Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Join us for our weekly lunchtime concert hosted by Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts
(free admission, retiring collection)
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Cristóbal de Morales, the most significant Iberian musician of his generation, composed one of the greatest Mass settings of the Renaissance, Missa Mille Regretz. Josquin’s melancholy chanson, Mille Regretz, was immensely popular across western Europe, and exercised a mesmerising influence on many composers.
Morales was canny in selecting his model: the French love song for four voices was the favourite piece of music of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V (1500–58), who was also king of Spain. In his Mass setting he wove an astonishing fantasia out of the brief original, paying tribute both to Josquin and his monarch, expanding the texture to six parts and creating vast canvasses of sound. The work was written for the choir of the Sistine Chapel, Rome, where Morales sang between 1535 and 1545.
Along with the Missa Mille regretz we sing beautiful motets by Morales, who was described by contemporary music theorist Juan Bermudo as ‘the light of Spain in music’: a communion motet and a bright canonic setting of Regina caeli. And we will explore how other contemporary composers responded to Mille regretz: Gombert extending Josquin’s texture; Susato writing a response that follows directly on from the chanson’s last chord.
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Join us for our weekly lunchtime concert hosted by Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts
(free admission, retiring collection)
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Sensuous yet reverential, dramatic yet intimate; Renaissance poise and Baroque drama meet in Monteverdi’s exquisite choral landmark.
Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 marked a moment of musical transformation as the intricate polyphony of the Renaissance began to make way for something new: the bold, expressive, dramatic sound of the Baroque.
Absorbing the rich cultural mix that surrounded him in the northern Italian cities, Monteverdi took the established traditions of church and court music and added influences from the Middle East and wider Mediterranean to create something radically different. Grand choral writing, virtuosic solo passages and richly inventive instrumental textures bring words, voices and instruments together to powerfully expressive effect, creating music that is at once deeply devotional and wonderfully theatrical.
From hushed, prayerful passages to thrilling vocal and instrumental flourishes, this is a monumental work of extraordinary colour, energy and emotion.
Royal Choral Society
Richard Cooke conductor
Meridian Sinfonia
Angela Hicks soprano
Penelope Appleyard soprano
Ben Alden tenor
Nicholas Madden tenor
Jimmy Holliday bass
William Gaunt bass
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Join us for our weekly lunchtime concert hosted by Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts
(free admission, retiring collection)
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
Held in memory of all musicians whose names are inscribed in the Musicians’ Book of Remembrance.
Free of charge, no booking required, all welcome.
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Join us for our weekly lunchtime concert hosted by Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts
(free admission, retiring collection)
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Service will begin at the War Memorial next to Chancery Lane underground station
Free to attend, no booking required
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
The forthcoming annual art exhibition in November 2026 reaches quite a landmark period for our Art Club showing our exhibition in the City Of London.
It is a long way back now since our founding in 1906 which, strange to note, was also the founding year of the Benenden Sanatorium in Kent – it is good that both groups are still in existence today and the Benenden Group was in fact founded by the the Post Office workers of the time – the first in history.
I remember in 2006 how pleased our members were to reach the century mark and so pleasing that enough of our members voted to carry on – and we have done just that!
When I look back at the past 20 years the one particular item that stands out is the £5000 donation from the late John Harrington that truly kept us going to this day. John was sincerely thanked at the time and we were pleased to make him one of our Honorary members – which I recall pleased him a great deal. This funding has slowly diminished so we could have a financial problem in the year ahead – but the current members are anxious to keep going as long as we can!
The coming show will be most important and we can but hope we can show a good selection to mark this date. We are once more based at the St Sepulchre Church where we have so many friends – let us hope this landmark date get the exhibits it deserves – good luck to all!
