Lunchtime Concerts in Central London
Lunchtime concerts at the beautiful eighteenth century church in Trafalgar Square are always a treat, allowing you to enjoy a forty-five minute concert featuring a refreshing range of performers and repertoire.
St Martin’s has a commitment to discovering, nurturing and promoting new and emerging talent, which we do through this lunchtime concert series. Our concerts, which take place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays at 1.00pm, give musicians the opportunity to perform in a professional environment in central London to a large and appreciative audience. Concerts are free and tickets are not required, but a donation towards the work of St Martin’s is greatly appreciated. We have plenty to tempt you in March including the St Martin-in-the-Fields Organ Series concert on Friday 4 March when Charles Andrews will be performing well-known works by Bach and Franck. The semi-finals of the St Martin’s Chamber Music Competition will take place on Monday 7 March, Tuesday 8 March and Friday 11 March, enabling audiences to enjoy six of the best ensembles selected from a preliminary round performing for twenty minutes each over the three lunchtime concerts. Other highlights of the month include the Concordia Foundation Series concert on Monday 14 March, featuring sensational soprano Joanna Weeks and William Vann (piano) who will perform Songs of Night and Dreaming. On Friday 25 March, pianist Irina Lankova will grace the stage as part of the Pianists of the World Series and on Tuesday 29 March, the Flotilla Saxophone Quartet will be performing new music and a world premiere by Charlotte Harding. With plenty of variety on offer and St Martin’s superb acoustics and intimate surroundings, March promises to be an outstanding month for lunchtime concerts. ENDS For further information, please contact Jennifer Lang (Assistant Concerts Manager) at jennifer.lang@smitf.org 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.
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