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.
Bring your own music score
Baton down at 2 pm and sing an instant concert in German! Listeners are welcome too!
* Free entry but donations to
Barts Cancer Unit & Holy Sepulchre Church are most welcome (cash only) *
www.bafco.org
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing now taking place on Monday mornings.
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.
These are short talks that form part of Choral Evensong on Wednesday evenings with the professional Choir of Holy Sepulchre. Do come along and stay for a drink afterwards!
February 26th – Ewan King, Minister, Heath St. Baptist Church
Hesitations: Changing One’s Mind About Church Music
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.
Booking will open soon
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing now taking place on Monday mornings.
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.
Guide – Nikki Druce
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.
Booking will open soon
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing now taking place on Monday mornings.
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.
Guide – Richard Smart, Christain Aid
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.
Booking will open soon
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing now taking place on Monday mornings.
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.
Guide – David Evans
Booking will be available soon
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.
Booking will open soon
Booking will open soon
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing now taking place on Monday mornings.
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.
These are short talks that form part of Choral Evensong on Wednesday evenings with the professional Choir of Holy Sepulchre. Do come along and stay for a drink afterwards!
March 26th – Revd. Philip Dawson (Curate, St. Giles-in-the-Fields) and Henry Lamprecht (The Community Communications Partnership)
Portraying Christ in music : Fully Human and Fully Divine
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.
Guide – Mario Beneventi
Booking will be available soon
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.
Booking will open soon
Booking will open soon
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing now taking place on Monday mornings.
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.
Guide – Lester Hillman
Booking will be available soon
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.
Booking will open soon
Booking will open soon
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing now taking place on Monday mornings.
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.
Guide – Michelle Greer, Guide
Booking will be available soon
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.
Booking will open soon
Booking will open soon
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing now taking place on Monday mornings.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
A candlelit evening of music and readings for Holy Week with the professional Choir of Holy Sepulchre.
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.
Booking will be available soon
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.
Booking will open soon
These are short talks that form part of Choral Evensong on Wednesday evenings with the professional Choir of Holy Sepulchre. Do come along and stay for a drink afterwards!
February 26th – Ewan King, Minister, Heath St. Baptist Church
Hesitations: Changing One’s Mind About Church Music
April 30th – Revd. Canon Dr. Victoria Johnson, Dan of Chapel, St. John’s College, Cambridge
The Music of the Spheres: Music, Science and the Singing Universe
Since the beginning of the Church, music has profoundly shaped the patterns of Christian worship. As a powerful form capable of moving hearts and directing desires, Christians have often grappled with how to integrate this complex and yet deeply essential form of praise. What is the right balance between emotivity of musical expression and the rationality of the spoken word? Should the music of the church reflect cultural trends or have its own unique form and style? So often, these questions come into being in the working relationship of ministers who lead liturgy and the musicians who support them. While there is real potential for partnership between these roles, musicians and clergy are often focused on the criteria unique to their disciplines. This opens up the question: what is the right way to reconcile these equally important and yet sometimes contrasting motivations? This conference offers a possible pathway by outlining a historically and theologically rich vision of music and spirituality, rooted in both prayer and practice. Sessions will address the crucial role of musical theology in Christian worship, the importance of prayer as a foundation, and how these aspects might help guide the healthy mission of clergy and musicians. The day will include talks, space for discussion and connection with others, times of prayer, and, of course, transformative musical worship. Whether clergy, musician, or simply a layperson passionate about the role of liturgical music in your parish, we hope you will join us in discovering new ways of glorifying God in our parishes and Christian communities through music.
Venue: Holy Sepulchre, The National Musicians’ Church, London EC1A 2DQ
For those Musicians whose names are recorded in the Book of Remembrance and will be sung by the choir of Holy Sepulchre directed by Peter Asprey. The preacher will be The Revd Nicholas Mottershead, Rector of Holy Sepulchre.
More details to follow
Join us for A Service of Thanksgiving & Celebration for the 2025 BBC Proms.
Tickets are free but booking is essential.
