Morning Prayer
A prayerful service with the daily reading of the Scriptures and saying of the Psalms.
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Holy Communion (Dick Sheppard Chapel)
Dick Sheppard Chapel St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, LondonThe Eucharist (or Holy Communion or Mass) is the central act of Christian worship. We welcome all Christians of any denomination to receive with us.
Evening Prayer (Dick Sheppard Chapel)
Dick Sheppard Chapel St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, LondonA prayerful service with the daily reading of the Scriptures and saying of the Psalms.
Rachmaninov Vespers by Candlelight
St Martin-in-the-FieldsParish Eucharist
St Martin-in-the-FieldsThe Eucharist (or Holy Communion or Mass) is the central act of Christian worship. This is celebrated on Sundays and each day throughout the week.
Service in Mandarin
St Martin-in-the-FieldsService in Cantonese
St Martin-in-the-FieldsChoral Evensong
St Martin-in-the-FieldsA beautiful 45 minute service of words and music, justly described as one of the glories of the Anglican tradition.
Sacred Space
St Martin-in-the-FieldsA monthly time of silence, reflection, music and prayer to draw close to God and experience stillness and peace at the heart of the city.
The Templeton Prize Exhibition
In the Foyer St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, LondonTempleton Prize, which honours a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight,
discovery, or practical works.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Patrick Williams (flute) and Richard Shaw (piano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsChoral Eucharist
St Martin-in-the-FieldsThe Eucharist (or Holy Communion or Mass) is the central act of Christian worship.
Bread for the World
St Martin-in-the-FieldsA weekly informal Eucharist on Wednesdays to deepen the life of the St Martin’s community, through prayer, music, word and reflection. Followed by fellowship.
Deptford Rivieras
Café in the CryptHailing from South East London, The Deptford Rivieras are a trio playing funky bluesy jazzy soul and ska in the style of ’60’s Blue Note legends such as Jimmy Smith and Stanley Turrentine.
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Great Sacred Music
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRevd Dr Sam Wells explores the story and the meaning behind the music of our religious heritage, with St Martin’s Voices (directed by Andrew Earis).
Free Lunchtime Concert: Moriarty Winds
St Martin-in-the-FieldsThe members of Moriarty Winds united over their desire to form an ensemble that could perform a variety of repertoire, from classical to contemporary, in new, characterful and accessible ways.
Mississippi Swamp Dogs
Café in the CryptMississippi Swamp Dogs presents “A Night In New Orleans,” a celebration of the rich variety of music from the Crescent City. This presentation has been featured and loved at Ronnie Scott’s, The Hideaway, The Bulls Head in Barnes, all the major Jazz Clubs in London.
Theology Group
An opportunity to reflect theologically on issues of today and question of forever with Revd Dr Sam Wells.
Compline
St Martin-in-the-FieldsJoin the Choir of St Martin’s for the beautiful ancient office of Compline.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Duo Bayanello (Accordion and Cello)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsFree Lunchtime Concert: Ensemble x.y
St Martin-in-the-FieldsEnsemble x.y is a contemporary ensemble that commissions and performs new music in a flexible and ever-changing lineup.
From the Czech Homeland
St Martin-in-the-FieldsCo-founded by Jonathan Acton and Kate Waterworth in 2010, Keld Ensemble draws its exceptional musicians not just from London, but from all over the country, as you might expect from an ensemble named after a tiny hamlet in Swaledale, North Yorkshire.
Heads South
Café in the CryptHeads South is an exciting name on the Latin Jazz Salsa scene with a fast growing reputation. The hallmarks of their music are emphatic Cuban and Latin rhythms and tuneful melody lines.
Free Lunchtime Concert: London Metropolitan Brass
St Martin-in-the-FieldsLondon Metropolitan Brass were formed in 2016, with current students at the Royal Academy of Music, selected to represent the Academy in this newly-formed quintet. In 2017, the quintet won the Worshipful Company of Musicians Brass Ensembles Prize and are quickly become a well established chamber ensemble.
Open House London
St Martin-in-the-FieldsOur 'ever open' doors are opened even wider this Saturday as part of Open House London - the capital's largest annual festival of architecture and design.
Spem in Alium by Candlelight
St Martin-in-the-FieldsFood in a fragile world – Concern Worldwide and Panos Pictures Exhibition
In the Courtyard St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, LondonThis photographic exhibition produced by overseas aid agency, Concern Worldwide, together with Panos Pictures, documents the reality of life in Niger, Central African Republic and Burundi.
