Welcome to an inspiring new season of classical music here at St Martin-inthe-Fields. We are delighted to present a programme featuring cherished masterpieces and offering new discoveries.
This season, we once again welcome our principal orchestral partner, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, who perform in the very space where their legacy began; and our friends at the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras for whom St Martin’s is their London home. Alongside them, we are honoured to host world-renowned soloists and ensembles with some stand out performances that will feature as highlights in London’s musical calendar.
2026 marks the 300th anniversary of St Martin-in-the-Fields and we look forward to announcing our full celebratory programme of events for the year in due course. However,
ABOUT US
St Martin-in-the-Fields is a landmark church and concert venue on London’s Trafalgar Square. It is a friendly and forward-thinking community famous for its important work with homeless and vulnerable people.
There is a huge programme of services, concerts, and lectures in the Church, and in the Crypt you can find our awardwinning Café, Gift Shop, our Brass Rubbing Centre and a number of excellent spaces available to hire for meetings, celebrations and corporate events.
you’ll see within this brochure some of the early highlights as we start the year.
Our popular lunchtime recitals will continue to provide moments of musical reflection during the working week, and our everpopular ‘by Candlelight’ concerts showcase popular repertoire in an intimate setting. Also, we present a full programme of Christmas concerts for all to enjoy.
Your presence at these concerts extends far beyond an appreciation of music. By joining us, you directly contribute to the vital work St Martin-in-the-Fields undertakes every day in supporting homeless and vulnerable individuals in our community. Your enjoyment of our musical offerings helps us to provide sanctuary, opportunity, and essential care to those who need it most.
We look forward to extending a warm welcome to you throughout this vibrant season.
Chris Denton, Chief Executive
St Martin’s welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world each year who, through the income they generate, support the important work of the church.
FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER, 7:30PM
The Sixteen: Angel of Peace
Hildegard of Bingen Ave, generosa
Pärt Tribute to Caesar
Will Todd I shall be an angel of peace
Taverner Gaude plurimum
Pärt Da pacem Domine
Anna Clyne Orbits (New commission)
Pärt Magnificat
Taverner O splendor gloriae
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers conductor
From the enraptured songs of the medieval abbess
Hildegard of Bingen to the magical realm of a brand-new work by the contemporary composer Anna Clyne, nine pieces of music from across the centuries speak of peace and acceptance and the ecstatic joy their reassurance can bring.
Tickets: £36 £31 £26 £16 £10
TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER, 7PM
Choral Discovery Concert:
The Cloths of Heaven
Michael Higgins The Cloths of Heaven
Libby Croad The Brontë Suite
Jake Runestad Flower Into Kindness
Ned Rorem Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?
Piatti Quartet
St Martin’s Voices
Andrew Earis conductor
Tickets: £10
An hour-long programme exploring contemporary musical settings of poetry for choir and string quartet, including recently-composed works by Libby Croad, Jake Runestad and Michael Higgins.
THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER, 7:30PM
The Carice Singers: Arvo Pärt’s 90th Birthday –A Prayer for Peace on 9/11
Pärt Triodion
Tavener In Memory
Pärt Magnificat
Pärt Peace upon you, Jerusalem
Pärt Nunc dimittis
Pärt Habitare fratres in unum
Pärt Fratres
FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER, 7:30PM
I Fagiolini: Monteverdi Vespers
Monteverdi Vespers, 1610
I Fagiolini
English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
Robert Hollingworth director
To hear Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 performed live is to travel in time, and to experience some of the greatest choral music of any era. To do it justice demands a certain flair for theatre, and that’s exactly what you can expect in this concert, with the virtuoso vocal ensemble I Fagiolini. Music to ravish both heart and soul, performed by some of its leading modern exponents.
Tickets: £55 £45 £40 £30 £17.50 £10
THURSDAY 25 SEPTEMBER, 7PM
Roderick Williams & the Carducci Quartet: Die schöne Müllerin
Schubert Die schöne Müllerin
Carducci Quartet
Roderick Williams baritone
Tender words and shattered hearts: British baritone Roderick Williams and the Carducci Quartet perform his own arrangement of Schubert’s
Die schöne Müllerin.
Tickets: £35 £30 £25 £16 £10
SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER, 2:30PM
Family Classics by Candlelight Programme to include music from Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals and Bizet’s Carmen.
