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Summer Music in City Churches: ‘Eternal Light’
Venues
St Giles-without-Cripplegate, Fore Street, Barbican EC2Y 8DA
St James Garlickhythe, Garlick Hill EC4V 2AF
St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Yard EC4N 7BA
St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, Bishopsgate EC2M 3TL
Kestrel Music presents its seventh annual festival, ‘Summer Music in City Churches’, 18 - 27 June 2025 – an eight-day celebration of music in the City of London. Choral requiem settings form the cornerstones, inspiring this year’s theme ‘Eternal Light’. Guest artists are drawn from the finest musicians performing internationally today, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and City of London Choir, conductors Sir John Rutter and Daniel Hyde, and soloists including guitarists Jack Hancher and Gus McQuade, pianists Iain Farrington, Lucy Parham, Mark Bebbington and Viv McLean, and singers Eleanor Grant, Edward Grint and Rachel Nicholls. Embracing the theme of ‘Eternal Light’ – sunrise, moonlight and reflected light in nature, as well as the everlasting light of remembrance – live music takes place in four of the historic churches in the City of London.
Festival Director Ian Maclay said: “We’re delighted to welcome some very exciting new young artists this year alongside a number of the festival’s greatest friends. We’re grateful to them all for their imaginative ideas for programming on this year’s theme, ‘Eternal Light’. Similarly, our audiences know as well as we do what a fabulous venue St Giles Cripplegate is for making music; we look forward to being back there every evening, and also to hosting excellent lunchtime concerts in some really beautiful churches that are new to us this year.”
St Giles-without-Cripplegate, Fore Street, Barbican EC2Y 8DA
St James Garlickhythe, Garlick Hill EC4V 2AF
St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Yard EC4N 7BA
St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, Bishopsgate EC2M 3TL
Kestrel Music presents its seventh annual festival, ‘Summer Music in City Churches’, 18 - 27 June 2025 – an eight-day celebration of music in the City of London. Choral requiem settings form the cornerstones, inspiring this year’s theme ‘Eternal Light’. Guest artists are drawn from the finest musicians performing internationally today, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and City of London Choir, conductors Sir John Rutter and Daniel Hyde, and soloists including guitarists Jack Hancher and Gus McQuade, pianists Iain Farrington, Lucy Parham, Mark Bebbington and Viv McLean, and singers Eleanor Grant, Edward Grint and Rachel Nicholls. Embracing the theme of ‘Eternal Light’ – sunrise, moonlight and reflected light in nature, as well as the everlasting light of remembrance – live music takes place in four of the historic churches in the City of London.
Festival Director Ian Maclay said: “We’re delighted to welcome some very exciting new young artists this year alongside a number of the festival’s greatest friends. We’re grateful to them all for their imaginative ideas for programming on this year’s theme, ‘Eternal Light’. Similarly, our audiences know as well as we do what a fabulous venue St Giles Cripplegate is for making music; we look forward to being back there every evening, and also to hosting excellent lunchtime concerts in some really beautiful churches that are new to us this year.”
Wed 18 Jun, Fri 27 Jun
St Giles-without-Cripplegate, Fore Street, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DA
Please refer to website for details of concerts which continue throughout the day, timings venues and ticket prices. Tickets are available to book via the website and on the door.
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