Faithful Voices

An Interfaith Festival 20th-27th March 2022

Our Covid Guidelines can be found here

London is a world city, home to many different faiths and ethnicities. It provides safety and prosperity for a diverse global population. Preserving this existence requires an active effort on the part of the people of London. Recent events - terrorist attacks, a rise in hate crime, and a divisive politics – make clear the importance of providing safe spaces for shared culture and the forging of a shared identity. The Coronavirus pandemic has also reduced London's cultural life, and we wish to see this restored. Music provides one means of creating safe spaces for cultural interaction, and for refreshing Londoners who have dealt with a difficult year. Our contribution is the creation of a new interfaith festival that focusses on the human voice – Faithful Voices.

The festival includes workshops for amateur singers, a concert by professional ensembles and a second concert that combines both professional and amateur performance. There will also be special services and visits to places of worship (a church, a synagogue and a mosque). The music performed represents aspects of Judaism, Christianity and Hinduism. Please register for workshops or visits, or buy tickets for concerts, using the links below.

Click the image above for the Faithful Voices Flyer

Programme for The Festival

Sunday March 20th at St-Martin-in-the-Fields 1pm – 5pm Workshops

5pm – Open Evensong at St-Martin-in-the-Fields

Workshop participants and guests are warmly encouraged to stay for a special evensong at St-Martin-in-the-Fields. No booking is required for evensong. 

Wednesday 23rd March 6pm, Brick Lane Mosque

A special visit to the only building that has been a church, a synagogue and a mosque. Unfortunatley the President of the Mosque has pased away and the Masjid committee feel it's not an appropriate time to have a tour at this time. We have therefore had to postpone this visit. 

Thursday March 24th 7.30pm, St-Martin-in-the-Fields

A concert featuring the Zemel Choir alongside professional performers from various faith backgrounds. Repertoire will include core works from the Hindu, Christian and Jewish liturgy, alongside music composed for interfaith purposes and music by Christian composers created for Jewish worship. 

• The Zemel Choir
• The Choral Scholars of St-Martin-in-the-Fields
• The Professional Choirs of Belsize Square Synagogue and West London Synagogue
• Divyanand Caird (Saraswati Veena)
• Prathap Ramachandra (Mridangam)

Friday 25th and Saturday 26th March, West London Synagogue

Join the West London Choir and clergy for open services at one of London’s most beautiful synagogues.

Shabbat services including extracts from 180 years of West London Synagogue music. 
 

Sunday March 27th, 7pm West London Synagogue

The final concert of the festival takes place at West London Synagogue, and features performances by prominent groups from different faith backgrounds alongside the professional choir of West London Synagogue.
For more information see our Past Performances page

• The Zemel Choir
• The Professional Choir of West London Synagogue
• The London International Gospel Choir
• The Mixed-Up Chorus