Albinoni – Concerto for Oboe in D
Bach – Concerto for Violin in A
Mozart – Oboe Quartet in F
Bach – Concerto for Violin and Oboe
London Concertante
Ben Norris Director/ Violin
Daniel Bates Oboe
Tickets: £24 £20 £16 £13 £9
Friday 14 October
Walton – Three songs
Poulenc – Fiançailles pour rire
Schumann – Lied der Suleika
Schubert – Suleika I and Suleika II
Joanna Songi Soprano
Matthew Fletcher Piano
Representing Making Music
A wall of saxophones (from soprano to
baritone), a tight four piece rhythm section
and an extraordinary vocalist.
Geminani – Concerto Grosso ‘La folia’
Handel – Largo
London Octave
Lorraine McAslan Violin
Gillian Findlay Violin
Dietrich Bethge Conductor
Tickets: £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
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Saturday 15 October
Mozart – Requiem
Handel – Zadok the Priest
Haydn – Nelson Mass
Arne – Rule Britannia
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Monday 17 October
A programme of English and Welsh Songs from
the winner of the Ian Stoutzker Prize 2016.
Emyr Wyn Jones Baritone
Representing the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Introit: Hurford – Litany to the Holy Spirit
Responses: Ben Parry
Psalm 33
Canticles: Ben Parry in G
Anthem: Harris – Strengthen Ye the
Weak Hands
Tuesday 18 October
Institute Series
Works by Paderewski, Chopin, Nowowiejski,
and Górecki.
Łukasz Filipczak Piano
Piotr Gach Cello
Górecki Chamber Orchestra
Representing the Polish Cultural Institute
In partnership with EUNIC London
7.30pm Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight
Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
Debussy – Clair de Lune
Rachmaninov – Prelude in G minor
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Warren Mailley-Smith Piano
Tickets: £20 £16 £13
8.00pm Mississippi Swamp Dogs
Take in some hot New Orleans grooves and
blistering blues inspired by Fats Domino, the
Neville Brothers and the great Louis Armstrong.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Artist Spotlight:
Warren Mailley-Smith
Tuesday 18 October, 7.30pm
Thursday 20 October
Hymn Writers 3: William Blake
An exploration of the life and work of English
poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake,
best known for his hymn Jerusalem.
Led and directed by Andrew Earis
7.00pm Vivaldi Gloria by Candlelight
Vivaldi – Gloria
Twickenham Choral Society
Christopher Herrick Conductor
Tickets: £29 (premium) £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
9.30-10.30pm Rachmaninov Vespers by Candlelight
Rachmaninov – Vespers
Skolia Choir
Elizabeth de Lacey Conductor
Friday 21 October
Beethoven – Sonata Op 31 No 3 in E flat
Franck – Prelude, Fugue and Variation in
B minor
Beethoven – Sonata in E flat ‘Les adieux’
Ilya Kondratiev Piano
Representing the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe
7.30pm Vivaldi Concertos by Candlelight
Vivaldi – ‘Spring’ from Four Seasons
Corelli – Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 12
Pachelbel – Canon
Vivaldi – ‘Winter’ from Four Seasons
Trafalgar Sinfonia
Tickets: £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
Did you always know that you wanted
to be a concert pianist?
“Actually – no. Playing the piano was
always something that came quite
naturally to me, but I ‘grew into’ the
idea of becoming a concert pianist as I
got older and realised how passionate I
was about the instrument.”
Which musicians have most influenced
your performing style?
“My biggest heroes are Arthur
Rubenstein, for his ease, poise and
class, Richter for the fresh approach he
took to every score and Horowitz for
his pure wizardry.”
Which of the pieces in your
forthcoming concert do you find the
most challenging?
“Parts of the Gershwin Rhapsody in
Blue are certainly the most challenging
but also the most fun – mainly because
this version combines the orchestral
parts into the piano solo so there is a
lot involved to deliver everything
required. Probably the best example is
the fast semi-quaver coda section right
at the end of the piece, where an
already fiendish sequence of notes for
two hands in the concerto version, is
joined simultaneously with all the
orchestral notes at the lower end of the
keyboard with…a third hand! I have
been practicing this section for years.”
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Tuesday 25 October, 7.30pm
Saturday 22 October
Mozart Symphony No 40
Come on a journey through Mozart’s
marvellous Symphony No 40 and hear the
music and instruments tell a story.
London Musical Arts
7.30pm Mozart Symphony No 40
Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Beethoven – Romance for Violin and
Orchestra in F
Handel – Selections from Water Music
Mozart – Symphony No 40 in G minor
Film music has become a really
important to us in the last few seasons,
with live orchestra screenings of
Casablanca, Psycho, Charlie Chaplin’s
The Gold Rush, plus our annual
performances of The Snowman. It’s
incredibly rewarding, and of course
these classic movie scores are great fun
to play.
Audiences always tell me that they love
attending concerts of film and TV
music because, although they’ve heard
the themes many times, they’ve often
never heard them performed live, and
watching the orchestra bringing the
music to life is so interesting. We’re
really looking forward to this concert,
not least because we’ve programmed
music from some of our own favourite
films and television shows!”
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A programme to celebrate two of the masters
of English Church Music, William Byrd and
Jonathan Harvey.