St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble
Andrew Earis conductor
George Cook presenter
Tickets: £18 £15 £12 Under 16s £5
SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER, 7PM
Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight Mozart ‘Kontretanz’ from The London Sketchbook
Boccherini Minuet
Pachelbel Canon in D major
Vivaldi Four Seasons
St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble
Richard Milone violin
Tickets: £32 £29 £22 £16 £9
FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER, 7PM
LMP play Bach’s Brandenburgs
London Mozart Players
Simon Blendis director/violin
SDNA lighting design and projections
Bach’s most flashy and daring music like never before as St Martin’s is transformed into a cosmic experience with bespoke, live projections filling the walls as the orchestra plays.
Tickets: £33 £29 £23 £17 £10
SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER, 2:30PM
Family Classics by Candlelight Programme to include music from Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, SaintSaëns’ Carnival of the Animals and Bizet’s Carmen.
St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble
Andrew Earis conductor
George Cook presenter
Tickets: £18 £15 £12 Under 16s £5
SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER, 7PM
Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight
Mozart Divertimento in D major
Vivaldi Four Seasons
St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble
Richard Milone soloist
Olivia Tait conductor
Tickets: £32 £29 £22 £16 £9
THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER, 7:30PM
La Serenissima & Raffaele La Ragione:
Vivaldi Mandolin & Violin Concertos
La Serenissima meets mandolin sensation
Raffaele La Ragione for an all-Vivaldi extravaganza. Baroque Venice at its most stylish – and seductive.
La Serenissima
Raffaele La Ragione mandolin
Adrian Chandler director
Tickets: £35 £30 £25 £16 £10
FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER, 6:30PM
The English Concert: Handel’s Rinaldo
Handel Rinaldo
The English Concert
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Rinaldo
Mary Bevan Almirena
Paula Murrihy Goffredo
Alexander Chance Eustazio
Ashley Riches Argante
Rachael Wilson Armida
Andy Shen Liu Araldo/Donna/Magician
Harry Bicket conductor
Love, war, and other enchantments: the warrior-hero of Handel’s Rinaldo battles sorcery as well as altogether more sensuous enemies. Rinaldo was Handel’s first Italian opera, and this fantastic tale of witchcraft, warfare and passion took London by storm when it opened – just around the corner from St Martin-inthe-Fields – in 1711. Handel used the finest performers of his day, and for this concert performance The English Concert is taking the same approach, with a cast that stars Mary Bevan and the ‘ravishing’ countertenor Aryreh Nussbaum Cohen. Handel at the top of his game – back in the West End after 314 years! Tickets:
SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER, 7PM
Mendelssohn Elijah by Candlelight
Mendelssohn Elijah
St Martin’s Chamber Choir
St Martin’s Chamber Orchestra
Olivia Tait conductor
Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah tells the story of the biblical prophet Elijah. Showcasing themes of faith, divine intervention, and human struggle. Elijah is known for its striking melodies, virtuosic vocal solos, and vibrant choral sections, making it one of Mendelssohn’s most celebrated choral works. It is presented here in a reduced version, lasting around 75 minutes with no interval.
Tickets: £32 £29 £22 £16 £9
FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER, 7PM
Baroque Classics by Candlelight
Tartini Sinfonia in D
J.S. Bach Air on a G string
von Bayreuth Concerto in G minor
Pachelbel Canon and Gigue
Leonarda Sonata prima op. 16
Handel Water Music Suite in F
Vivaldi Sinfonia in G
St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble
Andrew Earis director
Tickets: £32 £29 £22 £16 £9
SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER, 1PM
Family Classics by Candlelight
Programme to include music from Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals and Bizet’s Carmen.
St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble
Andrew Earis conductor
George Cook presenter
Tickets: £18 £15 £12 Under 16s £5
SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER, 7PM
Fauré Requiem by Candlelight
St Martin’s Voices join with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields to perform Fauré’s ethereal Requiem alongside Tyler Futrell’s Rest.
St Martin’s Voices
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Andrew Earis conductor
Tickets: £32 £29 £22 £16 £9
SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER, 7PM
Mozart Requiem by Candlelight
Ola Gjeilo Dark & Luminous Night
Mozart Requiem
St Martin’s Voices
St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble
Andrew Earis conductor
St Martin’s Voices and St Martin’s Chamber Orchestra perform Mozart’s monumental Requiem
Tickets: £32 £29 £22 £16 £9
THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER, 7PM
Gabrieli Consort: Purcell’s Fairy Queen
The spells are undone, the lovers are united. Now Oberon weaves a new enchantment – an entertainment without parallel beneath the starlit canopy of a summer night. Purcell’s The Fairy Queen is A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but not remotely as you know it – there’s no Shakespeare, for a start! – and Paul Mc Creesh adores its wit, its magic and its sensuality. ‘I can’t think of anyone who could give a better rendition of this Restoration “feel-good” masterpiece’ says Presto Classical, but hear for yourself, in this exuberant concert performance.