The annual Requiem Mass will be held in memory of all musicians whose names are inscribed in the Musicians’ Book of Remembrance.
Every year, we welcome guests with our ministry as the Royal Fusiliers Regimental Chapel to our Service of Remembrance. The service begins at 10.45am by the War Memorial next to Chancery Lane underground station, followed by a Service of Remembrance in the church. The Choir of Holy Sepulchre will be singing, all are welcome.
We have a guest conductor for our St. Cecilia service on 19th November, David Hill MBE. David is one of the nations foremost choral and orchestral conductors. He is currently Musical Director of the Bach Choir and the Leeds Philharmonic Society, Principle Conductor of the Yale Schola Cantorum and Associate Guest Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Former positions include Director of Music at Winchester Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral and St. John’s College, Cambridge.
Why not also bring along a hygiene product to put under our Christmas Tree and give the gift of clean this Christmas?
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.
A 50 pence booking fee is included in the cost of all tickets. The price displayed is what you will pay.
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)
Why not also bring along a hygiene product to put under our Christmas Tree and give the gift of clean this Christmas?
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.
A 75 pence booking fee is included in the cost of all tickets. The price displayed is what you will pay.
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)
Why not also bring along a hygiene product to put under our Christmas Tree and give the gift of clean this Christmas?
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)
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 now taking place on Monday mornings.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
Palestrina’s sacred music blazes with the spirit of the Counter-Reformation, the movement beginning in the second half of the 16th century by which the Catholic Church sought to recover and reinvent itself in response to rebellion, Protestant doctrinal challenge, and territorial losses across swathes of Europe. Working in the great churches and chapels of Rome, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was Italy’s most famous and prolific native-born composer of the High Renaissance period. During his career serving the centres of Catholic power, he provided music for every ceremony and feast, from intimate, expressive settings to majestic, audacious and even bombastic works. Such was the quality of his invention that his music has never fallen out of repertoire over succeeding centuries. While consciously exploiting and consolidating styles and techniques inherited from continental composers all the way back to Josquin, Palestrina was also an innovator, especially in his polychoral music and in his word-setting, which can be vivid but never descends into superficiality. Yet history has too often pigeonholed him as a conservative, as the man who ‘saved’ church music in response to the edicts of the Council of Trent, or deployed as the tool of dreary pedagogues whose pupils were forced to write codified imitations of his counterpoint. Our programme celebrates the 500th anniversary of Palestrina’s birth with a concert designed to showcase the quality, range and immediacy of his music. Our selection includes some of his finest compositions, from the emotive Stabat Mater and the intense Lamentations for Good Friday to the sunny Surrexit pastor bonus for Easter Day, with a rush of thrilling Pentecost pieces along the way.
PROGRAMME
Palestrina Jesu, rex admirabilis
Palestrina Sicut cervus – Sitivit anima mea
Palestrina Veni creator spiritus
Palestrina Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes
Palestrina O Domine Jesu Christe
Palestrina Lamentations for Good Friday (Book III), III
Palestrina Stabat Mater
Palestrina Nunc dimittis
Palestrina Spiritus sanctus replevit
Palestrina Veni sancte spiritus
Palestrina Surrexit pastor bonus
The concert includes one interval, and will end at approximately 9:15pm
About The Renaissance Singers
The Renaissance Singers is a specialist chamber choir that has brought the best in Renaissance vocal music to audiences in Britain for over 80 years. Performing Renaissance music that others do not, and aiming to engage wider audiences, the choir strives for the highest musical standards in all it does. Under its Musical Director David Allinson, its programmes offer unique paths of discovery for singers and audiences alike.
The Renaissance Singers is one of London’s leading chamber choirs and has specialised in bringing Renaissance vocal music to audiences in Britain for over 80 years. Under its current Musical Director David Allinson, the choir maintains a busy schedule of performances, workshops and recordings.
The choir was founded by Michael Howard in June 1944 as a performing wing of the Renaissance Society. It set out to perform neglected masterpieces to new audiences and even sang one early concert during an air raid. Making pioneering recordings from the 1950s onwards on the Decca label, the choir played a key role in the early music revival in Britain.
