Upcoming events
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital Songs of Earth and Air, and Water - Voice and piano duo: Lucinda Cox, soprano, and Tom Jesty, piano
Our eighth Free Friday Lunchtime Recital of 2025 will take place on Friday 15 August at 1:15pm
Lucinda and Tom will present a programme drawn from the vast repertory of songs inspired by nature and the sky. They will perform texts about nightingales, blackbirds, swallows, and the stars. You will also hear songs addressed to daisies and daffodils, songs describing gardeners and roses, and depictions of the blustery outdoors. The composers represented include Maude Valerie White, Caroline Maude and Amy Beach, as well as Benjamin Britten, Michael Head, and living composers James Ottaway and Piers Connor Kennedy.
Band Jam
On 21 August, we will have a Band Jam from 6:15-7:15 in the Johnston Room in the Neighbourhood Centre. This will be a chance for us to learn new songs, enjoy familiar ones, and to try out harmonies to use in the services. The evening is open to all regardless of experience or ability. Please email Tom at tom.jesty@stmaryislington.org if you are planning to attend.
St Mary’s Festival: Free Friday Lunchtime Recital
Our free concert will take place during St Mary’s Festival, on Friday 19 September 2025: Performers to be announced soon
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts will take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.
Dates for the next few concerts are: 17 October and 21 November
Free Friday Lunchtime Recitals at St Mary’s have been made possible by a generous legacy left by Denise Antenen.
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital
Our tenth free concert of 2025 will take place on Friday 17 October: Performers and theme to be announced.
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital
Our eleventh free concert of 2025 will take place on Friday 21 November: Performers and theme to be announced.
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital
Our twelfth free concert of 2025 will take place on Friday 19 December: Performers and theme to be announced.
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital: Songs to Remember - Music by Schubert and British folk songs
Our seventh Free Friday Lunchtime Recital of 2025 will take place on Friday 18 July.
In this concert Francis Bushell and Thomas Siemens will explore the theme of remembrance by placing Songs by Franz Schubert next to British folk songs. Francis will play the bassoon and will be accompanied by Thomas on the guitar.
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital: The Power of Art and Nature
Our sixth free concert of 2025 will take place on Friday 20 June: The Power of Art and Nature
We are delighted to welcome Pianist Margalida Moll Salord for a lunchtime recital.
The concert will embark on a romantic musical journey, delving into the works of Schumann, Chopin, and Granados. The programme that we will hear will explore the big influence that Frederick Chopin and Robert Schumann had on the Spanish composer Enrique Granados. The pieces will present a constant alteration of emotions, brought to life through richly coloured harmonies, technical complexity, emotional depth, and poetic phrasing characteristic of the romantic period.
Free on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital: Changing Reflections: Saxophone and Piano Recital
Our fifth free concert of 2025 will take place on Friday 16 May: Changing Reflections: Saxophone and Piano Recital
We are delighted to welcome Daisy Ou and David Bevan back for a lunchtime exploring a wide range of music together from the mid 19th to 20th centuries.
Free on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital: Night Wind
Our fourth free concert of 2025 will take place on Friday 25 April: Night Wind
We are delighted to welcome Antoine Pichon back to perform after his well-received recital last year. Come and be transported by works of pianistic virtuosity from two masters of the instrument, Mozart and Medtner.
Free on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital: Tales and Pictures
Our third free concert of 2025 will take place on Friday 21 March: Pianist Changyu Yin will perform a Piano Recital.
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital: Change of performers
Our second free concert will take place on Friday 21 February: A Piano and Mezzo-Soprano recital interwoven with spoken text with works from Finzi, Vaughan Williams and Head.
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.
Free Friday Lunchtime recital featuring Wagner Harp Duo
Our tenth free concert will take place on Friday 18 October 2024.
Wagner Harp Duo present Discovering the Harp Duo.
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.
St Mary’s Festival: Free Friday Lunchtime featuring Tom Jesty and George Cooke
Our ninth free concert will take place during St Mary’s Festival, on Friday 20 September 2024.
Tom Jesty and George Cooke will perform on the piano and cello.
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts will take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.
Find God in the Music: anMari piano evening
Evening performance: Musical Meditation with anMari
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital
Our eight free concert on Friday 16 August: Flute and Violin Music Through The Ages presented by flute and string duo Fira.
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts will take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital
Our seventh free concert on Friday 19 June: A performance by Edward Picton-Turbervill.
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts will take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.
Free Friday Lunchtime Recital
Our sixth free concert on Friday 21 June: Ivelina Ivanova and Weng Soon Tee perform Mozart and Debussy violin sonatas.
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts will take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.
An afternoon of live music at St Mary’s: Neo classical chamber music, free for all to attend
An afternoon of live music: Neo classical chamber music, free for all to attend.
This free, intimate concert at St Mary's Church will be a delight to the senses. Taking you throughout different feelings and moods.
Matias Dal Pos is a composer and musician based in London, UK. Matias writes explorative minimalistic chamber pop music blending a classic string quartet and piano with synthesizers, cinematic orchestral textures and beats.
In 2022 he released his first album "Tra I Sogni che non Ricordo" followed by his second one "Tra I Silenzi nei Ricordi" in 2023.
He will be joined by Carmel Comiskey on Cello, Chloe Lim on violin, James Brennan on percussion and Yago Fernandez on keyboards.