Trinity Laban Chamber Choir
Stephen Jackson Director
Representing Trinity Laban Conservatoire of
Music and Dance
7.30pm Sounds from the Screen: Classical
Favourites from TV and Movies
John Lunn – Theme from Downton Abbey
John Williams – Theme from Schindler’s List
Ramin Djawadi – Game of Thrones
Debussy – Clair de lune
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Orchestra of St Paul’s
Ben Palmer Conductor
Tickets: £22 £18 £14
John Landor
“In February 2017, OSP and I will
celebrate ten years of working together.
It’s been a pretty amazing journey – we
started just putting on an occasional
concert in our home venue, St Paul’s
Covent Garden, and have become
busier and busier. We have now
performed more than 125 concerts in
some of London’s best concert venues
and all over the UK, toured China, and
recorded several CDs.
Tuesday 25 October
London Musical Arts
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Monday 24 October
Sound of St Martin’s Series
Join St Martin’s Voices for a fun half-term
concert including Captain Noah and his
Floating Zoo, a light-hearted retelling of
the story of Noah’s Ark, composed by
Joseph Horowitz.
Jeremy Cole Piano
Introit: Byrd – Teach me, O Lord
Responses: Ayleward
Psalm 28
Canticles: Gibbons – Short Service
Anthem: Purcell – Thy word is a lantern
8.00pm The Fabulations
The powerful vocals of Marion Joseph deliver
some dance-floor filling disco and the latest
chart hits.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Thursday 27 October
Mozart Requiem
Come and hear famous choruses from
Mozart’s much loved choral work,
the Requiem.
Friday 28 October
Liszt – Grandes études de Paganini
Ivan Hovorun Piano
Bach – Concerto for Oboe and Violin in D minor
Handel – Concerto for Oboe in G
Geoffrey Coates Oboe
Helen Davies Violin
Pippa Harris Violin
Dr Michael Woods Conductor
Tickets: £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
Saturday 29 October
10.15am Come-and-Sing:
Choruses from Handel’s Messiah
Join Andrew Earis and members of
St Martin’s Voices for a morning workshop on
choruses from Handel’s oratorio Messiah.
10.00am doors open
10.15am workshop
12.30pm performance
Tickets: £12 including music hire
7.30pm Bach and Vivaldi by Candlelight
Vivaldi – Concerto for Flute in G minor
‘La notte’
Vivaldi – ‘Autumn’ from Four Seasons
Bach – Concerto for Flute in D minor
Feinstein Ensemble
Martin Feinstein Flute/Recorder/Director
Tickets: £24 £20 £16 £13 £9
Monday 31 October
Haydn – Piano Trio No 39 in G ‘Gypsy’
Chopin – Piano Trio in G
Argenta Trio
Representing the Royal Academy of Music
Catherine Manson Violin/Director
Martin Feinstein Recorder
Miki Takahashi Violin
Tickets: £28 £24 £20 £15 £9
Come-and-Sing:
Choruses from
Handel’s Messiah
Saturday 29 October, 10.15am
Introit: Harris – Holy is the True Light
Responses: Sumsion
Psalm 51
Canticles: Sumsion in G
Anthem: MacMillan – Miserere
Tuesday 1 November
Schumann – Fantasiestücke for Clarinet
and Piano
Brahms – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in
F minor
Debussy – First Rhapsody for Clarinet
and Piano
Aljaž Beguš Clarinet
Nataša Šarčević Piano
8.00pm The Fallen Heroes
Pachelbel – Canon and Gigue in D
Vivaldi – Concerto for Sopranino Recorder in
A minor
Miki Takahashi
Artist Spotlight:
Ben Palmer and OSP
Come and join our Director of Music,
Andrew Earis and members of
St Martin’s Voices to sing choruses
from one of Handel’s most celebrated
works, Messiah.
During the morning you will explore
many of the oratorio’s well-known
choruses including And the Glory of
the Lord, Glory to God and Hallelujah
Chorus in a workshop setting. This is
followed by an informal performance
which is open to all.
10.00am doors open
10.15am workshop
12.30pm performance
Tickets: £12 (including music hire).
Their original and classic tunes and melodies
are a cocktail of bluesy jazz and ska, rooted in
the rhythms of New Orleans.
Please specify your voice type when
booking. The ability to read music and
experience of singing in a choir is
recommended.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
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November
The Fallen Heroes
Singer and bass player Ben Martyn,
drummer Emile Martyn and trumpeter
Paul Bonner play original tunes rooted
in the rhythms of New Orleans.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Maurizio Minardi
A daring combination of genres from
tango to jazz, from baroque to folk,
with splashes of rumba and
Caribbean music.
Thursday 3 November
Composer spotlight: Will Todd
An exploration of the choral music of the
celebrated British composer Will Todd,
including his anthems The Lord is my
Shepherd, My Lord Has Come and No More
Sorrow, conducted by the composer.
Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells and Will Todd
Will Todd Director
7.30pm Vivaldi Gloria
Mozart – Concerto for Flute and Harp
Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine
Albinoni – Adagio
Vivaldi – Gloria
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Urban Jazz Collective
Urban Jazz Collective plays originals
and covers in a combination of world
music and the rhythms of
contemporary dance.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Zena James
British jazz-soul vocalist Zena James
performs unforgettable and refreshingly
original, groove-based jazz.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
The Silver Ghosts
This seven-piece swing ensemble
evokes the hot, breathless and highspirited gigs of the 1920s, 30s and 40s.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
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Stephen Ellery
London Chorale
London Gala Orchestra
Oliver Wass Harp
Takeru Matsuno Flute
Stephen Ellery Conductor
Tickets: £24 £20 £16 £13 £9
Friday 4 November
Brahms – Clarinet Sonata in E flat
Janáĉek – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Widor – Introduction et Rondo Op 72
Duo Brillante
Purcell – Chaconne
Vivaldi – Concerto for Four Violins
Trafalgar Sinfonia
Tickets: £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
Saturday 5 November
7.30pm Handel Royal Fireworks Music
by Candlelight
Handel – Royal Fireworks Music
Handel – Water Music Suite in F
Bach – Orchestral Suite No 3
Vivaldi – ‘Summer’ from Four Seasons
Vivaldi – Concerto for Two Trumpets
Richard Fomison Trumpet
Richard Thomas Trumpet
Helen Davies Violin
Peter Dyson Conductor
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Monday 7 November
Liszt – Vallée d'Obermann from Années
de pèlerinage
Ligeti – Études Book II
Dominic Degavino Piano
Tunbridge Wells International Young Artist
Introit: Augustinas – Hymne à Saint Martin
Responses: Ben Parry
Psalm 34
Canticles: Klatzow in D
Anthem: Pärt – The Beatitudes
Tuesday 8 November
C.P.E. Bach – Sonata in A minor
Martinů – Sonata for Flute and Piano
Wil Offermans – Honami
Benjamin Godard – Suite de trois morceaux
Matthew Hingham Flute
7.30pm Sound of St Martin’s Autumn Festival
Allegri Miserere by Candlelight
Allegri – Miserere
Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah
Byrd – Mass for Four Voices
Ola Gjeilo – Ubi caritas
MacMillan – Miserere
Tickets: £22 £18 £14
8.00pm Maurizio Minardi
Italian composer, pianist and accordionist
Maurizio Minardi performs tantalising tango,
baroque and folk music.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Thursday 10 November
Sound of St Martin’s
Autumn Festival
Saturday 12 November
Fauré Requiem by Candlelight
Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
Finzi – Eclogue
Vaughan Williams – Five Mystical Songs
Fauré – Requiem
Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 November
At the heart. On the edge.
A celebration of the 1700TH anniversary of
St Martin of Tours, and what his legacy means
to the present day St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Including Augustinas’ Hymne a Saint Martin.
Britten and Purcell by Candlelight
Britten – Agnus Dei from War Requiem
Purcell – Funeral Sentences
Britten – A Hymn to the Virgin
Purcell – Hear my Prayer, O Lord
Britten – Rejoice in the Lamb
St Martin’s Chorus
Jeremy Cole Conductor
Tickets: £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
Friday 11 November
A programme of works for violin performed
by the overall winner of the Tunbridge Wells
International Young Concert Artists
Competition 2016.
Amalia Hall Violin
An Evening at the Opera
An evening of popular arias and choruses from
great operas, presented by rising stars from
the world of opera. The programme includes
well-loved arias from Mozart’s Così fan tutte,
Puccini’s La bohème and Bizet’s Carmen.
St Martin’s Soloists
Jeremy Cole Piano
Tickets: £26 £22 £18 £15 £9
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Jazz and Live Music
in the Crypt
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Monday 14 November
Sound of St Martin’s Series
Join the Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-theFields as they perform some of their favourite
arias from operas by Handel and Mozart.
Jeremy Cole Director
Introit: Gabriel Jackson – A Prayer of King
Henry VI
Responses: Gabriel Jackson
Psalm 71
Canticles: Stanford in G
Anthem: Dove – Seek Him that Maketh the
Seven Stars
We are delighted to present this year’s
Sound of St Martin’s Autumn Festival,
a series of concerts across
Remembrance-tide featuring our
resident choral ensembles.
The Festival begins with Allegri
Miserere by Candlelight (Tuesday 8
November) performed by the Choral
Scholars of St Martin-in-theFields. Other highlights include a
programme of Britten and Purcell
presented by St Martin’s Chorus
(Thursday 10 November) and An
Evening at the Opera (Friday 11
November) including arias from
much-loved operas by Mozart, Puccini
and Bizet sung by rising stars of the
opera world.
To conclude the Festival, there is a
performance of Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music and Fauré Requiem
(Saturday 12 November) in an exciting
collaboration between our professional
choir St Martin’s Voices and the
Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
Alongside the flagship evening
concerts, there is an extensive
programme of lunchtime concerts,
choral services and other events.
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Saturday 22 October
4.30 – 5.30pm
Tuesday 15 November
Institute Series
Schubert – Sonata in A No 13
Philipp Richardsen Piano
Representing the Austrian Cultural Forum
8.00pm Urban Jazz Collective
Mike Hobart is a soulful saxophonist with a
warm tone, fluid technique and a swinging
urban twist.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Friday 18 November
Tchaikovsky – The Seasons
Anna Schreider Piano
Representing the North London Piano School
7.30pm Bach Brandenburg Concertos
by Candlelight
Handel – Water Music Suite No 3 in G
Purcell – Suite from The Fairy-Queen
Battle of the Somme
These concerts are a fantastic way to
introduce children to classical music,
teaching them through creativity,
storytelling and fun games to
understand and enjoy this magnificent
art-form.