Purcell The Fairy Queen
Mary Bevan soprano
Jessica Cale soprano
Anna Dennis soprano
Rowan Pierce soprano
Jeremy Budd tenor
Hugo Hymas tenor
Robert Murray tenor
Marcus Farnsworth baritone/bass
Ashley Riches baritone/bass
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh artistic director
Tickets: £55 £45 £40 £30 £17.50 £10
FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER, 7:30PM
Beethoven and McNeff: LMP with Fenella Humphreys
Beethoven Coriolan Overture
Stephen McNeff Concerto for Violin
Beethoven Symphony No.3 in E flat major Op.55, ‘Eroica’
London Mozart Players
Fenella Humphreys violin
Jonathan Bloxham conductor
Tickets: £36 £33 £29 £19 £10
SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER, 7PM
Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight
Mozart ‘Kontretanz’ from The London Sketchbook
Boccherini Minuet
Sancho Movements from Country Dances
Vivaldi Four Seasons
St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble
Richard Milone soloist
Andrew Earis director
Tickets: £32 £29 £22 £16 £9
TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER, 7:30PM
Handel Messiah by Candlelight
Handel Messiah
St Martin’s Voices
St Martin’s Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Earis conductor
Tickets: £32 £29 £22 £16 £9
FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER, 7:30PM
‘Too Many Notes’: A Celebration of Amadeus with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor
Mozart Symphony No.25
Mozart Adagio from Gran Partita
Mozart Excerpts from Requiem
St Martin’s Voices
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Arielle Beck piano
In anticipation of the release of Sky TV’s new series Amadeus, and in a celebration of the music of the film Amadeus and all things Mozart, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields present highlights from the soundtrack to this greatly celebrated film.
Tickets: £50 £37.50 £25 £16 £10
Enjoy a relaxed, laid-back evening in our stunning vaulted Crypt. Each week, you can choose from jazz, country, blues, folk, Sinatra & Friends, big band, Motown, musical theatre and more. With great food, wines, beers and cocktails available throughout the evening, you’re sure to have a fantastic night! Doors open at 7pm and the first set usually begins around 8pm so you can arrive, relax and unwind before the music starts. Check our website for the latest events: www.smitf.org/cryptlates
SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER, 7:30PM
SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER, 7:30PM
WEDNESDAY 17 DECEMBER, 7:30PM
THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER, 7:30PM
Carols by Candlelight
Carols by Candlelight offers a full evening of music, carol singing and readings, with enchanting performances of festive music including a few favourites for you to join in with.
St Martin’s Voices
St Martin’s Strings
Andrew Earis director
Tickets: £39.50 £35 £27 £16 £10
MONDAY 8 DECEMBER, 1PM
A Classic FM Christmas with Zeb Soanes
Join Zeb Soanes, St Martin’s Voices and St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble for this special lunchtime concert, in the beautiful surroundings of St Martin-inthe-Fields.
Please note this concert is being recorded for future broadcast on Classic FM.
St Martin’s Voices
Zeb Soanes presenter
Andrew Earis director
Tickets: £20 £16 £12
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER, 7PM
The Sixteen: Handel’s Messiah
Handel Messiah
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Harry Christophers director
‘We heard a realisation of Handel’s work that suggested it was written yesterday’, wrote Bachtrack when Harry Christophers’ legendary chamber choir The Sixteen performed Handel’s Messiah at St Martin-in-the-Fields in December 2022.
Now, following further sell-out performances in December 2023 and 2024, they’re bringing Messiah back again: an intimately scaled, historically informed interpretation, right here in the heart of the city that Handel called home. And with artists as fine as these, every note, every chorus and every beloved melody will sound more inspiring than ever.
Tickets: £65 £50 £40 £27.50 £10
MONDAY 8 DECEMBER, 7:30PM
Christmas with St Martin’s Voices
Mark the beginning of the Christmas season with an evening of carols sung by St Martin’s Voices. Carols for choir include See Amid the Winter’s Snow, Infant Holy and In Dulci Jubilo, alongside a selection of audience carols including O Come, All Ye Faithful and Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing. The concert also features the world premiere of Jazz Carols by Bob Chilcott.
