Relax and Unwind in Late Night London
2/4/2011 7:40 AM EST
During the cold months of February and March one of the busiest concert venues in the country will stage a programme of late night concerts.
There is no better way to wind down and forget your worries than to come along to a late evening candlelit performance at St Martin-in-the-Fields, enjoy a glass of wine and some wonderful music. As always, St Martin’s will invite some of the finest musicians in London to perform an hour of music in the beautiful and tranquil surroundings of this eighteenth century church. Concerts will last one hour with no interval and are designed to offer relaxation, enjoyment and lots of variety, allowing people to escape from the stresses and strains of daily life. Concert-goers can complete the experience with a glass of house wine in the Café in the Crypt before the concert.
Tickets can be bought for the very reasonable price of £19 which includes an unreserved seat and a glass of house wine, and are available online at
www.smitf.org or from the Box Office on 020 7766 1100. There are four concerts to choose from:
Friday 11 February
9.30pm
Rachmaninov Vespers by Candlelight
One of the most intensely emotional a capella works in the repertoire and one of Rachmaninov’s favourite compositions.
Encoro
Sarah Tenant-Flowers Conductor
Friday 25 February
10pm
Victoria Requiem by Candlelight
Tomas Luis de Victoria – Requiem
English Chamber Choir
Guy Protheroe Conductor
Saturday 26 March
10pm
Bach Cello Suites by Candlelight
Bach – Cello Suite D Minor
Bach – Cello Suite in C
And works by Domenico Gabrielli and Domenico Galli
Sebastian Comberti Cello
Thursday 31 March
9.30pm
Spem in Alium by Candlelight
McGarr – Love you Big as the Sky
Tavener – Song for Athene
Purcell – Funeral Music for the Death of Queen Mary
Tippett – Dance Clarion Air
Bennet – All Creatures Now
Swayne – Magnificat
Cornysh – Magnificat
Tallis – Spem in Alium
Exmoor Singers of London
James Jarvis Conductor
ENDS
For further information, please contact Jennifer Lang (Assistant Concerts Manager) at
or call 020 7766 1130.
NOTES TO EDITORS
St Martin-in-the-Fields, with over 350 concerts a year, is one of the busiest music venues in the country. Concerts draw visitors from all over the world attracted by St Martin’s superb acoustics, intimate yet impressive surroundings and outstanding musical standards. Concerts take place on some Tuesdays and every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7.30pm and include Early and Baroque Music, chamber and world music, song and piano recitals. St Martin-in-the-Fields is also a working parish church with a calendar of services, which on Wednesdays and Sundays are choral. The full programme of services and concert information can be found at
www.smitf.org.