Holy Communion with St Olave Singers
St Olave Hart Street, 8 Hart St, London EC3R 7NA
12.30pm

The current St Olave’s building on Hart Street dates from 1450, so is not a Wren Church. However, its fame in the 17th century lies with Samuel Pepys who worshipped here and lived on Seething Lane. Through his, and his attendant’s attentiveness, St Olave was saved from the Great Fire of London. Tragically, St Olave’s was bombed in 1941 but has been sympathetically rebuilt, now boasting an excellent acoustic in a small intimate space. There is a great musical tradition #stolavehartstreet, with twice weekly recitals every Wednesday and Thursday at 1300, choral music in worship and the St Olave’s Singers, a group of city workers and others who meet to rehearse every Tuesday lunchtime. This choir has been in existence for over 50 years and sings largely church choral music at various services through the year, including the Trinity House services, attended by HRH the Master, the Princess Royal, and the annual Pepys Club service.

Patronal Festival Choral Mass
St Botolph without Bishopsgate, Bishopsgate EC2M 3TL, www.botolph.org.uk
1.10pm-1.50pm

Choral and organ music from the time of Wren forms a key part of St Botolph’s Patronal Festival Choral Mass to celebrate our Patron Saint St Botolph. In keeping with the Wren300 theme the distinguished guest preacher is The Very Revd Andrew Tremlett, Dean of St Paul’s, and the music provided by St Botolph’s professional choir directed by Iestyn Evans includes items by Jeremiah Clarke and Maurice Greene, composers associated with St Paul’s Cathedral during its rebuilding by Wren. The service is followed by refreshments including a special St Botolph cake. All are welcome to attend.

Evensong: Vicars Choral of St Paul’s Cathedral
St Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD
5pm

Join an Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral, with the Vicars Choral, the professional adult singers of the cathedral.

London Gallery Quire Open Participatory Rehearsal
St Michael Paternoster, College Hill, London EC4R 2RL
7.30pm-9.30pm

This is an opportunity to attend, observe and even join in with London Gallery Quire as they rehearse their repertoire of mainly 18th century parish church hymns and anthems in the ‘west gallery’ style, ahead of a service at Pond Chapel, Highgate, on 2nd July. The music is generally simple but very enjoyable to sing and play and would suit any singer with a little experience of singing in a choir, or anyone who plays an orchestral or folk string or woodwind instrument to about Grade 3 standard.

London Gallery Quire has been going for just over 25 years and regularly performs concerts and at church services in the London area. They have produced two CDs over the years, and have rediscovered many lost pieces and sung them for sometimes the first time in two hundred years.

www.lgq.org.uk

Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir
St James Garlickhythe, Garlick Hill, London, EC4V 2AF, www.stjamesgarlickhythe.org
7.30pm-8.30pm

An open rehearsal in the Wren church St James Garlickhythe.

Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir was formed in 1972 by László Heltáy. He built an excellent reputation for the choir both in Britain and abroad, was its director until 1989, and remained its President until his death in 2019.

With a regular pool of around 30 singers, the choir has a broad repertoire, having performed masses by every major composer as well as early and contemporary works.

The choir performs unaccompanied choral work and collaborates with some of the country’s leading professional instrumentalists and soloists.

Greg Morris is Director of Music at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, Musical Director of Collegium Musicum of London and the Bar Choral Society. An acclaimed solo recitalist and recording artist, Greg has performed widely throughout the UK and Europe. He is known for his exciting and revealing interpretations of organ music ranging from the 16th to the 21st centuries, and his wide repertoire has a particular bias towards the music of J.S. Bach and 20^th century French and English composers. He gave the world premiere of David Briggs’ Organ Concerto, and subsequently recorded the work with the Northern Chamber Orchestra.

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Evensong: Vicars Choral of St Paul’s Cathedral
St Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD
5pm

Join an Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral, with the Vicars Choral. There are 12 Vicars Choral in the Cathedral Choir at St Paul’s – four altos, four tenors and four basses. The Vicars Choral are the professional adult singers of the Cathedral Choir, providing the music at eight services per week. Away from St Paul’s the Vicars Choral can be found giving recitals, appearing in opera, undertaking consort work and teaching.