FREE Lunchtime Concert: Julian Van Mellaerts (baritone) and Gamal Khamis (piano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRepresenting the Concordia Foundation.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Dimitri Malignan (piano) and Cornelius Zirbo (cello)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsPianist Dimitri Malignan was born in 1998 in Paris. Dimitri is the grandson of Henry Malineanu, a famous Romanian composer. Cellist Cornelius Zirbo is studying at Dinu Lipatti National High School of Arts in Bucharest with prof. Octavian Lup.
Jazz Mondays
Café in the CryptMaking a welcome return to St Martin’s, Jazz Mondays is a London-based big band that performs clubs, events and festivals including the Ealing Jazz Festival.
Free Lunchtime Concert: EPTA Piano Competition Prizewinners Concert
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRepresenting the European Piano Teacher’s Association (EPTA)
Free Lunchtime Concert: ‘A Night in Seville’ (ILAMS Soloists)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRepresenting ILAMS (Iberian & Latin American Music Society).
Autumn Lecture Series – The Reformation
St Martin-in-the-FieldsGuest lecturer: Alister McGrath
Free
Free Lunchtime Concert: Emily Baines (recorders) with AMYAS
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRepresenting the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, a period performance of Baroque Music.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Anastasia Gould (piano) and Andrei Anghel (piano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsNorth London Piano School Series
Harvest Thanksgiving Eucharist: Let all the Island Rise and Sing
St Martin-in-the-FieldsFree Lunchtime Concert: Dinara Klinton (piano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsDinara Klinton is an active concert performer, prize-winner of over 15 international competitions, including 3rd prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition in USA, BNDES International Piano Competition in Brazil, 2nd Prize at the International Paderewski Competition in Poland, 2nd Prize at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy.
Autumn Lecture Series – Reforming Church
St Martin-in-the-FieldsGuest lecturers: Lucy Winkett and Sam Wells
Free
Free Lunchtime Concert: Maria Marchant (piano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsBritish pianist Maria Marchant is active as recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician after giving her Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre Park Lane Group débuts to critical acclaim.
Alex Mendham and his Orchestra: On with the Show
St Martin-in-the-FieldsAlex Mendham and His Orchestra channel the magical, timeless quality of the music and lead you into an escapist world from another era. The setting and the look of the Orchestra will be like nothing you have experienced before.
Woven Gold and Friends
Café in the CryptWoven Gold is a choir made up of refugees fleeing persecution. Their music has a raw energy and power drawn from the diversity of the musical cultures they have come from – Burma, Congo, Guinea, Iran, Kenya, Kurdistan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Uganda.
Mozart and Puccini by Candlelight
St Martin-in-the-FieldsThe Thames Chamber Orchestra has appeared at the festivals at Windsor, Norwich, Fishguard, Nottingham, Cambridge, Pershore, Madley, and at many other venues in this country and abroad, including several visits to the Flanders Festival.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Adam Johnson (piano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsTo include Fairy-Tale Pictures and other piano works by Finnish conductor and composer Toivo Kuula (1883-1918).
Vivaldi Concertos by Candlelight
St Martin-in-the-FieldsThe Trafalgar Sinfonia was founded by its musical director and inspiring British conductor Ivor Setterfield in 1992.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Southbank Sinfonia
St Martin-in-the-FieldsSouthbank Sinfonia is an orchestra of outstanding young professionals described by The Times as ‘a dashing ensemble who play with exhilarating fizz, exactness and stamina’.
Autumn Lecture Series – Reforming Marriage
St Martin-in-the-FieldsGuest lecturers: Nicholas Holtam, David Monteith and Sally Hitchiner
Free
Free Lunchtime Concert: Olga Stezhko (piano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsSince making her debut as a concert pianist on the stage of the Minsk National Opera House at the age of eight, Olga Stezhko has been performing internationally to great acclaim at venues such as Wigmore Hall, The Barbican and The Southbank Centre in London; Minsk Philharmonic Hall; Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria in Santander; Salle Cortot and Saint-Étienne Opera Theatre in France and Carnegie Hall, New York, both as a soloist and in recital.
London International Gospel Choir
Café in the CryptThe mission of London International Gospel Choir is to get people singing together and enjoying themselves. They sing both secular and non-secular music in a ‘gospel style’ – rich in harmony and full of movement and expression.
Great Sacred Music: The voice out of the whirlwind
St Martin-in-the-FieldsOn the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm of 1987, we explore musical references to storms in the Bible.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Andrei Iliushkin (piano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRepresenting the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe (BPSE).