On Saturday 24 September, come on
an exciting journey through ‘Spring’
and ‘Summer’ from Vivaldi’s Four
Seasons, discovering the surprises of
nature through music.
Saturday 22 October will introduce you
to Mozart’s epic Symphony No 40,
when you can listen to the instruments
and music tell a story.
On Saturday 19 November, come and
explore the thrill of Beethoven’s
magnificent third symphony and
uplifting Ode to Joy – probably the
most famous tune in the world!
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7.00pm Haydn The Creation by Candlelight
Haydn – The Creation
Queen’s College Choir, Cambridge
Edward Reeve Conductor
Tickets: £29 (premium) £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
9.30-10.30pm Spem in alium by Candlelight
Tallis – Spem in alium
Bruckner – Motets
Schubert – Mass in G
Tickets: £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
Beethoven’s ‘Heroic’ Symphony and
Ode to Joy
Experience Beethoven’s thrilling 3rd
Symphony and find out why it is called the
‘Heroic’. You can also sing along to his
upifting Ode to Joy – probably the most
famous tune in the world!
London Musical Arts
7.30pm Beethoven ‘Eroica’ Symphony and
Ode to Joy by Candlelight
Lea Singers
Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
Benjamin Goodson Conductor
Feinstein Ensemble
Martin Feinstein Flute/Recorder/Director
Benjamin Goodson
The Mini Maestro series was started in
2008 by John Landor, Director of
London Musical Arts, building on his
10-year history of family concerts at
Marking the 100th anniversary of the end of
the Battle of the Somme, in which more than
one million men were killed or wounded.
Martin Feinstein
Mozart – Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Schubert – Entr’acte from Rosamunde
Beethoven – Romance for Violin and
Orchestra in F
Beethoven – Ode to Joy
(orchestral arrangement)
Beethoven – Symphony No 3 in E flat ‘Eroica’
London Musical Arts
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Monday 21 November
Reger – Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola
Haydn arr. Salomon – Symphony No 101 in
D major ‘The Clock’
Ensemble Nova Luce
Representing the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Introit: Kelly – Rejoice, the Lord is King
Responses: Sumsion
Psalm 80
Canticles: Kelly in C
Anthem: Leighton – Let all the world in
every corner sing
Tuesday 22 November
Gaubert – Sonata No 1
Villa-Lobos – Assobio a Jato
Nikolai Kapustin – Sonata
Fauré – Après un rêve
Revell – Trois pensées
Alyson Frazier Flute
Lydia Hillerudh Cello
Thomas Ang Piano
Handel – Concerto Grosso in A
Vivaldi – ‘Summer’ and ‘Winter’ from
Four Seasons
Peter Dyson Conductor
Tickets: £22 £18 £14
8.00pm Zena James
Zena James’ heartfelt delivery and lustrous
vocals give a fresh interpretation to
soul-laden jazz.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Composer spotlight: Cecilia McDowall
myStMartin’s
An exploration of the choral music of the wellknown British composer Cecilia McDowall,
including her Magnificat written for
Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells and
Cecilia McDowall
Elgar – Serenade for Strings
Saint-Saëns – Ave verum
Bruckner – Christus factus est
Mozart – Requiem
Keith Marshall
Mini Maestro Family
Concerts
Christ’s College Cambridge
David Rowland Conductor
Tickets: £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
Friday 25 November
Granados – Romanza in E flat
Granados – ‘Trova’ from Elisenda Suite
Granados – Trio in C
Erato Piano Trio
Representing the Iberian and Latin American Music Society
7.30pm Bach and Vivaldi Concertos
by Candlelight
Purcell – Rondeau from Abdelazer
Pachelbel – Canon
London Musical Arts
Tickets: £25 £22 £18 £13 £9
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Thursday 1 December
4.00-5.00pm Advent Carols by Candlelight
A selection of music and audience carols for
the time of Advent.
London Concert Choir
Mark Forkgen Conductor
Tickets: £16 £12 £7
7.30pm English Music for the Season of Advent
A selection of Advent music and audience
carols, including pieces by Tallis, Purcell,
Parry, Elgar, Stanford and Vaughan Williams.
7.30pm 90th Anniversary of the Christmas Appeal
A gala concert marking the 90th anniversary
of the BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with
St Martin-in-the-Fields, featuring readings by
Radio 4 presenters, carols for audience and
choir and a special performance by a choir
made up of Radio 4 presenters, staff and
St Martin’s Christmas Appeal supporters.
Choir and Choral Scholars of
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
All proceeds go towards the 2016 Christmas Appeal.
Registered Charity No 261359
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
The Royal Norwegian Embassy gives a taster
of the evening concert with a rich and varied
programme by the performers.
Royal Norwegian Embassy
7.30pm A Norwegian Concert at Christmas
Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad
London Concert Choir
Mark Forkgen Conductor
Mark Forkgen
Friday 2 December
Monday 28 November
2016 is a special year for St Martin’s as
we mark the 90th anniversary of the
BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with
St Martin-in-the-Fields. What started
off as a modest request for help from
our then vicar Dick Sheppard has
grown into an annual appeal that helps
thousands of vulnerable and homeless
people in London and around the UK.
