‍An Evening of Film Music Reimagined

Friday, 8th May
St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico – SW1V 2AD

Experience iconic film music in a fresh and evocative light. This concert brings together celebrated scores from Game of Thrones, The Last Emperor, The Godfather, and Scent of a Woman, alongside music by Hans Zimmer, Joe Hisaishi, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. The space is softly illuminated by floating LED lantern balloons, creating a warm and atmospheric setting that enhances the cinematic journey.

Blending Western and Asian musical traditions, familiar themes are re‑imagined through a unique ensemble of piano, strings, and oboe, enriched by bamboo flute and guzheng—revealing new depth, colour, and emotion. An intimate, cinematic evening where cultures, traditions, and film music meet.

Ticket links:
Fixr:
https://fixr.co/event/sky-lantern-music-evening-tickets-700063021

Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sky-lantern-live-music-evening-tickets-1986250876841

Puccini's Suor Angelica

Saturday 25th April 7.30 pm

In aid of Refuge, musicians from The Royal Opera, English National Opera and London City Orchestra are giving a concert performance of Puccini's Suor Angelica. The story of a woman condemned to life torn from her child by her vindictive aunt, we will deliver a heart wrenching story of love and loss.

Conducted by Thomas Payne, the cast includes outstanding vocalists Hannah O'Brien, Monika Evelin Liiv, Beren Kader Fidan and Rozanna Madylus. 

https://suor-angelica-in-aid-of-refuge.sumupstore.com/

Jervaulx Singers - The Birds & The Bees

Music for voices and piano, exploring all things amorous and avian - music for nature, love and intimacy. 

Programme: 

Edward Picton-Turbervill - Silent Spring
William Byrd - Civitas sancti tui
Onute Narburaite - Vasara
Jonathan Harvey - Song of June
Herbert Howells arr Farrington - King David
Reynaldo Hahn - À Chloris
Claudio Monteverdi - Pur ti miro
Nico Muhly - Set me as a seal
Jonathan Dove - The Passing of the Year: Answer July
- interval -
GF Handel - Semele: Endless pleasure, endless love
Claude Debussy arr Gower-Smith - Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Walton arr Chilcott - Touch her soft lips and part
Jonathan Dove - My love is mine
Maurice Ravel - Histoires naturelles: Le cygne
Ivo Antognini - Those tender words
Caroline Shaw - and the swallow
Tarik O'Regan - I listen to the stillness of you
Francis Faux - Down by the Salley Gardens

Thursday 23rd April 2026, 7.30pm to approx 9.10pm

 https://www.tickettailor.com/events/jervaulxsingers

Have you booked yet for our children’s concert on 18 April? Tickets are free (but booking is essential so we can manage numbers in the church).

This year, our theme is 'Pirates and Princesses'. If you like, do dress up as a pirate, princess or another favourite character. 

Children will have the chance to meet the players, try out some instruments and have a go at conducting. Free party tea food will also be provided! 

Once again, we’re delighted that the Fishmongers’ Company are very kindly sponsoring this event, which is also supported by Restore the Music.

When? 2 pm to 3.30 pm on Saturday 18th April

Where? St Gabriel’s church, Warwick Square, Pimlico, SW1V 2AD

Questions? Contact Amanda at manager@londoncityorchestra.com

Interested? Book your free ticket now at www.londoncityorchestra.com. All children must be accompanied by one adult.

Fulham & Hammersmith Choral Society - Haydn The Creation

Fulham and Hammersmith Choral Society are delighted to return to St Gabriel's with a performance of Haydn's oratorio The Creation. They are joined by three wonderful soloists, Soprano Elinor Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Robin Bailey and Bass Dan D'Souza, supported by the Parson's Green Sinfonia conducted by Gavin Roberts.

Doors open at 6.15 p.m.

Saturday 28th March 7.00 p.m

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The Ionian Singers with Sarah Thurlow (clarinet) and Timothy Salter (conductor, piano) perform a programme of music from across the 20^th century to the present with choral works by British composers including Parry, Stanford, Maw and the Americans Barber and Argento.  Duos for clarinet and piano comprise the rarely-heard Three Intermezzi by Stanford and Bartók’s more familiar Romanian Dances.  All the performers join in Salter’s Two Visions, settings of poems by Henry King and Emily Dickinson, and two English folk song arrangements.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ionian-singers-in-concert-tickets-1981700421306?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

7.30 p.m. Saturday 12th March 2026

Journeys of the Spirit _ JCOS

The Joyful Company of Singers, conducted by Peter Broadbent MBE, return to St Gabriel's on Thursday 19th March at 7pm to perform 'Journeys of the Spirit', with Michael Butterfield Organ, Philippa Davies Flute, Alexandra Loewe Mezzo-soprano and John Holland-Avery Baritone.