Just As I Am: Living Theology
A weekend of events to mark our sixth annual conference on Disability and Church.
Just As I Am: Eucharist and Healing Service
St Martin-in-the-FieldsA weekend of events to mark our sixth annual conference on Disability and Church.
Just As I Am: Summer in the Forest
A weekend of events to mark our sixth annual conference on Disability and Church.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Antonio Oyarzabal (piano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsAntonio Oyarzabal was born in Bilbao in 1989. He studied in Musikene with Marta Zabaleta and Miguel Borges.
Autumn Lecture Series – Reforming Attitudes to Race
St Martin-in-the-FieldsGuest lecturers: David Olusoga and Liz Adekunle
Free
Free Lunchtime Concert St Martin’s Embassy and Cultural Institute Series: Kugoni Trio
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRepresenting the Embassy of Belgium.
Urban Jazz Collective
Café in the CryptMike Hobart’s Urban Jazz Collective delivers a mix of contemporary grooves and high quality covers.
Great Sacred Music: Strengthen ye the weak hands
St Martin-in-the-FieldsMarking St Luke’s Day, we explore music for healing including Harris’ Strengthen ye the weak hands and Hurrford’s Litany to the Holy Spirit.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Joo Yeon Sir (violin) and Irina Andrievsky (piano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRepresenting the Royal College of Music.
Mozart and Elgar by Candlelight
St Martin-in-the-FieldsLondon Musical Arts Orchestra and Ensemble has performed regularly at St Martin-in-the-Fields since 1992 and has also appeared at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, St John’s Smith Square, at festivals and on tour abroad.
Free Lunchtime Concert Sound of St Martin’s: Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields
St Martin-in-the-FieldsThe Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields have an essential musical role at St Martin-in-the-Fields. Each year ten scholars – many of whom are music college students or graduates – are appointed to sing midweek choral services during term time.
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Scriptural Reasoning
St Martin-in-the-FieldsIn partnership with Co-exist House, St Martin-in-the-Fields is hosting this introduction to Scriptural Reasoning, where participants from different faiths meet to read passages from their respective sacred texts.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Chanáe Curtis (soprano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsPraised for her attractive singing by the New York Times, American Soprano Chanáe Curtis is the newest sensation on the international opera scene.
Nicholas McCarthy performs Bach and Rachmaninov by Candlelight
St Martin-in-the-FieldsCelebrated pianist Nicholas McCarthy has inspired many around the world with his sheer determination and spirit in achieving a prolific concert career despite being born with only one hand.
Christian Brewer Quartet with Mike Outrum
Café in the CryptChristian Brewer (alto sax) performs contemporary, hard swinging jazz.
Great Sacred Music: Vivaldi Gloria and Magnificat
Two of Vivaldi’s choral masterpieces. Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells St Martin’s Voices Andrew Earis Director
Bach and Handel by Candlelight
London Musical Arts Orchestra and Ensemble has performed regularly at St Martin-in-the-Fields since 1992 and has also appeared at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, St John’s Smith Square, at festivals and on tour abroad.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Piano Duo Trevisan Zaccaria
Teresa Trevisan and Flavio Zaccaria debuted in 2002 successfully performing a rare transcription for piano four hands of the Brandenburg Concertos by Bach-Reger revised by Filippo Trevisan, which was widely acclaimed by audiences and critics hereafter.
Come and Sing: Best of Bach
Join Andrew Earis and members of St Martin’s Voices for a morning workshop on choruses by J S Bach.
Choral Evensong
A beautiful 45 minute service of words and music, justly described as one of the glories of the Anglican tradition.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Margarita Balanas (cello) and Mateusz Duda (piano)
Representing the Royal Academy of Music
Free Lunchtime Concert: Héloïse Werner (soprano) and Imma Setiadi (piano)
Representing Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Maroon Town
Maroon Town is a 9-piece, a high energy fusion of classic ska, contemporary street rap and a cheeky slice of Latin funk.
Great Sacred Music: A mighty fortress is our God
Revd Dr Sam Wells explores the story and the meaning behind the music of our religious heritage, with St Martin’s Voices (directed by Andrew Earis).
Free Lunchtime Concert: Purcell School
Talented teenagers from the UK’s leading specialist music school perform a varied programme.
Handel – Royal Fireworks Music by Candlelight
The Belmont Ensemble of London was founded by its Musical Director, Peter Dyson in 1991, winning instant critical acclaim. It is now one of the busiest and finest chamber orchestras in the capital.