St Martin’s Voices
St Martin’s Strings
Andrew Earis director
Tickets: £39.50 £35 £27 £16 £10
FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER, 7PM
MONDAY 15 DECEMBER, 7PM
Ex Cathedra: Christmas Music by Candlelight
Renowned choir Ex Cathedra presents a candlelit sequence of Christmas choral music and readings: a quietly beautiful celebration of mystery, wonder and the deep, still heart of this magical season.
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore conductor
Tickets: £55 £45 £35 £25 £17.50 £10
SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER, 2PM
Festive Family Carols with St Martin’s Junior Choir
Join us as we offer the chance for children and adults of all ages to come together in a short one-hour programme of popular carols and music, including a few favourites for you to sing along with. The choir will sing uplifting Christmas classics including Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, Jingle Bells and The Twelve Days of Christmas alongside audience carols for all to join in with including Once in Royal David’s City, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and We Three Kings.
St Martin’s Voices
St Martin’s Junior Choir
Tickets: £26 £18.50 £10 £Under 12s £5
SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER, 7:30PM
The Spirit of Christmas by Candlelight
Join St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Choir and St Martin’s Brass for a beautiful evening of carols and seasonal readings. Carols for all to sing include Hark! The Herald Angels’ Sing, Once in Royal David’s City and In the Bleak Midwinter, alongside favourites performed by our choir including Away in a Manger, Jingle Bells and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
St Martin’s Chamber Choir
St Martin’s Brass
Olivia Tait director
Tickets: £39.50 £35 £27 £16 £10
CHRISTMAS AT ST MARTIN’S
CHRISTMAS AT ST MARTIN’S
TUESDAY 16 DECEMBER, 7:30PM
Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists: Handel’s Messiah
Handel Messiah
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Ana Vieira Leite soprano
Sarah Connolly alto
Andrew Staples tenor
Will Thomas bass
Christophe Rousset conductor
Tickets: £80 £70 £48 £35 £10
FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER, 3PM | 5PM
Carols for Christmas with ASMF
Join St Martin’s Voices and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for an hour of traditional carols for choir and orchestra, including In the Bleak Midwinter, Silent Night and O Holy Night, alongside audience carols and orchestral favourites.
St Martin’s Voices
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Andrew Earis director
Tickets: £26 £18.50 £10
Hallelujah! Handel’s Messiah is so much more than just a British seasonal fixture. In this intimately-scaled, historically-informed performance from the Monteverdi Choir it’ll sound as fresh as the day it was written. The Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists are performers who always have something new to say. Add the vibrant Christophe Rousset, and a team of soloists that includes Dame Sarah Connolly, and this should be very special.
FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER, 7:30PM
Christmas with ASMF by Candlelight
Join St Martin’s Voices and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for a festive spectacular for choir and orchestra, including Sleigh Ride, Jingle Bells and The Twelve Days of Christmas alongside audience carols and orchestral favourites.
St Martin’s Voices Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Andrew Earis director
Tickets: £39.50 £35 £27 £16 £10
SATURDAY 20 DECEMBER, 2PM
MONDAY 22 DECEMBER, 2PM
TUESDAY 23 DECEMBER, 2PM
Festive Favourites
Our Festive Favourites concerts offer a short one-hour programme of music, carol singing and festive readings.
Interspersing traditional favourites with contemporary classics, the choir will sing much loved classics together with audience carols for all to join in with including O Little Town of Bethlehem, In the Bleak Midwinter and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
St Martin’s Voices
Olivia Tait director
Tickets: £26 £18.50 £10 Under 12s £5
SATURDAY 20 DECEMBER, 4PM
SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER, 4PM
MONDAY 22 DECEMBER, 4PM
TUESDAY 23 DECEMBER, 4PM
Carols for Christmas by Candlelight
Carols for Christmas offers a short onehour programme of music, carol singing and festive readings. Interspersing traditional favourites with contemporary classics, the captivating performances of St Martin’s Voices will give something for everyone as you prepare for the season’s celebrations.
St Martin’s Voices
Andrew Earis director
Tickets: £26 £18.50 £10
SATURDAY 20 DECEMBER, 7:30PM
SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER, 7:30PM
MONDAY 22 DECEMBER, 7:30PM
TUESDAY 23 DECEMBER, 7:30PM
A Christmas Celebration by Candlelight
Christmas Celebration offers a full evening of music, carol singing and readings, with enchanting performances of festive music including a few favourites for you to join in with. You’ll leave full of the joys of the season and ready to start your celebrations with family, friends and loved ones. The choir will sing much loved classics O Holy Night, Sussex Carol and Carol of the Bells alongside audience carols for brass and organ for all including O come, all ye faithful, God rest ye merry, Gentlemen and Joy to the World.
St Martin’s Voices
St Martin’s Brass
Andrew Earis director
Tickets: £39.50 £35 £27 £16 £10
SATURDAY 27 DECEMBER, 7PM
Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight
Tchaikovsky Movements from ‘The Nutcracker’
Rowley Movements from ‘Christmas Suite’
Vivaldi Four Seasons
St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble
Richard Milone soloist
Andrew Earis director
The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi is a masterpiece of Baroque beauty and drama, still beloved by audiences three centuries later.
Tickets: £32 £29 £22 £16 £9
CHRISTMAS AT ST MARTIN’S
FRIDAY 16 & SATURDAY 17 JANUARY 2026, 7PM
The Gesualdo Six/Bill Barclay: Death of Gesualdo
The Gesualdo Six Owain Park director Six dancers
Created and directed by Bill Barclay
Choreographed by Will Tuckett
Produced by Concert Theatre Works
Following 25 cities of largely sold-out performances, The Gesualdo Six reunite with director Bill Barclay to create a follow-up to the hit international immersive tour, Secret Byrd. Early music’s infamous sociopath, Renaissance prince Carlo Gesualdo, was a composer of stunning originality, but best known for the macabre murder of his wife and her lover. In this astonishingly bold theatrical concert, six dancers enact stunning tableaux vivants mapping Gesualdo’s psyche onto his most chilling music, the Tenebrae Responses.
Tickets: £55 £40 £35 £30
£20 £10
Commissioned by The Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, The National Centre for Early Music in York, and Music Before 1800 in NYC.
THURSDAY 5 FEBRUARY, 7:30PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Steven Isserlis
Scarlatti / Avision Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minor
Haydn Cello Concerto No.2 in D major Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile
Arensky arr. Marijn van Prooijen Quartet
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Steven Isserlis cello
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields reunite with internationally acclaimed cellist Steven Isserlis, having last toured together in 2016. The programme will include Haydn’s Cello Concerto No.2 in D Major, a concerto with Haydn’s signature joy, humour and warmth and showcases Isserlis’ virtuosic skills. Also on the programme is Tchaikovsky’s Andante Cantabile, originally from his String Quartet No.1 and arranged separately by the composer for cello and string orchestra. This gorgeous piece became famous in its own right separate to the quartet and is based on a folk song.
Tickets: £50 £37.50 £25 £16 £10
THURSDAY 12 FEBRUARY, 8PM
Crypt Close-Up: Manchester Collective – Sky with Four Suns
Pärt Summa
Britten String Quartet No.2, movement 1
Purcell Fantasia in C minor
Mica Levi You Belong to Me
Jasmine Morris New Commission (London premiere)
John Luther Adams Canticles of the Sky
Manchester Collective
A vision of the sky in the depths of the earth: mystery, ecstasy and stunning music-making as the Manchester Collective takes over the crypt at St Martin-inthe-Fields.
Tickets: £17.50
PASSIONTIDE & EASTER
FESTIVAL OF MUSIC
TUESDAY 10 MARCH, 7:30PM
Monteverdi Choir & English
Baroque Soloists:
Bach – St John Passion
Bach St John Passion
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Louise Alder soprano
Laurence Kilsby tenor
William Thomas bass
Peter Whelan conductor
Filled with emotion, a survivor of great and terrible events tells his tale. As he sings of betrayal and death, the choir becomes an angry crowd, and even the audience is drawn into the unfolding drama. This is Bach’s St John Passion; a masterpiece that speaks to the hearts and spirits of listeners of all faiths and none. Few performers understand this music more deeply; today, for the first time, they perform it under the direction of a true legend of early music, the inspirational Peter Whelan.
Tickets: £80 £70 £48 £35 £10
THURSDAY 26 MARCH, 7:30PM
The Sixteen: Mother of Mercy –Music for Lent from a Golden Age of Portuguese Music
Antonio Lotti Crucifixus for 8 voices
Diogo Dias Melgas Popule Meus –Improperia
Domenico Scarlatti Iste Confessor
Diogo Dias Melgas Lamentacão de Quinta Feira Santa; Salve Regina Rebelo Panis Angelicus
Antonio Caldara Crucifixus for 16 voices
Domenico Scarlatti Stabat Mater for 10 voices
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers director
Lent is supposed to be a time of reflection and austerity, but everything’s relative, and in Portugal, in the 17th and 18th centuries, those weeks of fasting were the pretext for a feast of sacred music at its most emotionally-charged. Harry Christophers and his world-famous chamber choir The Sixteen invite us to the banquet today, and music as glorious as Lotti’s Crucifixus needs no introduction. But that’s just for starters. Savour yearning melodies, lush harmonies and soaring, impassioned prayers from Melgas, Caldara and Rebelo, as well as the blossoming, endlessly expressive imagination of Domenico Scarlatti.
