St Martin-in-the-Fields

Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 4JH Full details & map
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St Martin-in-the-Fields review

There has been a church 'in the fields' between Westminster and the City since the thirteenth century, but the current church was built in 1726 by James Gibbs, using a fusion of neoclassical and baroque styles. The parish church for Buckingham Palace (note the royal box to the left of the gallery), St Martin-in-the-Fields benefited from a £36 million, Lottery-funded refurbishment, completed in 2008. The bright interior has been fully restored, with Victorian furbelows removed and the addition of a controversial altar window that shows the Cross, stylised as if rippling on water. The crypt, its fine café and the London Brass Rubbing Centre have all been modernised. As befits the church's location in the heart of tourist London, the evening concert programme is packed with crowd-pleasers: expect lashings of Mozart and Vivaldi by candlelight. The thrice-weekly lunchtime recitals (Mon, Tue, Fri) offer less predictable fare.


Events at St Martin-in-the-Fields

Obscure Notes

Fri Nov 27 Classical Music

The Russian/Lithuanian pianist Jelena Makarova plays Bach arr Kabalevsky Prelude and Fugue in C minor; Schumann's...

Vivaldi and Mozart by Candlelight

Fri Nov 27 Classical Music

Chamber Ensemble of London directed by violinist Peter Fisher, with Gilliam Rae-Walker (soprano). Vivaldi's Sinfonia ...

Baroque Extravaganza

Sat Nov 28 Classical Music

Bach's Concerto for two violins in D minor; Vivaldi's Recorder Concerto in C minor; Pachelbel's Canon and Gigue in D;...

St Martin-in-the-Fields details

Address
Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 4JH

Transport Charing Cross 

Telephone

020 7766 1100

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Leuk om op zondag heen te gaan

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Posted by Armande on Sep 9 2009 9:20am

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