Ron McGill
Read the newsletter here
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
St Cecilia Choral Evensong - Wednesday 19th November, 5.15pm, Holy Sepulchre, EC1A 2DQ
Daniel Hyde, Director of Music at King’s College, Cambridge, will be conducting our St. Cecilia service this year. Come and Sing the anthem, Finzi’s God is Gone Up, in the very service for which it was written back in 1954. The rest of the service will be sung by The Choir of Holy Sepulchre and will include a new commission by composer Joshua Pacey, Heavenly Harmony.
Singing places will be limited to ensure a balance of parts. There is a £3 charge for singing places to cover the hire cost of the music.
A reasonable level of sight reading is required.
Music will be given out on the day although a scanned version will be sent out 3 weeks in advance. Singers should arrive at 4.00pm to collect their music in time for a 4.15pm rehearsal. Casual dress.
Join us for our weekly lunchtime concert hosted by Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts
(free admission, retiring collection)
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
'Exhilarating' — join London's newest medieval music group for transporting medieval and contemporary sound, with voices, harps and vielle.
The Green Dragon Guild of London is named after Green Dragon Court, the ancient street in central London that winds around the surviving medieval corner of Southwark Cathedral. But since that time, many green dragons of contemporary fantasy have appeared, like the Green Dragon Inn, the mythical Tolkien location where the quest to the Lonely Mountain begins.
This combination of surviving medieval remnants and contemporary imagination reflects the heart of the Guild's artistic vision. It is an exciting new take on medieval and modern music, presenting evocative works from the 11th to 15th centuries as well as contemporary composition that is medieval-inspired, all brought to life through historically-informed performance.
In 'Of Carols & Chimeras', enjoy beautiful medieval English carols of Christmas and Advent; lesser-known secular medieval carols of everything from politics to ale; and music of mythical creatures and illusions of the medieval imagination. Performed in the historic church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, the National Musicians' Church and site of the meetings of one of the original medieval guilds, the Guild and Fraternity of St Katherine.
Performers:
David Yardley countertenor, medieval harp
Daniel Thomson tenor
Richard de Winter bass, narration
Juliette Primrose vielle
Dr Leah Stuttard medieval harp
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Join us for our weekly lunchtime concert hosted by Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts
(free admission, retiring collection)
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
The Eva Cassidy Songbook
Sofia Kirwan-Baez (soprano) and Abhisri Chaudhuri (piano)
Classically trained musicians step out of the traditional concert hall to honor the transcendent sound of Eva Cassidy.
Experience her timeless classics —including Over the Rainbow, Blue Skies and Ain’t no Sunshine, through Sofia and Abhisri’s own sophisticated arrangements. Join us for a unique, boundary-breaking evening where the soul of an acoustic folk-jazz legend meets the profound depth of classical musicianship. The ultimate musical crossover.
Some of Eva Cassidy’s best-loved songs, including:
Over the rainbow
Fields of gold
Blue skies
Ain’t no Sunshine
Tall Trees in Georgia
Fever
Tennessee Waltz
Autumn Leaves
Songs from the Viaduct is a song recital series that features the very best in the next generation of vocal talent in the United Kingdom. Come and experience an evening of beautiful music in the intimate environment of the Musicians' Church.
Join us for our weekly lunchtime concert hosted by Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts
(free admission, retiring collection)
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
Join The Hygiene Bank on Monday 7th December for an evening of carols and reflection at the beautiful Holy Sepulchre, London.
The service will begin at 6.30pm, followed by mulled wine and mince pies.
Tickets
£15 – Premium
£10 – Restricted view
£5 – Children
Every ticket helps support The Hygiene Bank's work to end hygiene poverty across the UK.
Guests are encouraged to bring a hygiene product (eg. shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste) to support the work of The Hygiene Bank City of London, which operates from Holy Sepulchre.
We hope you'll join us for a special evening.
Why not also bring along a hygiene product to put under our Christmas Tree and give the gift of clean this Christmas?
