Venue details
St Martin-in-the-Fields
St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square London WC2N 4JH
Box Office: 020 7766 1100
St Martin-in-the-Fields is an architectural jewel sitting at the corner of one of the world’s most famous squares.
Access Information
St Martin in the Fields has a number of facilities available. Please visit the venue website for further information.
Explore music for Lent from a golden age of Portuguese music.
Lent is supposed to be a time of reflection and austerity, but everything’s relative, and in Portugal, in the 17th and 18th centuries, those weeks of fasting were the pretext for a feast of sacred music at its most emotionally charged. We invite audiences to the banquet today, and music as glorious as Lotti’s Crucifixus needs no introduction. But that’s just for starters. Savour yearning melodies, lush harmonies and soaring, impassioned prayers from Melgas, Caldara and Rebelo, as well as the blossoming, endlessly expressive imagination of Domenico Scarlatti. Self-denial has never sounded so indulgent…
PROGRAMME
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Lotti
Crucifixus a8
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Melgas
Popule Meus – Improperia
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Scarlatti
Iste Confessor
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Melgas
Lamentacão de Quinta Feira Santa Salve Regina
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Rebelo
Panis Angelicus
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Caldara
Crucifixus a16
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Scarlatti
Stabat Mater a10
PERFORMERS
- The Sixteen
- Harry Christophers conductor