Tickets: £45 £35 £30 £25 £16 £10
SANSARA
The Sixteen
At a glance…
FRIDAY 5 SEP, 7:30PM
The Sixteen: Angel of Peace
TUESDAY 9 SEP, 7PM
Choral Discovery Concert: The Cloths of Heaven
THURSDAY 11 SEP, 7:30PM
The Carice Singers: Arvo Pärt’s 90th Birthday –A Prayer for Peace on 9/11
SATURDAY 13 SEP, 7PM
Bach and Handel by Candlelight
THURSDAY 18 SEPT, 7PM
Mozart, Master of Drama: LMP with Danielle de Niese
FRIDAY 19 SEP, 7:30PM
Monteverdi Choir: Mozart Requiem
TUESDAY 23 SEP, 7PM
Crypt Close-Up: Vision – The Imagined Testimony of Hildegard von Bingen
TUESDAY 23 SEP, 7:30PM
Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Julius Asal
THURSDAY 25 SEP, 7PM
Roderick Williams & the Carducci Quartet: Die schöne Müllerin
FRIDAY 26 SEP, 7:30PM
I Fagiolini: Monteverdi Vespers
SATURDAY 27 SEP, 2:30PM
Family Classics by Candlelight
SATURDAY 27 SEP, 7PM
Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight
SATURDAY 4 OCT, 7PM
Romantic Classics by Candlelight
SATURDAY 11 OCT, 1:30PM Come and Sing: Haydn
SATURDAY 11 OCT, 7PM
Baroque Classics by Candlelight
THURSDAY 16 OCT, 7:30PM
The Cardinall’s Musick: Allegri, Palestrina & Masters of the Sistine Chapel
FRIDAY 17 OCT, 7PM
LMP play Bach’s Brandenburgs
SATURDAY 18 OCT, 2:30PM
Family Classics by Candlelight
SATURDAY 18 OCT, 7PM
Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight
THURSDAY 23 OCT, 7:30PM
La Serenissima & Raffaele La Ragione: Vivaldi Mandolin & Violin Concertos
FRIDAY 24 OCT, 6:30PM
The English Concert: Handel’s Rinaldo
SATURDAY 25 OCT, 7PM
Mendelssohn Elijah by Candlelight
FRIDAY 31 OCT, 7PM
Baroque Classics by Candlelight
SATURDAY 1 NOV, 1PM
Family Classics by Candlelight
SATURDAY 1 NOV, 7PM
Fauré Requiem by Candlelight
THURSDAY 6 NOV, 7PM
Gabrieli Consort: Purcell’s Fairy Queen
SATURDAY 8 NOV, 7PM
Mozart Requiem by Candlelight
TUESDAY 11 NOV, 7PM Allegri Miserere by Candlelight
THURSDAY 13 NOV, 7:30PM
La Nuova Musica: Mozart C Minor Mass
FRIDAY 14 NOV, 7:30PM
Path of Peace – Sir Anthony Seldon and the BBC Singers
SATURDAY 15 NOV, 7PM
Darbar: Sanskrati Wahane & Gurdain Rayatt by Candlelight
TUESDAY 18 NOV, 7PM
Choral Discovery Concert: Night Flight
THURSDAY 20 NOV, 7:30PM
The Gesualdo Six: Nachtmusik
FRIDAY 21 NOV, 7:30PM
Beethoven and McNeff: LMP with Fenella Humphreys
SATURDAY 22 NOV, 7PM
Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight
TUESDAY 25 NOV, 7:30PM
Handel Messiah by Candlelight
FRIDAY 28 NOV, 7:30PM
Too Many Notes: A Celebration of Amadeus with Academy of St Martin in the Fields
TUESDAY 2 DEC, 7:30PM
Carols for Charity
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St Martin-in-the-Fields Church can be entered using the steps in the front of the church or via a ramp on the north side of church. The Crypt can be accessed through a lift in Church and the glass entrance pavilion using the stairs or a lift.
details. All information correct at time of printing (April 2025).