A Commemoration of All Saints and All Souls
We celebrate and give thanks for the saints who have witnessed to the Christian faith through the centuries and the saints we have known in our own lives.
All Souls Choral Eucharist
We celebrate and give thanks for the saints who have witnessed to the Christian faith through the centuries and the saints we have known in our own lives.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Imma Setiadi (piano) Greenwich Sinfonia
Representing the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe (BPSE)
Autumn Lecture Series – Reforming Attitudes to Islam
Guest lecturers: Mona Siddiqui, Joshua Ralston and Sam Wells. In Partnership with Coexist House.
Free
Sound of St Martin’s Autumn Festival: Handel Dixit Dominus by Candlelight
St Martin’s Chorus is the newest choir at St Martin-in-the-Fields, founded in April 2015. It is an engaging and aspirational voluntary chamber choir that performs both major choral works and more intimate, small-scale works.
Nigel Price, Gabriel Latchin, Conor Chaplin and Fragile Bliss Trio
A two act music evening organised by the Czech Centre in London.
Annual Service of Commemoration
A service in which we remember those who have been homeless who have died in the last year.
Great Sacred Music: Bach Mass in B minor
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRevd Dr Sam Wells explores the story and the meaning behind the music of our religious heritage, with St Martin’s Voices (directed by Andrew Earis).
Sound of St Martin’s Autumn Festival: Walton Facade by Candlelight
St Martin-in-the-FieldsZeb Soanes is a familiar and trusted voice across the BBC.He is a Radio 4 Newsreader for those who wake up to The Today Programme and puts the nation to bed with The Shipping Forecast; he read the forecast to a worldwide audience at the Olympics and has broadcast it from the top of a lighthouse.
Sound of St Martin’s Autumn Festival: Fauré Requiem by Candlelight
St Martin-in-the-FieldsThe Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields have an essential musical role at St Martin-in-the-Fields. Each year, twelve scholars – many of whom are music college students or graduates – are appointed to sing weekday Evensong and Choral Eucharist during term time.
Sound of St Martin’s Autumn Festival: Bach Mass in B Minor by Candlelight
St Martin-in-the-FieldsThe Academy of St Martin in the Fields is one of the world’s premier chamber orchestras, renowned for its fresh, brilliant interpretations of the world’s most-loved classical music.
St Martin’s Patronal Festival: Thirty Enterprising Years
St Martin-in-the-FieldsCelebrate 30 years of commercial life at St Martin’s at our annual Patronal Festival.
Free Lunchtime Concert Sound of St Martin’s: St Martin’s Voices
St Martin-in-the-FieldsSt Martin’s Voices is an exciting and dynamic professional vocal ensemble, primarily made up of talented past and present choral scholars who come together to sing concerts and special events at St Martin-in-the-Fields and beyond.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Mali Llywelyn (harp)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsNorth London Piano School Series
Great Sacred Music: Lord, let me know mine end
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRevd Dr Sam Wells explores the story and the meaning behind the music of our religious heritage, with St Martin’s Voices (directed by Andrew Earis).
Vivaldi and Handel by Candlelight
St Martin-in-the-FieldsLondon Musical Arts Orchestra and Ensemble has performed regularly at St Martin-in-the-Fields since 1992 and has also appeared at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, St John’s Smith Square, at festivals and on tour abroad.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Enrique Graf (piano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRepresenting the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe
Brandenburg Concertos by Candlelight
St Martin-in-the-FieldsLondon Musical Arts Orchestra and Ensemble has performed regularly at St Martin-in-the-Fields since 1992 and has also appeared at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, St John’s Smith Square, at festivals and on tour abroad.
Free Lunchtime Concert St Martin’s Embassy and Cultural Institute Series: Shu-Wei Tseng (cello/piano) Marco Fatichenti (piano)
Representing the Embassy of Taiwan
Baroque Trumpet Concertos by Candlelight
The London Gala Orchestra was originally formed to accompany ballet companies visiting London such as the Bolshoi, Australian, Canadian, Stuttgart, Moscow, Berlin and the Japanese Takarazuka Dance Theatre.
Great Sacred Music: Let all the world
Revd Dr Sam Wells explores the story and the meaning behind the music of our religious heritage, with St Martin’s Voices (directed by Andrew Earis).
