# Saint Olave Church Hart Street

> A sanctuary in the city for more than 900 years


## Posts

- [February & March Special Services & Events](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/02/07/february-march-2026/): Please join us for our special services and events at St Olave Hart Street during February & March. Prepare for the start of Lent by joining us for Compline on Shrove Tuesday 17th February at 5.30pm followed by a pancake party. Please join us for Holy Communion on Ash Wednesday 18th February at 12.30pm, with music from The St Olave Singers.  Tuesday 10th February 2026 – 5.30pm-6.15pm – Choral EvensongSung by the St Olave Scholars, followed by refreshments Tuesday 17th February 2026 – 5.30pm-6.30pm – Compline & PancakesCompline by Candlelight in the Crypt Chapel followed by a Pancake Party Wednesday […]
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 26 February - Tabitha Smart: Mezzo Soprano, Rebekah Dickinson: Viola, Jennifer Carter: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/02/05/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-7-7/): Starting at 1pm. Bridge – Two pieces for viola and piano– Three songs for viola, voice and pianoClarke – MorpheusMinna Keal – Ballade in F minorBrahms – Two Gesäange
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 25 February - Jason Ma: Cello, Seth Schultheis: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/02/05/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-7-6/): Starting at 1pm. Britten – Cello Sonata in C major, Op.68Rachmaninov – Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 19 February - Alexia Eleftheradou: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/02/05/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-7-5/): Starting at 1pm. programme will include Chopin – Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor Op.58
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 12 February -  Aida Piano Trio](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/02/05/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-7-4/): Starting at 1pm. Esther Zaglia ViolinClélia Le Bret CelloSofia Medina Piano Lily Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps (for piano trio)– D’un soir triste (for piano trio)Gubitsch – Moment 2 pour trio– Vidala – Chacarera pour trioMendelssohn – Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 11 February - HONG QUARTET](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/02/05/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-7-3/): Starting at 1pm. Marco Hong ViolinYuno Akiyama ViolinMelody Chen ViolaHaoran Li Cello Haydn – String Quartet in C major, Op.20 No.2Martinü – String Quartet No.3 H.183
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 5 February - James Conway: Cello, Valentina Wang: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/02/05/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-7-2/): Starting at 1pm. Chopin – Cello Sonata in G minor Op.65Debussy – Cello Sonata in D minor L.135Ravel – Miroirs: IV Alborada del Gracioso
- [Tuesday 3rd February 2026 - Celebrating Candlemas](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/02/04/celebrating-candlemas-2026/): Thank you to everyone who joined us on Tuesday 3rd February at St Olave Hart Street to celebrate Candlemas. Watch the national online service for Candlemas from the Church of England, recorded here this week at this link. Stay up to date with events and services at St Olave Hart Street by signing up to receive our weekly email bulletin. Many thanks to Michelle Davies from Lloyds Register of Shipping and David Eliot from Miller Insurance for reading the lessons for us and to Colin Spinks and our choir for the wonderful music. A huge thank you to The Reverend […]
- [Tuesday 3rd February 2026 - Parish Visit to the 50 Fenchurch site](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/02/04/parish-visit-to-50-fenchurch/): A huge thank you to Danny Meaden and Karl Wilkinson from Multiplex and Campbell MacDougall from Yard Nine for taking us around the amazing 50 Fenchurch site on 3rd February 2026 – the day we celebrated the Feast of the Presentation in the Temple. How wonderful to ‘present’ ourselves to two ‘temples’ in our parish in one day! 50 Fenchurch will offer a 36 storey tower, with a public viewing platform as well as a new livery hall for our patrons, The Clothworkers’ Company. Karl, Danny and Campbell explained how they are overcoming the challenge of building around the medieval […]
- [Sunday 1st February 2026 - Church of England's National Online Service](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/02/02/cofe-online-service-candlemas/): It was a great privilege to record the Church of England’s National Online Service for the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, or Candlemas, this week in our beautiful medieval church. You can watch the recording online below or at this link. In our service we explore this important feast in the church year when our attention turns from Christmas and Epiphany towards Lent – from the crib, to the cross. Thank you to everyone who took part in the service and to Luke Smith for filming and producing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAJaTw-jeEs
- [Celebrate Candlemas - Sunday 1st & Tuesday 3rd February 2026](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/01/17/candlemas-2026/): Invite a friend and join us for our special services marking the end of the season of Epiphany and The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple – also known as Candlemas. Candlemas celebrates the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, forty days after his birth. Our prayers, readings and music at our services remind us that Jesus is the Light of the World. The Feast Day, which falls annually on 2nd February, concludes the season of Epiphany. Sunday 1st February 2026 – 11am-12pm – Sung Holy Communion with Procession, with music from the St Olave Scholars. Look […]
- [Choral Evensong - Tuesday 13th  January - 5:30PM](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/01/12/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-3-2-2-2-2-3-2/): Starting at 5:30pm.
