Feb ruary 2017 Published by FCC in conjunction with the Archdeaconry of

February 2017 will see the end of an era in the annnals of the and the City Churches in particular. Bishop Richard will be retiring after 21 years of serrvice as . During thaat time his support for the unique grouping of churches in the Square Mile has been tireless and always much‐valued. The Diocese of London will bid farewell to Bishop Richard on Thursday 2 February at St Paul’s Cathedral at 6.00pm. His last public act will be to celebrate the Eucharist with the people and clergy of the Diocese. The date of the service coincides with the festival of Candlemas which marks the end of Chrisstmas and Epiphany season and it is tthus fitting that the end of Bishop Richard’s tenure of office should be marked with the beautiful Candlemas liturgy. Everyone will be welcome to attend this unique service, the earlier ticketing arrangements for parishes having been dispensed with. The Bishop will prreside over what promises to be a feast of music and light in the unique settting of St Paul’s Cathedral. Alongside the service in the Cathedral the bishop will launch a parallel celebration in Patternoster Square ― a ‘pop‐ up cathedral’ ― shortly before 6.00pm. The Bishop’s sermon and other parts of the Cathhedral service will be shown on a big screen in the Square and there will be music, prayer and proclamation. Holy Commmunion will be shared by everyone inside and outside the Cathedral. All will be welcome to join the celebration inside and outside St Paul’s. At the end of the service Bishop Richard will come to the Great West Door of the Catthedral where the outdoor congregation will gather with him for his blessing. The occasion promises to be memorable and a most fitting conclusion to Bishop Richard’s inspiring ministry.

In scanning the listings of other events taking place in the City churches in February certaain items tend to catch the eye. In what follows, as always there is no intentiion to sideline other events all of which are noteworthy in their own way. On Tuesday 28 February at 7.30pm in The Dutch Centre in the Dutch Church, Austin Friars a debate will be held between Nick Clegg PC MP, former Deputy Prime Minister, and Thierry Bauudet, the European sceptic journalist on the subject of populism as it affects European democracies. Several days earlier in the same venue on Wednesday 22 February there is to be a lunch and talk with Professor Sir Paul Collier CBBE on his book ‘Exodus’ and the subject of migration. Further details of these two potentially interesting and challenging events are given in the listings for those dates.

As always muusical events will be numerous with a wwide range of works, instrumentalists and vocalists. Among the organ recitals three of these at St Lawrence Jewry definitely catch the eye. In February on Tuesdays 14, 21 and 28, all at 1.00pm a series of outstanding school‐age organists from around the world will display their talents on the king of instruments. The energy and commitment oof these young artists has entranced audiences in previous years and it is certain that this year’s assembly will be equally interesting. The series will continue in March.

In the City church of St Olave Hart Street there will be ‘A Concert for Samuel Pepyss’ and this takes place on Wednesday 15 February at 8.00pm. Full details of wwhat promises to be an interesting event are given in the listing. One item to be performed stands out ― ‘Beauty rere’ ― apparently composed by Saamuel Pepys himself. It is fitting that this example of another of the renowned diarist’s distinguished achievementts is to be demonstrated in the church where his remains lie.

It can be seen that events in the City churches in Feebruary 2017 will be memorable, particularly the event to be held in St Paul’s Cathedral on Thursday 2 February when we bid Bishop Richard farewell and Godspeed.

The Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BA Visit: www.london‐city‐churches.org.uk for more information and the location of the churches in the City

Tuesday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN FEBRUARY 2017 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand

1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) The entries below show the normal pattern of services for City Churches St Mary Moorfields and a few churches ‘just over the City borders’. Entries are for Church 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Woolnoth of services except where indicated otherwise. ‘1st Monday’, 1230 Holy Communion (said), with coffee and sandwiches served ‘2nd Monday’ etc refer to the 1st Monday, 2nd Monday etc of the month. St Olave Hart Street

1300 Contemporary Worship and Teaching Christ Church, Spitalfields While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the services shown are 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 subject to change immediately before, during and after major festivals St Etheldreda, Ely Place and at Bank or other holidays, as well as during the summer months. 1300 to 1400 (any time) Contemporary Worship You are strongly advised to contact churches to check the details. St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate For a list of weekend (particularly Sunday) services please go to the 1305 to 1335 Bible Talk, with lunch available after the talk Friends of the City Churches website at www.london-city-churches.org.uk St Helen Bishopsgate and follow the links from ‘Events’ and ‘City Events’ 1305 Meditation (in the crypt chapel) St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn Monday 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1310 to 1340 Bible Talk, following sandwich lunch at 1300 (0700 on 1st day of Hebrew religious month) For details please see St Botolph Aldersgate www.bevismarks.org.uk Bevis Marks Synagogue 1310 Holy Communion St Margaret Lothbury 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1315 to 1345 Meditation Open to all Please arrive a few minutes 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn before 1315 St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1630 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow worship - come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1700 to 1730 ‘Words of Hope’ – quiet reflective service 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public St Clement Eastcheap welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1200 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields welcome) St Mary Aldermary 1830 Choral Evensong (traditional) (Choral Eucharist on 3rd Tuesday) 1215 Prayer Service St Vedast alias Foster St Sepulchre without Newgate 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) St Mary Moorfields Wednesday 1300 to 1345 Contemplative Prayer 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) St Edmund King and Martyr (London Spirituality Centre) (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields St Etheldreda, Ely Place 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent 0815 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) worship - come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street St Mary Aldermary 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate Tuesday 0830 to 0915 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0730 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0900 Morning Prayer Temple Church 0730 to 0930 ‘Start: Stop’ – start the day by stopping to reflect – 10 minute 0915 Morning Prayer (Eucharist on 1st Wednesday) reflections beginning every 15 minutes - just drop in St Edmund King and Martyr (London Spirituality Centre) St Stephen Walbrook 1205 RC Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 0745 Holy Communion (said) St Mary at Hill 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0745 Eucharist followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 0800 to 0900 Café Prayer – An opportunity for stillness and prayer, Bible St Mary Moorfields reading and reflection – light breakfast and coffee served 1245 to 1315 (3rd Wednesday) Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting St Katharine Cree for Worship 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Quaker Court, Banner Street 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go as 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower you wish St Margaret Lothbury 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1300 (1st Wednesday) Eucharist (using a traditional Iona Community 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public liturgy) St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1300 Holy Communion (last Wednesday BCP) St Mary at Hill 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1230 to 1300 Eucharist (said) with brief address St Dunstan in the West /continued

Thursday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN FEBRUARY 2017 − 1310 to 1350 Bible Talk, with lunch available, followed by Question Time continued St Helen Bishopsgate 1315 to 1345 Lunchtime Service (Free Church) City Temple 1315 Holy Communion St Martin within Ludgate Wednesday ─ continued 1315 to 1345 Holy Communion (BCP said) Temple Church 1305 ‘Not on a Sunday’ – informal worship with prayers and song 1400 to 1420 Prayers – Offering up the prayers from the church’s prayer St Katharine Cree board and the Internet Church St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1630 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1630 to 2200 City of London House of Prayer – ‘Pursuit’ Prayer and Worship 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn Service All welcome (Free Church) City Temple 1310 to 1340 ‘Moorgate Talks’ Bible Talk, following lunch at 1300, at the 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent Amber Bar & Restaurant, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, EC2Y 9AW worship - come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street under the auspices of St Botolph Aldersgate 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate 1800 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, with Vespers (Confraternity 1310 Holy Communion (said) St Michael Cornhill of the Blessed Sacrament) on 1st Thursday 1315 Holy Communion in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent 1800 (Normally 1st Thursday but in February 2017 on 9 February) worship - come and go as you St Bride Fleet Street Choral Evening Prayer, followed by ‘Thursday Conversation’ at 1830 1730 Choral Evensong Temple Church St Mary at Hill 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1830 to 2100 Koinonia Night – fellowship evening with a meal, teaching, 1830 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all worship and prayer All welcome (Free Church) City Temple welcome) St Mary Aldermary 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 1830 to 1900 Contemplative Evening Service (Moot Community – all welcome) St Mary Aldermary

Thursday 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) Friday (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0745 to 0900 ‘Headroom’ -10 minute reflections with breaks between – just (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue drop in St Margaret Pattens 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0800 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields St Mary Aldermary 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0830 Eucharist (said) (Lady Chapel) St Bartholomew the Great 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0900 Morning Prayer Temple Church 0900 Morning Prayer Temple Church 1200 to 1500 Quiet Personal Prayer St Joseph Bunhill Row 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1200 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all 1210 Holy Communion St Botolph Bishopsgate welcome) St Mary Aldermary 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1230 Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1230 Pastoral Conversation or Confession (Sacrament Chapel, or apply 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr at the Vestry) St Mary le Bow 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) St Mary Moorfields St Mary Moorfields 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1245 to 1330 Eucharist with the St Stephen’s Singers, followed by light lunch 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow St Stephen Walbrook 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go as 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn you wish St Mary Woolnoth 1310 Holy Communion (said) St Michael Cornhill 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1315 to 1400 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 1300 to 1330 (1st Thursday) Private Prayer & Reflection St Giles Cripplegate 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent 1300 Holy Communion (normally 1st Thursday Choral Eucharist) worship - come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street St Margaret Pattens 1800 Paraklesis (replaced on 1st Friday and during fasting periods by 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate Service of Holy Unction) Followed at 1900 to 2200 by Catechesis 1305 Sung Holy Communion, followed by coffee and sandwiches and Confessions (Romanian Orthodox) St Katharine Cree St Dunstan in the West 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1800 (1st Friday) RC Mass in the Extra-Ordinary Form 1305 to 1335 ‘St Nick's Talks’ Bible Talk, lunch available St Etheldreda, Ely Place St Nicholas Cole Abbey 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1830 Jewish Friday Evening Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic 1310 Holy Communion with short address (Not 2 February – see Special orthodox rite) (1930 in summer months) Bevis Marks Synagogue Services) St Andrew Holborn 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer - Equipping Service - Praise and Worship (Free Church) City Temple

SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS

IN FEBRUARY 2017 FEBRUARY 2017

Wednesday 1 February 1310 Choral Eucharist of Candlemas St Botolph Bishopsgate NEW COURSE STARTING IN FEBRUARY

1730 Choral Evensong for Candlemas Temple Church Alpha in a Catholic Context at St Mary Moorfields (RC)

Thursday 2 February – The Presentation of Christ in the Temple An introductory session on 6 February followed by 10 weekly (Candlemas) sessions from 13 February, on Mondays, 1900 to 2030 1230 to 1300 Service for Candlemas St Dunstan in the West 1300 Choral Service for Candlemas Preacher: the Rt Revd Jonathan A series of sessions exploring the Christian faith, each beginning Baker ( and Guild Vicar of St Andrew Holborn) with a light supper and going on to a talk on a different aspect of St Andrew Holborn faith, designed to create a good conversation 1300 Choral Eucharist for Candlemas St Margaret Pattens All are welcome, and anyone can come to any of the sessions, but 1305 High Mass for Candlemas, with music for voices and organ it would be good if those who would like to participate in the course Preacher: the Revd Graham Miller, Rector of Holy Cross, could come to the introductory session and commit to as much of Greenford Magna St Mary le Bow the Alpha ‘journey’as they can

Contact [email protected] to say you are interested, Sunday 5 February or just turn up on the night 1830 Choral Compline (Lutheran) for Candlemas, by candlelight, with See also www.stmarymoorfields.net - follow the link from Events music by Tallis, Nystedt and Rheinberger

St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill Monday 6 February 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and Saturday 4 February liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, exploring 1030 to 1800 Original Instruments Day ―Historic Mandolins significant figures from the history of St Stephen Walbrook Joint meeting of the Society and the Banjo, Mandolin and The theme of this service is Thomas Wilson and Patronage Guitar Federation, with talks and a recital on historic instruments St Stephen Walbrook For more information see the entry for this date in the Events & Wednesday 8 February Concerts section below Dutch Church, Austin Friars 1130 Sir John Cass Founder’s Day Service St Botolph Aldgate Monday 6 February Thursday 9 February 1900 to 2030 Alpha in a Catholic Context Introductory session – see 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate the box at the beginning of this section St Mary Moorfields (RC) 1800 Choral Evensong, followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below Tuesday 7 February St Mary at Hill 1900 Tales of Refuge An evening of film and conversation Thursday 16 February Bruna Kadletz, Brazilian writer, traveller along the migrant trail, 1745 Choral Evensong for the Upholders’ Company Open to the public social researcher and worker with displaced communities, talks St Michael Cornhill about her experiences Monday 20 February Together with a screening of a new film from the Global Oneness 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and Project, by award-winning US filmmaker Emmanuel Vaughan- liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, exploring Lee, about the arrival of Syrian refugees in Canada significant figures from the history of St Stephen Walbrook Entrance £10 Go to www.stethelburgas.org and follow the links The theme of this service is George Croly and Poetry from ‘Events’ and ‘All Events’ for further information and to book St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate St Stephen Walbrook Sunday 26 February Thursday 9 February 1500 St David’s Service (Primarily in Welsh – full translation provided) 1830 Thursday Conversation on Faith in Politics with guest speaker St Benet, Paul’s Wharf Caroline Spelman MP (Second Church Estates Commissioner) 1830 Bach Choral Vespers Lutheran service of Vespers for Esto Mihi Following Choral Evensong at 1800 For more information see (Quinquagesima) Sunday (last Sunday before Lent) with the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below J S Bach’s Cantata BWV 22, ‘Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe’, St Mary at Hill performed on period instruments by the City Bach Collective Friday 10 February St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill 1100 to 1600 The Language of the Soul – Metaphor and Spiritual Direction Monday 27 February A session in the Developing Direction series, to support and 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and encourage spiritual directors in their practice The session liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, exploring explores how we can describe to others the experiences on our significant figures from the history of St Stephen Walbrook spiritual journey, using creative and inspirational metaphors The theme of this service is George Griffin Stonestreet and Insurance Led by Dr Andrew Mayes, Spirituality Adviser to the Diocese of St Stephen Walbrook Chelmsford, and based on his latest book Learning the Language Tuesday 28 February of the Soul 1900 RC Mass, followed by Young City Catholics Shrove Tuesday For details, cost and to book go to www.spiritualitycentre.org and dinner All welcome to the Mass – for more information about the follow the links from ‘What’s On’ dinner please see the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts London Spirituality Centre at St Edmund King & Martyr section below and www.ycc-london.co.uk St Mary Moorfields /continued

LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS Wednesday 22 February IN FEBRUARY 2017 - continued 1230 to 1400 Lunch and Talk with Paul Collier on Migration Economist and author Professor Sir Paul Collier CBE will speak on his book ‘Exodus: How migration is changing the world’, and on the pressing and controversial issue of restricting immigration Monday 13 February He explores the effects of encouraging or restricting migration 1900 to 2030 Alpha in a Catholic Context First session in a 10 week from the perspective of the migrants themselves, the people they series – see the box at the beginning of this section leave behind and the host societies where they seek to relocate St Mary Moorfields (RC) (With film in Dutch, with English subtitles)

Tickets £12.50 including lunch – doors open at 1200 For further Tuesday 14 February details and to book please go to www.dutchcentre.com 1045 to 1500 Oasis Day: All you need is Love? Led by the The Dutch Centre at the Dutch Church, Austin Friars Revd Doug Hiza (author, pastoral counsellor and retreat leader) Oasis Days offer a monthly time of quiet reflection to re-charge Monday 27 February one’s spiritual batteries, with speakers from across the 1900 to 2030 Alpha in a Catholic Context Third session in a 10 week denominational spectrum series – see the box at the beginning of this section Cost £15 Lunch / tea & coffee provided St Mary Moorfields (RC) Pre-booking by Thursday 9 February essential for catering Tuesday 28 February purposes – please telephone the Revd Martin Davies on 1930 Debate on Europe and the rise of Populism with Nick Clegg and 07429 612642 or e-mail [email protected] Thierry Baudet St Andrew Holborn A debate one of the most pressing issues for European democracies, between Nick Clegg, former Deputy Prime Minister, Thursday 16 February and Thierry Baudet, eurosceptic journalist 1300 to 1400 Gresham College Lecture: The Christian Singer : One of a range of debates initiated by the Dutch Church, organised Charlemagne and Beyond One of a series of lectures by with the Dutch Centre and the Centre for Low Countries Studies Professor Christopher Page on ‘The Christian Singer from the at University College London Gospels to the Gothic Cathedrals’ English spoken Tickets £10 (students £5) - doors open at 1900 In 754, when the first Pope to cross the Alps entered into Treaties For further details and to book go to www.dutchcentre.com with the King of the Franks, he came with singers from the Roman The Dutch Centre at the Dutch Church, Austin Friars song school, and thus the foundations were laid for Gregorian (or, better, ‘Frankish-Roman’) chant, which became a potent daily sign, in music, of a reviving transalpine Western Europe

Free admission on a ‘first come, first served’ basis – doors open 30 minutes before the lecture begins EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN FEBRUARY 2017 For more information please go to www.gresham.ac.uk and follow the links from ‘Attend’ and ‘All Future Lectures’ St Sepulchre without Newgate

Monday 20 February Wednesday 1 February 0930 (20 and 21 February) Systemic Constellations: Whole systems 1305 Recital: Asagi Nakata – piano St Botolph Aldgate tools for working with change and conflict 1305 Recital: Ilana Mordkovitch-Roos – piano St Olave Hart Street A two-day programme to introduce participants to the fundamental 1315 Recital: Marcelina Ziezio – St Dunstan in the West principles, method and skills of Systemic Constellations. 1315 Organ Recital: Greg Morris (Temple Church) Temple Church Constellations is a powerful ‘whole self/whole systems’ approach 1900 CD Launch Concert: for seeing and transforming challenges in our personal, Emma Abbate – piano, Evva Mizerska – organisational and social lives by creating simple maps of the Programme: This will include works by Debussy, Jánáček and whole system, using figures or people. Stephen Dodgson’s Five Occasional Pieces for Cello and Piano The programme will be relevant to community builders, mediators, just recorded and released by Emma and Evva on a CD of organisational consultants, faith leaders, those working in conflict Stephen’s complete music for cello and piano transformation and anyone working with groups or seeking to Admission is free St Margaret Pattens understand systems dynamics. Go to www.stethelburgas.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ and Thursday 2 February ‘All Events’ for further information, cost and booking 1305 Recital: Julia White – oboe, Catherine Herriott – piano St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate St Olave Hart Street 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1900 to 2030 Alpha in a Catholic Context Second session in a 10 week 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays ‘The Glorious Baroque’ (1) series – see the box at the beginning of this section St Margaret Lothbury St Mary Moorfields (RC) 1315 Recital: Mitra Alice Tham – piano, Krista Caspersz – violin, Tuesday 21 February Alice Pratley – violin, Geoffrey Irwin – viola, 0930 (20 and 21 February) Systemic Constellations: Whole systems Verity Evanson – cello, Katy Fumanski – double bass tools for working with change and conflict See under 20 February Programme: St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate Bach – Partita No 1 in B♭ major BWV 825 Bach – Keyboard Concerto in D minor BWV 1052 St Bride Fleet Street

1800 Farewell Celebration for the Bishop of London Please refer to the front page of this edition of City Events St Paul's Cathedral

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN FEBRUARY 2017 - continued Monday 6 February 1300 Recital: Ke Ma (piano) who performs through the joint St Lawrence Jewry and Worshipful Company of Musicians Scheme for young prizewinners of the Company Programme: Friday 3 February Mozart – Piano Sonata in A minor K310

1230 Organ Recital: Dr Michael Nicholas St Stephen Walbrook Liszt – Transcendental No 10 in F minor 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by: Chopin – 3 Mazurkas Op 39 Anna Szalucka - piano Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 St Lawrence Jewry Programme: 1300 Organ Recital: Morley Whitehead (Edinburgh) Chopin – Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 Programme: Ravel – Miroirs J S Bach – Komm, heilige Geist BWV 651 Bacewicz – Piano Sonata No 2 (1953) Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele BWV 654 Admission is free with a retiring collection Popplewell – Romance - Puck's shadow St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield These pieces will be followed bythe massive and virtuosic 1305 A Music-at- Hill Recital: 'NIA' Trio: Sonata on the 94th Psalm by Julius Reubke Abi Fletcher – flute, Isabel Kent – oboe, St Michael Cornhill Natalie Molloy – piano 1305 Recital: Clara Fournillier – soprano, Programme: Adrien Mastrosimone – counter-tenor J S Bach – Trio Sonata in B♭major BWV 525 Programme: Madeleine Dring – Trio for flute, oboe and piano St Mary at Hill Works by Handel, Massenet, Britten 1315 Recital: Mimi Doulton – soprano, Mairi Grewar - piano together with contemporary opera arias St Martin Ludgate Programme: Bartók – Falun (Village Scenes) BB87a Poulenc – Huit chansons Polonaises FP 69 Bartók – Eight Hungarian Folksongs BB47 Tuesday 7 February Brahms – Three songs from 14 Volks-Kinderlieder WoO 31 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Two songs from Deutsche Volkslieder WoO33, Book V include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis Programme: Georg Muffatt (1653-1704) – Toccata duodecima Iain Farrington (b. 1977) – 3 Orgelbüchlein Project pieces Saturday 4 February César Franck (1822 – 1890) – Prélude, Fugue et Variation; Fantaisie en La 0930 English Baroque Choir Singing Day Workshop Isaac Albeniz (1860-1090) – Asturias (arr. Catherine Ennis) led by Jeremy Jackman Guy Bovet (b. 1942) – Salamanca This Singing Day will feature Monteverdi's Vespers St Lawrence Jewry Tickets: £20; £10 for students. 1310 Recital: Ionel Manciu – violin, Kaoru Wada – piano Music scores will be available for hire for £2 St Stephen Walbrook For enquiries and to register please contact us on: 1315 Recital: Marmara Piano Trio ─ [email protected] St Sepulchre without Newgate Mine Dogantan-Dack – piano Mona Kodama – violin 1030 to 1800 A Lute Society Meeting: Original Instruments Day. Thomas Gregory – cello A joint meeting with the Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Federation, Programme: with original instruments from the collection of the Mozart – Piano Trio in G major K 564 Royal College of Music and from private collections. Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 49 The day will consist of talks by experts in the morning St Bride Fleet Street and part of the afternoon. 1315 Organ Recital: Robert Mingay-Smith At 1645 the meeting will end with a recital with the title Programme: The Mandolin in Rome in the time of Corelli The organ works of J S Bach & D Buxtehude No 1 Music by Cappelini, Colista, Ugolinio, Caldara and Corelli St Mary at Hill will be performed on a variety of original instruments by 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House The Early Mandolin Academy: Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: Davide Rebuffa – 4 and 5–course mandolino [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street Mauro Squillamte – 5-course mandolin Andrea Damiani – and chitarra alla Spagnuola

Tickets for just the recital: £15 on the door; £10 in advance Wednesday 8 February More details regarding the meeting and tickets can be found at: 1305 Recital: Emas Au – piano St Botolph Aldgate http://www.lutesociety.org/pages/meetings 1305 Recital: Sophia Sahlin – flute & voice The Dutch Church, Austin Friars The story of St Olaf in words and music St Olave Hart Street 1315 Recital: Maria Bundgård – piano St Dunstan in the West 1315 Organ Recital: Luke Bond (Truro Cathedral) Temple Church

Friday 10 February — continued EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN FEBRUARY 2017 - continued 1930 Concert: Londinium Chamber Choir – 'Kensington to Bloomsbury' Music Director – Andrew Griffths A concert of music by an eclectic group of English composers all of whom were connected with Sir Henry Wood in the first half of the 20th century. The first piece listed below was premiered at Thursday 9 February St Sepulchre’s in 1946 at the unveiling of the window 1305 Recital: Emmanuel Bach – violin, Jenny Stern – piano commemorating Sir Henry Wood in the Musician’s Chapel. The St Olave Hart Street text and the music were specially composed as a tribute to him. 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Programme: 1310 Organ Recital: Thomas Kientzi – William Walton – Where does the uttered Music go? First Prizewinner - Swiss Organ Competition John Ireland – Twilight Night St Margaret Lothbury Elisabeth Lutyens – Verses of Love 1800 Choral Evensong, followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 John Ireland – The Hills

Humphrey Searle – Song of the Sun The speaker will be Caroline Spelman MP on the subject of Faith in Politics: Many people are surprised by how much Faith Alan Rawsthorne – Four Seasonal Songs guides those in Westminster. Caroline will discuss how she E J Moeran – Songs of Springtime combines being a Christian in politics alongside her role as Herbert Howells – Requiem Second Church Estates Commissioner Tickets: £12 (Earlybird discount until Thursday 5 February) £15 (Students - £10) Conversations are facilitated by the Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, A glass of wine will be served in the interval Priest-in-Charge at St Mary at Hill and Chaplain to the Speaker More information and tickets (follow the links) at: of the House of Commons St Mary at Hill https://www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events St Sepulchre without Newgate

Saturday 11 February 1900 London Young Sinfonia Concert Friday 10 February conducted by Bertie Baigent 1310 Organ Recital: Alex Fishburn St Stephen Walbrook with soloist Julien Cohen - piano 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by: CERULEO Programme: Emily Owen – soprano, Jenni Harper – soprano, J S Bach – Sinfonia to Cantata 42 Satoko Doi-Luck - , Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 Kate Conway – viola da gamba Mozart – Symphony No 38 in D major ‘Prague’ K 504 Toby Carr – lute and theorbo Tickets: £12 / £10 / £5 available from: Programme: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2755534 'Paradise Lost' – Music for John Milton by St Sepulchre without Newgate John Blow, Carissimi and Purcell 1930 ‘A Serenade of Music’ Admission is free with a retiring collection A Concert to be given by The Academy of St Mary le Bow St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield with 16 vocal soloists, conducted by Alex Fryer, in which homage 1305 Recital: ENSEMBLE MINTAKA will be paid to two great English composers. Jessica Summers – soprano Programme: Özlem Çelik – clarinet Frank Bridge - Summer Jelena Makarova – piano Ralph Vaughan Williams – Programmw: Fantasia on a Theme by Schubert – Shepherd on the Rock D 695 Interval Schumann – Three Romances for clarinet & piano Frank Bridge – ‘There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook’ Borenstein – Reminiscences of Childhood Op 54 Ralph Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music Thomas Arne – Selected Songs St Mary at Hill For more information about this new chamber orchestra please 1315 Recital: Motoki Hirai – piano go to the website: www.academyofstmarylebow.com Programme: Tickets: £12 Adult, £10 Concessions, £5 Student Motoki Hirai – Scenes from a Native Land (2005) Tickets will be available on the door (cash only) from 1845 Scarlatti/Tausig – Pastorale and Capriccio For discounted tickets in advance follow the link on the website Motoki Hirai – Picture Books Suite (version 2017) St Mary le Bow Schubert/Liszt – Ständchen D957 No 4 from 'Schwanengesang'

Grieg – Wedding-day at Troldhaugen Op65-6 from Lyric Pieces Sunday 12 February St Bride Fleet Street 1500 Concert to be given by the Arcubus Ensemble

directed by Julian Collings /continued Programme:

Tomas Luis de Victoria – Requiem Mass

Russell Hepplewhite – Paradise in a Dream

John Taverner – Svyati

Tickets £10 on the door

More information at: arcubusensemble.com

St Mary le Bow

Wednesday 15 February EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN FEBRUARY 2017 - continued 1305 Recital: Eleanor Percy – violin, Irina Lyakovskaya – piano St Olave Hart Street 2000 A Concert for Samuel Pepys BBC Radio 4 presents a rare opportunity to hear the music Cesare Morelli composed for his friend and patron Samuel Pepys Monday 13 February with some of the pieces being performed for the first time in 300 1300 Recital: Fiachra Garvey (piano) who performs through the joint years. The performers, who will be led by Dioysius Kyropoulos, St Lawrence Jewry and Worshipful Company of Musicians will be: Scheme for young prizewinners of the Company David Ireland – bass-baritone Programme; Toby Carr – theorbo Chopin – Barcarolle Op 60 James Bramley – baroque guitar Polonaise "Heroic" Op 53 Programme: Beethoven – Piano Sonata No 32 in C minor Op 111 ‘Beauty Retire’ – the only piece by Pepys himself St Lawrence Jewry ‘Beauty Retire' – Morelli 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Clinch St Michael Cornhill and several works by Humphrey arranged by Morelli 1305 Recital: Alex Caldon – , Alexandra Caldon – violin, The concert will be recorded (audio only) for the purposes of a Libby Burgess – piano BBC Radio 4 arts feature about Pepys and Morelli Programme: Entry will be free but please apply for a reservation to: 'A Bohemian Rhapsody for trumpet, violin and piano' — [email protected] Gottfried Finger – Sonata in C Some seats will also be available on the night George Enescu – Légende for trumpet and piano St Olave Hart Street Leoš Jánáček – Sonata for violin and piano – Hungarian Dances Thursday 16 February Grigoraş Dinicu – Hora Staccato St Martin Ludgate 1305 Recital: James Kirby – piano St Olave Hart Street 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1315 Recital: Adrien Mastrosimone – counter-tenor Drew Steanson – piano St Dunstan in the West 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays ‘The Glorious Baroque’ (2) Tuesday 14 February St Margaret Lothbury 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Friday 17 February 1300 Organ Recital: School Organists Series No1 1230 Organ Recital: John Webber St Stephen Walbrook Pupils from Harrow School ─ 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by: Joshua Simoes Yoon-Kyung Cho – cello Programme: Malgorzata Garstka - piano Sebastien Aguilera de Heredia (1561-1627) – Programme: Registo baixo do 1 tom Schumann – Fantasiestücke Op 73 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) - Improvisation No 7 Op 150 Beethoven – Sonata No 4 in C Op 101 No 1 Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897) – Suite Gothique Op 25 Schubert – Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D 821

Justin Stollery Admission is free with a retiring collection Programme: St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Passacaglia in C minor 1315 Recital: Greta Mutlu – violin, Veneta Neynska – piano BWV 582 Programme: Eugène Gigout (1844-1925) – Toccata in B minor Schubert – Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor D385 St Lawrence Jewry Prokoviev – Sonata for Violin No 2 in D major Op 94a 1310 Recital: Amy Goodwin – cello, Sophia Reed – viola, St Bride Fleet Street Hoei Lien - violin St Stephen Walbrook 1305 A Music-at- Hill Recital: Kleist Quartet 1315 Recital: Alice Bishop – soprano, Simon Marlow – piano Henry Tong, Oliver Cave - , Programme: Bryoni Gibson-Cornish – viola, Erich Korngold – Four Shakespeare Songs Joel Sanderson – cello James Francis-Brown – Ozymandias Programme: Peter Fribbins – I Travelled Haydn – String Quartet in A major Op 20 No 6 Kerry Woodward – Wild Will Songs Mozart – String Quartet No 15 in D minor K 421/41b Richard Hageman – Do not go, At the Well St Mary at Hill St Bride Fleet Street Monday 20 February 1315 Organ Recital: Robert Mingay-Smith 1300 Recital: James Kirby – piano Programme: Programme: The organ works of J S Bach & D Buxtehude No 2 Schumann – Arabeske in C Op 18 St Mary at Hill Debussy – Six Preludes from Book 2 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Beethoven – Sonata no 4 in E flat Op 7 Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: St Lawrence Jewry [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Organ Recital: Graham Thorpe – Sir George Thalben-Ball Memorial Organ Scholar at St Michael Cornhill 1305 Recital: Juan Maria Solare – piano Programme: "White Shadows" St Martin Ludgate

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EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN FEBRUARY 2017 - continued Wednesday 22 February ─ continued

1305 Recital: Stelios Kyriakidis – guitar St Botolph Aldgate

1305 Recital: Greta Mutlu – violin, Veneta Neynska – piano Monday 20 February ─ continued St Olave Hart Street 1310 Recital: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City 1315 Recital: Galliard Trio: Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Andrew Morris – flute & piccolo The Story of Concert Pianist Noel Mewton-Wood (1922-1953) Martin White – oboe & cor anglais Adam Sullivan – tenor, Richard Bignall – tenor Alec Forshaw – bassoon, harpsichord & piano David Jones – baritone , Gavin Roberts – piano St Dunstan in the West More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ 1315 Organ Recital: James McVinnie Temple Church and follow the link 'Concerts and events'

St Botolph Bishopsgate Hall

Tuesday 21 February

1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually

include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Thursday 23 February 1300 Organ Recital: School Organists Series No 2 Pupils from St John's College Choir School, Cambridge — 1305 Recital: Natasha Sachsenmeier – violin, Adam Chillingworth (Year 7) Alissa Firsova – piano St Olave Hart Street Programme: 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) – Toccata in F BuxWV 157 1310 Organ Recital: Benjamin Righetti - from Francis Jackson (b. 1917) – Fanfare St Margaret Lothbury Jaylen Cheng (Year 6) 1310 'By the Waters of Babylon' Programme: Musica Poetica presents a celebration of 17th century music Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) – Fuga in C BuxWV 174 with the voices and of its period instrument ensemble Alan Chen (Year 6) Programme: Programme: Works by Franz Tunder (1614-1667) and Flor Peeters (1903-1986) – Chorale: 'Wachet auf' Op 68, No 5 Matthias Weckmann (c. 1616-1674) Pietro Yon (1886-1943) – Toccata for the Flutes More information at: http://musicapoetica.co.uk George Balfour (Year 8) St Sepulchre without Newgate Programme: J S Bach (1685-1750) – Chorale: 'Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ' BWV 639 Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988) – Fanfare Friday 24 February Blake Chen (Year 8) Programme: 1310 Organ Recital: Martin Hall St Stephen Walbrook J S Bach (1685-1750) – Trio Sonata in E♭1st movement 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by: BWV 525 ENGLISH YOUNG ARTISTS' SINFONIA Chorale: O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß BWV 622 Robert Pepper - conductor Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) - Impromptu Programme: St Lawrence Jewry Elgar – Serenade for Strings Op 20 1310 Recital: Drew Steanson – piano St Stephen Walbrook Grieg – Holberg Suite Op 40 1315 Recital: David Dower – piano, Matt Fisher – percussion Holst – St Paul's Suite Op 29 No 2 Programme: Admission is free with a retiring collection David Dower – Selections from St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield "The Frog, The Fish & The Whale" 1305 Recital: The Byron Consort St Bride Fleet Street Philip Evans – director 1315 Organ Recital: Robert Mingay-Smith A programme of a cappella vocal music in anticipation of Lent, Programme: from one of the premier choirs of Harrow School St Mary at Hill The organ works of J S Bach & D Buxtehude No 3 1315 Organ Recital: Paul Carr St Mary at Hill Programme: 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Vierne – Symphony No 2 in E minor, 1st movement: Allegro Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: Harris – Four Short Pieces, Prelude [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street S S Wesley – Choral Song and Fugue Vaughan Williams – From Three Preludes founded on Welsh Wednesday 22 February Hymn Tunes – 'Rhosymedre' 1305 A City Music Society Concert: Briggs – Theme and Variations on 'Laudi Spirituali' ESTONIAN 99TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT Reuchsel – Promenades en Provence Mirjam Mosak – soprano Kristina Rokashevich – piano Nuages ensoleillés sur le Cap Nègre City Music Society is delighted to collaborate with the Embassy of St Bride Fleet Street the Republic of Estonia in presenting this special extra concert 1730 The Lord Mayor’s ‘St Stephen’s Serenades’ during our Young Artists Series to mark the 99th anniversary of The third in a new monthly series of evening recitals on the last the Republic of Estonia Friday of the month Recitalist: Michael Broadway - pianola Programme: Songs by Estonian composers Heino Eller, Free admission - just turn up! St Stephen Walbrook Eduard Tubin and Mark Saar, with arias and songs by Purcell,

Verdi, Granados, Debussy and Johann Strauss II /continued Admission is free with a retiring collection St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield /continued Tuesday 28 February 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN FEBRUARY 2017 - continued include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1300 Organ Recital: School Organists Series No 3

Pupils from Eton College — Friday 24 February ─ continued Hamish Fraser 1930 Ave verum corpus Programme: A concert to be given by the Iken Scholars Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) – Sonata No 3 Director – Matthew Dunn J S Bach (1685-1750) - Programme Trio on Nun komm der Heiden Heiland' BWV 660 Gibbons – O clap your hands Louis Vierne (1870-1937) – Final from Symphony No 1 White – Max Salata Tallis – If ye love me Programme: Sheppard – Gaude Maria J S Bach (1685-1750) – Sonata in E♭ Byrd – Ave verum corpus INTERVAL (1906-1992) – La Vierge et l'enfant Sheppard – Libera nos, salva nos Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) – Toccata in G Byrd – Mass for four voices St Lawrence Jewry Sheppard – Lord's Prayer 1310 Recital: Katherine Clarke – viola St Stephen Walbrook Morley – Nolo mortem peccatoris 1315 Recital: Marie Schreer – violin, Nathan Tinker – piano Tallis – Salvator mundi Programme: Tickets: £23 (premium) £18 unreserved children £5 Takemitsu – Distance de Fée Tickets may be obtained from: César Franck – Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/bcf-concerts/2017/2/24/ave-verum St Bride Fleet Street St Sepulchre without Newgate 1315 Recital: The Choir of St Mary at Hill Programme: 1830 Concert: to be given by the Dutch National Student Orchestra J S Bach – Den Herr denket an uns – Cantata BWV 196 In collaboration with the Dutch Embassy, the Dutch National St Mary at Hill Student Orchestra (NSO) will perform in the Dutch Centre. 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Doors open at 1800. Tickets: £10 Students £5 Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: More information and to buy tickets in advance at: [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street www.dutchcentre.com/events/ ------The Dutch Centre at the Dutch Church, Austin Friars Editor's note: We are indebted to Dickon Love,

Company Bellringer to the Worshipful Company of Saturday 25 February Parish Clerks for the following information 1930 Invicta Upper Voices Concert Programme: Fauré – Requiem Open bellringing performances Tickets: £10 (£7 concessions) in advance currently scheduled for the City of London or £12 (£9 concessions) on the door Tickets are available from: invicta.brownpapertickets.com in February 2017 St Sepulchre without Newgate Sunday 26 February Saturday 4 February 1830 Bach Vespers: City Bach Collective will perform — 0930 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells J S Bach – Cantata BWV 22 Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths as part of the service of Lutheran Vespers St Mary at Hill at St James Garlickhythe

Monday 27 February Sunday 5 February 1300 Recital: Antonio Oyarzabal 1430 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells Programme: by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St James Garlickhythe Spanish Piano Music to include works by Falla, Mompou, Albéniz and Granados St Lawrence Jewry 1530 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells 1305 Recital: Imperial College Chamber Choir by the Ancient Society of College Youths Programme: Latin American Baroque music, including pieces by at St Mary le Bow Padilla and De Araujo St Martin Ludgate 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Rennert — who will demonstrate some Saturday 11 February of the kaleidoscopic tone-colours of the fine historic organ which 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells dates in part from the year 1684 and which was superbly at St Magnus the Martyr renovated by Nicholsons in 2010 St Michael Cornhill 1310 Recital: 'Song in the City' ─ Young Artists in the City Monday 13 February Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama 1730 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells On Wenlock Edge — by the St James' Guild The story of British poet A E Housman (1859-1936) at St James Garlickhythe Adam Sullivan – tenor Joseph Padfield – baritone Monday 20 February String Quartet: Gabriel Ng, Daniel Benn, 1730 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells Alexander McFarlane, Juliette Roos, Gavin Roberts – piano by the St James' Guild More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ at St Dunstan in the West and follow the link 'Concerts and events' St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall

Mar ch 2017 Published by FCC in conjunction with the Archdeaconry of Lonndon

John Newton Day

On Thursday 30 March the life and work of John Newton will be celebrated at the City church of St Andrew by the Wardrobe in two special events. John Newtoon (1725‐1807) is probably best knowwn for being the writer of the words of the hymns ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘‘Glorious things of thee are spoken’ amongst many others. There is insufficient room here for even a concise biography but key dates in his life show just how immensely varied his life actually was. Born in Wapping in 1725 he went to sea at a young age, was pressed into the Royal Navy in 1743, attempted to desert, punished witth a severe flogging, and eventually transferred to slave ships, becoming a captain of several. It should be stated here that later in life he became aan abolitionist and an ally of William Wilberforce, leader of the Parliamentary Campaign to abolish the African slave trade and lived to see the passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807 which enacted that event.

In 1748 he had experienced spiritual conversion as a result of deliverance from his ship nearly sinking during a severe storm at sea. He married in 1750, gave up seafaring in 1753 and engaged in serious religious study eventually becoming an evangelical lay minister. In 1757 he applied to be ordained but was not accepted for ordination until 1764 and then was appointed curate in the living of Olney, Buckinghamshire. The Olney Hymns were published in 1779 containing the two well‐known hymns mentioned earlier together with some 300 others. In the same year he became Rectorr of the City church of St Mary Woollnoth where he remained until his death in 1807. In 1783 Newton founded the Eclectic Society and invited William Goode, rector of St Andrew by the Wardrobe to be a member. It was from the Eclectic Society that a proposal came to form a missionary society which later became the Church Missionary Society. Newton and Goode were members of both societies. Goode offered his rectory study as a more permanent meeting place for the mission society and thus the connection between John Newton and St Andrew by the Wardrobe was firmly established.

The first of the two special events on Thursday 30 March will be Holy Communion att 12.30pm followed by the opportunity to visit the rectory at St Andrew by the Wardrobe where a selection off Newton manuscripts will be on display – all gathered specially for the occasion. One of Newton’s Eclectic Society notebooks will be on display together with two other notebooks of his – his Messiah sermon notes and a notebook containing the sermon which links in very closely with another of his very popular hymns, ‘How sweet the name of Jesus sounds’.

Later at 6.00pm Evensong will be held at St Andrew’s and following the service there will be a performance by the English Chamber Choir. This will be introduced by Jonathan Aitken, former MP and Cabinet Minister, who is on the Board of Reference of the John Newton Project. He will introduce an aria from Handel’s Messiah with a brief extract from Newton’s sermon on that aria. The Choir will also sing four separrate tunes known to be in use for ‘Amazing Grace’ during Newton’s lifetime. They are the earliest known tunes in use to which this famous hymn was sung and this will be the first time that our generation will hear ‘Ammazing Grace’ sung to the tunes in use in Newton’s own lifetime. The display on the life of John Newton, with an additional display on his links with St Andrew by the Wardrobe will be at the church in their side chapel for the whole of March.

It can be seen that John Newton Day, Thursday 30 March 2017 at St Andrew by the WWardrobe promises to be a memorable reflection on the achievements of an extraordinary man.

The Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BA Visit: www.london‐city‐churches.org.uk for more information and the location of the churches in the City

Tuesday ─ continued

REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN MARCH 2017 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr

1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) The entries below show the normal pattern of services for City Churches St Mary Moorfields and a few churches ‘just over the City borders’. Entries are for Church 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Woolnoth of England services except where indicated otherwise. ‘1st Monday’, 1230 Holy Communion (said), with coffee and sandwiches served ‘2nd Monday’ etc refer to the 1st Monday, 2nd Monday etc of the month. St Olave Hart Street 1300 to 1330 Communion in the Crypt, with a focus on prayers for healing While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the services shown are All Hallows by the Tower subject to change immediately before, during and after major festivals 1300 Contemporary Worship and Teaching Christ Church, Spitalfields and at Bank or other holidays, as well as during the summer months. 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 You are strongly advised to contact churches to check the details. St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1300 to 1400 (any time) Contemporary Worship For a list of weekend (particularly Sunday) services please go to the St Sepulchre without Newgate Friends of the City Churches website at www.london-city-churches.org.uk 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate and follow the links from ‘Events’ and ‘City Events’ 1305 to 1335 Bible Talk, with lunch available after the talk St Helen Bishopsgate 1305 Meditation (in the crypt chapel) St Mary le Bow Monday 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn (0700 on 1st day of Hebrew religious month) For details please see 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn www.bevismarks.org.uk Bevis Marks Synagogue 1310 to 1340 Bible Talk, following sandwich lunch at 1300 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields St Botolph Aldersgate 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 Holy Communion St Margaret Lothbury 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1315 to 1345 Meditation Open to all Please arrive a few minutes 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street before 1315 St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1630 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public worship - come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1700 to 1730 ‘Words of Hope’ – quiet reflective service 1200 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all St Clement Eastcheap welcome) St Mary Aldermary 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1215 Prayer Service St Vedast alias Foster 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1830 Choral Evensong (traditional) (Choral Eucharist on 3rd Tuesday) St Mary Moorfields St Sepulchre without Newgate 1300 to 1345 Contemplative Prayer St Edmund King and Martyr (London Spirituality Centre) Wednesday 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) St Etheldreda, Ely Place (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields worship - come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0815 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields St Mary Aldermary 0815 Morning Prayer in the church (For 1 March see Special Services) Tuesday St Mary le Bow 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0730 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0830 to 0915 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 0730 to 0930 ‘Start: Stop’ – start the day by stopping to reflect – 10 minute 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public reflections beginning every 15 minutes - just drop in welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal St Stephen Walbrook 0900 Morning Prayer Temple Church 0745 Holy Communion (said) St Mary at Hill 0915 Morning Prayer (Eucharist on 1st Wednesday) 0745 Eucharist followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow St Edmund King and Martyr (London Spirituality Centre) 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1205 RC Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0800 to 0900 Café Prayer – An opportunity for stillness and prayer, Bible 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr reading and reflection – light breakfast and coffee served 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch St Katharine Cree 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1245 to 1315 (3rd Wednesday) Society of Friends (Quaker) Meetingfor 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower Worship Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Quaker Court, Banner St 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go as 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public you wish St Margaret Lothbury welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1300 (1st Wednesday) Eucharist (using a traditional Iona Community 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn liturgy) All welcome St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1300 Holy Communion (last Wednesday BCP) St Mary at Hill 1230 to 1300 Eucharist (said) with brief address St Dunstan in the West /continued

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REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN MARCH 2017 − 1310 to 1350 Bible Talk, with lunch available, followed by Question Time continued St Helen Bishopsgate 1315 to 1345 Lunchtime Service (Free Church) City Temple

1315 Holy Communion St Martin within Ludgate Wednesday ─ continued 1315 to 1345 Holy Communion (BCP said) Temple Church 1305 ‘Not on a Sunday’ – informal worship with prayers and song 1400 to 1420 Prayers – Offering up the prayers from the church’s prayer St Katharine Cree board and the Internet Church St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1630 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn worship - come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1310 to 1340 ‘Moorgate Talks’ Bible Talk, following lunch at 1300, at the 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow Amber Bar & Restaurant, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, EC2Y 9AW 1800 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (with Confraternity of the under the auspices of St Botolph Aldersgate Blessed Sacrament Vespers on 1st Thursday) 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 Holy Communion (said) St Michael Cornhill 1800 (Normally 1st Thursday) Choral Evening Prayer, followed by 1315 Holy Communion in the crypt (For 1 March see Special Services) ‘Thursday Conversation’ at 1830 St Mary at Hill St Bride Fleet Street 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow worship - come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1830 to 2100 Koinonia Night – fellowship evening with a meal, teaching, 1730 Choral Evensong Temple Church worship and prayer All welcome (Free Church) City Temple 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer – ‘Pursuit’ Prayer and Worship 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields Service All welcome (Free Church) City Temple 1830 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all welcome) St Mary Aldermary Friday 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields Thursday 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0800 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue St Mary Aldermary 0745 to 0900 ‘Headroom’ -10 minute reflections with breaks between – just 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields drop in St Margaret Pattens 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0900 Morning Prayer Temple Church 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1200 to 1500 Quiet Personal Prayer St Joseph Bunhill Row 0830 Eucharist (said) (Lady Chapel) St Bartholomew the Great 1200 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate welcome) St Mary Aldermary 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 0900 Morning Prayer Temple Church 1230 Pastoral Conversation or Confession (Sacrament Chapel, or apply 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn at the Vestry) St Mary le Bow 1210 Holy Communion St Botolph Bishopsgate 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster St Mary Moorfields 1230 Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn St Mary Moorfields 1310 Holy Communion (said) St Michael Cornhill 1245 to 1330 Eucharist with the St Stephen’s Singers, followed by light lunch 1315 to 1400 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry St Stephen Walbrook 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go as worship - come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street you wish St Mary Woolnoth 1800 Paraklesis (replaced on 1st Friday and during fasting periods by 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place Service of Holy Unction) Followed at 1900 to 2200 by Catechesis 1300 to 1330 (1st Thursday) Private Prayer & Reflection and Confessions (Romanian Orthodox) St Giles Cripplegate St Dunstan in the West 1300 Holy Communion (normally 1st Thursday - Choral Eucharist) 1800 (1st Friday) RC Low Mass in the Extra-Ordinary Form St Margaret Pattens St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1305 Sung Holy Communion, followed by coffee and sandwiches 1830 Jewish Friday Evening Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic St Katharine Cree orthodox rite) (1930 in summer months) 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields Bevis Marks Synagogue 1305 to 1335 ‘St Nick's Talks’ Bible Talk, lunch available 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer - Equipping Service - Praise St Nicholas Cole Abbey and Worship (Free Church) City Temple 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn

Thursday 16 March SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN 1800 Holy Communion, followed at 1830 by Lent Discussion Group For further information please see the entry for 9 March in the MARCH 2017 Lectures, Courses, Workshops & Seminars section below

St Dunstan in the West

Monday 20 March Wednesday 1 March – Ash Wednesday 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and 0800 Said Eucharist with ashing followed by Morning Prayer at 0830 liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, exploring St Mary le Bow significant figures from the history of St Stephen Walbrook 0805 RC Mass with distribution of ashes St Mary Moorfields The theme of this service is Henry Moore and 0830 Eucharist with ashing (Lady Chapel) St Bartholomew the Great St Stephen Walbrook 1200 RC Mass with distribution of ashes St Mary Moorfields Thursday 23 March 1230 Eucharist with imposition of ashes All Hallows by the Tower 1800 Holy Communion, followed at 1830 by Lent Discussion Group 1230 Ecumenical Liturgy of the Word with ashing For further information please see the entry for 9 March in the St Bartholomew the Less Lectures, Courses, Workshops & Seminars section below 1230 to 1300 Eucharist (said) with imposition of ashes St Dunstan in the West St Dunstan in the West Monday 27 March 1230 Low Mass with imposition of ashes St Magnus the Martyr 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and 1230 RC Mass with distribution of ashes St Mary Moorfields liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, exploring 1230 Holy Communion with ashing St Olave Hart Street significant figures from the history of St Stephen Walbrook 1245 Ash Wednesday Service St Stephen Walbrook The theme of this service is Lanning Roper and Gardening 1300 Choral Eucharist St Andrew Holborn St Stephen Walbrook 1300 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill Thursday 30 March 1305 Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 1230 onwards John Newton – A celebration of his life and work and his 1305 High Mass with imposition of ashes, with music for voices and connections with St Andrew by the Wardrobe organ St Mary le Bow This event will include: 1305 RC Mass with distribution of ashes St Mary Moorfields 1230 Holy Communion 1310 Choral Eucharist with imposition of ashes 1800 Evensong, with the English Chamber choir, including St Botolph Bishopsgate prayers and hymns by John Newton 1315 Choral Eucharist with imposition of ashes St Bride Fleet Street For full information concerning the day please refer to the article 1730 RC Mass with distribution of ashes St Mary Moorfields on the front page St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1730 Choral Evensong for Ash Wednesday Temple Church 1800 Holy Communion, followed at 1830 by Lent Discussion Group 1800 Taizé Service with imposition of ashes All Hallows by the Tower For further information please see the entry for 9 March in the 1800 Solemn Choral Eucharist with ashing St Bartholomew the Great Lectures, Courses, Workshops & Seminars section below 1830 High Mass with imposition of ashes St Magnus the Martyr St Dunstan in the West 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn

Thursday 2 March LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS 1300 Choral Eucharist St Margaret Pattens IN MARCH 2017 1800 Choral Evensong, followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below St Mary at Hill Monday 6 March COURSES STARTING IN MARCH 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, exploring Bank Churches’ Lent Course 2017 at significant figures from the history of St Stephen Walbrook St Margaret Lothbury The theme of this service is Robert S de Courcey Laffan and Sport From a coalition of Anglican churches in the City St Stephen Walbrook (including St Botolph Bishopsgate, St Lawrence Jewry, Thursday 9 March St Margaret Lothbury, St Mary Aldermary, St Mary le Bow, 1130 The Spital Sermon Preacher: the Rt Revd Christopher Chessun, St Stephen Walbrook and St Vedast alias Foster) Bishop of Southwark The Bishop will preach on the importance of

harmony, which is not solely a matter of music, but involves the need Join us every Tuesday in March, 1800 to 1845 All welcome for a life to be an integrated whole, and for healing to be held The theme of the course is Giving Up: Exploring Money and together with salvation Generosity through Lent For the subjects of the individual The sermon takes its name from the Priory or Hospital of St Mary sessions please see the entry for each Tuesday in this section Spital, a mediaeval house for tending London’s sick and poor It has been preached annually since the late 14th Century Ecumenical Lent Course 2017 St Lawrence Jewry On Saturdays from 4 March to 1 April, 1030 to 1130 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate (Refreshments at 1000) All welcome 1800 Holy Communion, followed at 1830 by Lent Discussion Group Using Henry Nouwen’s book The Return of the Prodigal

For further information please see the entry for this date in the 4 March – St Giles Cripplegate Lectures, Courses, Workshops & Seminars section below 11 and 25 March – Wesley’s Chapel, City Road St Dunstan in the West 18 March − Jewin Welsh Church, Fann Street Monday 13 March 1 April− St Joseph’s Church, Lamb’s Passage, off Bunhill Row 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, exploring For further information and to buy copies of the book please contact Martin Pendergast at [email protected], tel 0208 986 0807 significant figures from the history of St Stephen Walbrook The theme of this service is Chad Varah and Charity St Stephen Walbrook

LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS Tuesday 14 March IN MARCH 2017 ―continued 1045 to 1530 Oasis Day: Faith, Hope & Charity Led by Sue Johns and Anna Paterson Oasis Days offer a monthly time of quiet reflection to re-charge

one’s spiritual batteries, with speakers from across the Thursday 2 March denominational spectrum Cost £15 - Lunch/ tea & coffee provided 1815 Lecture: Glorious Mud! – Building with Earth, by Alex Gibbons Pre-booking by Thursday 9 March essential for catering purposes A Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings Spring Lecture To book please telephone the Revd Martin Davies on on the theme of Work worth doing: the SPAB and craft skills 07429 612642 or e-mail [email protected] The spring lecture series celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the St Andrew Holborn SPAB’s William Morris Craft Fellowship training programme and 1800 to 1845 Bank Churches Lent Course on the theme of the skills that enable old buildings to flourish Giving Up: Exploring Money and Generosity through Lent Tickets £11 including informal drinks reception (discounts for SPAB Please see the box at the beginning of this section members and for bookings for the whole series) The second session in the course, on What we measure controls us For booking and further details go to www.spab.org.uk and follow the St Margaret Lothbury links from ‘SPAB Events & Awards’ St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall Wednesday 15 March 1830 Thursday Conversation with Sol Campbell, former England 1300 Walbrook Art Group meeting: Lecture on Arthur Liberty, Arts International footballer and campaigner and Crafts Pioneer (marking the centenary of his death) Following Choral Evensong at 1800 For more information see the Given by Dharshan Thenuwara Admission £5 entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below For further details please e-mail [email protected] St Mary at Hill St Stephen Walbrook 1805 JustShare Event Is it safe to drink the water? Healthy humans and water justice A panel discussion by water health experts Tuesday 7 March about a healthy relationship with water across the planet and the 1800 to 1845 Bank Churches Lent Course on the theme of importance of water justice in an unjust world Giving Up: Exploring Money and Generosity through Lent Part of JustWater2017, a programme of churches and cathedrals Please see the box at the beginning of this section around the world working together to raise awareness and The first session in the course, on What we see we value activism about water. St Margaret Lothbury Speakers: Dr Lee Hooper, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, and Professor Hugh Montgomery, University College London Chaired by Christine Hancock, Founder and Director of C3 Wednesday 8 March Collaborating for Health 1300 Walbrook Art Group meeting: Lecture on Resurrection in Art Admission free but advance registration required – for further Given by Dharshan Thenuwara Admission free information and to register go to www.justshare.org.uk and For further details please e-mail [email protected] follow the links from ‘Events’ St Mary le Bow

St Stephen Walbrook Thursday 16 March 1815 Lecture: A miller’s tale – Caring for Charlecote, by Karl Grevatt (carpenter and miller) Thursday 9 March A Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings Spring Lecture 1815 Lecture: Wonderful walls – Repairing Welsh churches, by For information on the lecture series, tickets and booking please stonemason Thom Evans see the details for the lecture on 2 March above. A Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings Spring Lecture St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall For information on the lecture series, tickets and booking please 1830 to 1930 Lent Discussion Group, following said Eucharist at 1800 see the details for the lecture on 2 March above. Light refreshments provided Please see the entry for 9 March St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall St Dunstan in the West 1830 to 1930 Lent Discussion Group, following said Eucharist at 1800 The group, led by Father Barry Orford, meets every Thursday evening from 9 March to 6 April Light refreshments provided Tuesday 21 March St Dunstan in the West 1800 to 1845 Bank Churches Lent Course on the theme of Giving Up: Exploring Money and Generosity through Lent Please see the box at the beginning of this section The third session, on What we receive we treat as ours t Margaret Lothbury Friday 10 March 1100 to 1600 At the Still Point – Accompanying the Contemplative Wednesday 22 March A session in the Developing Direction series, to support and 1300 Walbrook Art Group meeting: Lecture on Amanda Kentish encourage spiritual directors in their practice The session Coomaraswamy (An anniversary celebration of the life and work of explores how to accompany and support those who respond to the English/Sri Lankan author and curator) the radical call to contemplative prayer and living Given by Dharshan Thenuwara Admission £5 For details, cost and to book go to www.spiritualitycentre.org and For further details please e-mail [email protected] follow the links from ‘What’s On’ St Stephen Walbrook London Spirituality Centre at St Edmund King & Martyr

Thursday 23 March

1830 to 1930 Lent Discussion Group, following said Eucharist at 1800 Light refreshments provided Please see the entry for 9 March St Dunstan in the West

LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS IN MARCH 2017 ―continued WednesdayEVENTS 1 March AND CONCERTS IN MARCH 2017

Wednesday 1 March Thursday 23 March 1305 Recital: Eduard Leung – piano St Olave Hart Street 1830 to 1930 Lent Discussion Group, following said Eucharist at 1800 1315 Organ Recital: William Fairbairn, All Saints, Fulham Light refreshments provided Please see the entry for 9 March Temple Church St Dunstan in the West

Thursday 2 March

1305 Recital: Dóra Kokas – cello, Jâms Coleman – piano Monday 27 March St Olave Hart Street 1800 to 2000 Pray as you can – Not as you can’t The first session in a 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower course for practising or trained spiritual directors, those exploring 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend ― “The Glorious Baroque” (3) this ministry and those working in situations such as pastoral care, St Margaret Lothbury therapy and listening where they may “advise” others on prayer 1800 Choral Evensong, followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 The course aims to help demystify prayer by discussing various simpler kinds, and issues which may arise in supporting others The speaker will be Sol Campbell, former England International Refreshments available from 1745 footballer. The subsequent sessions will take place on 3 April and 5, 12, 19 Conversations are facilitated by the Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, and 26 June For further details, cost and to book go to Priest-in-Charge at St Mary at Hill and Chaplain to the Speaker www.spiritualitycentre.org and follow the links from ‘What’s On’ of the House of Commons St Mary at Hill London Spirituality Centre at St Edmund King & Martyr 1930 Concert: Ad Libitum Chamber Choir Tuesday 28 March Julian Collings – conductor 1800 to 1845 Bank Churches Lent Course on the theme of Colin Spinks – organ Giving Up – Exploring Money and Generosity through Lent Programme: Please see the box at the beginning of this section Tallis – Lamentations The final session, on What we master brings us joy Mendelssohn – Hear my prayer, O for the wings of a dove St Margaret Lothbury Kenneth Leighton – Crucifixus pro nobis Arvo Pärt – The woman with the alabaster box