Our gala concert on 1 December is part
of the 90th anniversary events and
features readings from Radio 4
presenters and carols for audience
and choir. Music will be performed by
the Choir and Choral Scholars of
St Martin’s as well as a Christmas
Appeal choir featuring Radio 4
presenters, staff and supporters.
Join us at this gala concert and all
proceeds will go towards the 2016
BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with
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Argento – Six Elizabethan Songs
Barber – Four Songs
Bridge – Selected Songs
Gover – Shall I Compare Thee to a
Summer’s Day
Sky Ingram Soprano
John Paul Ekins Piano
Tuesday 29 November
A varied programme featuring solos from
senior music scholars and choral music by
Paulina Voices.
St Paul’s Girls’ School
8.00pm The Silver Ghosts
Full of swing and showmanship, this spirited
seven-piece swing orchestra evokes the dance
gigs of the 1920s, 30s and 40s.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Celebrating the Christmas season, Norway’s
leading boys’ choir Sølvguttene return for
the 70th anniversary of Oslo’s gift to London,
the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square. They
will be joined in this special double bill by
Norwegian classical star, viola player Eivind
Holtsmark Ringstad.
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Saturday 3 December
4.00-5.00pm Mini Maestro:
Family Christmas Concert
Enjoy excerpts from Handel’s Music for the
Royal Fireworks, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and
Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, and sing along
to popular carols with us.
London Musical Arts Orchestra
Tickets: £16 £12 £7 (adult) £12 £9 £5 (under 16)
Saturday 3 December
7.30pm Christmas Concert with Audience Carols
Handel – Excerpts from Water Music
Handel – Overture and Pastoral Symphony
from Messiah
Corelli – Christmas Concerto
Bach – Orchestral Suite No 3 in D
Plus traditional carols for audience.
London Musical Arts Orchestra
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Monday 5 December
Sonatas for cello and piano by Beethoven
and Strauss.
Daniel Benn Cello
Representing Guildhall School of Music and Drama
7.30pm The Joys of Christmas
Warlock – Bethlehem Down
Carter – Angelus ad virginem
Rutter – Star Carol
Bednall – But Peaceful was the Night
Plus carols for brass, organ and audience.
Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Brandenburg Brass
Tom Williams Director
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Tuesday 6 December
Postgraduate pianist and Young Steinway
Artist, Drew Steanson presents a programme
to include works by Liszt and Rachmaninov.
Drew Steanson Piano
Representing Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
8.00pm Miss Hoodoo and the Delta Boys
Ho! Ho! Ho! with the Miss Hoodoo and the
Delta Boys with some bluesy vocals, heavy
weight horns and a tight rhythm section.
On sale from 1 October.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Thursday 8 December
Welcome, all Wonders in one Sight
An exploration of the Christmas writings of
the metaphysical poet Richard Crashaw,
including Dove’s Welcome, all Wonders in
One Sight!, Berkeley’s Look up, Sweet Babe
and Leighton’s A Hymn of the Nativity.
Gifts that hit just the
right note
7.30pm The Glory of Christmas
Handel – Christmas Music from Messiah
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Plus carols for choir and audience, and
seasonal readings and poems.
Choir of Christ’s College Cambridge
David Rowland Director
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Friday 9 December
The Jewel of Untold Wealth
Bella Cora bring their beautiful blended
harmonies to an eclectic mix of
seasonal music.
Bella Cora
7.30pm Bach Christmas Oratorio
by Candlelight
Bach – Parts 1, 2, 3 and 6 from
Christmas Oratorio
Faye Newton
90th Anniversary of
the Christmas Appeal
London Bach Singers
The Feinstein Ensemble
Nicholas Mulroy Evangelist (Tenor)
Faye Newton Soprano
Tim Travers Brown Alto
Ben Davies Bass
Martin Feinstein Director
Does the music lover in your life have
everything? Already got their musical
socks? Well, they won’t have this – a
wind-up Bach! Available from the Shop
at St Martin’s for £26.50, this doll from
Brooklyn-based The Unemployed
Philosophers’ Guild plays Bach’s
Minuet in G when you wind him up
and is resplendent in a Baroque outfit
with attention to detail worthy of the
maestro himself. Also available from
this company are a variety of
uncannily life-like finger puppets,
including Puccini, Mozart and a
wild-haired Beethoven.
The Shop also carries a range of CDs
from our own professional choir,
St Martin’s Voices, including their
latest recording If Ye Love Me
featuring a selection of well-known
choral works on the theme of love.
We also stock an extensive selection of
historic recordings by the Academy
of St Martin in the Fields.
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
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Tickets: £16 £12 £7
7.30pm A Festival of Carols
Start off the Christmas party season
with some bluesy vocals, heavy-weight
horns and a tight rhythm section.
Tickets will be on sale from 1 October.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
The Fabulations
Dynamic disco and chart-topping hits
set the scene for a festive Fabulations
Christmas party.
Tickets will be on sale from 1 October.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
The Mississippi Swamp Dogs’ tuneful,
high-energy show fuses funk, Cajun,
soul and rock & roll with spicy
Latin rhythms.
Selected favourite carols for choir, organ
and audience.
