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This historic church of St Martin-in-the-Fields overlooking Trafalgar Square was built in 1726 and is the best known work of Scottish architect James Gibbs whose first public building was St Mary-le-Strand. The Palladian features of St Martin-in-the-Fields reveal the influence of Gibbs' training under the leading Roman architect of the time, Carlo Fontana. The church combines several roles: religious, charitable and musical with candle-lit concerts held from Thursday to Saturday, and free
lunchtime recitals on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. It also houses a gift shop, brass rubbing centre, art gallery and a courtyard as well as a glorious eaterie underneath the church - the atmospheric Cafe in the Crypt - where traditional roasts are served on a Sunday and jazz concerts take place on Wednesday nights. All profits go to support the work of the church, with its particular ministry to the homeless.
St Martin-in-the-Fields events
The Fabulations
event Wednesday 15th February 2012TIMES 8pm PRICING £5.50 & £9
The five-piece play jazz, swing, funk and soul.
TIMES 7.30pm PRICING £8-£22
A performance by the group of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos No 4 and No 5, Vivaldi's Concerto For Flute, Il Gardellino and his Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins And Cello, Telemann's Concerto For Flute And Recorder In E Minor and Handel's Water Music Suite In G, with soloist Martin Feinstein.... More about this event
London Octave/Choir Of London Octave
event Friday 17th February 2012TIMES 7.30pm PRICING £8-£25
Dietrich Bethge conducts the assembly in Mozart's Salzburg Symphony In F, Horn Concerto No 3 and his Requiem.
TIMES 7.30pm PRICING £8-£26
A performance by the orchestra of Bach's Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor, Mozart's Divertimento No 1 In D, Pachelbel's Canon and Gigue, plus Vivaldi's Concerto For Four Violins In B Minor and his Four Seasons, with soloists Miki Takahashi and Catherine Manson.... More about this event
TIMES 1pm PRICING Free, donations welcome
The soprano and pianist perform Faure's Cinq Melodies, De Venise, Richard Strauss's Drei Ophelia-Lieder, plus Rachmaninov's - Ne Poy Krasavitsa, Pri Mne, Siren, Zdes' Khorosho and his Vesennije Vody.... More about this event
TIMES 7.30pm PRICING £8-£22
Ivor Setterfield conducts the assembly in Durufle's Four Motets, Alain's Chanson, Langlais's Chant Heroique and Messe Solennelle, Poulenc's Salve Regina, Villette's O Salutaris Hostia and Rutter's Requiem, with soloist William Whitehead.... More about this event
TIMES 1pm PRICING Free, donation welcome
The pianist performs Brahms's Intermezzo In A Minor and Rhapsody In B Minor, Scarlatti's Sonata In D and Sonata In B Minor, Szymanowski's Scheherazade No 1 from Masques, plus Debussy's La Soiree Dans Granade and his Jardins Sous La Pluie.... More about this event
TIMES 7.30pm PRICING £8-£26
Enoch zu Guttenberg conducts Bach's St John Passion, with Mariam Meyer, soprano, Annekatrin Laabs, Alto, Bernhard Berchtold, tenor and Jorg Durmuller, evangelist.... More about this event
TIMES 7.30pm PRICING £8-£28
John Landor conducts Mozart's Divertimento In F, Piano Concerto No 21 In C, 'Elvira Madigan' and his Symphony No 38 In D, 'Prague', with pianist Sasha Grynyuk.... More about this event
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