Tickets: £10 on the door or online from:

https://adlibitumchoir.co.uk St Mary le Bow Wednesday 29 March

1300 Walbrook Art Group meeting: Lecture on William de Morgan

(A centenary lecture to celebrate this important Pre-Raphaelite

ceramicist and author) Friday 3 March Given by Dharshan Thenuwara Admission £5 1310 Organ Recital: Laurence Long – Royal College of Music For further details please e-mail [email protected] St Stephen Walbrook St Stephen Walbrook 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by: 1800 The Boyle Lecture 2017 ― Exploring the influence of theology on Ruisi Quartet: scientific research programmes: natural theology in reverse Alessandro Ruisi – violin, Guy Button – violin, Lecturer: Professor Robert J Russell, of the Graduate Theological Asher Zaccardelli – viola, Max Ruisi - cello Union at Berkeley, California, who has written and edited widely on Programme: possible scientific mechanisms for the beliefs of Christianity Haydn – Quartet No 11 in D minor Op 9 No 4 Hob III, 22 All welcome Seating limited and unreserved Ravel – Quartet in F For further details please go to www.stmarylebow.co.uk and Admission is free with a retiring collection follow the link from ‘Boyle Lecture’ St Mary le Bow St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield

1305 A Music-at- Hill Recital: Evening The Tom Olsen Lecture 2017 Mary Pells – viola da gamba, Claire Williams - harpsichord This will be given by Nick Clegg MP, former Deputy Prime Programme: To be announced St Mary at Hill Minister. For further information and tickets please go to 1315 Recital: Amit Yahav – piano www.stbrides.com and follow the links St Bride Fleet Street Programme:

Schumann – Waldszenen Op 82

Chopin – Boléro Op 19 Thursday 30 March Berceuse Op 59 1830 to 1930 Lent Discussion Group, following said Eucharist at 1800 Scherzo in B flat minor Op 31 Light refreshments provided Please see the entry for 9 March St Bride Fleet Street St Dunstan in the West

Monday 6 March ─ continued 1310 Recital: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MARCH 2017 - continued Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Vissi d’arte: I lived for my art This recital will centre around the music of Pauline Viardot (1821- 1910) and composers contemporary with her and settings to music of works by the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) performed by Saturday 4 March Duo Moksha: 0900 to 1715 Incorporated Association of Organists London Organ Day Esther Kuiper – mezzo-soprano and Florent Mourier - piano The IAO London Organ Day 2017 turns its focus to the Stylus More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ Fantasticus, a flamboyant school of keyboard composition which and follow the link 'Concerts and events' encompasses the work of such figures as Dieterich Buxtehude, and St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall which in turn was a significant influence on the young J S Bach. The beginnings of the tradition at the hands of composers like 1830 Chinese Welfare Trust Charity Concert , its development by Nicholas Bruhns, Buxtehude For more information please go to: and others through to the works of Bach will be explored. The repertoire www.stlawrencejewry.org.uk and follow the links at: of this tradition will be explored using the perfect vehicle for its music – ‘Music’, ‘Concerts’, ‘Booked Concerts’ St Lawrence Jewry the beautiful Leeuwen/Flentrop organ in the Dutch Church, Austin Friars. 1830 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon ― Performers, both established and emerging, from across the UK and Opening and Private View – all welcome abroad will be taking part. Full details of the day’s programme and a The Exhibition will take place on weekdays 1000 to 1600 registration form may be obtained from: except Wednesdays – 1100 to 1500 http://iao.org.uk/newsevents/london-organ-day until Friday 31 March St Stephen Walbrook IAO members and non-members are equally welcome to attend The Dutch Church, Austin Friars Tuesday 7 March 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon St Stephen Walbrook Sunday 5 March 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually 1430 to 1730 Songs for Spring Workshop by Vision include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Vision is hosting a Spring Workshop of hopeful and uplifting 1300 Organ Recital: School Organists Series No 4 songs including rounds, folksongs and choral arrangements of Pupils from Shrewsbury School and Tonbridge School favourite popular pieces. Led by vocal coach Tom Coltman the workshop will include a variety of songs along with useful vocal Fintan Simmons (Shrewsbury School) exercises and techniques to help strengthen your voice and Programme: expand your range. All levels of experience are welcome. J S Bach – Prelude in E major BWV 566 Refreshments will be available. Mendelssohn – For more information and to register please go to: Andante con moto (Sonata in D major) Op 65 No 5 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/songs-for-spring-workshop-tickets-31460145141 William Mathias – Fanfare Aldgate Rooms, St Botolph Aldgate Charles Kingston (Tonbridge School) Programme: Monday 6 March J S Bach – Prelude in A minor BWV 543 1300 Recital: Mihai Ritivolu – piano Louis Vierne – Carillon de Longpoint Mihai Ritivolu performs through the joint St Lawrence Jewry and William Pierce (Tonbridge School) Worshipful Company of Musicians Scheme for young Programme: prizewinners of the Company J S Bach – Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 660 Programme: Alexandre Guilmant – Andante Sostenuto; Franck – Prelude, Chorale and Fugue Intermède et Allegro con brio from Sonata 8 Enescu – Piano Sonata No 1 in F sharp minor St Lawrence Jewry St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Recital: Sacha Rattle – clarinet, Zeynep Özsuca – piano 1300 Organ Recital: Ben Giddens – London St Stephen Walbrook Programme: 1315 Recital: VaRvara Maggs – piano Whitlock – Fanfare Programme: Bruhns – Praeludium in e Mussorgsky – ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ Franck – Prière Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No 15 ― ‘Rákóczi March’ Bach – O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig BWV 656 St Bride Fleet Street Parry – Fantasia & Fugue in G St Michael Cornhill 1315 Recital: Yuki Negishi – piano 1305 Recital: Deborah Holborn – soprano, Programme: Juliet Telford – mezzo-soprano Debussy – Pour le Piano Svyatoslav Antipov – piano Schumann – Humoreske Op 20 St Mary at Hill Programme: A collection of French (Berlioz), 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House English (Vaughan Williams & Michael Head) and Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: German (Brahms, Mahler & Schubert) songs [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street with a short piano interlude St Martin Ludgate

Friday 10 March EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MARCH 2017 - continued 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Organ Recital: Alberto Brigandi – St Joseph’s, Highgate St Stephen Walbrook Wednesday 8 March 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by: 1100 to 1500 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon RCM Wind Ensemble – its annual concert for the Society St Stephen Walbrook Simon Channing - director 1305 Recital: Cassandra Matthews – guitar, Lindsay Bryden - flute Programme: Programme: Ibert – Trois Pièces Brèves (1930) Mauro Giuliani – Grande Pot Pourri Francaix – 9 Pièces Caractéristiques (1973) Joan Tower – Snow Dreams (1983) Mozart – Serenade in E flat K 375 Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances St Botolph Aldgate Admission is free with a retiring collection 1300 to 1400 Walbrook Art Group meets St Stephen Walbrook St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield 1305 Recital: Katherine Clarke – viola, Natalia Davies – voice 1305 A Music-at- Hill Recital: Joanne Tan – piano St Olave Hart Street Rebecca Raimondi – violin, Rosie Bowker – flute 1315 The Green Chorus Spring Concert Sophie Haynes – cello, Marta Lopez - harpsichord The Green Chorus is a Japanese ladies’ choir, founded originally Programme: To include works by Telemann, Quantz & Castello in Golders Green in 1986. Their programme will include a song St Mary at Hill dedicated to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsumani that 1310 Recital: Kim Hawthorn – mezzo soprano took place in 2011 St Dunstan in the West Camilla Jeppeson – piano Programme: 1315 Organ Recital: Roger Sayer, Temple Church Handel – Where shall I fly? (Hercules) Temple Church Bizet – Prés des remparts de Séville (Carmen) 1800 Recital: Konstantin Lapshin – piano Hahn – A Chloris Programme: Works by J S Bach, Schubert (transcribed by Liszt), Vaughan Williams – Silent Noon, The House of Life Sibelius, Brahms, György Cziffra, Rachmaninov, and Herbert Howells – King David Tchaikovsky – Concert Suite from The Nutcracker – Frauenliebe und leben (transcribed by Mikhail Pletnev) St Bride Fleet Street Free admission – no ticket required St Katharine Cree

1930 Music for the English Catholic Church A Concert to be given by the City Chamber Choir Stephen Jones – director Robert Mingay-Smith – organ Saturday 11 March Programme: This will consist of some of the finest sacred choral 1330 Rehearsal - Come and Sing Handel’s Messiah works by Edmund Rubbra together with some distinctive works of In aid of Music as Therapy International his contemporary Herbert Howells, particularly his Latin , Performance at 1930 – see next listing The programme will include two settings by the 16th century Directed by Jeremy Jackman recusant and composer Peter Philips of Salve Regina from his St Sepulchre without Newgate Cantiones Sacrae. There will also be organ music by Howells 1930 Concert: Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and Britten Suggested donation for singers & audience members is £20 Tickets: £15 or £10 for under 18s and full-time students from: To book your place please contact: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/384872 or on the door [email protected] or 020 7735 3231 St Mary le Bow St Sepulchre without Newgate 1930 Concert: The Anton Bruckner Choir Christopher Dawe – conductor Thursday 9 March Nicholas O’Neill – organist 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon Programme: St Stephen Walbrook – Figure Humaine, 1305 Recital: Julia Wallin – piano St Olave Hart Street Quatre Motets pour un temps de penitence 1310 Organ Recital: Diego Innocenzi from , Switzerland Maurice Duruflé – Motets, St Margaret Lothbury Requiem 1945 “Lead Me Homeward” – Concert by the Gabrieli Consort For further information please go to: www.templechurch.com Gabrieli Roar will be partnering with London Youth Choir as part and go to Calendar of Events and click on 11 March of a regional Concert Series to present Haydn’s last work, his Temple Church exuberant Harnoniemesse, with soloists from the Gabrieli Consort and our period instrument ensemble, directed by Paul McCreesh. There will also be a first half performance celebrating the Youth and Chamber Choirs of LYC, directed by Robbie Jacobs featuring works by Rheinberger and Rachmaninov Tickets: £12 general admission; £7 for 21 years and under From: http://www.gabrieli.com/event/lead-me-homeward/ or 020 7613 4404 St Andrew Holborn

Tuesday 14 March ─ continued EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MARCH 2017 - continued

1315 Recital: Yuki Negishi – piano Programme: Chopin – Nocturne in B major Monday 13 March Rachmaninov – Moments Musicaux St Mary at Hill 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House St Stephen Walbrook Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: 1300 Recital: Kanae Furomoto – piano [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street Programme: 1900 Concert: FESTA VENEZIA Tchaikovsky – The Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan School, Les Saisons: 12 Morceaux caractéristiques Op 37bis with His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Fanny Hansel-Mendelssohn – Das Jahr: 12 Charakterstücke fur das Forte-Piano The Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan School Alkan – Les mois – 12 Morceaux caractéristiques Op 74 directed by Scott Price, sings a programme of Venetian (Kanae will select some pieces from each work and combine polychoral music by Andrea and Giovanni Gabriele and them to complete the 12 months) St Lawrence Jewry Giovanni Battista Grillo accompanied by the magisterial 1300 Organ Recital: Graham Thorpe sounds of the renowned ensemnble – Programme: His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts Ireland – Intrada from Miniature Suite for Organ Tickets: £20, £15, £10 S S Wesley – Choral Song & Fugue Booking: www.templemusic.org Temple Church Purcell – Double Organ Voluntary Howells – Master Tallis’s Testament Three Psalm Preludes, Set 1 Bairstow – Toccata Prelude on Pange Lingua St Michael Cornhill 1305 Recital: Anna Rea – soprano, Rachel Farago – soprano Piano accompanist – tba Wednesday 15 March Programme: An exploration of the soprano repertoire together 1100 to 1500 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon with operatic duets St Martin Ludgate St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Recital: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City 1300 to 1400 Walbrook Art Group meets St Stephen Walbrook Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama 1305 Recital: Joanna Arnold – mezzo-soprano Mirages - A recital to be performed by Bretton Brown - piano Orlando Shamlou – piano and other artists exploring the power of the mind and heart to Programme: deceive with sings by Fauré, Rachmaninov and others Gurney – I will go with my father a-ploughing; Sleep More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ Elgar – Sea Pictures and follow the link 'Concerts and events' Howells – King David; Come Sing and Dance St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall St Botolph Aldgate 1305 J S Bach Lenten Cantata following the Eucharist Tuesday 14 March St Mary le Bow 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon 1305 Recital: Tomoaki Kimura – piano St Olave Hart Street St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Recital: Susana Gilardoni-Mirski – soprano 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Benedict Lewis-Smith – piano include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch St Dunstan in the West 1300 Organ Recital: School Organists Series No 5 1315 Organ Recital: Iris Rieg, Cologne Temple Church Pupils from Dean Close School and Ipswich School 1930 Concert: University of Reading Chamber Choir Joanna Tomlinson – conductor Jason Richards (Dean Close School) David Pether – organ Programme: Susan Holmes – piano Mendelssohn – Sonata No 4 Part of the Brandenburg Spring Choral Festival Allegro con brio; Andante Religioso Programme: Allegretto; Allegro Maestoso Duruflé – Requiem, César Franck – Pièce Héroique Quatre Motets sur des thèmes Grégoriens Harrison Cole (Junior RAM and Ipswich School) Saint-Saëns – Ave Verum Corpus Programme: and works by Fauré, Poulenc, Debussy and Gluck Théodore Dubois – Fiat Lux Tickets: £23 premium ― J S Bach – Trio Sonata No 1 in E flat, Movement 1 This includes reserved seat + programme and interval drink Percy Whitlock – Allegretto and Folk Tune, £18 (unreserved) children £5 from Five Short Pieces For more information and to purchase ticket please go to: Jean Langlais – Hymne d’Action de Grâce; Te Deum www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival and follow the links St Lawrence Jewry or 07528 776 625 St Sepulchre without Newgate 1310 Recital: Marie Schreer Piano Trio St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Recital: Christian Dawson – piano Programme: Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Scarlatti, Rachmaninov and Chopin St Bride Fleet Street

Saturday 18 March EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MARCH 2017 - continued 1930 Concert: The Singers David Allinson – director Programme: Alonso Lobo (1555-1617) – Missa Beata Dei genitrix To mark 400 years since the death of Alonso Lobo – pupil of Thursday 16 March Francisco Guerrero and one of ’s greatest composers – 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon the Renaissance Singers are delighted to present the first St Stephen Walbrook performance of Bruno Turner’s newly-made edition of the 1305 Recital: Felicity Vincent – cello, Oliver Davies – piano beautiful Missa Beata Dei genitrix. Written in a rich and closely- St Olave Hart Street wrought style, it is one of only two Mass settings by Lobo for 1310 Concert: Hill House Choral Scholars six voices. Programme: Tickets: £12 / £10 until 15 March, Fauré – Requiem St Margaret Lothbury From: http://www.renaissancesingers.com/tickets £14 / £12 thereafter Tickets will available on the door. Tickets include a pre-concert talk by Bruno Turner St Sepulchre without Newgate

Friday 17 March 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon St Stephen Walbrook 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by: Trinity Laban String Ensemble Monday 20 March Nic Pendlebury – director 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon Ofer Falk – violin St Stephen Walbrook Programme: 1300 Recital: Michael Leach - piano Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major Op 4 Programme: J S Bach – Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042 Haydn – Sonata in E flat major Hob XVI: 49 Admission is free with a retiring collection Brahms – Ballade in D major Op 10 No 2 St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield Ligeti – Etudes: iv Fanfares, v Arc-en-ciel 1305 Recital: TRIO LAVOLTA Chopin – Waltzes: Op 64 No 2 in C sharp minor Joyce Fraser – violin, Felix Buser – cello, Sally Mays – piano Op Posth in E minor B 56 Programme: St Lawrence Jewry Frank Bridge – Miniatures H 87-89 1300 Organ Recital: Yanis Dubois – Prizewinner, Northern Ireland Shostakovich – Trio No 2 Op 67 St Mary at Hill International Organ Competition 2015 1310 Organ Recital: Liam Cartwright – All Saints’, High Wycombe Programme: St Stephen Walbrook Widor – Allegro from Symphonie 6 1315 Recital: The Opera Box Vierne – Clair de lune Soraya Mafi – soprano, Ian Tindale – piano Franck – Pièce héroique Mark Burns – director Mendelssohn – Sonata 6 in d (1844) Programme: Messiaen – Dieu parmi nous St Michael Cornhill Britten – O This Island (five pieces), Ca’ the yowes wa’, O can ye sew cushions?, Down by the Salley Gardens, 1305 Recital: Laurence Panter – tenor The last rose of summer with members of Colla Voce Singers Parry – My heart is like a singing bird, From a city window Piano accompanist – tba Dunhill – The Cloths of Heaven Programme: “The Hound of Heaven”, Laurence Panter’s own Gurney – Down by the Salley Gardens setting of the poem by Francis Thompson for solo tenor followed Traditional – By yon castle wa’ St Bride Fleet Street by choral compositions: “Apocalypse” setting parts of the Latin 1930 Concert: Orlando Chamber Choir and Musica Poetica Vulgate version of the book of Revelation sung by singers drawn Programme: from the Colla Voce Singers St Martin Ludgate J S Bach – St John Passion BWV 245 1310 Recital: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City Will Dawes – director Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Nick Pritchard – Evangelist Gazing In, Gazing Out Lucy Knight – soprano, Felicity Turner – mezzo-soprano Artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama John Gyeantey – tenor, Michael Craddick – baritone Mari Grewar - piano Tickets: £20; £15, concessions - £12 The world of art is fuelled by the mixing of cultures and a For more information and tickets please go to: fascination for the unfamiliar. In a programme devised by http://www.orlandochoir.org.uk/events.php Mari Grewar the artists will join forces to explore the role St Sepulchre without Newgate multi-culturism plays in art and society More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ and follow the link 'Concerts and events' St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall

Wednesday 22 March ─ continued EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MARCH 2017 - continued

1930 A City Music Society Evening Concert to be given by: Choir of St Bartholomew the Great Choir of Royal Holloway College Tuesday 21 March Brandenburg Sinfonia 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon Rupert Gough – conductor St Stephen Walbrook Programme: 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Lotti – Crucifixus include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Allegri – Miserere 1300 Organ Recital: School Organists Series No 5 Arvo Pärt – Passio William Campbell and Thomas Williamson (Wellington College) Tickets: Premium £23 – A reserved seat plus a free copy of the Programme: programme J S Bach – Prelude in A minor BWV 543 (William) Unreserved – Adult £18 Child £5 J S Bach – Largo (from Sonata 2 BWV 526) (Thomas) Advance booking is recommended. Online booking at: J S Bach – In dir ist Freude BWV 615 (William) www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/161509?ref=CMS Paul Hindemith – Ruhig Bewegt (from Sonata 2) (Thomas) For telephone booking call: 07528 776 625 Thalben-Ball – Elegy (William) Please note there is no postal booking Boëllmann – Suite Gothique Op 25 St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield Introduction – Choral; Menuet Gothique (Thomas) 1800 Gresham College Lecture – Prière à Notre Dame; Toccata (William) “Bach’s Orgelbüchlein – One of music’s greatest Jewels” St Lawrence Jewry Richard Townend and David Löfgren 1310 Recital: To be arranged. For further information please go to: St Margaret Lothbury ststephenwalbrook.net/events.htm St Stephen Walbrook

1315 Recital: Pietro Roffi – accordion Programme: J S Bach – Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Scarlatti – Sonatas in: E major Kk 380, F minor Kk 466 C major Kk 100, A major Kk 208 F major Kk 107, B minor Kk 87 B flat major Kk 172 St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Recital: Jessica Summers – soprano Thursday 23 March Jelena Makarova - piano 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon Programme: ‘Living Songs’ St Mary at Hill St Stephen Walbrook 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House 1310 Organ Recital: David Löfgren from Stockholm, Sweden Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: St Margaret Lothbury [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street 1800 to 1900 ‘Glorious!’ An hour of musical celebration with Bob Porter and the Brandenburg Singers Tickets: £19 (premium) £14 (unreserved) Children £5 Wednesday 22 March Tickets may be purchased from: http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/bcf-concerts/2017/3/23/glorious 1100 to 1500 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon St Bride Fleet Street St Stephen Walbrook 1930 Chorus Concert by London Lawyers’ Music 1300 to 1400 Walbrook Art Group meets St Stephen Walbrook Chris Oakley – conductor, Dan O’Kelly – oboe 1305 Recital: Bernat Catala – piano Programme: Programme: Monteverdi – Mass for Four Voices in F Catala – Omaggio No 2 Vivaldi – Magnificat in G minor Montsalvatge – Sonatine pour Yvette (1962) Albinoni – Oboe Concerto No 2 in D minor Rachmaninov – Etude Op 39 No 1 Gabrieli – Two Canzoni (brass ensemble) Schumann – Novelette No 1 Op 21 (1838) More information at: www.lawyersmusic.org.uk St Botolph Aldgate Tickets: £10 available on the door St Andrew Holborn 1315 Organ Recital: George Inscoe, Temple Church

Temple Church 1945 JAM Concert – the opening concert of the season. For full details 1900 Office Choir of the Year Final – Spring Choirs Concert please refer to the ‘box’ display below. Our end of term concert in which we look forward to welcoming St Bride Fleet Street numerous choirs and to hearing them perform – a fantastic end

to a successful term

Tickets: £6 from: http://musicinoffices.com/events-list

and follow the link at ‘here’ St Katharine Cree

Friday 24 March ─ continued EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MARCH 2017 - continued 1305 A Music-at- Hill Recital: Sanja Hadzic & Antonietta Notariello – piano duet Programme: Works by Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy & Poulenc Thursday 23 March ─ continued St Mary at Hill 1315 Recital: Iyad Sughayer – piano Programme: Liszt – Années de pèlerinage: Première année – Suisse S160 St Bride Fleet Street The City Church of St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Recital: Drew Steanson – piano St Dunstan in the West 1930 Concert – A Night at the Opera Soprano Caitlin Downie joins the City Wind Orchestra for an JAM — The James Armitage Memorial Concert evening of operatic power Programme: At 7.45pm on Thursday 23 March 2017 Richard Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle The programme will include works by nine living composers. – Carmen Suite Ten years after its premiere, we celebrate Adam Gorb’s Giacomo Puccini – Tosca: Vissi d’arte Thoughts Scribbled on a Blank Wall – commissioned by JAM – Aida: Triumphal March We present the London premiere of Tagore’s The Gardener – Richard Strauss – Vier Lieder Op 27 commissioned by JAM last year John Golland – Atmospheres We celebrate Paul Patterson’s 70th birthday, Tickets: £12, £10 (concessions) from: http://citywind.org.uk with his When Music Sounds, And follow the link at ‘Events’ St Katharine Cree and present new works submitted to Jam’s recent Call for Music by Alison Willis, Jack Oades, Mark Gotham, Max Charles Davis, David Ho-Yi Chan and Mark Bowler The concert will also include the London premiere of O Great Beyond Saturday 25 March by young composer Thomas Lavoy 1930 Concert: Whitehall Orchestra Michael Nebe – director Adam Hill – violin The concert will be performed by Programme: the Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge with Onyx Brass Bax – Symphonic Poem - Tintagel and soloist Dingle Yandell – bass-baritone Korngold – Violin Concerto Op 35

Organist — Simon Hogan Berlioz – Symphpnie Fantastique Op 14 Tickets: £12 / £10 ( + booking fee) from Conductor — Michael Bawtree http://www.wegottickets.com/whitehallorch St Sepulchre without Newgate Tickets: £18, £12 Under 18s free

Box Office: 0800 988 7984 or www.jamconcert.org/season Monday 27 March

1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon St Stephen Walbrook 2000 Concert: Heart of the City Community Choir 1300 Recital: Theodore Hayes and Jeffrey Au – piano A Songful Celebration of Spring Theodore and Jeffrey (pianists from Radley School) will share Guest Leader – Katie Rose this recital and their programme will include music by Chopin, Heartwarming harmonies from around the world to warm, uplift Schumann, Beethoven and Gershwin St Lawrence Jewry and inspire, all in a celebration of Spring St Botolph Bishopsgate 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Clinch – Frank Bridge Fellow, Royal College of Music Friday 24 March Programme: 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon Howells, arr Clinch – King’s Herald St Stephen Walbrook Frank Bridge – Allegretto grazioso 1310 Organ Recital: Anthony Gritten – Royal Academy of Music Sir George Dyson – Fantasia St Stephen Walbrook Robert Saxton – Passacaglia on the name john mcCABE 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by: Arvo Pärt – Pari intervallo Ashley Fripp - piano Julius Reubke – Sonata on the 94th Psalm Programme: St Michael Cornhill Mozart – Sonata No 9 in D major K 311 Liszt – Sposalizio (The Marriage of the Virgin) from 1305 Recital: Keats Quartet ‘Années de Pèlerinage – Deuxiéme Année: Italie’ S 161 Sam Kennedy – violin, Charlotte Fairbairn – violin, Ravel – Gaspard de la Nuit Heather Bourne – viola, Elisheba Stevens – cello Admission is free with a retiring collection Programme: St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield Haydn – Quartet in E flat minor Op 20 No 1 Elgar – String Quartet in E minor Op 83 St Martin Ludgate

Wednesday 29 March EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MARCH 2017 - continued 1100 to 1500 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon St Stephen Walbrook 1300 to 1400 Walbrook Art Group meets St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Recital: Grace Jee-Eun Oh – piano Programme: Monday 27 March ─ continued Rachmaninov – Morceaux de Fantaisie (Op 3) This set of five pieces includes the famous Prelude in C-sharp minor 1310 Recital: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City Chopin – Scherzo in B flat minor Op 31 Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama St Botolph Aldgate Childhood Fables for Grown-Ups 1305 J S Bach Lenten Cantata following the Eucharist Artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama; St Mary le Bow Harriet Burns – soprano, Siân Dicker – soprano, 1305 Recital: Anna Gschwend – soprano, Catherine Michel – soprano Brian McAlea – baritone, Krystal Tunnicliffe – piano with piano accompanist St Olave Hart Street Devised by Krystal Tunnicliffe this recital will explore how 1315 Recital: Katherine Clarke – viola St Dunstan in the West chidren’s nursery rhymes, fairy tales and fables are interpreted 1315 Organ Recital: Matthew Blaiden, St Mary Magdalene, Richmond and set by composers for ‘grown-up’ audiences Temple Church More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ 1900 Recital: Claudio Chrismani – piano and follow the link 'Concerts and events' For more information and to purchase tickets please contact the St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall Box Office at St Martin in the Fields – 020 7766 1100 St Stephen Walbrook

Evening The Tom Olsen Lecture 2017 This will be given by Nick Clegg MP, former Deputy Prime Minister. For further information and tickets please go to www.stbrides.com and follow the links St Bride Fleet Street

Tuesday 28 March 1900 Lloyd’s Choir Spring Concert 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon Programme: St Stephen Walbrook Vaughan Williams – Dona nobis pacem 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Brahms – Nänie Op 82 include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Dvořák – Te Deum 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis Jaques Cohen – Quiet Music Programme: With the Cohen Ensemble, conductor Jaques Cohen – Fantazia of four parts Tickets: £15 on the door or contact www.lloydschoir.com Sir Charles Villiers Stanford – or Eventbrite.co.uk (booking charges apply) Two pieces from Six short preludes and postludes Op 105: St Katharine Cree 1. On a theme of Orlando Gibbons (Song 34) 2. On a theme of Orlando Gibbons (Song 22) Stanford – Intermezzo founded upon an Irish air Op 189 No 4 Siegfried Karg-Elert – From 66 Chorale Preludes Op 65: Ein feste Burg (47), O Welt ich muß dich lassen (21), Schmücke dich (51), Nun danket alle Gott (59) St Lawrence Jewry Thursday 30 March 1310 Recital: Tatina Righini – flute with piano accompanist 1000 to 1600 Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings by Francis Bacon St Stephen Walbrook St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Recital: Ashley Blasse – classical guitar Béatrice de Larragoïti – soprano 1230 onwards John Newton Day Programme: A celebration of his life and work Works by Carlos Guastavino, Fernando Sor, Matyas Seiber and his connections with St Andrew by the Wardrobe and Heitor Villa-Lobos St Bride Fleet Street Holy Communion followed by the opportunity to visit the Rectory 1315 Recital: Susie Blankfield – cello at the church where early meetings of the Church Missionary Andrew Blankfield – piano Society took place and see a selection of Newton manuscripts Programme: Music by Beethoven & Schumann St Mary at Hill and artefacts gathered for the occasion. 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: For full information concerning the day please refer to the article [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street on the front page St Andrew by the Wardrobe

1305 Recital: Guildhall Harpists and Friends St Olave Hart Street 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend ― “The Glorious Baroque” (4) St Margaret Lothbury

Friday 31 March ─ continued

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MARCH 2017 - continued

1830 Concert: Londinium Chamber Choir ‘Resurrection Light’ – Choral Music for Passiontide and Easter Thursday 30 March ─ continued Andrew Griffiths – conductor A Musical Journey through Holy Week from Palm Sunday to the 1310 Recital: ‘Crown of Thorns’ Last Supper to the Resurrection on Easter Morning. Musica Poetica Consort perform a beautiful programme of The wide-ranging repertoire includes some of the greatest a cappella music ― works by two exact contemporaries, composers of the Renaissance including Taverner, Lassus and the all-but-forgotten Johann Christoph Demantius and Lhéritier, works by German Romantics and from the Russian the never-to-be-forgotten Orthodox tradition togrthjer with English music by Herbert who both lived from 1567 to 1643 Howells, Charles Wood, Jim Clements and Giles Swayne. Programme: Tickets: £12 (until 20 March) / £15 & £10 (students) Johann Christoph Demantius – St John Passion For full information concerning the programme and to purchase Claudio Monteverdi – Kyrie (Missa in illo tempore) tickets please go to: Johann Christoph Demantius – Und wie Moses in der Wüsten https://www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events/ Claudio Monteverdi – Adoramus te, Christe St Sepulchre without Newgate Admission free St Sepulchre without Newgate

1800 John Newton Day Editor's note: We are indebted to Dickon Love, Continuation of the celebration of his life and work Company Bellringer to the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks for the following information Evensong with Newton hymns (including ‘Amazing Grace’) and

prayers followed by a performance by the English Chamber Choir Introduced by former MP, Cabinet Minister and Newton Biographer Jonathan Aitken. Open bellringing performances

currently scheduled for the City of London For full information concerning the day please refer to the article in March 2017 on the front page St Andrew by the Wardrobe

Saturday 4 March 1900 You are invited to a celebratory CD launch of 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells ‘Ablaze with Light’ ― Choral Music by William Petter by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths The Rose Singers will perform a selection of music from the disc at St Magnus the Martyr and there will be the opportunity to purchase copies Admission will be free. 1400 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells Complimentary refreshments will be served Temple Church by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at St Dunstan in the West

Friday 31 March Sunday 5 March 1310 Organ Recital: David Cham – Royal College of Music 1530 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells St Stephen Walbrook by the Ancient Society of College Youths 1000 to 1600 Final day of the Exhibition of Crucifixion Drawings at St Mary le Bow by Francis Bacon St Stephen Walbrook 1305 A Music-at- Hill Recital: Gemma Kateb - piano Monday 6 March Programme: Works by Beethoven, Schubert and Rachmaninov 1800 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells St Mary at Hill by the St James’ Guild 1315 Organ Recital: Oliver Hancock at St James Garlickhythe Programme: Langlais – Incantation pour un jour saint Saturday 11 March Howells – Psalm Prelude Set 2: 1. ‘De Profundis’ 1430 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells Petr Eben – Sonntagsmusik: Moto Ostinato by the Middlesex County Association J S Bach – Fantasia and Fugue in G major BWV 542 at St Dunstan in the West Zsolt Gárdonyi – Mozart Changes Charles Marie Widor – Symphonie Nr 6 V. Final Monday 20 March St Bride Fleet Street 1800 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells by the St James’ Guild 1730 to 1815 The Lord Mayor’s ‘St Stephen’s Serenades’ at St James Garlickhythe The fourth in a monthly series of evening recitals which take place on the last Friday of each month. Sunday 26 March Recitalists: Jane Gilbert – flute and piccolo 1430 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells Neil Wright – piano and organ by the St James’ Guild Free admission – just turn up! St Stephen Walbrook at St James Garlickhythe

Apri l 2017 Published by FCC in conjunction with the Archdeaconry of London

"Christ is Risen – He is Risen Indeed!"

One of the greatest festivals or events on the way to Easter is the Transfiguration of the Lord. The Transfiguration is an eclipse of time and eternity; showing the work of Moses, the prophets and Jesus in his glory. This is a great team event of hope and of Jesus in his glory. Jesus took his friends up the mountain so that they could witness Jesus in his glory and so inspire them in their ministry lest they would consider the cross as scandalising them. Jesus did not want their faith to be broken. Jesus also wanted their silence of the event in case of misunderstanding.

From the Transfiguration onwards the events of the life of Jesus and his ministry enter into a more intense relationship as he approaches the Cross. We cannot isolate his glorious Resurrection from his suffering and death. Neither must the divinity of Jesus be separated from his hummanity. As we approach the great three days we see in the Last Supper the outpouring of love as he sharres what will become the bread of life ‐ the great memorial and act of prefiguring of 'remembrance' ‐ a very apposite word! And next we have the Passion of Christ and his journey to the Cross in preparation of drawing all humankind to himself.

Following the death of Christ upon the Cross we come to the deeply significant events of his rising from the tomb and his Resurrection. On a technical note the tomb was hewn from the rock; outside was cut a deep groove so that the stone would be rolled along the groove which was deepened towards the entrance to the tomb so that when the stone covered the entrance it could not bbe rolled back by human effort, to prevent grave‐robbing. We now have to consider what happened “very early on the first day of the week”. Only a supernatural force could have rolled the stone away.

Christ’s Resurrection and rising from the tomb may be likened to a great explossion of God’s love. Jesus had broken through the barrier of sin and deeath to open up the way to our eternal destiny with God. Belief in the Resurrection is no appendage to the Christian faith. It is the faith of the church.

We have reached a time of great rejoicing because having died on the Cross he has come back to us by rising from death and has returned in the Resurrection with appearances on a diffferent plane and he will live with us to the end of time. The Resurrectiion of Jesus reinforces our future hope. We had a glimpse of Jesus in glory in the Transfiguration but whaat was a glimpse is now an ongoing reality. Death had been beaten. The world of Peter, James and John and others which crumbled when Jesus died on the Cross ― what a transformation for them on that Easter morning when they realised he had risen. In Jesus death had been beaten. In him who rose from the dead our hope of Resurrection dawned. “Lord for your faithful people life has changed, not ended!”

The Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BA Visit: www.london‐city‐churches.org.uk for more information and the location of the churches in the City

Tuesday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN APRIL 2017 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) St Mary Moorfields The entries below show the normal pattern of services for City Churches 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Woolnoth and a few churches ‘just over the City borders’. Entries are for Church 1230 Holy Communion (said), with coffee and sandwiches served of England services except where indicated otherwise. ‘1st Monday’, (Not 18 April) St Olave Hart Street ‘2nd Monday’ etc refer to the 1st Monday, 2nd Monday etc of the month. 1300 to 1330 Communion in the Crypt, with a focus on prayers for healing All Hallows by the Tower While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the services shown are 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 subject to change immediately before, during and after major St Etheldreda, Ely Place festivals and at Bank or other holidays, as well as during the summer 1300 to 1400 (any time) Contemporary Worship months. You are strongly advised to contact churches to check the details. St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate For a list of weekend (particularly Sunday) services please go to the 1305 to 1335 Bible Talk, with lunch available after the talk Friends of the City Churches website at www.london-city-churches.org.uk St Helen Bishopsgate and follow the links from ‘Events’ and ‘City Events’. 1305 Meditation (in the crypt chapel) (For 11 April see Special Services) St Mary le Bow Monday 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1310 to 1340 Contemporary Worship and Teaching (0700 on 1st day of Hebrew religious month) For details please see Christ Church, Spitalfields www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/ Bevis Marks Synagogue 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1310 Holy Communion with short address (For 11 April see Special 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn Services) St Andrew Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 to 1340 Bible Talk, following buffet lunch at 1300 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street St Botolph Aldersgate 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1310 Holy Communion St Margaret Lothbury 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1315 to 1345 Meditation (in the Tent) Open to all Please arrive a few 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public minutes before 1315 St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1630 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1200 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent welcome) St Mary Aldermary worship - come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1215 Prayer Service St Vedast alias Foster 1700 to 1730 ‘Words of Hope’ – quiet reflective service 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) St Clement Eastcheap St Mary Moorfields 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1245 Holy Communion (from 24 April onwards) St Mary at Hill 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1300 to 1345 Contemplative Prayer 1830 Choral Evensong (traditional) (Choral Eucharist on 3rd Tuesday) St Edmund King & Martyr (London Centre for Spiritual Direction) (For 11 April see Special Services Not 18 or 25 April) 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Sepulchre without Newgate

St Etheldreda, Ely Place Wednesday 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields worship - come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street Tuesday 0815 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) St Mary Aldermary (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0730 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0730 to 0930 ‘Start: Stop’ – start the day by stopping to reflect – 10 minute 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate reflections beginning every 15 minutes - just drop in 0830 to 0915 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry St Stephen Walbrook 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0745 Holy Communion (said) St Mary at Hill welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0745 Eucharist followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0915 Morning Prayer (Eucharist on 1st Wednesday) 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn St Edmund King & Martyr (London Centre for Spiritual Direction) 0800 to 0900 Café Prayer An opportunity for stillness and prayer, Bible 1205 RC Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row reading and reflection Light breakfast and coffee served (Not 18 April) 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster St Katharine Cree 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1245 to 1315 (3rd Wednesday) Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting for 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public Worship Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Quaker Court, Banner St welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn as you wish St Margaret Lothbury 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1300 (1st Wednesday) Eucharist (using traditional Iona Community 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less liturgy) followed by discussion All welcome 1230 to 1300 Eucharist (said) with brief address St Dunstan in the West St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr /continued

Thursday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN APRIL 2017 − 1305 to 1335 ‘St Nick's Talks’ Bible Talk, lunch available continued St Nicholas Cole Abbey 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 Holy Communion with short address (On 13 April, Choral Eucharist Wednesday ─ continued at 1300 – see Special Services) St Andrew Holborn 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1310 to 1350 Bible Talk, with lunch available, followed by Question Time 1300 Holy Communion (until Easter 2017 – from 24 April on Mondays St Helen Bishopsgate at 1245) St Mary at Hill 1315 to 1345 Lunchtime Service (Free Church) City Temple 1305 ‘Not on a Sunday’ – informal worship with prayers and song 1315 Holy Communion St Martin within Ludgate (Not 19 April) St Katharine Cree 1315 to 1345 Holy Communion (BCP said) (during legal term-time) 1305 Eucharist in the church (For 12 April see Special Services) Temple Church St Mary le Bow 1400 to 1420 Prayers – Offering up the prayers from the church’s prayer 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields board and the Internet Church St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1630 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1310 to 1340 ‘Moorgate Talks’ Bible Talk, following lunch at 1300, at the 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent Amber Bar & Restaurant, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, EC2Y 9AW worship - come and go as you wish (Not 13 April – see Special under the auspices of St Botolph Aldersgate Services) St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Choral Eucharist (For 12 April see Special Services) 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow St Botolph Bishopsgate 1800 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (with Vespers on 1310 Holy Communion (said) (until Easter 2017) St Michael Cornhill 1st Thursday) St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1315 Holy Communion in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1800 (Normally 1st Thursday) Choral Evening Prayer, followed by 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent ‘Thursday Conversation’ at 1830 St Mary at Hill worship - come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1730 Choral Evensong (during legal term-time) Temple Church 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer – ‘Pursuit’ Prayer and Worship 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields Service All welcome (Free Church) City Temple 1830 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all welcome) St Mary Aldermary Friday 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue Thursday 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0800 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) 0745 to 0900 ‘Headroom’ -10 minute reflections with breaks between – just St Mary Aldermary drop in St Margaret Pattens 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer in the church (Not 14 April) St Mary le Bow 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 0830 Eucharist (said) (Lady Chapel) (Not 13 April – see Special Services) 1200 to 1500 Quiet Personal Prayer St Joseph Bunhill Row St Bartholomew the Great 1200 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate welcome) St Mary Aldermary 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1230 Low Mass (For 14 April see Special Services) St Magnus the Martyr 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 1230 Pastoral Conversation or Confession (Sacrament Chapel, or apply 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn at the Vestry) (Not 14 April) St Mary le Bow 1210 Holy Communion (Not 13 April – see Special Services) 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) St Botolph Bishopsgate St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 1230 Holy Communion (BCP) St Andrew by the Wardrobe St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1305 Eucharist in the church (Not 14 April) St Mary le Bow 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1310 Holy Communion (said) (until Easter 2017) St Michael Cornhill St Mary Moorfields 1315 to 1400 Holy Communion (Not 14 April) St Lawrence Jewry 1245 to 1330 Eucharist with the St Stephen’s Voices, followed by light lunch 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection & silent worship St Stephen Walbrook Come and go as you wish (Not 14 April) St Bride Fleet Street 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go as 1800 Paraklesis (replaced on 1st Friday and during fasting periods by you wish St Mary Woolnoth Service of Holy Unction) Followed at 1900 to 2200 by Catechesis 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place and Confessions (Romanian Orthodox) St Dunstan in the West 1300 to 1330 (1st Thursday) Private Prayer & Reflection 1800 (1st Friday) RC Low Mass in the Extra-Ordinary Form St Giles Cripplegate St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1300 Holy Communion (For 13 and 20 April see Special Services) 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields St Margaret Pattens 1830 Jewish Friday Evening Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate orthodox rite) (1930 in summer months – please check on 1305 Sung Holy Communion, followed by coffee and sandwiches www.sephardi.org.uk/bevins-marks/) Bevis Marks Synagogue (For 13 April see Special Services Not 20 April) St Katharine Cree 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer - Equipping Service - Praise 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields and Worship (Free Church) City Temple

Wednesday 12 April – Wednesday in Holy Week SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN 0805 Mass (RC) St Mary Moorfields 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower APRIL 2017 0830 Eucharist in the Lady Chapel St Bartholomew the Great

1230 to 1300 Said Eucharist with brief address St Dunstan in the West Monday 3 April 1230 Holy Communion St Olave Hart Street 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and 1305 Eucharist with organ music St Mary le Bow liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, exploring 1305 Mass (RC) St Mary Moorfields significant figures from the history of St Stephen Walbrook 1310 A Sequence of Readings and Music for Passiontide, including The theme of this service is Patrick Heron and Art Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater St Botolph Bishopsgate St Stephen Walbrook 1330 Cantata – Guided meditation with the music of J S Bach Wednesday 5 April St Mary le Bow 1330 Cantata – Guided meditation with the music of J S Bach 1800 Taizé Prayer around the Cross All Hallows by the Tower St Mary le Bow 1900 Tenebrae St Dunstan in the West 2100 Tenebrae (RC) St Mary Moorfields Thursday 6 April 1800 Holy Communion, followed at 1830 by Lent Discussion Group Thursday 13 April – Maundy Thursday For further information please see the entry for this date in the 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower Lectures, Courses, Workshops & Seminars section below 1230 to 1300 Said Eucharist with brief address St Dunstan in the West St Dunstan in the West 1245 Sung Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar St Stephen Walbrook 1800 Choral Evensong sung by Seraphim, the St Mary at Hill Choir, 1300 Choral Eucharist for Maundy Thursday St Andrew Holborn followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 See the entry for 1300 Holy Communion St Katharine Cree this date in the Events & Concerts section below St Mary at Hill 1300 Music and Readings for Passiontide St Margaret Pattens 1305 High Mass of the Lord’s Supper, with Washing of Feet Sunday 9 April – Palm Sunday St Mary le Bow 1100 Procession and Sung Eucharist for Palm Sunday, beginning in the 1310 Choral Eucharist with Maundy Ceremonies gardens of St Dunstan in the East, Idol Lane, London EC3 at St Botolph Bishopsgate 1100 and processing to All Hallows by the Tower for the Eucharist 1315 Maundy Thursday Service, including Allegri’s Miserere All Hallows by the Tower St Sepulchre without Newgate 1100 Blessing and distribution of Palms, Procession and Solemn 1315 Choral Holy Communion Temple Church Eucharist, beginning in the Chapel of the Charterhouse, 1600 Eucharist and Gethsemane Watch St Botolph Aldgate Charterhouse Square, at 1100 and processing to St Bartholomew 1800 Choral Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar St Bride Fleet Street the Great for the Solemn Eucharist at 1130 1800 Mass of the Lord’s Supper (RC) (in Latin) St Mary Moorfields St Bartholomew the Great 1800 Holy Communion St Olave Hart Street 1100 Choral Eucharist for Palm Sunday with Blessing and Distribution 1830 Liturgy of the Last Supper, with Foot Washing of Palm Crosses St Bride Fleet Street and Stripping of the Altars, followed by silent prayer 1100 Procession and High Mass for Palm Sunday and ending with Compline at 2045 All Hallows by the Tower St Magnus the Martyr 1830 Maundy Thursday Ceremonies and High Mass 1100 Choral Eucharist St Michael Cornhill St Magnus the Martyr 1115 Choral Mattins for Palm Sunday Temple Church 1930 Mass of the Lord’s Supper (RC) St Joseph, Bunhill Row 1430 Stations of the Cross – a meditation on Christ’s journey to Calvary 2000 Mass of the Lord’s Supper with the Washing of Feet, All Hallows by the Tower followed by a Watch at the Altar of Repose until 2400 1830 Into the Hands of Sinners – a sequence of readings, music and St Bartholomew the Great prayers telling the story of the events of Holy Week up to the 2100 Tenebrae (RC) St Mary Moorfields crucifixion, death and burial of the Lord Jesus Christ St Bartholomew the Great Friday 14 April – Good Friday Monday 10 April – Monday in Holy Week 1030 Good Friday Service St James Garlickhythe 0830 Eucharist in the Lady Chapel St Bartholomew the Great 1030 Stations of the Cross St Magnus the Martyr 1230 to 1300 Said Eucharist with brief address St Dunstan in the West 1100 Good Friday Service (ecumenical - in Dutch) with Eucharist and 1230 Holy Communion St Olave Hart Street music from a vocal ensemble Dutch Church, Austin Friars 1305 Midday Office St Mary le Bow 1100 Good Friday Children’s Activities St Botolph Aldgate 1310 Holy Communion St Botolph Bishopsgate 1100 Stations of the Cross for children (RC) St Joseph, Bunhill Row 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and 1115 Choral Mattins for Good Friday Temple Church liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, exploring 1130 Butterworth Charity service in the churchyard significant figures from the history of St Stephen Walbrook St Bartholomew the Great The theme of this service is Peter Delaney and the London 1200 Good Friday Liturgy with Veneration of the Cross Internet Church St Stephen Walbrook All Hallows by the Tower 1200 Solemn Liturgy of the Passion St Bartholomew the Great Tuesday 11 April – Tuesday in Holy Week 1200 onwards Good Friday Devotions: 0830 Eucharist in the Lady Chapel St Bartholomew the Great 1200 Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater 1100 The Bishop of Fulham’s Chrism Mass St Andrew Holborn 1300 An Hour of Devotion 1230 to 1300 Said Eucharist with brief address St Dunstan in the West 1400 Stainer's Crucifixion 1230 Holy Communion St Olave Hart Street All are welcome to any or all of these St Bride Fleet Street 1305 The Passion of Our Lord sung to plainchant St Mary le Bow 1200 Good Friday Liturgy St Magnus the Martyr 1310 Holy Communion St Botolph Bishopsgate 1230 Good Friday Service St Olave Hart Street 1900 Holy Week Service, including Allegri’s Miserere 1400 Good Friday Liturgy St Botolph Aldgate St Sepulchre without Newgate / Good Friday continued

SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN Tuesday 18 April – Easter Tuesday 1230 Said Eucharist with Blessing of the Paschal Candle APRIL 2017 - continued St Dunstan in the West

Friday 14 April – Good Friday (continued) Wednesday 19 April – Easter Wednesday 1500 Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion St Dunstan in the West 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate 1500 Liturgy of the Passion (RC) St Joseph, Bunhill Row 1500 Liturgy of the Passion (RC) St Mary Moorfields Thursday 20 April – Easter Thursday 1700 Evening Prayer St Dunstan in the West 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1730 Solemn Liturgy (RC) (in Latin) St Mary Moorfields 1300 Easter Choral Eucharist St Margaret Pattens 1800 Good Friday Devotions – Rossini’s Stabat Mater St Magnus the Martyr Saturday 22 April 1900 Tenebrae St Bartholomew the Great 1800 The Official Virgin London Marathon Thanksgiving Service 2100 Tenebrae (RC) St Mary Moorfields Join us as we give thanks for all that has been achieved through the Marathon and for the gift of sport, which enables Saturday 15 April – Holy Saturday /Easter Eve us to cross the barriers of different nations, cultures, colours 1600 Solemn Vigil (RC) (in Latin) St Mary Moorfields and faiths All runners, families and friends are welcome 1800 Choral Easter Vigil Service with Lighting of the Pascal Candle, All Hallows by the Tower Renewal of Baptismal Vows and First Eucharist of Easter St Stephen Walbrook Monday 24 April 1900 Paschal Vigil St Magnus the Martyr 1600 Stow Memorial Service In honour of the London antiquarian 1930 Easter Vigil (RC) St Joseph, Bunhill Row John Stow (c1525-1605), author of the first great Survey of 2000 Easter Vigil, beginning in the Cloister with the kindling of the London, published in 1598 First Fire, and processing to the church behind the Paschal Candle The service focuses on Stow’s monument at St Andrew for the remainder of the service St Bartholomew the Great Undershaft where, in a custom of at least 200 years’ standing, 2000 Easter Vigil and First Communion of Easter Temple Church a fresh quill pen will be placed in the hand of his effigy 2200 on Holy Saturday to 0600 on Easter Day All Night Easter Vigil with Once an annual event, this service is now held every three Mark Dean’s Stations of the Cross (14 projections of videos onto years. All are welcome to the service and to the Stow Lecture, the Henry Moore altar) and a specially commissioned dance piece to be given by Professor Martin Biddle, which follows at 1700 St Stephen Walbrook at Merchant Taylors’ Hall, Threadneedle Street Sunday 16 April – Easter Sunday St Andrew Undershaft Until 0600 All Night Easter Vigil (from 2200 on Saturday 15 April) Please see the entry for 2200 under 15 April above Wednesday 26 April St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Choral Eucharist for the Feast of St Mark the Evangelist 0600 Sung Eucharist with Kindling of the Easter Fire, followed by Egg (Tuesday 25 April) St Botolph Bishopsgate Rolling in Fleet Street and breakfast St Bride Fleet Street 0600 Easter Vigil St Olave Hart Street Thursday 27 April 0900 Eucharist in the Lady Chapel St Bartholomew the Great 1130 Court of Common Council Service St Lawrence Jewry 0930 Early Morning Easter Service (ecumenical - in Dutch) 1800 Guild of Freemen Annual Service St Lawrence Jewry Dutch Church, Austin Friars 1000 Easter Sunday Family Eucharist, followed by Easter Egg Hunt Sunday 30 April St Bartholomew the Less 1830 Bach Choral Vespers Lutheran service of Vespers, including 1000 Solemn Mass for Easter Sunday (RC) St Mary Moorfields a Cantata by J S Bach performed by the City Bach Collective 1030 Sung Eucharist for Easter Sunday St Botolph Aldgate on period instruments 1030 Holy Communion for Easter Sunday St James Garlickhythe For latest information go to www.citybachcollective.org.uk 1030 Easter Contemporary Worship St Sepulchre without Newgate St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill 1045 Presbyterian Easter Service (in Welsh) Jewin Welsh Chapel (70 Fann Street, London EC1Y 0SA) 1100 Festal Eucharist with Blessing of the New Fire and Renewal of Baptismal Vows All Hallows by the Tower LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS 1100 Easter Sunday Service (ecumenical - bilingual English/Dutch) IN APRIL 2017 Dutch Church, Austin Friars 1100 Easter Sunday Service (primarily in Welsh, with translation provided) St Benet Paul’s Wharf Tuesday 4 April 1100 Solemn Eucharist with Renewal of the Baptismal Covenant 1045 to 1530 Oasis Day: ‘Teach us to sit still’ - Lent with God and St Bartholomew the Great the Poets Led by the Rt Revd , 1100 Choral Eucharist for Easter Sunday St Bride Fleet Street Bishop of Fulham and Guild Vicar of St Andrew Holborn 1100 High Mass for Easter Sunday St Magnus the Martyr (Please note: this month’s Oasis Day in on the first rather than 1100 Lutheran Choral Eucharist (in English) the usual second Tuesday of the month) St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill Oasis Days offer a monthly time of quiet reflection to re-charge 1100 Choral Eucharist for Easter Sunday St Michael Cornhill one’s spiritual batteries, with speakers from across the 1100 Easter Sunday Service St Olave Hart Street denominational spectrum 1100 Easter Sunday Eucharist St Vedast alias Foster Cost £15 - Lunch/ tea & coffee provided Pre-booking essential 1115 Choral Holy Communion for Easter Sunday Temple Church for catering purposes (by 30 March if possible) 1130 Sung Mass for Easter Sunday (RC) St Joseph, Bunhill Row To book please telephone the Revd Martin Davies on 1730 Choral Evensong St Bride Fleet Street 07429 612642 or e-mail [email protected] 1830 Festal Choral Evensong St Bartholomew the Great St Andrew Holborn / 4 April continued

Friday 7 April LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS 1100 to 1600 The Gift of the Cross – Suffering and The Truer Self IN APRIL 2017 ― continued A session in the Developing Direction series, to support and encourage spiritual directors in their practice The session explores how our own experience of suffering and difficulty can Tuesday 4 April (continued) provide inspiration and courage to accompany others in theirs 1805 Christian Social and Political Thought Lecture For further information, cost and to book please go to Abstinence and Justice: Food in Christian Tradition www.spiritualitycentre.org and follow the links from ‘What’s On’ Given by Dr David Grumett, Lecturer at the School of Divinity, London Centre for Spiritual Direction,,St Edmund King & Martyr University of Edinburgh, author on issues about food and Christian faith, and the ethicist on the Farm Animal Welfare Wednesday 12 April Committee. 1800 to 2030 Envisioning a post-Brexit future together: an On what Scripture and Church tradition have to say about the integrational debate A participatory dialogue event to growing public issue of food, and how they can help in investigate and challenge our understanding of a post-Brexit developing an informed ethical response in relation to food future and to explore the call for change in all its guises production and use Participants are invited to join in listening, sharing and A JustShare event - admission free but you are asked to register understanding diverse perspectives through a generational lens in advance For further information and to register please go to A free event and all are welcome, but you are asked to register www.justshare.org.uk and follow the links from ‘Events’ in advance Because space is limited, early registration is advised St Mary le Bow For further information and registration please go to: www.stethelburgas.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate Wednesday 5 April

1345 to 1420 Fellowship of St Ethelburga lunchtime discussion on Tuesday 18 April Rooting Corporate Careers in Christian Love, led by Clive Morton, 1900 Mind the Gap – A talk by Titia Ketelaar (who worked for six Professor at the Middlesex University Business School and a years in London as UK correspondent for the Dutch daily lay ecumenical canon of Peterborough Cathedral newspaper NRC Handelsblad) about the British, what makes Following Holy Communion at 1300 them so distinctive, and the differences within British society All with an interest in peace and reconciliation, from all faiths and Tickets £10 (students £5) Doors open 1830 For further details none, are welcome to these lunchtime discussions on the first and to book please go to www.dutchcentre.com Wednesday of the month No reservations needed, and you can The Dutch Centre at the Dutch Church, Austin Friars drop in at any time during the event

For more information go to www.stethelburgas.org and follow the Friday 21 April links from ‘Events’ 1000 to 1730 Sharing our stories: How can storytelling bring peace? St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate A workshop on using the power of stories to build bridges between people even where discussion and dialogue fail Thursday 6 April It aims to support participants in integrating narrative and 1800 to 2100 Encounter Open Evening A free event for those interested story-based approaches into the work they are already doing in the Encounter training programme in spiritual direction at the and in adapting responsively to their unique communities London Centre for Spiritual Direction For cost, further information and registration please go to The session will be led by Julie Dunstan, Director of the www.stethelburgas.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ Encounter course, and aims to explain who trains as a spiritual St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate director/companion and what the course involves For further information about the course and the evening please go to www.spiritualitycentre.org London Centre for Spiritual Direction, St Edmund King & Martyr EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN APRIL 2017

1830 to 1930 Lent Discussion Group, following said Eucharist at 1800 The group, led by Father Barry Orford, has been meeting every Thursday evening from 9 March to 6 April to study and discuss Saturday 1 April Dethroning Mammon – Making Money Serve Grace, a book by 1800 A Brandenburg Choral Festival Concert: the Most Revd Justin Welby (Archbishop of Canterbury) Chandos Chamber Choir All welcome Light refreshments provided James Davey - conductor St Dunstan in the West This early-evening concert will explore a capella repertoire both 1830 Thursday Conversation with Lord Dubs on Unaccompanied ancient and more modern, ranging from Tallis and Palestrina to Child Refugees: 1939 and the Present Jonathan Harvey. The programme will also include Samuel Following Choral Evensong at 1800 For more information see Barber’s striking adaptation of his Adagio for Strings for choir to the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below the Latin text of Agnus Dei. St Mary at Hill Programme: 1900 Wagner Society event: Face to Face with Beethoven Paulus – The Old Church A talk by conductor and scholar Mark Austin, examining the Duruflé – Quatre Motets background to Beethoven’s extraordinary influence on Wagner, Tippett – Five Negro Spirituals with musical extracts sung by soprano Mari Wyn Williams Barber – Agnus Dei Tickets £20 (including light refreshments) – students free on Harvey – Come Holy Ghost production of ID Tallis – In ieiunio et fletu For further information and tickets please go to Palestrina – Agnus Dei www.wagnersociety.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ Tickets: £19 (premium), £14 (unreserved), Children £5 St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall Premium package:– reserved seat + programme + interval drink Box Office: 07528 776 625 or www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival St Sepulchre without Newgate

Tuesday 4 April — continued EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN APRIL 2017 ─ continued 1930 Concert: The Esterhazy Singers — 'Of Chant and Reverie'