- [Baptism & Parish Party - Sunday 11th January 2026](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/01/11/sunday-11-january-2026/): Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Rector’s first official service on Sunday 11th January 2026. Congratulations to Georgia who was baptised during the service. Thank you to all who helped to welcome guests at the parish party afterwards!  Please pray for Georgia and her family as she sets out on this next stage of her journey of faith. Get in touch with us if you would like to find out more about baptism, confirmation or have any questions about faith and spirituality. 
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 29 January - Salome Jordania: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/01/09/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-7/): Starting at 1pm. Sofia Sacco Piano Liszt – Benediction de Dieu dans la solitudeMussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 28 January - Sarah Small: Viol](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/01/09/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-6/): Starting at 1pm. T Hume – Hark, HarkM Marais – Muzettes I – IIA Forqueray – La GirouetteC F Abel – Arpeggiata and Vivace in D minorSainte-Colombe – Fantasie en rondeau and Les PleursJ S Bach – Bourree (BWV 1010)S Small – A ResponseM Marais – Les Voix HumainesVitali – Passa galliT Hume – Good againe
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 22 January - Michael Turner: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/01/09/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-5/): Starting at 1pm. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in DBach – Prelude and Fugue in E flat minorMozart – Sonata in C major, K.545Beethoven – Sonata in E, Op.14. No.1Chopin – Fantasie Impromptu, Op. Post. 66Debussy – La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 21 January - Nicolas Ventura : Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/01/09/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-4/): Starting at 1pm. Prokofiev – Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op.31Bloch – Visions and ProphesiesProkofiev – Scythian Suite (transcription Nikolas Ventura)
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 15 January - Evelina Antemisari: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/01/09/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-3/): Starting at 1pm. Chopin – Ballade No.3 in A flat major, Op.47Debussy – Images (Book I) Khachaturian – Masquerade Suite
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 14 January -  Katerina Oikonomou: Soprano, Adrian Salinero: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/01/09/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-2/): Starting at 1pm. Sofia Sacco Piano Human Passion Project Hadjidakis – For a Little White Seashell (conversation with Prokofiev)Donizetti – Ah…tardai troppo… o luca di quest’anima (from Linda di Chamounix) Beethoven – Rondo from Sonata No.8 in C minor ‘Pathétique’Handel – Dunque i lacci d’un volto– Ah! crudel il pianto mio (Rinaldo)Granados – The Girl and the Nightingale from GoyescasMozart – Der Hölle Rache kocht in einem Herzen (from Die Zauberflöte)Shostakovich – Two Preludes from Op.87. Nos. 12 & 10Bernstein – Glitter and Be Gay (from Candide)
- [Installation of Reverend Phillip Dawson as Rector - Thursday 8th January 2026](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/01/08/installation-of-rector-2026/): Thank you to all who joined us on Thursday 8th January 2026 for the service of Institution, Induction and Installation of The Reverend Phillip Dawson as Rector of Saint Olave Hart Street and All Hallows Staining with St Catherine Coleman. A copy of the order of service is at this link. Huge thanks to the St Olave Scholars, the St Olave Singers and members of the Hanover Choir, to Colin Spinks our Director of Music and Jonathan Pease on the organ and to The Reverend Ben Cahill Nicholls for acting as Cantor, to Ryan, Alex and the University of London […]
- [January Special Services & Events](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/01/08/january-2026/): Please join us for our special services and events at St Olave Hart Street this month. Details below! All are welcome to our special service of Holy Communion with Baptism followed by a Parish Party on Sunday 11 January at 11am, to welcome Phillip Dawson as our new Rector.  We look forward to our regular monthly service of Choral Evensong returning on Tuesday 13th January at 5.30pm, followed by refreshments. Morning and Evening Prayer begin here on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays.  On Sunday 1st February we celebrate the Feast of Candlemas – do join us at 11am.