Evensong: Vicars Choral of St Paul’s Cathedral
St Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD
5pm

Join an Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral, with the Vicars Choral, the professional adult singers of the cathedral. For details of the Vicars Choral see 15^th June.

Evensong: Vicars Choral of St Paul’s Cathedral
St Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD
5pm

Join an Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral, with the Vicars Choral, the professional adult singers of the cathedral. For details of the Vicars Choral see 15^th June.

Mattins: St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
St Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD
10am

Join Mattins at St Paul’s Cathedral, with the world-famous resident cathedral choir of young choristers and professional adult singers.

The choir consists of 30 boy treble Choristers, eight probationers and 12 Vicars Choral – all professional adult singers who sing alto, tenor and bass. Our boy Choristers, the youngest of whom are aged seven, board at the Cathedral School, where they get access to lots of extra music tuition alongside the normal curriculum.  From September 2025 they will be joined in the boarding programme by girl Choristers for the first time.

The Cathedral Choir have performed at the Proms, and at some of our most important The Cathedral Choir have performed at the Proms, and at some of our most important services – including our special evensong in memory of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebrations, and the Grenfell Tower memorial service. However, at the heart of the Choir’s being is the singing of Choral Evensong each day, with Choral Mattins and Sung Eucharist on Sundays.

As well as this traditional routine, the Choir frequently gives concerts and broadcasts, as well as produces critically-acclaimed recordings and touring across the world.

Eucharist: 1662 Book of Common Prayer
St James Garlickhythe, Garlick Hill, London EC4V 2AF
10.30am-11.30am

Join us as we celebrate the Eucharist using the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, a service that Sir Christopher Wren would have known so well. Enjoy the beauty of Cranmers’ words and English Choral Music sang by Stellae Cantores. Our organist will be Dr Andrew Storey.

Following the service, refreshments will be served. All are most welcome.

Dr Andrew Storey enjoys a busy schedule as a choral conductor and organist. He has performed in major concert halls in the UK and overseas including the Royal Festival Hall, Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral.

Stellae Cantores are a high standard amateur choir who are regular performers at St James Garlickhythe.

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Eucharist: St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
St Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD
11.15am

Join the Eucharist at St Paul’s Cathedral, with the world-famous resident cathedral choir of young choristers and professional adult singers.

The choir consists of 30 boy treble Choristers, eight probationers and 12 Vicars Choral – all professional adult singers who sing alto, tenor and bass. Our boy Choristers, the youngest of whom are aged seven, board at the Cathedral School, where they get access to lots of extra music tuition alongside the normal curriculum.  From September 2025 they will be joined in the boarding programme by girl Choristers for the first time.

The Cathedral Choir have performed at the Proms, and at some of our most important The Cathedral Choir have performed at the Proms, and at some of our most important services – including our special evensong in memory of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebrations, and the Grenfell Tower memorial service. However, at the heart of the Choir’s being is the singing of Choral Evensong each day, with Choral Mattins and Sung Eucharist on Sundays.

As well as this traditional routine, the Choir frequently gives concerts and broadcasts, as well as produces critically-acclaimed recordings and touring across the world.

Evensong: St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
St Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD
3pm

Join an Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral, with the world-famous resident cathedral choir of young choristers and professional adult singers.

Evensong: The Charter Choir of Homerton College, Cambridge
St Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD
5pm

Join an Evensong with The Charter Choir of Homerton College, Cambridge, at St Paul’s Cathedral. The Charter Choir is a visiting choir to the cathedral. The choir sings regularly during term time as well as touring worldwide. One of the newest college choirs in Cambridge, it is known for its high standard of music-making, its wide range of repertoire. The Choir consists of around 22-24 singers – usually undergraduates at Homerton, the majority of whom receive choral scholarships.

Constanza Chorus Open Rehearsal
St Mary-at-Hill, St Mary-at-Hill, Lovat Ln, London EC3R 8EE, United Kingdom
6.30pm-8.30pm

Come and join Constanza Chorus for an open rehearsal. We’re a friendly and welcoming choral society aiming to achieve the highest possible standards, and rehearse in central London (near Monumunt) on Monday evenings. We’d love for you to join us.