New London Singers
Chris Lee Organ
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Monday 12 December
Organ Recital Series
Let the Merry Organ Thunder: A concert of
seasonal Christmas music played by Assistant
Music Director, Jeremy Cole, on the
magnificent organ of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Jeremy Cole Organ
Tuesday 13 December
Mozart – Sonata for Violin in E minor
Elgar – Sonata for Violin in E minor
Szymanowski – Three Paganini Caprices: No 24
Yume Fujise Violin
Maria Tarasewicz Piano
A complete performance of William Lloyd
Webber’s Christmas Cantata Born a King.
7.30pm The Spirit of Christmas:
the Annual Celebration
Bach – Jauchzet frohlocket from
Christmas Oratorio
Blake – Walking in the Air
Handel – Zadok the Priest
Traditional – The Twelve Days of Christmas
Plus carols for massed choirs, audience, organ
and orchestra.
Locrian Singers
Southend Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs
Locrian Ensemble
Jonathan Darbourne Conductor
Roger Humphrey Conductor
Justin Pearson Conductor
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Friday 16 December
A programme of works for Classical Accordian.
Ghenadie Rotari Accordion
Representing the Romanian Cultural Institute
7.30pm Handel Messiah by Candlelight
Handel – Messiah
8.00pm The Fabulations
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Have a Fabulations Christmas as dynamic
disco and chart-topping hits get everyone
onto the dancefloor. On sale from 1 October.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
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Born A King
Elizabeth Weisberg Soprano
Ciara Hendrick Mezzo-soprano
Peter Davoren Tenor
James Gower Bass
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
4.00-5.00pm Christmas with the English Chamber Choir
The acclaimed English Chamber Choir presents
a seasonal feast of your favourite Christmas
Carols for choir, organ and audience.
Guy Protheroe Conductor
Tuesday 20 December
7.30pm Handel Messiah by Candlelight
Handel – Messiah
Friday 23 December
Tickets: £16 £12 £7
Elizabeth Weisberg Soprano
Ciara Hendrick Mezzo-soprano
Peter Davoren Tenor
James Gower Bass
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Monday 19 December
Programme to include masterworks for
clarinet, violin and piano.
Ducasse Trio
William Duncombe Clarinet
Charlotte Maclet Violin
Fiachra Garvey Piano
Representing the Concordia Foundation
7.30pm Christmas Gala by Candlelight
Handel – Selection from Messiah
Corelli – Christmas Concerto
Vivaldi – ‘Autumn’ and ‘Winter’ from
Four Seasons
Traditional Christmas carols sung with
orchestra, vocal soloists, the organ of
St Martin’s and audience.
Steven Devine Master of Ceremonies
Faye Newton Soprano
Giles Underwood Bass
Andrew Earis Organ
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
Institute Series
A festive programme of Slovakian Christmas
Carols for all to enjoy.
Lunchtime Concerts
at St Martin’s
Representing the Embassy of the Slovak Republic
In partnership with EUNIC London
The delightful Manor House String Quartet
presents a programme of favourite carols for
Christmas including Silent Night, O Little
Town of Bethlehem, and Carol of the Bells –
all exquisitely arranged for string quartet by
Vaughan Jones.
Manor House String Quartet
4.00-5.00pm The Snowman
A special performance of Howard Blake’s
The Snowman for narrator and orchestra.
The concert also includes audience carols
Away in a Manger and Once in Royal
David’s City.
Manor House String Quartet
St Martin-in-the-Fields has been
hosting free lunchtime concerts for 67
years, providing an ideal platform for
both established performers and those
breaking into the professional world.
On Friday 23 December we welcome
back the incredibly talented Manor
House String Quartet, which
returns to St Martin’s with its
delightful programme of Christmas
carols, arranged by violinist Vaughan
Jones. The Quartet’s two CDs of
Christmas music are regularly played
on classical radio stations throughout
the world.
Tickets: £16 £12 £7
7.30pm Carols for Christmas by Candlelight
The Will Todd Ensemble and St Martin's
Voices perform a number of jazz carol
arrangements written especially for
St Martin-in-the-Fields, as well as
audience carols.
Though Lunchtime Concerts are free to
attend, we do suggest a donation of
£3.50 (or however much you can give).
Will Todd Ensemble
Brandenburg Brass
Will Todd
Take a break from your hectic schedule of
Christmas shopping with an afternoon of
carols and festive music in the beautiful and
relaxing setting of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
New London Singers
Chris Lee Organ
Thursday 15 December
Ciara Hendrick
December
4.00-5.00pm Carols for Shoppers
Elizabeth Weisberg
Jazz and Live Music
in the Crypt
Tickets: £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
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Monday 2 January 2017, 7.00pm
Tuesday 27 December
Carlos Guastavino – Cantilenas argentinas
Carlos Guastavino – Cantos populares
Alberto Ginastera – Danzas argentinas
Alberto Ginastera – Preludios americanos
Joaquín Rodrigo – Caleseras
Cristina Cavalli Piano
8.00pm Mississippi Swamp Dogs
Wesley – Rondo on a Christmas Carol
Chopin – Nocturne in D flat
Liszt – Transcendental Étude in B flat minor
‘Chasse-Neige’
Rachmaninov – Sonata No 2
A high-energy performance of funk, soul and
rock and roll blended with Latin rhythms.