Recent highlights for the choir have included performances of Brean Hammond’s immersive drama Master Byrd at Ingatestone Hall, the first modern performance of the Requiem Mass by Manuel Mendes, adapted for Puebla Cathedral in Mexico by Gonçalo Saldanha, recording two compline services for broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and collaborations with guest conductors Gareth Wilson and Patrick Allies.
The choir’s open workshops offer anyone with some singing ability the chance to join forces with The Renaissance Singers and be coached on Renaissance repertoire by distinguished conductors and singers. Recent workshop leaders have included Robert Hollingworth, Rory McCleery, Greg Skidmore, Laurie Stras, David Allinson and Sarah Latto.
Praise for The Renaissance Singers
‘They are currently at the top of their game, with an excellent and well-drilled singers.’ Andrew Benson Wilson
‘This was more than just a concert—it was a spiritual experience, a reminder of the quiet power that music has to move, to heal, and to connect… It was truly a special evening, one that lingers in the heart long after the last note has faded.’ Antonia Constantin, A Young(ish) Perspective
‘An outstanding performance in an astonishing setting.’ Simon Pulleyn
More information at www.renaissancesingers.com
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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.
Guide – Sally Horton, Guide
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.
This unique interactive event uses live musical performances as a springboard for discussion about nature and our varying responses to God’s creation. Featuring solo psalm settings by June Boyce-Tilman MBE, Alexandra T. Bryant, and Delvyn Case. Performed by Robert Rice, baritone, and Delvyn Case, piano. Presented by Deus Ex Musica.
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.
Booking will open soon
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing now taking place on Monday mornings.
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.
Guide – Alison Woollard
Booking will be available soon
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.
Booking will open soon
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing now taking place on Monday mornings.
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.
Guide - Andy Ellis
It’s free to attend, but spaces are limited and so booking is essential.
These are short talks that form part of Choral Evensong on Wednesday evenings with the professional Choir of Holy Sepulchre. Do come along and stay for a drink afterwards!
January 29th – Ruth Haines, Head of Opera Press, Royal Opera House
'The Song was Raised in Praise to the Lord.' Why does God Love Music So Much?
Ahead of City Giving Day Drum Works are hosting a series of fun and exciting workshops giving you the opportunity to play the drums.
Drum Works is a social impact project using drumming as a tool to inspire creativity, build social cohesion and empower young people in London to direct their own futures.
Around 600 people participate weekly through their partner schools, community programmes and progression ensembles. Together with school and community partners, Drum Works identify young people most likely to benefit including those at risk of exclusion; those with disabilities or special educational needs; and those with social, emotional or mental health needs.
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 now taking place on Monday mornings.
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.
Ahead of City Giving Day Drum Works are hosting a series of fun and exciting workshops giving you the opportunity to play the drums.
Drum Works is a social impact project using drumming as a tool to inspire creativity, build social cohesion and empower young people in London to direct their own futures.
Around 600 people participate weekly through their partner schools, community programmes and progression ensembles. Together with school and community partners, Drum Works identify young people most likely to benefit including those at risk of exclusion; those with disabilities or special educational needs; and those with social, emotional or mental health needs.
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 now taking place on Monday mornings.
It’s free to attend but spaces are limited, and so booking is essential.
The DePauw University Chamber Symphony Orchestra from Greencastle Indiana USA prioritizes ensemble development through repertoire for this all-undergraduate ensemble. The concert performance at Holy Sepulchre is part of the orchestras 2025 concert tour of England. The ensembles performances have always been highly regarded with praise for their musicianship and the standard of musicality. Under the direction of Orcenith Smith who is the founder of DePauw University Chamber Symphony Orchestra. Repertoire to include:
James M. Stevenson. Fanfare for an Angel
Handel Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
Piazzolla Libertango
Morton Gould Elegy
Holst Country March, Country Dance
Haley Riley Field of Stars
Ravel/Michel (arr) Daphnis (excerpt)
And other major works.
FREE ADMISSION
Join us for a relaxed afternoon and enjoy socialising, songs, skills and sharing.
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