The Esterhazy Singers explore the lyrical and sumptuous sound Saturday 1 April — continued world of 20th century French choral writing. 1830 Concert: East London Chorus and Orchestra Led by their new Musical Director, Andrea Brown, with the Rachel Chapman – soprano, Elizabeth Weisberg – soprano internationally renowned organist Catherine Ennis and Cathy Bell – alto professional soloists this concert is not to be missed Joanna Tomlinson – conductor Programme: Programme: Gabriel Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine 'Dixit Dominus' - Settings of Psalm 109 (110) by Camille Saint-Saëns – Calme des Nuits Antonio Vivaldi and Olivier Messiaen – O Sacrum Convivium Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions, under 16s free) from: Francis Poulenc – Un Soir de Neige Tel: 07527 257 025 email: [email protected] Olivier Messiaen – Movements from 'The Glorious Bodies' online: www.eastlondonchorus.org.uk and follow the link Mauruce Duruflé – Requiem or available on the door All Hallows by the Tower Inspired by the Esterhazy family, well-known patrons to musicians 2000 A Brandenburg Choral Festival Concert: and composers including Haydn, we proudly provide young Addison Sings the Musicals talented singers an opportunity to get experience with an A trip through your favourite movie musicals with established choir. By attending our concerts you are helping us All that Jazz, Fascinating Rhythm, Sweet Charity, Anything Goes, to continue - and expand - the choral scheme. West Side Story, Spider Man and Singin' in the Rain Performed by Tickets (including interval drink): £15 Addison Jazz Singers, Addison Jazz Ensemble, Addison Jazz Trio Students half price Directors: Jill Jarman and Matthew Hough Online booking: www.esterhazysingers.com Tickets: £23 (premium), £18 (unreserved), Children £5 Email: [email protected] Premium package:– reserved seat + programme + interval drink Telephone: 07958 688 422 St Lawrence Jewry Box Office: 07528 776 625 Monday – Saturday 1000 to 1700 or www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival Wednesday 5 April St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Recital: Duo Brikcius – cello duo St Botolph Aldgate Monday 3 April 1305 Recital: Rebeca Omordia – piano St Olave Hart Street 1300 Recital: Antonina Suhanova – piano 1315 Recital: River City Saxes Programme: Chris Hooker – soprano/alto saxophone Mozart – Sonata in D minor K 311 Bob Lowdell – alto saxophone Prokoviev – Sonata No 8 in B flat major Op 84 Martyn Thomas – tenor saxophone St Lawrence Jewry Debbie King – baritone saxophone St Dunstan in the West 1300 Organ Recital: Sabin Levi from Bulgaria 1315 Organ Recital: Alexander Hamilton Trinity College, Cambridge Programme: Temple Church Sweelinck – Echo-fantasy in A Thursday 6 April Bach – Trio Sonata 3 in D BWV 527 1305 Recital: Angela Hicks – soprano, Alison Hill – soprano, Reger – Choral Fantasy, Ein feste Burg Op 27 Harry Bukoke – viola da gamba, Aileen Henry – Sabin Levi – Eight choral preludes on Sephardic songs St Olave Hart Street St Michael Cornhill 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1305 Recital: Charlotte Fairburn – violin, with piano accompanist 1310 Organ Recital: Benedict Lewis-Smith St Margaret Lothbury St Martin Ludgate 1310 London Ripieno Society Spring Concert Tuesday 4 April Mozart – Requiem 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Conductor – Geoffrey Hanson Organist – Jon Dods include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch The concert is free but there will be a retiring collection 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Sepulchre without Newgate Programme: 1800 Choral Evensong, followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 Johann Sebastian Bach – from Klavierübung Part 3: Evensong will be sung by Seraphim, the St Mary at Hill Choir

Kyrie Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, Christe aller Welt Trost, The speaker will be Lord Dubs in conversation with the Kyrie heiliger Geist BWV 669 – 671 Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Priest-in-Charge at St Mary at Hill Max Reger – Invokation (from the 2nd Sonata, Op 60) and Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons on Sir – Vesper Voluntaries Op 145 ‘Unaccompanied Child Refugees: 1939 and the present’ Olivier Messiaen – Joie et clarté des Corps Glorieux St Lawrence Jewry Lord Dubs is a former refugee himself, arriving in this country in 1310 Recital: Young Pyo Lee – violin St Stephen Walbrook 1939 from Prague on a Kindertransport train at the age of six. 1315 Recital: Stuart Raeburn – tenor, David Elwin – piano A former front bench MP on Home Affairs (1979 to 1987), then Programme: CEO of the Refugee Council, appointed to the House of Lords in Quilter – Songs of the Sea, 1994 as a Labour Peer, he has successfully campaigned to Songs from the Arnold Book of Old Songs allow unaccompanied child refugees to enter the UK. Ireland – Piano Solo St Mary at Hill Quilter – Seven Elizabethan Lyrics St Bride Fleet Street 1830 for 1900 to 2100 A Wagner Society Event 1315 Recital: Beatrice Danesfield – soprano, 'Face to Face with Beethoven' A talk by Mark Austin, conductor, Steven Maughan - piano with musical extracts by soprano Mari Wyn Williams Programme: 'Love and Life' Tickets: £20 – includes light refreshmwnts Puccini favourites from La Bohëme, Madam Butterfly, Manon Students are admitted free on production of ID and Tosca St Mary at Hill More information at: https://wagnersociety.org/events/ 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House and follow the link St Botolph Bishopsgate Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street

Saturday 8 April EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN APRIL 2017 ─ continued 1930 A Brandenburg Choral Festival Concert: Haydn ― Nelson Mass and Mozart ― Requiem Eastbourne Choral Society and Brandenburg Sinfonia Thursday 6 April — continued conducted by John Harcorn with Catrin Woodruff – soprano, 1900 for 1930 Film Screening: "Tonio" Thalie Knights – alto, Paul Austin Kelly – tenor, Josik Kotz – bass An Amsterdam novelist and his wife try to come to terms with the Tickets: £23 (premium), £18 (unreserved), Children £5 loss of their student-age son in the drama Tonio based on the Premium package:― reserved seat + programme + interval drink autobiographical novel from one of the Netherland's most Box Office: 07528 776 625 Monday – Saturday 1000 to 1700 acclaimed writers, A F Th van der Heijden or www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival Dutch spoken with English subtitles St Sepulchre without Newgate Tickets: £10 Students £5 To purchase tickets in advance please go to: http://www.dutchcentre.com/ and follow the links The Dutch Centre at the Dutch Church, Austin Friars 1930 London Concord Singers – Easter Concert Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum Monday 10 April Jessica Norton – conductor Graham Thorpe – organ 1300 Recital: Ivan Hovorun ― piano Programme: Programme: Messiaen – O sacrum convivium Brahms – Sonata No 3 in F minor Op 5 Gesualdo – O vos omnes Johann Christian Bach – Langlais – Messe Solennelle Andante from Harpsichord Concerto No 6 in F minor W.C73 Dove – Seek him that maketh the seven stars St Lawrence Jewry Parry – I was glad 1300 Organ Recital: Alberto Brigandi plays music for Holy Week Fauré – Requiem (Original 1893 version) Programme: Finzi – God is gone up Franck – Choral 1 in E Tickets: £12 (under 25s £5) – includes a glass of wine Reger – Benedictus Op 59 Phone: 020 7354 3195 Monday to Saturday: 0930 to 1700 Dupré – Three movements from Stations of the Cross Online: Search by entering: Jesus nailed to the Cross 'Concert Diary – St Sepulchre-without-Newgate' Jesus dies upon the Cross and follow the links The body of Jesus is laid in the tomb Tickets "at the door" until sold out Tournemire – Choral Improvisation St Sepulchre without Newgate on Victimae Paschali Laudes Bach – O Mensch bewein dein Sünde gross BWV 622 St Michael Cornhill Friday 7 April 1305 Recital: Anastasias Michalis – baritone, with piano accompanist 1230 Organ Recital: David Cook St Stephen Walbrook St Martin Ludgate 1305 Recital: Andrew Maginley – baroque lute Programme: S L Weiss – Sonata No 50 in B flat major J S Bach – Suite for Lute in G minor BWV 995 St Bartholomew the Great Tuesday 11 April 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Nikki Wilkinson -- baroque flute, David Parsons -- theorbo include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch St Mary at Hill 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis 1315 Recital: Rachael Ueckermann – piano Programme: Programme: Johann Sebastian Bach – Variations on the chorale — – In a Landscape Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig BWV 768 Johannes Brahms – Intermezzo No 2 Op 118, Jehan Alain – Suite for organ (1935) St Lawrence Jewry – Élégie No 1 Op 3 1310 Recital: Jeff Rodrigues – guitar St Stephen Walbrook Prelude No 12 in G sharp minor Op 32 1315 Recital: George Barton – percussion, Siwan Rhys – piano Prelude No 4 in D major Op 23 Programme: Music by John Adams and Georges Aperghis Prelude No 10 in B minor Op 32 St Mary at Hill Thomas Adès – Darknesse Visible (1992) - after 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House St Bride Fleet Street Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: 1915 The City Music Services Spring Concert featuring [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street CMS Chorale, J P Morgan Singers, PwC Choir and CMS soloists 1900 Concert: J S Bach ─ St John Passion All welcome – admission free All Hallows by the Tower James Way – Evangelist Gareth John – Christus 1930 City Chorus Spring Concert William Towers – alto Matthew Sandy – tenor Paul Ayres – conductor Andrew Rupp – bass Phillip Shannon – organ Collegium Musicum of London Bar Choral Society Programme: Temple Players Choristers of the Temple Church Choir Duruflé – Requiem Greg Morris – director Vivaldi – Magnificat More information at: www.londoncitychorus.com Tickets: £35, £25, £15 and £10 from www.templechurch.com Tickets: £10 on the door or reserve tickets for cash and collection and follow the link at '11' in the Calendar of Events for April at the door by emailing: [email protected] Temple Church St Sepulchre without Newgate

Saturday 22 April

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN APRIL 2017 ─ continued 1930 Celebrate Nepalese New Year with Namlo!

Namlo is the only London-based Nepali band

Their music is a unique blend of beautiful melodies and Wednesday 12 April rhythms inspired by the diverse folk traditions, cultures and 1300 to 1400 The Seven Last Words from the Cross by Joseph Haydn landscapes of Nepal Free admission - come along! Penny Saunders ― violin, Helen Saunders ― violin, St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation & Peace Alan Thorogood ― viola, Francis Saunders ― cello 1930 Concert: London Gay Symphonic Winds This beautiful work by Haydn is now an Easter tradition at the 'Hello Sailor!' Centre. Bring your lunch. Tea and coffee will be available A concert of music all connected with the sea from There will be a retiring collection for the Bishop’s Lent Appeal Wagner's 'Flying Dutchman' to Disney's 'Little Mermaid' Please note the change of name of the Centre: Tickets: £7.50 in advance, £10 on the door London Centre for Spiritual Direction, St Edmund King & Martyr For more information and tickets please go to: 1305 Recital: Susana Gilardoni – soprano St Botolph Aldgate www.lgsw.org.uk and follow the links 1315 Organ Recital: Roger Sayer (Temple Church) Temple Church St Sepulchre without Newgate

Monday 24 April Thursday 13 April ─ Maundy Thursday 1300 Recital: Ashley Fripp – piano 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling Ashley Fripp performs through the joint St Lawrence Jewry Programme: 'Music for Passiontide' All Hallows by the Tower and Worshipful Company of Musicians Scheme for young Friday 14 April ― Good Friday prizewinners of the Company 1800 ‘Stabat Mater’ by Rossini will be sung by the Church Choir as a Programme: key part of devotions on the day St Magnus the Martyr Mozart – Sonata No 9 in D major K311

Liszt – Sposalizio from Années de Pèlerinage Book II, Tuesday 18 April Prokofiev – Sonata No 2 in D minor Op14 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually St Lawrence Jewry include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Rennert (lunchtime recital No 441) 1310 Recital: Concord Winds – directed by Flavas Hirte – flute Programme: St Stephen Walbrook Rheinberger – Sonata 6 in E flat 1315 Recital: Jordan Sian – viola, Amy Goodwin – piano Lemare – Summer Sketches Op 73 (1911) (in anticipation) Programme: Willan – Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue (1916) Bach – Cello Suite No 1 in G major (arranged for viola) St Michael Cornhill Ligeti – Bucolics for viola and cello St Mary at Hill Tuesday 25 April 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis

Programme: Wednesday 19 April Charles Tournemire – Improvisation sur le Victimae paschali 1305 Recital: Louise Cournarie – piano St Botolph Aldgate laudes (realised by Duruflé) 1315 Recital: Ray Liu – violin, Edward Liddall – piano J S Bach – From the Orgelbüchlein: St Dunstan in the West Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV 633 Thursday 20 April Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 625 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Three pieces from the Orgelbüchlein Project by: 1310 Organ Recital: Marc Baumann from Strasbourg, France Ad Wammes (b 1953), Jon Lauvik (b 1952) and St Margaret Lothbury Iain Farrington (b 1977) Friday 21 April More information concerning this most interesting project can be 1230 Organ Recital: Paul Dewhurst (Leeds Parish Church) found at: www.orgelbuechlein.co.uk/ St Stephen Walbrook Jean Françaix – Suite Carmelite St Lawrence Jewry 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital CONCENTUS VII 1310 Recital: Georgia Bishop – contralto, Ashley Beauchamp – piano Belinda Paul -- director St Stephen Walbrook Concentus VII performs small scale baroque works for wind 1315 Recital: Trio Cremeloque instruments, voices, strings and continuo St Mary at Hill Savka Konjikuŝić – piano, Luís Marques – oboe, 1315 Recital: Jacob Byrne – piano Franz Jurgen Dorsam - bassoon Programme: Programme: Haydn – Sonata in C major Hob XVI:50 Joseph Haydn – Piano Trio HobXV:27 in C major Debussy – Images, Book 1 – Homage â Rameau Théodore Lalliet – Terzetto Op 22 St Bride Fleet Street Brahms – Two Rhapsodies Op 79 1315 Recital: SERAPHIM - the Choir of St Mary at Hill No 1 in B minor, No 2 in G minor Programme: St Bride Fleet Street Poulenc – Stabat Mater St Mary at Hill 1930 A Brandenburg Choral Festival Concert: 1400 A Brandenburg Choral Festival Concert: 'Over the Rainbow' Everyone's favourite songs by Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Vivaldi – Gloria Jerome Kern Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and others Brandenburg Festival Chorus Brandenburg Singers Billingshurst Choral Society, Conductor – Cathal Garvey Conductor – Robert Porter Tickets: £23 (premium), £18 (unreserved), Children £5 Tickets: £23 (premium), £18 (unreserved), Children £5 Premium package:– reserved seat + programme + interval drink Premium package:– reserved seat + programme + interval drink Box Office: 07528 776 625 Monday – Saturday 1000 to 1700 Box Office: 07528 776 625 Monday – Saturday 1000 to 1700 or www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival or www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival Temple Church St Sepulchre without Newgate 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street

Editor's note: We are indebted to Dickon Love, EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN APRIL 2017 ─ continued Company Bellringer to the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks for the following information

Wednesday 26 April 1305 Recital: Cracow Duo: Open bellringing performances Jan Kalinowski – cello, Marek Szlezer – piano currently scheduled for the City of London St Botolph Aldgate in April 2017 1305 Recital: Simone Tavoni – piano St Olave Hart Street

1315 Recital: Quiroga Duo Saturday 1 April Laura Balboa – violin, Manuel López Jorge – piano 1000 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells St Dunstan in the West by the Ancient Society of College Youths 1315 Organ Recital: David Newsholme Canterbury Cathedral at St Mary le Bow Temple Church

Thursday 27 April Sunday 2 April 1305 Recital: Southern Cone Quintet 1530 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells Anisa Arslanagić – violin, Claude Werner – clarinet/flute, by the Ancient Society of College Youths James Kitchman – electric guitar, at St Mary le Bow Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade – accordion, Louis Thomas – double bass

"Southern Cone Quintet take the traditional dance form of Monday 3 April Argentina, Chile and Uruguay and produce music that is 1800 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells compelling and modern, cerebral and earthy, feeding your brain by the St James’ Guild and body with amazing complex rhythms." at St Dunstan in the West BBC Radio 3 – Late Proms 2016 St Olave Hart Street

1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Saturday 8 April 1310 Organ Recital: Luciano Zecca from Lecco, Italy 1000 3½ hr performance of Surprise Major St Margaret Lothbury on the back 8 bells 1310 Concert: Musica Poetica presents The Baroque Keyboard – of St Michael Cornhill Oliver John Ruthven and Simon Lloyd will perform music for keyboard from the early baroque 1330 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells by Franz Tunder, Girolamo Frescobaldi and by the Yorkshire Association Johann Jakob Frohberger in what promises to be a fascinating at St Mary le Bow journey through the vibrant and colourful music of the period Admission is free but there will be a retiring collection Monday 10 April St Sepulchre without Newgate 1730 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells Friday 28 April by the Worcester Cathedral Guild 1230 to 1930 The City of London Wedding Fayre at St Mary le Bow For a downloadable flyer please go to: http://ststephenwalbrook.net/ Friday 14 April and follow the link on the Home page at 'Forthcoming Events' 1400 3½ hr performance on the bells St Stephen Walbrook with the bells half-muffled for Good Friday 1305 A Music-at-Hill Concert at St Magnus the Martyr Telemann 250th Anniversary Series -- Concert 1 Bellot Ensemble Sunday 16 April Edmund Taylor -- leader 1200 6 hr record performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells Programme: in 45 different methods Biber -- Battaglia by the Ancient Society of College Youths for Easter Day Couperin -- Le Parnasse de Corelli at St James Garlickhythe Telemann -- Don Quixote St Mary at Hill 1315 Organ Recital: Riccardo Gnudi Monday 17 April Programme: 1200 4 hr performance of Stedman Cinques J S Bach – Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist BWV 671 on the bells by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot BWV 678 at St Paul’s Cathedral Wir glauben all' an einen Gott BWV 680 Riccardo Gnudi – Preludio e Fuga in la minore Op 50 Saturday 22 April Josef Rheinberger – Sonata No 4 Op 98 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells St Bride Fleet Street by the Guildford Cathedral ringers 1730 to 1815 The Lord Mayor's 'St Stephen Serenades' at St Michael Cornhill

The next in a monthly series of evening recitals which are held on 1330 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells the last Friday of each month. by the Australia and New Zealand Association for ANZAC Day Recitalists: Cheryl Enever – lyric soprano, and Friends at St James Garlickhythe who will entertain as the Wedding Fayre is in action Free admission — just turn up! St Stephen Walbrook 1400 3½ hr performance on the bells by the Australia and New Zealand Association for ANZAC Day at St Magnus the Martyr Saturday 29 April 1200 to 1700 The City of London Wedding Fayre 1400 3 hr performance on the bells For a flyer please go to: http://ststephenwalbrook.net/ by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths and follow the link on the Home page at 'Forthcoming Events' at St Vedast alias Foster St Stephen Walbrook

May 2017 Published by FCC in conjunctioon with the Archdeaconry of London

This month sees a most interesting number of events taking place in the City churches. Certaain of these are of particular importance. First there is Ascension Day, Thursday 25 May, which marks the end of the Easter season. We are told in the New Testament that Jesus Christ met several times with his disciples during the forty days after his resurrection to instruct them how to carry out his teachings. It is bellieved that on the fortieth day he took tthem to the Mount of Olives and there his disciples watched as he ascended to heaven. In the listings below will be found the customary concise information concerning services being held in certain of the City churches to mark this important event in the liturgical calendar. Some churches carry out a special ceremony on, or near Ascension Day and that is tthe "Beating of the Bounds". Members of the particular church parish walk round the parish boundary marking bounddary stones (for example by writing on them in chalk) and, curiously, hitting thhem with sticks. At these points prayers would also be said for protection and blessings for the land of the parish. The ceremony had a particular use at one time in that knowledge of the parish boundaries was important bearing in mind the duties that the particular church might have towards their own parishioners. The custom of Beating the Bounds is stiill observed in many English parishes and the parishes of the City of London are no exception. We have been informed that Beating the Bounds will take place at All Hallows by the Tower and St Botolph Aldgate. On each occasion there will be an associated service held in the church concerned and the timings of that service and the Bounds ceremony are listed in the Events section for Thursday 25 May.

At All Hallows by the Tower the Beating Party will be made up of pupils from St Dunstan'ss College which has a strong connection with the church. The College was founded originally in 1466 as a school attachhed to the City church of St Dunstan in the East. This church was heavily damaged in World War 2 and after the war it was absorbed onto the parish of All Hallows by the Tower . The surviving tower, built by Wren after the Great Fire of 1666, and the north and south walls of the 19th century rebuilding of the church now enclose a most attractive garden.

Every third year the ceremony of Beating the Bounds at All Hallows by the Tower includes a meeting which takes the form of a confrontational dispute with the Governor and Yeoman Warders of HM Tower of London at the boundary mark shared by the Tower and the church. During the Middle Ages the boundary was always in dispute and this meeting commemorates an occasion in 1698 when a riot took place between the people of the Tower and those of the parish. Nowadays the dispute is carried out in a much more peaceful manner. 2017 being the thirdd year, the confrontation will take place on the terrace between the church and the Tower at 7.00pm following the service of Evensong in the church. The Tower party will be in full colourful uniform so that the event will be memorable visually as well as historically.

Other events of particular interest involve music. First there is the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Although this event is based mainly in churches outside the City, several of the city churches will be holding services, the music of which will be part of the Festival. The listing of services in the chapel of Kings College London, which it must be conceded is not exactly situated within the City, are included due to the particular interest off the compilers of City Events in that educational establishment. Full information can be found at www.lfccm.com the Festival website.

Then at St Lawrence Jewry the John Hill Memorial Organ Recitals will be held. These recitals are taking place at 1.00pm each Tuesday in May in memory of John Hill, who gave so much help and encouragement to young organists. The series of five recitals will feature UK and international artists at the outset of their careers.

The focussing by the compilers of City Events on a seleect number of events is not intended to be invidious. The following pages contain much that is of arguably equal interest. The intention is to indicate the diversity of events in the City churches and thus to whet the appetite of all readers and in turn potential visitors to the wondderful City churches.

The Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BA Visit: www.london‐city‐churches.org.uk for more information and the location of the churches in the City

Tuesday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN MAY 2017 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less The entries below show the normal pattern of services for City 1230 to 1300 Eucharist (said) with brief address St Dunstan in the West Churches and a few churches ‘just over the City borders’. Entries are 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr for services except where indicated otherwise. 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand ‘1st Monday’, ‘2nd Monday’ etc refer to the 1st Monday, 2nd Monday 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) etc of the month. St Mary Moorfields 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Woolnoth While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the services shown 1230 Holy Communion (said), followed by coffee and sandwiches are subject to change immediately before, during and after major St Olave Hart Street festivals and at Bank or other holidays, as well as during the 1300 to 1330 Communion in the Crypt, with a focus on prayers for healing summer months. You are strongly advised to contact churches to check All Hallows by the Tower the details. 1300 Contemporary Worship and Teaching Christ Church, Spitalfields 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 For a list of weekend (particularly Sunday) services please go to the St Etheldreda, Ely Place Friends of the City Churches website at www.london-city- 1300 to 1400 (any time) Contemporary Worship churches.org.uk and follow the links from ‘Events’ and ‘City Events’. St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate 1305 to 1335 Bible Talk, with lunch available after the talk Monday St Helen Bishopsgate 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1305 Meditation (in the crypt chapel) St Mary le Bow (0700 on 1st day of Hebrew religious month; 0800 on Bank Holidays) 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields For details please see www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/ 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn Bevis Marks Synagogue 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1310 to 1340 Bible Talk, following buffet lunch at 1300 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn St Botolph Aldersgate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Holy Communion St Margaret Lothbury 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1315 to 1345 Meditation (in the Tent) Open to all Please arrive a few 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow minutes before 1315 St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1700 to 1800 ‘Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1700 to 1730 ‘Words of Hope’ – quiet reflective service 1200 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all St Clement Eastcheap welcome) St Mary Aldermary 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1215 Prayer Service St Vedast alias Foster 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1830 Choral Evensong (traditional) (Choral Eucharist on 3rd Tuesday) St Mary Moorfields (For 2 May see Special Services) St Sepulchre without Newgate 1245 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1300 to 1345 Contemplative Prayer Wednesday St Edmund King & Martyr (London Centre for Spiritual Direction) 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue St Etheldreda, Ely Place 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1700 to 1800 ‘Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 0815 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow St Mary Aldermary 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower Tuesday 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0830 to 0915 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0730 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 0730 to 0930 ‘Start: Stop’ – start the day by stopping to reflect – 10 minute 0915 Morning Prayer (Eucharist on 1st Wednesday) reflections beginning every 15 minutes - just drop in St Edmund King & Martyr (London Centre for Spiritual Direction) St Stephen Walbrook 1205 RC Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 0745 Holy Communion (said) St Mary at Hill 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0745 Eucharist followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 0800 to 0900 Café Prayer ― an opportunity for stillness and prayer, St Mary Moorfields Bible reading and reflection Coffee served St Katharine Cree 1245 to 1315 (3rd Wednesday) Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting for 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields Worship Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Quaker Court, Banner St 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower as you wish St Margaret Lothbury 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate /continued 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public

welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal

Thursday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN MAY 2017 − 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields

continued 1305 to 1335 ‘St Nick's Talks’ Bible Talk, lunch available St Nicholas Cole Abbey 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn Wednesday ─ continued 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn 1300 (1st Wednesday) Eucharist (using a traditional Iona Community 1310 to 1350 Bible Talk, with lunch available, followed by Question Time liturgy) followed by discussion All welcome St Helen Bishopsgate St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate 1315 to 1345 Lunchtime Service (Free Church) City Temple 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1315 Holy Communion St Martin within Ludgate 1305 ‘Not on a Sunday’ – informal worship with prayers and song 1315 to 1345 Holy Communion (BCP said) (during legal term-time) St Katharine Cree Temple Church 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1400 to 1420 Prayers – Offering up the prayers from the church’s prayer 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields board and the Internet Church St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1700 to 1800 ‘Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1310 to 1340 ‘Moorgate Talks’ Bible Talk, following lunch at 1300, at the Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street Amber Bar & Restaurant, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, EC2Y 9AW 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow under the auspices of St Botolph Aldersgate 1800 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (with Confraternity of the 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate Blessed Sacrament Vespers on 1st Thursday) 1315 Holy Communion in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1700 to 1800 ‘Space for Silence’ − contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1800 (Normally 1st Thursday) Choral Evensong, followed by Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street ‘Thursday Conversation’ at 1830 St Mary at Hill 1730 Choral Evensong (during legal term-time) (For 3 May see Special 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields Services Not 31 May) Temple Church 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer – ‘Pursuit’ Prayer and Worship 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields Service All welcome (Free Church) City Temple 1830 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all welcome) St Mary Aldermary Friday 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite)

(See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue Thursday 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0800 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) 0730 to 0930 ‘Headroom’ – short reflections with music and contemplation St Mary Aldermary Just drop in St Margaret Pattens 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1200 to 1500 Quiet Personal Prayer St Joseph Bunhill Row 0830 Eucharist (said) (Lady Chapel) St Bartholomew the Great 1200 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate welcome) St Mary Aldermary 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 1230 Pastoral Conversation or Confession (Sacrament Chapel, or apply 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn at the Vestry) St Mary le Bow 1210 Holy Communion (Not 25 May – see Special Services) 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) St Botolph Bishopsgate St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 1230 Holy Communion (BCP) St Andrew by the Wardrobe St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1315 to 1400 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry St Mary Moorfields 1700 to 1800 ‘Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1245 to 1330 Eucharist with the St Stephen’s Voices, followed by light lunch Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street St Stephen Walbrook 1800 Paraklesis (replaced on 1st Friday and during fasting periods by 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go as Service of Holy Unction) Followed at 1900 to 2200 by Catechesis you wish St Mary Woolnoth and Confessions (Romanian Orthodox) St Dunstan in the West 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1800 (1st Friday) RC Low Mass in the Extra-Ordinary Form 1300 to 1330 (1st Thursday) Private Prayer and Reflection St Etheldreda, Ely Place St Giles Cripplegate 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1300 Holy Communion (Normally with choir on 1st Thursday) 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer - Equipping Night Service St Margaret Pattens Praise and Worship (Free Church) City Temple 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate 1930 Jewish Friday Evening Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic 1305 Sung Holy Communion, followed by coffee and sandwiches orthodox rite) (1830 in winter months – please check on St Katharine Cree www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/) Bevis Marks Synagogue

Sunday 14 May SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN 1100 Parish Solemn High Mass Part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, with music including Ian Coleman’s MAY 2017 Missa Brevis and Christ Our Passover by Frank La Rocca

St Magnus the Martyr Tuesday 2 May Monday 15 May 1800 Friends of the Musicians’ Chapel Annual Service of Thanksgiving 1230 Eucharist (said) for the feast of St Matthias In memory of those whose names have been newly inscribed in St Dunstan in the West the Book of Remembrance in the Musicians’ Chapel 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and Preacher: The Very Revd Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, Sung by the Choir of the Royal Academy of Music exploring ‘Reformation 500’ in the 500th anniversary year of the St Sepulchre without Newgate beginning of the Reformation Wednesday 3 May The theme of this service is Through Christ Alone 1730 Easter Carol Service with music including Vaughan Williams’ St Stephen Walbrook Five Mystical Songs Temple Church Saturday 20 May 1130 Patronal Festival High Mass for the feast of St Dunstan (19 May) Thursday 4 May Preacher: the Very Revd Peter Atkinson (Dean of Worcester) 1800 Choral Evensong sung by Seraphim, the St Mary at Hill Choir, With music sung by Chantage, including Poulenc’s Mass and followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 See the entry for Bring us O Lord by William Harris this date in the Events & Concerts section below St Mary at Hill Followed by buffet lunch – cost £10 per person All welcome If you wish to come you are asked to let the Sunday 7 May administrator know of numbers in advance on 020 7405 1929 1000 Parish Eucharist Part of the London Festival of Contemporary or by e-mail at [email protected] Church Music, with music including the premiere of St Dunstan in the West The Secret Flower by Nathan Waring, and Henry’s Smart’s Sunday 21 May The Lord is my Shepherd St Giles Cripplegate 1300 Christian Aid Circle the City Pre-Walk Service, marking the start 1115 Easter Carol Service with music including Vaughan Williams’ of the Circle the City Christian Aid Week Sponsored Walk (see Five Mystical Songs (a repeat of the service on 3 Wednesday) the entry for this date in the Concerts & Events section below) Temple Church St Mary le Bow 1500 Cantata Service Led by the Revd Joost Röselaers Monday 22 May J S Bach’s Cantata BWV 80, ‘Ein feste Burg is unser Gott’, will 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and be performed by the City Bach Collective on period instruments, liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, with David Titterington (organ) exploring ‘Reformation 500’ in the 500th anniversary year of the With a talk by economist Willem Buiter of Citigroup and the beginning of the Reformation London School of Economics Followed by refreshments The theme of this service is God Loves You Admission free – voluntary collection for the church St Stephen Walbrook For further information e-mail [email protected] Wednesday 24 May Dutch Church, Austin Friars 1730 Choral Evensong for the Eve of Ascension Day Temple Church 1730 Choral Evensong Part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, with music including Matthew Martin’s Responses, Thursday 25 May – Ascension Day the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for Selwyn College, Cambridge 1230 Eucharist (said) for Ascension Day St Dunstan in the West by Philip Cooke, and Bob Chilcott’s anthem Beauty for Ashes 1305 High Mass for Ascension Day Preacher: The Revd Prebendary St Bride Fleet Street Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons St Mary le Bow Monday 8 May 1310 Choral Eucharist for Ascension Day St Botolph Bishopsgate 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and 1800 Festal Evensong for Ascension Day, with music by the liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, St Dunstan’s College Chapel Choir exploring ‘Reformation 500’ in the 500th anniversary year of the Following the Beating of the Bounds ceremony at 1615, and beginning of the Reformation followed by the triennial boundary dispute with the Tower of The theme of this service is God’s Written Word London at approx 1900 For further details of the Ascension Day St Stephen Walbrook events at All Hallows by the Tower please see the entry for this Tuesday 9 May date in the Events & Concerts section below and the article on the 1730 Choral Evensong, sung by the College Choir Part of the London front page of this publication All Hallows by the Tower Festival of Contemporary Church Music 1900 Choral Eucharist for Ascension Day St Andrew Holborn College Chapel of King’s College London, Strand 2000 on Ascension Day to 0800 on 26 May All Night Prayer Vigil with an imaginative Prayer Station and the opportunity to pray in Wednesday 10 May varied and creative ways 1310 Choral Eucharist, sung by the College Choir Part of the London Part of Thy Kingdom Come – a global wave of prayer from Festival of Contemporary Church Music Ascension Day to Pentecost (4 June), for more people to come to College Chapel of King’s College London, Strand know Jesus Christ, in prayer events of all shapes and sizes in 1730 Choral Evensong, sung by the Temple Singers Part of the churches, cathedrals and other venues For more information London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, with music about Thy Kingdom Come go to www.thykingdomcome.global including the Preces and Responses by Anthony Piccolo, St Andrew Holborn Canticles from the St Pancras Service by Philip Moore and Friday 26 May Andrew Simpson’s anthem Sing unto the Lord Temple Church Until 0800 All Night Prayer Vigil (from 2000 on 25 May) ― part of the Thursday 11 May Thy Kingdom Come global wave of prayer Please see the entry 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate for 2000 under 25 May above St Andrew Holborn /continued

SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN Friday 5 May MAY 2017 - continued 1100 to 1600 Ask for What you want – Desire in Spiritual Direction A session led by Susanne Carlsson in the Developing Direction series, to support and encourage spiritual directors in their Saturday 27 May practice 1500 OneBodyOneFaith (LGCM) Service of Thanksgiving and It explores the joy of finding God in our deepest desire, still a Commitment St Botolph Aldgate ground-breaking insight for many of those whom spiritual directors accompany Sunday 28 May For further information, cost and to book please go to 1830 Bach Choral Vespers Lutheran service of Vespers, including www.spiritualitycentre.org and follow the links from ‘What’s On’ a Cantata by J S Bach performed by the City Bach Collective London Centre for Spiritual Direction, St Edmund King & Martyr on period instruments For latest information go to www.citybachcollective.org.uk Tuesday 9 May St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill 1045 to 1530 Oasis Day: ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’ – Spiritual Guidance from the 14th Century Led by Graeme Watson Tuesday 30 May Oasis Days offer a monthly time of quiet reflection to re-charge 1830 Short Evening Service with hymns, followed at 1900 by Parish one’s spiritual batteries with stimulating speakers Supper For more information and tickets for the supper please Cost £15 - Lunch/ tea & coffee provided e-mail [email protected] St Mary le Bow Pre-booking by Thursday 4 May essential for catering purposes To book please telephone the Revd Martin Davies on 07429 612642 or e-mail [email protected] LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS St Andrew Holborn

IN MAY 2017 Wednesday 10 May 0730 to 0830 Breakfast Alpha Please see the box at the beginning of this section St Sepulchre without Newgate

COURSE STARTING IN MAY Tuesday 16 May

Breakfast Alpha at St Sepulchre without Newgate 1900 A Talk with Dutch writer and comedian Arjen Lubach, whose A new Alpha Course from 0730 to 0830 on Wednesday mornings weekly Dutch TV show Zondag met Lubach (‘Sunday with Lubach’) comments on the latest in news and politics from 3 May to 12 July - coffee and croissants available from 0715 Each session will include an episode from the Alpha Film Series, Tickets £10 (students £5) Doors open 1830 For further details followed by a discussion and to book please go to www.dutchcentre.com The Dutch Centre at the Dutch Church, Austin Friars There will also be an Alpha Day on Saturday 17 June All welcome ― please email [email protected] Wednesday 17 May in advance to let us know that you are interested in coming, 0730 to 0830 Breakfast Alpha Please see the box at the beginning of or if you would like further information. this section St Sepulchre without Newgate

Wednesday 24 May Wednesday 3 May 1800 JustShare Event: 0730 to 0830 Breakfast Alpha – First session of a new course Ethical business and the moral responsibility of tax Please see the box at the beginning of this section A panel of experts talk about the potential benefits and pitfalls of St Sepulchre without Newgate responsible taxation in an unfair world, the legal and moral Thursday 4 May responsibilities of businesses regarding taxation, and 1300 to 1400 Gresham College Lecture: Singers in the Making of Europe how ethical businesses reconcile their duty to their shareholders The last of a series of lectures by Professor Christopher Page on with their responsibility to other stakeholders and towards ‘The Christian Singer from the Gospels to the Gothic Cathedrals’ society as a whole By the 12th century the West could be imagined as a soundscape Speakers will include the Revd William Morris (General Electric), of Latin plainsong: the singers of the Latin churches were masters Janine Juggins (Unilever) and Ewan Livingston (ActionAid) of an art belonging with other aspects of medieval culture that Please go to www.justshare.org.uk for further information and helped to impel what may be called ‘the making of Europe’. registration St Mary le Bow Free admission on a ‘first come, first served’ basis – doors open 30 minutes before the lecture begins For more information please Thursday 25 May go to www.gresham.ac.uk and follow the links from ‘Attend’ and 1430 Coventry Cathedral: Icon and Inspiration A Friends of the City ‘All Future Lectures’ St Sepulchre without Newgate Churches Talk by city guide Alexandra Epps 1830 for 1900 Wagner Society event: Tristan and Isolde in our lives The rebuilding of the bomb-damaged Coventry Cathedral is a A talk by conductor Anthony Negus, director of the Longborough symbol of peace and reconciliation, and its inspiring commitment Opera Festival, and Carmen Jakobi, who directed Tristan and to the modern is extraordinary― this illustrated lecture looks at Isolde at Longborough in 2015 the work of the many world-class artists associated with its Tickets £15 (including light refreshments) – students free on treasures, including Jacob Epstein, Elisabeth Frink, John Piper production of suitable ID For further information and tickets go to and Graham Sutherland www.wagnersociety.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ With tea and cake from 1400 St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall To obtain tickets use the computer search facility by typing in: 1830 Thursday Conversation with Levi Roots - How to Slay your Dragons 'Lecture on Coventry Cathedral at St Mary Abchurch' Following Choral Evensong at 1800 and follow the link St Mary Abchurch For more information see the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below St Mary at Hill

Friday 5 May EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MAY 2017 1230 Organ Recital: Alexander Pott – Westminster Cathedral St Stephen Walbrook 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: Mardyah Tucker – violin, Michael Round – piano Tuesday 2 May Programme: 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Beethoven – Spring Sonata Op 24 include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Franck – Violin Sonata in A major St Mary at Hill 1300 The John Hill Memorial Organ Recitals 2017 1315 Recital: Olga Stezhko - piano In memory of John Hill, who gave so much help and Programme: encouragement to young organists. The series of five recitals will Poulenc – Trois Pièces feature UK and international artists at the outset of their careers Debussy – Suite Bergamasque The first recital will be given by Ben Bloor (UK) Ravel – two pieces from 'Miroirs' St Bride Fleet Street Programme: 1900 Bevrijdingsdagconcert J S Bach – Prelude & Fugue in B minor BWV 544 to be given by the World Harmony Orchestra Basil Harwood – Andante from Organ Sonata No 1 in C# minor Conductor – Romain Malan Piano Soloist – Cyril Ibrahim York Bowen – Fantasia in G minor Op 136 The World Harmony Orchestra presents a programme of hope Frank Bridge – Andante con moto (from Six Organ Pieces) and reflection. On Bevrijdingsdag (Liberation Day) Percy Whitlock - Scherzetto from Organ Sonata in C minor 1936 the WHO will perform pieces by composers who have been Brahms (tr. Edwin Lamare) – Academic Festival Overture affected by humanitarian conflicts. The programme will include St Lawrence Jewry Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 in Cminor K 491 1310 Recital: Seta Sextet St Stephen Walbrook and orchestral works by Benjamin Britten and Moutaz Arian 1315 Recital: Joey Edwards – baritone, Dan Chang – violin, Doors open at 1830 En-Chi Wu – piano Tickets: £10, Students £5 Programme: For more information and to purchase tickets please go to: Beethoven – Violin Sonata No 7 Op 30 No 2 www.dutchcentre.com and follow the pictorial link Richard Rodney Bennett – Songs Before Sleep The Dutch Centre at the Dutch Church, Austin Friars St Bride Fleet Street

1315 Recital: Hoo Zi Yoh – piano Saturday 6 May Programme: 1030 The Bach Choir — Come and Sing Haydn's '' Schumann – Fantasy in C major Op 17 St Mary at Hill Join David Hill and members of the Bach Choir for a choral

training day. Rehearse and perform Haydn's 'The Creation' under Wednesday 3 May the direction of one of the country's leading conductors and choir 1305 Recital: Elysia Widjaja – piano trainers. Full information regarding the timetable for the day and Programme: the music can be found at: Debussy – Images Set 1, L110 : http://tickets.the bachchoir.org.uk/comeandsing/ Reynaldo Hahn – Sonatine in Ut Majeur St Botolph Aldgate Tickets: Singers - £20; 1305 Recital: Chiyan Wing – piano St Olave Hart Street Students or those in full-time education - £5 1315 Recital: Duo Steliae Audience tickets - £5 Victoria Jericó – violin, and Manuel López Jorge – piano 50% discount for The Bach Choir Friends St Dunstan in the West Available from the Bach Choir Ticket Office: 020 7127 9114 1315 Organ Recital: Peter King – Organist Emeritus, Bath Abbey or the website address above Temple Church 1630 to 1720 Performance of 'The Creation'

St Sepulchre without Newgate Thursday 4 May Monday 8 May 1300 Recital: Rolf Dragstra — Poetry and Piano St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Recital: Ben Schoeman – piano 1305 Recital: Diana Brekalo – piano St Olave Hart Street Programme: 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Scriabin – Preludes Op 11 (Selection) 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays "The Glorious Baroque" (5) Tchaikovsky (tr. Pletnev) – Concert Suite from The Nutcracker St Margaret Lothbury Rachmaninoff – Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 36 (1931 version) 1800 Choral Evensong, followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 St Lawrence Jewry Evensong will be sung by Seraphim, the St Mary at Hill Choir 1300 Organ Recital: Istvan Ella – Hungary The Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkins will be in conversation with Programme: Levi Roots, musician, charismatic sauce-man and entrepreneur, Bach – Prelude and Fugue in B major BWV 544 the subject being 'How to Slay Your Dragons' Mendelssohn – Trio Sonata No 6 in D major Admission is free Donations are welcome St Mary at Hill (Vater unser in Himmelreich) 1830 to 2100 A Meeting of the Wagner Society Bach – Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her BWV 662 'Tristan und Isolde in our lives' – a joint talk to be given by Reger – Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott Op 27 Anthony Negus and Carmen Jakobi, followed by discussion St Michael Cornhill Tickets £15; Students free on production of suitable identification 1305 Recital: Marrianne Town Smith – soprano, Tickets include light refreshments André Luiz Andrade – baritone For more information and tickets please go to: Panaretos Kyriatzidis – piano http://wagnersociety.org/events/ Programme: Songs and arias featuring Puccini, Mascagni St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall and Granados St Martin Ludgate

Thursday 11 May ─ continued

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MAY 2017 ─ continued 1930 to 2130 Organ Recital – Organ in Concert

To be given by Roger Sayer

This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 1310 Concert: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City Programme to include: Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama J S Bach – Prelude & Fugue in C minor BWV 546 Charles Griffes, the American Impressionist Mendelssohn – Sonata No 6 in D minor Devised by Alexandra Wreggelsworth (Guildhall School), Rheinberger – Sonata No 3 this concert tells the story of Charles Griffes (1884-1920), Tournemire – Choral-Improvisation sur le 'Victimae Paschali' New York born composer. The concert will be performed by: Dupré – Symphonie-Passion Alexandra Wreggelsworth – piano, Karen Schriesheim – soprano, To book tickets please go to: www.templemusic.org Isa Peters – soprano, Laurence Williams – baritone and and click on the 'Concerts' tab Temple Church Gavin Roberts – piano

More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ Friday 12 May and follow the link 'Concerts and events' 1230 Organ Recital: Jeremy Cole – St Martin in the Fields Admission is free St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall St Stephen Walbrook Tuesday 9 May 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Anyssa Neumann – piano include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Programme: 1300 Organ Recital: The John Hill Memorial Recitals Bach-Busoni – Nun komm der Heiden Heiland Featuring UK and international artists at the outset of their careers Jánáček – 'On the Overgrown Path' Johannes Skoog (Sweden) Medtner – 'Magic Fiddle' Fairy Tale Programme: Dohnányi – Rhapsody No 4 St Mary at Hill Liszt (tr. Reger) – Legend No 2 1315 Recital: Miho Hakamata – violin, Alan Brown - piano 'St Francis of Paola walking on the waves' Programme: Liszt – Consolation No 4 in D flat major Kreisler – Prelude and Allegro Liszt – Fantasy & Fugue on the choral Elgar – Salut d'Amour 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam' Taki/Yamada – Song of the Ruined Castle St Lawrence Jewry Kreisler – Tambourin Chinois 1310 Recital: Ensemble Nova Luce Chopin/Milstein – Nocturne in C# minor Programme: Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen St Bride Fleet Street Chopin – Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 11

Haydn – Symphony No 94 in G major "Surprise" Saturday 13 May St Stephen Walbrook 1930 Concert: The Renaissance Singers 1315 Recital: Adam Brown - guitar "Signatures in Sound" Programme: Pieces by Morel, Lauro, Callado, Barrios, Salgan Sacred music by Josquin, Lassus and Pärt & Villa-Lobos St Bride Fleet Street Tickets: £12 (concessions £10) until Wednesday 10 May 1315 Recital: Felicity Hayward – soprano, Catherine Herriott – piano thereafter or on the door £14/£12 St Mary at Hill For more information and to purchase tickets please go to: 1900 Outcry Ensemble Spring Concert http://www.renaissancesingers.com/concerts/ James Henshaw – principal conductor St Sepulchre without Newgate Programme: Sunday 14 May Elgar – Serenade for strings 1500 Concert: The Arcubus Ensenble Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis directed by Julian Collings New Commission by Laurence Osborn Programme: Strauss – Metamorphosen – Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera For more information and to purchase tickets please go to: Russell Hepplewhite – Three Psalms www.templemusic.org and follow the link for the concert Anton Bruckner – Three : Ave Maria, Temple Church Christus factus est, Os justi Wednesday 10 May Tickets £10 on the door St Mary le Bow 1305 Recital: Charlotte Moseley – violin St Botolph Aldgate

1305 Recital: Aisha Orabayeva – violin, Mira Benjamin – violin Monday 15 May St Olave Hart Street 1300 Recital: Maite Aguirre – piano 1315 Recital: Karl Prybyloski – piano St Dunstan in the West Programme: 1315 Organ Recital: Colin Walsh – Lincoln Cathedral Temple Church Mompou – Canciones y Danzas 1, VII

Impresiones intimas I, II, IV, Thursday 11 May Rachmaninoff – Preludes Nos 4 & 5 (Selection) 1305 Recital: Sofia Yatsyuk – violin, Grigoris Ioannou – piano Debussy – L'isle joyeuse St Lawrence Jewry St Olave Hart Street 1300 Organ Recital: 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Paul Ayres encourages the Beatles to meet J S Bach 1310 Organ Recital: Istvan Ella from Budapest, Hungary Programme: St Margaret Lothbury Franck – Pièce Héroique 1815 (Supper) for 1845 — The Widow's Mite Gala Concert S S Wesley – Andante in F; Introduction & Fugue in C# major Performers include: Lloyd's Choir, St James Mar Thoma Church Bach/Lennon/McCartney/Ayres – Choir, London Youth Choir, London Praise House, Trio on Ich steh' mit einem Fuß in Grabe & Hey Jude Charlotte Derry and the Cohen Ensemble Harrison/Ayres – Toccatina on Here comes the sun Supper: Spicy West Indian and Asian Cuisine Lennon/McCartney/Ayres – Adagio cromatico on Michelle Entry: £15 donation (£10 under 16s) Bach/Ayres – Mostly Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D major For more information: sanctuaryinthecity@ me.com St Michael Cornhill St Katharine Cree

Tuesday 16 May ─ continued

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MAY 2017 ─ continued 1315 Recital: Jessica Summers – soprano, Jelena Makarova – piano

Programme: "Living Songs" St Mary at Hill

Monday 15 May ─ continued Wednesday 17 May 1305 Recital: Milene Dziuk – mezzo-soprano, 1100 to 1500 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' Ashley Thompson - piano For more information please refer to the entry at Tuesday 16 May Programme: St Stephen Walbrook Handel – 'Art thou troubled?'' from 1305 Recital: David Xu – piano St Botolph Aldgate Gluck – 'Che faro senza Euridice?' from Orfeo ed Euridice 1305 Recital: Hao Zi Yoh – piano St Olave Hart Street Franck – Panis Angelicus 1315 Recital: Aliya Turetayeva – piano St Dunstan in the West Dowland – 'Come Again' & 'Time stands still' 1315 Organ Recital: George Inscoe – Temple Church Traditional Old English – Scarborough Fair Temple Church Vaughan Williams – Linden Lea 1800 Recital: Yuanwei Ping – piano Schubert – Trauer der Liebe Programme: Saint-Saëns – 'My heart at thy dear voice' Tan Dun – Eight Memories in Watercolour Op 1 from 'Samson and Delilah' Prokofiev – Sonata for piano No 7 in B flat Op 83 The recital will include piano solo interludes Brahms – Albumblatt St Martin Ludgate Brahms – Variations on an Original Theme in D major Op 21 No 1 1310 Recital: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City Tickets £10 "at the door" – until sold out St Katharine Cree Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama

'American Voices' Thursday 18 May Lauren Lodge-Campbell – soprano, Corinne Cowling – soprano, 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' Mimi Doulton – soprano, Eva Georghiu – soprano, For more information please refer to the entry at Tuesday 16 May Dylan Perez – piano St Stephen Walbrook Devised by Dylan Perez (Guildhall School), 'American Voices' 1305 Recital: Susana Gilardoni – soprano St Mary le Bow includes songs composed by some of the most exciting 1305 Recital: Guildhall Harpists and Friends St Olave Hart Street contemporary composers includimg André Previn, Sally Chisum, 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Juliana Hall, Tom Cipullo, and a UK premiere of 'Valentines' 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays "The Glorious Baroque" (6) by Jules Pegram. Come and discover something new! St Margaret Lothbury More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ 1900 QuizAid By putting your thinking cap on for this event you will and follow the link 'Concerts and events' help some of the world's poorest communities out of poverty. Admission to the concert is free Whether you're savvy with sports facts, fanatical about films or a St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall general knowledge genius, join QuizAid and help Christian Aid 1830 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' by Terrence M Ffyffe fight poverty and injustice. For more information please go to: Private View – All will be welcome http://stbrides.com and follow the link: 'Quiz Aid 2017 ' For more information concerning the exhibition please refer to the St Bride Fleet Street entry below at Tuesday 16 May and also go to: 1900 Concert: Temple Church Choir https://ststephenwalbrook.net/ and follow the link at 'Events' to English and French Twentieth Century Masterworks the diary and click on 'Transformation' St Stephen Walbrook Roger Sayer – conductor

Programme to include: Tuesday 16 May Britten – Rejoice in the Lamb Op 30 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' Vaughan Williams – Mass in G minor Artist Terrence M Ffyffe presents a series of spectacular new Britten – Te Deum in E Op 32 'Cosmic' alongside a number of large dramatic religious Duruflé – Requiem Op 9 works depicting the Passion of Christ. For tickets please go to: www.templemusic.org This exhibition will run until Friday 9 June. It will be open on and click on the 'Concerts' tab Temple Church weekdays 1000 to 1600 except Wednesdays – 1100 to 1500 St Stephen Walbrook Friday 19 May 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch For more information please refer to the entry at Tuesday 16 May 1300 Organ Recital: The John Hill Memorial Recitals St Stephen Walbrook Featuring UK and international artists at the outset of their careers 1230 Organ Recital: Kayol Lam – Royal College of Music Soyon Park (South Korea) St Stephen Walbrook Programme: 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: Froberger – Toccata in A minor Madeleine Mitchell – violin, Wendy Hiscocks – piano Bruhns – Praeludium in G major Programme: J S Bach – Von Gott will ich nicht lassen BWV 658 Debussy – Violin Sonata L 140 Mendelssohn – Prelude & Fugue Op 37 No 1 in C minor Delius – Serenade from "Hassan" Liszt (tr. Schaab) – Orpheus Elgar – In Smyrna Schröder – Variation Ave regina coelorum from and works by Hiscocks, Ross Edwards and Arthur Benjamin 'Die Marianischen Antiphonen' St Mary at Hill St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Recital: Five Belles Quintet 1310 Recital: Sofia Yatsyuk – violin St Stephen Walbrook Caroline Welsh – flute, Lara Ward – oboe, 1315 Recital: Blaze Ensemble Barbara Wyllie – clarinet, Jo Towler – horn, George Vass – conductor Ruth Harrison - flute Rosie Fairhead – bassoon Programme: Programme: Mozart – Concerto for Flute No 2 in D K314 – Quintet Op 43 Haydn – Symphony No 22 in E flat, 'The Philosopher' Jim Parker – Mississippi Five St Bride Fleet Street St Bride Fleet Street Tuesday 23 May ─ continued 1300 Organ Recital: The John Hill Memorial Recitals

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MAY 2017 ─ continued Featuring UK and international artists at the outset of their careers

Geerten Liefting (Netherlands)

Programme: Sunday 21 May J S Bach – Prelude & Fugue in G major BWV 541 1215 Londoners Circle the City as part of Christian Aid Week Mendelssohn (tr. Smits) – Variations sérieuses The proceeds of Circle the City will be going towards Rachmaninoff (tr. Smits) – Prelude Op 23 No 5 transforming the lives of some of the poorest and most Rachmaninoff (tr. Smits) – Vocalise Op 34 No 14 disadvantaged people in over 42 countries where St Lawrence Jewry Christian Aid works. This year the focus will be on the 1310 Recital: Susana Gomez Vazquez – piano 65 million people who are displaced from their homes St Stephen Walbrook and the famine and starvation in East Africa. 1315 Recital: Jane Faulkner – violin, Gary Peacock - piano Starting at the City Church of St Mary le Bow, Cheapside, Programme: registration begins at 12.15pm. There are two distance Beethoven – Sonata for violin and piano in D Op 12 No 1 options - 3 miles and 6 miles both starting and finishing at Stravinsky – Suite Italienne for violin and piano Op 17 St Mary le Bow. St Bride Fleet Street

At 1300 there will be a pre-walk service at the church 1315 Recital: L'Artiste – Marcello & Corelli St Mary at Hill

To find out more about Circle the City, or to take part in a group Wednesday 24 May or as an individual in the sponsored event please visit: 1100 to 1500 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' ctc2017.eventbrite.co.uk and follow the links For more information please refer to the entry at Tuesday 16 May or call: 020 7523 2417 St Mary le Bow St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Concert: Helen Neilson – cello, Thomas Gregory – cello, Monday 22 May Martin Neilson – organ 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' A programme of works for organ and cello by composers who For more information please refer to the entry at Tuesday 16 May were also teachers: St Stephen Walbrook Bach arr Casals – Toccata in C for organ – arranged for two 1300 Recital: Niklas Oldemeier and organ Programme: Hindemith – Frölich (cello duet) Chopin – Ballade No 2 Op 38, Dotzauer – Variations on Mozaert's "Là ci darem la mano" Nocturne Op 62/1, (cello duet) Scherzo No 4 Op 54, Klengel – Three pieces for two cellos and organ Op 62 Enescu – Piano Sonata No 2 Op 10 St Botolph Aldgate Niklas Oldemeier performs through the joint St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Recital: Ellis Pecen – guitar S t Olave Hart Street and Worshipful Company of Musicians Scheme for young 1315 Recital: Julian Issa – tenor St Dunstan in the West prizewinners of the Company St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Organ Recital: Paul Stubbings – St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh 1300 Organ Recital: Graham Thorpe Temple Church Programme: Thursday 25 May ─ Ascension Day Bach – Prelude & Fugue in E major ("The Wedge") BWV 548 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' Buxtehude – Prelude, Fugue & Chaconne in C BuxWV 137 For more information please refer to the entry at Tuesday 16 May Bingham – Ancient Sunlight (Infancy – Betrothal – Annunciation) St Stephen Walbrook Liszt – Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen 1305 Recital: Chloe Stowers-Veitch – violin, Stavros Dritsas – piano St Michael Cornhill St Olave Hart Street 1305 Recital: Klaudia Magdon – soprano, George Webster – piano Events taking place at All Hallows by the Tower: Programme: 1310 Organ Recital: David Cook will play "L'Ascension" — Songs and music by Richard Hageman, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Four Meditations on the Ascension by Olivier Messiaen Tchaikovsky, Handel, Mozart, Stanislaw Moniuszko and Puccini The recital will include related readings St Martin Ludgate 1615 Beating of the Bounds Ceremony 1310 Concert: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City 1800 Festal Evensong for Ascension Day Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama 1900 Triennial Boundary Dispute Ceremony with the Governor and Song c.1960 Yeoman Warders of HM Tower of London on the terrace Christina Petrou – soprano, Horacio López Redondo – piano outside the north end of the church A programme devised by Christina Petrou (graduate of Guildhall All Hallows by the Tower School) and Horacio López Redondo (graduate of the Royal 1310 Musica Poetica lunchtime concert series Academy of Music), 'Song c.1960' is a snapshot of song from In their series of concerts the voices and viols of the period Britain, USA and Spain in the 1960s, accompanied by readings instrument ensemble Musica Poetica will have taken us on a illustrating the social struggles of the decade. Song cycles by voyage of discovery through the musical revolution of the German Samuel Barber, Antón Garcia Abril and William Walton will be Baroque from the music of Tunder, Buxtehude and ultimately performed to J S Bach. In this concert Musica Poetica take us on a journey More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ through the rich textures of Tunder's writing for five voices and and follow the link 'Concerts and events' five instruments Admission to the concert is free Programme: St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall Franz Tunder – Dominus illuminatio mea Tuesday 23 May Nisi Dominus aedificaverit 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' Hosianna dem Sohne David For more information please refer to the entry at Tuesday 16 May Streuet mit Palmum St Stephen Walbrook St Sepulchre without Newgate 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually 1310 Richard Townend plays with Drury University Singers from USA include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch St Margaret Lothbury 1600 Beating the Bounds St Botolph Aldgate

Tuesday 30 May ─ continued

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN MAY 2017 ─ continued 1315 Recital: Richard Lewis – piano

Programme:

Grieg – 'Wedding Day at Troldhaugen' Op 65 Friday 26 May Chopin – Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 St Mary at Hill 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation'

For more information please refer to the entry at Tuesday 16 May Wednesday 31 May St Stephen Walbrook 1100 to 1500 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' 1230 Organ Recital: Richard Hobson – Grosvenor Chapel For more information please refer to the entry at Tuesday 16 May St Stephen Walbrook St Stephen Walbrook 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: 1305 Recital: Elin White – baroque violin St Botolph Aldgate Telemann 250th Anniversary Series: 'Affects' – Concert II 1305 Recital: Natasha Hall – violin, George Wilson – piano BELLOT ENSEMBLE directed by Edward Taylor St Olave Hart Street Programme: 'LOVE & ELATION' 1315 Recital: Kiyoka Ohara – flute St Dunstan in the West Telemann – Quintet in D major TWV 44:1

Sinfonia in E minor TWV 50:e5

Heinichen – Concerto in G major Editor's note: We are indebted to Dickon Love, Rameau – Les Indes Galantes (Instrumental movements) Company Bellringer to the Worshipful Company of St Mary at Hill Parish Clerks for the following information 1315 Organ Recital: Andrew Wilson Programme: J S Bach – Sinfonia to Cantata 29 BWV 29 Franck – Chorale No 2 in B minor Open bellringing performances Lefébure-Wély – Bolero de Concert currently scheduled for the City of London Mendelssohn – Sonata No 2 in C minor in May 2017 Andriessen – Theme and Variations Mathias - Processional St Bride Fleet Street Saturday 6 May 1730 to 1815 The Lord Mayor's 'St Stephen Serenades' 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells The next in a monthly series of evening recitals which are held on by the Ancient Society of College Youths the last Friday of each month. at St Magnus the Martyr Recitalists: Demelza Stafford – soprano, Jack Foley – tenor and Rimantas Vingras – piano Free admission — just turn up! St Stephen Walbrook Sunday 7 May 1430 3½ hr performance on the bells Saturday 27 May by the Middlesex County Association at St Magnus the Martyr 1030 to 1630 Dream Choir Workshop – A Magical Day of Song Make your singing dreams come true 1430 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells Sing your way round the world with Katie Rose by the Ancient Society of College Youths Choir in a Day – enjoy a vibrant lively day of singing together at St James Garlickhythe For more information and to book tickets please go to: 1530 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells www.therosewindow.org click on EVENTS and consult the by the Ancient Society of College Youths Events Calendar St Mary Abchurch at St Mary le Bow

Monday 29 May 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' Tuesday 9 May For more information please refer to the entry at Tuesday 16 May 1230 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells St Stephen Walbrook by the Ancient Society of College Youths Tuesday 30 May at St Dunstan in the West 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' For more information please refer to the entry at Tuesday 16 May Saturday 13 May St Stephen Walbrook 0930 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually by the Ancient Society of College Youths include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch at St Mary le Bow

1300 Organ Recital: The John Hill Memorial Recitals 1400 3½ hr performance on the bells Featuring UK and international artists at the outset of their careers by the Exeter Cathedral Guild Marko Sever (Australia) at St Michael Cornhill Programme: J S Bach – Toccata in D minor ('Dorian') BWV 538/1 Saturday 20 May Messiaen – L'Ascension 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells J S Bach – Fugue in D minor ('Dorian') BWV 538/11 by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths St Lawrence Jewry at St Michael Cornhill 1315 Recital: Anne Marie McLachlan – mezzo-soprano Rachel Neiger – piano Tuesday 30 May Programme: 1800 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells Mozart – From Idomeneo, by the St James’ Guild 'Ah qual gelido orror … Il padre adorato' at St James Garlickhythe Ambroise Thomas – From Mignon, 'Connais-tu le pays' Schumann – Frauenliebe und Leben Op 42 Debussy – Trois chansons de Bilitis St Bride Fleet Street

Jun e 2017 Published by FCC in conjunction with the Archdeaconry of London

Anniversaries and Musical Journeys

Once again there are many interesting events taking place in the City Churches. In the review that follows, as always it is not our intention to sideline events not described. It is just that the events reviewed have some special content worthy of highlighting. The first event is one having a very specific connection with the Friends of the Ciity Churches. At the Friends' church, St Marry Abchurch, on Monday 5 June at 3.00pm a service of Choral Evensong will be held. This will be a service to celebrate both the dedication of St Mary Abchurch in 1687 after the mediaeval building was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the re‐hallowing of the church on 5 June 1957 following bomb damage in World War II. Some of the hymns and prayers will be those used at a servicce in 1937 to mark the 250th Anniversary of the original dedication and in the re‐hallowing service in 1957. All are welcome to attend this very special occasion.