Founded in 2010, Constanza Chorus has grown into one of the most exciting amateur choruses in London. We have performed large-scale works such as the Requiems of Verdi and Brahms, as well as Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Bach’s Mass in B minor, alongside professional orchestras including the London Mozart Players and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and in world-leading venues such as Cadogan Hall. Other projects have included the recording of three albums, singing Mass at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, and in Bach’s Thomaskirche in Leipzig.

Musical Director: Joanna Tomlinson
Joanna founded Constanza Chorus, with Libby Tomlinson in January 2010. In addition to her role with Constanza Chorus, Joanna is the Principal Conductor of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain Girls’ Choir, and Music Director of the Whitehall Choir. She has recently stepped down as Artistic Director of Farnham Youth Choir, with whom she won two gold medals at the European Choir Games in 2019. She is also on the tutor panel for the Association of British Choral Directors. With Constanza Chorus she has conducted the London Mozart Players and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at Cadogan Hall.

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Festive Evensong
St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, EC2V 6AU, www.stmarylebow.org.uk
5pm-5.45pm

Choral Evensong as part of our LIVE festival for 2023, sung by the Cheapside Camerata.

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Evensong: St Paul’s Cathedral Choir & Hackney Choral
St Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD
5pm

Join an Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral, with the world-famous resident cathedral choir of young choristers and professional adult singers. For this service, they join forces with Hackney Choral, their partner choir of children and young people. Hackey Choral has made many professional recordings, collaborated with English Touring Opera in staging Bach’s St John Passion at the Hackney Empire. and performed in many other iconic venues, including the Royal Albert Hall. The choir has a repertoire spanning 400 years in diverse styles – from the Carmina Burana to Handel’s Messiah.

Evensong: Professional Choir of St Michael’s Cornhill
St Michael’s Church, St Michael’s Alley, Cornhill, London EC3V 9DS, www.st-michaels.org.uk
6pm-6.50pm

Traditional Choral Evensong, sung by the professional choir of St Michael’s Cornhill. The music will be from the period of Wren’s lifetime. The prayers are taken from the Book of Common Prayer (of 1662).

Singers, composers and organists have been drawn to St Michael’s for hundreds of years. We have records of daily services as early as the year 1375. The opening recital on the organ was given by the composer Henry Purcell in 1684. The Royal College of Organists was founded here (in 1864). Composers such as Boyce, Vaughan Williams, Howells and Dyson wrote music for the choir. Choral Evensong has a wonderful feeling of timelessness.

Schuman Song Cycle: Dichterliebe, performed by Richard Robbins
St Olave Hart Street, 8 Hart St, London EC3R 7NA
1pm-2pm

Richard Robbins, tenor
Charlotte Brennand, piano

Richard Robbins has been a Young Artist for Handel House and has participated in a Fellowship with St. Martin in the Fields. He currently studies with Amanda Roocroft and studied Vocal Performance on the postgraduate course at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of renowned tenor, the late Philip Doghan and highly respected interpreter of song, Joseph Middleton, winning the Rhonda Jones Scholarship upon graduation

www.richardrobbinstenor.com

Charlotte Brennand studied at the Royal Academy of Music. Winner of multiple awards and scholarships,  Charlotte is now a well-established musician, having performed on prestigious stages like St.John’s Smith Square in London and Jacqueline du Pre Building in Oxford.

Choral Mass
St Botolph without Bishopsgate, Bishopsgate EC2M 3TL, www.botolph.org.uk
1.10pm-1.50pm

Choral and organ music from the time of Wren once again features in St Botolph’s regular Wednesday lunchtime Choral Mass this week. In keeping with the Wren300 theme the music provided by St Botolph’s professional choir directed by Iestyn Evans includes two items by Maurice Greene, organist at St Paul’s Cathedral during its rebuilding by Wren. The service is followed by refreshments. All are welcome to attend.

Swiss International School Basel Sings!
St Lawrence Jewry, Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AA,  www.stlawrencejewry.org.uk
1pm-2pm

The Swiss International School Children’s Choir is composed of 36 primary school students who love to sing. This is the choir’s first international performance and the choir is thrilled to make their debut in London! Enjoy a dynamic and diverse program of songs in German and English, the two languages of the school. Come along at lunchtime to hear inspiring music in the newly renovated St. Lawrence Jewry.