Tickets: £15 £12 £8
Thursday 29 December
Christmas Choruses
7.30pm The Complete Brandenburg Concertos
at Christmas
With a programme including Handel’s
magnificent Arrival of the Queen of
Sheba, Mozart’s beautiful Eine kleine
Nachtmusik, Pachelbel’s unforgettable
Canon and Gigue in D, Bach’s
stunning Concerto for Oboe and Violin
and Vivaldi’s exhilarating Four
Seasons, all directed by violinist
Catherine Manson, this concert is
bound to make a memorable start to
the coming year – book now to avoid
disappointment!
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Bach – Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1-6
Daniel Grimwood Piano
7.45pm Viennese Christmas by Candlelight
Strauss – Tales from the Vienna Woods
Strauss – Wine, Women and Song
Brahms – Hungarian Dance No 5
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite
Strauss – Blue Danube Waltz
London Concertante
Ben Norris Guest Director/Violin
Tickets: £28 £24 £20 £15 £9
Lorraine McAslan
What better way to begin 2017 than
with the phenomenal Festive
Orchestra of London as they
perform an extravaganza of Baroque
music to ring in the New Year?
The Bromley Boy Singers present a seasonal
programme of sacred and secular songs for
Christmas and New Year.
Bromley Boy Singers
Handel – Messiah
A selection of famous Christmas choruses,
including Bach’s Wachet Auf, Berlioz’s
The Shepherds’ Farewell and Handel’s
Glory to God and For Unto us a Child is Born
from Messiah.
Led by Revd Richard Carter
Catherine Manson
6.30pm Messiah by Candlelight
Representing the Iberian & Latin American Music Society
6.00-7.00pm Beethoven Moonlight Sonata
by Candlelight
Friday 30 December
London Octave
Lorraine McAslan Violin
Neil Brough Trumpet
William Bennett Flute
Philip Harmer Flute
Dietrich Bethge Director
Tickets: £28 £24 £20 £15 £9
Brandenburg Festival Chorus
Robert Porter Conductor
Tickets: £32 (premium) £29 £25 £22 £16 £9
9.30-10.30pm A Ceremony of Carols by Candlelight
Poulenc – Quatre motets pour le temps
de Noël
Tallis – Videte miraculum
Britten – Ceremony of Carols
Rodolfus Choir
Ralph Allwood Conductor
11.30am Mini Maestro Family Concert:
Peter and the Wolf
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf
London Myriad Ensemble
John Landor Conductor/Presenter
3.30pm New Year’s Eve Opera Matinee
Join us to start off your New Year’s Eve
celebrations with a glittering array of arias
and scenes from favourite operas, performed
by rising stars.
Tickets: £24 £20 £16 £13 £9
Booking and General Information
Evening concerts
Doors open 30 minutes before start of concert. Concerts usually last two hours unless stated otherwise,
including an interval of 20 minutes. Interval drinks can be pre-ordered from the Café in the Crypt.
Admission is by ticket only.
Lunchtime concerts
Doors open at 12.30pm for a 1.00pm start. Lunchtime concerts are normally scheduled for Mondays,
Tuesdays and Fridays. All our Lunchtime Concerts are free of charge – a suggested donation of £3.50
per person goes towards the work of St Martin’s.
Jazz Nights in the Café in the Crypt
First set: 8.00pm – 8.50pm. Second set: 9.10pm – 10.00pm. On Jazz Nights the Café is open to ticket
holders only from 6.30pm. Holders of unreserved tickets are advised to arrive early to secure a seat.
Food is served until 9.00pm and drinks until 10.00pm including our sizzling Jazz Meal from £11.25.
Robert Porter
New Year’s
Extravaganza
How to book
Secure online booking: www.smitf.org, booking fee applies. By telephone: 020 7766 1100 Monday –
Saturday 10.00am – 5.00pm, booking fee applies. In person: Monday – Wednesday 10.00am –
5.00pm*, Thursday – Saturday 10.00am – 8.30pm. *On Jazz Nights the Box Office is open until
9.00pm. On bank holidays the Box Office opens at 12noon.
Discounts
Group rates apply to parties of 16 or more people. Discounts for evening concert tickets are currently
only available when booking by telephone on 020 7766 1100 or in person.
Concessions
Available to full-time students, those over 60 and the unwaged when purchased in person (subject to
availability). Children under 3 years will not be admitted.
Restricted mobility
Wheelchair access to the church and concerts is via a ramp on the north side of church. There is a lift
between crypt and church and from street to crypt level. Two tickets for the price of one are available
for people with disabilities and their enablers (subject to availability). There are four wheelchair spaces
in church and in the crypt for Jazz Nights.
Latecomers
Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break during the performance.
Ticket Refund and Exchange
Tickets are non-refundable. However, tickets may be exchanged up to 48 hours before the performance.
An administration charge will apply.
How to find St Martin-in-the-Fields
St Martin’s is at the northeast corner of Trafalgar Square and is easily accessible by public transport.
Underground: Charing Cross, Leicester Square. Train: Charing Cross. Bus: 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 23, 24,
29, 53, 87, 88, 91, 139, 159, 176, 453 and several night buses. Cycle: There are cycle stands in St Martin’s
Place and Adelaide Street. The nearest cycle hire docking station is on William IV Street.
Join our free ‘In the Pipeline’ email list
For a monthly email giving advance notice of concerts, talks and exhibitions as well as other special
events and news from St Martin’s, please visit www.smitf.org/itp.
myStMartin’s
For information about joining our membership scheme please call the Box Office on 020 7766 1100 or
visit us at www.smitf.org.
