St Martin in the Fields

Lunchtime Concerts in Central London

Tue, Feb 08, 2011 11:00 CET

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

ST MARTIN’S CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION in partnership with MAKING MUSIC returns in 2011 Patron: Sir Neville Marriner

Mon, Nov 15, 2010 12:16 CET

The St Martin’s Chamber Music Competition embodies St Martin’s commitment to the discovery, nurture and promotion of new and emerging musical talent and continues a long history of musical excellence and artistic contribution at the heart of London. With the support of Making Music, the competition is able to offer winners the opportunity to establish and develop a performance profile throughout the United Kingdom.Now in its second year, the St Martin’s Chamber Music Competition with Patron Sir Neville Marriner is a collaboration between St Martin-in-the-Fields and Making Music. The

SALUTE! LATIN AMERICA COMES TO ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS

Fri, Jul 09, 2010 10:26 CET

Bank Holiday Monday 30 August, 6pm – 11pm. Celebrate at St Martin’s with Argentine guitars, Latin American jazz and Piazzolla’s "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" featuring Venezuelan virtuoso Giovanni Guzzo for the 200th anniversary of independence for Chile, Argentina and Bolivia.Three Latin American concerts bring a touch of spice this summer to St Martin-in-the-Fields in a one day extravaganza. Sensational, multi-prize winning Rossi Pompilio Guitar Duo open with a taste of tango at 6pm. The prodigiously talented Daniela Rossi and Sebastian Pompilio perform works by Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos,

Crotchets and Cream Teas with Chamber Competition Winners

Thu, Jul 08, 2010 13:38 CET

The ever popular Afternoon Tea Concerts series returns to St Martin’s this summer. Making the most of the season, the series invites audiences to indulge in a traditional afternoon tea of freshly baked scone, jam and clotted cream with tea, Fairtrade filter coffee or orange juice from the Café in the Crypt and to enjoy an hour of music with performances by outstanding chamber musicians discovered during the course of the year in St Martin’s prestigious Lunchtime Concert Series. On Monday 2 August, 3.30pm experience the saxophone as you’ve never heard it before. Park Lane Group and Concordia

American Encounters at St Martin-in-the-Fields: 1 and 2 July 2010

Mon, Jun 14, 2010 17:45 CET

St Martin-in-the-Fields goes American in the lead up to Independence Day with a two day American Encounters festival featuring the best of the classical music from the United States.On Thursday 1 July 'Canticum', one of the country’s leading chamber choirs, opens the festival with Aaron Copland’s In The Beginning. Works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky, Samuel Barber’s famous Agnus Dei and popular classics by Jerome Kern, Gershwin and Billy Joel.. “Prodigiously gifted” (The Classical Source) pianist Maria Marchant performs on Friday 2 July in a free lunchtime concert at 1.

Thank you Iceland: Finalists Defy 'Act of God' and progress to St Martin's Chamber Music Competition Final

Fri, Apr 23, 2010 18:59 CET

The Piatti String Quartet, Greenwich Trio and Elixir Trio will perform in their bid to become the first ever winners of St Martin's Chamber Music Competition in partnership with Making Music. After making it through the preliminary and semi-final rounds, the three groups will compete for the coveted prize. Piatti String Quartet, stranded in France by the cloud of volcanic ash which wreaked havoc for travellers across Europe last week, drove through the night to a ferry from Dunkirk in order to make their scheduled semi-final last Tuesday 20 April. While those stranded were cursing Iceland's

Not Vivaldi's Four Seasons Again: St Martin-in-the-Fields' Inaugural Chamber Music Competition

Wed, Mar 31, 2010 15:24 CET

Press Release April 2010 For immediate release ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION 2010 in partnership with MAKING MUSIC This is not Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. In fact, the Baroque and Early Classical repertoire for which the church has established an international reputation may not make an appearance at all at the inaugural St Martin’s Chamber Music Competition (SMCC) this April. The central London 18th century church has a long musical history reaching back to performances by Handel and Mozart and the establishment of the famed Academy of St Martin in the Fields by Sir Neville