Holy Week Festival to run online from St John's Smith Square

The concerts will be streamed on the St John’s Smith Square website and all major social media channels, and will be free of charge with a request for donations. They will be also available to watch for 30 days afterwards.

Performers will include Tenebrae, violinist Lana Trotovšek, The Revolutionary Drawing Room, as well as Bojan Čičić and Steven Devine.

Nigel Short, artistic director of the Festival said: 'We’re delighted to be working with St John’s Smith Square again, taking our annual Holy Week Festival online for 2021. While we can’t wait to perform for live audiences again, in the meantime we’re excited to make the most of new opportunities to use this wonderful space a bit differently, and for the festival to reach a global audience for the first time.

'While some of the events in our programme are liturgical in nature, they’re certainly not exclusive to those of the Christian faith. Music by composers including Byrd, Poulenc and Tallis, as well as Allegri’s celebrated Miserere, will be performed by candlelight in this beautiful venue. We hope to provide people all over the world with a vital moment of serenity as we look forward to brighter times ahead.'

Thanks to funds raised through the Holy Week Festival ongoing Crowdfunder campaign, the festival will be available to everyone to access free of charge. To benefit from the full festival experience, the festival encourages viewers to subscribe for free on St John’s Smith Square’s dedicated Holy Week Festival page using their email address. Subscribers will receive a digital festival programme, additional information about individual events, and access to exclusive Q&A events.

For more information visit: https://www.sjss.org.uk/holy-week-festival