Details

St Giles Cripplegate
Fore Street
City of London
London
EC2Y 8DA
England

Thursday 26th June 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

William Walton – Coronation March 1937: Crown Imperial
Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna: O Nata Lux
Anton Bruckner – Christus factus est, WAB 11
Johann Sebastian Bach – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Sergey Prokofiev – The Love for Three Oranges, Op.33: March
Sergey Prokofiev – The Love for Three Oranges, Op.33: Scherzo
Gabriel Fauré – Ave verum corpus, Op.65 no.1
Sergei Rachmaninov – All-night vigil (Vespers): Extracts
Richard Wagner – Lohengrin: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral

Performers

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (members)

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Programme Note

Returning to the festival by popular demand, the brilliant brass players of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra present a glittering programme of music inspired by 'Eternal Light'.

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.

Full details can be found on the website.