BBC Singers: Requiem Fragments

Join the BBC Singers in the stunning surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields for a concert of reflective music to mark the end of the season of Remembrance. At the heart of the programme is John Tavener’s Requiem Fragments, a sequence of short, intimate…

In the beginning, there was the Word – but for Joseph Haydn, there was music too: some of the freshest ever written. ‘When I think of God, I can write only cheerful music’, he said, and his oratorio The Creation is powered…

A concert of contemporary choral music for remembrance, including the London première of Cecilia McDowall’s Angel of the Battlefield, alongside a new work by Lucy Walker for choir and trumpet. Also featuring solo performances of music by Sally Beamish and Barry Mills…

Composed during the final year of his life and left unfinished at the time of his death, Mozart’s Requiem in D minor is a magnificent work, made infamous by the mysterious and intriguing rumours surrounding its origins. St Martin’s Voices and St…

Join St Martin’s Chamber Choir and St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble for a programme showcasing the sparkling vocal and instrumental works of Antonio Vivaldi and George Frederick Handel, including Dixit Dominus, a vibrant and virtuosic choral setting composed when Handel was aged just…

“Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.” A choral masterpiece designed to comfort the living, Brahms’s A German Requiem, in a chamber arrangement by Iain Farrington, is brought to life by the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields. This concert lasts…

The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi is a masterpiece of Baroque beauty and drama, still beloved by audiences three centuries later. In this richly varied programme, St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble presents Vivaldi’s iconic work in its full splendour, together with a dazzling…

Souls fly free, hearts leap with wonder, and a German organist outwits the Devil. Anything’s possible in a Bach cantata: each one is both a gripping spiritual drama and a sumptuous banquet of the most glorious music ever to emerge from the…

Join St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble for an hour-long programme of beautiful Baroque classics, including works by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Highlights include Pachelbel’s iconic Canon in D and Handel’s Water Music, a joyful showcase of Baroque vibrancy and variety which was originally…