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Composer creates video to accompany movements from "Blesséd Cecilia"

LFCCM 2023’s gala concert, “Blesséd Cecilia”, saw composers from across the UK come together in a remarkable collaboration that celebrated 20 years of Christopher Batchelor’s founding and leadership of the LFCCM. Eleven of the composers worked together on Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius, a collaborative mass setting dedicated to Christopher Batchelor that was inspired by the collaborative creation of the Missa…

Applications are now open for Artistic Director

Download this post as a PDF Download this post as a JPG The Trustees of The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music invite expressions of interest for the position of ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR 2026 FESTIVAL The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music (LFCCM) was founded in 2002 by Christopher Batchelor to promote the living tradition of liturgical music for choir…

Sebastian ForbesAs composer and founder-patron of The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, I have keenly watched it grow from its beginnings more than a decade ago. The Festival quickly became an established and much valued event in London’s musical calendar, bringing proper attention to the vital place of new music in the church’s repertoire. Indeed, it would now be hard to envisage the month of May without the enjoyment of this exciting enterprise.

Sebastian Forbes, composer
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