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Forthcoming Events organised by the Friends
Forthcoming Events organised by the Friends
Hallo everyone! We are delighted to continue our series of fascinating talks in the historic setting of this largely unchanged 18th century church in Whitechapel. We are also pleased to be able to live-stream the talks for those of you who are unable to get to the church or would prefer not to leave home on a wet night and sit in a hard (albeit eighteenth century) box-pew to hear the talk.
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7 November 2026, 6pm – Organ Vespers
Alex Trigg and Alex Robson, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
On the first Saturday of each month at 6pm, please join us for an evening of music, played on our historic Organ.
STEVEN GRAHL is a sought-after conductor and keyboard player. He is Director of Music at Trinity College, Cambridge, Conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford (University of Oxford Chamber Choir), and Artistic Director of Oxford Bach Soloists. Steven is active as a guest conductor, as an organ recitalist and accompanist, and as a teacher.
No need to book. Please contribute to the retiring collection.
Tuesday 17th November 2026, 7pm
Hawksmoor and Vanbrugh: the Drama of Architecture – Sir Charles Saumarez Smith
Sir Charles Saumarez Smith, the former CEO of the Royal Academy of Arts, reviews the vexed question of the relationship between Nicholas Hawksmoor, the architect of Christ Church Spitalfields and other churches for the Fifty New Churches Commission in East London, and Sir John Vanbrugh (whose 300th anniversary is this year), with whom he worked so closely on the design of Castle Howard and Blenheim and as colleagues in the Office of Works. The talk will take account of the information contained in the speaker’s book, John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture, published by Lund Humphries on 20 November 2025 to accompany an exhibition held at Sir John Soane’s Museum from March to June 2026.
This event will be in-person at St George's and online via Zoom. If you wish to watch online, please register here to get the Zoom link. The same link can be used to pre-purchase your ticket if you plan to attend the talk at St George's in person. You can also pay at the door (cash or card).
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