Kristin Jones, American and Swiss, is the conductor of the choir

Hanna Horobets, Ukranian, is the accompanist.

Evensong: St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
St Paul’s Cathedral
5pm

Join an Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral, with the world-famous resident cathedral choir of young choristers and professional adult singers.

The choir consists of 30 boy treble Choristers, eight probationers and 12 Vicars Choral – all professional adult singers who sing alto, tenor and bass. Our boy Choristers, the youngest of whom are aged seven, board at the Cathedral School, where they get access to lots of extra music tuition alongside the normal curriculum.  From September 2025 they will be joined in the boarding programme by girl Choristers for the first time.

The Cathedral Choir have performed at the Proms, and at some of our most important The Cathedral Choir have performed at the Proms, and at some of our most important services – including our special evensong in memory of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebrations, and the Grenfell Tower memorial service. However, at the heart of the Choir’s being is the singing of Choral Evensong each day, with Choral Mattins and Sung Eucharist on Sundays.

As well as this traditional routine, the Choir frequently gives concerts and broadcasts, as well as produces critically-acclaimed recordings and touring across the world.

Choral Evensong with The Temple Church Choir
The Temple Church, Off Fleet Street, London EC4Y 7BB, www.templechurch.com/music/the-temple-church-choir
6pm-7pm

The Temple Church Choir was founded after the Victorian restoration of the church in 1841 by Dr Edward John Hopkins. It is still considered to be one of the finest choirs in London, a reputation it quickly gained after its founding. Though its main duty is to enhance the worship in the services in the ancient Temple Church, the choir has also been involved with many exciting projects outside its liturgical commitments. The established musical tradition of the Temple Church has encompassed many distinguished and formidable musicians in church music, and some of the great figures in Anglican Church music have composed and played within its walls. Handel was a visitor to the church to hear the virtuoso blind organist and composer, John Stanley, who was appointed Organist to the Society of the Inner Temple in 1734.

Evensong: Lloyds Choir
St Katherine Cree, 86 Leadenhall St, London, EC3A 3BP, www.stkatharinecree.org
6pm-6.45pm

Please join us for choral evensong at the beautiful St Katharine Cree Church led by Lloyd’s Choir in its Centenary year

The Guild Church of St Katharine Cree is a church for workers in the heart of the City of London. A church has stood on this site since 1280, serving the residents and workers of the neighbourhood around today’s Leadenhall Street. Today the church welcomes all here who are looking to deepen their connection with their community and with Jesus Christ. Rooted in a rhythm of Christian prayer and worship, the ministry is focused among those who work in the City in precarious, low paid or ‘hidden’ occupations. The church offers a place to pray and a community to belong to, and a growing range of activities and opportunities to join in with. So, alongside prayer and worship, there is English classes, employment advice opportunities, health and wellbeing activities, community meals, and there is the ongoing building of connections between migrant and diaspora community groups, churches, and service providers.

The Lloyd’s Choir was established 100 years ago in 1922. The choir gives several concerts each year, usually at St. Katharine Cree. To celebrate its Centenary year, the Choir has also held a magnificent Gala Christmas concert at Merchant Taylors’ Hall and its recent Spring concert at St Giles Cripplegate church. It has also been possible for the choir to escape from the City occasionally to give concerts in country churches at summer weekends. Although the choir now attracts singers from the entire City financial community and beyond, membership is still dominated by those working in the insurance market. In some quarters it is said that Lloyd’s Choir is a rare example of a situation where underwriters and brokers are always in harmony…or nearly always!

www.lloydschoir.com

Music in Offices: Come Sing & Conduct
St Martin-within-Ludgate, 40 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7DE
7pm-8.30pm

Join Music in Office’s Jess Norton as she takes you through an evening of demystifying what it takes to lead like a conductor. You’ll be singing various choral favourites, and each have a chance to step out in front and hone your skills as a conductor of the chorus.

You’ll learn the basics of beat patterns, how to bring people in and sing together, and how to lead dynamics.

Through instrumental and singing lessons, choirs in the workplace, bespoke workshops and team-building programmes, Music in Offices uses music to promote collaboration, creative thinking and better well-being in your workplace.

Singing and playing together promotes confidence whilst increasing the collective well-being of any team and organisation.

www.musicinoffices.com
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Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir Open Rehearsal
St James Garlickhythe, Garlick Hill, London EC4V 2AF
7.30pm-8.30pm

An open rehearsal in the Wren church St James Garlickhythe.

Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir was formed in 1972 by László Heltáy. He built an excellent reputation for the choir both in Britain and abroad, was its director until 1989, and remained its President until his death in 2019.

With a regular pool of around 30 singers, the choir has a broad repertoire, having performed masses by every major composer as well as early and contemporary works.

The choir performs unaccompanied choral work and collaborates with some of the country’s leading professional instrumentalists and soloists.

Greg Morris is Director of Music at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, Musical Director of Collegium Musicum of London and the Bar Choral Society. An acclaimed solo recitalist and recording artist, Greg has performed widely throughout the UK and Europe. He is known for his exciting and revealing interpretations of organ music ranging from the 16th to the 21st centuries, and his wide repertoire has a particular bias towards the music of J.S. Bach and 20thcentury French and English composers. He gave the world premiere of David Briggs’ Organ Concerto, and subsequently recorded the work with the Northern Chamber Orchestra.

www.coll-mus-lon.org.uk
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Evensong: Vicars Choral of St Paul’s Cathedral
St Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD
5pm

Join an Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral, with the Vicars Choral. There are 12 Vicars Choral in the Cathedral Choir at St Paul’s – four altos, four tenors and four basses. The Vicars Choral are the professional adult singers of the Cathedral Choir, providing the music at eight services per week. Away from St Paul’s the Vicars Choral can be found giving recitals, appearing in opera, undertaking consort work and teaching.

Evensong: Tindall Riley Choir
St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Yard, London EC4N 7BA, https://www.stmaryabchurch.org.uk/ 6pm-6.45pm

The Tindall Riley workplace choir was started in 2017 and brings together a selection of enthusiastic singers from across the insurance-based company. Many of the choir had no previous singing experience but have put on successful Christmas services as well as concerts in Canary Wharf and with other City firms.

David Guest is the Choir Director. A Cambridge University graduate with expertise in vocal and choral music, David originally trained as a singer, and performed with internationally renowned ensembles including Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Les Arts Florissants and The Academy of Ancient Music, before founding Guest Artists. David has been working with the Tindall Riley choir for six years.

St Mary Abchurch is just off Cannon Street in the City of London. Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, it is first mentioned in 1198–1199. The medieval church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and replaced by the present building built by Sir Christopher Wren between 1681-86. It is the home to the Friends of City Churches. The Tindall Riley choir has been singing here regularly for six years

www.tindallriley.co.uk

Evensong: St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
St Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD
5pm

Join an Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral, with the world-famous resident cathedral choir of young choristers and professional adult singers.

The choir consists of 30 boy treble Choristers, eight probationers and 12 Vicars Choral – all professional adult singers who sing alto, tenor and bass. Our boy Choristers, the youngest of whom are aged seven, board at the Cathedral School, where they get access to lots of extra music tuition alongside the normal curriculum.  From September 2025 they will be joined in the boarding programme by girl Choristers for the first time.

The Cathedral Choir have performed at the Proms, and at some of our most important The Cathedral Choir have performed at the Proms, and at some of our most important services – including our special evensong in memory of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebrations, and the Grenfell Tower memorial service. However, at the heart of the Choir’s being is the singing of Choral Evensong each day, with Choral Mattins and Sung Eucharist on Sundays.

As well as this traditional routine, the Choir frequently gives concerts and broadcasts, as well as produces critically-acclaimed recordings and touring across the world.

Cheapside Chorus Concert
St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, EC2V 6AU, www.stmarylebow.org.uk
7pm-9pm

The Cheapside Chorus, St Mary-le-Bow’s Festival choir, is forming again this year. The choir, directed by Director of Music Thomas Allery, is open to all and will perform V aughan Williams: Five Mystical Songsand his setting of Linden Lea as well as pieces by Byrd and Purcell, reflecting the anniversaries of Byrd and Wren on Friday 23rd June.

The chorus is especially geared to those wishing to sing, but who might not have the time to commit to weekly rehearsals. No musical experience is required, and all are welcome.

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