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 7 January - Sofia Sacco Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2026/01/05/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-3/): Starting at 1pm. Sofia Sacco Piano Couperin – Les Barricades MystérieusesBach J S – Toccata in E minor BWV 914Kurtág – Eine Blume für Ulrike Schuster (from Játékok)Shostakovich – Prelude & Fugue Op.87 No.14Kurtág – Perpetuum mobile (from Játékok)Shostakovich – Prelude & Fugue, Op.87 No.7 Kurtág – Quiet talk with the Devil (from Játékok)Shostakovich – Prelude & Fugue, Op.87 No. 19Kurtág – Play with Infinity (from Játékok)Kurtág – Waltz (Hommage à Shostakovich)Shostakovich – Prelude & Fugue, Op.87 N0.15
- [Advent & Christmas Explained!](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/12/23/advent-and-christmas-explained/): It was a great pleasure to welcome the Church of England Digital team to St Olave Hart Street at the start of Advent to record these Advent & Christmas explainer videos! The full set is available on the Church of England You Tube Channel.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EiXYn7sM5ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9s44xcYGQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXFP6sT3jz8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3QrHJL7Zbwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1YO9TfmSSAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uZu-rLmLKEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irI0IDvOwI4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Zj75fgZc0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLvnpbEGGTM
- [Lunchtime Carol Service at St Olave Hart Street](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/12/22/lunchtime-carol-service/): Thank you to all who came to our lunchtime carol service this week. A special thanks to Colin and our choir, to our trumpeter Laura Garwin, to Churchwardens Graham and Brian, PCC member Tom, Administrator Georgia and Verger Paul for getting the church ready and serving lunch afterwards. Join us for Choral Midnight Mass by Candlelight at 11.30pm on Christmas Eve! Sign up for more information and reminders about our other events & services this Advent & Christmas at this link
- [Pepys Parish Wassailing!](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/12/15/pepys-parish-wassailing-2025/): “Wassailing” is the practice of singing carols and spreading good cheer door-to-door. The word comes from an old Norse greeting ‘vas heill’ meaning ‘good health’ and became a toast before drinking. Later ‘wassail’ became the name of a drink itself, a bit like the mulled wine served at Christmas time today. With our Nordic roots, it is particularly appropriate that we revive the tradition of Wassailing at St Olave Hart Street! A huge thank you to all who joined us for our inaugural wassail on Friday 12th December, singing carols and spreading good cheer around some of the pubs of […]
- [Musical Tribute to Tom Butler by the Marsyas Trio - Monday 24th November 2025 at 1pm](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/12/11/musical-tribute-to-tom-butler-by-the-marsyas-trio-monday-24th-november-2025-at-1pm/): We are grateful to the Marsyas Trio for performing a special concert this lunchtime in memory of Tom Butler who organised our Wednesday and Thursday recitals here for over twelve years.  Michael Gammie, who assisted Tom and now organises the recital series, introduced the Trio and told us about Tom’s dedicated service here.   We think Tom first came to St Olave Hart Street when he worked at a law firm in nearby Lloyds Avenue. He got to know the person organising the concerts in those days and later took over the running of them.  Tom took a great interest in […]
- [Nine Lessons and Carols at St Olave Hart Street](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/12/10/nine-lessons-and-carols-2025-2/): A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our service of Nine Lessons and Carols on Tuesday 9th December 2025, the first such service to take place here in many years. Special thanks to our choir, The St Olave Scholars and to Colin Spinks, Organist and Director of Music and to all our readers, representing some of the many important organisations who call St Olave Hart Street their ‘own’ church: Graham Mundy, Churchwarden, St Olave Hart Street Iain MacDonald Group Legal Head of Compliance, Lloyds Register Joyce Tai, Director of Corporate Affairs, Reignwood Investment UK, owners of The […]
- [Hanover Choir - Saturday 6th December - 7pm](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/12/05/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4-2/): Starting at 7pm.