We turn now to certain musical events. Throughout 2017 the period instrument ensemble, Musica Poetica have been performing the complete choral works of Franz Tunder at St Sepulchre without Newgate to mark the 350th anniversary of the composer's death in 1667. The third concert of this series will take place on Thursday 29 June at 1.10pm and the pieces to be performed are given at the date in the listings which commence overleaf. Arguably not that well known, Franz Tunder (1614 – 1667) was a German composer and organist of the early to middle Barooque era and he is regarded as an important link between the early German Baroque style and the later Baroque style which culminated in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750). In addition Tunder was formative in the development of the chorale cantata. In the concert referred to above two works will be performed, one by Tunder and the other by Bruhns. Nicolaus Bruhns (1665 – 1697) was a Danish‐German organist, violinist and composer and he is regarded as one of the prominent organists and composers of his generation. It will be seen from the dates quoted above how he fits into a chronological sequence ‐ Tunder, Bruhns and Bach which matches the evolution of the Baroque style. In their series of concerts Musica Poetica have been taking us on a voyage of discovery through the musical revolution of the German Baroque by performing Tunder's complete vocal works alongside music by his contemporaries. Theeir series will continue with concerts in September, October and November and, of course, these will be listed in City Events. It should be noted that Musica Poetica's concerts are free. Their venue is most appropriate in that St Sepulchhre without Newgate is the Musicians' Church.

Works being played at two Organ Recitals have caught the eye of the reviewer. At St Michaeel Cornhill on Monday 5 June at 1.00pm Gordon Stewart will be giving a recital of music originally scored for instruments other than the organ, featuring works by Handel, Bach, Ernst, Saint‐Saëns and Wagner, ending with the latter's ''RRide of the Valkyries'. That particular musical journey promises to be exciting. Again at St Michael Cornhill, this time on Monday 19 June at 1.00pm, Christopher Herrick will be presenting a programme entitled 'Organ Fireworks' which will incclude the mighty 'Sonata on the 94th Psalm' by Julius Reubke, considered one of the pinnacles of the Romantic repertoire.. It should be added that the work requires very advanced pedal technique. The recital should prove to be a tour de force inndeed.

The following pages contain much that is of arguably equal interest. The intention of the aboove review is to indicate the diversity of events in the City churches and thus to whhet the appetite of all readers.

The Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BA Visit: www.london‐city‐churches.org.uk for more information and the location of the churches in the City

REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN JUNE 2017 Tuesday ─ continued 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster The entries below show the normal pattern of services for City 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less Churches and a few churches ‘just over the City borders’. Entries are 1230 to 1300 Eucharist (said) with brief address St Dunstan in the West for Church of England services except where indicated otherwise. 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr ‘1st Monday’, ‘2nd Monday’ etc refer to the 1st Monday, 2nd Monday 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) etc of the month. St Mary Moorfields 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Woolnoth While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the services shown 1230 Holy Communion (said), followed by coffee and sandwiches are subject to change immediately before, during and after major St Olave Hart Street festivals and at Bank or other holidays, as well as during the 1300 to 1330 Communion in the Crypt, with a focus on prayers for healing summer months. You are strongly advised to contact churches to check All Hallows by the Tower the details. 1300 Contemporary Worship and Teaching Christ Church, Spitalfields 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 For a list of weekend (particularly Sunday) services please go to the St Etheldreda, Ely Place Friends of the City Churches website at www.london-city- 1300 to 1400 (any time) Contemporary Worship churches.org.uk and follow the links from ‘Events’ and ‘City Events’. St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate 1305 to 1335 Bible Talk, with lunch available after the talk Monday St Helen Bishopsgate 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1305 Meditation (in the crypt chapel) St Mary le Bow (0700 on 1st day of Hebrew religious month; 0800 on Bank Holidays) 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields For details please see www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/ 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn Bevis Marks Synagogue 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1310 to 1340 Bible Talk, following buffet lunch at 1300 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn St Botolph Aldersgate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Holy Communion St Margaret Lothbury 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1315 to 1345 Meditation and prayers for humanity and the earth 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow (in the Tent) Open to all Please arrive a few minutes before 1315 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal Come and go as you wish (Not 20 June) St Bride Fleet Street 1200 to 1230 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – 1700 to 1730 ‘Words of Hope’ – quiet reflective service all welcome) St Mary Aldermary St Clement Eastcheap 1215 Prayer Service St Vedast alias Foster 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields St Mary Moorfields 1830 Choral Evensong (traditional) (Choral Eucharist on 3rd Tuesday) 1245 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill St Sepulchre without Newgate 1300 to 1345 Contemplative Prayer St Edmund King & Martyr (London Centre for Spiritual Direction) 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 Wednesday St Etheldreda, Ely Place 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn Come and go as you wish (Not 19 June) St Bride Fleet Street 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow Tuesday 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0830 to 0915 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 0730 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0730 to 0930 ‘Start: Stop’ – start the day by stopping to reflect – 10 minute welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal reflections beginning every 15 minutes - just drop in 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church St Stephen Walbrook 0915 Morning Prayer (Eucharist on 1st Wednesday) 0745 Holy Communion (said) St Mary at Hill St Edmund King & Martyr (London Centre for Spiritual Direction) 0745 Eucharist followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1205 RC Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 0800 to 0900 Café Prayer ― an opportunity for stillness and prayer, 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch Bible reading and reflection Coffee served St Katharine Cree 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1245 to 1315 (3rd Wednesday) Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting for 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower Worship Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Quaker Court, Banner St 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public as you wish St Margaret Lothbury welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal /continued

REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN JUNE 2017 − Thursday ─ continued

continued 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1305 to 1335 ‘St Nick's Talks’ Bible Talk, lunch available St Nicholas Cole Abbey Wednesday ─ continued 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1300 (1st Wednesday) Eucharist (using a traditional Iona Community 1310 Holy Communion with short address (On 15 June, Choral Eucharist liturgy) All welcome St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate at 1300 – see Special Services) St Andrew Holborn 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1310 to 1350 Bible Talk, with lunch available, followed by Question Time 1305 ‘Not on a Sunday’ – informal worship with prayers and song St Helen Bishopsgate St Katharine Cree 1315 to 1345 Lunchtime Service (Free Church) City Temple 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1315 Holy Communion St Martin within Ludgate 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1315 to 1345 Holy Communion (BCP said) (during legal term-time) 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn Temple Church 1310 to 1340 ‘Moorgate Talks’ Bible Talk, following lunch at 1300, at the 1400 to 1420 Prayers – Offering up the prayers from the church’s prayer Amber Bar & Restaurant, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, EC2Y 9AW board and the Internet Church St Stephen Walbrook under the auspices of St Botolph Aldersgate 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1310 Choral Eucharist (For 14 June see Special Services) Come and go as you wish (Not 22 June) St Bride Fleet Street St Botolph Bishopsgate 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1315 Holy Communion in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 1800 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (with Confraternity of the 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship Blessed Sacrament Vespers on 1st Thursday) Come and go as you wish (Not 21 or 28 June) St Bride Fleet Street St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1730 Choral Evensong (during legal term-time) Temple Church 1800 (Normally 1st Thursday) Choral Evensong, followed by 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow ‘Thursday Conversation’ at 1830 St Mary at Hill 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1830 to 1915 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer – ‘Pursuit’ Prayer and Worship 1900 Sung Eucharist (For 14 June see Special Services) Service All welcome (Free Church) City Temple St Andrew Holborn

Friday Thursday 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0730 to 0930 ‘Headroom’ – short reflections with music and contemplation 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn Just drop in St Margaret Pattens 0800 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields St Mary Aldermary 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Bride Fleet Street 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0815 Morning Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0830 Eucharist (said) (Lady Chapel) St Bartholomew the Great 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1200 to 1500 Quiet Personal Prayer St Joseph Bunhill Row 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 1200 to 1230 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1210 Holy Communion St Botolph Bishopsgate 1230 Pastoral Conversation or Confession (Sacrament Chapel, or apply 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster at the Vestry) St Mary le Bow 1230 Holy Communion (BCP) St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less St Mary Moorfields 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow St Mary Moorfields 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1245 to 1330 Eucharist with the St Stephen’s Voices, followed by light lunch 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn St Stephen Walbrook 1315 to 1400 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go as 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship you wish St Mary Woolnoth Come and go as you wish (Not 23 June) St Bride Fleet Street 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1800 Paraklesis (replaced on 1st Friday and during fasting periods by 1300 to 1330 (1st Thursday) Private Prayer and Reflection Service of Holy Unction) Followed at 1900 to 2200 by Catechesis St Giles Cripplegate and Confessions (Romanian Orthodox) St Dunstan in the West 1300 Holy Communion (Normally with choir on 1st Thursday) 1800 (1st Friday) RC Low Mass in the Extra-Ordinary Form St Margaret Pattens St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1305 Holy Communion, followed by coffee and sandwiches 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer - Equipping Night Service St Katharine Cree Praise and Worship (Free Church) City Temple 1930 Jewish Friday Evening Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) (1830 in winter months – please check on www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/) Bevis Marks Synagogue

Monday 19 June SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, JUNE 2017 exploring ‘Reformation 500’ in the 500th anniversary year of the

beginning of the Reformation Thursday 1 June The theme of this service is The Cross alone 1800 Choral Evensong followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 St Stephen Walbrook See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below St Mary at Hill Tuesday 20 June

Sunday 4 June - Pentecost (Whit Sunday) 1100 Civic Service to celebrate the life and work of Dr William Marsden 1100 Choral Eucharist for Pentecost with Mozart’s Missa Solemnis in on the 150th anniversary of his death All welcome C Major (K 337) performed by the St Bride’s Church Choir and the Dr William Marsden studied at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and St Bride’s Orchestra St Bride Fleet Street went on to found the institutions which became the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital Monday 5 June St Andrew Holborn 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, Monday 26 June exploring ‘Reformation 500’ in the 500th anniversary year of the 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and beginning of the Reformation The theme of this service is liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, Baptism Saves St Stephen Walbrook exploring ‘Reformation 500’ in the 500th anniversary year of the beginning of the Reformation 1500 The Friends of the City Churches Choral Evensong The theme of this service is Forgiveness is free A service to celebrate both the dedication of St Mary Abchurch in St Stephen Walbrook 1687 after the mediaeval building was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the re-hallowing of the church on 5 June Thursday 29 June – St Peter and St Paul 1957 following bomb damage in World War II Some of the hymns 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West and prayers will be as used at a service in 1937 to mark the 250th Anniversary of the original dedication and in the re-hallowing service in 1957. Led by the Revd David Goodburn, Chaplain to the Guild Church of St Mary Abchurch LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS With music from the Chamber Choir of St John’s Wood Church, IN JUNE 2017 directed by Michael Cayton, and Ian Shaw (organ) All welcome St Mary Abchurch Thursday 1 June Thursday 8 June 1830 Thursday Conversation with the Rt Hon Lord Boateng 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate Following Choral Evensong at 1800 For more information see the entry for this date in the Monday 12 June Events & Concerts section below St Mary at Hill 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’ One of a series of services of music and liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, Friday 2 June exploring ‘Reformation 500’ in the 500th anniversary year of the 1100 to 1600 Held in Love -: Identity and Rule of Life beginning of the Reformation The theme of this service is The A session led by Rachel Overton in the Developing Direction Lord’s Supper St Stephen Walbrook series, to support and encourage spiritual directors in their practice Wednesday 14 June The session explores how it can be within boundaries that we 1310 Choral Patronal Festival Service find out deepest identity and fullest life Celebrant: the Ven , Please go to www.spiritualitycentre.org and follow the links from Preacher: The Revd Laura Jørgensen, Rector, St Botolph Aldgate ‘Courses and Events’ for further information, cost and to book Followed by sparkling refreshments St Botolph Bishopsgate London Centre for Spiritual Direction, St Edmund King & Martyr 1900 onwards Celebration of the Eve of Corpus Christi: 1900 Eucharist at St Andrew Holborn, followed by: Tuesday 13 June 1950 (approx) Procession to St Dunstan in the West, 1045 to 1530 Oasis Day: The Welcome of Prayer – Dare to Step In Concluding with Benediction at St Dunstan in the West, Led by Daphne Horder and Kate Monkhouse followed by refreshments Oasis Days offer a monthly time of quiet reflection to re-charge St Andrew Holborn and St Dunstan in the West one’s spiritual batteries with stimulating speakers Cost £15 - Lunch/ tea & coffee provided Thursday 15 June – Corpus Christi Pre-booking by Thursday 8 June essential for catering purposes (Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of Holy Communion) To book please telephone the Revd Martin Davies on 1230 Said Eucharist for the Feast of Corpus Christi 07429 612642 or e-mail [email protected] St Dunstan in the West St Andrew Holborn 1300 Choral Eucharist for the Feast of Corpus Christi

St Andrew Holborn Wednesday 14 June 1300 Annual Remembrance Service of the HMT Lancastria Association, 1800 Feminist Theology: the voice of the other to remember and honour all those who involved in the sinking of A JustShare Christian Social and Political Thought Lecture the Lancastria in June 1940, Britain’s worst maritime disaster Given by The Ven Elizabeth Adekunle, Archdeacon of Hackney With music from a group from Lloyds Choir St Katharine Cree Free admission – all welcome 1305 High Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi St Mary le Bow Please go to www.justshare.org.uk for further information and 1830 Choral Evensong for the Feast of Corpus Christi to register St Mary le Bow St Margaret Pattens /continued

LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JUNE 2017 IN JUNE 2017 − continued Thursday 1 June

Thursday 1 June Thursday 22 June 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' 1830 to 2030 Katherine Parr – Henry VIII’s Last Wife Artist Terrence M Ffyffe presents a series of spectacular new The Revd Dr Roy Long, retired pastor in the Lutheran Church of 'Cosmic' paintings alongside a number of large dramatic religious Great Britain, presents one of a series of evenings of interactive works depicting the Passion of Christ.

presentations and conversations on Women of the Reformation: This exhibition will run until Friday 9 June. It will be open on Overlooked Stories weekdays 1000 to 1600 except Wednesdays – 1100 to 1500 Legend portrays Katherine Parr as the dutiful and obedient wife who St Stephen Walbrook nursed Henry VIII during his last months, but she is now also known 1305 Recital: Catherine Michel – soprano, Susan Waters – piano as a published authoress She produced collections of prayers and St Olave Hart Street the book usually known as The Lamentation of a Sinner, which 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower clearly reflects the influence of Martin Luther 1310 Organ Recital: The evening also includes an opportunity to hear part of recently Richard Townend plays"The Glorious Baroque" – (7) discovered music by Thomas Tallis to words by Katherine Parr St Margaret Lothbury Presented by the Anglican-Lutheran Society in partnership with 1800 Choral Evensong, followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 Women and the Church (WATCH) London and St Anne’s Evensong will be sung by Seraphim, the St Mary at Hill Choir Lutheran Church All welcome – free admission, with retiring collection If you can, The Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkins will be in conversation with please e-mail [email protected] to say you wish to The Rt Hon Lord Boateng The subject will be: come St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill 'A Life lived Globally – the challenge of making globalisation work for the many and not just for the few'

Wednesday 28 June Admission is free Donations are welcome St Mary at Hill 1800 The Art of Investment ― A JustShare event A panel of experts will talk about how businesses ensure that 1930 Ad Libitum Choir Concert their investment practices are as responsible as possible, and Directed by Julian Colllings what are the larger guiding principles for choosing one Programme: investment over others Works by Rheinburger and Bruckner Speakers will include Edward Mason (Head of Responsible Brahms – Song of Destiny Investment, Church Commissioners for England), Mozart – Requiem Mirja Lehmler-Brown (Senior Investment Manager, Aberdeen The Mozart Requiem will be performed in an unusual Asset Management) and Geoff Burnard (Chief Executive, arrangement for chorus and piano duet by the Austrian Investing for Good) composer Carl Czerny Free admission Please go to: www.justshare.org.uk for further Tickets: £15; Students £12 The ticket includes an interval drink information and to register St Mary le Bow Tickets are available on the door or through the choir website:

1900 The Annual Wren Talk 2017 adlibitumchoir.co.uk St Mary le Bow Celebrated, Forgotten and Remembered – Sir James Thornhill and the Legacy of the Painted Hall A talk about the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, Friday 2 June Greenwich, by Dr Anya Matthews, Curator for the Painted Hall 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' Conservation Project For more information please refer to the entry at Thursday 1 June Tickets £10 in advance (students £5), £15 on the door (students £10) St Stephen Walbrook For further information and to book go to: www.stbrides.com 1230 Organ Recital: David Cook St Stephen Walbrook and follow the links from ‘News’ St Bride Fleet Street 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: Yu-Wei Hu – flute , Johan Löfving – guitar Thursday 29 June Programme: 1830 to 2030 Women Reformers Then and Now Sonatas by J S Bach and C P E Bach The last in a series of evenings of interactive presentations and Telemann – Fantasia St Mary at Hill conversations on Women of the Reformation: Overlooked Stories 1315 Recital: Drew Steanson ― piano Presented by Dr Liza Zikmane (Pastor, St Anne’s Lutheran Church), Programme: the Revd Dr Julia Candy (Anglican Priest, St John, Hendon) and Beethoven ― Sonata No 22 in F major Op 54 Sally Barnes (Anglican lay woman). Schumann ― Carnaval Op 9 St Bride Fleet Street The session provides stories of woman reformers from the 1315 Organ Recital: John March St Dunstan in the West Reformation to the present day, and asks what has changed and what still needs reforming There will be an opportunity to share stories and experiences, to network and to look to the future Sunday 4 June Presented by the Anglican-Lutheran Society in partnership with 1630 Barts Academic Festival Choir & Orchestra Women and the Church (WATCH) London and St Anne’s Come and sing in a scratch performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah Lutheran Church Everyone is very welcome to join in, or just come and listen – bring your friends and a copy! All welcome – free admission, with retiring collection If you can, please e-mail [email protected] to say you wish to Entry is free – donations are very welcome come St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill with all proceeds going to Barts Cancer Unit

The Great Hall at St Bartholomew's Hospital

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JUNE 2017 - continued Tuesday 6 June ─ continued 1315 Recital: David Soo ― piano Programme: Ravel ― Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Monday 5 June Beethoven ― Sonata in A major Op 101 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' St Bride Fleet Street For more information please refer to the entry at Thursday 1 June 1315 Recital: Michiko Gibbs – violin, Simon Trentham – cello, St Stephen Walbrook Yoriko Wakabayashi-Caskie – piano 1100 First day of an Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Derek Hare Programme:

"The Thames and Other Waterways" Shostakovich – Piano Trio No 2 Op 67 St Mary at Hill 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House The exhibition will run each day this week until Saturday 10 June Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: from 1100 until 1800 St Mary at Hill [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Recital: Tessa Lys – piano Programme: Wednesday 7 June Scarlatti – 5 Sonatas: 1100 to 1800 Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Derek Hare [Longo 184, 449, 349, 187, 104] "The Thames and Other Waterways" St Mary at Hill Haydn – Sonata in B minor Hob.XVI.32 1100 to 1500 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' Schubert – 3 Letze Klavierstücke D 946 St Lawrence Jewry For more information please refer to the entry at Thursday 1 June 1300 Organ Recital: Gordon Stewart St Stephen Walbrook Programme: 1305 Recital: Bronwen Stephens – mezzo-soprano A recital of music originally scored for instruments other than the Programme: organ, featuring works by Handel, Bach, Ernst, Saint-Saëns Gypsy Songs and Arias: and Wagner ending with his 'Ride of the Valkyries' Brahms – Acht Zigeunerlieder St Michael Cornhill Bizet – Songs from Carmen St Botolph Aldgate 1305 Recital: Alison Thomas – soprano, Simon Howatt – piano 1315 Recital: Olivia Lewis ― soprano St Dunstan in the West Programme: Enchantment! 1315 Organ Recital: George Castle – Winchester Cathedral Music of Myth, Mystery, and Magic to include songs by Temple Church Robert Schumann, and Rebecca Clarke 1900 'Not guilty!' Wine, Cheese and chocolate tasting at the Old Bailey St Martin Ludgate A limited number of tickets are available from: 1310 Concert: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City [email protected] St Mary le Bow Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Harriet Burns – soprano, Mimi Doulton - soprano Thursday 8 June Victoria Li – soprano, Joanne Tan – piano 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' Flowers in different languages For more information please refer to the entry at Thursday 1 June St Stephen Walbrook This programme is devised by Joanne Tan (Guildhall School), 1100 to 1800 Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Derek Hare She writes: "Flowers are beautiful. This recital explores flowers "The Thames and Other Waterways" St Mary at Hill being portrayed in different languages. While some pieces will be 1305 Recital: Juliette Roos – violin, about flowers as a sign or a symbol, some are about flowers as a Ilana Mordkovitch-Roos – piano St Olave Hart Street language ." 1310 Organ Recital: David Cook All Hallows by the Tower More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ 1310 Organ Recital: Earline Moulder – from USA and follow the link 'Concerts and events' St Margaret Lothbury Admission is free St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall Friday 9 June

1000 to 1600 Final day of the Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' Tuesday 6 June For more information please refer to the entry at Thursday 1 June 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition — 'Transformation' St Stephen Walbrook For more information please refer to the entry at Thursday 1 June 1100 to 1800 Final Dday of the Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Derek Hare St Stephen Walbrook "The Thames and Other Waterways" St Mary at Hill 1100 to 1800 Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Derek Hare 1230 Organ Recital: Anthony Gritten St Stephen Walbrook "The Thames and Other Waterways" St Mary at Hill 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Henry Chandler – violin, Bryony Gibson-Cornish – viola, include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Timothée Botbol – cello 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis Programme: Programme: Works by Beethoven, Kodály and Piazzolla Anon (17th C) – Españoleta Johan Halvorsen – Sarabande de Arauxo – Tiento de medio registro de tiple del decimo tono with Variations on a theme of Handel Cabanilles – Pasacalles St Mary at Hill Scarlatti – Sonata in E minor K 263, Sonata in E major K 264 1315 Recital: Joanna Arnold - mezzo soprano, Lefébure-Wély – Boléro de concert Orlando Shamlou ― piano Franck – Pastorale Programme: Vierne – Allegretto from Symphonie No 3. iii Gurney ― I will go with my father a-ploughing Bovet – Salamanca St Lawrence Jewry Britten ― A Charm of Lullabies 1310 Recital: Oliver Nelson – violin, Vasileios Rakitzis – piano Howells ― King David St Stephen Walbrook Elgar ― Sea Pictures St Bride Fleet Street

1315 Recital: Olivia Clayton ― cello

Paola Cammarota ― piano St Dunstan in the West

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JUNE 2017 - continued Tuesday 13 June ─ continued 1315 Recital: Olivia Lewis ― soprano Olympia Hetherington ― mezzo soprano Alessandro Viale ― piano Saturday 10 June Programme: 1100 to 1800 Final day of an Exhibition Oil Paintings by Derek Hare Handel ― Arias from Giulio Cesare St Mary at Hill Gluck ― Arias from Orfeo ed Euridice 1900 Concert: Spirits of Heaven, Spirits of Earth Mozart ― Arias from La clemenza di Tito & Idomeneo to be given by Gloriana – Women in Harmony St Bride Fleet Street Conductor: Deborah Miles-Johnson 1315 Organ Recital: Robert Mingay-Smith Programme: Programme: Victoria – Duo Seraphim Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks St Mary at Hill Poulenc – Litanies à la Vierge Noire 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Schumann – In meeres Mitten Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: Lili Boulanger – Les Sirènes [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street Tickets on the door: £18; Early-bird booking for tickets at £15 and more details at: www.gloriana.net/ St Sepulchre without Newgate Wednesday 14 June Monday 12 June 1305 Recital: Elisheba Stevens – cello 1300 Recital: Tessa Lys – piano Programme: Programme: Elisheba will announce her programme in person on the day Two Piano Transcriptions by Wilhelm Kempff – St Botolph Aldgate Handel – Minuet in G minor from "Suite de Pièces" 1305 Recital: Tanja Roos – violin, Abigail Sin – piano Bach – Siciliano in G minor BWV 1031 St Olave Hart Street Jánáček – On the Overgrown Path 1315 Organ Recital: John Challenger – Salisbury Cathedral Liszt – Légende: Temple Church St François de Paule Marchant sur les flots S.175 Schumann/Liszt – Widmung (Dedication) Op 25 No 1 St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Organ Recital: David Dunnett – Norwich Cathedral Thursday 15 June St Michael Cornhill 1305 Recital: Maria Canyigueral – piano St Olave Hart Street 1305 Recital: Chi-Hiu Cheung – piano 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Programme: 1310 Organ Recital: Haydn – Variations in F minor Hob XVII:6 Richard Townend plays "The Glorious Baroque" – (8) Schumann – Piano Sonata No 1 in F# minor Op 11 St Margaret Lothbury St Martin Ludgate 1800 on St Mary at Hill Church invite you to 1310 Concert: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City A Summer Party Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama to celebrate St Botolph's Day and the weekend of the Patricia Auchterlonie – soprano, Ema Nikolovska - soprano 'The Great Get Together' inspired by Jo Cox MP Eline Vanderheede – soprano, Clare Simmonds – piano Seraphim will sing folk songs and spirituals

Jane Manning Tribute 1 — Poems and Prayers plus enjoy jazz saxophone. There will be a bar and refreshments This programme is devised by Clare Simmonds (graduate of All profits and donations will go to Hand in Hand for Syria The Guildhall School), in tribute to Jane Manning – "the All are welcome St Mary at Hill irrepressible, incomparable, unstoppable … life and soul of 1930 Polyphonic Picnic – music about food and satiation British contemporary music.". A Concert by ORLANDO CHAMBER CHOIRr Come and hear some jewels of contemporary classical song Peter Foggitt – director and piano More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ Three themes are drawn together in this programme: and follow the link 'Concerts and events' sacred music whose purpose is the commemoration of the Admission is free St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall Eucharist; secular music that celebrates the nourishing of the body with various kinds of delicious things and music by Tuesday 13 June composers whose names are, in some sense, edible 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Programme: include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Music from the Middle Ages to modern day by Dunstable, 1300 Organ Recital: Mithra van Eehooge – Belgium Dufay, Compère, Mouton, Gallus, Guerrero, de Victoria, Programme: Palestrina, Parsley, Tallis, Byrd, Weelkes, Zucchini, Gasparini, Couperin – pieces from Gloria, Messe des Couvents Rossini, Rheinberger, Foggitt and 'anon' J S Bach – Prelude & Fugue in D major BWV 532 Rheinberger – Intermezzo from Sonata No 4 There will be vinum bonum in the interval and a variety of foods.

Alain – Fantaisie No 2 Tickets: £14, concessions £10 from 07709 521 433 Phillip Glass – Satyagraha, Act III Conclusion or: https://www.orlandochoir.org.uk/events St Lawrence Jewry St Andrew Holborn 1310 Recital: Concrete Winds St Stephen Walbrook

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JUNE 2017 - continued Monday19 June ─ continued 1310 Concert: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Thursday 15 June ─ continued Elisabeth Swedlund – soprano, Anna Geschwend - soprano 1930 ‘Sing Joyfully’ ― Felicitas Chamber Choir 25th Anniversary Concert Mimi Doulton – soprano, Clare Simmonds – piano Programme: Jane Manning Tribute 2 — Hopes and Dreams Byrd – Mass for Four Voices & Sing Joyfully Lassus – Magnificat ancor che col partire This programme is devised by Clare Simmonds (graduate of Palestrina – Exsultate Deo The Guildhall School), in tribute to Jane Manning – "the Duruflé – Quatre Motets, inc. Ubi caritas irrepressible, incomparable, unstoppable … life and soul of Poulenc – Exsultate Deo British contemporary music." Vaughan Williams – Three Shakespeare Songs Come and hear some jewels of contemporary classical song Whitacre – Her sacred spirit soars More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ Todd – Vidi Speciosam and follow the link 'Concerts and events' Bach – Singet dem Herrn Admission is free St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall Tickets: £12.50 in advance £15 on the door Children and full-time students under 25 admitted free More information and tickets at: www.blacksplat.dtdns.net St Lawrence Jewry Tuesday 20 June Friday 16 June 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually 1230 Organ Recital: Stephen Disley St Stephen Walbrook include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: 1300 Organ Recital: Mark Brafield James Woodrow – guitar St Mary at Hill Programme: 1315 Recital: Francina Moll Salord ― violin Franck – Choral No 3 in A minor Margalida Moll Salord ― piano Paul Sturman – Variations on 'Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts' Programme: Buxtehude – Praeludium in D major Debussy ― Sonata No 3 for violin and piano Pamela Decker – Kairos St Lawrence Jewry Granados ― Valses Poéticos for piano solo 1310 Recital: Aventine Ensemble (Baroque Ensemble) Sibelius ― Violin Concerto in D minor Op 4 St Stephen Walbrook First movement – Allegro moderato 1315 Recital: Misa Saka ― piano St Bride Fleet Street Programme: 1315 Organ Recital: Michael Bowden St Dunstan in the West Mozart ― Sonata in D major K 576 1930 Metropolitan Police Choir – Summer Concert Schumann ― Humoreske Op 20 St Bride Fleet Street Join the Met Police choir for an evening of superb music which 1315 Recital: Gavin Cranmer-Moralee – baritone will include classic songs and popular favourites. This will be our Yunhee Choi – piano first summer concert as a mixed choir and we will have some Programme: excellent songs for you to enjoy Grieg – Ich liebe dich, Tickets: £12,59 from: metpolicechoir.co.uk or on the door Ein Schwan St Mary at Hill St Sepulchre without Newgate 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street Monday 19 June 1300 Recital: Tessa Lys – piano All Beethoven Programme: Variations on "God Save the King" WoO 78 Sonata No 24 Op 27 No2 in C# minor – "Moonlight" Wednesday 21 June Sonata No 23 Op 57 in F minor – "Appassionata" 1305 Organ Recital: Gwendolyn Toth St Lawrence Jewry Programme: 1300 Organ Recital: Christopher Herrick Leonhard Kleber – Works from his Orgeltabulatur: Programme: 'Organ Fireworks' Praeambulum in ut Julius Reubke – Sonata on the 94th Psalm in C minor Mariazart in re Jeremiah Clake – Prince of Denmark's March Tandernack in la (after Paul Hofhaimer) and works by William Gowers, Joseph Bonnet, From the Kraków Tabulatur - Belli Franciae (La Bataille) Hans-André Stamm and Mons Leidvin Takle (after Clément Janequin) St Michael Cornhill Scheidemann – Vater unser II 1305 Recital: Helen Karikari – soprano, Andrada Brisc – piano Pachelbel – Ciacone in D St Botolph Aldgate Programme: 1305 Recital: Lodore Ensemble Bellini – il fervido desidero; Dolente imagine di fille mia Jacqueline Dias – soprano, Donizetti – A mezzanote Krassimira Jeliazkova-Jones – violin Cimara – Stornello Pamela Pecko Smith – flute Verdi – il tramonto; Lo spazzacamino Margaret Roberts – piano St Olave Hart Street Berlioz – Absence – les nuits d'été 1315 Recital: Maki Sekiya ― piano St Dunstan in the West Fauré – Après un rêve; Le Secret 1315 Organ Recital: Greg Morris – Temple Church Temple Church Susannah C Floyd – Ain't it a pretty night Menotti – Opera Telephone: Hello! Hello! St Martin Ludgate

Tuesday 27 June

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JUNE 2017 - continued 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis Thursday 22 June Programme: 1305 Recital: Sarah Guthrie – soprano J S Bach – Pièce d'orgue in G BWV 572 Yuki Negishi – piano St Olave Hart Street Schumann – Six fugues on BACH Op 60 1310 Organ Recital: David Cook All Hallows by the Tower St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Organ Recital: David Chappuis – from Vevey, Switzerland 1310 Recital: Karen Schriesheim – voice & piano St Margaret Lothbury St Stephen Walbrook 1900 A Concert to be given by the Choir of New College Oxford 1315 Recital: Ellis Pecen ― guitar Robert Quinney – director Programme: Programme: Dumond ― Hommage à Ravel Like as the Hart: Music for the Templar's Garden Albéniz ― Asturias from Suite Española Op 47 Settings of Psalm 42 Traditional Chinese ― Yi Dance by Taverner, Ockegheim, Tallis, Handel, Palestrina Piazolla ― Verano Porteno Pitts and L'Estrange – both world premieres Tárraga ― Capricho Arabe Tickets: £30, £25, £20, & £15 Barrios Mangoré ― Valse No 4 Op 8 For more information and to book tickets please go to: Schubert ― Ave Maria http://www.templemusic.org/shop/choir-new-college-oxford/ Domeniconi – Koyunbaba St Bride Fleet Street Temple Church 1315 Recital: Ollie Mansfield – cello, Friday 23 June Catherine Herriott – piano 1230 Organ Recital: Charles Andrews St Stephen Walbrook Programme: 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: Dvořák – Silent Woods Anete Graudina – solo violin Beethoven – Cello Sonata No 5 in D major Op 102 No 2 Programme: St Mary at Hill Bach – Partita No 2 in D minor BWV 1004 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Kreisler – Recitativo & Scherzo-Caprice St Mary at Hill Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: 1315 Recital: Elisabeth Turmo ― violin [email protected] or 020 7427 0133 St Bride Fleet Street Elena Toponogova ― piano Programme: Wednesday 28 June Grieg ― Sonata for violin and piano No 3 in C minor Op 45 1305 Recital: Joana Ly – violin, Carla Santos – violin Medtner ― Sonata-reminiscenza in A minor Op 38 No 1 Programme: Shchedrin ― ‘In the style of Albéniz’ for violin and piano Bartók – Violin Duos St Bride Fleet Street Bach – Inventions Saturday 24 June Prokofiev – Sonata for two violins St Botolph Aldgate 1930 Camden Symphony Orchestra – Summer Concert 1305 Recital: Marina Solarek – violin, Caroline Soresby – piano Levon Parikian- conductor John Crawford – leader St Olave Hart Street

Fenella Humphreys – violin Michael Waldron - organ 1315 Recital: Carmel de Jager ― mezzo-soprano Programme: Connie Luk ― piano St Dunstan in the West Berlioz – Overture: Le Corsaire Op 21 1315 Organ Recital: Ben Morris – York Minster Temple Church Korngold – Violin Concerto Op 35 Saint-Saëns – Symphony No 3 'Organ Symphony' Op 78 Thursday 29 June Tickets: £12 Concessions £10 Free admission for under 12s For tickets & more information please go to: http://www.camdenso.org.uk/concerts St Andrew Holborn St Olave Hart Street

Monday 26 June 1300 1300 Recital: Tessa Lys and Ben Schoeman – piano Thursday 29 June at 1.05pm

Programme: Beethoven – Symphony No 3 in E flat major Op 55 "Eroica" The Lascelles Memorial Concert

[Transcription for four hands by Franz Xaver Schwarwenka] to be given in memory of St Lawrence Jewry Major-General Anthony Lascelles (1912-2000) 1300 Organ Recital: Graham Thorpe (Sir George Thalben-Ball a great supporter of the musical life at this church Organ Scholar 2015-17) plays his penultimate recital at St Michael Cornhill Oculi Ensemble 1305 Recital: Anna Greco – soprano, Lucia Sanchez – piano St Martin Ludgate Charlotte Scott – violin, Emma Parker – violin 1310 Concert: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City Jon Thorne – viola, Simon Tandree – viola, Nathaniel Boyd – cello, Pau Codina – cello Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Stacey Watson – double bass The Seasons in Song Karen Schriesheim – soprano, Olivia Sjöberg – mezzo soprano Brahms – Sextet in G major Op 36 No 2 James Liu – tenor, Phoebe Liu – piano Webern – Langsamer Satz

Devised by Phoebe Liu (Guildhall Schiool), this concert takes you through all the colours and scenes of the year in just Admission is free 45 minutes of song! A retiring collection will be donated to charity More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ and follow the link 'Concerts and events' Admission is free St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JUNE 2017 - continued Editor's note: We are indebted to Dickon Love, Company Bellringer to the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks for the following information

Thursday 29 June ─ continued 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Open bellringing performances 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend St Margaret Lothbury currently scheduled for the City of London 1310 'Out of the Deep' in June 2017 The sixth in the Musica Poetica lunchtime concert series Programme: Saturday 3 June Tunder – O Jesu Dulcissime 1430 3½ hr performance on Bow Bells Bruhns – De profundis clamavi by the St Paul's Cathedral Guild More information concerning this concert and the whole series at St Mary le Bow can be found at: http://musicapoetica.co.uk/tunder-world/ St Sepulchre without Newgate Sunday 4 June 2000 Heart of the City Summer Concert 1430 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells Do join us for heartfelt songs from around the world – by the Ancient Society of College Youths soothing balm for summer in the City at St James Garlickhythe This term we will be learning the Sing for Water repertoire

ready for the Thames Festival Event in September 1520 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells Suggested donation £10 – proceeds go to St Botolph's by the Ancient Society of College Youths For more information please contact Katie Rose on at St Mary le Bow [email protected] St Botolph Bishopsgate Monday 5 June 1730 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells by the St James' Guild Friday 30 June at St Dunstan in the West 1230 Organ Recital: Oliver Macfarlane St Stephen Walbrook 1300 Concert: John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School Wednesday 7 June & St Paul's Chapel Choir 1700 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells from Perth, Australia by the Worcester Cathedral Guild with Jonathan Bradley – organ at St Mary le Bow Directed by Hugh Lydon and Jamil Osman Programme: Music from Mozart, Elgar, Franck, Rutter, Tavener Saturday 10 June and a selection from 'The Rhythm of Life' 1000 3 hr performance on the bells 'Les Misérables' and a Cole Porter Medley at St Vedast, Foster Lane Free admission – Donations to the piano fund most welcome St Katharine Cree Saturday 17 June 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells Telemann 250th Anniversary Series: by the Ancient Society of College Youths "Affects" — A Gala Concert to mark the quarter of a ,millennium at St Michael Cornhill since the death of the composer on 25 June 1767 BELLOT ENSEMBLE directed by Edward Taylor Sunday 18 June Programme: 'Joy & Sorrow' — 1300 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells Telemann – Birthday Cantata TWV 12:6 – by the Open University Society 'Erklingt durch gedoppelt annehmliche Töne' at St James Garlickhythe (British premiere) Telemann – Concerto for Bass TWV 51:A5 Saturday 24 June Bach – Cantata BWV 13: 'Meine Seufzer, Meine Tränen' 1000 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells St Mary at Hill by the Chester Diocesan Guild 1315 Organ Recital: Marc Murray at St James Garlickhythe Programme: Handel arr Henry Coleman ― Overture to the Occasional Oratorio Saturday 24 June S Wesley ― Voluntary and Fugue in D Willan ― Passacaglia and Fugue No 2 in E minor In addition to the performances listed above, Malcolm Archer ― Lancaster Suite St Bride Fleet Street the Final of the National 12-Bell Striking Contest 1315 Recital: Paola Cammarota & Trio (Piano/Cello/Violin) (this being the "FA Cup Final" of bellringing) St Dunstan in the West will take place at 1730 to 1815 The Lord Mayor's 'St Stephen's Serenades' The next in a series of evening recitals held on the last Friday of Nine bands from around the country will compete for the Taylor Trophy each month. This month: The Lord Mayor's Composition Prize in this very public competition and it promises to present some of the played by a Wind Quintet. Free admission – just come along! finest 12-bell ringing to be heard. St Stephen Walbrook The first band will ring at 1130 and ringing will finish at 1600 The event will be attended by several hundred people.

July & August 2017 Published by FCC in conjunction with the Archdeaconnry of London

Our mission in City Events is to publicise events taking place in the City of London churches. While the listing of musical events plays a major part in City Events we should not forget the primary function of the City churches and in that respect we provide a comprehensive list of regular services taking place throughout the City. From time to time we list special services and in July there is one particular service which more than justifies its listing. In September 2014 we were all reminded of the 100 years that had elapsed since the outbreak of the World War 1, or the Great War as it is also known, and each year in City Events we list the special services of Remembrance held on or near thhe 11th of November. Since 2014 we have been reminded of key battles that took place in ‘the war to end all wars’. One such battle took place in 1917 and that was the Battle of Passchendaele, or, to give it its other name, the Third Battlle of Ypres. For the soldiers who fought at Passchendaele, it was known as the ‘Battle of Mud’. For many, together with The Somme in 2016, it epitomises the First World War. It was a major campaign fought by the Allies with the battle rraging on the Western Front from July to November 1917 for control of the ridges south and east of Ypres. At St Andrew Holborn there will be held on Thursday 13th July a Service of Commemoration of the Battle of Passchendaele. There are more details at the date entry in the Special Services section.

There is a wealth of interesting and excellent music to be heard in the City churches during July and August. As always the items seleected for comment here are those with some unusual quality which catches the eye. Dominating the two months are the Summer Music Festival at St Lawrence Jewry, Monday 31 July to Friday 25 August and the St Anne’s Bach Festival at St Mary at Hill during July. Full listings are given in the following pages. In the Summer Music Festival at St Lawrence Jewry the special theme is the work of J S Bach. The opening recitall on Monday 31 July by Tessa Uys (piano) features the much‐loved Goldberg Variations and this work will also be heard in the final eveent of the Festival on Friday 25 August, when it will be performed as an arrangement for string trio. All six of Bach’s Suittes for unaccompanied cello will be performed (Thursday 3rd, 10th and 17th August) and on Monday 21st August there is the opportunity to hear a Bach Chaconne arranged for the rare combination of four violas. On Wednesday 16th Auguust an unusual work by Bach can be heard ‐ his Coffee Cantata. Apparently Bach was a coffee enthusiast and he wrote this secular work in 1735 in celebration of the beverage. It is regarded as the closest Bach ever got to writing an opera. The whole Festival is set yo provide a feast of excellent music which will undoubtedly be performed to an excellent standard.

At St Mary at Hill the Bach Festival there opens on Friday 7th July also with a performance by of the Goldberg Variations but on this occasion the harpsichord will be the solo instrument played by Asako Ogawa. The Bach Festival ends on Friday 28th July with a programme that includes Bach’s concerto for three violins. Picking up tthe theme of concertos, on Wednesday 5th July at St Sepulchre without Newgate a piano concerto extravaganza (to quote the publicity for the concert) can be heard. Beethoven’s No 3 and the No 2 by Brahms will be performed. The lattter concerto will provide the soloist Shu‐Wei Tseng with a formidable challenge. It is interesting to note that she is also a solo ‘cellist.

At St Botolph Bishopsgate commencing Monday 10th July, Lunchbreak Opera will be presenting twice daily (except Wednesday 12th July) until Friday 14th July Puccini’s opera in one act – 'Suor Angelica'. It takes just 50 minutes to perform, admission is free and it should prove to be an intriguing musical experience.

Of the numerous organ recitals two catch one’s eye. At St Michael Cornhill on Monday 24th July James Thomas will “delight with kaleidoscopic Variations”, including works by Pachelbel, Alain, J S Bach and ending with a transcription of Variations on a theme of Haydn by Brahms. At St Brride Fleet Street on Friday 28th July Mattthew Morley will perform a transcription of Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ which promises to be stimulating, particularly the 10th and final picture. Then to show just how eclectic is the musicaal spectrum in City Events this month, at St Dunstan in the West on Tuesday 18th July the Freshfields Choir will round offf their concert with a medley of songs from 'Mama Mia' the ABBA musical.

One hesitates to venture into hyperbole but your editor feels justified in labelling this double edition of City Events a bumper one with an amazing variety of musical performances listed and to be enjoyed. We now take a month off. The next edition will cover September and we hope our readers will have an enjoyable and musically rewarding summer

The Friends of the City Churches, Churchh of St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BA Visit: www.london‐city‐churches.org.uk for more information and the location of the churches in the City

Tuesday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn JULY AND AUGUST 2017 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less The entries below show the normal pattern of services for City 1230 to 1300 Eucharist (said) with brief address St Dunstan in the West Churches and a few churches ‘just over the City borders’. Entries 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr are for Church of England services except where indicated otherwise. 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) ‘1st Monday’, ‘2nd Monday’ etc refer to the 1st Monday, 2nd Monday St Mary Moorfields etc of the month. 1230 to 1300 Holy Communion St Mary Woolnoth 1230 Holy Communion (said), followed by coffee and sandwiches While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the services shown (Not in August) St Olave Hart Street are subject to change immediately before, during and after major 1300 to 1330 Communion in the Crypt, with a focus on prayers for healing festivals and at Bank or other holidays, as well as during the All Hallows by the Tower summer months. You are strongly advised to contact churches to 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 check the details. St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1300 to 1400 (any time) Contemporary Worship (Not 25 July Not in August) For a list of weekend (particularly Sunday) services please go to the St Sepulchre without Newgate Friends of the City Churches website at www.london-city- 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate churches.org.uk and follow the links from ‘Events’ and ‘City Events’. 1305 to 1335 Bible Talk, with lunch available after the talk St Helen Bishopsgate 1305 Meditation (in the crypt chapel) St Mary le Bow Monday 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1310 Contemporary Worship and Teaching Christ Church, Spitalfields (0700 on 1st day of Hebrew religious month; 0800 on Bank Holidays) 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn For details please see www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/ 1310 Holy Communion with short address (On 15 August Choral Eucharist Bevis Marks Synagogue at 1300 – see Special Services) St Andrew Holborn 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1310 to 1340 Bible Talk, following sandwich lunch at 1300 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn St Botolph Aldersgate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 to 1340 Holy Communion St Margaret Lothbury 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1315 to 1345 Meditation and prayers for humanity and the earth 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow (in the Tent) Open to all Please arrive a few minutes before 1315 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1200 to 1230 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – 1700 to 1730 ‘Words of Hope’ – quiet reflective service all welcome) St Mary Aldermary St Clement Eastcheap 1215 Prayer Service St Vedast alias Foster 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields St Mary Moorfields 1830 Choral Evensong (traditional) (Choral Eucharist on 3rd Tuesday) 1245 Holy Communion (Not in August) St Mary at Hill (Not 25 July Not in August) St Sepulchre without Newgate 1300 to 1345 Contemplative Prayer St Edmund King & Martyr (London Centre for Spiritual Direction) Wednesday 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) St Etheldreda, Ely Place (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0815 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields St Mary Aldermary

0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow Tuesday 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0830 to 0915 Holy Communion (Not in August) St Lawrence Jewry 0730 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0730 to 0930 ‘Start: Stop’ – start the day by stopping to reflect – 10 minute welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal reflections beginning every 15 minutes - just drop in 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church St Stephen Walbrook 0915 Morning Prayer (Eucharist on 1st Wednesday) 0745 Holy Communion (said) followed by light breakfast (Not in August) St Edmund King & Martyr (London Centre for Spiritual Direction) St Mary at Hill 1205 RC Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 0745 Eucharist followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 0800 to 0900 Café Prayer – an opportunity for stillness and prayer, Bible 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) reading and reflection Coffee served (Not in August) St Katharine Cree St Mary Moorfields 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1245 to 1315 (3rd Wednesday) Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting for 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street Worship Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Quaker Court, Banner St 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate as you wish St Margaret Lothbury 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public /continued welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal

Thursday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN JULY AND 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields AUGUST 2017 − continued 1305 to 1335 ‘St Nick's Talks’ Bible Talk St Nicholas Cole Abbey 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 Holy Communion with short address (Not 13 July – see Special Wednesday ─ continued Services) St Andrew Holborn 1300 (1st Wednesday) Eucharist (using a traditional Iona Community 1310 to 1350 Bible Talk, with lunch available, followed by Question Time liturgy) followed by discussion All welcome St Helen Bishopsgate St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate 1315 to 1345 Lunchtime Service (Free Church) City Temple 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1315 Holy Communion (Not in August) St Martin within Ludgate 1305 ‘Not on a Sunday’ – informal worship with prayers and song 1315 to 1345 Holy Communion (BCP said) (during legal term-time) (Not in August) St Katharine Cree Temple Church 1305 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1400 to 1420 Prayers – Offering up the prayers from the church’s prayer 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields board and the London Internet Church St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1310 to 1340 ‘Moorgate Talks’ Bible Talk, following lunch at 1300, at the Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street Amber Bar & Restaurant, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, EC2Y 9AW 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow under the auspices of St Botolph Aldersgate 1800 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (with Confraternity of the 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate Blessed Sacrament Vespers on 1st Thursday) 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1800 (Normally 1st Thursday) Choral Evensong, followed by Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street ‘Thursday Conversation’ at 1830 (Not in August) St Mary at Hill 1730 Choral Evensong (during legal term-time) Temple Church 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1805 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer – ‘Pursuit’ Prayer and Worship 1830 to 1915 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – Service All welcome (Free Church) City Temple all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn Friday 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) Thursday (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0730 to 0930 ‘Headroom’ – short reflections with music and contemplation 0800 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) Just drop in St Margaret Pattens St Mary Aldermary 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 0830 Eucharist (said) (Lady Chapel) St Bartholomew the Great 1200 to 1500 Quiet Personal Prayer St Joseph Bunhill Row 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1200 to 1230 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public all welcome) St Mary Aldermary welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1230 Pastoral Conversation or Confession (Sacrament Chapel, or apply 1210 Holy Communion St Botolph Bishopsgate at the Vestry) St Mary le Bow 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1230 Holy Communion (BCP) St Andrew by the Wardrobe St Mary Moorfields 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand 1305 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1245 to 1330 Eucharist with the St Stephen’s Voices, followed by light lunch 1315 to 1400 Holy Communion (Not in August) St Lawrence Jewry St Stephen Walbrook 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go as Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street you wish St Mary Woolnoth 1800 Paraklesis (replaced on 1st Friday and during fasting periods by 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place Service of Holy Unction) Followed at 1900 to 2200 by Catechesis 1300 to 1330 (1st Thursday) Private Prayer and Reflection (Not in August) and Confessions (Romanian Orthodox) St Dunstan in the West St Giles Cripplegate 1800 (1st Friday) RC Low Mass in the Extra-Ordinary Form 1300 Holy Communion (Normally with choir on 1st Thursday) St Etheldreda, Ely Place St Margaret Pattens 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer - Equipping Night Service 1305 Holy Communion, followed by coffee and sandwiches (Not in August) Praise and Worship (Free Church) City Temple St Katharine Cree 1930 Jewish Friday Evening Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) (1830 in winter months – please check on www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/) Bevis Marks Synagogue

SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN

JULY 2017 AUGUST 2017

Sunday 2 July Thursday 10 August 1115 Choral Mattins (and Baptism and Wedding Reunion Service) 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate Temple Church Tuesday 15 August – The Blessed Virgin Mary 1300 Choral Eucharist St Andrew Holborn Monday 3 July – St Thomas, Apostle 1305 Eucharist (said) St Mary le Bow 1230 to 1300 Eucharist (said) St Dunstan in the West 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’: Life of Repentance One of a series of services of music and liturgy with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, exploring ‘Reformation 500’ in the 500th anniversary year of the beginning of the Reformation LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS St Stephen Walbrook IN JULY 2017

Thursday 6 July 1300 Choral Eucharist St Margaret Pattens 1800 Choral Evensong followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below Monday 3 July St Mary at Hill 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion For those who have questions about faith and how to include it in all aspects of our lives Sunday 9 July The group meets on Mondays in July to help and encourage 1500 Patronal Service for St Benedict’s Day (11 July) one other on our journey of faith, work and life (Services at St Benet’s are primarily in Welsh, with translation Join us upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB provided in the order of service) St Benet Paul’s Wharf St Olave Hart Street

Thursday 13 July 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate Thursday 6 July 1300 Service of Commemoration of the Battle of Passchendaele 1830 Thursday Conversation with Sam Gyimah MP on Officiant: The Rt Revd Jonathan Baker, Bishop of Fulham and A Country that works for Everyone Guild Vicar of St Andrew Holborn St Andrew Holborn following Choral Evensong at 1800 For more information see the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below St Mary at Hill

Wednesday 19 July

1730 Annual Service of Celebration This year’s service marks the

60th Anniversary of the rededication of St Lawrence Jewry

following its reconstruction after bombing in World War II Monday 10 July Preacher: the Ven Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Archdeacon of the 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Two Cities St Lawrence Jewry Please see the entry for 3 July

Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB

St Olave Hart Street Thursday 20 July

1800 Service for St James’s Day (25 July) with Lloyds Choir, followed by West Indian supper and jazz band in the churchyard St Katharine Cree 1830 Choral Evensong St Margaret Pattens Tuesday 11 July 1045 to 1530 Oasis Day: You have searched me out and known me Sunday 23 July Led by the Revd Lu Gale, Vicar of St John, Shirley 1100 Patronal Festival service Followed by lunch and jazz band in the Oasis Days offer a monthly time of quiet reflection to re-charge churchyard St Olave Hart Street one’s spiritual batteries with stimulating speakers 1830 Bach Choral Vespers Lutheran service of Vespers, including Cost £15 - Lunch/ tea & coffee provided J S Bach’s Cantata BWV 150, Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, Pre-booking by Thursday 6 July needed for catering purposes performed by the City Bach Collective on period instruments To book please telephone the Revd Martin Davies on St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill 07429 612642 or e-mail [email protected] St Andrew Holborn

Sunday 30 July 1115 Choral Holy Communion Last Service of the Legal Year Temple Church

LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JULY 2017 IN AUGUST 2017 — continued

Saturday 1 July 1030 Voices of London Festival Chorus Concert Friday 14 July Voices of London presents an evening of English choral music 1100 to 1600 Knowing Me, Knowing You sung by the Festival's massed choir of over 200 voices A session led by Jill Foulger in the Developing Direction series, Programme: to support and encourage spiritual directors in their practice Jonathan Dove – The Passing of the Year The session introduces the Enneagram, a special personal George Shearing – Songs and Sonnets typology which not only provides descriptions of different types John Rutter – Feel the Spirit of people but also provides wisdom for the journey to wholeness. Conductors – Richard Harker & Helen Smee Thus it can be a helpful lens for spiritual directors to understand Also featuring: and support the people they accompany Music Makers of London conducted by Hilary Campbell Please go to www.lcsd.org.uk and follow the links from ‘Courses Tickets: £12 / £8 from: and Events’ for further information, cost and to book http://www.voicesoflondonfestival.com/events London Centre for Spiritual Direction, St Edmund King & Martyr and follow the link at 'Book Now' St Sepulchre without Newgate 1900 to 2200 Rock Opera at St Olave's An art and sound installation of the sounds made by rocks St Olave Hart Street Monday 17 July 1930 and 2130 CITY COW BELL 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Please see the entry As part of Art Night London artists Serge Vuille and Robert Torche for 3 July Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB aim to bring together city and countryside through the sound of St Olave Hart Street their bells and the traditions around them. Travelling from the Morteau Foundry, farmer Elie Grosjean's cows and Vauffelin's bell tower in the Swiss Jura mountains, to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and St Paul's Cathedral Robert Torche and Serge Vuille create a multimedia show composed of interviews, videos, surround recordings and instrumental performances Monday 24 July Admission is free Running time is 55 minutes 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Please see the entry For more information about Art Night London please visit: for 3 July Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB http://www.artnight.london/ St Botolph Aldgate St Olave Hart Street Sunday 2 July 1330 to 1630 Workshop: The Tenebrae Effect Would you like to find out what it takes to be a Tenebrae singer? Nigel Short (former Director of Music of Tenebrae) will be holding Monday 31 July a workshop on the following repertoire: 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Please see the entry Chilcott – Marriage to My Lady Poverty for 3 July Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB Stanford – The Blue Bird St Olave Hart Street Parry – My Soul There is a Country, Songs of Farewell Scores will be provided on the day For more information and to purchase tickets please visit: http://www.tenebrae-choir.com/ and click on 'Events' and then 'Workshops' at the appropriate date Tuesday 8 August St Bartholomew the Great 1045 to 1530 Oasis Day: And God saw that it was good Led by Jane Franklin and Martin Davies Monday 3 July Oasis Days offer a monthly time of quiet reflection to re-charge 1300 Recital: Juan Pablo Hinojosa – piano one’s spiritual batteries with stimulating speakers Programme: Cost £15 - Lunch/ tea & coffee provided Beethoven – Sonata in E major Op 109 Pre-booking by Thursday 3 August needed for catering purposes Liszt – St Francis Walks on the Waves To book please telephone the Revd Martin Davies on Debussy – Children's Corner Suite 07429 612642 or e-mail [email protected] OR St Andrew Holborn Juan Pablo Hinojosa – Altar Piece St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Organ Recital: Alessandro Bianchi (Lugano, Switzerland) Programme:

Hielscher – Festive Fanfares Festing, arr Thalben-Ball – Largo, Allegro & Aria with 2 variations Bossi – Thème & Variations Op 15 Guilmant – Sonata 2, Op 50 Torres – Saeta 4 Claussman – Toccata St Michael Cornhill

Wednesday 5 July EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JULY 2017 — 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Jamaican Spiritual Art' continued For information about this exhibition please refer to the entry at Tuesday 4 July St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Recital: Poppy Beddoe – clarinet, Emma Purslow – violin, Monday 3 July – continued Roelof Temmingh – piano 1305 Recital: Programme: Chloe Stratta – soprano, Anna Marie McLachlan – mezzo-soprano Brahms – Clarinet Concert in in E♭ major Op 120 Laurence Panter – piano Programme: Songs, one dozen in total, by Mendelssohn, Stravinsky – L'Histoire du Soldat Suite Brahms, Mozart, Handel, Humperdinck, Franck, Debussy, St Botolph Aldgate Fauré, Offenbach and Ivor Novello 1305 Recital: Angela Hicks – soprano , Eleanor Meynell – piano St Martin Ludgate St Olave Hart Street 1310 Concert: 'Song in the City' — Young Artists in the City 1315 Recital: Kevin McGregor – tenor St Dunstan in the West 1315 Organ Recital: Paul Griffiths (Dubai) Temple Church Young artists from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama

The Young Artists in the City series is devised by vocal and piano 1930 Johannes Ensemble Concert accompaniment students, and recent conservatoires graduates. It Angelika-Rose Stangl – conductor gives an opportunity to an aspiring musician to be the driving David Alexander – piano force behind one of our themed concerts, providing valuable Shu-Wei Tseng – piano professional development. Programme: Letters to the distant beloved Beethoven – Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37

Sofia Marafona, soprano James Way, tenor Brahms – Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major Op 88 Maya Irgalina, piano The repertoire is a piano concerto extravaganza with the Maya Irgalina (Guildhall School), who has devised Letters to the two concerti listed above Last year the ensemble distant beloved writes: "Distance gives way to solitude and started a journey with pianist David Alexander and this uncertainty of dreams; it pauses between past and inevitable concert is the third of our cycle of Beethoven's piano future, allows longing and illusions... in just 40 minutes, including concerto. The soloists are David Alexander who will play Beethoven's and Menotti's music, we will try to answer the the Beethoven concerto and Shu-Wei Tseng who will play question: What the distance means to us?" the Brahms concerto

More information may be found at: songinthecity.org/about/ Tickets: £12 / £10 / £5 (plus booking fee) from: and follow the link 'Concerts and events' https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/johannes-ensemble-tickets-35242587528 Admission is free St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall St Sepulchre without Newgate Thursday 6 July Tuesday 4 July 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Jamaican Spiritual Art' 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Jamaican Spiritual Art' For information about this exhibition please refer to the entry at Launch Day of this exhibition, curated by Art Jamaica founder Tuesday 4 July St Stephen Walbrook Theresa Roberts. The show is made up of , sculpture and 1305 Organ Recital: Stephen Disley (Southwark Cathedral) photography highlighting the strong spiritual nature of Jamaica and St Mary le Bow its people. The exhibition will be open 1000 to 1600 on weekdays 1305 Recital: EOS TRIO until Friday 14 July St Stephen Walbrook Angela Najaryan – violin, Paul Evernden – clarinet, 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Jelena Makarova – piano include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch St Olave Hart Street 1300 Organ Recital: Richard Moore (London) 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Programme: 1300 Organ Recital: Allessandro Bianchi (from Italy) J S Bach – Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 541 St Margaret Lothbury Vierne – Berceuse; Arabesque - from 24 Pièces en style liibre 1800 Choral Evensong, followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 Carillon de Westminster from 24 Pièces de fantaisie Evensong will be sung by Seraphim, the St Mary at Hill Choir Reubke – Sonata on the 94th Psalm St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Recital: The Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkins will be in conversation with Maria Zachariadou – cello, Vicky Yannoula – piano Sam Gyimah MP The subject will be: St Stephen Walbrook 'A Country that works for everyone' 1315 Recital: Niel Du Preez – piano We conclude the evening with a glass of wine and some friendly reflection Programme: Beethoven – Sonata in F minor Op 57 Admission is free Donations are welcome St Mary at Hill Scriabin – Preludes Op 11 1930 Concert: Fauré's Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine Liszt – Ballade No 2 in B minor S 171 St Bride Fleet Street Performed by The Macfarlanes Chorus with the Orion Orchestra 1315 Recital: Michiko Gibbs – violin, Momoyo Kokubu – organ and professional soloists. Programme: After the concert canapés and wine will be served in the church Rheinberger – Suite for violin and organ St Mary at Hill Tickets: £10 – The proceeds will go to: 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House The Brain Tumour Charity Supporter Group Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: For more information and to purchase tickets please search: [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street The Macfarlane's Summer Concert – The Brain Tumour Charity 1800 Haberdashers' Abraham Darby Academy – Showband Concert and follow the link 'Buy tickets for the Summer Concert' For more details please visit: [email protected] St Andrew Holborn St Lawrence Jewry

Friday 7 July — continued EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JULY 2017 — continued 1945 Concert: to be given by Tenebrae Programme: Joby Talbot – The Path of Miracles Friday 7 July The Path of Miracles is a work based on the most enduring route 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Jamaican Spiritual Art' of Catholic pilgrimage, the great Pilgrimage to Santiago. For information about this exhibition please refer to the entry at Candlelight, singing from memory and an imaginative use of the Tuesday 4 July St Stephen Walbrook concert space guarantees Tenebrae at its dramatic best in the 1230 Organ Recital: Jeremy Cole (Wells Cathedral) magnificent setting of London’s oldest church. St Stephen Walbrook Join us at 18:45 for a free pre-concert talk in the Lady Chapel of 1315 Organ Recital: Martin Ellis St Dunstan in the West St Bartholomew the Great with Tenebrae’s Artistic Director, Nigel Short, and composer Joby Talbot, led by Kathryn McDowell.

