LFCCM 2013:
Saturday 11 May – Sunday 19 May 2013
Review LFCCM 2013
LFCCM 2013 included 41 events between Saturday 11 May and Sunday 19 May 2013.
Saturday 11 May
5:00pm, Saturday 11 MayChoral EvensongWestminster AbbeyMusic by Humphrey Clucas, Kenneth Leighton, and Philip Moore
7:00pm, Saturday 11 MayPre-Concert TalkSt Pancras Parish ChurchPhilip Moore talks about his music prior to the concert by Vox Turturis
7:30pm, Saturday 11 MayPhilip Moore at 70St Pancras Parish ChurchVox Turturis directed by Andrew Gant presents this celebration of the music of Philip Moore, interspersed with music by other composers associated with York Minster.
Sunday 12 May
10:00am, Sunday 12 MayChoral EucharistSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Ben Parry, Nikolas Labrinakos, Christopher Gower, and Antony le Fleming
11:00am, Sunday 12 MayChoral MatinsThe Wren Chapel, Royal Hospital, ChelseaMusic by Adrian Horsewood, Philip Moore, William Vann, Jonathan Dove, and Olivier Messiaen
11:00am, Sunday 12 MayChoral EucharistThe King’s Chapel of the SavoyMusic by Anthony Caesar and Gabriel Jackson
5:45pm, Sunday 12 MayOrgan RecitalWestminster AbbeyPerformed by Martin Ford, organ, and Peter Holder, organ. Part of a series of concerts celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation. Programme to include a world premiere of a new commission by Daniel Saleeb.
6:00pm, Sunday 12 MayChoral EvensongSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Oscar Ridout, Paul Burke, Alan Gibbs, Miriam Mackie, and Gabriel Jackson
Monday 13 May
1:15pm, Monday 13 MayOrgan recitalLincoln’s Inn ChapelWilliam Whitehead performs preludes from The Orgelbüchlein Project
5:15pm, Monday 13 MayChoral EvensongSt George’s Chapel, WindsorMusic by Philip Moore, Neil Cox, and Robert Walker
9:00pm, Monday 13 MayComplineSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Simon Brown, Joseph Phibbs, Łukasz Urbaniak, Richard Arundel, and Toby Young
Tuesday 14 May
11:00am, Tuesday 14 MaySeminar: Music & TheologyKing’s College LondonProfessor Ben Quash leads a seminar looking at the purpose of contemporary music in the modern day liturgy, with guest speaker Michael Berkeley
1:15pm, Tuesday 14 MayLunchtime RecitalSt George’s BloomsburyMusic by Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, and Jill Jarman
5:30pm, Tuesday 14 MayChoral EvensongKing’s College LondonMusic by Gareth Wilson, Matthew Martin, and Francis Grier
Wednesday 15 May
3:30pm, Wednesday 15 MayChoral EvensongSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Gordon Crosse, Ronald Corp, Philip Moore, Diana Burrell, and Ed Hughes
Thursday 16 May
Friday 17 May
12:45pm, Friday 17 MayPre-Concert TalkSt Pancras Parish ChurchCecilia McDowall talks about music for Pentecost prior to the Ancient & Modern concert.
1:15pm, Friday 17 May“Ancient & Modern”: Lunchtime ConcertSt Pancras Parish ChurchA concert of Renaissance and Contemporary Music for Pentecost
4:00pm, Friday 17 MayTeatime ConcertSt Paul’s Covent GardenMusic by Helen Johnson, Mark Johnson, Peter Hunt, and Scott Stroman
5:15pm, Friday 17 MayPre-Concert TalkSt Pancras Parish ChurchRobin Holloway talks about his music prior to the recital by University College London Chamber Choir
5:45pm, Friday 17 MayThe Choral Music of Robin HollowaySt Pancras Parish ChurchUniversity College London Chamber Choir presents this recital of choral music by Robin Holloway
Saturday 18 May
7:00pm, Saturday 18 MayPre-Concert TalkSt John’s, WaterlooGregory Rose talks about his piece “Danse Macabre” ahead of this evening’s UK premiere
8:00pm, Saturday 18 MayEvening ConcertSt John’s, WaterlooThe first UK performance of Gregory Rose’s “Danse Macabre”, a work inspired by the picture “Danse Macabre” by the medieval German artist Bernt Notke, currently displayed in St Nicholas Church in Tallinn, a series of representations of Death variously taunting the Pope, Emperor, Empress, Cardinal, King, and Bishop. The chorus sings the complete Latin Requiem.
Sunday 19 May
10:00am, Sunday 19 MayChoral EucharistSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by Thomas Hewitt Jones, Cecilia McDowall, Richard Pantcheff, and Ed Hughes
10:30am, Sunday 19 MayParish EucharistSt Mary’s, Primrose HillMusic by Grayston Ives, Philip Godfrey, and Enjoytt Schneider
11:00am, Sunday 19 MayChoral EucharistChrist Church, ChelseaMusic by James Walton, Robin Burlton, Gareth Wilson, Louisa Sullivan, and Robert Busiakiewicz
11:00am, Sunday 19 MayParish Mass & SermonSt Magnus the MartyrMusic by Kenneth Leighton, Cecilia McDowall, John Eady, and Philip Moore
11:15am, Sunday 19 MayChoral MatinsThe Temple ChurchMusic by John Tavener, Philip Radcliffe, Charles Villiers Stanford, Gabriel Jackson, Olivier Messiaen, and Carl Rütti
11:15am, Sunday 19 MayChoral MatinsThe Chapels Royal, HM St James’ PalaceMusic by William Walton, Philip Moore, and Peter Maxwell Davies
4:45pm, Sunday 19 MayOrgan recitalSt Paul’s CathedralMusic by César Franck, David Liddle, and Maurice Duruflé
6:00pm, Sunday 19 MayChoral EvensongSt Pancras Parish ChurchMusic by John Eady, Tim Ambler, Joseph Phibbs, Ed McCauley, and Daniel Knaggs
6:15pm, Sunday 19 MayChoral EvensongSt Gabriel’s, PimlicoMusic by Edmund Thomson Jones, Philip O’Meara, Daniel Saleeb, and Benjamin Woodgates
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.
