About the Festival
The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music was founded in 2002 with the aim of showcasing contemporary liturgical music in both service and concert. Based at St Pancras Parish Church, London, the LFCCM has grown to include more than sixty events in venues across London and beyond, dozens of composers, hundreds of performers and thousands of audience members, both live and online, showcasing the very best in contemporary liturgical music for choir and organ.
Review LFCCM 2021
After a hiatus in 2020 due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the Festival returned in 2021 with a week of live events starting on Sunday 16 May: a Gala Concert on Saturday 22 May celebrating the works of Cecilia McDowall, a recital celebrating the 80th Birthday of Sebastian Forbes, a BBC Broadcast of Choral Evensong featuring music by Stevie Wishart, Joanna Marsh, Renāts Cvečkovskis, and Alan Gibbs, and contemporary music in church services across London.
- “Standing as I do before God”: Cecilia McDowall at 70
- “William Blake Meets Sebastian Forbes”: Sebastian Forbes at 80
- “The Rose that Bare Jesu”: The Byron Consort of Harrow School
- Choral Evensong broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
- Complete LFCCM 2021 programme
Listen again to LFCCM @ Home
With live performances not possible in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, recorded performances from the Festival’s archives were streamed online as part of a mini “virtual” Festival between Tuesday 12 May and Sunday 17 May 2020. Additionally, BBC Radio 3 re-broadcast Choral Evensong from LFCCM 2011 on Wednesday 13 May 2020.
The LFCCM is a precious and unique opportunity for the annual showcasing of new sacred works at the highest possible level. It thoroughly deserves its important place in the spectrum of contemporary music in London.