For more information and to purchase tickets please go to: http://www.tenebrae-choir.com/ and click on 'Events' and then MUSIC-AT-HILL the button 'i' in the entry at the appropriate date St Bartholomew the Great presents the twenty-second

ST ANNE'S BACH FESTIVAL Saturday 8 July 1930 Concert: "Summer Selection" The London Welsh Chorale at the City Church of St Mary at Hill Musical Director – Edward-Rhys Harry A feast of Baroque Music Accompanist – Jenny Trew Programme: combining the works of J S Bach John Rutter – "The Sprig of Thyme" with those of his contemporary Telemann The programme will include some old favourites as well as music in the latter's 250th year new to the Chorale, from Welsh composers old and new, and contemporary writers such as Geijlo, Lauridsen and Mealor The recitals and concerts take place Tickets: £15 / £12 available from: throughout July – full details are given below www.londonwelshchorale.org.uk/next-concert at the appropriate dates St Sepulchre without Newgate 1930 Cello Song – Summer Music for Choir and Cello All events are free of charge with a retiring collection The Chandos Chamber Choir will be joined by internationally Refreshments will be available recognised cellist Matthew Sharp to perform an evening of pieces before and after each performance composed specially for choir and cello James Davey – conductor Matthew Sharp – cello Programme: Anton Arensky – Three quartets Op 57 (sung in Russian) 1305 Opening Concert of the 22nd St Anne's Bach Festival Tarik O'Regan – Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Variations for a Choir Asako Ogawa – harpsichord Richard Allain – Night

J S Bach – Goldberg Variations (complete) BWV 1079 Frank Ferko – Lord, let at last Thine angels come Sollima – Lamentatio (solo cello) St Mary at Hill Ola Gjeilo – O Magnum Mysterium 1315 Recital: William Dutton – violin, Richard Rodney Bennett – A Farewell to Arms Programme: John Tavener – Svyati (sung in Slavonic) Telemann – Fantasia for Solo Violin No 6 in E minor TWV 40:20 Tickets: £12 Concessions £8 at the door or from: Huw Watkins – Partita for Solo Violin 1 – Maestoso http://chandoschamberchoir.org.uk/events/2017-summer-concert/ J S Bach – Violin Partita No3 in E major BWV 1006 St Vedast alias Foster St Bride Fleet Street Sunday 9 July 1930 Concert: Music We'd Like to Hear – (UN)FORGETTABLES 1930 Concert: The Godwine Choir The second concert in our annual contemporary music series Baroque Masterpieces for a Summer Evening Premieres of music for piano trio by Paul Newland, Programme: Early choral works — Makiko Nishikaze, Tom Johnson and Alvin Lucier Schütz – Musikalische Exequien This work, written c 1635/36, Tickets £12 in the door (£10 in advance and more information was the first Requiem in the German Language from: www.musicwedliketohear.com) St Mary at Hill Gabrieli – Jubilate Deo Gibbons – This is the Record of John 1930 "Riversong" — London City Chorus Concert Monteverdi – Cantate Domino Paul Ayres – conductor Tickets: £10 Concessions £5 For tickets and more information: Beautiful music on a riparian theme www.godwinechoir.org St Botolph Bishopsgate ranging from Handel and Palestrina to showtunes and Jazz. Guest soloists join us to sing favourites like Moon River and Cry me a River plus Ravel's dazzling piano solo Jeux d'eau from our accompanist Philip Shannon Tickets (including interval refreshments): £10 on the door or from: http://www.londoncitychorus.com/tickets/4591211526 St Sepulchre without Newgate

Tuesday 11 July EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JULY 2017 — 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Jamaican Spiritual Art' continued For information about this exhibition please refer to the entry at Tuesday 4 July St Stephen Walbrook 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Monday 10 July include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Jamaican Spiritual Art' 1300 Organ Recital: Richard Moore (London) For information about this exhibition please refer to the entry at Programme: Tuesday 4 July St Stephen Walbrook Guy Weitz – Symphony No 1 1300 Recital: Dinara Klinton – piano J S Bach – Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 662, 663, 664 Programme: Vierne – Stèle pour un enfant défunt Bach/Busoni – Prelude and Fugue BWV 532 Huw Watkins – Toccata St Lawrence Jewry Meitner – Sonata Romantica Op 53 No 1 1305 to 1355 Lunchbreak Opera presents Puccini's Suor Angelica Diana Klinton performs through the joint St Lawrence Jewry and Please refer to the box display at Monday 10 July for more details Worshipful Company of Musicians Scheme for young St Botolph Bishopsgate prizewinners of the Company St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Recital: Ensemble Molière Period instrument ensemble 1300 Organ Recital: Ian Le Grice (London) specialising in music from the Baroque era Programme: 'Air de Versailles' Buxtehude – Passacaglia in D BuxWV 161 Karg-Elert – Chorale Improvisation, O meine Seele Let Ensemble Molière transport you to Versailles Bach – 'St Anne' Prelude & Fugue in E flat BWV 552 with music by Lully, Couperin and Rameau Martin – Evensong Players: Flavia Hirte – flute, Alice Earll – violin, Franck – Choral 1 in E St Michael Cornhill Jakab Kaufmann – bassoon, Kate Conway – viola da gamba/cello Satoko Doi-Luck – harpsichord Bethan White – oboe, Ellen Bundy – violin St Stephen Walbrook St Botolph Bishopsgate 1315 Recital: Helen Schilsky – viola, Simon Reynolds – piano Lunchbreak Opera Programme: Granados – From 12 Danzas Españolas: (Op 37) 2. 'Oriental' presents Schubert – Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 Schumann – Three Romances for viola and piano Op 94 Suor Angelica St Bride Fleet Street Giacomo Puccini's opera in one act lasting 50 minutes 1315 Recital: Katherine MacRae – soprano, Jodie Schloss – piano Programme: Monday 10 July to Friday 14 July Mozart – Exultate Jubilate at Debussy – 4 Chansons de Jeunesse St Mary at Hill 1.05pm and 6.30pm every day ** 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: Free entry with retiring collection [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street ** Please note Choral Eucharist at 1.10pm 1805 to 1855 Lunchbreak Opera presents Puccini's Suor Angelica replaces the lunchtime performance Please refer to the box display at Monday 10 July for more details on Wednesday 12 July St Botolph Bishopsgate

Wednesday 12 July 1305 Recital: Stuart Raeburn – tenor, with David Elwin – piano 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Jamaican Spiritual Art' St Martin Ludgate For information about this exhibition please refer to the entry at 1930 Concert: London Youth Choir – Water Music 300 Tuesday 4 July St Stephen Walbrook Join the London Youth Choir for the culmination of a special 1305 Organ Recital: Michael Overbury project celebrating the 300th anniversary of the premiere of Programme: Works by Byrd, Munday, Tomkins, Bull & Gibbons Handel's Water Music on the River Thames St Botolph Aldgate

Supported by members of the Girls' and Chamber Choirs the 1305 Recital: Boris Bizjak – flute, Maria Canyigueral – piano concert programme centres on the theme of water and will St Olave Hart Street feature the premiere of a songbook of pieces composed by the 1315 Recital: Ee-Ping Yee – soprano, Pei Chao Liao – piano Boys' Choir exploring the history and significance of the Thames St Dunstan in the West 1315 Organ Recital: Alessandro Bianchi – (Cantu, Italy) Tickets: £12 / £7 21 & under / 5 & under free Temple Church For more information and to purchase tickets please go to: 1805 to 1855 Lunchbreak Opera presents Puccini's Suor Angelica www.londonyouthchoir.com/water-music-300-i-10th-july-2017 Please refer to the box display at Monday 10 July for more details St Andrew Holborn St Botolph Bishopsgate

Friday 14 July — continued

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JULY 2017 — 1930 Concert: Music We'd Like to Hear – WAVES continued Third and final concert in our annual contemporary music series Programme: Walter Zimmerman – Aisha Orazbayeva (violin) plays an extended work for violin solo Thursday 13 July John McGuire – UK premiere of "48 Variations for two pianos" 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Jamaican Spiritual Art' played by Mark Knoop and Roderick Chadwick For information about this exhibition please refer to the entry at Tickets £12 in the door (£10 in advance and more information Tuesday 4 July St Stephen Walbrook from: www.musicwedliketohear.com) St Mary at Hil 1305 to 1355 Lunchbreak Opera presents Puccini's Suor Angelica Please refer to the box display at Monday 14 July for more details Monday 17 July St Botolph Bishopsgate 0900 Launch of "From Rome to London" Summer Mosaics Exhibition 1305 Organ Recital: Paul Brough (St Mary's, Bourne Street) This exhibition will run from today, each weekday 0900 to 1700 St Mary le Bow until Friday 15 September. It will also be open on 1305 Recital: Elenid Owen – violin, Evgenia Startseva – piano Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 September 1000 to 1700 St Olave Hart Street as part of London Open House 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower More information about mosaics can be found by searching 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays with some special guests 'Summer Mosaics Exhibition – St Lawrence Jewry ' from Europe St Margaret Lothbury St Lawrence Jewry 1805 to 1855 Lunchbreak Opera presents Puccini's Suor Angelica 1300 Recital: Matthew McCombie – piano Please refer to the box displayat Monday 10 July for more details Programme: St Botolph Bishopsgate Glinka/Balakirev – The Lark Peter Creswell – Piano Sonata in D minor 1830 Lloyd's Choir Summer Concert Rachmaninov – Prelude in D Major Op 23 No 4 Programme: Prelude in G minor Op 23 No 5 Kodály – Missa Brevis Chopin – Polonaise in A flat major Op 53 St Lawrence Jewry 'See the Gypsies' 1300 Organ Recital: Thomas Heywood (Melbourne, Australia) Evening Song Programme: Jánáček – Otčenáš Verdi arr Lemare – Grand March from Aida Tickets: £15/£10 on the door or in advance from choir members Grieg arr Heywood – Lyric Suite Op 54 St Katharine Cree Fletcher – Festival Toccata (1915) Handel arr Porter – Minuet from Berenice Dvořák arr Lemare – Allegro con fuoco, from New World Symphony St Michael Cornhill Friday 14 July 1305 Recital: Katherine MacRea – soprano, Hunter Mabery – piano 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Jamaican Spiritual Art' Programme: Final day of this exhibition. For information about this exhibition Mozart – Exultate Jubilate please refer to the entry at Tuesday 4 July Debussy – Quatre Chansons de Jeunesse St Stephen Walbrook Works by Rachmaninov and Britten St Martin Ludgate 1305 to 1355 Lunchbreak Opera presents Puccini's Suor Angelica 1930 Barts Academic Festival Choir & Orchestra Please refer to the box at Monday 14 July for more details Summer Concert St Botolph Bishopsgate Programme: 1305 St Anne's Bach Festival Event Haydn – Symphony No 98 in B♭ major Hob I/98 FOLLIA directed by William Summers Programme: Vivaldi – Double Trumpet Concerto in C major RV 537 Telemann – Quartet in D major Gloria RV 589 Rameau – Pièces de Clavecin en Concert Tickets: £15 Concessions £10 Wine in the interval Bach – Trio Sonata from the Musical Offering BWV 1079 The proceeds go to Barts Cancer Unit St Mary at Hill Everyone is very welcome – bring your friends! 1230 Organ Recital: Hans Uwe Hielscher (Wiesbaden, Germany) The Great Hall at St Bartholomew's Hospital St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Recital: Oliver Nelson – violin, Vasileios Rakitzis – piano Tuesday 18 July Programme: 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry Schubert – Sonata in A minor D 385 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Stravinsky – Suite Italienne St Bride Fleet Street include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1805 to 1855 Lunchbreak Opera presents Puccini's Suor Angelica 1300 Organ Recital: Mark Keane (Galway, Eire) Please refer to the box display at Monday 10 July for more details Programme: St Botolph Bishopsgate de Grigny – Dialogue sur les grands jeux from Veni Creator 1900 Concert: The Giltspur Singers directed by Chris Maxim Buxtehude – Komm heiliger Geist BuxWv 199V The programme will include the première of Chris's new suite for J S Bach – Komm heiliger Geist BWV 651 & 652 clarinet and piano Cat Litter, played by Antonia Mott, Selmar Müller – Fantaisie über Komm, heiliger Geist No 42 accompanied by the composer; Karg-Elert – Chorale Improvisation: plus Chris's choral suite Songs of Gods and Mortals. Komm, heiliger Geist Op 65 No 39 Tickets: £15 on the door St Mary le Bow Duruflé – Choral varié sur le theme du Veni Creator St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Recital: Naomi McLean – cello St Stephen Walbrook

Friday 21 July EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JULY 2017 — 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry continued 1000 to 1600 'Four Seasons' Opening day of an exhibition of paintings by James Myers and Dominic Beer Tuesday 18 July — continued Around 30 colourful canvases, largely in abstract expressionist style, will enhance the final week of the Music-at-Hill Bach 1315 Recital: The Aralt Quartet Festival St Mary at Hill Gillian Mott – violin 1, David Wallace – violin 2 1305 St Anne's Bach Festival Event Zami Lalil – viola, Jay Jenkinson – cello CONCENTUS VII directed by Belinda Paul Programme: Ravel – String Quartet Programme: To include works by Telemann and Bach Webern – 'Langsamer Satz' for String Quartet St Mary at Hill St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Organ Recital: Gary Desmond (Bath Abbey) 1315 Recital: Richard Latham – baritone, Andrew Macmillan – piano St Stephen Walbrook Programme: 1315 Recital: Ingrid Kvale – accordion Schubert – An Sylvia, MusenSohn, Rastlose Liebe Programme: Duparc – Romance de Mignon Widor – Symphony No 2 in D major Op 13 No 2: Finzi – Let us garlands bring St Mary at Hill iv Salve Regina 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Simon Preston – Alleluyas Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: Fantasia – The Christmas Light [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street Nigel Clarke – On the Wings of the Wind 1800 to 2000 LIVE in the Churchyard Rheinberger – From Sonata No 8 in E minor Op 132 — Two nights of jazz and jive, free events, cash bar and dining iv Passacaglia The first night is all about jazz with Kansas Smitty's St Bride Fleet Street Further details at: www.stmarylebow.co.uk St Mary le Bow 1915 A Concert for a Summer Evening 1815 Concert: Freshfields Choir Summer Concert The CMS Chorale and City Music Services Conductor: Andrew Sackett present a medley of items ranging from Programme: opera arias to songs from the shows. Elgar – Give unto the Lord Admission by donation – all welcome Stanford – For lo, I raise up All Hallows by the Tower Johnson, Andersson & Ulvaeus – Mama Mia! Medley Sunday 23 July Free Admission St Dunstan in the West 1830 St Anne's Bach Festival Event LUTHERAN BACH VESPERS Wednesday 19 July With the City Bach Collective led by Hazel Brooks 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry featuring Bach Cantata BWV 150, ‘Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich’ 1305 Organ Recital: St Mary at Hill Programme: Works by Stanley, Bull, Sweelinck & Couperin St Botolph Aldgate 1305 Recital: Rebecca Afonwy-Jones – mezzo-soprano Evgenia Startseva – piano Monday 24 July St Olave Hart Street 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Recital: Mihai Ritivoiu – piano St Dunstan in the West 1000 to 1600 'Four Seasons' 1315 Organ Recital: Roger Sayer – (Temple Church) An exhibition of paintings by James Myers and Dominic Beer For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 21 July Temple Church St Mary at Hill 1800 to 2000 LIVE in the Churchyard 1300 Recital: Anna Le Hair – piano Two nights of jazz and jive, free events, cash bar and dining Programme: The second night we'll jive with The Daisy Chains Poulenc – 8 Nocturnes Further details at: www.stmarylebow.co.uk St Mary le Bow Chopin – 2 Nocturnes (Op 27 No1 & No2) Rachmaninov – Etude Tableau Op 23 No 3 in D minor Thursday 20 July Liszt – Au lac de Wallenstadt (from Années de Pèlerinage) 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry Waldesrauchen (Concert Study No 1) 1305 Organ Recital: David Aprahamian Liddle (St Barnabas, Pimlico) St Lawrence Jewry St Mary le Bow 1300 Organ Recital: James Thomas (Nelson Cathedral, New Zealand) 1305 Recital: Elsie Woollard – oboe, Mark Gibbs – viola, delights with kaleidoscopic Variations Chris Atkinson – piano St Olave Hart Street Programme: 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Pachelbel – Ciacona in F major P 42 1310 Organ Recital: Lionel Rogg (Geneva, Switzerland) Alain – Variations sur un Thème de Jannequin St Margaret Lothbury Bach – Chorale Partita, Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig BWV 768 Brahms arr Roff – Variations on a theme of Haydn St Michael Cornhill 1305 Recital: To be arranged St Martin Ludgate

Friday 28 July EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JULY 2017 — 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry continued 1000 to 1600 'Four Seasons' Final day of an exhibition of paintings by James Myers and Dominic Beer For more information please refer to the entry Tuesday 25 July at Friday 21 July St Mary at Hill 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 1030 Londinium – The Roman City 1000 to 1600 'Four Seasons' As part of the Festival of Archaeology All Hallows is pleased to An exhibition of paintings by James Myers and Dominic Beer offer this guided walk around the Roman City of Londinium. For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 21 July The walk costs £8 per person and lasts about two and a half St Mary at Hill hours – no need to book, just come to the church on the day 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually All Hallows by the Tower include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1305 St Anne's Bach Festival Event 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis FOLLIA directed by William Summers Programme: 'Lollipops' St Lawrence Jewry Programme: 1310 Recital: Jane Gilbert – piccolo, flute, alto flute Bach – Trio sonata in G BWV 1038 Neil Wright – organ St Stephen Walbrook Rameau – Pièces de Clavecin en Concert No 5 in D minor 1315 Recital: Facundo González Laborde – piano Telemann – Paris Quartet in B minor St Mary at Hill Programme: 1310 Organ Recital: Lukas Euler (Leipzig, Germany) J S Bach/Busoni – Chaconne from the Partita for violin St Stephen Walbrook in D minor BWV 1004 1315 Organ Recital: Matthew Morley Beethoven – Sonata No 26 in E flat major Op 81a 'Les Adieux' Programme: Ginastera – Argentinian Dances Op 2 St Bride Fleet Street Mussorgsky (arr Willis/Morley) – Pictures at an Exhibition 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House St Bride Fleet Street Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: 1730 to 1815 The Lord Mayor's 'St Stephen's Serenades' [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street The next in a series of evening recitals held on the last Friday of 1315 Recital: Seraphim each month. This month: The Adeste Duo (Multi-instrumentalists), Programme: and Mark Levin – harp. Free admission – just come along! Brahms – Liebeslieder & Neue Liebeslieder St Mary at Hill St Stephen Walbrook 1930 London Youth Wind Band Summer Concert 1800 St Anne's Bach Festival Event For more information please go to: Rush hour concert with teatime refreshments from 1730 www.cym.org.uk/lywb-2/ and follow the link at the appropriate Festival Finale marking Bach's Todestag on 28 July 1750 date in the calendar at the right hand side of the display BELLOT ENSEMBLE directed by Edmund Taylor St Sepulchre without Newgate Handel – Concerto Grosso No 3 in G major HWV 314, Op 3 Bach – Concerto for flute, violin & harpsichord in A minor BWV 1044 Telemann – Concerto in E minor for flute, violin, strings and basso continuo TWV 52:e3 Wednesday 26 July Bach – Concerto for 3 violins BWV 1064R St Mary at Hill 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 1000 to 1600 'Four Seasons' An exhibition of paintings by James Myers and Dominic Beer Monday 31 July For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 21 July 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry St Mary at Hill 1300 Opening Event of the St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival 1305 Recital: Richard J Martins – Portuguese Guitar For details of this event please refer to the entry at 31 July below Programme: Works by Parades and R J Martins St Lawrence Jewry St Botolph Aldgate 1300 Organ Recital: 1305 Recital: Tamara Elias – violin, Stephen Craigen – horn Graham Thorpe gives his final recital in his current post. Zeynep Özuka – piano St Olave Hart Street In September he will move to Brompton Oratory 1315 Recital: Jocelyn Giovani – piano St Dunstan in the West Programme: Bach – Prelude & Fugue in C BWV 545 Alain – Postlude pour l'Office de Complies JA 29 Choral dorien JA 67 Eben – Laudes (2nd movement) (1964) Thursday 27 July Jongen – Petit Prélude 1000 to 1600 'Four Seasons' Nielsen – Commotio (1931) St Michael Cornhill An exhibition of paintings by James Myers and Dominic Beer 1305 to 1400 'Come and Sing' with Lloyd's Choir For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 21 July No tickets required, everyone is welcome to come and try singing St Mary at Hill a variety of lighter pieces with us St Katharine Cree 1305 Organ Recital: James Norrey St Mary le Bow 1305 Recital: Blaze Ensemble St Olave Hart Street 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays J S Bach St Margaret Lothbury

Wednesday 2 August EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN AUGUST 2017 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival The Leading Ladies in: 'Sacred and Secular' Catrin Lewis, Suzi Saleria and Rosemary Clifford

with their pianist Louisa Lam St Lawrence Jewry Programme: Bach – Suscepit Israel from the Magnificat BWV 243 Works by Mozart, Fauré, and a group of British folk songs. Summer Music Festival Gershwin might put in a brief appearance!

St Lawrence Jewry For some years it has been a tradition at the City church of

St Lawrence Jewry next Guildhall

to hold a summer festival of some significance Thursday 3 August Every weekday lunchtime 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival Monday 31 July to Friday 25 August Matthew Huber – cello Programme: The first of three concerts in which all six of a free concert, 20 in all, will be held from 1.00pm to 1.45pm J S Bach's Suites for unaccompanied cello will be performed for the pleasure of those who continue to work throughout the summer season. Suite No 1 and Suite No 6 BWV 1007 & 1012 As usual there is an emphasis on younger artists, St Lawrence Jewry giving them a chance to perform in a beautiful setting 1305 Organ Recital: Jonathan Lee (St Peter's, Berkhamsted) and to experience the joy of working in such a fine acoustic. St Mary le Bow

At St Lawrence Jewry this is seen as part of their Christian ministry to the musicians and to the City. Friday 4 August 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry The special theme for 2017 is the work of J S Bach 1230 Organ Recital: Christopher Harris St Stephen Walbrook 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival All the concerts are listed below Emmanuel Bach – violin

Programme: The first opportunity in the Festival to hear works

for unaccompanied violin

J S Bach – Partita No 3 in E major BWV 1006

Sonata No 3 in C major BWV 1005 Monday 31 July St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Opening Event of the St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival

Tessa Uys (piano) returns to the Summer Festival to open it with

one of the finest of J S Bach's compositions for keyboard: Monday 7 August The Goldberg Variations BWV 988 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry St Lawrence Jewry 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival 1300 Organ Recital: Graham Thorpe Sarah Campbell – trumpet, Zeynep Özsuca-Rattle – piano For details of this recital please refer to the entry at 31 July above Programme: St Michael Cornhill Vivaldi/Bach – Trumpet Concerto in D major RV 781 1305 to 1400 'Come and Sing' with Lloyd's Choir Bach – Bist du Bei Mir BWV 508 No tickets required, everyone is welcome to come and try singing from Notebook for Anna Magdelana Bach a variety of lighter pieces with us St Katharine Cree arranged for trumpet & piano St Lawrence Jewry

Tuesday 8 August Tuesday 1 August 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival Cygnus Trio Helen Bailey – soprano, Chad Kelly – piano Javier Montañana – violin, Hannah Lewis – cello Programme: Cesar Saura – piano J S Bach - Mein Herze Schwimmt in Blut from Cantata BWV199 Programme: Monteverdi – Lamento della Ninfa Shostakovich – Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67 (1944) Also a concert aria by Mozart and a world premiere Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No 6 composition by Jim Clements, Helen Bailey's husband transcribed for piano trio by Cesar Saura St Lawrence Jewry St Lawrence Jewry 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street

Wednesday 16 August EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN AUGUST 2017 — 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry continued 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival Chad Vindin – piano with singers Programme: Bach – Coffee Cantata BWV 211 Bach, apparently a coffee enthusiast, wrote this rare Wednesday 9 August secular work in 1735 in celebration of the beverage. 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry In addition Chad will perform a keyboard work by Bach's 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival fifth child, his second son, the famed Carl Phillip Emmanuel Veronica Yen – piano, making her début at the Festival St Lawrence Jewry Programme: 1315 Recital: Ensemble Canon Beethoven – Sonata Op 31 No 2 The Tempest Toshiko Matsudaira – soprano Yoko Yokoyama – mezzo-soprano Bach – French Suite No 5 in G major BWV 816 Yoshniko Toyonaga – piano St Lawrence Jewry St Dunstan in the West

Thursday 10 August 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry Thursday 17 August 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry Yoanna Prodanova – cello 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival Programme: The second of the series of unaccompanied Yoanna Prodanova – cello & Matthew Huber – cello Bach Suites for cello – No 2 BWV 1008 & No 3 BWV 1009 Programme: The third and final concert of Bach's Suites for cello St Lawrence Jewry No 4 BWV 1010 and No 5 BWV 1011 St Lawrence Jewry

Friday 11 August 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry Friday 18 August 1230 Organ Recital: Charles Wooler St Stephen Walbrook 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival 1230 Organ Recital: Ryan Leonard St Stephen Walbrook Mayda Narvey – cello, Horacio Lopez Redondo – piano 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival Programme: The Christian Ludwig Ensemble Bach – Sonata No1 in G major BWV 1027 Programme: Sonata No 2 in D major BWV 1028 Bach – Brandenburg Concert No 2 in F major BWV 1047 Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971 Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major BWV 1049 Also in the programme Mayda's own composition – In addition there will be a surprise solo from one of the members Cantata for cello and piano of this youthful ensemble St Lawrence Jewry St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Organ Recital: John March St Dunstan in the West

Monday 14 August 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry Monday 21 August 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry Viktor Stenjhem – violin, from Norway 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival Programme: The Bridge Ensemble Bach – Partita No 1 in B minor BWV 1002 Katherine Clarke, Anna Growns, Henrietta Hill, Kesari Pundarika Terje Bjørklund – Per La Strada Programme: This will be a rare opportunity to listen to music St Lawrence Jewry composed for the unusual combination of four violas Bach – Chaconne arranged by Ichiro Nodaira York Bowen – Fantasia for four violas Op 41 No 1 Tuesday 15 August St Lawrence Jewry 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Tuesday 22 August include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Ashley Fripp – piano include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Programme: A tribute to the genius of Bach 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival Partita No 2 in C minor BWV 826 Sholto Kynoch – piano, Josephine Goddard – soprano Prelude & Fugue in E flat major BWV 876 Programme: Prelude & Fugue in C sharp minor BWV 849 Bach – Partita in B flat BWV 825 French Suite No 5 in G major BWV 816 Schumann – A group of songs, including Stille Tränen St Lawrence Jewry St Lawrence Jewry 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street

Editor's note: We are indebted to Dickon Love, Company Bellringer to the Worshipful Company of EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN AUGUST 2017 — Parish Clerks for the following information continued

Open bellringing performances currently scheduled for the City of London in July and August 2017 Wednesday 23 August 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry Saturday 15 July 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells Charlotte Rowan – violin, Charlotte Stephenson – piano by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths Programme: at St Magnus the Martyr Bach – Adagio & Fugue from Sonata No 1 BWV 1001 Works by Shostakovich, Glazunov, Milhaud and others 1030 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells St Lawrence Jewry by the Ancient Society of College Youths 1315 Recital: Peter Martin – lute St Dunstan in the West at St Mary le Bow

Thursday 24 August Saturday 5 August 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 1430 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells 1300 St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival by Friends United Ensemble Canon Japan at St James Garlickhythe

Toshiko Matsudaira – soprano, Yoko Yokoyama – mezzo soprano Sunday 6 August Yoshiko Toyonaga – piano 1100 4 hr performance on the Cathedral Bells Programme: by the St Paul's Cathedral Guild Bach – Präludium Cis-Dor BWV 848 at St Paul's Cathedral Mendelssohn duets, Japanese Art Song and folk songs St Lawrence Jewry The IAAF World Athletics Championships will be held in London in August and the men and women's marathons will each run four times round the Cathedral Friday 25 August while this performance is taking place 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Organ Recital: Matthew O'Malley St Stephen Walbrook Tuesday 8 August 1730 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells 1300 Final event of the St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival by the Ancient Society of College Youths Alexandra Lomeiko – violin Lisa Bucknell – viola at St Dunstan in the West Timothée Botbol – cello Programme: The work with which the Festival opened, Saturday 12 August J S Bach – Goldberg Variations 1000 3 hr performance on the bells but in a unique arrangement for string trio by Dmitry Sitkovetsky at St Vedast, Foster Lane St Lawrence Jewry 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry 1030 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually by members of the same family include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch at St James Garlickhythe 1315 Organ Recital: Jonathan Palman (St Edmund King & Martyr, Southwold) Wednesday 16 August Programme: 1800 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells Guilmant – Organ Sonata No 1 in D minor by the Guildford Diocesan Guild Locklair – "The Peace may be exchanged" (from Rubrics) at St James Garlickhythe Shaw – Processional on 'Lobe den Herren' St Dunstan in the West Saturday 20 August 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House 1500 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: by the Ancient Society of College Youths [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street at St Mary le Bow

Saturday 26 August Wednesday 30 August 1000 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry by the Middlesex County Association 1315 Recital: David Richard – piano St Dunstan in the West at St James Garlickhythe

Thursday 31 August City Events is published by 0900 to 1700 Summer Mosaics Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry The Friends of the City Churches in conjunction with the Archdeaconry of London and printed by Copyprints: [email protected]

Sep tember 2017 Published by FCC in conjunction with the Archdeaconry of London

Once again there is a rich variety of events taking placce in the City churches during the coming month. Arguably each one of them is of interest but inevitably several seem to stand out and attract one’s attention. At St Michael Paternoster Royal a Matinée Charity concert is to be held on Thursday 28th September. The charity is The Mission to Seafarers, the offices of which are situated at the church itself. Piracy, shipwreck, abandonment and sepaaration from loved ones are just a few of the problems merchant seafarers face. The Mission, with its global network of chaplains, staff and volunteers provides practical help and support around the world to the 1.5 million men and women who face danger every day to keep our global economy afloat. The Mission had its beginning in 1836 when the Revd John Ashley established the Bristol Channel Mission as a result of seeing the loneliness and spiritual needs of merchant seafarers at anchor. Following his example a number of Anglican ministries established similar missions and in 1856 it was decided to establish a single organisation ‐ The Mission to Seamen ‐ as it was known ‐ was made a missionary society of the Anglican Communion and its work grew in line with the rapidly expanding British maritime empire. In 2000 the name was changed to reflect its role as a society which cares for all seafarers, regardless of gender. The Charrity Concert will feature the international concert pianist Phillip Dyson, renowned for his unique abilities in both the classical and light music repertoire. His programme reflects that with pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Rachmaninov, Liiszt, Chopin, and George Gershwin. Fuller details of this most worthwhile event are given at the date, Thursday 28th September.

Earlier in same week another noteworthy charity event will be taking place ‐ The Lord Mayor’s Giving Day on Tuesday 26th September. A most unique event on that day will be the The Long Long Lunch starting in St Stephen Walbrook and continuing with sumptuous dining at a long, long table down St Swithin’s Lane nearby. Also, during the day there will be fundraising activities in the churchyard of St Mary le Bow. More details and internet links concerning the day and its aims are to be found at the date quoted.

At St George’s German Lutheran Church on Wednesday 27th September in the evening, under the auspices of the organisation Huguenots of Spitalfields, there is to be given a talk by Peter Guillery on the jourrneymen weavers’ houses of Spitalfields. This will be a fascinating event associated with this historical area of the east end of London and, it must be added, because of the venue. Again, more details are given at the date in the following pagess.

Returning to the musical events taking place in City churches, on Tuesday 5th September an unusual lunchtime organ recital will be given by Daniel Moult and Catherine Ennis at St Lawrence Jewry featuring music for two organs, the arrangements having been made by the organists themselves. Composers featured includde Richard Strauss, Handel, Wagner, Grainger and Antonio Soler. This promises to be a most entertaining occasion.

One of the most loved settings of the Requiem, that by Fauré, will be featured on two occasions. First there will be the Brandenburg Festival ‘Come and Sing’ workshop at The Gresham Centre at St Anne & St Agnes on Sunday 10th September. Then later in the month, on Friday 22nd September, again under the auspices of the Brandenburg Festival, at St Katharine Cree, this lovely work will be performed by the Fisher Consort. Finally mention must be made of the resumption of lunchtime recitals and concerts under the auspices of the City Music Society att St Bartholomew the Great on Friday 22nd and 29th September. The programmes contain excellent works and these augur well for this noteworthy series of concerts.

As always the City churches will be fulfilling their primary mission together with the provisioon of excellent performances of sublime music in unique surroundings.

The Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BA Visit: www.london‐city‐churches.org.uk for more information and the location of the churches in the City

Tuesday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn SEPTEMBER 2017 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1230 to 1300 Eucharist (said) with brief address St Dunstan in the West The entries below show the normal pattern of services for City 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr Churches and a few churches ‘just over the City borders’. 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand Entries are for Church of England services except where indicated 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) otherwise. ‘1st Monday’, ‘2nd Monday’ etc refer to the 1st Monday, St Mary Moorfields 2nd Monday etc of the month. 1230 to 1300 Holy Communion St Mary Woolnoth 1230 Holy Communion (said), followed by coffee and sandwiches While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the services shown St Olave Hart Street are subject to change immediately before, during and after major 1300 to 1330 Communion in the Crypt, with a focus on prayers for healing festivals, at Bank or other holidays, and during the summer months. All Hallows by the Tower You are strongly advised to contact churches to check the details. 1300 Contemporary Worship and Teaching Christ Church, Spitalfields 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 For a list of weekend (particularly Sunday) services please go to the St Etheldreda, Ely Place Friends of the City Churches website at www.london-city- 1300 to 1400 (any time) Contemporary Worship churches.org.uk and follow the links from ‘Events’ and ‘City Events’. St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate 1305 to 1335 Bible Talk, with lunch available after the talk Monday St Helen Bishopsgate 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1305 Meditation (in the crypt chapel) St Mary le Bow (0900 on Bank Holidays) See www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/ 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields for details Bevis Marks Synagogue 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 to 1340 Bible Talk, following sandwich lunch at 1300 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields St Botolph Aldersgate 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1310 to 1340 Holy Communion St Margaret Lothbury 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1315 to 1345 Meditation and prayers for humanity and the earth 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate (in the Tent) Open to all Please arrive a few minutes before 1315 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1700 Evening Prayer St Andrew Holborn 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1200 to 1230 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 1700 to 1730 ‘Words of Hope’ – quiet reflective service 1215 Prayer Service St Vedast alias Foster St Clement Eastcheap 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow St Mary Moorfields 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1245 Sung Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1830 Choral Evensong (traditional) (Choral Eucharist on 3rd Tuesday) 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Sepulchre without Newgate St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields Wednesday 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0815 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) Tuesday St Mary Aldermary 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0730 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0830 to 0915 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 0730 to 0930 ‘Start: Stop’ – start the day by stopping to reflect – 10 minute 0900 Morning Prayer St Andrew Holborn reflections beginning every 15 minutes - just drop in 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public St Stephen Walbrook welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0745 Holy Communion (said) followed by light breakfast St Mary at Hill 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) (Not in September) 0745 Eucharist followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow Temple Church 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0915 Morning Prayer followed by coffee 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn St Edmund King & Martyr (London Centre for Spiritual Direction) 0800 to 0900 Café Prayer – an opportunity for stillness and prayer, Bible 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn reading and reflection Coffee served St Katharine Cree 1205 RC Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 0900 Morning Prayer St Andrew Holborn St Mary Moorfields 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 1245 to 1315 (3rd Wednesday) Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting for welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal Worship Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Quaker Court, Banner St

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Thursday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields SEPTEMBER 2017 − continued 1305 to 1335 ‘St Nick's Talks’ Bible Talk St Nicholas Cole Abbey 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn Wednesday ─ continued 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn 1310 to 1350 Bible Talk, with lunch available, followed by Question Time 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go St Helen Bishopsgate as you wish St Margaret Lothbury 1315 to 1345 Lunchtime Service (Free Church) City Temple 1300 (1st Wednesday) Eucharist (using a traditional Iona Community 1315 Holy Communion St Martin within Ludgate liturgy) followed by refreshments All welcome 1315 to 1345 Holy Communion (BCP said) (during legal term-time) St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate (Not in September) Temple Church 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1400 to 1420 Prayers – Offering up the prayers from the church’s prayer 1305 ‘Not on a Sunday’ – informal worship with prayers and song board and the London Internet Church St Stephen Walbrook St Katharine Cree 1700 Evening Prayer St Andrew Holborn 1305 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1310 to 1340 ‘Moorgate Talks’ Bible Talk, following sandwich lunch at 1800 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (with Confraternity of the 1300, at Amber, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, EC2Y 9AW under Blessed Sacrament Vespers on 1st Thursday) the auspices of St Botolph Aldersgate St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate 1800 (Normally 1st Thursday) Choral Evensong, followed by 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street ‘Thursday Conversation’ at 1830 St Mary at Hill 1700 Evening Prayer St Andrew Holborn 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1805 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1730 Choral Evensong (during legal term-time) (Not in September) 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer – ‘Pursuit’ Prayer and Worship Temple Church Service All welcome (Free Church) City Temple 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow

1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields Friday 1830 to 1915 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) all welcome) St Mary Aldermary (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn Thursday 0800 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0730 to 0930 ‘Headroom’ – short reflections with music and contemplation 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow Just drop in St Margaret Pattens 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) (Not in September) 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields Temple Church 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1200 to 1500 Quiet Personal Prayer St Joseph Bunhill Row 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1200 to 1230 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 0830 Eucharist (said) (Lady Chapel) St Bartholomew the Great 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 0900 Morning Prayer St Andrew Holborn 1230 Pastoral Conversation or Confession (Sacrament Chapel, or apply 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public at the Vestry) St Mary le Bow welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) (Not in September) St Mary Moorfields Temple Church 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1210 Holy Communion St Botolph Bishopsgate 1305 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1230 Holy Communion (BCP) St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1315 to 1400 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand Come and go as you wish (Not 1 September) St Bride Fleet Street 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1800 Paraklesis (replaced on 1st Friday and during fasting periods by St Mary Moorfields Service of Holy Unction) Followed at 1900 to 2200 by Catechesis 1245 to 1330 Eucharist with the St Stephen’s Voices, followed by light lunch and Confessions (Romanian Orthodox) St Dunstan in the West St Stephen Walbrook 1800 (1st Friday) RC Low Mass in the Extra-Ordinary Form 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go as St Etheldreda, Ely Place you wish St Mary Woolnoth 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer - Equipping Night Service 1300 to 1330 (1st Thursday) Private Prayer and Reflection Praise and Worship (Free Church) City Temple St Giles Cripplegate 1930 Jewish Friday Evening Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic 1300 Holy Communion (Normally with choir on 1st Thursday) orthodox rite) (1830 in winter months – please check on St Margaret Pattens www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/) Bevis Marks Synagogue 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate

1305 Holy Communion, followed by coffee and sandwiches

St Katharine Cree

SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS

SEPTEMBER 2017 IN SEPTEMBER 2017

Thursday 7 September Thursday 7 September 1300 Choral Eucharist with the St Margaret Pattens Choir 1830 Thursday Conversation: Self affirmation v Self sacrifice St Margaret Pattens Martin Bashir (BBC Religious Affairs Correspondent) asks whether 1800 Choral Evensong followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 the Christian Gospel is about subjugation or affirmation See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below Following Choral Evensong at 1800 St Mary at Hill See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below St Mary at Hill Friday 8 September – The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1230 Said Eucharist with address St Dunstan in the West Monday 11 September 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Group Thursday 14 September For all who have questions about faith and how to include it 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate in all aspects of our lives 1230 Said Eucharist for Holy Cross Day with address The group meets on Mondays from 11 September to help and St Dunstan in the West encourage one other on our journey of faith, work and life 1900 Pontifical High Mass in the Tridentine Rite (RC) Join us upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB St Olave Hart Street Celebrated by Bishop Mark Jabale OSB St Mary Moorfields Tuesday 12 September Thursday 21 September – St Matthew 1045 to 1530 Oasis Day: Engaging with Homelessness 1230 Said Eucharist with address St Dunstan in the West Led by the Revd Richard Carter (St Martin in the Fields) Oasis Days offer a monthly time of quiet reflection to re-charge Friday 22 September one’s spiritual batteries with stimulating speakers 1930 Missa Cantata in the Tridentine Rite (RC) St Mary Moorfields Cost £15 - Lunch/ tea & coffee provided Pre-booking by Thursday 8 September necessary for catering Sunday 24 September purposes To book please telephone the Revd Martin Davies on 1100 ‘Inspire Sunday’ Service of Celebration – Choral Eucharist 07429 612642 or e-mail [email protected] with Haydn’s Missa Sancti Nicolai St Andrew Holborn performed by the St Bride’s Choir and Orchestra If you would like to come please email [email protected] Monday 18 September in advance to confirm that space is available 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Group St Bride Fleet Street Please see the entry for 11 September 1500 Costermongers’ Harvest Festival Service Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB St Olave Hart Street Preacher: the Rt Revd , Preceded by a procession of Pearly Kings and Queens from Monday 25 September Guildhall Yard St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1600 Administrating Weeks of Accompanied Prayer A session on the Reaching Out series, to promote spiritual direction in the community St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill Go to www.lcsd.org.uk and follow the links from ‘Courses and Events’ and ‘Reaching Out’ for further information, cost and to book Bach Choral Vespers London Centre for Spiritual Direction, St Edmund King & Martyr Sunday 24 September at 1830 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Group

Please see the entry for 11 September Including J S Bach’s Cantata BWV 138, Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz? St Olave Hart Street Performed by the City Bach Collective on period instruments

Tuesday 26 September For further information please go to 1830 Marylebone Scriptural Reasoning on the theme of Justice www.citybachcollective.org.uk Scriptural Reasoning (SR) is a practice of interfaith text study Small Groups of Christians, Jews and Muslims, and sometimes people of other faiths, gather together to read short passages Monday 25 September from their scriptures, study them and discuss their personal 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’: St Paul in Rome responses to them in a respectful way The first in a series of services of music, prayer, readings and Tickets by application – please email [email protected] reflection, with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, St Mary le Bow exploring the theme of Rome, London and Christianity St Stephen Walbrook Wednesday 27 September 1900 to 2115 Evening Alpha Course – first session in a series Wednesday 27 September exploring the Christian faith in a relaxed, informal environment 1745 Choral Evensong sung by Lloyd’s Choir St Mary le Bow Intended for anyone with questions – all welcome Each session includes an episode from the Alpha Film Series Friday 29 September – St Martin and All Angels followed by discussion 1230 Said Eucharist with address St Dunstan in the West Sessions on Wednesday evenings, 27 September to 6 December 1305 Sung Eucharist St Mary le Bow It is advisable to verify the start date for this course on the church website – please go to www.stsepulchres.org and follow the link from ‘Alpha’ St Sepulchre without Newgate

Tuesday 5 September EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN SEPTEMBER 2017 0900 to 1600 An Exhibition at the church –

one of 43 sites in the Aldgate area displaying 'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' Friday 1 September For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 1 September 0900 to 1600 An Exhibition at the church – St Botolph Aldgate one of 43 sites in the Aldgate area displaying 'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Vision' and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' by commision4mission in conjunction with Aldgate Community Events For more information please see the entry at Monday 4 September More information at: www.aldgatecommunityevents.london St Stephen Walbrook St Botolph Aldgate 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually 1230 Organ Recital: Jack Stone St Stephen Walbrook include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: 1300 Organ Recital: Daniel Moult (London) and Catherine Ennis Felicity Broome-Skelton & Natalee Jeremic – violin duo Programme: Music for two organs arranged by today's performers Programme: Richard Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra (excerpt) Alan Rawsthorne – Theme and Variations Mendelssohn – War March of the priests (from "Athalie") Margaret Rutherford – Four Pieces Handel – Sinfonia ( from "") Telemann – Canonical Sonata Antonio Soler – Concerto in G for two organs Honegger – Sonatine St Mary at Hill Handel – The Dead March from "" 1315 Recital: Nice Vizoso Chao – piano, Laura Balboa – violin Wagner – The Ride of the Valkyries (from "Die Walküre") Programme: Percy Grainger – Handel in the Strand Brahms – Piano Sonata No 1 in G major Op 78 St Lawrence Jewry Beethoven – Violin Sonata No 5 in F major Op 24 1315 Recital: Teresa Pells – soprano, Karl Lutchmayer – piano St Bride Fleet Street Programme: Works by Caccini, Pergolesi, Conti, Verdi, 1315 Organ Recital: Martin Ellis St Dunstan in the West Donizetti, Respighi, Copland, Fauré and Satie St Bride Fleet Street

1800 for 1830 The Great Fire of London Monday 4 September

0900 to 1600 An Exhibition at the church – one of 43 sites in the Aldgate area displaying 'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' St Lawrence Jewry and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 1 September Tuesday 5th September 2017 St Botolph Aldgate 1300 Recital: Phillip Leslie – piano Programme: The Great Fire of London Scarlatti – Sonata in D minor L 366 Sonata in D major L 465 A Lecture Liszt – Tre Sonetti del Petrarch S.270-47, 104, 123 Leighton – Five Studies Op 22 In the first week of September 1666 St Lawrence Jewry the City of London burned. 1300 Organ Recital: The flames consumed houses, churches, livery halls, Ben Comeau (London) presents Bach in many forms City gates, the Royal Exchange Programme: and the jewel in the City's crown, Bach, (completed Comeau) – Fantasia & Fugue in C BWV St Paul's Cathedral. 562 What really caused the fire? Where did it really start? Bach – Trio Sonata in E flat BWV 525 What was London like in the aftermath? Bach – Partita, Ach, was soll ich Sünder Machen BWV 770 This lavishly illustrated talk Vivaldi,( arr Bach) – Concerto in A St Michael Cornhill by City Guide Jill Finch 1830 to 2030 Art Exhibition – 'Vision' takes us through those momentous days 351 years ago, A reception to launch the 'Vision' exhibition when the Great Fire destroyed not just the City by commision4mission but an entire way of life A group exhibition, 'Vision' is intended as a broad theme open to wide interpretation, but will explore sight, visions and More details are given below revelations. For more information concerning the exhibition and the launch please go to: http://ststephenwalbrook.net/ and click on 'Events' 1800 Wine and nibbles which will lead to a calendar for September which contains 1830 Lecture commences 'Vision Exhibition' links. Tickets: £10 on the door or in advance from: The exhibition will be open each weekday until https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-great-fire-of-london-1666-tickets- Friday 15 September Admission is free 37157645518 St Stephen Walbrook St Lawrence Jewry

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN SEPTEMBER 2017 — continued Sunday 10 September 1500 The Arcubus Ensemble — An hour of glorious choral music Programme: Wednesday 6 September Balfour Gardiner – Evening Hymn 0900 to 1600 An Exhibition at the church – John Sheppard - Libera nos, salva nos I & II one of 43 sites in the Aldgate area displaying – Evening Canticles from the Great Service 'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' Arvo Pärt – Nunc Dimittis and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' Jonathan Dove – 'Seek him that maketh the seven stars' For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 1 September Morten Lauridsen – 'Sure on this shining night' St Botolph Aldgate Russell Hepplewhite – 'He wishes for the cloths of Heaven' - 1100 to 1500 Art Exhibition – 'Vision' by commision4mission a setting of the poem by W B Yeats For more information please see the entry at Monday 4 September Eric Whitacre – Sleep St Stephen Walbrook Tickets on the door £10 St Mary le Bow 1305 Recital: Pia Harris – soprano St Botolph Aldgate 1800 Fauré Requiem A Brandenburg Festival Event 1315 Recital: Gabriele Sutkute – piano St Dunstan in the West This will be a 'come and sing' workshop after which there will be an informal performance. The schedule is as follows: Thursday 7 September 1345 Registration 0900 to 1600 An Exhibition at the church – 1400 Workshop begins one of 43 sites in the Aldgate area displaying Booking is advised and participants should bring their own score 'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' Tickets: £12 for participants; £5 for audience only and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' More details and booking at 07528 776 625 or from the website: For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 6 September http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/september and follow the links St Botolph Aldgate The Gresham Centre at St Anne & St Agnes 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Vision' by commision4mission For more information please see the entry at Monday 4 September St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Recital: Simone Tivoni – piano St Olave Hart Street Monday 11 September 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays J S Bach & Buxtehude 0900 to 1600 An Exhibition at the church – St Margaret Lothbury one of 43 sites in the Aldgate area displaying 1830 Thursday Conversation: Self affirmation v Self sacrifice 'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' Martin Bashir in conversation with The Revd Rose Hudson- and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' Wilkins following Choral evensong St Mary at Hill For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 1 September St Botolph Aldgate Friday 8 September 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Vision' by commision4mission 0900 to 1600 An Exhibition at the church – For more information please see the entry at Monday 4 September one of 43 sites in the Aldgate area displaying St Stephen Walbrook 'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' 1300 Recital: Alex Kirk – piano and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' Programme: For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 1 September Clementi – Sonata in F# minor Op 35 No 5 St Botolph Aldgate Venables – Caprice Op 35 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Vision' by commision4mission Bax – Sonata No 1, GP 127 in F# minor St Lawrence Jewry For more information please see the entry at Monday 4 September 1300 Organ Recital: Amelie Held (Germany; prizewinner in the 2016 St Stephen Walbrook Northern Ireland International Organ competition 1230 Organ Recital: Graham Thorpe St Stephen Walbrook Programme: Music by Mendelssohn, Karg-Elert, Turnemire 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: and Vierne St Michael Cornhill Konstantin Lapshin – piano 1305 Recital: For further information please go to: Programme: Russian Revolution Centenary Series (I) http://www.stmartin-within-ludgate.org.uk/music St Martin Ludgate Tchaikovsky – 'Nutcracker' Suite Works by Balakirev and Rachmaninov St Mary at Hill 1315 Recital: Musicke in the Ayre – "The Prime of Monteverdi" Alysha Paterson – soprano, Timea Gazdag – soprano Tuesday 12 September Esha Neogy – bass viol, Din Ghani – archlute, baroque guitar 0900 to 1600 An Exhibition at the church – Programme: Works by Monteverdi, Kapsberger, Corradi, one of 43 sites in the Aldgate area displaying Grandi and Melli, St Bride Fleet Street 'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' Saturday 9 September For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 1 September 1000, 1700 to 1900 approx St Botolph Aldgate Come and Sing Mozart's Requiem 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Vision' The Chandos Chamber Choir will be holding a full-day by commision4mission workshop culminating in an early evening performance of For more information please see the entry at Monday 4 September Mozart's Requiem. . St Stephen Walbrook James Davey, Musical Director, will lead Chorus Sessions 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually throughout the day and conduct the evening performance include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1000 Registration commences

Tickets: £25 for Chorus participants; £35 for Quartet participants

£5 for those who wish just to attend the performance at 1700

Full details and to book places on the Master Classes at: http://chandoschamberchoir.org.uk/events/workshop-mozart-requiem/

St Sepulchre without Newgate

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN SEPTEMBER 2017 — continued Friday 15 September 0900 to 1600 An Exhibition at the church – one of 43 sites in the Aldgate area displaying Tuesday 12 September — continued 'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' 1300 Organ Recital: George de Voil (Wellington College) and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' Programme: For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 1 September Guilain – Suite de premier ton St Botolph Aldgate Mendelssohn – Prelude and Fugue in C minor Op 37 No 1 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Vision' by commision4mission J S Bach – Largo, arranged from Concerto in D minor Final day of the exhibition for two violins For more information please see the entry at Monday 4 September Langlais – Trois paraphrases gregoriennes St Stephen Walbrook St Lawrence Jewry Friday 15 September — continued 1300 Recital: D'Cruz Piano Trio St Stephen Walbrook 1230 Organ Recital: Geoffrey Tuson (Royal Garrison Church, Aldershot) 1315 Recital: Jonatan Bougt – classical and romantic guitar St Stephen Walbrook Programme: 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: Giuliani – Theme and Variations on a theme of Handel Mary Pells – viola da gamba, Claire Williams - harpsichord Barrios – La Catedral Programme: French music, including works by Boismortier, J S Bach – Lute Partita in C minor BWV 997 Couperin and Caix d'Hervelois St Mary at Hill Turina – Sonata for guitar Op 61 St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Recital: The Opera Box Milly Forrest – soprano, Melina Karagianni – piano Wednesday 13 September Mark Burns – director 0900 to 1600 An Exhibition at the church – Programme: one of 43 sites in the Aldgate area displaying Robert Schumann – Frauenliebe und -leben Op 42 'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' (a cycle of 8 poems by Adelbert von Chamisso, written in 1830) and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' Songs by Quilter, Wolf, Vaughan Williams, Poulenc, Liszt, For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 1 September Norah Blaney and Cole Porter St Bride Fleet Street St Botolph Aldgate 1315 Organ Recital: Martin Ellis St Dunstan in the West 1100 to 1500 Art Exhibition – 'Vision' by commision4mission For more information please see the entry at Monday 4 September Saturday 16 September St Stephen Walbrook 1000 to 1730 Open House London – St Botolph Aldgate 1305 Recital: Ellis Pecen – classical guitar St Botolph Aldgate The church will be open with tours of the bell tower 1305 Recital: To be arranged For more information please go to: Also there will be an Exhibition at the church – http://sanctuaryinthecity.net 'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' and follow the link 'lunchtime recitals' St Olave Hart Street and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' 1315 Recital: Zarebski Piano Duo – Piotr Razanski & Grzegorz Mania For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 1 September St Dunstan in the West 1000 to 16000 Open House London – St Lawrence Jewry Thursday 14 September The church will be open between the times shown. 0900 to 1600 An Exhibition at the church – Our Guild Vicar, Canon David Parrott will give a talk about the one of 43 sites in the Aldgate area displaying church at 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400 and 1500