The programme offers an evening of choral reflection, including sacred anthems by S.S Wesley to mark the 150th anniversary of his death, the launch by Métier of the CD Uncertain Sea featuring John Casken's choral works with three of them being performed that evening, and Maurice Duruflé's Requiem in its 1948 setting for choir, soloists and organ.

Online advance ticket sales [General Admission £20 (£10 Adult & U30 Concessions, U12 Free) plus booking fees] from

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/journeys-of-the-spirit-tickets-1979461362220

and then £25/£12 on the door.

Elysian Highlights – The Elysian Singers of London

40th Anniversary Concert

Brittan, Tallis, MacMillan, Tavener

7.30 p.m., Saturday, 14th March

Tickets: £22 (£18 concessions)

www.elysiansingers.com or on the door

Peregrine Orchestra - Music of the Night

Orchestra - Voices - Chamber

Our March concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, 8thMarch in the beautiful surroundings of St Gabriel’s, Pimlico. Although spring is beginning to arrive, this programme looks backwards, towards the long nights of winter.

We open with one of the most dramatic overtures of the Classical era: Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The stormy opening soon gives way to wit and sparkle — just like the opera’s irrepressible anti-hero — and it makes the perfect curtain-raiser.

From there we move to one of the most exquisite arias J.S. Bach ever wrote: the opening movement of the cantata Ich habe genug (BWV 82). Simeon, having seen the Christ child in the temple, sings that he has “seen enough” and may now depart in peace — music of stillness, acceptance, and extraordinary beauty.

The first half concludes with Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings: a sequence of nocturnal poems exploring both the calm and the unease of the night. Warm pastoral writing gives way to eerie shadows and a ghostly funeral march before fading into the hushed serenity of the final sonnet. The work is framed by two haunting horn solos.
Our soloists are the wonderful English tenor William Searle and Peregrine’s own principal horn Tim Costen.

After the interval, comes Tchaikovsky’s final symphony — the Pathétique. Tender, intimate and deeply human, it moves from darkness to fleeting joy and finally to one of the most moving endings in all orchestral music: not a triumphant finale, but a farewell.  It is a remarkable piece to experience live.

7.30 p.m. Sunday 8th March 2026

Join the University of London Symphony Orchestra for Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony conducted by John Paul Jennings! The concert will feature a special introduction from the conductor, offering insight into the historical and political context of this powerful work before the performance begins. Composed in 1937 under the shadow of Stalin’s Soviet regime, the symphony followed official denunciation of Shostakovich’s music and came at a time when artistic expression was subject to intense state scrutiny and censorship. Publicly presented as “a Soviet artist’s creative response to just criticism,” the symphony navigates the complex relationship between composer and state, balancing outward displays of triumph with moments of profound irony and struggle. Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony remains one of the twentieth century’s most powerful musical responses to life under political oppression, inviting audiences to consider what may lie beneath its seemingly victorious conclusion.

 https://buytickets.at/universityoflondonsymphonyorchestra1/2056900

Saturday 7th March 7.00 p.m.

'The Whitehall Orchestra will be performing our next concert on Thursday 5th March at 18:30. Join us for a journey through the highlands and lowlands of Scotland, as we perform Arnold's Scottish Dances, Mendelssohn's 3rd 'Scottish' Symphony, and a beautiful solo from our leader Christian Halstead who will play Bruch's Scottish Fantasy violin concerto.  We hope you can come along for an evening of beautiful music conducted by Claudio Di Meo.  Tickets are available via the Orchestra's website, or on the door.'

https://www.whitehallorchestra.org.uk

Thursday 5th March 6.30 p.m.

BENJAMIN BRITTEN Simple Symphony, Op. 4
JOSEPH HAYDN Symphony No. 45, “Farewell”
SAMUEL ARNOLD Overture in D major, Op. 8 No. 2
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish”

Violin - Esther Yoo
Conductor - Stone Tung

Join the Albion Orchestra at St Gabriel’s, Pimlico for an evening of wit, elegance, and theatrical flair. The concert opens with Britten’s Simple Symphony, a youthful work that transforms childhood melodies into music of clarity and character. This is followed by Haydn’s Farewell Symphony, a piece celebrated not only for its classical poise but also for its quietly subversive theatrical gesture…

After the interval, Samuel Arnold’s Overture in D major sets the scene with energy and charm before violinist Esther Yoo concludes the programme with Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, an expressive masterpiece that blends elegance with surprise, showcasing Mozart’s extraordinary gift for lyricism and drama.

Concession tickets available for: over 60s, under 18s, and individuals with access needs.

https://wegottickets.com/event/692446/

Saturday 27th February 7.30 p.m.

Sonoro Choir - Heart & Soul

Join Sonoro to celebrate their 10th Anniversary with an uplifting programme of contemporary choral works that explore life, love, and the human spirit.

