London Festival of Contemporary Church Music

The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music at St. Pancras Church is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The festival runs from 7th to 15th May with a programme which includes a celebration of Cecilia McDowall's choral music, premieres of commissions from Antony Pitts, Andrew Simpson and Gordon Crosse. In addition there are premieres of a wide number of pieces, plus London premieres for pieces by James Macmillan, John McCabe and Geoffrey Burgon. The opening concert on 7th May is gven by the choir of Clare College with a programme which includes Gabriel Jackson's Requiem. On 15th May, Westminster Cathedral Choir will be performing James MacMillan's Westminster Mass as part of Solemn Mass at the Cathedral.