'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' 1000 to 1700 Open House London – St Mary le Bow and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' The church will be open between the timkes shown For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 1 September Guided Tours of the church and crypt lasting 50 minutes St Botolph Aldgate will leave form the vestibule at 1300 and 1430 1000 to 1600 Art Exhibition – 'Vision' by commision4mission For more information please see the entry at Monday 4 September 1000 to 1200 Open House London – St Stephen Walbrook St Stephen Walbrook & 1445 to 1700 The church will be open between the times shown 1305 Recital: Juliette Roos – violin, Ilana Mordkovich-Roos – piano St Olave Hart Street Sunday 17 September 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1230 to 1600 Open House London – St Botolph Aldgate 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays Bach's family The church will be open but there will be no tours of the bell tower St Margaret Lothbury Also there will be an Exhibition at the church – 1800 Recital: Preludes and Vollenteries 1 – Wren meets Amati 'Aldgate in Camera – Visions of Aldgate through the Ages' Peter Sheppard Skaerved –solo violin and 'Exhibitions in a suitcase' For more information please refer to the entry at Friday 1 September Programme: Heinrich Biber – Passacaglia (Mystery Sonata XVI) 1000 to 16000 Open House London – St Lawrence Jewry 'Guardian Angel, companion of Mankind' The church will be open between the times shown and others by Vitali, Torelli, Matteis and Marini Our Guild Vicar, Canon David Parrott will give a talk about the plus a world premiere: church at 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400 and 1500 Peter Sheppard Skaerved – 'voil qe'm digaz cais mais vos plaz' 1000 to 1700 Open House London – St Mary le Bow (Lombarda of Toulouse) The church will be open between the times shown Played on a violin by Girolamo Amati (1628) Guided Tours of the church and crypt lasting 50 minutes For more information regarding this interesting City Project will leave from the vestibule at 1300 and 1430 please search: Preludes and Vollenteries and follow the links Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions) available on Eventbrite or on the door St Stephen Walbrook

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN SEPTEMBER 2017 — continued Friday 22 September — continued

1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: EOS Trio: Monday 18 September Paul Evernden – clarinet, Angela Najaryan – violin 1300 Recital: Hiroaki Takenouchi – piano Jelena Makarova – piano Programme: Programme: Chopin – 24 Preludes Op 28 St Lawrence Jewry C P E Bach – Sonata No 1 in F major for two violins & keyboard 1300 Organ Recital: David Aprahamian Liddle Khachaturian – Trio Programme: An intriguing mixture of English and French organ Stravinsky – Suite from The Soldier's Tale music, including Alec Rowley's dramatic suite 'The Four Winds' Paul Evernden – Carving No 2 (world premiere) St Mary at Hill (1925) and music by Liddle himself St Michael Cornhill 1315 Recital: Senar Duo – violin and piano 1305 Recital: Juan Maria Solares & Selma Hande Garde Julia Sinai – piano, Anya Ovsyanikova - violin Four hands piano Programme: Programme: "Piano from lands of passion" Messiaen – Fantasie Selma and Juan will be playing music from their native cultures Debussy – Sonata for violin and piano L 240 Argentina (traditional tango, Astor Piazzolla) and Ian Venables – Three pieces Turkey (Fazil Say), and Enrique Granados (from Spain) Rachmaninov – Romance and Hungarian Dance St Martin Ludgate St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Recital: Katharine Clarke – viola, Joanne Tan – piano Tuesday 19 September with Natalie Davis – mezzo-soprano 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually St Dunstan in the West include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1930 Concert: Fauré Requiem A Brandenburg Festival Event 1300 Organ Recital: Martin Kasparak (Switzerland) This well-loved work, together with contemporary choral works Programme: will be performed by the Fisher Consort under the direction of DuMage – Livre d'Orgue - 8 short movements Jonathan Schranz. The organist will be George Inscoe Beethoven – Adagio in A flat Other works by Nicolas Walker, Stephen Bick, Graham Keitch, Gade – Three pieces for organ St Lawrence Jewry Tickets: £23 (premium); £18 (unreserved); children £5 1300 Recital: Alan Dorn – piano St Stephen Walbrook Box Office: 07528 776 625 or from the website: 1315 Recital: Viktor Korotich – baritone, Alice Turner – piano http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/september and follow the links Programme: Songs by Gounod, Rossini, R Strauss, Britten, St Katharine Cree Tchaikovsky, Lara, Gastaldon, Mascagni and Ukrainian and Russian folk songs St Bride Fleet Street Sunday 24 September 1830 Bach Vespers including a performance by Wednesday 20 September the City Bach Collective of Cantata BWV 138 – 1305 Recital: Katherine Clarke – viola St Botolph Aldgate "Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz?" 1305 Recital: Michael Lan – piano St Olave Hart Street alongside now familiar German baroque music 1315 Recital: Aisha Turetayeva – violin St Dunstan in the West from the Lutheran ecclesiastical tradition St Mary at Hill

Thursday 21 September 1305 Lunchtime Recital: Fidelity (London) Choir Monday 25 September Admission free, retiring collection in aid of City Giving Day 1300 Recital: Catherine Cheung – piano St Mary le Bow Programme: 1305 Recital: Eleanor Meynell – piano St Olave Hart Street Schubert-Liszt – Gretchen am Spinnrade 1310 Organ Recital: David Cook All Hallows by the Tower Liszt – Transcendental Etude No 10 in F minor 1310 Organ Recital: International Celebrity Series Schubert – Four Impromptus D899 St Lawrence Jewry Martin Kasparak from St Imier, Switzerland St Margaret Lothbury 1300 Organ Recital: Anthony Gritten Programme: Th is will be a celebration of the birthday of Léon Boëllmann (1862-97) with a programme of the composer's Friday 22 September muisic. Boëllmann died tragically early, but left a tantalisingly 1230 Organ Recital: Christopher Strange (Chelmsford Cathedral) fine repertoire of organ muisic. St Michael Cornhill St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Recital: Maria Thomas – oboe, Peter Wakefield – flute, 1300 Recital: Ellis Pecen – classical guitar St Mary Abchurch Jim Wills – baritone, Julian Cable – piano 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by: Programme: The Musician's Company Consort Poulenc – Oboe sonata FP 185 Adrian Butterworth – director/violin Bach – Toccata in E minor BWV 914 Camilla Harris – soprano Clare Swale - soprano Fauré – Song Cycle 'Mirages' Emma Pelkiewicz – alto Laurence Kilsby – tenor Telemann – Fantasia No 5 in C major – for solo flute Edward Jowle – bass Fauré – Fantaisie Op 79 Programme: Telemann – Aria: 'Herr, streu' in mich des Wortes Samen' J S Bach – Cantata: Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke BWV 84 St Martin Ludgate J S Bach – Mass in G major BWV 236 Admission is free with a retiring collection St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield

Thursday 28 September EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN SEPTEMBER 2017 — continued

Tuesday 26 September In aid of The Mission to Seafarers

1000 to 1200 Lord Mayor's Giving Day More information can be found at: St Michael and All Angels https://www.thelordmayorsappeal.org/events and follow the links Fundraising activities in the churchyard St Mary le Bow A Matinée Charity Concert

1230 The Long Long Lunch in aid of the Lord Mayor's Giving Day including Buffet Lunch and Afternoon Tea Champagne, canapés and music in St Stephen Walbrook followed by three courses with wines, water, coffee and Thursday 28th September 2017 macaroons at a long long table down St Swithin;s Lane Tickets £59, of which at least half will go to the Lord Mayor's Appeal with from: [email protected] or phone: 020 7626 2606

1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Phillip Dyson include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1300 Organ Recital: Wesley Warren (Canada) International Concert Pianist Programme: Willan – Passacaglia & Fugue No 2 in E minor to be held at Mendelssohn – Sonata No 4 in B flat Scheidemann – Choral Partita on "Christ lag in Todesbanden" St Michael Paternoster Royal J S Bach – Fantasia & Fugue in G minor BWV 542 St Lawrence Jewry An outline of the day's programme is given below 1315 Recital: Yahei Nakajima – viola, Irina Layakhovskaya – piano Programme: Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice - Melody Fauré – Après un rêve 1200 Doors open Rachmaninov – Sonata for Cello & Piano Op 19 arr. for viola Buffet Lunch in the Whittington Hall and St Michael Paternoster St Bride Fleet Street Royal church 1300 Short film about seafarers to be shown during the lunch period 1400 Concert begins Wednesday 27 September Interval for afternoon tea 1305 Recital: Louise Cournarie – piano St Botolph Aldgate 1600 Concert ends followed by opportunity to meet Phillip Dyson 1305 Recital: Marcus Farnsworth – baritone, James Cheung – piano 1700 Doors close St Olave Hart Street The Concert Programme will include:: 1315 Recital: Hiroko Miller – soprano St Dunstan in the West Rachmaninov – Prelude in C# minor Op3 No 2 Schubert – Impromptu No 3 in G flat major D899 1800 for 1830 A Talk to be given by Peter Guillery – Chopin – Fantaisie Impromptu in C# minor Op 66

'The Forgotten Weavers' Housing of the Spitalfields Silk District' Scott Joplin – The Entertainer Beethoven – Sonata No 14 in C# minor Op 27 - "Moonlight" Together with the Huguenots of Spitalfields, the Society for the Liszt – Consolation No 3 Protection of Ancient Buildings is hosting this fascinating talk. George Gershwin – I Got Rhythm

Peter Guillery is a senior historian and editor at the Survey of Tickets £30 each (£20 without lunch) London, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. More information can be found by searching: 'Mission to Seafarers – Phillip Dyson' and following the link The houses of Georgian Spitalfields might seem well known. However, alongside the silk-merchants' houses that currently line Alternatively enquiries may be made to: the streets, there were also tenements and cottages for the weavers of the vital silk industry of Spitalfields. Tessa Perfect, Virger, St Michael Paternoster Royal Few of these humble dwellings survive. The Mission to Seafarers, St Michael Paternoster Royal, In this talk, Peter Guillery reconstructs the character of this College Hill, London, EC4R 2RL preferably by email: forgotten Georgian Spitalfields. [email protected] St Michael Paternoster Royal St George's German Lutheran Church is owned by the Historic Chapels Trust. St George's is the oldest surviving German Church in the British Isles, opened in 1752. Today only the church and its former school adjacent are left to remind us of this Thursday 28 September — continued huge refugee population in an area once called 'Little Germany'. 1305 Lunchtime Recital: David Harvey – guitar St Mary le Bow Tickets: £8 on the door or in advance from: 1305 Recital: Julia White – oboe, Jane Beament – piano www.huguenotsofspitalfields.org and click on St Olave Hart Street 'Diary Dates – Huguenots of Spitalfields' and then on the link just 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower above the photograph at the bottom of the page 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays "The Glory of England" St George's German Lutheran Church, Alie Street St Margaret Lothbury

Saturday 30 September EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN SEPTEMBER 2017 — continued 1400 to 1700 A Byrd Workshop 'Will you walke the woods soe wylde?' Come and sing the passionate music of (arguably) Europe's finest sixteenth-century composer – the favourite of successive Thursday 28 September — continued monarchs – William Byrd (c.1539/40 or 1543 – 1623) 1310 Depart in Peace Jonathan Rennert will lead a singers' workshop in which he will The Tunder World series of free lunchtime concerts to be given explain the background of the music, and lead and encourage by Musica Poetica in which the complete choral works of the singing. There will be sung interludes by the choral scholars Franz Tunder (1614 – 1667) are being performed resumes. of St Michael Cornhill. Like many of his contemporaries and composers of all periods, Tickets: £12 Details of booking may be found at: Franz Tunder set to music the Song of Simeon, or Nunc dimittis www.londonmotetandmadrigalclub.org.uk as it is better known in the UK.. St Michael Cornhill Programme: *********************************************************************************** Franz Tunder – Salve mi Jesu Editor's note: We are indebted to Dickon Love, Herr, nun lässest du deiner diener Company Bellringer to the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks for Nisi Dominus ædificaverit the following information

St Sepulchre without Newgate 1900 Chelys Consort of Viols CD Launch: : "A Pleasing Melancholy" – Works of Dowland Open bellringing performances currently scheduled for the City of London Free launch concert in September 2017 For more information and a preview please go to: http://www.chelysconsort.co.uk/dowland/ Saturday 3 September and follow the link at Dowland – Chelys Consort 1000 3½ hr performance on the Bells by the Ancient Society of College Youths St Sepulchre without Newgate at St Lawrence Jewry

Friday 29 September Monday 4 September 1230 Organ Recital: Jonathan Allsopp (Durham Cathedral) 1800 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells St Stephen Walbrook by the St James' Guild at St Dunstan in the West 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by: Eunsley Park – violin Luka Okras – piano Saturday 9 September Programme: 1000 3½ hr performance on the Bells Schubert – Sonatina in D D384 by visitors to London Richard Strauss – Sonata in E flat Op 18 at St Magnus the Martyr Tchaikovsky – Valse-Scherzo Op 34 Admission is free with a retiring collection Saturday 16 September St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield 0930 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: MARTLET VOICES by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Mary le Bow Giles Underwood – director accompanied by harpsichord and theorbo 1000 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells Programme: This will be Monteverdi themed in honour of the by the Ancient Society of College Youths composer's 450th anniversary St Mary at Hill at St Dunstan in the West 1315 Organ Recital: Charles Andrews Programme: 1430 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells J S Bach – Toccata in F major BWV 540 by the Ancient Society of College Youths Brahms – Three Preludes Op 122 Nos 9,10 & 11 at St Olave Hart Street Rheinberger – two pieces from 'Miscellaneen' Op 174 Thursday 21 September W Lloyd Webber – Five Portraits 1730 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells St Bride Fleet Street by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths 1730 to 1815 The Lord Mayor's 'St Stephen's Serenade' at St Mary le Bow Free evening musical recital. No tickets – just come along! St Stephen Walbrook Sunday 24 September 1800 Recital: Preludes and Vollenteries — 2 1200 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells by the Ancient Society of College Youths 17th Century masterpieces for 17th Century violins Peter Sheppard Skaerved –solo violin at St James Garlickhythe Programme: This will include 1400 3½ hr performance on the Bells Thomas Baltazar – Suite for Scordatura violin by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths Johann Welltern – Suite for Scordatura violin at St Magnus the Martyr together with works by John Dowland/Van Eyck, William Corbett, Nicola Cosimi, Nicola Matteis and Saturday 30 September David Gorton – 'Farnaby's Fancy' and 1400 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells

'Caprice No 8 after Dowland by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths played on a small violin by Antonio Stradivari 1685 at St Dunstan in the West

For more information regarding this interesting City Project please search: Preludes and Vollenteries and follow the links City Events is published by The Friends of the City Churches in conjunction with the Archdeaconry of London Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions) available on Eventbrite and printed by Copyprints: [email protected] or on the door St Margaret Lothbury

October 2017 Published by FCC in conjunction with the Archdeaconry of London

A Commemorative Month of Events ― A Review

The month of October is famous in history for an event that has special significance for churches, the Reformation, usually considered to have been started by Martin Luther with the publication of the Ninety-Five Theses in October 1517. Thus the 500th anniversary of that event is being commemorated this year, particularly with music. A most significant composition is the chorale cantata, “Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott”, BWV 80 composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig for Reformation Day, 31 October. This important work will be performed by the City Bach Collective during Bach Vespers at St Mary at Hill on Sunday 29 October. Two days earlier, on Friday 27 October, also at St Mary at Hill there will take place the Reformation Gala Concert on Friday 27 October with the Imperial College Chamber Choir and the GMT Brass Ensemble performing Reformation-themed works,

The Lion Sermon delivered annually in October is a particularly interesting City event. The sermon commemorates the memory of Sir John Gayer, Lord Mayor of London in the 17th century. Gayer was faced with a lion in the Syrian desert, prayed for mercy, and the lion left without harming him. In gratitude Gayer endowed St Katharine Cree with a fund to preach a sermon in memory of this event, gave money to charities, and bought a font for the church inscribed with his coat of arms. The sermon has traditionally been preached on the theme of 'challenges to the Christian faith' and will this year be given by Sir Peter Hendry, Chair of Network Rail. It takes place at St Katharine Cree on Thursday 19 October.

At Temple Church on Wednesday 4 October an important series of musical events will commence. Greg Morris will give the first recital in a series continuing into 2018 in which he will perform the surviving works of Johann Sebastian Bach for the organ. More information concerning this important event is given at the listing.

Peter Sheppard Skaergved began his most interesting series for solo violin, Preludes and Vollenteries, in September with two recitals. Two more will take place in October, the first on Friday 13 October at St Mary Abchurch and the second on Thursday 26 October at St Mary Aldermary The main theme of the series is an exploration of the 17th century violin, inspired by the unique architecture of the City of London with a number of salons in which the mutual influences of the great architecture of Wren, Hawksmoor and Hooke, and the work of the violin makers and composers whose instruments and music flourished in the London of the years after the Restoration is being examined and appropriate music performed. The instruments to be played by Peter Sheppard Skaergved will be one by Antonio Stradivari of 1685 and one by Girolamo Amati of 1629. More modern makers’ instruments will be by Barack Norman and Richard Meares. More details and sources of additional information may be found at the individual entries in the listings. The Friends of the City Churches are most pleased to be able to host the salon on Friday 13 October.

At St Stephen Walbrook on Friday 27 October the free-of-charge recitals, the St Stephen’s Serenades, instigated by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley, continue with pieces for clarinet to be performed by David Wong, accompanied by the Lord Mayor himself. One of Dr Parmley’s many achievements is that of being a most accomplished musician, particularly on the organ. This event must surely be particularly unique in the annals of City Events and perhaps of the City itself.

Gohei Nishikawa, a world class pianist who plays only with his seven fingers, will perform in St Lawrence Jewry on Saturday, 14th October. He was a rising young star who performed at the Lincoln Centre and Carnegie Hall. Tragically in 2001, he began his battle with Dystonia, a neurological disorder which impairs and distorts motor movements. At this point, he was totally unable to play the piano. Through years of rehabilitation, he has slowly regained his ability to play with his right hand and the two working fingers on his left hand. On this special evening, Charlotte de Rothschild, as a special guest artist soprano, will perform with Gohei Nishikawa. Charlotte is best known for her interpretation and performance of classical western-style Japanese songs called “Kakyoku”. This concert clearly has immense promise.

The Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BA Visit: www.london-city-churches.org.uk for more information and the location of the churches in the City

Tuesday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn OCTOBER 2017 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1230 to 1300 Eucharist (said) with brief address St Dunstan in the West The entries below show the normal pattern of services for City Churches 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr and a few churches ‘just over the City borders’. Entries are for Church of England services except where indicated otherwise. ‘1st Monday’, ‘2nd 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand Monday’ etc refer to the 1st Monday, 2nd Monday etc of the month. 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) St Mary Moorfields While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the services shown are 1230 to 1300 Holy Communion St Mary Woolnoth subject to change immediately before, during and after major festivals, at 1230 Holy Communion (said), followed by coffee and sandwiches Bank or other holidays, and during the summer months. You are strongly St Olave Hart Street advised to contact churches to check the details. 1300 to 1330 Communion in the Crypt, with a focus on prayers for healing All Hallows by the Tower For a list of weekend (particularly Sunday) services please go to the 1300 Contemporary Worship and Teaching Christ Church, Spitalfields Friends of the City Churches website at www.london-city-churches.org.uk 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 and follow the links from ‘Events’ and ‘City Events’. St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1300 to 1400 (any time) Contemporary Worship Monday St Sepulchre without Newgate 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate (0900 on Bank Holidays) See www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/ 1305 to 1335 Bible Talk, with lunch available after the talk for details Bevis Marks Synagogue St Helen Bishopsgate 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1305 Meditation (in the crypt chapel) St Mary le Bow 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1310 to 1340 Bible Talk, following sandwich lunch at 1300 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate St Botolph Aldersgate 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 1310 to 1340 Holy Communion St Margaret Lothbury welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1315 to 1345 Meditation and prayers for humanity and the earth 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service (please check with (in the Tent) Open to all Please arrive a few minutes before 1315 church) St Andrew Holborn St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate 1200 to 1230 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – 1700 Evening Prayer St Andrew Holborn all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1700 to 1730 ‘Words of Hope’ – quiet reflective service St Mary Moorfields St Clement Eastcheap 1245 Sung Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1830 Choral Evensong (traditional) (Choral Eucharist on 3rd Tuesday) 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields St Sepulchre without Newgate 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn Wednesday 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1800 Choral Evensong (BCP) (during university terms) (Autumn series 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields from 16 October to 27 November) St Michael Cornhill 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0815 to 1845 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) Tuesday St Mary Aldermary 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0730 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0730 to 0930 ‘Start: Stop’ – start the day by stopping to reflect – 10 minute 0830 to 0915 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry reflections beginning every 15 minutes - just drop in 0900 Morning Prayer St Andrew Holborn St Stephen Walbrook 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0745 Holy Communion (said) followed by light breakfast St Mary at Hill welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0745 Eucharist (in the church) followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0915 Morning Prayer (Eucharist on 1st Wednesday) followed by coffee 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn St Edmund King & Martyr (London Centre for Spiritual Direction) 0800 to 0900 Café Prayer – an opportunity for stillness and prayer, Bible 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service (please check with reading and reflection Coffee served St Katharine Cree church) St Andrew Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1205 RC Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 0900 Morning Prayer St Andrew Holborn 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public St Mary Moorfields welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1245 to 1315 (3rd Wednesday) Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting for 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church Worship Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Quaker Court, Banner St /continued

Thursday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields

OCTOBER 2017 − continued 1305 to 1335 ‘St Nick's Talks’ Bible Talk St Nicholas Cole Abbey 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn Wednesday ─ continued 1310 to 1350 Bible Talk, with lunch available, followed by Question Time 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go St Helen Bishopsgate as you wish St Margaret Lothbury 1315 to 1345 Lunchtime Service (Free Church) City Temple 1300 (1st Wednesday) Eucharist (using a traditional Iona Community 1315 Holy Communion St Martin within Ludgate liturgy) followed by refreshments All welcome 1315 to 1345 Holy Communion (BCP said) (during legal term-time) St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate Temple Church 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1400 to 1420 Prayers – Offering up the prayers from the church’s prayer 1305 ‘Not on a Sunday’ – informal worship with prayers and song board and the London Internet Church St Stephen Walbrook St Katharine Cree 1700 Evening Prayer St Andrew Holborn 1305 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1310 to 1340 ‘Moorgate Talks’ Bible Talk, following sandwich lunch at 1800 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (with Confraternity of the 1300, at Amber, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, EC2Y 9AW under Blessed Sacrament Vespers on 1st Thursday) the auspices of St Botolph Aldersgate St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate 1800 (Normally 1st Thursday) Choral Evensong, followed by 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street ‘Thursday Conversation’ at 1830 St Mary at Hill 1700 Evening Prayer St Andrew Holborn 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1805 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1730 Choral Evensong (during legal term-time) Temple Church 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer – ‘Pursuit’ Prayer and Worship 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow Service All welcome (Free Church) City Temple 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower

1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1830 to 1915 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – Friday all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields Thursday 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 0800 to 0830 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue St Mary Aldermary 0730 to 0930 ‘Headroom’ – short reflections with music and contemplation 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields Just drop in St Margaret Pattens 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1200 to 1500 Quiet Personal Prayer St Joseph Bunhill Row 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1200 to 1230 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 0900 Morning Prayer St Andrew Holborn 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1230 Pastoral Conversation or Confession (Sacrament Chapel, or apply 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church at the Vestry) St Mary le Bow 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1210 Holy Communion St Botolph Bishopsgate St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 1230 Holy Communion (BCP) St Andrew by the Wardrobe St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1230 Eucharist (said) (Lady Chapel) St Bartholomew the Great 1305 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand 1315 to 1400 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship St Mary Moorfields Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1245 to 1330 Eucharist with the St Stephen’s Voices, followed by light lunch 1800 Paraklesis (replaced on 1st Friday and during fasting periods by (For 12 October see Special Services) St Stephen Walbrook Service of Holy Unction) Followed at 1900 to 2200 by Catechesis 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go as and Confessions (Romanian Orthodox) St Dunstan in the West you wish St Mary Woolnoth 1800 (1st Friday) RC Low Mass in the Extra-Ordinary Form 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1300 to 1330 (1st Thursday) Private Prayer and Reflection 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields St Giles Cripplegate 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer - Equipping Night Service 1300 Holy Communion (Normally with choir on 1st Thursday) Praise and Worship (Free Church) City Temple St Margaret Pattens 1930 Jewish Friday Evening Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate orthodox rite) (1830 in winter months – please check on 1305 Holy Communion, followed by coffee and sandwiches www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/) Bevis Marks Synagogue St Katharine Cree

SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN

OCTOBER 2017 Thursday 12 October 1200 Maritime Foundation Memorial Book Service The annual service

of remembrance for those lost at sea and for whom there is no Sunday 1 October known grave All Hallows by the Tower 1100 Harvest Festival Service Donations of dry goods only, please St Olave Hart Street 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate

1245 Business Harvest Festival Service Preacher: the Ven Luke Miller, Monday 2 October Archdeacon of London Followed by light lunch 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’: St Peter in Rome St Stephen Walbrook One of a series of services of music, prayer, readings and reflections, with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, exploring the theme of Rome, London & Christianity Monday 16 October St Stephen Walbrook 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’: St Alban One of a series of services of music, prayer, readings and reflections on the theme of Rome, London & Christianity Wednesday 4 October Please see the entry for 2 October St Stephen Walbrook 1730 Choral Evensong A culmination of the Temple Church Choir’s tour to Germany in celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the 1800 Choral Evensong (BCP) The first of a new series of services of Reformation and Martin Luther Temple Church Choral Evensong on Mondays at 1800 during university terms (The autumn series runs from 16 October to 27 November) St Michael Cornhill

Thursday 5 October 1300 Choral Eucharist with the St Margaret Pattens Choir Wednesday 18 October – St Luke the Evangelist St Margaret Pattens 1230 Eucharist (said) for St Luke’s Day St Dunstan in the West

1800 Choral Evensong followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below St Mary at Hill Thursday 19 October 1305 The Annual Lion Sermon 1830 Harvest Songs and Praises – Come and Sing! Given by Sir Peter Hendy, Chair of Network Rail With performances by the Cohen Ensemble, Lloyd’s Choir and Followed by lunch All welcome St Katharine Cree others £10 donation for entry – includes supper and wine St Katharine Cree 1815 to 1930 Shortened Evening Prayer, followed by plus+ presentation exploring the place of faith in the world of business Please see the entry for this date in the Lectures, Courses, Workshops and Sunday 8 October Seminars section below St Stephen Walbrook 1100 Harvest Thanksgiving Choral Eucharist St Bride Fleet Street 1100 Fish Harvest Festival Service - Choral Mattins With a display of wet fish donated by the traders and fishmongers of Billingsgate Fish Market Followed by refreshments Monday 23 October St Mary at Hill 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’: Constantine One of a series of services of music, prayer, readings and reflections on the theme of Rome, London & Christianity Monday 9 October Please see the entry for 2 October St Stephen Walbrook 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’: The Early Church in Rome One of a series of services of music, prayer, readings and reflections on the theme of Rome, London & Christianity Please see the entry for 2 October St Stephen Walbrook Sunday 29 October 1830 Bach Festal Vespers celebrating the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation (on 31 October) Including J S Bach’s Cantata BWV 80, Ein feste Burg ist Wednesday 11 October – St Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking unser Gott, and his Motet BWV 230, Lobet den Herrn, 1815 to 2000 Evensong for the Feast Day of St Ethelburga performed by the City Bach Collective on period instruments With the Rt Revd Dr Trevor Mwamba, Team Rector of Barking For further information please go to www.citybachcollective.org.uk Music from a Moldovan Choir and the St Botolph without St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill Bishopsgate Singers

Followed by an interview with His Grace Bishop Angaelos, Head of

the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK, on the plight of Christians in

the Middle East Monday 30 October Free event – all welcome 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’: Christianity in Roman London St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate One of a series of services of music, prayer, readings and reflections on the theme of Rome, London & Christianity Please see the entry for 2 October St Stephen Walbrook

LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS 10 October IN OCTOBER 2017 1045 to 1530 Oasis Day: ‘Come aside and rest a while’ Led by Margaret Gordon, a missionary in Central Asia Oasis Days offer a monthly time of quiet reflection to re-charge Monday 2 October one’s spiritual batteries with stimulating speakers 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Group Cost £15 - Lunch/ tea & coffee provided For all who have questions about faith and how to include it Pre-booking required by Friday 6 October for catering purposes in all aspects of our lives The group meets on Mondays to help To book please telephone the Revd Martin Davies on and encourage one other on our journey of faith, work and life 07429 612642 or e-mail [email protected] Join us upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB St Andrew Holborn St Olave Hart Street 1830 to 2130 Women in diaspora & peace A ‘Hot Topics’ participatory evening dialogue For more information and registration please Tuesday 3 October go to www.stethelburgas.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ 1830 to 2130 Race & Faith A ‘Hot Topics’ participatory evening dialogue St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate For more information and registration please go to www.stethelburgas.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate Wednesday 11 October 1300 to 1400 Gresham College Lecture: The Guitar in Tudor London Given by Professor Christopher Page With musical illustrations Thursday 5 October The first in a series on For Courtesan, Queen and Gallant: 1830 to 2100 Tales from Bayreuth: An Evening with the Wagner The Guitar in England from Henry VIII to Samuel Pepys Society’s Bayreuth Bursary Winners - Samantha Crawford, soprano Free – no reservations required Admission on a ‘first come, first (with by Kelvin Lim, piano) and Henry Kennedy, conductor served’ basis Doors open at 1230 A Wagner Society event For further information please go to www.gresham.ac.uk and For further information, ticket prices and to book please go to follow the links from ‘Attend’ and ‘All future lectures’ www.wagnersociety.org. and follow the links from ‘Events’ St Sepulchre without Newgate St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall 1800 Intergenerational Justice: responsibility and blame from baby- boomers to millennials in ethical business practice 1830 Thursday Conversation: How You Cope with Atrocity A JustShare event in association with the Ecumenical Council for Neville Lawrence in conversation with the Revd Rose Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) Hudson-Wilkin With a panel of experts to include Christopher Stockwell (ECCR) Following Choral Evensong at 1800 and Angus Hanton (Intergenerational Foundation) Followed by refreshments For further details and registration go to www.justshare.org.uk See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below St Mary le Bow St Mary at Hill 1815 to 2000 Interview with His Grace Bishop Angaelos, Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK, on the plight of Middle Eastern Christians Following Evensong for the Feast Day of St Ethelburga at 1815 Free event – all welcome For further details please see the Friday 6 October entry for this date in the Special Services section above 1000 to 1700 Indigenous perspectives: spiritual ecology, peacemaking St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate and returning home to the land A one day workshop For more information, cost and registration go to www.stethelburgas.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ Friday 13 October St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate 0930 to 1630 Listening to connect: Effective communication skills to transform relationships and cultivate understanding 1100 to 1600 Getting Messy – Exploring the Value of Play in Spiritual A one day workshop from the Compassionate Listening Project Direction Led by Annette Kaye One of a series of monthly For more information, cost and registration please go to workshops for spiritual directors, led by experienced practitioners, www.stethelburgas.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ in the Developing Direction programme St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate For further information, cost and to book go to www.lcsd.org.uk and follow the links from ‘Courses & Events’ London Centre for Spiritual Direction at St Edmund King & Martyr

Monday 16 October 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Group Monday 9 October Please see the entry for 2 October 1800 to 2000 Poetry and Book Club for Spiritual Directors The first in a Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB series of monthly meetings in the Developing Direction programme St Olave Hart Street For further information, cost and to book go to www.lcsd.org.uk and follow the links from ‘Courses & Events’ London Centre for Spiritual Direction at St Edmund King & Martyr Thursday 19 October 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Group 1815 to 1930 Plus+ presentation exploring the place of faith in the world Please see the entry for 2 October of business Following Shortened Evening Prayer at 1815 Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB Followed by drinks and opportunity for networking St Olave Hart Street St Stephen Walbrook

LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS IN OCTOBER 2017 – continued EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN OCTOBER 2017

Thursday 19 October 1815 to 1930 Plus+ presentation exploring the place of faith in the world Monday 2 October of business Following Shortened Evening Prayer at 1815 Followed by drinks and opportunity for networking 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition St Stephen Walbrook 'Creation' by Alexander de Cadenet The launch day of this striking exhibition of a series of bronze and silver featuring 'consumables', namely ':Life-Burger' Monday 23 October hamburger sculptures that contain deeper spiritual messages. 1000 to 1700 Transforming conflict: Balancing inner work and Considerable information concerning the content and the thinking skills development for effectively engaging others behind the notion of the sculptures may be found by searching A one day workshop For more information, cost and registration Events – St Stephen Walbrook and following the links to the go to www.stethelburgas.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ Calendar of Events and clicking on Creations at the appropriate St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate date: St Stephen Walbrook

1800 The Lawrence Lecture 1300 Recital: Tom Hicks - piano St Lawrence Jewry Programme: Jánáček – In the Mists The Lawrence Lecture 2017 Prokofiev – Sonata No 8 in B flat major Op 84 Monday 23 October at 1800 St Lawrence Jewry

The Bishop, the War, and the tax man 1300 Organ Recital: Ronny Krippner (Croydon Minster) (on the Restructuring of the City Churches after World War II) Programme: Given by Kevin Rogers Stanford – Fantasia & Toccata in D Op 57 Krippner – Improvisation: Austro-Bohemian Organ Concert Tickets £10 including a glass of wine Fischer – Suite 6, from Blumen-Strauss For advance booking contact [email protected] Krippner – 3 Preludes from Austro-Bohemian Chorales Tickets also available on the door Jackson – March in C Op 109 Today is the 100th birthday of Dr Francis Jackson, the composer, recitalist and former Organist & Master of the Choristers at York Minster 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Group Whiitlock – Salix, from Plymouth Suite Please see the entry for 2 October Jongen – Toccata in D flat Op 104 St Michael Cornhill Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB St Olave Hart Street 1315 Recital: To be arranged Please check the website: Tuesday 24 October http://www.stmartin-within-ludgate.org.uk/music 1800 Ethical employment practices at home and abroad Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church A JustShare event on what makes an ethical international running costs St Martin Ludgate business, and ethical employment practices at home and abroad For further details and registration go to www.justshare.org.uk All Hallows by the Tower 1930 Barts Academic Festival Choir & Orchestra Come and listen to our Autumn Concert Programme: Wednesday 25 October Bruckner – Symphony No 5 1400 to 1900 Art Awakening Humanity Conference exploring the Te Deum relationship between art and the spiritual dimension Verdi – Sacred Piece Organised by St Stephen Walbrook in partnership with Stabat Mater Awakened Artists and Watkins Mind Body Sprit Magazine Tickets: £15 - .Concessions £10 Including short talks, meditations and conversations with artists, Wine will be served in the interval collectors, critics and spiritual teachers Everyone is very welcome – bring your friends Free event, but please register online in advance – for further All proceeds will go to Barts Cancer Unit details and registration go to www.awakenedartists.com/events The Great Hall, St Bartholomew's Hospital St Stephen Walbrook

Monday 30 October 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Group Please see the entry for 2 October Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB St Olave Hart Street

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN OCTOBER 2017 — continued Wednesday 4 October 1100 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition continued 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet Tuesday 3 October Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition St Stephen Walbrook 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet The launch day of this striking exhibition of a series of bronze and 1305 Recital: Joanna Gutowska – cello St Botolph Aldgate silver sculptures featuring 'consumables', namely ':Life-Burger' 1305 Recital: Claire Egan – soprano hamburger sculptures that contain deeper spiritual messages. Miranda Westcott – mezzo soprano Considerable information concerning the content and the thinking Arngier Haucksson – plucker St Olave Hart Street behind the notion of the sculptures may be found by searching 1315 Recital: S'ensemble Music Events – St Stephen Walbrook and following the links to the Charlotte Schoeters – soprano Calendar of Events and clicking on Creations at the appropriate Özlern Çelik – clarinet date: St Stephen Walbrook Lysianne Chen – piano St Dunstan in the West

1315 Organ Recital: Greg Morris 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually This recital will be the first of a series continuing into 2018 in include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch which Greg Morris will perform the surviving works of J S Bach

for the organ. The majority of the recitals will take place at the 1300 Organ Recital in the Eric Thompson Charitable Trust Series 2017 Temple Church, but other of London’s iconic ecclesiastical Richard Moore – organ Ellie Lovegrove – trumpet Buildings will also be venues. More information concerning the Illuminations, Dances and Poems CD launch recital series may be found at: http://gregmorris.org.uk/bach/ Programme: Programme: Torbjōrn Hultmark – Triptyk I & II Prelude in A minor BWV569 Paul Burke – Dance in the Sepulchre (Five Poems) † Prelude in E major BWV566 J S Bach – Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele BWV654 † Chorale preludes on Allein Gott in der Hōh sei Her Dan Locklair – Proclamation – Illuminations ( of Light) Temple Church Paul Burke – anyone lived in a pretty how town (Five Poems) † Solfa Carlile – Silver Tree Fanfare † - organ solo St Lawrence Jewry Thursday 5 October 1300 Recital: Kalliopi Mitropoulou – violin Zoe Saubat – cello 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition St Stephen Walbrook 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the 1305 Lloyd's Choir Autumn Concert entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information Programme: Poulenc – 'Gloria' St Stephen Walbrook Admission free with retiring collection in aid of the church — 1305 Recital: Anern Trio St Katharine Cree Lisa Ueda – violin Ian Byrne Brito – viola Nigel Blomiley – cello St Olave Hart Street 1315 Recital: Sussex Camerata 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Rita French – violin Martin Cannings – violin 1310 Organ Recital: International Celebrity Series Jane Taunton – viola Christopher Cooper – cello Samuel Eriksson from Gothenburg Sweden Programme: St Margaret Lothbury Mozart – String Quartet in B flat K172 1800 Choral Evensong, followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 Mendelssohn – String Quartet in A major Op 13 Evensong will be sung by Seraphim, the St Mary at Hill Choir St Bride Fleet Street The Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkins will be in conversation with 1315 A Square Mile Music Series Recital Neville Lawrence OBE The topic will be: Katie MacRae – soprano Hunter Mabery – piano 'How You Cope with Atrocity'

Programme: Admission is free There will be refreshments Mozart – Exultate Jubnilate Donations are welcome St Mary at Hill Debussy – Quatre Chansons de Jeunesse St Mary at Hill 1830 A Wagner Society Event ― ‘Tales from Bayreuth’

1800 British Malaysian Society 60th Merdeka Celebration Concert Samantha Crawford, winner of the 2016 Wagner Society A musical evening by Malaysian performers to celebrate Singing Competition, and Henry Kennedy, conductor, on their 60 years of independence. A supper following the concert return from Bayreuth will tell us their experiences. Samantha will will be available. For more information and tickets please visit: be accompanied on the piano by Kelvin Lim. http://www.thebritishmalaysiansociety.org/events.html The event will be introduced by Cormac Cawley the Secretary of The Wagner Society, St Lawrence Jewry Tickets and information from: www.wagnersociety.org St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall 1830 onwards Harvest Songs and Praises – Come and Sing! with performances by the Cohen Ensemple, Lloyds Choir and others £10 donation for entry with supper and wine included St Katharine Cree

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN OCTOBER 2017 — continued Tuesday 10 October 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition continued 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet Friday 6 October Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet St Stephen Walbrook Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually St Stephen Walbrook include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1230 Organ Recital: Alan Montgomery St Stephen Walbrook 1300 Organ Recital in the Eric Thompson Charitable Trust Series 2017 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by the Stephen Disley Piattini String Trio Director of the Girls' Choir and Sub-Organist, Southwark Cathedral Programme: Programme: Schubert – Trio in B flat D471 William Mathias – Fanfare (1987) Chorale Beethoven – Trio in E flat Op 3 Jeanne Joulain – In Memoriam

Admission is free with a retiring collection Philip Moore – Sonata St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield Huw Morgan ― Lullaby 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: Brian Sturtridge― piano – Ballet des Matelotz (arr Noel Rawsthorne) Programme: Russian Revolution Centenary Series - II Flor Peters – Lied to the Flowers (Lied Symphony Op66 No3) ‘Shostakovich and the Mighty Handful’ St Mary at Hill Louis Couperin – Chaconne (transcribed by Joseph Bonnet) 1315 Recital: Mitra Alice Tham – piano Antonin Dvořák – Largo from 'New World Symphony' Op 75 Programme: (arr Carlo Curley) J S Bach – Prelude and Fugue in D minor Book 2 BWV 875 Joseph Bonnet – Variations de Concert St Lawrence Jewry Mozart – Sonata in A minor K310 1300 Recital: Alex Caldon – trumpet, Alexandra Caldon – violin Prokofiev – Suggestion Diabolique Op 4, No 2 Libby Burgess – piano Lizst – Consolation in D flat major S172 St Stephen Walbrook Gershwin – The Man I Love St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Recital: The Major Music Scholars of James Allen's Girls’ School 1315 Organ Recital: Michael Bowden St Dunstan in the West St Bride Fleet Street 1315 A Square Mile Music Series Concert Saturday 7 October Seraphim – 1930 International Gospel Celebration! The St Mary at Hill Choir presents a Harvest of the Sea Celebration Programme: Three great Gospel choirs fill our newest venue with soulful sounds! A Macmillan – They that Go Down to the Sea 2 The Lord Director – Jenny Carlsson A Wilson – In the Fishery of Souls Gospelfabriken Director – Ingelin Dahl Helbe M Strange – Never Weather-Beaten Sail London International Gospel Choir Director – Naveen Arles T Hewitt-Jones – Fish Jubilate St Mary at Hill Tickets: £23 (premium); £18 (unreserved); children £5 Box Office: 07528 776 625 or from the website: http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival and follow the links Wednesday 11 October St Katharine Cree 1100 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition Monday 9 October 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the St Stephen Walbrook entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information 1300 Gresham College Lecture-Recital St Stephen Walbrook 'The Guitar in Tudor London' — to be given by 1300 Recital: Madelaine Jones – piano Professor Christopher Page Programme: Free admission More information may be found in the Lectures Clara Schumann – Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Op 20 section above St Sepulchre without Newgate J S Bach – English Suite No 5 in E minor BWV810 1305 Recital: 'In memorian Peter Feuchtwanger' Chopin – Nocturne in B flat minor Op 9, No 1 Masako Kamikawa – piano St Olave Hart Street St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Recital: Miquel Villalba – piano St Dunstan in the West 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Rennert Programme: Elgar – Allegro maestoso from Sonata in G (1895) Thursday 12 October Darke – A meditation on Brother James's Air (1947) 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition Jackson – Impromptu Op 5 (1944) 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet Marson – Folly for flutes Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the Bach – Passacaglia in C, BWV582 entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information Thalben-Ball – Poemea & Toccata Beorma (1974) St Stephen Walbrook St Michael Cornhill 1305 Organ Recital: Geoff Howells St Botolph Aldgate 1315 Recital: Kiyoka Ohara – flute Seungwon Lee – piano 1305 Recital: To be arranged St Olave Hart Street Programme: 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays Organ Music from Paris (1) Mozart – Sonata in F major St Margaret Lothbury Taktakishvili – Sonata Taffanel – Mignon Fantasie Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church running costs St Martin Ludgate

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continued 1930 Londinium Chamber Choir Concert Friday 13 October "There is Sweet Music" – a beguiling choral programme 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition celebrating the essence of music itself

'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet Ethereal works by Lassus, Tomkins, and Vaughan Williams rub Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the shoulders with vivacious music by Gibbons, Tippett, and Elliott entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information Carter, whilst the familiar worlds of Byrd, Brahms and Elgar are St Stephen Walbrook offset by little-known gems by Frank Bridge, Zoltán Kodály,

Howard Skempton and Arvo Pärt.

1230 Organ Recital: Patrick Hopper St Stephen Walbrook The centrepiece is a dazzling evocation of music-making in the service of the divine, in the shape of Bach's most virtuosic motet, Singet dem Herrn.

1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by the: The full programme can be found at Magnard Ensemble www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events Programme: Tickets: £12 ('Earlybird' discount until Saturday 8 Oct) Leo Geyer – Sideshows Suite £15 / £10 students are available from the website: This will be the second performance of this work and it will be St Sepulchre without Newgate introduced by the composer. Winner of the 2017 Lord Mayor's

Composition Prize – awarded by the Musicians' Company – Leo Geyer's wind quintet, like Luciano Berio's Opus Number Zoo, wittily combines spoken contributions by each member of the group Saturday 14 October with stage action and fascinating original music. 1900 Gohei Nishikawa Special Piano Recital Guest Artist: Charlotte de Rothschild – soprano J S Bach arr Shiner – Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor BWV867 For details and tickets please visit: Barber ― Summer Music https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/373449 Haydn (attrib.) – Divertimento in B flat Hob.II:46 (St Antoni) St Lawrence Jewry Ligeti – Six Bagatelles

Admission is free with a retiring collection 1930 Hackney Singers Concert St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield Conductor – Dan Ludford-Thomas Programme: Carl Orff – Carmina Burana 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: BELLOT ENSEMBLE Jonathan Dove – The Passing of the Years Edmund Taylor ― director Further information and tickets from: http://hackneysingers.org.uk Programme: S t Sepulchre without Newgate ‘The Development of the Italian Trio Sonata’ (Part 1) – Works by Monteverdi, Legrenzi, Rossi, Fontana and Merula Monday 16 October St Mary at Hill 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the 1315 Recital: Frans von Schoonhoven – violin, Chiahu Lee – piano entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information Programme: St Stephen Walbrook Medtner – Violin Sonata No 3 in E minor Op 57, "Epica" 1300 Recital: Iyad Sughayer – piano St Bride Fleet Street Programme: Handel – Suite in B flat HVW 434 Schubert (completed by Tirimo) – Sonata in F minor D625 1800 Recital: Preludes and Vollenteries — 3 Liszt – Vallée d'Obermann No 8 from Book 1 of 17th Century masterpieces for 17th Century violins Années de Pèlerinage 'At the sign of the Golden Viol' St Lawrence Jewry Peter Sheppard Skaerved – solo violin, tenor violin, viola 1300 Organ Recital: David Hill Programme: This will include solo works from Walsh & Hare Programme: Preludes & Vollenteries (1705) by Nicola Cosimi, Bach – Fantasia, Komm, heiliger Geist BWV651 Ambrogio Lonati, John Banister, Nicola Matteis, Willan – Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue (1916) William Corbett, Gottfired Finger, Henry Purcell and more; Karg-Elert – Harmonies du Soir plus a London premiere — Jackson – Toccata, Chorale & Fugue Evis Sammoutis – Nicosia Etude 3 (2016) Tou vrai solas ferat .. Dr Jackson dedicated this work 'affectionately to Healey Willan'

Played on a tenor violin by Barack Norman St Michael Cornhill and a viol/viola by Richard Meares 1315 Recital: Alexandra Caldon – violin Alex Caldon – trumpet Libby Burgess – piano For more information regarding this interesting City Project Programme: "Claude & Co" please search: Preludes and Vollenteries and follow the links A programme of French music

Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions) from: www.eventbrite.co.uk including works by Debussy, Poulenc and Büsser

on the door, or www.peter-sheppard-skaerved.com Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church In association with the Friends of the City Churches running costs St Martin Ludgate St Mary Abchurch

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN SEPTEMBER 2017 — continued Tuesday 17 October continued Tuesday 17 October Wednesday 18 October ― continued

1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information St Stephen Walbrook 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch St Katharine Cree

1300 Organ Recital in the Eric Thompson Charitable Trust Series 2017 Wednesday 18 October at 7.00pm

Tom Bell An Orchestral Concert to be given by Programme: William Bolcom – Fantasia on 'O Zion, Haste' the City Chamber Ensemble and 'How Firm a Foundation' John Cage – Souvenir Zeynep Özsuca Rattle – piano William Whitehead, Andrew Gant, David Franke – Michael Gammie – conductor Three pieces from the Orgelbüchlein Project J S Bach – Prelude & Fugue in G major BWV541 Schubert – Symphony No 5 Alain – Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin Beethoven – Piano Concerto No 2 Alain ― Litanies St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Recital: Rimintas Vingas – piano St Stephen Walbrook Mozart – Symphony No 40 1315 Recital: Michael Butten – guitar Programme: Admission will be free Purcell (transcr. Britten) – Suite for harpsichord Z669 Donations towards the piano fund John Mcleod – Fantasy on Themes from Britten's 'Gloriana' will be warmly welcomed Dowland – Fantasia, Lord Strang's March, Lachrimae , Frog Galliard Timothy Bowers – Elegy: Hommage to Dowland Dowland – Farewell St Bride Fleet Street

1315 A Square Mile Music Series Recital The Tee Trio Clarissa Lim - violin Laura Jane Armstrong – cello Thursday 19 October Weng Soon Tee – piano 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition Programme: 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet Smetana – Piano Trio Op 15 St Mary at Hill Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information Wednesday 18 October St Stephen Walbrook 1100 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition 1305 The Lion Sermon 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet This will be given by Sir Peter Hendry, Chair of Network Rail Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the The Sermon will be followed by lunch entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information All are welcome. Information about the Lion Sermon is given in St Stephen Walbrook the article on the front page St Katharine Cree 1305 Concert: Halcyon Quartet 1305 Recital: Fabricio Mattos – guitar St Olave Hart Street Claudia Fuller – violin I Leidy Sinclair – violin II 1305 Recital: Gillian Spragg – piano St Mary le Bow Nathalie Green-Buckley – viola HeeYeon Cho - violoncello 1310 Organ Recital: David Cook All Hallows by the Tower Programme: 1310 Organ Recital: International Celebrity Series Dvořák – String Quartet No 12 ("American") Lukas Arvidsson from Hässleholm in Sweden St Botolph Aldgate St Margaret Lothbury 1305 Recital: Joanna Gutowska – cello Mateusz Rettner – piano St Olave Hart Street 1315 Organ Recital: Greg Morris Continuation of the series of recitals in which all of Bach's surviving works for the organ will be performed. More information concerning the series may be found at: http://gregmorris.org.uk/bach/ Programme: Allabreve in D major BWV589 Fugue in G minor BWV578 Choral Partita on O Gott, die Frommer Gott Temple Church 1330 Recital: Joana Gil – soprano, Connie Luk – piano St Dunstan in the West

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continued Monday 23 October

Friday 20 October 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information St Stephen Walbrook St Stephen Walbrook

1230 Organ Recital: Edmund Aldhouse St Stephen Walbrook 1300 Recital: Joanna Krause – piano Programme: 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by: J S Bach – French Suite No 5 in G major BWV816 Emma Halnan – flute Daniel King-Smith – piano Chopin – Nocturne in B major Op 62, No 1 Programme: Mazurka No 2 and No 3 from Op 56 Johann Quantz – Sonata in G major No 273 QV1:109 Barcarolle in F sharp major Op 60 Clara Schumann – Three Romances Op 22 Joanna Krause performs through the Worshipful Company of Musicians Malcolm Arnold – Sonata for flute and piano Op 121 and St Lawrence scheme for young prizewinners of the Company Theobald Böhm – Grand Polonaise in D major Op 16 St Lawrence Jewry

Admission is free with a retiring collection St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield 1300 Organ Recital: Benjamin Newlove (newly-appointed 2017-18 Sir George Thalben-Ball Memorial Organ Scholar) 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: DAPPER’S DELIGHT Programme: Adrian Brown ― anglo concertinas & voice Dupré – Prelude & Fugue in B Op 7/1 Susanna Borsch ― recorders, English concertina & voice Franck – Prelude, Fugue & Variation Programme: ‘Vernacular’ – a varied programme Parry – Fantasia & Fugue in G drawing on popular repertoire from 17th to 19th century England Thalben-Ball – Elegy (1934) St Mary at Hill Howells – Rhapsody 1 in D flat (1915) Reger – Dankpsalm Op 145/2 St Michael Cornhill

1315 Recital: Emmanuel Bach – violin, Jenny Stern – piano Programme: 1315 Recital: Klaudia Magdon – soprano George Webster – piano J S Bach – Partita No 3 for solo violin BWV1006 Programme: Vocal works associated with and mostly written ii. Loure & iii. Gavotte in Paris by composers who had connections with the city Paganini – Caprices 4 and 10 from Op 1 or spent part of their lives there. Jánáček – Sonata for violin and piano French songs by Hahn and Pouilenc; Drigo arr. Jascha Heifetz – Valse Bluette (Air de Ballet) Viardot arrangements of Chopin mazurkas; French arias or arias with Paris as a backdrop St Bride Fleet Street Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church running costs St Martin Ludgate 1315 Organ Recital: John March St Dunstan in the West

1800 The Lawrence Lecture 1930 Constanza Chorus Concert 'The Bishop, the War, and the tax man' "Made in the USA" – The speaker will be Kevin Rogers A concert of choral music from American composers Tickets: £10 – this includes a glass of wine Conductor – Joanna Tomlinson St Lawrence Jewry Accompanist – Gavin Roberts Programme: Bernstein – Chichester Psalms Barber – Agnus Dei Tickets £15 including post-concert drinks available in advance: www.eventbrite.co.uk St Sepulchre without Newgate

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continued Thursday 26 October

1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition Tuesday 24 October 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the St Stephen Walbrook entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information St Stephen Walbrook 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually 1305 Recital: Viv McLean – piano St Olave Hart Street include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1300 Organ Recital in the Eric Thompson Charitable Trust Series 2017 Greg Morris (Temple Church) 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually This recital will also be the third in the series in which Greg Morris include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch will perform all of J S Bach's surviving organ works. More information concerning the series may be found at: http://gregmorris.org.uk/bach/ 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Programme: Prelude & Fugue in F minor BWV534 Fugue in B minor (on a theme by Corelli) BWV579 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays Organ Music from Paris (2) Chorale preludes on Allein Gott in der Hōh sei Ehr St Margaret Lothbury Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 538 – "Dorian" St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Recital: To be arranged St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Actus Tragicus 1315 Recital: Sally Quantrill – flute, Lydia Bosworth – piano Resumption of theTunder World series of free lunchtime concerts Programme: to be given by Musica Poetica in which the complete choral C P E Bach – Sonata in G majpr works of Franz Tunder (1614 – 1667) are being performed. Bax – Four Pieces for Flute and Piano In this unusual and moving lunchtime concert Musica Poetica Boulanger – Nocturne perform two notable examples of the funeral cantata Poulenc – Sonata for flute and piano St Bride Fleet Street 1315 A Square Mile Music Series Recital Programme: Eve Baker – soprano Max Mausen – clarinet Franz Tunder – Hosianna dem Sohne David Robert Mingay-Smith – piano J S Bach – Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106 Programme: (Also known as the Actus Tragicus) Schubert – Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D965 St Sepulchre without Newgate arr Britten – O Waly, Waly M Head – Sweet Chance that led my steps abroad St Mary at Hill 1800 Recital: Preludes and Vollenteries — 4 17th Century masterpieces for 17th Century violins 'Anonymous' Peter Sheppard Skaerved – solo violin Wednesday 25 October Programme: This will include anonymous solo works 1100 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition from the 'Klagenfurt Manuscript' (ca 1685) and 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet 'Rost Codex' (1680-88), with works by Giovanni Battista Vitali Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the Plus: Gregory Rose – Three Studies (2015) entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information (dedicated to Peter Sheppard Skaerved) St Stephen Walbrook Ezra Pound/after Petrus Convitortio – 1305 Recital: Mark Gibbs – viola St Botolph Aldgate Tu Soi nel fiore della tuo bellaza

1305 Recital: Christine Stevenson – piano St Olave Hart Street Played on a soprano violin by Antonio Stradivari (1685) 1315 Recital: Uberto Orlando – flute St Dunstan in the West and a violin by Girolamo Amati (1629) 1830 Ripon Cathedral Choir Concert For more information please visit the church website and follow For more information regarding this interesting City Project please search: Preludes and Vollenteries and follow the links the links in the calendar: www.stlawrencejewry.org.uk St Lawrence Jewry Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions) from: www.eventbrite.co.uk on the door, or www.peter-sheppard-skaerved.com St Mary Aldermary

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1930 Concert: A Brandenburg Choral Festival Event New London Chamber Choir Friday 27 October Conductor – Matthew Hamilton 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition Programme: 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet Morten Lauridsen – O Magnum Mysterium Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the Toru Takemitsu – Wind Horse entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information John Cage – Living Room Music St Stephen Walbrook John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Holy Wind (extracts) Samuel Barber – Agnus Dei

Tickets: £23 (premium); £18 (unreserved); children £5 1230 Organ Recital: Nicholas Mannoukas St Stephen Walbrook Box Office: 07528 776 625 or from the website: 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by the http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival and follow the links Duruflé Trio St Katharine Cree Rosemary Bowker – flute Henrietta Hill – viola

Claire Simmonds – piano

Winners of the Ivan Sutton Chamber Music Prize 2016 Sunday 29 October Programme: 1830 Bach Vespers including a performance by C P E Bach – Trio No 2 in A minor Wq.93, H537 the City Bach Collective of Cantata BWV 80 — Reynaldo Hahn – Romanesque "Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott " Rob Keeley – Trio (World Premiere) to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation Debussy (arr. Rudolf Forst) – Mandoline For this festive occasion It is planned to include two other Elena Firsova – Meditation in the Japanese Garden Op 54 special pieces. These are: Duruflé – Prélude, Récitatif et Variations Op 3 Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 42 and

Admission is free with a retiring collection Motet Lobet den Herrn BWV 230 St Mary at Hill St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield 1900 Concert: A Brandenburg Choral Festival Event ‘If Music be the Food of Love’ 1305 A Music-at-Hill Event: Reformation 500 Gala Concert The Maidstone Singers Conductor ― Kathryn Ridgeway IMPERIAL COLLEGE CHAMBER CHOIR with GMT BRASS ENSEMBLE Music and readings inspired by Shakespeare, including works by William Glendinning ― director John Rutter, Leonard Bernstein, and a World Premiere of songs Stuart Whatton ― organ by Philip Sawyers Programme: Tickets: £23 (premium); £18 (unreserved); children £5 Benjamin Culli ― Reformation Suite for brass quartet and organ Box Office: 07528 776 625 or from the website: together with a selection of motets and anthems by http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival and follow the links Reformation-influenced composers from Germany, Italy St Katharine Cree and England St Mary at Hill

1315 Organ Recital: Anthony Gritten

Programme Monday 30 October Léon Boëllmann – Suite Gothique Op 25 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition Jean-Jacques Grunenwald – Pastorale-Mystique 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet Richard Francis – Fantasia on Praise my Soul the King of Heaven Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the Daniel Roth – Ave Maris Stella entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information Pierre Kunc – Grande Pièce Symphonique St Stephen Walbrook St Bride Fleet Street

1300 Recital: Mikhail Shilyaev – piano 1730 to 1815 The Lord Mayor's 'St Stephen's Serenade' Programme: Works by Alexandre Scriabin Featuring David Wong – clarinet and the Lord Mayor himself St Lawrence Jewry A free evening musical recital. No tickets – just come along!