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 18 December - Christmas Concert - Adaya Peled Soprano, William Bracken Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/12/02/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-4/): Starting at 1pm. Adaya Peled SopranoWilliam Bracken Piano Tavener – Little lambMozart – An ChloeHandel – Aria from MessiahR Strauss – Ich wollt’ ein Sträußen binden– Schlechtes Wetter Styne – Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!Granados – El tra la la y el Punteado– El Majo DiscretoRavel – Jeux d’eauBernstein – from I Hate Music: My Name is Barbara– Jupiter has Seven Moons– I Hate Music– I’m a Person tooRox – I want a Hippopotamus for ChristmasMartin – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Please join us afterwards for a glass of mulled wine and mince pies
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 11 December - Salome Jordania Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/12/02/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-3/): Starting at 1pm. Angeliki Giannopoulou Piano Chopin – Variations brillantes, Op.12R Schumann – Romance No.2 in F sharp major, Op.28Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 10 December - HERON BRASS](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/12/02/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2-2/): Starting at 1pm. John Vernon & Tom Leighton-Jones TrumpetsDavid Sztankov HornBen Pritchard TromboneRamon Branch Biescas Tuba W. Lutoslawski – Mini OvertureD Bourgeois – Sonata for Brass QuintetA Bruckner – Christus Factus EstJ S Bach – Little Fugue in G minorJ Horowitz – Music Hall SuiteC Stanford – The Bluebird
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 4 December - Angeliki Giannopoulou - Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/12/01/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2-2/): Starting at 1pm. Angeliki Giannopoulou Piano Rameau – Les Cyclopes in D minorHaydn – Sonata in C minor, Hob: XVI:20Ravel – Sonatine M.40 Brahms – Fantasien, Op.116
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 3 December - Rebeca Omordia Piano - Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/12/01/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3-2/): Starting at 1pm. Rebeca Omordia Piano John Ireland – Sarnia: An Island SequenceMargaret Bonds – Spiritual Suite– Troubled Water Florence Price – Fantasy Nègre No 1 in E minorJohn Ireland – Columbine:– Amberley Wild Brooks
- [Piero Capponi Ledger Stone Restoration Thanksgiving Reception - Thursday 27th November 2025](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/24/capponi-leger-stone-restoration/): The Churchwardens were delighted to host a Thanksgiving reception for all those who have been involved in the restoration of the Piero Capponi Ledger Stone that returned to the church this summer.  Capponi was born into a significant Florentine family. Exiled from Tuscany for plotting against the Medici, he came to London and worked for Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I’s spymaster, who lived opposite the church. Capponi died of the plague in 1582 and is buried under the north chapel floor. The alabaster figure of Capponi is considered one of the finest sixteenth century monuments in the City. The ledger stone […]
- [Christmas Day Sung Holy Communion - Thursday 25th December - 11am](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/13/pepys-parish-wassail-12-december-2-2-2-2-2/): Pepys’ Parish Wassail!Friday 12th December 2025 from 6pm starting at The Ship Inn, Hart Street “Wassailing” is the practice of singing carols and spreading good cheer door-to-door. The word comes from an old Norse greeting ‘vas heill’ meaning ‘good health’ and became a toast before drinking. Later ‘wassail’ became the name of a drink itself, a bit like the mulled wine served at Christmas time today. With our Nordic roots, it is particularly appropriate that we revive the tradition of Wassailing at St Olave Hart Street! Please join us as we Wassail around the pubs and taverns of the parish, […]
- [Midnight Mass By Candlelight - Wednesday 24th December - 11:30](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/13/pepys-parish-wassail-12-december-2-2-2-2/): Pepys’ Parish Wassail!Friday 12th December 2025 from 6pm starting at The Ship Inn, Hart Street “Wassailing” is the practice of singing carols and spreading good cheer door-to-door. The word comes from an old Norse greeting ‘vas heill’ meaning ‘good health’ and became a toast before drinking. Later ‘wassail’ became the name of a drink itself, a bit like the mulled wine served at Christmas time today. With our Nordic roots, it is particularly appropriate that we revive the tradition of Wassailing at St Olave Hart Street! Please join us as we Wassail around the pubs and taverns of the parish, […]
