LFCCM 2011:
Saturday 7 May – Sunday 15 May 2011
Review LFCCM 2011
LFCCM 2011 included 33 events between Saturday 7 May and Sunday 15 May 2011.
Saturday 7 May
7:30pm, Saturday 7 MayOpening ConcertSt Pancras Parish ChurchPerformed by The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, directed by Graham Ross. Programme includes the Requiem of Gabriel Jackson alongside works by Robin Holloway, Michael Berkeley, Cecilia McDowall, Kerry Andrew, Howard Skempton.
Sunday 8 May
10:00am, Sunday 8 MayChoral EucharistSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Rachel DeVore Fogarty, James MacMillan, Robert Fokkens, John McCabe, and Cecilia McDowall
11:00am, Sunday 8 MayChoral MatinsThe Wren Chapel, Royal Hospital, ChelseaMusic by Simon Brown, Ben Parry, James MacMillan, and Kenneth Leighton
4:45pm, Sunday 8 MayOrgan RecitalWestminster CathedralMartin Baker, organ, demonstrates the power of improvisation.
6:00pm, Sunday 8 MayChoral EvensongSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by David Gorton, Cecilia McDowall, Gregory Rose, Antony Pitts, and Jonathan Dove
Monday 9 May
1:15pm, Monday 9 MayLunchtime RecitalSouthwark CathedralStudents from The Royal Academy of Music, directed by David Titterington, perform organ and instrumental works by Diana Burrell and Sofia Gubaidulina.
3:45pm, Monday 9 MayTea-Time ConcertSt Paul’s Covent GardenPerformed by The Choir of St Clement Danes Primary School, including music from the “Sing Up!” programme.
9:00pm, Monday 9 MayComplineSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Paul Burke, Simon Brown, Geoffrey Burgon, Paul Drayton, and Alberto Colla
Tuesday 10 May
5:15pm, Tuesday 10 MayChoral EvensongSt George’s Chapel, WindsorMusic by Paul Spicer, David Bednall, Francis Pott, and James MacMillan
Wednesday 11 May
5:00pm, Wednesday 11 MayConcertSt Dunstan in the WestEaster and Christmas, Winter and Spring: music for boys’ voices and harp, performed by The Children of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal, directed by Andrew Gant, with Rachel Wick, harp
Thursday 12 May
1:15pm, Thursday 12 MayLunchtime RequiemSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Bayan Northcott, Gabriel Fauré, Timothy Bowlby, Alan Gibbs, and Elizabeth Winters
8:00pm, Thursday 12 MayGala ConcertSt Pancras Parish ChurchThe Choral Music of Bob Chilcott, performed by The Elysian Singers, directed by Sam Laughton
Friday 13 May
1:00pm, Friday 13 MayLunchtime RecitalThe Purcell RoomA celebration of the music of Cecilia McDowall, performed by The Choir of St Pancras Parish Church, directed by Christopher Batchelor
5:30pm, Friday 13 MayTea-Time RecitalSt Pancras Parish ChurchThe choral music of Jonathan Harvey, performed by University College London Chamber Choir, directed by Charles Peebles
7:00pm, Friday 13 MayConcertSt Alban-the-Martyr, Holborn“The Ice Mountain”: a semi-staged opera by Ronald Corp, performed by The New London Childrens’ Choir
Saturday 14 May
Sunday 15 May
10:00am, Sunday 15 MayChoral EucharistSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Gordon Crosse, Lowell Liebermann, Raymond Helble, Łukasz Urbaniak, and Thomas Hyde
11:00am, Sunday 15 MayChoral MatinsThe Chapels Royal, HM St James’ PalaceMusic by John Rutter, Andrew Gant, Benjamin Britten, and Philip Moore
6:00pm, Sunday 15 MayChoral EvensongSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Tim Ambler, Phillip Cooke, Nicholas O’Neill, David Caudill, and Diana Burrell
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.