St Stephen Walbrook

1300 Annual Harold Darke Memorial Recital 1930 A performance of a new play by RISE Theatre in association given by Tyrone Whiting with The Archbishop Romero Trust: prizewinning student from the Royal Academy of Music “Romero ― Heartbeat of El Salvador” This will be Tyrone's UK Farewell Recital before he tales up his

For information and bookings: 020 7247 8390 new post as Director of Music at Grace Church, Newark, NJ, USA St Mary Moorfields St Michael Cornhill 1315 Recital: Margaret Pearman – soprano David Cousell – piano For the programme please visit the website: http://www.stmartin-within-ludgate.org.uk/music

Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church running costs St Martin Ludgate

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN SEPTEMBER 2017 — continued Editor's note: We are indebted to Dickon Love, continued Company Bellringer to the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks for the following information Tuesday 31 October 1000 to 1600 Sculpture Exhibition 'Creations' by Alexander de Cadenet Continuation of this important exhibition. Please refer to the Open bellringing performances entry at Tuesday 3 October for more information Please note the exhibition continues until Friday 3 November currently scheduled for the City of London St Stephen Walbrook in October 2017

Saturday 7 October 1000 3 hr performance on the Bells 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually by the St Vedast ringers include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch at St Vedast Foster Lane

1015 3½ hr performance on the Bells by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths 1300 Recital: at St Michael Cornhill To be given by students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama St Stephen Walbrook 1400 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells by the Cambridge University Guild at St James Garlickhythe

1315 Recital: Chris Sayles – piano Programme: Saturday 14 October Beethoven – Piano Sonata No 9 in E major Op 14 No 1 1000 3 hr performance on the Bells Piano Sonata No 15 in D major Op 28 (Pastoral) at St Katharine Cree St Bride Fleet Street

Monday 9 October 1800 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells 1315 A Square Mile Music Series Recital by the St James' Guild Emily Dickens – soprano Dingle Yandell – bass-baritone at St Dunstan in the West Robert Mingay-Smith – piano Programme: Mendelssohn – Sechs Duette Op 63 Thursday 19 October P Cornelius – Drei zweistimmige Lieder Op 6 St Mary at Hill 1730 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at St Mary le Bow 1900 Concert: Francsca e Francesca

Francesca Dego – violin Francesca Leonardi – piano Saturday 21 October Programme: 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells Betthoven – Violin Sonata No 9 Op 47 'Kreutzer' by the Ancient Society of College Youths Stravinsky – Suite Italienne at St Magnus the Martyr

Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Rosina, 1015 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells Variations on Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia by London Ringers Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Figaro, at St Dunstan in the West Variations on Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia 1445 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells Ravel – Tzigane by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths This concert will be recorded for deferred broadcast; we at St Mary le Bow would ask you to arrive in time for the start of the concert, if at all possible, to avoid disruption from latecomers. Saturday 28 October Tickets: £30, £20, £15 may be booked at: 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells https://www.templemusic.org/shop/francesca-e-francesca/ by the Ancient Society of College Youths Temple Church at St Magnus the Martyr

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A Veritable Variety of Music and Instruments

This month provides the keen music‐lover with a rich variety of compositions and instruments to sample. The first of more than a few events to have caught the eye of your reviewer is the recital at St Mary at Hill on Friday 10 November when the listener will be entertained by performances of Lutheran Chorales on the bray haarp, Lithuanian lyre and the gussli. Keen students of unusual musical instruments will clearly have a field day. Linking the theme of the unusual, attention must be given to a specific composition. At St Bartholomew the Great on Friday 3 November there will be an arguably rare opportunity to hear a double bass concerto — the second by Giovanni Bottesini (1821 – 1889). Bottessini was an Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and, in particular, a double bass virtuoso, so much so that he was dubbed "the Paganini of the Double Bass". He undertook tours abroad, conducting (frequently his own operas) and performing. He made frequent visits to England, and his extraordinary command of his unwieldy instrument apparently gained him great popularity in London and the provinces.

Peter Shepparrd Skaerved continues his quite unique exploration of the Baroque violin, inspired by the architecture of the City churches and the historical events of the periodd. Number 5 of the series of 'Preludes and Vollenteries' will take place at St Botolph Bishopsgate on Friday 3 November and Number 6 at St Mary Woolnoth on Thursday 23 November. The 500th Anniversary of the start of the Reformation will continue to be marked with a recital at St Mary at Hill on Friday 17 November. This will be a world premiere of an arraangement of Mendelssohn's 'Reformation' symphony for a chamber quintet. While on the subject of anniversaries the Joyful Company of Singers on Thursday 30 November will be giving a concert at St Katharine Cree to celebrate the Centenary of Finland's Independence. A fascinating selection of choral works will be performed including a work by Sibelius (ppredictably) and one by Vaughan Williams (unusually).

Female composers will be featured in the concert to be given by the City Wind Orchestra at St Katharine Cree on Friday 17 November with the suitably portentous title of 'March of the Women'. The significant contribution of the suffragettes to female emancipation is marked by a composition by Ethel Smyth. Music for Woodwind and Brass by Elizabeth Maconchy features as does the much‐loved Concertino in D major for flute by Cécile Chaminadde.

Continuing the theme of the corpus of works by female composers there is the sonata for viiola by Rebecca Clarke to be performed by James Murray accompanied by Robert Mingay‐Smith on Tuesday 7 November at St Mary at Hill.

It will be well‐known that organ recitals abound each month in the City churches. As alwwaays there are several which qualify for closer examination of the programme. At St Lawrence Jewry on Tuesday 7 November 'Chant and alternatim organ versets for the Canterbury Saints' has particular promise. On Tuesday 21 November at the same church a visiting organist from Belgium, Hans‐Georg Reinkertz will be performing a rich variety of organ mussic covering the 14th to the 19th centuries, with composers' names such as Pieerre Attaignant and Gioseppe Aldrovandini to whet the musical appetite.

At St Botolph Aldgate on Wednesday 22 November the virtuoso classical accordionist Iosif Purits will be giving a recital. This young man has what can only be described as a dazzling technique on this most innteresting reed instrument, arguably not as well recognised as it should be. Suffice to say Iosif has gained a Master's degrree from the Royal College of Music where the instrument has achieved proper recognition.

As always the City churches will be fulfilling their primary mission together with the provisioon of excellent performances of sublime music in unique surroundings.

The Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BA Visit: www.london‐city‐churches.org.uk for more information and the location of the churches in the City

Tuesday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn NOVEMBER 2017 1210 Eucharist (said) (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster The entries below show the normal pattern of services for City Churches and 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less a few churches ‘just over the City borders’. Entries are for Church of England 1230 to 1300 Eucharist (said) with brief address St Dunstan in the West services except where indicated otherwise. ‘1st Monday’, ‘2nd Monday’ etc 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr refer to the 1st Monday, 2nd Monday etc of the month. 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the services shown are St Mary Moorfields subject to change immediately before, during and after major festivals, at 1230 to 1300 Holy Communion St Mary Woolnoth Bank or other holidays, and during the summer months. You are strongly 1230 Holy Communion (said), followed by coffee and sandwiches advised to contact churches to check the details. St Olave Hart Street For a list of weekend (particularly Sunday) services please go to the Friends 1300 to 1330 Communion in the Crypt, with a focus on prayers for healing of the City Churches website at www.london-city-churches.org.uk and follow All Hallows by the Tower the links from ‘Events’ and ‘City Events’. 1300 Contemporary Worship and Teaching Christ Church, Spitalfields 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place Monday 1300 to 1400 (any time) Contemporary Worship 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) St Sepulchre without Newgate See www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/ Bevis Marks Synagogue 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate 0730 Morning Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 1305 to 1335 Bible Talk, with lunch available after the talk 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields St Helen Bishopsgate 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1305 Meditation (in the crypt chapel) St Mary le Bow 0800 Morning Prayer - short contemplative service (Moot Community – 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1310 to 1340 Bible Talk, following sandwich lunch at 1300 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow St Botolph Aldersgate 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1310 to 1340 Holy Communion St Margaret Lothbury 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 1315 to 1345 Meditation and prayers for humanity and the earth welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal (in the Tent) Open to all Please arrive a few minutes before 1315 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service (if listeners available - St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate please check with church) St Andrew Holborn 1700 Evening Prayer St Andrew Holborn 1200 to 1230 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship all welcome) St Mary Aldermary Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1210 Eucharist (said) (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 1700 to 1730 ‘Words of Hope’ – quiet reflective service 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster St Clement Eastcheap 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow St Mary Moorfields 1800 Evening Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 1245 Sung Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1830 Choral Evensong (traditional) (Choral Eucharist on 3rd Tuesday) 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields St Sepulchre without Newgate 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn Wednesday 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 0715 Jewish Daily Service (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 0730 Morning Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1800 Evening Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 0800 to 1830 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community) St Mary Aldermary 1800 Choral Evensong (BCP) (during university terms) (Autumn series 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields from 16 October to 27 November) St Michael Cornhill 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street Tuesday 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0715 Jewish Daily Service (see Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0730 Morning Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0730 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0830 to 0915 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 0730 to 0930 ‘Start: Stop’ – start the day by stopping to reflect – 10 minute 0900 Morning Prayer St Andrew Holborn reflections beginning every 15 minutes - just drop in 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public St Stephen Walbrook welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0745 Holy Communion (said) followed by coffee & croissants St Mary at Hill 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 0745 Eucharist (in the church) followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 0915 Morning Prayer, followed by coffee 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields St Edmund King & Martyr (London Centre for Spiritual Direction) 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service (if listeners available - 0800 to 0900 Café Prayer – an opportunity for stillness and prayer, Bible please check with church) St Andrew Holborn reading and reflection Coffee served St Katharine Cree 1205 RC Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 0800 to 0830 Morning Meditation (Moot Community) St Mary Aldermary 1210 Eucharist (said) (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 0900 Morning Prayer St Andrew Holborn St Mary Moorfields 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 1245 to 1315 (3rd Wednesday) Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting for welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal Worship Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Quaker Court, Banner St 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church /continued

Thursday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate NOVEMBER 2017 − continued 1305 Holy Communion, followed by coffee and sandwiches St Katharine Cree Wednesday ─ continued 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go 1305 to 1335 ‘St Nick's Talks’ Bible Talk St Nicholas Cole Abbey as you wish St Margaret Lothbury 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1300 (1st Wednesday) Eucharist (traditional Iona Community liturgy) 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn followed by refreshments St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate 1310 to 1350 Bible Talk, with lunch available, followed by Question Time 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place St Helen Bishopsgate 1305 ‘Not on a Sunday’ – informal worship with prayers and song 1315 to 1345 Lunchtime Service (Free Church) City Temple St Katharine Cree 1315 Holy Communion St Martin within Ludgate 1305 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1315 to 1345 Holy Communion (BCP said) (during legal term-time) 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields Temple Church 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1400 to 1420 Prayers – Offering up the prayers from the church’s prayer 1310 to 1340 ‘Moorgate Talks’ Bible Talk, following sandwich lunch at board and the London Internet Church St Stephen Walbrook 1300, at Amber, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, EC2Y 9AW under 1700 Evening Prayer St Andrew Holborn the auspices of St Botolph Aldersgate 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1700 Evening Prayer St Andrew Holborn 1800 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (with Confraternity of the 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship Blessed Sacrament Vespers on 1st Thursday) Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1730 to 1750 Evening Prayer (Moot Community – all welcome) 1800 Evening Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe St Mary Aldermary 1800 (Normally 1st Thursday) Choral Evensong, followed by 1730 Choral Evensong (during legal term-time) (For 29 November see ‘Thursday Conversation’ at 1830 St Mary at Hill Special Services) Temple Church 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1805 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1800 Evening Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer – ‘Pursuit’ Prayer and Worship 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields Service All welcome (Free Church) City Temple 1830 to 1915 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all welcome) St Mary Aldermary Friday 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 0715 Jewish Daily Service (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields Thursday 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0715 Jewish Daily Service (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0800 to 0830 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) 0730 Morning Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe St Mary Aldermary 0730 to 0930 ‘Headroom’ – short reflections with music and contemplation 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields Just drop in St Margaret Pattens 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1200 to 1500 Quiet Personal Prayer St Joseph Bunhill Row 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1200 to 1230 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 0900 Morning Prayer St Andrew Holborn 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1230 Pastoral Conversation or Confession (Sacrament Chapel, or apply 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church at the Vestry) St Mary le Bow 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1210 Holy Communion (Not 2 November – see Special Services) St Mary Moorfields St Botolph Bishopsgate 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 1210 Eucharist (said) (BCP) St James Garlickhythe St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1305 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1230 Holy Communion (BCP) St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1230 Eucharist (said) (Lady Chapel) St Bartholomew the Great 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1315 to 1400 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1700 to 1800 ‘A Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand Come and go as you wish St Bride Fleet Street 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1800 Paraklesis (replaced on 1st Friday and during fasting periods by St Mary Moorfields Service of Holy Unction) Followed at 1900 to 2200 by Catechesis 1245 to 1330 Eucharist with the St Stephen’s Voices, followed by light lunch and Confessions (Romanian Orthodox) St Dunstan in the West St Stephen Walbrook 1800 (1st Friday) RC Low Mass in the Extra-Ordinary Form 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go as St Etheldreda, Ely Place you wish St Mary Woolnoth 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1830 Jewish Friday Evening Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic 1300 to 1330 (1st Thursday) Private Prayer and Reflection orthodox rite) (1930 in summer months – please check on St Giles Cripplegate www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/) Bevis Marks Synagogue 1300 Holy Communion (1st Thursday normally choral) St Margaret Pattens 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer - Equipping Night Service Praise and Worship (Free Church) City Temple

Monday 13 November SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’: St Augustine NOVEMBER 2017 One of a series of services of music, prayer, readings and

reflections on the theme of Rome, London & Christianity Please see the entry for 6 November St Stephen Walbrook Wednesday 1 November – All Saints’ Day 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields Thursday 16 November 1200 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1745 Sung Evening Prayer St Mary le Bow 1230 Eucharist (said) St Dunstan in the West 1230 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields Monday 20 November 1305 High Mass Preacher: the Revd Paul Kenney (St Vedast alias 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’: St Mellitus Foster and the Moot Community) St Mary le Bow One of a series of services of music, prayer, readings and 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields reflections on the theme of Rome, London & Christianity 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate Please see the entry for 6 November St Stephen Walbrook 1730 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1730 Choral Evensong Temple Church Tuesday 21 November 1830 Short Evening Service with hymns St Mary le Bow

Thursday 2 November – Commemoration of the Faithful Departed - Thursday 23 November All Souls’ Day 1300 St Katharine’s Day Service With refreshments 0805 RC Requiem Mass St Mary Moorfields St Katharine Cree 1230 Eucharist (said) St Dunstan in the West 1745 Sung Evening Prayer St Mary le Bow 1300 Choral Requiem St Andrew Holborn 1830 St Cecilia Choral Evensong with the St Margaret Pattens Choir 1300 Choral Eucharist (for All Saints’ Day - 1 November) St Margaret Pattens St Margaret Pattens Sunday 26 November 1305 Sung Requiem Mass St Mary le Bow 1830 Bach Vespers 1305 RC Requiem Mass St Mary Moorfields With J S Bach’s Cantata BWV 60, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, 1310 Choral Requiem St Botolph Bishopsgate and his Motet BWV 118, O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht, 1730 RC Requiem Mass St Mary Moorfields performed by the City Bach Collective on period instruments 1800 Choral Evensong followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 For further information please go to www.citybachcollective.org.uk See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill St Mary at Hill Monday 27 November Sunday 5 November 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’: St Erkenwald and St Ethelburga 1100 All Saints Service, with the Ven Luke Miller, Archdeacon of London One of a series of services of music, prayer, readings and St Olave Hart Street reflections on the theme of Rome, London & Christianity 1730 Choral Evensong for All Souls’ Tide St Bride Fleet Street Please see the entry for 6 November St Stephen Walbrook

Monday 6 November Wednesday 29 November 1310 ‘Discover and Explore’: The Temple of Mithras and St Stephen 1800 Advent Carol Service Temple Church Walbrook One of a series of services of music, prayer, readings 1900 Solemn Patronal Festival Eucharist (for St Andrew’s Day - and reflections, with the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields, 30 November) St Andrew Holborn exploring the theme of Rome, London & Christianity St Stephen Walbrook Thursday 30 November – St Andrew the Apostle 1800 Choral Evensong (BCP) in a series of services of Choral 1230 Eucharist (said) St Dunstan in the West Evensong on Mondays at 1800 during university terms (The autumn series runs from 16 October to 27 November) St Michael Cornhill LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS Thursday 9 November IN NOVEMBER 2017 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1300 Remembrance Service with the St Margaret Pattens Choir

St Margaret Pattens 1815 to 1930 Shortened Evening Prayer, followed by plus+ presentation NEW COURSE STARTING IN NOVEMBER

exploring the place of faith in the world of business - please see

the entry for this date in the Lectures, Courses, Workshops and Exploring Christian Spirituality Seminars section below St Stephen Walbrook The London Centre for Spiritual Direction Friday 10 November at St Edmund King & Martyr 1145 Lloyds Remembrance Service St Katharine Cree 1200 Corynthians Remembrance Service St Olave Hart Street Monday afternoons, 1400 to 1645 1200 Annual Honourable Artillery Company Service of Remembrance 20 November 2017 to 21 May 2018 St Botolph Bishopsgate Sunday 12 November – Remembrance Sunday Open to people of all traditions, those of other faith groups, and 1000 RC Requiem Mass for the War Dead St Mary Moorfields any who are interested in exploring the theme of 1050 Choral Eucharist for Remembrance Sunday, with Fauré’s Christian Spirituality Requiem performed by the St Bride’s Choir and Orchestra St Bride Fleet Street For further information, including details of cost, and to book, 1050 Sung Eucharist for Remembrance Sunday (BCP) go to www.lcsd.org.uk and follow the links from ‘Courses & Events’ Sermon: Brigadier Ian Dobbie St Michael Cornhill 1055 Choral Mattins for Remembrance Sunday Temple Church 1100 Remembrance Service St Olave Hart Street /continued

Saturday 11 November LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS 1000 to 1800 Spiritual ecology in action! A one day event interweaving live IN NOVEMBER 2017 – continued talks, action-orientated discussion, music, storytelling and ritual For further information, cost and registration please go to www.stethelburgas.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ Thursday 2 November St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate 1815 for 1830 Lecture: Painting with a needle – Embroidery as art, by Kate Barlow (embroiderer and tutor – Royal School of Needlework) The first in the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Sunday 12 November Autumn Lecture Series 2017, Reach of Hand, Reach of Soul – 1000 to 1730 Spiritual Ecology: New principles for addressing the Celebrating Making, where makers, designers and craftspeople ecological crisis from a wide range of backgrounds talk about their work and share For further information, cost and registration please go to their insights www.stethelburgas.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ For further information, ticket prices and to book go to St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate www.spab.org.uk and follow the links from ‘SPAB Events & Awards’ St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall 1830 Thursday Conversation: Chuka Umunna MP in conversation with Monday 13 November the Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin 1100 to 1600 Being a guide on weeks of accompanied prayer Following Choral Evensong at 1800 A session in the Reaching Out series, to promote spiritual direction Followed by refreshments in the community See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below For further information, cost and to book go to www.lcsd.org.uk St Mary at Hill and follow the links from ‘Courses & Events’

Friday 3 November London Centre for Spiritual Direction, St Edmund King & Martyr 1100 to 1600 Shalom – The place where contemplatives and activists meet 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Group Led by Noel Moules One of a series of monthly workshops for Please see the entry for 6 November spiritual directors, led by experienced practitioners, in the Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB Developing Direction programme St Olave Hart Street For further information, cost and to book go to www.lcsd.org.uk and follow the links from ‘Courses & Events’ London Centre for Spiritual Direction at St Edmund King & Martyr Tuesday 14 November 1045 to 1530 Oasis Day: ‘Stilling the Storm’ Monday 6 November Led by the Revd Neil Bunker, Mental Health Liaison Priest for the 1800 to 2000 Speaking out: Promoting spiritual direction in our locality City of Westminster and the City of London A session in the Reaching Out series, to promote spiritual Oasis Days offer a monthly time of quiet reflection to re-charge direction in the community one’s spiritual batteries with stimulating speakers For further information, cost and to book go to www.lcsd.org.uk Cost £15 - Lunch/ tea & coffee provided and follow the links from ‘Courses & Events’ Pre-booking required by Friday 10 November for catering London Centre for Spiritual Direction, St Edmund King & Martyr purposes To book please telephone the Revd Martin Davies 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Group on 07429 612642 or e-mail [email protected] For all who have questions about faith and how to include it St Andrew Holborn in all aspects of our lives The group meets on Mondays to help and encourage one other on our journey of faith, work and life Join us upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB Wednesday 15 November St Olave Hart Street 1300 to 1400 Gresham College Lecture: Wednesday 8 November Buying, Selling and Owning Guitars in Elizabethan England 1845 to 2100 Evening Panel Discussion – Leadership for turbulent times: Given by Professor Christopher Page young people of faith responding to the current crisis Part of a series on For Courtesan, Queen and Gallant: The Guitar Free event For more information and registration please go to in England from Henry VIII to Samuel Pepys www.stethelburgas.org and follow the links from ‘Events’ Free – no reservations required Admission on a ‘first come, first St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate served’ basis Doors open at 1230 For further information please go to www.gresham.ac.uk and Thursday 9 November follow the links from ‘Attend’ and ‘All future lectures’ 1815 for 1830 Lecture: Made in Cornwall – a grand design from ‘planet St Sepulchre without Newgate wood’, by Tom and Danielle Raffield (designers of steam-bent wood furniture) The second in the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Thursday 16 November Autumn Lecture Series 2017 – please see the entry for 2 November 1815 for 1830 Lecture: Crafted to last – Repairing the medieval timber For further information, ticket prices and to book go to stair at Bishop’s Cleeve, by Hugh Harrison (timber conservation www.spab.org.uk and follow the links from ‘SPAB Events & specialist) Awards’ St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall The third in the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 1815 to 1930 Plus+ presentation exploring the place of faith in the world Autumn Lecture Series 2017 – please see the entry for 2 November of business For further information, ticket prices and to book go to Given by Barbara Ridpath, Director of St Paul’s Institute, who will www.spab.org.uk and follow the links from ‘SPAB Events & speak on Transition: How to make life-changing career changes Awards’ St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall by choice or necessity Following Shortened Evening Prayer at 1815 Followed by drinks and an opportunity for networking St Stephen Walbrook

LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN NOVEMBER 2017 IN NOVEMBER 2017 – continued

Wednesday 1 November Saturday 18 November 0900 to 1700 The Sins of the World 1100 to 1600 We are the Body of Christ Annual Network Day for Fifteen paintings by Ted Harrison spiritual directors to connect, pray and be inspired A Meditation on a Century of Genocide and War Keynote speakers: Alison Christian and Julian Maddock The Story of Christ's Passion told through iconic media images For further information, cost and to book go to www.lcsd.org.uk The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street1 and follow the links from ‘Courses & Events’ 1305 Recital: Sangbin Jung – violin St Botolph Aldgate London Centre for Spiritual Direction at St Edmund King & Martyr 1305 Recital: Ning Hui See – piano St Olave Hart Street 1315 Organ Recital: Greg Morris Continuation of the series of organ recitals in which Greg Morris will perform the surviving works of J S Bach for the organ Monday 20 November Programme: A celebration of the Reformation 1400 to 1645 Exploring Christian Spirituality The first session in a Nun danket alle Gott course on Mondays until May 2018 Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott Please see the box at the beginning of this section Trio on Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend London Centre for Spiritual Direction at St Edmund King & Martyr Prelude & Fugue in C BWV 531 Pièce d'orgue Temple Church 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Group 1900 Opening night of the Low Countries Film Festival Please see the entry for 6 November with the Flemish film "Home" Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB For more information and tickets please go to: St Olave Hart Street http://www.dutchcentre.com/film-festival-1-4-nov-2017/ and follow the links The Dutch Centre at the Dutch Church

Thursday 23 November 1815 for 1830 Lecture: The universe in miniature – Stained glass: design and inspiration, by Tom Denny (stained glass designer) Thursday 2 November The fourth and last in the Society for the Protection of Ancient 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World Buildings Autumn Lecture Series 2017 – please see the entry for For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November 2 November The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street For further information, ticket prices and to book go to www.spab.org.uk and follow the links from ‘SPAB Events & 1305 Recital: The Keats Quartet Awards’ St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall Sam Kennedy, Charlotte Fairburn – violins Heather Bourne – viola Elisheba Stevens – cello St Olave Hart Street 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays ‘Bach the Early Years’ Monday 27 November St Margaret Lothbury 1800 to 1900 Faith at Work/Bible Study Discussion Group 1800 Choral Evensong, followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 Please see the entry for 6 November Evensong will be sung by Seraphim, the St Mary at Hill Choir

Upstairs at The Ship Pub, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB The Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkins will be in conversation with St Olave Hart Street Chuka Umunna MP

Followed by refreshments Admission is free Donations are welcome Wednesday 29 November St Mary at Hill 1300 to 1400 Walbrook Art Society Lecture on St Luke in Art 1900 Second night of the Low Countries Film Festival Admission £5 – refreshments available with the documentary "De Kinderen van Juf Kiet" No need to book in advance – all welcome (Miss Kiet's Children) St Stephen Walbrook and at 2030 the hilarious romantic comedy "Soof 2" For more information and tickets please go to: http://www.dutchcentre.com/film-festival-1-4-nov-2017/ Thursday 30 November and follow the links The Dutch Centre at the Dutch Church 1830 for 1900 Dame Anne Evans in Conversation The renowned operatic soprano will discuss her long and illustrious career with David Nice 1915 CATHEDRALS of ArtsDesk and will also take questions from the meeting An extraordinary music show A Wagner Society event Ark4Art presents Giannis Chistodoulopoulos, solo pianist, For further information, ticket prices and to book please go to composer, singer and conductor performing , composing and www.wagnersociety.org. and follow the links from ‘Events’ improvising in a unique musical show with the participation of St Botolph Bishopsgate Church Hall guest musicians and performers from around the world! More information about the artist at: www.giannischistodoulopouloscom Tickets: From £18 – Please go to www.ark4art.com St Lawrence Jewry

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN NOVEMBER 2017 – continued Friday 3 November — continued 1915 Bach Club Concert – Open Platform The London Fields Players: Friday 3 November Collin Shay, Amelia Shakespeare and her group 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World Hannah Blumsohn and her group

For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November All are making their debut Come and support their launch The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Join us for a wonderful evening of Bach 1230 Organ Recital: Alex Binns St Stephen Walbrook Programme: This will include 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by Cantata: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her BWV 9 The Royal College of Music String Band Chamber music by Telemann, C P E Bach Mark Messenger – director together with Bach cantata arias Philip Nelson – double bass Tickets: These are free for 18s to 30s Programme: £10 others in advance – call 01883 717 372 Bottesini – Double Bass Concerto No2 in B minor or at the door from 1915 Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C op 48 The Gresham Centre, St Anne & St Agnes Admission is free with a retiring collection St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield Saturday 4 November 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: 1000 to 1530 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World Russsian Revolution Centenary Series – III For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Mikhail Shilyaev – piano The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Programme

Scriabin – Sonatas No 3 & 5 and selected miniatures 1930 Concert: A Brandenburg Choral Festival Event St Mary at Hill 1315 Recital: Ben Vonberg-Clark – tenor Iestyn Evans – piano James Larke Broadside Ballads – a special commission for the Programme: 40th Anniversary Concert by the Bromley Boy Singers Britten – On this Island Conductor: Travis Baker

Tchaikovsky – Nightingale Tickets: £23 (premium); £18 (unreserved); children £5 Poulenc – ‘Tel Jour Telle Nuit’ Box Office: 07528 776 625 or from the website: Britten – Canticle I - My beloved is Mine St Bride Fleet Street http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival and follow the links 1315 Recital: Jocelyn Giovani – piano St Dunstan in the West St Katharine Cree 1800 Recital: Preludes and Vollenteries — 5 2100 Concert: A Brandenburg Choral Festival Event 17th Century masterpieces for 17th Century violins Singet dem Herrn 'Telemann and Swift on Bishopsgate' Peter Sheppard Skaerved – violin An hour of choral masterpieces by Mihailo Trandafilovski – violin Bach, Bruckner, Brahms and Mendelssohn Programme: performed by the Ariel Consort of London Peter Sheppard Skaerved continues his exploration of the Conductor: Douglas Lee baroque violin, inspired by the unique churches of the City of Tickets: £23 (premium); £18 (unreserved); children £5 London with another salon-style concert reflecting the Box Office: 07528 776 625 or from the website: achievements of the architects, writers, violin-makers and http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival and follow the links composers whose work flooded London in the decades St Katharine Cree after the Great Fire. NB Combined tickets for both of the above concerts may be Jonathan Swift returned to London in 1726, the year in which obtained by phoning the above number his most famous work was published. Two years later Georg Philipp Telemann's 'Getreue Musikmeister' appeared, full of Sunday 5 November musical responses to 'Gulliver's Travels'. 1300 to 1600 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World

For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November For more information regarding this interesting City Project The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street please search: Preludes and Vollenteries and follow the links 1400 Barts Academic Festival Choir & Orchestra relating to Concerts 1 to 4 in this series Come and sing Haydn’s Creation from scratch

Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions) may be obtained by searching Bring your own copy and enjoy an afternoon of music Preludes and Vollenteries and following the link numbered 5 Entry is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted on the day St Botolph Bishopsgate All proceeds will go to Barts Cancer Unit Wine will be served in the interval 1900 Closing night of the Low Countries Film Festival Everyone is very welcome – bring your friends with the thriller "Brimstone" The Great Hall, St Bartholomew's Hospital For more information and tickets please go to: Monday 6 November http://www.dutchcentre.com/film-festival-1-4-nov-2017/ 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World and follow the links The Dutch Centre at the Dutch Church For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November 1930 Concert: A Brandenburg Choral Festival Event The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street The Rhythm of Life – West Malling Community Choir 1300 Recital: Simore Tavoni – piano St Lawrence Jewry Conductor : Kathryn Ridgeway 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Rennert (lunchtime recital No 443) Programme: Lauridsen Lux Aeterna – Etcetera Civil Service Choir Howells – Rhapsody 3 in C sharp (1918) Conductor : Stephen Hall Walford Davies – Solemn Melody (1908) Tickets: £23 (premium); £18 (unreserved); children £5 Bach – Prelude & Fugue in B major BWV544 Box Office: 07528 776 625 or from the website: Stanley – Voluntary in D major Op 5/8 http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival and follow the links Bach – 'St Anne' Prelude & Fugue BWV552 St Sepulchre without Newgate St Michael Cornhill

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN NOVEMBER 2017 – continued Wednesday 8 November 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Monday 6 November — continued The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street 1305 A 250th anniversary concert of music by Georg Philipp Telemann 1305 Recital: Maho Harada – violin St Botolph Aldgate Richard Austen – baroque flute/recorder 1305 Recital: Emilie Capulet – piano Julian Gallant – piano Michael Jenner – baroque violin St Olave Hart Street Michael Strange – harpsichord 1315 Recital: A Tango Recital with : Jim Wills – baritone Susanna Gilardoni-Mirski – soprano David Winfield – baroque cello and Benedict Lewis-Smith – piano Programme: St Dunstan in the West Quartet in E minor for flute, violin, cello & harpsichord Thursday 9 November Cantata ‘Muntre Gedanken’ with two obbligato instruments 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World and basso continuo For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Trio Sonata in A minor for recorder, violin and basso continuo The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Cantata ‘Ach, Seele, hunger, dürste’ with two obbligato 1305 Recital: The Byron Consort of Harrow School St Mary le Bow instruments and basso continuo 1305 Recital: Roberta Cannas – violin Oles Klok – piano Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church St Olave Hart Street running costs St Martin Ludgate 1310 Organ Recital: International Celebrity Series Michael Funke from Bayreuth Germany Tuesday 7 November St Margaret Lothbury 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World 1730 Concert: Dreams For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Ismena Collective The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Lene Sahlholdt – soprano Mayda Narvey – cello 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Horacio Lopez Redondo – piano Christopher Moore – reader include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1300 Organ Recital: Canterbury Gregorian Music Mayda Narvey and friends read and play beautiful words and Chant and alternatim organ versets for the Canterbury Saints music. This will be their exploration of dreaming in all its guises: Directed by Helen Nattress dream as fantasy, as vision, as ambition through music both with Cantor Ian Williams and Catherine Ennis – organ serious and light-hearted from César Franck to Rodgers and Programme: This includes music by Cabanilles, Gabrieli, Hammerstein and words from Shakespeare to Martin Luther King, Cabezon, Cavazzoni and Titelbouze For more about the work of Ismena Collective please go to: as well as Gregorian Chant ismenacollective.com St Lawrence Jewry Tickets: £12/£10 at the door St Margaret Pattens 1300 Recital: The Atherios Trio St Stephen Walbrook 1930 'Above the Orient' 1315 Recital: Duo Antipodes Orlando Chamber Choir's voices reach out for the exotic, the Magnus Noble – classical guitar Jehanne Bastoni – cello distant and the barely-possible. Centrepiece of the programme is Programme: Monteverdi's setting of Ariadne's lament. British composers, too, Works by Boccherini, de Falla, Granados, Arvo Pärt wrote about extraordinary excursions to distant lands,. and Joe Hisaishi Programme: Works by Tomkins, Weelkes, Ward, Monteverdi,

St Bride Fleet Street Schütz, Franck and Cornysh 1315 A Square Mile Music Series Recital Orlando Chamber Choir James Murray – violin/viola Robert Mingay-Smth – piano Peter Foggitt – director and keyboard Programme: Tickets: £15; Concessions £10 from: www.orlandochoir.org.uk Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances St Andrew Holborn Rebecca Clarke – Sonata for Viola (1919) St Mary at Hill 1930 Concert: Ad Libitum Chamber Choir Julian Collings – Conductor 1900 W A Mozart — Programme: Performed by Opera Project Byrd – Mass for Four Voices, with works by Bach, in the sublime setting of Christopher Wren's magnificent church Whitacre, Pärt, Rheinberger, Bainton and Wood Sung in English with chamber oprchestra Tickets: £15, £12 students Price includes interval drink

Mozart's fantastical opera blends fairy tale adventure and playful Available on the door or via the choir website: comedy to tell a tale of magical power and love with music as adlibitumchoir.co.uk St Katharine Cree enchanting and spectacular as the plot is mysterious. Friday 10 November Tickets: £50 in aid of St Lawrence Jewry 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World Ticket enquiries: [email protected] For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November and [email protected] The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Organ Recital: Mark Brayfield St Stephen Walbrook 1900 Concert: A Brandenburg Choral Festival Event 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by The Choir of Oriel College Oxford Daniel Lebhardt – piano Conductor – David Maw Programme: Programme: Schubert – Drei Klavierstücke D946 Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus Mozart – Rondo in A minor K511

Tickets: £23 (premium); £18 (unreserved); children £5 Rachmanionov – Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 36

Box Office: 07528 776 625 or from the website: Admission is free with a retiring collection http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival and follow the links St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield Temple Church

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN NOVEMBER 2017 – continued Sunday 12 November 1300 to 1600 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Friday 10 November — continued The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Organ Recital: Mark Brayfield St Stephen Walbrook Monday 13 November 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World Daniel Lebhardt – piano For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Programme: The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Schubert – Drei Klavierstücke D946 1300 Recital: Ariel Lanyi – piano Mozart – Rondo in A minor K511 Programme: Rachmanionov – Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 36 Beethoven – Sonata No 27 in E minor Op 90

Admission is free with a retiring collection Liszt – Selections from Années de pèlerinage St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield Volume 1, Switzerland 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: The Life of Lutheran Chorales Ariel Lanyi performs through the joint St Lawrence Jewry and Luther Birthday Concert (part of 'The Yes of the Heart' Festival) Worshipful Company of Musicians Scheme for Prizewinners of Agnethe Christensen – voice, Lithuanian lyre & gussli the Company St Lawrence Jewry Leah Stuttard – bray harp, bells & voice 1300 Organ Recital: Ashley Wagner Programme: Stuart Whatton – organ St Mary at Hill 1315 Recital: The Galliard Trio Liszt, arr Reger – St François de Paule marchant sur les flots Andrew Morris – flute & piccolo Martin White – cor anglais Bach – Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV727 Alec Forshaw – piano & bassoon Vierne – Symphonie 3 Op 28 (1911) Programme: This year marks the 80th anniversary J S Bach – Four Preludes & Fugues in G minor, F# major, of the death of Louis Vierne (1870-1937) F minor & E major St Michael Cornhill Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition 1305 Recital: Olga Stezhko – piano St Bride Fleet Street Programme: 1315 Recital: Anastosios Mavroudis – violin Lysianne Chen – piano Debussy – Suite: 'Children's Corner' L113 St Dunstan in the West Poulenc – Trois pièces FP48 1900 Sing to the City Ravel – Three movements from the suite 'Miroirs' VCM Foundation's Inaugural Gresham Centre Festival Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church A Concert featuring running costs St Martin Ludgate Apollo5 & VOCES8 Scholars and the Young Leaders Tuesday 14 November This promises to be a very special event! We'll have Apollo5, 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World the VOCES8 Scholars, Young Leaders from some London For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November secondary schools and a group of Young Leaders from Germany The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street performing a wide range of music. It's a perfect opportunity to see 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually and hear everything we do. include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Tickets are free 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis Just contact: [email protected] to reserve a place. Bach's Fancy — A programme of works by J S Bach, The Gresham Centre, St Anne & St Agnes arranged from or inspired by other composers' music 1930 Concert: A Brandenburg Choral Festival Event Programme: Brandenburg Festival Chorus and Brandenburg Sinfonia Prince Johann Ernst – Concerto movement in C, Conductor – Robert Porter and Concerto in G (three movements) Programme: Two fugues on themes by other composers Mozart - Requiem (1) Legrenzi, in C minor BWV574 Tickets: £23 (premium); £18 (unreserved); children £5 (2) Corelli, in B minor BWV 579 Box Office: 07528 776 625 or from the website: Couperin – Aria in F BWV587 http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival and follow the links Vivaldi – Concerto in C (three movements) St Sepulchre without Newgate St Lawrence Jewry Saturday 11 November 1300 Recital: Katherine Clarke – viola St Stephen Walbrook 1000 to 1530 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World 1315 Recital: Chris Hooker – clarinet Valerie Fry – poetry For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Programme: The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’ 1930 Concert: City of London Symphonic Winds A veritable cornucopia of songs and poetry from the pens of Conductor – David Smith Narrator – Stuart Watts Jessie Pope, Paul Rubens, Rupert Brooke, A E Housman, Programme: Siegfried Sassoon, Jerome Kern, Wilfred Owen, A Richer Dust – Symphony No 1 for Speaker and Wind Orchestra Rudyard Kipling, Woodbine Willie, Irving Berlin, Composer: Nigel Clarke Librettist: Malene Sheppard Skæved G K Chesterton and many others ending with ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’ by Ivor Novello Eric Whitacre – Sleep St Bride Fleet Street Edwin Roxburgh – Time's Harvest 1315 A Square Mile Music Series Recital There will also be a short talk by the composer and librettist Makarova Trio Jelena Makarova – piano of the symphony in the first half of the concert Programme:

Tickets: £10 (£5 for under 18s and NUS) from: Schubert – Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D965 St Mary at Hill https://www.wegottickets.com/event/417505 St Sepulchre without Newgate

Friday 17 November — continued EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN NOVEMBER 2017 – continued 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by Tabes Debus – recorder Richard Mackenzie – theorbo Programme: 'Telemann's Subscribers' Tuesday 14 November — continued Telemann – Aria, Allegro 'Torrente cresciiuto per torbida piena' Fantasia per il Flauto senza Basso No 12 1900 Sing to the City Aria, Allegro 'Ich eile zu den grünen Matten' Grand Finale Concert - Gresham Centre Festival Fantasia per il Flauto senza Basso No 5 Featuring performances by Sonata in C major (TWV41:C2) VOCES8, Apollo5 and VOCES8 Scholars Blavet – Sonata Seconda Join us for this fabulous Grand Finale of our Festival. Handel – 'Per te lascia la luce' (from Il Delirioso Amoroso) Featuring the premiere of the winning composition 'Da tempeste' (from Giulio Cesare)

from the VCM Foundation's composition competition Leo Chadburn – a new work (first performance) Tickets: Please contact Jan Keliris at Admission is free with a retiring collection [email protected] St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield The Gresham Centre, St Anne & St Agnes 1315 Recital: The Opera Box Laura Monaghan – soprano Panaretos Kyriatzidis – piano Wednesday 15 November Mark Burns – director

0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World Programme: For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Debussy – Quatre Chansons de Jeunesse The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Richard Strauss – 1300 A Gresham College Lecture–Recital: Three songs from Sechs Lieder der Clemens Brentano "Buying, Selling and Owning Guitars in Elizabethan England" Drei Lieder der Ophelia Professor Christopher Page Jonathan Dove – Ariel St Bride Fleet Street For more details please refer to the listing in the Lectures 1315 Organ Recital: Nicholas Freestone St Dunstan in the West Section above St Sepulchre without Newgate 1930 London Debut recital of the AJSW Quartet 1305 Recital: Cara Laskaris – string ensemble St Botolph Aldgate Edward McCullagh, Ayako Yamakazi – violins 1305 Recital: To be arranged St Olave Hart Street Katya Lazareva – viola Marta Tobar – cello 1315 Recital: Kate Fun – mezzo-soprano Sarah Rennix – soprano Christopher Saward – piano The AJSW String Quartet originated as a natural progression St Dunstan in the West from the Chamber Music Ensemble of the Anglo-Japanese 1315 Organ Recital: Greg Morris Society of Wessex that made its debut in St George's, Bristol in Continuation of the series of organ recitals in which Greg Morris 2011. The quartet made its debut at the same venue in 2016 will perform the surviving works of J S Bach for the organ Programme: Programme: Arrangements of works by Ernst, Legrenzi, Mendelssohn – String Quartet No 2 in A major Op 13 Couperin and Vivaldi Temple Church Jeff Manookian (composer/arranger) – 'Dances of St Gregory' Tickets: £15 (concessions available) from: 020 7237 4445 St Botolph Bishopsgate Hall Thursday 16 November 1930 Concert: March of the Women 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World The City Wind Orchestra For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Roger Blake – flute, Caitlin Downie – soprano The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Shea Lolin – conductor 1305 Cantata: Music for the Kingdom Season to Advent Programme: St Mary le Bow Ethel Smyth – Overture - The Wrecker 1305 Recital: Leah Stuttard – medieval harp St Olave Hart Street Elizabeth Maconchy – Music for Woodwind and Brass 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays 'Bach at Weimar' Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Woman in White St Margaret Lothbury Cécile Chaminade – Concertino in D major Opus 107 for flute 1315 Organ Recital: Martin Ellis St Dunstan in the West Elena Kats-Chemin – Wild Swans

1930 Let the People Sing The City Wind Orchestra perform an all-woman programme. The glory of the German Choral tradition Elizabeth Maconchy’s score for wind orchestra will be contrasted Canticum Chamber Choir Director – Mark Forkgen with a bold overture by a suffragette, a French love affair and a Programme – Works by J S Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn and West End hit musical, The Woman in White. Caitlin Downie joins Schōnberg the CWO to perform Elena Kats-Chemin’s Wild Swans suite. Tickets: £12 from: brownpapertickets.com Tickets: £12, £10 (concessions) from: (concessions available) http://www.citywind.org/cwo-concert-17-nov-2017/ St Sepulchre without Newgate St Katharine Cree Saturday 18 November Friday 17 November 1000 to 1530 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November 1800 Concert: A Brandenburg Choral Festival Event The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Wide Open Spaces 1230 Organ Recital: Anthony Gritten St Stephen Walbrook Kaleidoscope Singers and Vocal Fusion Acapella Conductor – Zoe Peate

Tickets: £23 (premium); £18 (unreserved); children £5 Box Office: 07528 776 625 or from the website: http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival and follow the links St Katharine Cree

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN NOVEMBER 2017 – continued Wednesday 22 November 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Sunday 19 November The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street 1300 to 1600 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World 1305 Recital: Iosif Purits – accordion St Botolph Aldgate For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November 1305 Recital: Shabnam Gould – cello, Paolo Cammarota – piano The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street St Olave Hart Street 1400 Organ Recital: Damon Ying 1315 Recital: Hao Zi Yoh – piano St Dunstan in the West Programme: Works by J S Bach, Reger, Buxtehude, Tchaikovsky, Bruhns and Widor Thursday 23 November There will be a retiring collection for the Friends of the Musicians 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World Chapel. Refreshments will be served For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November St Sepulchre without Newgate The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Monday 20 November 1305 Cantata: Music for the Kingdom Season to Advent 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World St Mary le Bow For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November 1305 Recital: Mamara Piano Trio The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Mona Kodama – violin Thomas Gregory – cello 1300 Recital: John Paul Ekins – piano Mine Doğantan-Dack – piano Juan Drown – viola (guest artist) Programme: St Olave Hart Street Chopin – Polonaise in C sharp minor Op 26/1 1310 Organ Recital: International Celebrity Series Polonaise in E flat minor Op 26/2 Hans-Georg Reinertz from Eupen Belgium Beethoven – Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique St Margaret Lothbury St Lawrence Jewry 1800 Recital: Preludes and Vollenteries — 5 1300 Organ Recital: Graham Thorpe (London Oratory) 17th Century masterpieces for 17th Century violins Programme: 'Tartinin and Hawksmoor' Stanford – Fantasia & Toccata in D Peter Sheppard Skaerved – violin Howells – Psalm Prelude, Set 2/2 Programme: Chuckerbutty – Paean Peter Sheppard Skaerved continues his exploration of the Howells – Psalm Prelude, Set 2/1 baroque violin, inspired by the unique churches of the City of Stanford – Organ Sonata 1 in F St Michael Cornhill London with another salon-style concert reflecting the 1305 Recital: Marianne Townsmith – soprano achievements of the architects, writers, violin-makers and Anna Prowse – mezzo soprano composers whose work flooded London in the decades after the Joe Howson – piano Great Fire.

Programme: A varied programme of solos and duets including pieces by Mozart, Humperdinck, Schubert, Verdi, Handel and For more information regarding this interesting City Project Wagner Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of please search: Preludes and Vollenteries and follow the links church running costs St Martin Ludgate relating to Concerts 1 to 5 in this series

Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions) may be obtained by searching Preludes and Vollenteries and following the link numbered 6 Tuesday 21 November St Mary Woolnoth 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November 1900 Concert: A Brandenburg Choral Festival Event The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Howells Requiem and Debussy Trois Chansons Performed by Trinity Laban Chamber Choir include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1300 Organ Recital: Hans-Georg Reinertz (Belgium) Monteverdi Programme: Works by Pierre Attaignant, Gioseppe Aldrovandini, Performed by Rudythroat Dieterich Buxtehude, Vincent Lübeck, Bartolomeo Monari, Conductor: Linda Hirst Bedrich Smetana, John Playford (1650)/A B Speckner, and François D'Agincour St Lawrence Jewry Tickets: £23 (premium); £18 (unreserved); children £5 1300 Recital: Marta Fontanais Simmons – soprano Box Office: 07528 776 625 or from the website: Ricardo Gosalbo – piano St Stephen Walbrook http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival and follow the links 1315 Recital: À Deux Duo St Katharine Cree Gabriella Jones – harp Mark Taylor – flute Programme: 2130 Concert: Brandenburg Festival presents legendary Jazz pianist J S Bach (trans. G Jones) – Sonata in E minor BWV 1034 James Pearson i. Adagio ma non tanto James will reflect on the many themes of the festival in his own J Cras – Suite en Duo for flute & harp inimitable style

L Liebermann – Sonata for Flute and Harp Tickets: £19 (premium); £14 (unreserved); children £5 C Grandval – Valse mélancolique Box Office: 07528 776 625 or from the website: A Shaposhnikov – Sonata for Flute and Harp http://www.brandenburg.org.uk/festival and follow the links St Bride Fleet Street St Katharine Cree 1315 A Square Mile Music Series Recital Bochen Wang – piano NB Combined tickets for both of the above concerts may be Programme: obtained by phoning the above number J S Bach – French Suite No 5 in G major BWV816 Maurice Ravel – Scarbo from Gaspard de la Nuit St Mary at Hill

Monday 27 November EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN NOVEMBER 2017 – continued 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Friday 24 November 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World 1300 Recital: Andrew Yiangou – piano For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Programme: The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Haydn – Sonata in F major Hob.XVI.23 1230 Organ Recital: Alex Fishburn St Stephen Walbrook Medtner – Three Fairy Tales 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by (Op 26 No 1, Op 20 No 1, Op 51 No 2) THE QUEEN'S SIX Scriabin – Sonata No 5 St Lawrence Jewry Daniel Brittain, Timothy Carleston – countertenors 1300 Organ Recital: Adrian Bawtree (Canterbury Cathedral) Nicholas Madden, Dominic Bland – tenors St Michael Cornhill Andrew Thompson, Simon Whitely – baritone/bass 1305 Recital: Chloe Stratta – soprano, Programme: 'Sous la pluie anglaise' Anna Marie McLachlan – mezzo-soprano Works by Pérotin, Goudimel, Marbeck, Byrd, Poulenc, Laurence Painter – piano John Whitworth, Wayne Shanklin, Charles Trenet, Programme: A recital of arias and duets with a sprinkling of Bacharach/Perren/Fekaris and Michael Jackson Christmas, including pieces by Handel, Mozart,

Admission is free with a retiring collection Bellini, Fauré and Dove St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: running costs St Martin Ludgate Ladies of the Chapel Choir of University College, Oxford Giles Underwood – director, Rosie von Spreckelson – harp Tuesday 28 November Programme: 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World Mozart – Laudate Dominum K339 For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Britten – A Ceremony of Carols Op 28 The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street and a selection of other English carol and folksong settings 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually St Mary at Hill include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1315 Organ Recital: Ben Giddens 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis Programme: Programme: César Franck – Chorale No 1 in E major Mendelssohn – Sonata No 6 in D minor (two Movements) Maurice Duruflé – Sicilienne from Suite Op 5 Saint-Saëns – Prelude and Fugue in B major Op 99 No 2 Joseph Jongen – Sonata Eroïca St Bride Fleet Street Handel – Pastoral Symphony (arr. Gower) ahd Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Smart) from Messiah St Lawrence Jewry Saturday 25 November 1300 Recital: Daniel Benn – cello St Stephen Walbrook 1000 to 1530 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World 1315 Recital: Rebecca Hardwick – soprano Iestyn Evans – piano For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Programme: Works by Howells, Debussy, Pfitzner, Marx, Berg, The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Strauss and Mozart St Bride Fleet Street 1830 A CELEBRATION FOR ST CECILIA’S DAY! 1315 A Square Mile Music Series Recital The East London Chorus will be performing musical gems by Massimo Guidetti – piano St Mary at Hill Bach, Mozart, Rheinberger, Finzi and Britten 1830 for 1845 Winter Concert given by UBS Choral Society All welcome Tickets £12/£10 concessions in aid of the LSO Discovery Charity Tickets available on the door All Hallows by the Tower Join the UBS Choral Society (supported by a small orchestra) 1930 Concert: Whitehall Orchestra as they perform a seasonal selection of classics, including Michael Nebe – Musical Director Bach's "Christmas Oratorio", Finzi's "In Terra Pax" and Christian Halstead – violin Poulenc's "Hodie Christus Natus Est" Programme: Tickets: £5 - includes a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie Dvořák – Scherzo Cappricioso from: [email protected] Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra St Botolph Bishopsgate Shostakovich – Symphony No 10 1900 Concert: The English Chamber Choir Tickets: £12 / £10 (concessions) available in advance from: May Flights of Angels http://www.wegottickets.com/whitehallorch The English Chamber Choir has an international reputation for its St Sepulchre without Newgate performances of Orthodox music. For their first concert at the Temple Church they present a programme based on the theme of angels

Sunday 26 November Clara Hendrick – mezzo soprano 1300 to 1600 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World Guy Prothero and William Vann – conductors For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November Rebecca Taylor and William Vann – organ The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Programme: Works by John Tavener, Richard Deering, 1800 Bach Vespers in memory of Trevor Broomhall Jonathan Dove, Christos Hatzis, Gabriel Jackson, featuring J S Bach's Cantata BWV60 — Claudio Monteverdi, Ivan Moody, Roxana Panufnik and 'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort' Tomás Luis de Victoria and his Motet BWV118, 'O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht' performed by the City Bach Collective on period instruments Tickets: £25, £20, £15 + booking fee St Mary at Hill For more information and tickets please go to:: http://www.templemusic.org/shop/the-englis-chamber-choir/ Temple Church .

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN NOVEMBER 2017 – continued Thursday 30 November — continued

1930 Finland @ 100 The Joyful Company of Singers Wednesday 29 November under its conductor Peter Broadbent presents a Concert in the Centenary of 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World Finland's Independence Programme For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November The theme is 'Together' featuring choral works by The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street Sibelius, Rautavaara and Mäntyjärvi (Finland) 1305 Recital: Tessa Seymour – cello St Botolph Aldgate Pärt (Estonia), Ešenvalds and Vasks (Latvia) 1305 Recital: Isha Crichlow – clarinet Katherine Clarke – viola Miškinis and Kairyté (Lithuania) Mandee Madrid-Sikich – piano Jackson and Vaughan Williams (Britain) St Olave Hart Street Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) from: www.eventbrite.co.uk 1315 Recital: Sohyun Park – piano St Dunstan in the West St Katharine Cree 1315 Organ Recital: Greg Morris

Continuation of the series of organ recitals in which Greg Morris

will perform the surviving works of J S Bach for the organ 1930 Concert: Ages of Advent Programme: The ORA Singers usher in the Christmas season with an Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV533 atmospheric selection of carols old and new. Chorale Preludes on Nunn komm der Heiden Heiland Enjoy the richness of Renaissance and Medieval music Passacaglia Temple Church alongside stunning modern carols by Eric Whitacre, 1900 Garth Hewitt with The Wild East in Concert Morten Lauridson, Ola Gjelio, Arvo Pärt and more In a one-off concert, St Botolph's without Aldgate is bringing Tickets: £20 Concessions (Under 16 and students) £10 together Garth Hewitt (1988 International Artist, Gospel Music To purchase tickets please go to: http://orasingers.co.uk/ Association, Nashville) and local East End country trio Click on: Ora Singers Home and follow the link at EVENTS The Wild East, in raising funds for a new piano St Mary le Bow to help St Botolph's continue and develop its musical life.

Tickets: On the door £15 (£12 concessions)

St Botolph Aldgate Editor's Note:

A special listing follows for an event at the start of Thursday 30 November December, willingly placed in view of the comparative 0900 to 1700 Art Exhibition — The Sins of the World lateness of the distribution of City Events for November For more information please refer to the entry at 1 November in the City churches and elsewhere, for which we The Crypt of St Bride Fleet Street apologise. 1305 Recital: Aliya Turetayeva – piano St Olave Hart Street

1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower

1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays ‘Bach at Leipzig’ Friday 1 December St Margaret Lothbury 1930 A Candlelight Christmas 1310 The Mighty Fortress The Pegasus Choir The final concert in the Tunder World series presented by Music and Readings for the Festive Season Musica Poetica The award-winning Pegasus Choir gets the Christmas season off Tunder World reaches a magnificent conclusion with a to a festive start with a concert in the heart of the City. performance of some of Franz Tunder’s most elaborate and Anthems old and new, readings for the season, influential works. In his arrangements of hymn verses there is a and carols for all to sing in candlelit surroundings hint of things to come in the ‘chorale cantata’ style which would reach perfection in the hands of JS Bach. Matthew Altham – Director Martin Toyer – Organ

The programme features three songs of praise, including Programme: Ein feste Burg, one of Martin Luther’s best-known hymns. Peter Wishart – Alleluia - a new work This event will be a fitting end to a year in which we not only John Ireland – The Holy Boy remember the 350th anniversary of Tunder’s death, traditional – Children's Song of the Nativity but also the quincentenary of the Reformation. Bob Chilcott – Shepherd's Carol Programme: Peter Warlock – As Dew in Aprylle Franz Tunder – Helft mir Gottes güte preisen Francis Pott – Balulalow Franz Tunder – Wend ab deinen Zorn, Lieber Herr Arvo Pärt – Bogoroditse Dyevo Franz Tunder – Ein feste Burg Mikola Leontovich – Carol of the Bells traditional – Koppangen Free admission St Sepulchre without Newgate trafitional – Glory to the newborn King

Admission: £12 in advance from: www.pegasuschoir.org.uk or £15 at the door (Under 18s £8 in advance/£10 at the door) Admission includes a glass of wine or soft drink and mince pie after the concert St Botolph Bishopsgate

Editor's note: We are indebted to Dickon Love, Open bellringing performances Company Bellringer to the Worshipful Company currently scheduled for the City of London of Parish Clerks for the following information in November 2017 — continued

Sunday 12 November Open bellringing performances 1530 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells currently scheduled for the City of London by the Ancient Society of College Youths in November 2017 at St James Garlickhythe

Friday 3 Novemberr Tuesday 14 November 1800 3 hr performance 1400 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells by members of the Ancient Society of College Youths by the Ancient Society of College Youths with an association with Lincolnshire at St Dunstan in the West at St James Garlickhythe Thursday 16 November ---- o ---- 1730 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths Saturday 4 November at St Mary le Bow

1000 3 hr performance of Stedman Caters Friday 17 November on the Jubilee Bells 1730 3½ hr performance on the bells by the Ancient Society of College Youths by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at St Dunstan in the West at St Magnus the Martyr

1000 3 hr performance of Bristol Surprise Major Saturday 18 November on the Royal Jubilee Bells 1200 4 hr performance of Stedman Cinques on the bells by members of the Ancient Society of College Youths for the 70th Wedding Anniversary of with an association with Lincolnshire HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at St James Garlickhythe at St Paul's Cathedral

1000 3½ hr performance on the bells Monday 20 November by the Ancient Society of College Youths 1730 3½ hr performance on the Bow Bells at St Lawrence Jewry for the 70th Wedding Anniversary of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells at St Mary le Bow by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Michael Cornhill Tuesday 21 November 1800 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells 1000 3½ hr performance of Spliced Maximus by the St James's Guild on the bells at St James Garlickhythe by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Sepulchre without Newgate Saturday 25 November 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells 1400 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells by the University of London Society by the Middlesex County Association at St Michael Cornhill at St James Garlickhythe Sunday 26 November ---- o ---- 1530 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells at St James Garlickhythe Sunday 5 November 1400 3½ hr performance on the bells Monday 27 November by the Ancient Society of College Youths 1800 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells at St Magnus the Martyr of Spliced Royal by the St James's Guild ---- o ---- at St Dunstan in the West

Saturday 11 November 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells for the Lord Mayor's Show

by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Lawrence Jewry

1030 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells City Events is published by for the Lord Mayor's Show The Friends of the City Churches at St Dunstan in the West in conjunction with the Archdeaconry of London 1100 3½ hr half-muffled performance of Stedman Cinques on the bells by the Cambridge University Guild and printed by Copyprints: at St Giles Cripplegate [email protected]

1300 3½ hr performance of Stedman Cinques on the bells for the Lord Mayor's Show at St Paul's Cathedral

Dec ember 2017 & January 2018 Published by FCC in conjunction with the Archdeaconry of London

The Ways of Christmas

There are two ways of looking at Christmas, one with the eyes of faith, the other with total scepticism. One sees God, the other sees a joke. One way brings us to our knees; the other reduces us to laughter.