- [Lunchtime Carol Service - Tuesday 16th December - 12:30](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/13/pepys-parish-wassail-12-december-2-2-2/): Pepys’ Parish Wassail!Friday 12th December 2025 from 6pm starting at The Ship Inn, Hart Street “Wassailing” is the practice of singing carols and spreading good cheer door-to-door. The word comes from an old Norse greeting ‘vas heill’ meaning ‘good health’ and became a toast before drinking. Later ‘wassail’ became the name of a drink itself, a bit like the mulled wine served at Christmas time today. With our Nordic roots, it is particularly appropriate that we revive the tradition of Wassailing at St Olave Hart Street! Please join us as we Wassail around the pubs and taverns of the parish, […]
- [Holy Communion & Christingle Service - Sunday 14th December - 11am](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/13/pepys-parish-wassail-12-december-2-2/): Pepys’ Parish Wassail!Friday 12th December 2025 from 6pm starting at The Ship Inn, Hart Street “Wassailing” is the practice of singing carols and spreading good cheer door-to-door. The word comes from an old Norse greeting ‘vas heill’ meaning ‘good health’ and became a toast before drinking. Later ‘wassail’ became the name of a drink itself, a bit like the mulled wine served at Christmas time today. With our Nordic roots, it is particularly appropriate that we revive the tradition of Wassailing at St Olave Hart Street! Please join us as we Wassail around the pubs and taverns of the parish, […]
- [Nine Lessons & Carols by Candlelight - Tuesday 9th December](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/13/nine-lessons-and-carols-2025/): Nine Lessons & Carols by Candlelight – Tuesday 9th December 5.30pm-6.30pm Join us for a traditional service of Lessons and Carols – a sequence of beautiful music sung by The St Olaves Scholars and Singers and seasonal readings, with a chance to sing along to some classic Advent Carols in our historic medieval church in the City of London. A place of prayer and sanctuary for over nine hundred years, St Olave Hart Street was built on the site of the Battle of London Bridge & dedicated to a Viking warrior who became King of Norway and a saint associated […]
- [Advent & Christmas at St Olave Hart Street](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/13/advent-and-christmas-at-st-olave/): Join us this Advent & Christmas for our traditional carol services by candlelight in our historic medieval church sung by our talented choir. Sign up at this link to receive reminders and updates about our services this Advent & Christmas. A place of prayer and sanctuary for over nine hundred years, St Olave Hart Street was built on the site of the Battle of London Bridge & dedicated to a Viking warrior who became King of Norway and a saint associated with healing miracles. The building survived the Great Fire thanks in part to one of our most famous parishioners […]
- [Parish Walk with The London Storyteller](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/13/pepys-parish-walk/): Thank you to Thomas Barclay Matchett aka ‘The London Storyteller‘ for leading our parish walk on Saturday 8th November 2025. Beginning at St Giles-in-the-Fields and walking through Covent Garden, along the Strand and past the Lady Mayor’s Show we ended at St Olave Hart Street. En route Tom revealed snippets of history from Restoration England and extracts from the diary of Samuel Pepys, one of St Olave Hart Street’s most famous parishioners.  Sign up to our email bulletins to receive details of future parish walks and trips!
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 27 November - Wilbert Chan Cello & Valentina Wang Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/04/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-3/): Starting at 1pm. Wilbert Chan CelloValentina Wang Piano Janáček – PohádkaFaurè – Cello Sonata No.1Webern – Two Pieces for Cello and PianoBeethoven – Cello Sonata No.5
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 26 November - Elizabeth Vineall Soprano, Mark Leung Violin & Fei Tang Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/04/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-2-3/): Starting at 1pm. Elizabeth Vineall Soprano*Mark Leung Violin**Fei Tang Piano From Night to Light: A Journey of Awakening Brahms – Wie rafft ich mich auf in der Nacht*– Wehe, so willst du mich wider*– Wie bist du, meine Königin*Berg – Die Nachtigall*– Nacht*Poulenc –Violon*– Il vole*Beethoven – Spring Sonata (movts: 1 and 2)**Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No.2 (movt: 4)**
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Monday 24 November - Tom Butler Memorial Recital - MARSAYAS TRIO](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/04/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-2-2-2/): Starting at 1pm. This special recital is presented in memory of Tom Butler, with gratitude for organising and programming our lunchtime recitals from 2000 – 2012 MARSAYAS TRIOHelen Vidovich FluteOlga Stezhko PianoVal Welbanks Cello Haydn – Trio in F majorDebussy – Pagodes (solo piano)Mel Bonis – From ‘Scènes de la Forêt’1. Nocturne2. A l’aubeDmitri Smirnov – In Memoriam (solo cello)Martinu – Allegretto scherzando