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/sonoro/heart-and-soul/e-joqpox

6.45 p.m. Saturday 14th February 2026

Encounter Chinese Opera - UKCTA

This Chinese New Year concert presents an immersive experience of traditional Chinese opera and music, led by a leading accompanist from the Beijing Peking Opera Theatre. The programme features Peking Opera singing alongside instrumental performances. A special guest guzheng artist from the Central Conservatory of Music joins the concert, exploring the beauty of Chinese traditional music. Presented by UK Chinese Theatre Arts (UKCTA), the event combines musical excellence with cultural exchange for UK audiences.  

7.30 p.m. Thursday 12th February 2026

The Laudate Choir and ENSEMBLE 8 perform Brahms 

Ein deutsches Requiem. 

Cressida Sharp soprano; 

Tristan Hambleton baritone; 

Howard Ionascu conductor

Saturday 31st January 2026 6.00pm

Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/laudate

SERGEI PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 63
NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, Op. 35

Violin - Esther Yoo
Narrators - Theia Charles, John Fleming
Conductor - Stone Tung

Join the Albion Orchestra at St Gabriel’s, Pimlico for an evening of exploration and storytelling. Beginning in Cornwall, the performance opens with soloist Esther Yoo joins the orchestra in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, a work that balances lyrical grace with rhythmic vitality, showcasing the composer’s distinctive melodic voice.

For the final work of the programme, hear the Albion Orchestra perform Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade with narrations by Theia Charles and John Fleming. A monumental setting of One Thousand and One Nights, Scheherazade tells the story of Sultan Shahryar abandoning his murderous ways, captivated by his bride’s stories.

Refreshments available, including wine and soft drinks.
Concession tickets available for: over 60s, under 18s, and individuals with access needs.

https://wegottickets.com/event/673057

Equilibrium Symphony Orchestra - Hollywood Through the Ages

Join us for an unforgettable orchestral concert celebrating the magic of film music. Featuring iconic scores by legendary composers such as John Williams and Hans Zimmer, the evening will bring some of cinema’s most beloved moments to life. Performed by the brilliant Equilibrium Symphony Orchestra, the concert promises thrilling melodies and powerful orchestration, with refreshments served to complete a truly enjoyable night of music and atmosphere.

Saturday 17th January

7.30 p.m.

https/wwweventbritecom/e/equilibrium-symphony-orchestra-hollywood-through-the-ages-tickets-1977412245256affebdsoporgprofile

Join us for a festive evening of live music in support of MedyArte, a medical and arts charity providing vital healthcare to children and families in remote Himalayan regions.

All proceeds will fund medication for respiratory conditions and Helicobacter pylori infection, which the charity will deliver during medical camps in the Manang region of Nepal in April 2026.

Performed by internationally acclaimed soloists and graduates of the Royal Academy of Music, the programme will include everything ranging from The Snowman, Love Actually and other festive favourites, to Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Treat yourself to mulled wine and mince pies, and make any last-minute Christmas purchases, all in aid of this wonderful charity! 

 Monday 22nd December

️ St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico

 6:30pm

Tickets: Pay what you can – scan the QR code on the poster to book.

https://fixr.co/event/christmas-by-candlelight-medyarte-charity-concert-tickets-361818337

Join the English Baroque Choir for

an enchanting evening of Christmas

music as we present the seasonal

favourite and iconic choral

masterpiece Handel’s Messiah (Part I),

alongside a selection of beloved

Christmas carols. This festive

programme captures the joy, hope,

and wonder of the season—perfect for

ushering in the Christmas spirit with

family and friends.

There will be a retiring collection for

Bowel Research UK

Here is our ticket link

English Baroque Choir 'Handel's Messiah Part 1' and carols

wegottickets.com

Join the Joyful Company of Singers at St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico for 'A Choral Christmas' with traditional carols for audience and organ plus seasonal works by Mendelssohn, Poulenc, G. Gabrieli, Csemiczky and Ian Crawford’s 'Star Songs' (London premiere).

The Joyful Company of Singers is one of Britain’s leading amateur chamber choirs – committed to performing a wide and challenging repertoire of choral works from the 16th to 21st centuries. They are joined in this concert by Gavin Roberts (organ & piano) and the choirs of St Mary’s Bryanston Square CE Primary School and Christ Church CE Primary School, Regent’s Park.

Tickets £20 (Concessions £10, U12 Free) are on sale from Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-choral-christmas-tickets-1965987705149 (plus booking fee)

and £25/£12 on the door

G.F Handel Messiah

with Professional Soloists
St Gabriel's Choir
Tiffin Boys Choir
and Baroque Orchestra

James Day - Conductor

Tickets from: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/st-gabriels-concerts

Our annual performance of Handel’s Messiah
returns to St Gabriel’s - a cherished Pimlico tradition
that captures the spirit of Christmas

Experience the power and beauty of the masterpiece in the
candlelit surroundings of St Gabriel’s

This much-loved work returns for an evening of stirring
choruses and exquisite arias.

Under the direction of James Day, this festive performance
brings together professional musicians and outstanding
young singers in celebration of the Christmas Season

Wednesday 10th December 7.30 p.m.

LIO - London Incidental Orchestra

Carols & Classics: A Family-Friendly Christmas Concert
Presented by the London Incidental Orchestra

Celebrate the season with a festive family concert from the London Incidental Orchestra at St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico. The programme features Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev’s Troika (Sleigh Ride), Offenbach’s lively Can-Can, and a rousing Christmas carol sing-along.

Conductor Alexander Conway brings the music to life with storytelling and interactive introductions, while children can explore instruments during the interval’s Meet the Orchestra session. Mulled wine will also be served. (Recommended for ages 6+) All proceeds will be donated to Mind UK.

Sunday 7th December 2.30 - 4 p.m.

Tickets https://shorturl.at/Vnz9H

London City Orchestra welcomes you to a Viennese Christmas, we will be dressing for the occasion. On arrival a free glass of mulled wine and a mince pie awaits. 

The evening will include traditional carols and some festive favourites. 

Please do join us at St Gabriel’s Church on Saturday 6th December, 7.30pm for our joyous festive performance.

Tickets are available via our website. Www.londoncityorchestra.com. 

Director – Neil Ferris

Accompanist – Michael Higgins

Celebrate the joy of Christmas with festive choral favourites, new settings of traditional texts, and beautiful arrangements of familiar melodies.

Thursday 4th December at 7.00pm 

For more information and to book tickets so to:

https://sonorochoir.com/sonoro-concerts/christmas-with-sonoro-9/

PMF presents Everyday Wonders - The Girl from Aleppo

Join us for Pimlico Musical Foundation's community concert celebrating the power of music to bring people together. Children and adults from the Pimlico community will be joined by guest artists, London Syrian Ensemble. Expect a Syrian feast and to connect with neighbours!

A community concert celebrating the power of music to bring people together. The Pimlico Musical Foundation presents Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo, Cecilia McDowall’s powerful musical adaptation of Christina Lamb’s award-winning book telling the true story of Nujeen Mustafa — a young girl with cerebral palsy who travelled in her wheelchair from war-torn Syria to Germany in search of safety, education and freedom. The evening will begin with a communal Middle-Eastern supper — a chance for audience and performers to share food, conversation, and community before the performance.

As part of our 10th year anniversary programme, we are reprising our favourite pieces. The concert will be performed by over 100 local children from PMF’s six partner schools alongside the Pimlico Children’s Choir, Pimlico Foundation Choir, Pimlico Chorus and professional Teacher-Singers.

In Green Ways; Howells and his influencers

Emerging artists Emily Jennings (Soprano) and Juliette Journaux (Pianist) present an evocative song recital featuring works by British composer Herbert Howells as well as those who influenced his work; Ivor Gurney, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

Repertoire to include:

'In Green Ways' Op43 (Howells)

'Cinq mélodies populaires grecques' (Ravel)

Emily and Juliette have been collaborating with each other since they met and worked together as Britten Pears Young Artists as part of the Britten Pears Young Artist programme. Please visit the below websites to find out more about each performer!

www.emilyjennings.co.uk 

https://juliettejournaux.fr

Harmoniemusik - Chamber Music Concert

Harmoniemusik is an acclaimed ensemble of flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano and harpsichord, known for its eclectic and entertaining programmes of chamber music from over three centuries. Their choice of repertoire is carefully tailored to suit the audience, venue and occasion, and the players enjoy introducing each piece on stage as a personal touch.

Trio for flute, bassoon and piano - Gaetano Donizetti
Prologue, Night Music and Blues for clarinet and piano - Don Banks

Passacaille for flute and piano - Emmanuel Rhené-Baton
Trio for clarinet, bassoon and piano - Conradin Kreutzer

Pavane for flute, clarinet, bassoon and piano - Gabriel Fauré

The performers are: 

Paul Guinery - Piano
Janna Hüneke - Flute
Mark Lacey - Clarinet
Alec Forshaw - Bassoon

Booking Early-Bird price (until 20th November): £15 here: Harmoniemusik event tickets from TicketSource. Otherwise £20 on the door. 

www.ticketsource.co.uk/harmoniemusik

Saturday 27th November at 7 p.m.

Saturday 15th November at 7.30 pm

English Baroque Choir is delighted to be joined by Contrapunto Chor from Zürich to present Michael Haydn’s moving Requiem in C minor, alongside Mozart’s radiant Solemn Vespers. These choral masterpieces offer a rich journey through solemn reflection and joyful praise, capturing the spirit of late eighteenth-century sacred music in all its power and elegance.