St Marylebone Festival 2025–26

Celebrating the cultural heritage of Marylebone through music and the arts

Since 2016, St Marylebone Parish Church has hosted its annual festival, bringing together world-class music, thought-provoking talks, and inspiring performances.

The Music Programme

Our music programme is led by Bertie Baigent, Director of Music at St Marylebone Parish Church, and supported by the Choir of St Marylebone.

Highlights of the 2025–26 season include two major concerts of Handel and Bach, performed with soloists and the orchestra of Waterperry Opera Festival, conducted by Baigent. These monumental works will be a centrepiece of the festival’s year-round programme.

About Bertie Baigent

Bertie Baigent brings a distinctive energy to the Festival through his dual career as both conductor and composer. In June 2022, he won the Grand Prix, Classical Prize, and Symphonic Prize at the International Conducting Competition Rotterdam.

Alongside his role at St Marylebone, he has been Music Director of Waterperry Opera Festival since 2017 and currently serves as Assistant Conductor with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Opera Magazine has described him as “a force to be reckoned with.”

New Season Programme

27 September 2025 – Coronation Anthems
5.00–6.00 pm

Programme and Tickets

20 December 2025 – Handel’s Messiah (with Waterperry Opera Festival)
5.00–7.00 pm (including a 20-minute interval)

Programme and Tickets

21 February 2026 – Couperin’s Trois Leçons de Ténèbres
6.00–7.00 pm

Programme and Tickets

3 April 2026 – Stainer’s The Crucifixion
6.30–7.30 pm

Programme

Free – everyone welcome

25 April 2026 – Bach’s Mass in B Minor (with Waterperry Opera Festival)
5.00–7.00 pm (including a 20-minute interval)

Programme and Tickets

20 June 2026 – Rachmaninov’s Vespers (All-Night Vigil)
5.00–7.00 pm (including a 20-minute interval)

Programme and Tickets

We look forward to welcoming you to St Marylebone!