This event is free to attend although booking is essential. If you would like to support the work we do at Holy Sepulchre, we suggest a £5 donation per ticket, and you can make a donation via our giving page
All profits will go to our Music in the Community Fund. We believe in the power of music to improve lives and are committed to promoting music and making it accessible to as many as possible, alongside our worship, concerts and recitals, offering a range of community-focused events.
Please ensure you have read the Terms and Conditions before completing your booking
Terms and Conditions for Ticketed Events — Holy Sepulchre London (hsl.church)
More details about GenerosCity and The City of London Hygiene bank and how to become a volunteer can be found on our website
GenerosCity — Holy Sepulchre London (hsl.church)
A combination of festive favourites for our traditional service of lessons and carols. Mulled wine and minced pies after the service.
This event is free to attend although booking is essential. If you would like to support the work we do at Holy Sepulchre, we suggest a £5 donation per ticket, and you can make a donation via our giving page HERE
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Mozzagrogna service is a ceremony to commemorate the Battle of Mozzagrogna in 1943.
THE ROYAL FUSILIERS MEMORIAL CHAPEL COMMITTEE
invites attendance at
The Fusiliers Annual Memorial Lecture
in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre London EC1
(at the junction of Holborn Viaduct and Giltspur Street)
This lecture is free of charge, but there will be a retiring collection for the Chapel. Allowing time for questions, the lecture is likely to end at about 7pm, but further
(WATCH THIS SPACE!)
The BBC End of Proms 2027 will occour at Holy Sepulchre London as usual.
We will update this page what dates are confirmed.
Come and be a part of the traditional end-of-season service from the National Musicians' Church, Holy Sepulchre, final resting place of Sir Henry Wood, founder of the Promenade concerts.
During Choral Evensong, sung by The Choir of Holy Sepulchre, the chaplet from Sir Henry's bust at the Royal Albert Hall will be returned to the site where his ashes are interred.
The 1 hour service will be followed by some refreshments and an opportunity to chat and view the church, including the Musicians' Memorial chapel. The service will also live on BBC Radio 3 and an Order of Service will be available to download for those who unable to join us in person.
Service will begin at the War Memorial next to Chancery Lane underground station
Free to attend, no booking required
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Join us for our weekly lunchtime concert hosted by Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts
(free admission, retiring collection)
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
oin Recordare for our highly anticipated Debut Album 'Ever Changing Skies' Launch Concert. An hour of music from the Album and please feel free to stay for a drink afterwards.
Music by Ben Parry, John Ireland, Johannes Brahms, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Claude Debussy, Cecilia McDowall, David McGregor, Kirsty O'Neill & Danni O'Neill, arr. Harry Bradford and more…
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Join us for our weekly lunchtime concert hosted by Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts
(free admission, retiring collection)
Korngold - Die Tote Stadt
Schubert - Liebesbotschaft
Schubert - Wanderes Nachtlied
Kurt Weill September song
Noel Coward - Don’t put your daughter on the stage
Ireland - If there were dreams to sell
RVW - Silent noon
Britten -The last rose of Summer
Bridge - Come to me in my Dreams
Ireland - Great Things
Cole Porter - Just one of those things
Debussy - Romance
Duparc - Serenade florentine
Duparc - L’invitation au Voyage
Bixio - Parlami d'amore Mariu
Songs from the Viaduct is a song recital series that features the very best in the next generation of vocal talent in the United Kingdom. Come and experience an evening of beautiful music in the intimate environment of the Musicians' Church.
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Join us for our weekly lunchtime concert hosted by Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts
(free admission, retiring collection)
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
'Exhilarating' — join London's newest medieval music group for transporting medieval and contemporary sound, with voices, harps and vielle.
The Green Dragon Guild of London is named after Green Dragon Court, the ancient street in central London that winds around the surviving medieval corner of Southwark Cathedral. But since that time, many green dragons of contemporary fantasy have appeared, like the Green Dragon Inn, the mythical Tolkien location where the quest to the Lonely Mountain begins.