We reserve the right to alter programme details and substitute artists if necessary. All information correct at time of printing.
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Café in the Crypt
Shop at St Martin’s
From 14 November 2016 – 31 January 2017 enjoy our crusty mince pies with mulled wine or mulled cider which are available
from 11.00am for £4.95. Christmas dinner with all the trimmings is on the menu from 5-24 December and you can choose
from a turkey dinner with mulled wine or cider for £12.95 or the vegetarian option for £11.95. Don’t forget to finish off
with Christmas pudding which is available with your meal for an additional £3.50.
Two key dates to remember are 17 September, when our charity Christmas cards go on sale and 1 October, when
the Christmas Shop in the Foyer opens. The variety of cards this year is wider than ever and includes designs that
support our own work and that of The Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Christmas is coming to the Café in the Crypt
Our fantastic private dining space, the Apse, is available to hire for groups of up to 16. Reservations are available in the
Café in the Crypt for groups of six or more (excluding Saturdays). For more information, email café@smitf.org.
Christmas all wrapped up
The Christmas Shop provides an additional space to display a unique range of nativity scenes, festive
ornaments from Fair Trade sources and design-led decorations from Gisela Graham Ltd. New this year are
these charming paper angels, in a set of seven, from Dutch company Zonnelijk.
News from the Café in the Crypt
Thanks to the fantastic feedback from our customers, the Café in the Crypt
has been awarded the Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor.
Read our reviews and share your thoughts on your
experice at the Café in the Crypt.
Café in the Crypt Opening Times
Monday and Tuesday
8.00am – 8.00pm
Wednesday
8.00am – 10.30pm
(Jazz Night ticket holders only after 6.30pm)
Thursday – Saturday
8.00am – 9.00pm
Sunday
11.00am – 6.00pm
The Café in the Crypt and Shop at St Martin’s
are closed on Christmas Day, 25 December and
Boxing Day, 26 December and opens at the later
time of 11.00am on 1 January. Please visit our
website www.smitf.org for further details on
seasonal changes to opening hours.
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Gifts for your loved ones
As well as the more obvious church shop items – roundels, misericords, books by Revd Dr Sam Wells –
we also feature gifts you might not expect, including accessories from diverse companies such as
Abbeyhorn, established in Cumbria in 1749 (featured hornware bangle £23.99). We try to focus on
ethically-sourced items, which are UK-made where possible.
Cosmetics are always
popular at this time
of year. New to us this
year is the award-winning
‘Bathing Beauty’, which ticks all the boxes
by being vegan, cruelty-free and Welsh. Amongst items
pictured are ‘Beard Oil’ (£16.99) for your favourite
hipster, and the face-protector ‘Balaclava’ (£16.99) –
a more glamorous alternative to the knitted variety!
Shop and Brass Rubbing Opening Times
Monday – Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday – Saturday
Sunday
10.00am – 7.00pm
10.00am – 7.45pm
10.00am – 8.45pm
11.00am – 6.00pm
Please visit our website www.smitf.org for further
details on seasonal changes to opening hours.
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A guided tour
1. IN THE BEGINNING
Sculpture in Portland
stone by Mike Chapman to
mark the millennium. The
carved words are from St
John’s Gospel, “In the
beginning was the Word...”
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3. MOSAICS
On either side of the
sanctuary are two beautiful
Victorian mosaics of the
annunciation, as the angel
announces to Mary that she
will bear the Christ Child.
4. EAST WINDOW
AND ALTAR
Designed by Iranian born artist
Shirazeh Houshiary and architect
Pip Horne. The window inspires
reflection and prayer, the
altar a place of transformation
from death to life.
5. ROYAL COAT OF ARMS
St Martin’s is the Royal Parish
Church. This coat of arms is
that of King George I who was
the first churchwarden. Above
the sanctuary beyond, the
golden sunburst holds the
Hebrew name for God, who
rules over all.
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2. VICTIMS OF INJUSTICE
AND VIOLENCE
Sculpture by Chaim Stephenson to
remember all victims of injustice
and violence in South Africa
during the years of apartheid.
Dedicated by Archbishop
Desmond Tutu in 1994.
6. ST MARTIN
Statue by James Butler of
St Martin and the beggar.
The patron saint of this
church is the inspiration
for our work with homeless
people here in London.
7. PULPIT
Originally a three decker
pulpit, beautifully crafted
and made by local 18th
century craftsmen. A sacred
monogram on one of the
panels are the first three
letters of the name ‘Jesus’.
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11. F.E.P.O.W. MEMORIAL
The Far East Prisoners of
War Memorial is in memory
of those who died as a result
of imprisonment by the
Japanese from 1941-45.
8. FONT
Originally from the church
previously situated on this
site. A gift in 1689 from
William Bridgeman,
Secretary to the Admiralty
Board in thanksgiving for
a son.
9. ORGAN
Handel played the opening
recital here in 1726. The
present organ was built by
Walker’s in 1990.
10. PAINTINGS
St Martin – Francisco
Solimena, 1730
James Gibbs – Architect
of this church built in 1726,
by Andrea Soldi, 1800
Dick Sheppard – Vicar
of St Martin’s 1914–27

the September-December 2016 brochure

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