London church gets major talent upgrade

St Martin-in-the-Fields used to be open for booking by any group of musicians. Now it has taken programming in hand with a powerful prgramme for Spring 2022.

Among those booked are major professional choirs including BBC Singers, Chineke! Voices, Ex Cathedra, the Gesualdo Six, I Fagiolini, Monteverdi Choir, Tallis Scholars and Tenebrae, with music from plainchant to contemporary.

Other highlights:

– Operas by Handel and Purcell with The English Concert and BBC Singers, Vivaldi from 12 Ensemble and La Serenissima.

– Easter Festival including Arvo Pärt’s Passio, Bach’s St John Passion and Handel’s La resurrezione.

– Chineke! Voices with music by of one of the earliest known composers of African descent

– Opus Anglicanum with jazz pianist Jason Rebello and I Fagiolini with actress Tamsin Greig

– New partnership with neighbours English National Opera, ‘ENO in the Fields’, to showcase new singers with the ENO Chorus and Orchestra.

– London recital debut of Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

– Friday lunchtime series with young artists in partnership with English National Opera, City Music Foundation, Darbar and Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra.