LONDON MOTET AND MADRIGAL CLUB
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LONDON MOTET AND MADRIGAL CLUB

We are a London-based music club who sing together once a month at St Michael's Church, Cornhill, in the City of London. Our repertoire is chosen from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe, and includes popular songs - the madrigals - and religious music or motets.

THIS IS WHAT WE DO:  
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For over eighty years the LMMC has been meeting in central London to sing and appreciate the rich repertory of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century madrigals and sacred music.  We sing for our own enjoyment, much as our predecessors did in Elizabethan times.  A reasonable level of sight-reading is needed from members, but a trained singing voice is not expected.  Our music director, Jonathan Rennert, guides the singers gently but purposefully, knowledgeably and with a sense of humour.  We sing generally without accompaniment.
  
You are welcome to come to your first meeting for no charge.  Thereafter you will be asked to pay either a charge per meeting attended, currently £10, or an annual subscription of £65.  If you have your own copies of the music we are singing, listed on our Programme Page, please bring them; but there are generally Club copies which can be borrowed for the evening.  Most members have their own copies of the Oxford books. Each year we work for a few months on a mass - this year we have chosen Palestrina's Missa Brevis
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​THIS IS WHERE AND WHEN WE MEET
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Saturday meetings (which normally begin at 6.30 and end at 8.30pm, with a break for refreshments at about 7.30) are usually held in the Vestry of St Michael’s Church, Cornhill EC3V 9DS, in the City of London.  The nearest stations are Bank and Monument, and the church is walkable from Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street, Moorgate, Cannon Street, London Bridge and City Thameslink stations.  Many buses stop nearby.  You are strongly advised not to drive to meetings, unless you are familiar with the stringent parking regulations in the City. If you arrive after we have closed the front door, take the path to the right of the church, turn first left and then walk into the garden behind the church. Walk up to the first door on the right and knock loudly. You'll hear us singing! If we don't answer, ring 07557 216579.

​Our most recent meeting was on Saturday 15 July.

See Programme Page for the music we plan to sing.


Occasional workshops are also organised. 
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​Meetings for 2023-24 are scheduled for 


9 September (AGM), 2023 
14 October 2023
18 November 2023
16 December 2023
20 January, 2024 
17 February 2024
16 March 2024
20 April 2024
18 May 2024
15 June 2024
20 July 2024

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​CONTACT US

​Our email address is lmmc-secretary@talktalk.net. Please email us for details of events and membership / visitor arrangements.

We also have a Facebook Page which will be updated on a monthly basis.
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