Thursday 21 June, 7pm
St Giles-without-Cripplegate
Storm and Refuge
Programme 2021 - Sunshine after Rain
Thursday 17 June, 7pm
Summer String Serenade
The London Mozart Players with pianist Mark Bebbington open the festival with a programme of glorious British music for strings.
Mark Bebbington, piano
Simon Blendis, leader/director
London Mozart Players
Friday 18 June, 7pm
Long Ago and Far Away
Classic songs of love and romance by Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, George & Ira Gershwin, Rogers & Hart and more...
Mary Carewe, vocalist
Graham Bickley, vocalist
Ryan MacKenzie, piano
Saturday 19 June, 7pm
On Wenlock Edge
Vaughan Williams’ evocative song cycle, presented with Jeremy Hamway-Bidgood’s award-winning shadow-play animation.
Daniel Norman, tenor
Sholto Kynoch, piano
Sunday 20 June, 5pm
Choral Evensong
The Choir of St Bartholomew the Great for Choral sings Choral
Evensong under the direction of Rupert Gough.
The Choir of St Bartholomew the Great
Rupert Gough, music director
Monday 21 June, 1pm
Raindrops and Reflections
A selection of works by Chopin including the celebrated 'Raindrop' Prelude, with lyrical works for solo piano by Cesar Franck, Schubert,
Rachmaninoff and Granados.
Elizabeth Sombart, piano
Tuesday 22 June, 1pm
'Spirit of Eternal Sunshine'
Brother Tree Sound String Quartet present a programme of two wonderful works for String Quartet: Dvořák's American quartet and Haydn's Op. 64 no 5 'Lark' alongside a live premiere by Ben Nobuto.
Anna de Bruin, violin
Thea Spiers, violin
Peter Mallinson, viola
Julia Graham, cello
Wednesday 23 June, 7pm
I, Clara
Lucy Parham’s beautifully crafted portrait of Clara Schumann, drawn from the composer’s letters and diaries and interspersed with live performances of her own works, and music by Robert Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, Mendelssohn, and Chopin.
Lucy Parham, piano
Joanna David, narrator
Thursday 24 June, 1pm
Lunchtime with Poulenc
Sparkling, elegant Poulenc - perfect for lunchtime escapism. Explore Poulenc's chamber music for winds and piano with Mark Bebbington and woodwind principals from leading London orchestras.
Mark Bebbington, piano
Emer McDonough, flute
John Roberts, oboe
Jonathan Davies, bassoon
Thursday 24 June, 7pm
Fascinating Rhythms
Unusual and original arrangements of Gershwin, Arlen, Porter and Rodgers through to contemporary classics of Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel & Michael Bublé
Michael Dore, vocalist
Jacqueline Barron, vocalist
John G Smith, piano
Zoltan Dekany, bass
Friday 25 June, 7pm
Royal Philharmonic Brass
Rousing, majestic music for brass quintet and organ including music by Bach, Arnold and Gershwin, played by the principals of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Mike Allen, trumpet
Adam Wright, trumpet
James Pillai, horn
Rupert Whitehead, trombone
Kevin Morgan, tuba
Iestyn Evans, organ
Saturday 26 June, 6.30pm
Finale: Sunshine after Rain
A family concert for choir with jazz piano trio - full of rain, sun and rainbows, including Flanders & Horovitz's Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo.
City of London Choir
Njabulo Madlala, baritone
Andrew Vinter, piano
Andrew Pask, bass
Mike Smith, drums
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor