London: Summer Concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields

St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square has a proud history of hosting some of London's best live classical music events. Audiences and performers come together in central London to enjoy evening classical concerts, free lunchtime concerts, educational concerts, concerts for families and late-night music events in St Martin's' wonderfully rich acoustic.

Thursday evening 20 July, it is possible to hear Bach Violin Concertos by Candlelight and on Friday evening 21 July Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. A free lunchtime concert on Friday will be given by Russian pianist Natalia Sukharevich.

To read the full programme see: www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/music/concerts/

Looking at the 2017 Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, we see Thursday 20 July an evening concert 'Celebrating John Williams'. Winner of five Academy Awards, 22 Grammy Awards and seven BAFTAs, John Williams is among the greatest of film composers. He was also raised a Catholic, and liked to visit regularly the Brompton Oratory and Farm Street churches in London before his death six years ago.

His scores for Star Wars, Harry Potter, ET The Extra-Terrestrial, and the Indiana Jones films have made him a household name. The BBC Proms celebrates his extraordinary achievements in a concert to mark Williams's 85th birthday. Keith Lockhart - a long-time colleague of Williams at the Boston Pops Orchestra - conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in an evening featuring excerpts from the composer's best-loved scores, as well as some lesser-known gems.

Link: www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/proms-2017/