LFCCM 2003:
Saturday 10 May – Sunday 18 May 2003
Review LFCCM 2003
LFCCM 2003 included 13 events between Saturday 10 May and Sunday 18 May 2003.
Saturday 10 May
7:30pm, Saturday 10 MayThe ChristSt Pancras Parish ChurchAn Oratorio by Paul Ayres, performed by The Petrus Singers and Ensemble, Notting Hill and Ealing High School Junior Chamber Choir
Sunday 11 May
10:00am, Sunday 11 MayChoral EucharistSt Pancras Parish ChurchChoral Eucharist for St Pancrastide (Patronal Festival)
6:00pm, Sunday 11 MayChoral EvensongSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Jonathan Dove, Grayston Ives, Robert Saxton, and Benjamin Britten
Monday 12 May
1:15pm, Monday 12 MayLunchtime RecitalSt Pancras Parish ChurchCelebrity organ recital given by Jeremy Filsell, including works by Sebastian Forbes, Francis Pott and Noel Tredinnick
Tuesday 13 May
1:15pm, Tuesday 13 MayLunchtime RecitalSt Pancras Parish ChurchPhilip Mead, piano / Celtic Brass Quintet, directed by Christopher Batchelor
Thursday 15 May
1:15pm, Thursday 15 MayLunchtime RecitalSt Pancras Parish ChurchA programme of contemporary dance by students from The London School of Contemporary Dance (The Place)
7:00pm, Thursday 15 MayChoral EvensongSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by David Buckley, Francis Pott, James MacMillan, and Paul Ayres
Friday 16 May
2:30pm, Friday 16 MayComposers’ MasterclassSt Pancras Parish ChurchLed by Francis Pott (Head of Composition, London College of Music and Media) and Diana Burrell (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
5:30pm, Friday 16 MayPerformance of New Works from the Afternoon MasterclassSt Pancras Parish ChurchPerformance of new works from the afternoon masterclass, performed by The Choir of St Pancras Parish Church, directed by Christopher Batchelor
Saturday 17 May
8:00pm, Saturday 17 MayFestival ConcertSt Pancras Parish ChurchThe Choir of St Pancras Parish Church, directed by Christopher Batchelor
Sunday 18 May
10:00am, Sunday 18 MayChoral EucharistSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Andrew McBirnie, Jonathan Harvey, and James MacMillan
6:00pm, Sunday 18 MayChoral EvensongSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Francis Pott, Christopher Batchelor, Antony Pitts, and Diana Burrell
As 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.