There are two ways of looking at Christmas, God’s way or man’s way. God’s way begins in a manger through the eyes of a baby, looking up. The way of man is to look down and laugh. You cannot have it both ways.

Joseph and Mary end a journey in a city, David’s City, Bethlehem, they were insignificant, they had not made plans for accommodation and unexpectedly Mary’s time for birth arrives.

But here the insignificance ends. For the privacy of the Holy Family is shattered, first by shepherds, then by mumblings from the sky, then by weird foreigners carrying terrifying gifts?

And as if that is not enough they are warned that if they stay where they are the lunatic local king will kill the child. The facts of the first Christmas are terrifying; they depend upon the unmentionables sex, politics and religion. A one parent family, an escape into a foreign country: the murder of young children and the disbelief of a nation

There are two ways of looking at Christmas, the Holy Families way or Herod’s way. The shepherds way or the inn keepers way. The Wise Men’s way or the soldiers off the massacre of the innocent’s way. You can’t have it both ways.

The shepherds in the fields with sheep were suddenly shattered by noise, they were filled with fear, but thhey listened, “All right lads, therre something more important than sheep, get up, look for a new baby lying in a manger”. They said “Yes.” Joseph had to believe in his wife and listen to her story and he said “Yes”. And the strange Astrologer Kings follow a comet and risked laughter in seeking a child. When they find the child and his mother they offer their gifts, signs of the mystery of God! They leave when thhey feel danger. But they said “Yes.”

The Churches in the City of London are each in their own way a “Yes” to God; by their witness they attest to the fact of the incarnation - the birth of Jesus Christ and by their very existence at the heart of our commercial city they speak of God’s love. Within a short distance from each working community there is a city church, iits presence marks out a territory for God, by entering into the mystery which each building stands for the city community find their own “Yes” to God possible. May the variety of events and services offered in this ‘City Events’ through the City churches become a part of your “Yes” to God this Christmastime. The Venerable Peter Delaney Archdeacon Emeritus of London

The Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BA Visit: www.london‐city‐churches.org.uk for more information and the location of the churches in the City

Tuesday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street DECEMBER 2017 AND JANUARY 2018 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate The entries below show the normal pattern of services for City Churches and 0900 Morning Prayer St Andrew Holborn a few churches ‘just over the City borders’. Entries are for Church of England services except where indicated otherwise. ‘1st Monday’, ‘2nd Monday’ etc 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public refer to the 1st Monday, 2nd Monday etc of the month. welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the services shown are 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn subject to change immediately before, during and after major festivals, 1210 Eucharist (said) (BCP) St James Garlickhythe at Bank or other holidays, and during the summer months. Some regular 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster services in the City are subject to cancellation for much or all of 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less December, because of special services and other events. You are strongly advised to contact churches to check the details. 1230 to 1300 Eucharist (said) with brief address St Dunstan in the West 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr In general, churches in the City are closed for a period over or after 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Christmas and over the New Year. Again, you are strongly advised to St Mary Moorfields contact churches to check details of those periods of closure 1230 to 1300 Holy Communion St Mary Woolnoth 1230 Holy Communion (said), followed by coffee and sandwiches For a list of weekend (particularly Sunday) services please go to the Friends of the City Churches website at www.london-city-churches.org.uk and follow St Olave Hart Street the links from ‘Events’ and ‘City Events’. 1300 to 1330 Communion in the Crypt, with a focus on prayers for healing All Hallows by the Tower Monday 1300 Lunchtime Service Christ Church, Spitalfields 0715 Jewish Daily Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic orthodox rite) 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place (0700 on 1st day of Hebrew religious month; 0800 on Bank Holidays) 1300 to 1400 (any time) Contemporary Worship (Fort 12 December see Special For details please see www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/ Services Not 19 or 26 December) St Sepulchre without Newgate Bevis Marks Synagogue 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate 0730 Morning Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 1305 to 1335 Bible Talk, with lunch available after the talk 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields St Helen Bishopsgate 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1305 Meditation (in the crypt chapel) St Mary le Bow 0800 Morning Prayer - short contemplative service (Moot Community – 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1310 to 1340 Bible Talk, following sandwich lunch at 1300 (Not 12 and 19 0815 to 0915 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Informal drop-in service – December – replaced by carol services – and 26 December and come and go as you wish St Dunstan in the West 2 January) St Botolph Aldersgate 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1310 to 1340 Holy Communion St Margaret Lothbury 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1315 to 1345 Meditation and prayers for humanity and the earth 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public (in the Tent) Open to all Please arrive a few minutes before 1315 welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service (if listeners available - 1700 Evening Prayer (in the Lady Chapel) St Andrew Holborn please check with church) St Andrew Holborn 1700 to 1800 ‘ Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1200 to 1230 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – Come and go as you wish (Not in December) St Bride Fleet Street all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 1700 to 1730 ‘Words of Hope’ – quiet reflective service 1210 Eucharist (said) (BCP) St James Garlickhythe St Clement Eastcheap 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1800 Evening Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe St Mary Moorfields 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1245 Sung Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1830 Choral Evensong (traditional) (Choral Eucharist on 3rd Tuesday) 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place (Not 12 December – see Special Services Not 19 and 26 December 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields and 2 January) St Sepulchre without Newgate 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn Wednesday 1700 to 1800 ‘Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 0715 Jewish Daily Service (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue Come and go as you wish (Not in December) St Bride Fleet Street 0730 Morning Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1800 Evening Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 0800 to 1830 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community) St Mary Aldermary 1800 Choral Evensong (BCP) (during university terms – next series begins 15 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields January) (For 4 December see Special Services) St Michael Cornhill 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow Tuesday 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0715 Jewish Daily Service (see Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0730 Morning Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 0830 to 0915 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 0730 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 0900 Morning Prayer St Andrew Holborn 0730 to 0930 ‘Start: Stop’ – start the day by stopping to reflect – 10 minute 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public reflections beginning every 15 minutes - just drop in welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal St Stephen Walbrook 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 0745 Holy Communion (said) followed by light breakfast St Mary at Hill 0915 to 0945 Morning Prayer, followed by coffee & conversation with the staff 0745 Eucharist (in the church) followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow St Edmund King & Martyr (London Centre for Spiritual Direction) 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service (if listeners available - 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn please check with church) St Andrew Holborn 0800 to 0900 Café Prayer – an opportunity for stillness and prayer, Bible reading 1205 RC Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row and reflection Coffee served St Katharine Cree 1210 Eucharist (said) (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 0800 to 0830 Morning Meditation (Moot Community) St Mary Aldermary 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster continued/

Thursday ─ continued REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES IN 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place DECEMBER 2017 & JANUARY 2018− continued 1300 to 1330 (1st Thursday) Private Prayer and Reflection St Giles Cripplegate 1300 Holy Communion (1st Thursday normally choral) (For 7 and 21 December Wednesday ─ continued see Special Services Not 28 December) St Margaret Pattens 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1305 Eucharist (said) St Botolph Aldgate 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 1305 Holy Communion, followed by coffee and sandwiches 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) St Katharine Cree St Mary Moorfields 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1245 to 1315 (3rd Wednesday) Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting for Worship 1305 to 1335 ‘St Nick's Talks’ Bible Talk St Nicholas Cole Abbey Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Quaker Court, Banner St 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn /continued 1310 Holy Communion with short address St Andrew Holborn 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go 1310 to 1350 Bible Talk, with lunch available, followed by Question Time as you wish St Margaret Lothbury St Helen Bishopsgate 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1315 to 1345 Lunchtime Service (Free Church) City Temple 1305 ‘Not on a Sunday’ – informal worship with prayer and song, followed 1315 to 1400 Holy Communion St Martin within Ludgate by coffee St Katharine Cree 1315 to 1345 Holy Communion (BCP said) (during legal term-time) 1305 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow Temple Church 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1400 to 1420 Prayers – Offering up the prayers from the church’s prayer board 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn and the London Internet Church St Stephen Walbrook 1310 to 1340 ‘Moorgate Talks’ Bible Talk, following sandwich lunch at 1300, at 1700 Evening Prayer (in the Lady Chapel) St Andrew Holborn Amber, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, EC2Y 9AW under the auspices of 1700 to 1800 ‘ Space for Silence’ – contemplation, reflection and silent worship St Botolph Aldersgate Come and go as you wish (Not in December) St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Choral Eucharist (Not 6 December – see Special Services – and 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 27 December) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1800 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (with Confraternity of the Blessed 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street Sacrament Vespers on 1st Thursday) St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1700 Evening Prayer (in the Lady Chapel) St Andrew Holborn 1800 Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1700 to 1800 ‘ Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1800 Evening Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe Come and go as you wish (Not in December) St Bride Fleet Street 1800 (Normally 1st Thursday) Choral Evensong, followed by ‘Thursday 1730 to 1750 Evening Prayer (Moot Community – all welcome) Conversation’ at 1830 St Mary at Hill St Mary Aldermary 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields 1730 Choral Evensong (during legal term-time) (For 6 December see 1805 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow Special Services) Temple Church 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1745 Evening Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer – ‘Pursuit’ Prayer and Worship 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower Service All welcome (Free Church) City Temple 1800 Evening Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields Friday 1830 to 1915 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – all 0715 Jewish Daily Service (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue welcome) St Mary Aldermary 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0800 to 0830 Morning Taizé Chant (Moot Community – all welcome) Thursday St Mary Aldermary 0715 Jewish Daily Service (See Monday) Bevis Marks Synagogue 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0730 Morning Prayer (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0730 to 0930 ‘Headroom’ – short reflections with music and contemplation Just 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow drop in (Not 28 December) St Margaret Pattens 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public 0745 RC Morning Prayer St Mary Moorfields welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1200 to 1500 Quiet Personal Prayer St Joseph Bunhill Row 0815 Morning Prayer (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1200 to 1230 Meditation Group: ‘Stressed in the City’ (Moot Community – 0815 Morning Prayer (in the church) St Mary le Bow all welcome) St Mary Aldermary 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 0900 Morning Prayer St Andrew Holborn 1230 Pastoral Conversation or Confession (Sacrament Chapel, or apply 0900 Quiet service of morning prayers (The Mission to Seafarers – public at the Vestry) St Mary le Bow welcome) St Michael Paternoster Royal 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 0900 Morning Prayer (during legal term-time) Temple Church St Mary Moorfields 1200 to 1500 Confidential Drop-in Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1300 RC Mass, followed by Confessions at 1320 St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1210 Holy Communion (Not 14 December – see Special Services ―and 28 1305 Eucharist (in the church) St Mary le Bow December) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1305 RC Mass, following Rosary at 1230 St Mary Moorfields 1210 Eucharist (said) (BCP) St James Garlickhythe 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr, Holborn 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1315 to 1400 Holy Communion St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Holy Communion (BCP) St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1700 to 1800 ‘ Space for Silence’– contemplation, reflection and silent worship 1230 Eucharist (said) (Lady Chapel) St Bartholomew the Great Come and go as you wish (Not in December) St Bride Fleet Street 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1800 Paraklesis (replaced on 1st Friday and during fasting periods by Service 1230 (1st Thursday) Eucharist (traditional Iona Community liturgy) followed of Holy Unction) Followed at 1900 to 2200 by Catechesis and by refreshments & discussion St Ethelburga’s Centre, Bishopsgate Confessions (Romanian Orthodox) St Dunstan in the West 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1800 (1st Friday) RC Low Mass in the Extra-Ordinary Form 1230 Eucharist St Mary le Strand St Etheldreda, Ely Place 1230 to 1255 and 1330 to 1350 RC Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 1800 RC Evening Prayer, following Rosary at 1730 St Mary Moorfields St Mary Moorfields 1830 Jewish Friday Evening Service (Spanish & Portuguese Sephardic 1245 to 1330 Eucharist with the St Stephen’s Voices, followed by light lunch orthodox rite) (1930 in summer months – please check on St Stephen Walbrook www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/) Bevis Marks Synagogue 1250 to 1400 (any time) Informal Worship and Teaching – come and go as you 1900 to 2100 City of London House of Prayer - Equipping Night Service Praise wish St Mary Woolnoth and Worship (Free Church) City Temple

Wednesday 13 December SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN 1305 Lunchtime Carols for the Community St Botolph Aldgate DECEMBER 2017 1310 Choral Eucharist of the Advent St Botolph Bishopsgate

1800 Parish Carol Service with Blessing of the Crib Sunday 3 December St Stephen Walbrook 1830 Advent Carol Service St Bartholomew the Great 1900 Evening Carols (Services in this church are primarily in Welsh) 1830 Advent Carol Service St Bride Fleet Street St Benet Paul’s Wharf 1900 Carol Service in aid of the Providence Row Homeless Project , in Monday 4 December the presence of the charity’s Patron, the Duke of Norfolk 1800 Advent Lessons and Carols by Candlelight St Michael Cornhill For further information please go to www.providencerow.org.uk 1845 Old Ben Carol Service, in aid of the NewstrAid Benevolent Fund and follow the links from ‘Get involved’ and ‘Events’ for the newstrade. St Mary Moorfields Tickets £20 ― concessions£14 for those aged 65 and over and Thursday 14 December £10 for children aged 12 and under 1130 Traditional Carol Service with Choir St Martin within Ludgate Followed by wine and mince pies at the St Bride’s Foundation. 1300 Christmas Carol Service Followed by mulled wine and mince pies To book please e-mail [email protected] St Andrew Holborn St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Community Carol Service, with the Holman Fenwick Willan Choir Tuesday 5 December Followed by a West Indian lunch St Katharine Cree 1230 Telegraph Carol Service St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Parish Carol Service, with the Choir and Band of the Cooper’s 1305 Advent to the Incarnation – a sequence of music and readings Company and Coborn School Followed by seasonal refreshments See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below St Botolph Bishopsgate St Katharine Cree 1800 Said Eucharist, followed by Advent Study Group at 1830 Wednesday 6 December See the entry for this date in the Lectures, Courses etc section 1310 Choral Advent Carol Service St Botolph Bishopsgate below St Dunstan in the West 1800 Temple Church Carol Service Temple Church 1800 Carols by Candlelight, followed by mulled wine and mince pies 1900 The Haemophilia Society Carol Service Go to St Mary at Hill www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-carol-service-tickets-39515252183 1830 Traditional Carols by Candlelight All Hallows by the Tower for more information and tickets St Botolph Bishopsgate Saturday 16 December Thursday 7 December 1830 Carol Service in German for the Austrian Community 1300 Advent Carols St Margaret Pattens St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill 1545 Sung Evening Prayer St Mary le Bow 1800 Said Eucharist, followed by Advent Study Group at 1830 Sunday 17 December See the entry for this date in the Lectures, Courses etc section 1100 Christmas Choral Communion (BCP) St Michael Cornhill below St Dunstan in the West 1400 Christmas Celebration Service in Swahili 1800 Choral Evensong followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below St Mary at Hill 1500 Afternoon Carols (Services in this church are primarily in Welsh) 1830 Carol Service in aid of CAFOD St Mary Moorfields S t Benet Paul’s Wharf 1900 The Eve Appeal Festival of Carols at Christmas For more 1600 Festival of Lessons and Carols All Hallows by the Tower information and tickets go to www.eveappeal.org.uk and follow 1830 Service of Nine Lessons and Carols St Bartholomew the Great the links from ‘Supporting Us’ and ‘Take Part in an Event’ 1830 Service of Nine Lessons and Carols St Bride Fleet Street St Botolph Bishopsgate Friday 8 December Monday 18 December 1230 Said Eucharist for the Holy Day of the Conception of the Blessed 1300 Parish Festival of Lessons and Carols You are advised to arrive Virgin Mary St Dunstan in the West early St Michael Cornhill 1800 Carol Service with Britten’s Ceremony of Carols Sunday 10 December St Bartholomew the Great 1800 Advent Carol Service Sung by Chantage 1800 Celebrate Christmas with Carols Tickets required Followed by refreshments St Dunstan in the West For further information please see the entry for this date in the 1830 Tomorrow I will come A service linking Advent with Christmas, Events & Concerts section below Temple Church based on the great O used in the seven days leading 1830 French Carol Service - Service de Noël en Français up to Christmas Eve With the choir of Royal Holloway College All Hallows by the Tower St Bartholomew the Great 1830 Journalists’ Carol Service St Bride Fleet Street 1830 Plainsong Evensong followed by Britten’s 'Ceremony of Carols' St Bride Fleet Street Tuesday 19 December 1300 Lunchtime Carol Service A specially shortened service Tuesday 12 December designed to fit into a lunchtime in a busy working day 1310 to 1350 Carols by Candlelight St Sepulchre without Newgate St Bartholomew the Great 1330 to 1355 Bitesize Carols Short lunchtime service of traditional carols 1300 Readings and Carols for choir and congregation St Andrew Holborn St Lawrence Jewry 1800 Printers’ Carol Service St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Parish Christmas Carol Service All welcome ― seating limited 1830 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (in English and Dutch) St Mary le Bow Followed by refreshments Dutch Church, Austin Friars 1800 Service of Nine Lessons and Carols No tickets required, but 1900 Carols by Candlelight St Sepulchre without Newgate much of the seating is reserved for invited Livery Company guests Unreserved seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis St Bartholomew the Great

SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN Monday 25 December – Christmas Day DECEMBER 2017 ― continued 0900 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Great 1000 RC Sung Mass for Christmas Day St Joseph Bunhill Row Wednesday 20 December 1030 Sung Christmas Day Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 1305 Blue Christmas A service of reflection for those who have been 1030 Christmas Day Eucharist St James Garlickhythe bereaved and those who feel pressurised and overwhelmed by 1100 Christmas Day Eucharist with carols All Hallows by the Tower the seasonal preparations and festivities St Botolph Aldgate 1100 Lutheran Choral Eucharist 1310 Choral Eucharist of the Advent St Botolph Bishopsgate St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hill 1315 Service of Lessons and Carols Sung by Freshfields Choir 1100 Solemn Eucharist with Procession to the Crib Followed by refreshments St Dunstan in the West St Bartholomew the Great 1730 Lord Mayor’s Carol Service, followed by wine and mince pies 1100 Christmas Day Family Eucharist St Bride Fleet Street St Lawrence Jewry 1100 Christmas Day Service St Vedast Alias Foster 1730 Christmas Carol Sing-Along For further information please see 1115 Christmas Day Choral Mattins Temple Church the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below Temple Church 1800 A Star-Spangled Christmas A service of lessons and carols from the Christmas tradition in the USA St Bartholomew the Great Thursday 28 December – The Holy Innocents 1800 Eucharist St Dunstan in the West Thursday 21 December 1200 Fleet Street Carols (lunchtime service) You are advised to arrive early St Bride Fleet Street 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate Friday 29 December – St Thomas of Canterbury 1300 Lunchtime Carol Service A specially shortened service designed 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West to fit into a lunchtime in a busy working day St Bartholomew the Great 1300 Carol Service with the St Margaret Pattens choir, followed by mulled wine and mince pies St Margaret Pattens 1700 Fleet Street Carols (early evening service) You are advised to LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS arrive early St Bride Fleet Street IN DECEMBER 2017 1800 Stille Nacht A service of lessons and carols with music from Germany St Bartholomew the Great 1800 Said Eucharist, followed by Advent Study Group at 1830 See the entry for this date in the Lectures, Courses etc section below St Dunstan in the West Thursday 30 November 1830 to 1930 Advent Study Group, following said Eucharist at 1800 Friday 22 December The group meets every Thursday evening from 30 November to 1100 Choral Christmas Eucharist and Blessing of the Crib 21 December Today’s session, led by Father Guy Willis, St Botolph Bishopsgate will be on The Symbolism of the Christian Temple 1800 A Christmas Carol A service with readings from works by St Dunstan in the West Charles Dickens and his contemporaries and carols he would have heard and known St Bartholomew the Great Friday 1 December Sunday 24 December – Christmas Eve 1100 to 1600 Journey to the Centre of the Soul: Guiding Explorers 1100 Christmas Eve Service (Services in this church are primarily in Led by Andrew Mayes, author of a recently published book Welsh, with full translations provided in the order of service) of the same title. One of a series of monthly workshops for St Benet Paul’s Wharf spiritual directors, led by experienced practitioners, in the 1800 Pontifical High Mass of Midnight Celebrant and Preacher the Developing Direction programme Bishop of Fulham St Magnus the Martyr For further information, cost and to book go to www.lcsd.org.uk 1800 RC Sung Mass (Extraordinary Form) St Mary Moorfields and follow the links from ‘Courses & Events’ 1830 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols London Centre for Spiritual Direction at St Edmund King & Martyr St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Mary at Hil 2100 RC Sung Mass for Christmas Eve St Mary Moorfields 2315 Christmas Eve Midnight Choral Communion Temple Church Wednesday 6 December 2330 Midnight Mass by Candlelight, with music and carol singing 1300 to 1400 Walbrook Art Society – Arthur Liberty Centenary Lecture from 1100 All Hallows by the Tower Part 2: Arts & Crafts and Japanese Influence 2330 Midnight Mass St Botolph Aldgate Admission £5, including refreshments 2330 Midnight Mass St Bride Fleet Street No need to pre-book – all welcome St Stephen Walbrook 2330 RC Midnight Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 2330 Midnight Mass St Stephen Walbrook 2345 Midnight Mass of the Nativity, with Blessing of the Crib St Bartholomew the Great 2345 Midnight Mass St Martin within Ludgate 2345 Midnight Mass St Vedast alias Foster

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Friday 1 December 1230 Organ Recital: Peter Wright St Stephen Walbrook Thursday 7 December 1305 Recital: BELLOT ENSEMBLE 1315 Finding Grace on the City Discussion Director – Edmund Taylor led by The Revd Oliver Ross, Area Dean of the City, Programme: 'The Development of the Italian Trio Sonata' – Part 2 following Eucharist at 1230 and light lunch Works by Monteverdi, Uccellini, Bertali, Castello & Falconiero For further information please go to www.stethelburgas.org and St Mary at Hill follow the links from ‘Events’ 1600 Aldgate Lantern Parade starting at Sir John Cass's Foundation St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate Primary School and weaving through the streets and culminating 1830 to 1930 Advent Study Group, following said Eucharist at 1800 at St Botolph's. Also 'Window Wonderland (1700-2000), The group meets every Thursday evening from 30 November to a large- scale community window display in buildings in Aldgate 21 December Today’s session will be led by Father Barry Orford St Botolph Aldgate St Dunstan in the West 1930 A Candlelight Christmas 1830 Thursday Conversation with Baroness Warsi, on ‘The Enemy The Pegasus Choir Within’ – a Tale of Muslim Britain Music and Readings for the Festive Season

Following Choral Evensong at 1800 Followed by refreshments The award-winning Pegasus Choir gets the Christmas season off See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below to a festive start with a concert in the heart of the City. St Mary at Hill Anthems old and new, readings for the season,

and carols for all to sing in candlelit surroundings Tuesday 12 December Matthew Altham – Director Martin Toyer – Organ 1045 to 1530 Oasis Day: ‘Advent … waiting and hoping’ Programme: Led by Father Mark Young John Ireland – The Holy Boy (choral version) Oasis Days offer a monthly time of quiet reflection traditional – Children's Song of the Nativity to re-charge one’s spiritual batteries with stimulating speakers Bob Chilcott – The Shepherd's Carol Cost £15 - Lunch/ tea & coffee provided Harold Darke – In the bleak midwinter Pre-booking required by Friday 8 December for catering purposes trad. arr. Willcocks – Sussex Carol, 'On Christmas Night' To book please telephone the Revd Martin Davies Peter Warlock – As Dew in Aprylle on 07429 612642 or e-mail [email protected] Francis Pott – Balulalow St Andrew Holborn William Mathias – Sir Christemas Arvo Pärt – Bogoroditse Dyevo Mikola Leontovich, arr. Wilhousky – Carol of the Bells Wednesday 13 December Per-Erik Moraeus – Koppangen 1300 to 1400 Walbrook Art Society – Richard Dadd Anniversary Lecture Glory, glory, glory to the newborn King – Moses Hogan Admission £5, including refreshments No need to pre-book – all welcome St Stephen Walbrook Admission: £12 in advance from: www.pegasuschoir.org.uk or £15 at the door (Under 18s £8 in advance/£10 at the door) Admission includes a glass of wine or soft drink and mince pie after the concert St Botolph Bishopsgate Thursday 14 December 1930 City Chorus – Christmas Concert 1830 to 1930 Advent Study Group, following said Eucharist at 1800 Join City Chorus under their conductor Paul Ayres The group meets every Thursday evening from 30 November to for their celebration of Christmas 21 December Today’s session will be led by Father Barry Orford with a glorious mix of old and new festive music St Dunstan in the West Programme: Byrd – O Magnum Mysterium Monteverdi – Christe Redemptor Omnium Wednesday 20 December Percy Fletcher – Ring out, wild bells 1300 to 1400 Walbrook Art Society – Edgar Degas Centenary Lecture together with music by Handel, Richard Rodney Bennett Admission £5, including refreshments and plenty of chances to join in some well known carols No need to pre-book – all welcome St Stephen Walbrook Tickets £10 on the door from 1900, or in advance from: http://www.londoncitychorus.com/tickets/4591211526 St Sepulchre without Newgate Saturday 2 December Thursday 21 December 1930 A Concert for Advent 1830 to 1930 Advent Study Group, following said Eucharist at 1800 Medici Choir with the Brandenburg Sinfonia The group meets every Thursday evening from 30 November Conducted by Michael Cayton to 21 December Today’s session, led by Father Guy Willis, Luci Briginshaw – soprano Liz Holmes – mezzo soprano will be on The ‘Living Stones’ of the Christian Temple Joseph Denby – tenor Peter Ragsdale – tenor St Dunstan in the West Justin Harmer – bass-baritone Programme: Schubert – Mass in E flat John Baird – Annunciation — A Cantata for Advent – World Premiere Tickets: £15 (£12 students, Under 16s free) from: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/419886 and 'at the door' until sold out St Sepulchre without Newgate

Tuesday 5 December – continued EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN DECEMBER 2017 - continued 1830 London Phoenix Orchestra Christmas Concert Programme: Monday 4 December Humperdinck – 'Hansel and Gretel' Prelude 1300 Recital: Elizabeth Rossiter – piano Hely-Hutchinson – Carol Symphony Programme: Delius – Sleigh Ride Scarlatti – Sonatas in A – K 208 and K 209 Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite Jánáček – In the Mists Anderson – Sleigh Ride Ravel – Menuet Antique Carols Sonatine in F# minor Tickets for this concert are only available at the door

Elizabeth Rossiter performs through the joint St Lawrence Jewry St Andrew Holborn and Worshipful Company of Musicians Scheme for Prizewinners 1930 Music in Offices End of Term Concert of the Company St Lawrence Jewry More details may be found at: www.musicinoffices.com 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Lilley – Waltham Abbey St Botolph Bishopsgate Programme: 1930 Concert in aid of the Carers' Trust Mulet – Selection from Esquisses Byzantines A Christmas Carol Concert featuring the City of London Choir Vierne – Four pieces from Pièces de Fantaisie Director – Hilary Davan Wetton The year 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of with readings from comedian Jo Brand Henri Mulet (1878-1967) and the 80th anniversary and from broadcasters Jenni Bond and Angela Rippon of the death of Louis Vierne (1870-1937) St Michael Cornhill Doors open 1900 1305 Recital: Sarah McKenna – violin, Nao Maebayashi – piano Tickets: carers.org/carers-trust-christmas-carol-concert Programme: or call: 020 7922 7756 St Mary le Bow Mozart – Sonata in A K 526 Shostakovich – Romance from The Gadfly Suite Op 97a Wednesday 6 December Beethoven – Romance No 1 in G major Op 40 1300 Recital: Roma Tic – violin St Botolph Aldgate Piazzolla – Bordel from Histoire du Tango 1305 Recital: Blaze Ensemble Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church Jeremy Davis – piano Jude Lewis – flute running costs St Martin Ludgate Sue Treherne – oboe Claire Baughan – clarinet 1800 Advent Lessons and Carols by candlelight St Michael Cornhill Tom Hardy – bassoon Andy Feist – horn Programme: 1830 Coram’s Christmas Celebration Beethoven – Wind Quintet Op 16 Kick off the festive season with an evening of glorious singing Jacob – Piano Wind Sextet Op 6 from the children of the Trevor-Roberts School Choir, readings Rota – Piccola Offerta Musicale St Olave Hart Street from special guests including singer and actress, Clare Grogan 1915 Recital: Evva Mizerska – cello Ralitsa Naydenova – viola and a special performance from tenor Ian Bostridge Hartmut Richter – violin all followed by mince pies and some warming mulled wine. Programme: A Viennese Winter Tickets: £17.50 each (£5 for children under 16). Mozart – Divertimento K563 for String Trio Call 020 7520 0317 St Andrew Holborn Schubert – String Trio in Bb major D471 Wellesz – String Trio Op 86 Tuesday 5 December and a few Festive arrangements 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually More information at: www.velesensemble.com include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Tickets: £10 Students £8 Children under 14 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis At the door and from: www.velesensemble.com/tickets Programme: J S Bach – Six Schübler Chorales BWV 645-650 John Ireland – The Holy Boy Thursday 7 December Max Reger – Weinachten 1245 Lunchtime Concert: London Ripieno Society Handel – From Messiah: Programme: Overture (arr CE) 'For unto us' (arr Best) Brahms – A German Requiem Op 45 St Lawrence Jewry The concert is free but there will be a retiring collection 1300 Recital: Gabriella Di Laccio – soprano St Sepulchre without Newgate Dr Silvana Scarinci – archlute St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Cantata: Music for the Kingdom Season to Advent 1305 Advent to the Incarnation – 'of love begotten' Cantata Veni, veni, Emmanuel, based on the Advent Antiphons The City Singers by Alan Wilson – First Performance St Mary le Bow Director – Stephen Harrow FKC Organist – Colin Spinks 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling & David Cook A Sequence of choral music and readings to herald and celebrate All Hallows by the Tower the arrival of the Christ child, with the promise of salvation for all 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays Mendelssohn & Brahms

Music by Mendelssohn, Andrew Gant, Ashley Grote, St Margaret Lothbury John Rutter, H C Stewart, Gabriel Fauré and Handel 1800 Choral Evensong, followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 Evensong will be sung by Seraphim, the St Mary at Hill Choir Poetry by Laurie Lee, Madeleine L'Engle, Alan Williams, Chris Pearson and John Gay The Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkins will be in conversation with Baroness Warsi. The topic will be — Retiring collection to support the St Katharine Cree Restoration fund "The Enemy within" – a Tale of Muslim Britain St Katharine Cree 1315 A Square Mile Music Series Recital Followed by refreshments Seraphim – The St Mary at Hill Choir Admission is free onations are welcome St Mary at Hill Come and Sing Carols – 'An English Christmas' St Mary at Hill

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN DECEMBER 2017 - continued Sunday 10 December 1700 Deutscher Chor London — Christmas Concert The Keld Ensemble Conductor – Barbara Hoefling Thursday 7 December — continued Programme: Vivaldi – Gloria in Dmajor RV 589 1900 AFASIC Charity's Christmas Concert Handel – Dixit Dominus HWV 232 This Christmas Concert celebrates the work of Afasic in Tickets: Gold: £20; Standard: £15 Students: £10 from: helping and supporting parents, children and young people https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/boxoffice/category/rEXBBXLxdkgV with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). St Lawrence Jewry

Featuring the Concordia Chamber Choir with special guests Sir Derek Jacobi and Elaine Delmar 1930 Godwine Choir Christmas Concert Gaudete – Carols for choir and audience The concert will be extra special this year as it will kick off the The Godwine Choir Afasic 50th Anniversary celebrations! directed by Edward Hughes and Alex Davan Wetton There will be FREE wine and mince pies on arrival! More information and tickets at: www.godwinechoir.org Doors will open at 1800 and the concert will begin at 1900, St Botolph Bishopsgate finishing at approximately 2030. Monday 11 December 1300 Recital: Maya Irgalina – piano The church has disabled access but please contact the office if Programme: you have any specific queries or requirements. Rachmaninov – Variations on a theme of Corelli Op 42 Don’t miss out on what will be a wonderful evening of song, Tchaikovsky – Five pieces from 'The Seasons' Op 37a laughter and celebration. Book your tickets online or contact N Kasputin – Variations Op 41; central office on 020 7490 9410 to benefit from the' Earlybird' Paraphrase on Aquarela do Brasil Op 118 discount! Etude Toccatina Op 40 Tickets: £17.50 in advance from: Maya Irgalina performs through the joint St Lawrence Jewry www.afasic.org.uk or 020 7490 9410 and Worshipful Company of Musicians Scheme for Prizewinners On the night – £20 on the door of the Company St Lawrence Jewry Children (under 18) £10 at all times St Andrew Holborn Friday 8 December 1300 Organ Recital: 1230 Organ Recital: David Cook St Stephen Walbrook Jeremiah Stephenson – All Saints' Margaret Street 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: MEDIVA Messiaen – La Nativité du Seigneur Ann Allen & Adrien Reboisson – /recorders Corina Marti – recorders/clavi cymbalum As in previous years, Jeremiah returns to St Michael Cornhill Natalie Carducci – fiddle to play this iconic nine-movement musical meditation — Erwan Picquet – voice a dramatic and deeply-felt interpretation of texts from the Max Fiorani – percussion Christmas story St Michael Cornhill Programme: "Gabriel's Message" – a medley of English medieval music for Advent St Mary at Hill 1305 Recital: Stuart Raeburn – tenor, David Elwin – piano 1845 The City Wind Orchestra - A Christmas Programme: Celebration Joseph Haydn – Songs from Lieder and Canzonettas Join the City Wind Orchestra for a celebration of Christmas music Roger Quilter – Songs, including The Song Cycle "To Julia" and carols in association with St Katharine Church and Settings of Shakespeare Soloist: Charlotte Derry – soprano Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church running costs St Martin Ludgate A hot supper will be served at 1800 as part of the ticket price 1900 A Not So Silent Night – an evening of carols in support of nsif — The concert will last approximately one hour Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation Tickets: £10 including a hot supper from the church on: The concert will include carols performed by Walton Voices and 020 7488 4318 or [email protected] readings from a host of special guests. After the concert enjoy All proceeds will go towards the Widow's Mite Development Fund the deliciously festive canapés and drinks. St Katharine Cree Tickets: £20 from: 1930 Concert: Chandos Chamber Choir http://www.nsif.org.uk/get-involved/events/not-silent-night/ with the Bromley Youth Senior Choir All money raised from the event will go directly to nsif. "A Boy Was Born" by Benjamin Britten St Andrew Holborn together with other pieces and ever-popular Christmas Carols

Tickets: 'Early Bird' (until Tuesday 30 November) £10 1930 Temple Winter Festival Advance (by Friday 8 December) £12 or £8 concessions from: Temple Church Choir Temple Singers www.chandoschamber choir.org.uk/events/christmas-concert-2017/ Roger Sayer – director Greg Morris – organ St Sepulchre without Newgate Programme: Saturday 9 December 1500 "Tinsel Tastic" Choral works by Sweelinck, di Lasso, Buxtehude, Gabrielli, London Gay Symphonic Winds Concert Poulenc, Mendelssohn,. Lauridsen and Heinrich von Laufenberg arr. Jonathan Darbourne Come and join London Gay Symphonic Winds for their annual festive concert. This afternoon concert will be packed full of fun Organ works by Bach – Organ Fugue on the Magnificat, and by medleys, festive classics and some new discoveries, all served Messiaen – Dieu Parmi Nous from La Nativité du Seigneur

with LGSW’s usual flair. For full information and to purchase tickets please go to: Tickets: £7.50 in advance / £10 on the door from https://www.templemusic.org/shop/temple-winter-festival-2017-temple-church-choir/ http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/lgsw Temple Church St Sepulchre without Newgate

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1930 EC4 Christmas Concert — Carols for Coram Tuesday 12 December An evening of carols, raising money for the wonderful children's 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually charity, Coram include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Conductor – Tim Crosley 1300 Organ Recital: Michael Haslam St Lawrence Tickets are £10. They may be bought through members of the Jewry choir or by emailing the choir. To do this please go to: 1300 Recital: Gabriella Di Laccio – soprano http://www.ec4music.org/concerts James Akers – romantic guitars St Stephen Walbrook and follow the link at 'Contact Us' 1315 A Square Mile Music Series Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate Seraphim – The St Mary at Hill Choir Come and Sing Carols – 'An American Christmas' 2000 The London Concord Singers St Mary at Hill Mater ora filium – Muisic for Advent and Christmas 1330 Bitesize Carols – A 25 minute lunchtime service of traditional Director – Jessica Norton carols St Andrew Holborn Programme: Tuesday 12 December Vaughan Williams – Mass in G minor 1930 Herbert Howells – Regina Coeli

Popchoir: Christmas Concert for London's Air Ambulance Salve Regina Arnold Bax – Mater ora filium Come and spend an evening of Christmas cheer with Popchoir, in aid of and works by Merson, Mathias and Leighton London’s Air Ambulance. Join us for Christmas favourites including Jingle Bell Rock, O Holy Night, Merry Christmas Everyone and Santa Tickets: £12 Under 25s £5 Available on the door Claus is coming to Town - a concert full of seasonal pop classics to kick or in advance online at: start the Christmas season. londonconcordsingers.org.uk and online from: Mulled Wine, mince pies and hot drinks available. Doors open at 7pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mater-ora-filium-tickets-39217380240 St Botolph Bishopsgate All proceeds from the evening will go to London’s Air Ambulance, the registered charity that delivers an advanced trauma team to critically Friday 15 December injured people in London. 1230 Organ Recital: Jonathan Bunney St Stephen Walbrook 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: FOLLIA https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Popchoir. (Please see also William Summers – baroque flute http://www.popchoir.com/ - top of home page.) Diane Moore – violin St Andrew Holborn Ibrahim Aziz – viola da gamba Yeo Yat-Soon – harpsichord Wednesday 13 December Programme: 1300 Organ Recital: Greg Morris continues his performing of Bach's Telemann – Paris Quartets complete organ works Delalande – Noëls St Mary at Hill Programme: 1400 Temple Winter Festival 2017 — BBC Singers Toccata in C BWV 564, Pastorale, Christmas chorale preludes, BBC Singers Conductor – Owain Park Canonic variations on Von Himmel hoch Temple Church Owain Park makes his conducting debut with The BBC Singers in 1305 Lunchtime Carols for the community St Botolph Aldgate a programme of contemporary repertoire for the festive period, 1930 Orlando Chamber Choir Concert live on BBC Radio 3. The BBC Singers explore new Christmas "Christmas Rose" – How carols blossom like a rose carols by leading composers of choral music in the 21st century, Peter Fogitt – conductor Ben Giddens – organ including Joanna Marsh, Carl Rutti, Howard Skempton Programme: and Owain Park. Works by Brahms, Praetorius, Hassler, Palestrina, Foggitt Tickets for this concert are free but must be booked in advance. Pierre Bonhomme and numerous others It should be noted that they have been available since Full details of this comprehensive concert may be found at: Friday 10 November from www.bbc.co.uk/singers . https://www.orlandochoir.org.uk/events.php It may be possible for tickets still to be available

Wine and mince pies will be served in the interval Temple Church and the choir's traditional raffle will be held 1915 City Music Services Christmas Concert There will be a retiring collection for voluntary donations Admission free All welcome All Hallows by the Tower St Sepulchre without Newgate 1930 Londinium Voices Concert Thursday 14 December "Long, Long Ago" – Choral music for Advent and Christmas 1310 Organ Recital: Conductor – Andrew Griffiths Richard Townend plays music for Advent and Christmas Programme: St Margaret Lothbury John Tavener – "The Lamb" 1800 Carols by Candlelight followed by refreshments St Mary at Hill Rachmaninov – "Bogoroditse Devo" 1830 Lloyd's Choir Christmas Concert together with works by Bruckner, Byrd, Harvey, Hassler, Lloyd's Choir together with Meridian Brass present Howells, Mantyjärvi, Praetorius, Schütz, Warlock and others a programme of new items and traditional favourites Tickets: £12 ('Earlybird' discount), / £15 ; Students - £10 Wine and mince pies will be available Tickets: £15 (£10 for students) including refreshments For tickets and full information please go to: available on the door or through: https://www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events/ eventbrite.co.uk and www.lloydschoir.com@lloydschoir and click on 'BUY TICKETS' St Katharine Cree St Sepulchre without Newgate 1930 Traditional Carols by Candlelight All Hallows by the Tower

Tuesday 19 December EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN DECEMBER 2017 - continued 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1300 Seasonal readings and Carols for choir and audience Saturday 16 December You are invited to join the Vicar, Canon David Parrott, 1900 London Welsh Chorale Christmas Concert the renowned choir of St Lawrence Jewry and organist Conductor – Edward-Rhys Harry Catherine Ennis for our annual feast of readings and carols in Organist – Edward Kemp-Luck celebration of the Christmas season St Lawrence Jewry Programme: 1300 Recital: Jane Gilbert – flute St Stephen Walbrook Mozart – Vesperae Solennes de Confessore K339 Saint-Saëns – Christmas Oratorio Wednesday 20 December and Christmas favourites including congregational carols 1730 Christmas Carol Sing-along Tickets: £15 / £12 (concessions) from: Tickets are not required Requests will be taken https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/420908 Temple Church and click on 'Book Now' St Sepulchre without Newgate Friday 22 December 1930 'It’s a Cracker' 1230 Organ Recital: Jonathan Dods St Stephen Walbrook The Heroes Band Christmas Concert 1305 A Music-at-Hill Recital: Iosif Purits – classical accordion Christmas tunes, songs to sing along to Programme: Russian Revolution Centenary Series - IV and a smashing arrangement of carols Rachmaninov – Vocalise All proceeds go to Help for Heroes Prokoviev – Troika, from Lieutenant Kijé Suite Tickets: £8 in advance from: www.theheroesband.org.uk Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (complete) or £10 on the door Under 16s free St Mary at Hill St Katharine Cree ********************************************************************************* Sunday 17 December 1600 Festival of Lessons and Carols All Hallows by the Tower SPECIAL SERVICES AND ALLIED EVENTS IN Monday 18 December JANUARY 2018 1300 Recital: Kamilla Arku – piano Programme: Rameau – Gavotte Wednesday 3 January Joshua Uzoigwe – Talking Drums: Udom 1310 Festal Choral Eucharist of the Epiphany (6 January) Albéniz – Espagne (Souvenirs) 1. Prelude St Botolph Bishopsgate Tania León – Tumao Sunday 7 January Chopin – Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 1830 Epiphany Carol Service St Bartholomew the Great St Lawrence Jewry 1800 Parish Festival of Lessons and Carols St Michael Cornhill Monday 8 January 1305 Recital: 1730 Plow Monday Service St Lawrence Jewry Programme: Plow, or Plough, Monday is the traditional start of the English agricultural year ― it is generally the first Monday after Epiphany. Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church References to the day date back to the late 15th century and it running costs St Martin Ludgate traditionally saw the resumption of work after the Christmas period. 1815 Freshfields Christmas Carol Concert Followed by refreshments All welcome Thursday 11 January St Dunstan in the West 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1830 Service de Noël en Français All Hallows by the Tower 1305 Choral Eucharist for the Epiphany, with the City Singers 1800 Carol Service: The Ceremony of Carols St Katharine Cree This will be a 'special' carol service containing the entire 1800 Choral Evensong followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten See the entry for this date in the Events & Concerts section below accompanied by harp and sung by upper voices St Mary at Hill Sunday 14 January Free admission 1100 High Mass followed by the Blessing of the River Thames, and This carol service will be followed by a ticketed concert those who live on, work on or use it, from London Bridge Please see below at 2030 St Bartholomew the Great St Magnus the Martyr 1800 Celebrate Christmas with Carols The parishes of St Magnus the Martyr (on the north bank of the This is a repeat of last year's Christmas Celebration event held River Thames) and Southwark Cathedral (on the south bank) this year to benefit the Bar Pro Bono Unit and LawWorks. meet in the middle of London Bridge, and each January the clergy Top price tickets (£45) include a post-concert sparkling drinks of both churches process to this point and perform a short service reception. Concert tickets from £10 during which a wooden cross is cast into the river The custom For more information and to book please go to: harks back to an ancient Orthodox Church ceremony www.templechurchchristmas.eventbrite.com Temple Church Monday 15 January 2030 Concert: A Garland of Carols 1800 Choral Evensong First service of the new term - Each Monday This composition by Anthony Bolton is his companion piece and evening at this time during (8 week) university terms homage to Britten's Ceremony of Carols. It is also accompanied St Michael Cornhill by harp and sung by upper voices. The carols focus on more Thursday 18 January secular Christmas texts, and are a wonderful addition to the 1815 to 1930 Evening Prayer, followed at 1830 by plus+ presentation season exploring the place of faith in the world of business Tickets: £10 at the door, or from the Parish Office in advance, Please see the entry for this date in the Lectures, Courses, or online via: www.greatstbarts.com Workshops and Seminars section below St Bartholomew the Great St Stephen Walbrook

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Tuesday 2 January 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Monday 22 January Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: 1130 The Admiral Arthur Phillip Annual Commemoration Service [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street

St Mary le Bow Friday 5 January Admiral Arthur Phillip, born near Cheapside, was Commander of 1230 Organ Recital: Tim Easter St Stephen Walbrook the First Fleet that sailed from Portsmouth in 1787 to found the colony of New South Wales, of which he was Governor and which Monday 8 January became the new nation of Australia 1300 Recital: Ashley Fripp – piano Programme: First-Lieutenant Bruno Gonçalves Neves, of the Portuguese Schubert – Four Impromptus D 899 Maritime Museum will give the Address. He will speak about No 1 in C minor, No 2 in Eb major, Phillip’s years in the Portuguese Navy and his espionage No 3 in G flat major, No 4 in Ab major activities, an experience which helped Phillip later Chopin – Andante Spianato et All are welcome to the service A limited number of tickets to the Grande Polonaise Brillante Op 22 St Lawrence Jewry luncheon that follows (£75) can be purchased no later than 5 1300 Organ Recital: Edward Batting St Alban the Martyr, Holborn: January from www.britain-australia.org.uk/events Programme: Elgar – Imperial March arr. Martin Thursday 25 January Bach – Prelude & Fugue in C BWV582 1300 Eucharist for the commemoration of Charles, King and Martyr Karg- Elert – Sequence in A (30 January) St Margaret Pattens Lefébure-Wély – March in C and works by Popplewell, Hoyer, Alain and Bossi St Michael Cornhill

Wednesday 31 January Tuesday 9 January 1300 Centenary Memorial Service for the K4 Submarine Disaster,1918 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually St Margaret Pattens include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Recital: Rebecca Raimondi – violin St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Recital: Elin White – violin Programme: LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS J S Bach – Partita for solo violin No 3 in E major BWV1006 IN JANUARY 2018 Eugène Ysaÿe - Sonata for Solo Violin No 2 in A minor Op27 No 2 St Bride Fleet Street 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: Friday 12 January [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street 1100 to 1600 Short and Sweet: Working in Weeks of Accompanied Prayer and Retreats Led by Sister Lynne Baron One of a series of Wednesday 10 January workshops for spiritual directors, led by experienced practitioners, 1305 Recital For more information please go to: in the Developing Direction programme http://www.stbotolphs.org.uk/ St Botolph Aldgate For further information, cost and to book go to www.lcsd.org.uk 1305 Recital For more information please go to: and follow the links from ‘Courses & Events’ http://www.sanctuaryinthecity.net/ St Olave Hart Street London Centre for Spiritual Direction at St Edmund King & Martyr 1315 Recital For more information please go to: www.stdunstaninthewest.org St Dunstan in the West Wednesday 17 January 1300 to 1400 Gresham College Lecture-Recital: The Guitar in the Age Thursday 11 January of Charles I Given by Professor Christopher Page 1305 Recital For more information please go to: Part of a series on For Courtesan, Queen and Gallant: The Guitar http://www.sanctuaryinthecity.net/ St Olave Hart Street in England from Henry VIII to Samuel Pepys 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Free – no reservations required Admission on a ‘first come, first 1800 Choral Evensong, followed by Thursday Conversation at 1830 served’ basis Doors open at 1230 Evensong will be sung by Seraphim, the St Mary at Hill Choir For further information please go to www.gresham.ac.uk and The Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkins will be in conversation with follow the links from ‘Attend’ and ‘All future lectures’ Alexander McLean, Director-General of African Prisons Project St Sepulchre without Newgate Followed by refreshments Admission is free Donations are welcome St Mary at Hill Thursday 18 January 1815 to 1930 Evening Prayer followed at 1830 by Plus+ presentation Friday 12 January exploring the place of faith in the world of business 1230 Organ Recital: Charles Andrews St Stephen Walbrook Given by Professor Richard Higginson, Director of Faith in 1315 Recital: Waimay Yau – soprano Leona Crasi – piano Business, Ridley Hall, Cambridge, who will speak about Programme: Beethoven – Christian entrepreneurs living out their faith Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor Op 57 – "Appassionata" Followed by drinks and an opportunity for networking and songs by Zoltán Kodály, and Béla Bartók St Stephen Walbrook St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Organ Recital For more information please go to: www.stdunstaninthewest.org and follow the link St Dunstan in the West

Wednesday 17 January — continued EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JANUARY 2018 - continued 1305 Recital For more information please go to: http://www.stbotolphs.org.uk/ and follow the links St Botolph Aldgate Sunday 14 January 1305 Recital For more information please go to: 1500 Concert: The Arcubus Ensemble — A capella music http://www.sanctuaryinthecity.net/ St Olave Hart Street Works by Bach, Hepplewhite, Byrd and Howells – (Requiem) 1315 Recital For more information please go to: Tickets: £10 on the door St Mary le Bow www.stdunstaninthewest.org and follow the link St Dunstan in the West Monday 15 January Thursday 18 January 1000 – 1600 Opening Day of an Exhibition 1000 – 1600 Exhibition by the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers by the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers Entry is free The Exhibition will continue until Friday 26 January Entry is free St Stephen Walbrook St Stephen Walbrook 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by 1300 Recital: Ben Schoeman – piano Sarah-Jane Lewis – soprano Simon Lepper – piano Programme: Programme: Songs by Copland, Quilter, Bridge, Wagner, Chopin – Barcarolle in F# minor Op 60 Richard Strauss, Wolf, Fauré, Debussy, Chausson, Poulenc, Scherzo No 3 in C# minor Op 39 Guridi and Obradors Impromptu No 3 in Gb major Op 51 Admission is free with a retiring collection Polonaise Héroique in Ab major Op 53 St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield Rachmaninov – Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 36 (1931 version) 1305 Recital For more information please go to: St Lawrence Jewry http://www.sanctuaryinthecity.net/ St Olave Hart Street 1300 Organ Recital: Alexander Palotai – Worcester College, Oxford 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Programme: 1800 'A Treasure Hunt in St Lawrence Jewry' presented by NADFAS Howells – Rhapsody 2 in E flat Op 17/2 Tickets: £10 — please contact Katrina on Bairstow – Elegy from Prelude, Elegy & Toccata-Prelude [email protected] St Lawrence Jewry Bach – Three pieces based on Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr

BWV 662, 663 & 664 Friday 19 January Duruflé – Prélude sur L'Introit de L'Epiphanie 1000 – 1600 Exhibition Vierne – Allégro, from Symphonie 2 St Michael Cornhill by the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers

Entry is free St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Recital: For details please go to: 1230 Organ Recital: Michael Nicholas St Stephen Walbrook http://www.stmartin-within-ludgate.org.uk/music 1315 Recital: Kevin Yu Fan – piano Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church Programme: running costs St Martin Ludgate J S Bach – Ouverture nach Französischer Art BWV 831

Schumann – Piano Sonata in F minor No 3 Op 14 Tuesday 16 January St Bride Fleet Street 1000 – 1600 Exhibition 1315 Organ Recital For more information please go to: by the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers www.stdunstaninthewest.org and follow the link Entry is free St Stephen Walbrook St Dunstan in the West 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually Saturday 20 January include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch 1930 Saturday Concert Series 1300 Organ Recital: James Mc Vinnie St Lawrence Jewry This will be a new venture and details will be available in due 1300 Recital: Alex Caldon – trumpet, Alexandra Caldon – violin, course at: http://stsepulchres.org/music/concerts/ Libby Burgess – piano St Stephen Walbrook St Sepulchre without Newgate 1315 Recital: Chi-Hoi Cheung – piano Monday 22 January Programme: 1000 – 1600 Exhibition Beethoven – by the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers Piano Sonata No 18 in Eb major Op 31 No 3 "The Hunt" Entry is free St Stephen Walbrook Schumann – Piano Sonata No 1 in F# minor Op 11

St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Recital: Anna Szalucka – piano 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Programme: Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: Ravel – Sonatine [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street Ligeti – Etude No 10 'Der Zauberlehring'

Debussy – Etude No 5 'Pour les Octaves' Wednesday 17 January Szymanowski – Four Mazurkas Op 50 1000 – 1500 Exhibition Albéniz – Rondena by the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers Szymanowski – Serenade de Don Juan from 'Masques' Entry is free St Stephen Walbrook 1300 Gresham College Lecture-Recital Anna Szalucka performs through the joint St Lawrence Jewry The Guitar in the Age of Charles 1 Professor Christopher Page and Worshipful Company of Musicians Scheme for Prizewinners St Sepulchre without Newgate of the Company St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Organ Recital: Greg Morris continues his performing of Bach's 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Rennert (Lunchtime Recital No 444) complete organ works Programme: A celebration of anniversaries – M Berkeley, Programme: Philip Moore, Luard-Selby and Parry St Michael Cornhill Prelude & Fugue in A BWV 536, 1305 Recital: For details please go to: Epiphany chorale preludes, http://www.stmartin-within-ludgate.org.uk/music Preluide & Fugue in C BWV 545 Temple Church Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church running costs St Martin Ludgate

EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN JANUARY 2018 - continued Friday 26 January — continued

1315 Organ Recital: Michael Overbury Tuesday 23 January Programme: 1000 – 1600 Exhibition From the Robertsbridge Codex (c 1325) – Organ Estampe by the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers From the Tablature of Adam lleborgh (1448) – Praeambulum Entry is free St Stephen Walbrook Tomkins – A Sad Pavan for these distracted times (1649) Daquin – Le Coucou 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually J S Bach – Klavierübung III Vier Duetti include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Franck – Pastorale 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry Messiaen – Livre du Saint-Sacrement 'Adore Te' 1300 Recital: Concrete Winds Lefébure-Wély – Sortie in E flat St Bride Fleet Street Stacey Newlin – bassoon Liam Forster – clarinet, 1315 Organ Recital For more information please go to: Marcus Dawe – flute Fran Walker – French horn www.stdunstaninthewest.org and follow the link Laura Ware-Heine – oboe St Dunstan in the West St Stephen Walbrook 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: Monday 29 January [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Recital: Maulen Alimbayev – piano Programme: Schumann – Sonata in F# minor Op 11 No 1 (1835) Ravel – Une barque sur l'océan from Miroirs (1904-1905) Wednesday 24 January Prokoviev – Four Etudes Op 2 (1909) 1000 – 1500 Exhibition St Lawrence Jewry by the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers 1300 Organ Recital: Katherine Dienes-Williams – Guildford Cathedral Entry is free St Stephen Walbrook St Michael Cornhill 1305 Recital For more information please go to: 1305 Recital: For details please go to: http://www.stbotolphs.org.uk/ and follow the links http://www.stmartin-within-ludgate.org.uk/music St Botolph Aldgate Admission is free – Donations are requested in aid of church 1305 Recital For more information please go to: running costs St Martin Ludgate http://www.sanctuaryinthecity.net/ St Olave Hart Street 1315 Recital For more information please go to: www.stdunstaninthewest.org and follow the link St Dunstan in the West Tuesday 30 January 1230 Organ Recital: Ian Shaw or associate The recital will usually include an improvisation St Mary Abchurch Thursday 25 January 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry 1000 – 1600 Exhibition 1300 Recital: Kayleigh McEvoy – soprano St Stephen Walbrook by the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers 1315 Recital: Iúnó Connolly – soprano Dylan Perez – piano Entry is free St Stephen Walbrook Programme: Works by Fauré, Duparc, Hahn, Liszt and Gastaldon 1305 A City Music Society concert to be given by: St Bride Fleet Street Joanna Krauze – piano 1415 90 minute guided tour - includes the Charnel House Programme: Admission: £6 per person on the day or book in advance: J S Bach – Partita in E minor No 6 BWV 830 [email protected] St Bride Fleet Street Chopin – Nocturne in B major Op 62 Mazurkas from Op 56, No 2 in C major & No 3 in C minor Bacarolle Op 60 Wednesday 31 January

Admission is free with a retiring collection 1300 Organ Recital: Greg Morris continues his performing of Bach's St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield complete organ works 1305 Recital For more information please go to: Programme: http://www.sanctuaryinthecity.net/ St Olave Hart Street Prelude & Fugue in G BWV 550, 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Chorale preludes for Candlemas Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV 543 Temple Church

1305 Recital For more information please go to: Friday 26 January http://www.stbotolphs.org.uk/ and follow the links 1000 – 1600 Final day of the Exhibition St Botolph Aldgate by the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers 1305 Recital For more information please go to: Entry is free St Stephen Walbrook http://www.sanctuaryinthecity.net/ St Olave Hart Street 1230 Organ Recital: Graham Thorpe St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Recital: Matthew Pochin – tenor Benedict Lewis-Smith – piano Programme: Schubert – Die Winterreise St Dunstan in the West

We are indebted to Dickon Love, Open bellringing performances Company Bellringer to the Worshipful currently scheduled for the City of London Company of Parish Clerks in January 2018 for the following information Monday 1 January 2018 1100 4 hr performance on the bells for the New Year at St Paul's Cathedral

Tuesday 2 January 1400 3 hr performance on the Jubilee Bells to mark the 200th anniversary of the formation of the Institution of Civil Engineers Open bellringing performances by a band of members of the Institution currently scheduled for the City of London at St Dunstan in the West in December 2017 The inaugural meeting of the Institution was held at the Kendal Coffee House, Fleet Street on 2 January 1818 Saturday 2 December ---- o ---- 1000 3½ hr performance on the bells by the Oxford Diocesan Guild Saturday 6 January at St Magnus the Martyr 1000 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells by the Ancient Society of College Youths Sunday 3 December at St James Garlickhythe

1400 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells 1000 3 hr performance on the bells by the Ancient Society of College Youths by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St James Garlickhythe at St Lawrence Jewry

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1000 3½ hr performance on the bells 1430 3 hr performance on the Royal Jubilee Bells by the Ancient Society of College Youths by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Michael Cornhill at St James Garlickhythe

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Sunday 21 January 1300 3½ hr performance on the bells by the Ancient Society of College Youths

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