Charles Owen plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations
A beautiful mind: pianist Charles Owen explores the mysteries and miracles of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. A technical exercise? A cure for insomnia? Or nothing less than a musical attempt to give order to the Cosmos? Myths and mysteries orbit around Bach’s Goldberg…
Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra with Grammenos & Bendix-Balgley
The Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra (GYSO) makes its debut performance at St Martin-in-the-Fields under the baton of its Founder & Artistic Director, Dionysis Grammenos. Opening with Vaughan Williams’ captivating Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, the programme also features Jessie Montgomery’s…
Crypt Close-Up: Heartstrings – Hugh Cutting and Daniel Murphy
Hugh Cutting and Daniel Murphy celebrate the ways that songwriters have coloured our experience of love in all its forms. Their illuminating choice of songs juxtaposes music from different eras – Dowland to Don Mclean; Britten to the Beatles – demonstrating that…
Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight
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…
Handel Water Music by Candlelight
St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble and director Andrew Earis present Handel’s magnificent Water Music suites. Originally composed for a royal boating excursion on the River Thames in 1717, these orchestral suites are a joyful showcase of Baroque vibrancy and variety. The programme also…
Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight
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…
Allegri Miserere by Candlelight
St Martin’s Voices present an ethereal programme for Holy Saturday, including Allegri’s stunningly beautiful Miserere and James MacMillan’s evocative contemporary setting of the same text. Performed alongside the haunting polyphony of Victoria’s Requiem, these unaccompanied choral works form an exquisite contemplation on…
Vivaldi and Handel by Candlelight
Join Soprano Jessica Cale and Trumpet Imogen Whitehead alongside St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble for an hour-long concert of sparkling vocal and instrumental works by Antonio Vivaldi, George Frederick Handel and Domenico Scarlatti. This concert lasts one hour with no interval.
St Martin’s Voices: Love and Loss
The Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Christian hymn to the Virgin Mary that portrays her suffering during the crucifixion of her son Jesus. Nils Greenhow’s setting for string quartet and upper voices is paired with Adam Schoenberg’s Never shall I forget, based…
