400 Years St Thomas Becket

Schirokkos Seereisen

Vivaldi | Valls | Marais | Telemann

Ensemble Schirokko Hamburg

At the starting point of our concert series Schirokkos Seereisen awakens the desire to discover distant lands

48. Ökumenische St. Ansgar-Vesper in der Hauptkirche St. Petri

Ökumenischer Gottesdienst aller Kirchenfamilien

In diesem Jahr wird die Vesper besonders die anglikanische Tradition aufnehmen.

Choral Evensong

Ensemble Magnificat

Ensemble Magnificat

Gala Benefit Concert

Maestro Jeffrey Tate, Daniel Hope, violin and Sebastian Knauer, piano

Much anticipated in this season is the return of internationally acclaimed violinist Daniel Hope with pianist, Sebastian Knauer to St Thomas Becket, performing a benefit concert by invitation of the British Honorary Consul, Claus-G. Budelmann exclusively for the Church in conjunction with our main Anniversary Celebrations.

Service of Thanksgiving: 400 years Anglican Church in Hamburg

In 1612, the first Anglican church services were held in Hamburg with permission from the Hamburg Senate – an unprecedented religious freedom at the time.

Entwined Inspirations: Water, Spirit

Liszt | Ravel | Debussy | Takemitsu

Clare Hammond, Piano

With sparkling textures and dazzling pianism, the works of Liszt, Ravel, Debussy and Takemitsu featured in
this programme take inspiration from two themes: water and spirit.

The Crucifixion

John Stainer

Church of St Thomas Becket Choir

Performance of John Stainer’s Crucifixion

Foreign Insult: English Baroque Music by Expatriate Composers

Händel | Barsanti | Finger | J.C. Bach | Mattheis

Ensemble La Ricordanza

Have you also noticed that many successful Baroque composers who made their careers in England were actually foreigners?

Most Excellent Tree: the changing image of the Cross through the centuries (BRIDFAS Lecture)

The British Decorative and Fine Arts Society of Hamburg e.V. (BRIDFAS) presents a lecture.

The Cross is such a well-known symbol in Christianity, it is all too easy to take it for granted and to forget that, like many other symbols, it has developed and changed overtime.

Choral Evensong

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