This combination of surviving medieval remnants and contemporary imagination reflects the heart of the Guild's artistic vision. It is an exciting new take on medieval and modern music, presenting evocative works from the 11th to 15th centuries as well as contemporary composition that is medieval-inspired, all brought to life through historically-informed performance.
In 'Of Carols & Chimeras', enjoy beautiful medieval English carols of Christmas and Advent; lesser-known secular medieval carols of everything from politics to ale; and music of mythical creatures and illusions of the medieval imagination. Performed in the historic church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, the National Musicians' Church and site of the meetings of one of the original medieval guilds, the Guild and Fraternity of St Katherine.
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
12-4pm - OPEN DAY, drop in at any time - have a look at our emerging plans and enjoy our heritage engagement activities
1-1.45pm- Talk on the history and new learnings at Holy Sepulchre, led by architectural historian Helen Bradbury
2-3pm- Walking Tour: Exploring Belonging, led by Fr Nick Mottershead
Join us for our weekly lunchtime concert hosted by Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts
(free admission, retiring collection)
The Listening Place
Thursday 17 September • 7pm-10pm (Doors & Bar open from 6pm)
An evening of music, entertainment and laughter
Join us for a evening of music, entertainment and laughter. Featuring a fantastic line-up of singers, musicians, comedians, dancers and entertainers, Centre Stage promises an uplifting evening of live performances, laughter and community spirit. Every ticket sold, drink purchased and raffle ticket bought will help support us provide free, face-to-face support for people who feel suicidal. Whether you’re attending with friends, family or colleagues, it’s set to be a fun and memorable evening while raising vital funds for The Listening Place.
The line up:
Emma Kershaw (Singer)
Steve Hewlett (Comedy Ventriloquist)
I Dodici (Chamber Choir)
The Queens (Female Dance Group)
Victoria Sponge (Drag Queen)
Shelley Van Loen and the Palm Court Strings (Ensemble)
Dave Clewlow & Joseph Morley (Trumpet & Piano)
Pete Valente (Singer & Guitar)
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Join us for our weekly lunchtime concert hosted by Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts
(free admission, retiring collection)
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Singing is a great way of meeting new friends, developing your confidence and improving your mental health and wellbeing.
There is no audition, but a basic knowledge of music reading will be helpful. You do not need to be an expert! Just bring your love of singing!
It’s free to join and there are no rehearsal fees.
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Join us for Tea, Tales and Tunes every Thursday.
Enjoy a talk from a City Guide, a musical performance, plus free tea, coffee and sandwiches.
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
Programme include:
Artistic Director: Cheng Yu
Conductor: Yajie Ye
*Siji Quartet 四季四重奏
Spring Dance《春舞》 – Ray Lin, 2026 Premier
Dizi, pipa, piano and cello
*Shadows of the Sword《剑影》 – Ray Lin, 2025
Five-stringed pipa (Cheng Yu) and piano
East-West mixed ensemble
*Wanqu (Curve) 弯曲 - Michael Ellison, 2026 Premier
*Echoes of the Zither Terrace Following the Phoenix’s Alighting《凤栖之后，琴台残响》 – Li Huan, 2026. Premier
Siji Quintet 四季五重奏 Violin, dizi, pipa, piano and cello, Premier
*Between Mountains and Clouds《山与云之间》 – Linhao Li, 2026
*A Love Before Time
Theme song from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Arranged by Ray Lin and more.
Bringing together tradition, innovation and cross-cultural collaboration, this Gala Concert offers an inspiring celebration of contemporary Chinese music in the West.
This is an opportunity to slow down, breathe and notice.
Step away from your desk and join us for a guided Sanctuary walk, exploring 900 years of heritage around Holy Sepulchre Church and the surrounding area.
The circular walk will begin and end at the church, with refreshments and time for reflection in the church afterwards.