Free Lunchtime Concert: Paula Ríos (piano)
Representing the Iberian and Latin American Music Society (ILAMS)
Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem by Candlelight
Trinity Laban is the only conservatoire of music with a chapel collegiate choir. The extraordinary environment of the Old Royal Naval College Chapel provides an ideal learning environment for those wishing to seek work in London’s cathedral or church choirs, and beyond.
Spem in Alium by Candlelight
Twickenham Choral Society, with over 100 voices, has been impressing audiences for more than 90 years both in the UK and abroad.
Free Lunchtime Concert: A4 Brass Quartet
A4 Brass Quartet are one of the UK’s leading young chamber ensembles. Based at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, A4 Brass is comprised of principal players from some of the UK’s leading brass bands, including the world famous Grimethorpe Colliery and Foden’s bands.
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Hail, gladdening light!
Join the Choir of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, under the direction of Assistant Director of Music Tom Williams, for an hour-long performance of music around the theme of "light". Accompanied by Assistant Organist James Gough, this is the ideal way to brighten up a dark November evening.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Annie Yim (piano)
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRepresenting the Concordia Foundation
Shelter Carol Service
St Martin-in-the-FieldsGreat Sacred Music: Christus Vincit
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRevd Dr Sam Wells explores the story and the meaning behind the music of our religious heritage, with St Martin’s Voices (directed by Andrew Earis).
Free Lunchtime Concert: Ruth Hopkins (soprano) and Sam Brown (lute)
Duo Sam Brown and Ruth Hopkins present an elegant and unique programme of lute song.
Bach Christmas Oratorio by Candlelight
The story of Christ’s birth as told by Bach's great masterpiece - performed by our own St Martin's Voices.
Family Christmas Concert with Audience Carols
Enjoy excerpts from Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and sing along to beloved carols.
Christmas Concert with Audience Carols
John Landor and the London Musical Arts Orchestra invite you to celebrate Christmas with a selection of festive music and audience carols.
Parish Eucharist
St Martin-in-the-FieldsThe first Advent Candle is lit. Preacher Revd Dr Alastair McKay
Advent Carol Service
St Martin-in-the-FieldsSacred Space for Advent
St Martin-in-the-FieldsA monthly time of silence, reflection, music and prayer to draw close to God and experience stillness and peace at the heart of the city.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Jamal Aliyev (cello)
Talented cellist from the Royal College of Music, Jamal Aliyev presents a programme of Brahms and Dvorak.
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BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin-in-the-Fields Carol Service 2017
St Martin-in-the-FieldsThe BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin-in-the-Fields supports homeless and vulnerable people across the UK. This year, to support the Appeal, a special Carol Service will be held at St Martin’s, featuring Zeb Soanes, Felicity Finch and others from BBC Radio 4.
The Duke Street Big Band
Café in the CryptThese world-class London musicians perform Big Band standards and originals with a modern Latin feel.
Great Sacred Music: An Advent Sequence
St Martin-in-the-FieldsRevd Dr Sam Wells explores the story and the meaning behind the music of our religious heritage, with St Martin’s Voices (directed by Andrew Earis).
Special seasonal opening – Café in the Courtyard
In the Courtyard St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, LondonTake a break from your Christmas shopping and enjoy a mince pie and glass of mulled wine.
Lighting of the Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square
Come and join the Choir of the St Martin-in-the-Fields to sing carols around the tree, the gift to London from the Norweigan people.
A Christmas Celebration
St Martin-in-the-FieldsLeontovich, Darke, Rutter, Willcocks and Berlioz. Plus carols for brass, organ and audience including Once in Royal David’s City, God rest ye merry gentlemen and O Come all ye Faithful.
Free Lunchtime Concert: Royal Norwegian Embassy
The Royal Norwegian Embassy gives a taster of their annual evening concert with a rich and varied programme, celebrating the unique style and creativity of the Norwegian music scene.
A Norwegian Concert at Christmas
The annual Norwegian Christmas Concert presented by the Royal Norwegian Embassy and Statoil (UK) Ltd, celebrates the unique style and creativity of the Norwegian music scene.
Annual Memorial Service
Annual service for those bereaved through homicide.
Carols for Shoppers
Enjoy respite from the busy streets of shoppers with relaxing afternoon of carols and festive music.
A Festival of Carols
Join the New London Singers and their conductor Ivor Setterfield for a festive selection of favourite carols for choir, organ and audience.
The Piccadilly Christmas Concert 2017
St James's Piccadilly St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, LondonVENUE: St James's Piccadilly. Join phenomenal pianist Warren Mailley-Smith for a stunning programme of famous works for solo piano mixed in with exciting works performed by special guests.