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 20 November - Adaya Peled Soprano & William Bracken Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/04/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3-2/): Starting at 1pm. Adaya Peled SopranoWilliam Bracken Piano Trad – Down by the Salley GardensSchumann – Frauenleibe und LebenCarpenter – Close to youTrad – I will give my love an apple Brahms – Wiegenlied Valery Gavrilin – Songs of Ophelia: He is dead and gone Madeline Dring – Four Night Songs– No.3 Through the centuries Please join us after the recital for a glass of fizz
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 19 November - Maria Kustas Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/04/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-2-2/): Starting at 1pm. Maria Kustas Piano Beethoven – Sonata ‘Quasi una fantasia’ in Eb majorChopin – Polonaise Fantasia, Op.61– Impromptu No.3 in Gb major, Op.51Scriabin – Sonata No.7, Op.64 ‘White Mass’
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 13 November - THE CATIL QUINTET](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/04/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-3/): Starting at 1pm. THE CATIL QUINTETCharis Lai OboeAlex Ho FluteThaïs Bordes BassoonIsabella Ackland HornLily Payne Clarinet Rossini – Barber of Seville Overture (arr. Linckelmann)August Klughardt – Quintet for wind, Op.79Graźyna Bacewicz – Quintet for windRavel – Le Tombeau de Couperin (arr. Mason Jones)
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 12 November - Nataly Ganina Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/11/04/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2-2/): Starting at 1pm. Nataly Ganina Piano Sibelius – Esquisse Op. 76 No. 1-Etude Op.76 No. 2Tchaikovsky – The Seasons: November & December– Nocturne Op. 19 No. 4– Chanson TristeRachmaninov – Etude-Tableau Op. 33 Nos, 1, 2 & 6– Prelude Op. 32 No.5Schubert – Impromptus Op. 90 Nos. 3 & 4Chopin – Impromptu Op. 29– Etude Op. 25 No. 1 Masterpieces
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 6 November - Blaze Ensemble](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/10/29/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8-2/): Starting at 1pm. Vincent Barrella PianoImogen Retey SopranoJude Lewis FluteSue Treherne OboeClaire Baughan ClarinetMelanie Eyers BassoonAndy Feist Horn Richard Strauss – Ein Alphorn for Soprano, Horn & PianoRichard Strauss – Songs for Soprano & Piano– Nichts Op.10 No.2– Die Georgine, Op.10 No.4– Heimliche Aufforderung, Op.27 No.3– Allerseelen ,Op.10 No.8– Zueignung, Op.10 No.1Zemlinsky – ‘Humoresque’ (Rondo) for Wind QuintetPoulenc – Sextet for piano and winds, Fp.100
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 5 November - The Galliard Trio: Flute, Oboe, Cor Anglais, Bassoon & Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/10/29/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-7-2/): Starting at 1pm. Andrew Morris FluteMartin White Oboe & Cor AnglaisAlec Forshaw Piano & Bassoon Beethoven – Variations on ‘La ci darem’Vaughan Williams – Six Studies in English folk-songTelemann – Sonata in A minorTchaikovsky – Two pieces from The Seasons
- [Pepys Parish Wassail - Friday 12th December 2025](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/10/19/pepys-parish-wassail-12-december/): Pepys’ Parish Wassail!Friday 12th December 2025 from 6pm starting at The Ship Inn, Hart Street “Wassailing” is the practice of singing carols and spreading good cheer door-to-door. The word comes from an old Norse greeting ‘vas heill’ meaning ‘good health’ and became a toast before drinking. Later ‘wassail’ became the name of a drink itself, a bit like the mulled wine served at Christmas time today. With our Nordic roots, it is particularly appropriate that we revive the tradition of Wassailing at St Olave Hart Street! Please join us as we Wassail around the pubs and taverns of the parish, […]
- [Parish Walk with "The London Storyteller" - Saturday 8th November 2025](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/10/08/pepys-parish-walk-8-november/): A ‘Pepys Parish Walk’ from St Giles-in-the-Fields to St Olave Hart Street Saturday 8th November 10.30am-1pm meeting outside the gates of St Giles-in-the-Fields Thomas Barclay Matchett “The London Storyteller” leads a special walk for the parishes of St Olave Hart Street & St Giles-in-the-Fields. Follow in the footsteps of Samuel Pepys as we wander through Restoration London. We start outside the gates of St Giles-in-the-Fields and end at St Olave Hart Street. Walkers will need sensible footwear and clothing. The walk will end near The Crutched Friar Pub where we can reserve a spot for you if you wish to […]
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 16 October - Evgenia Startseva: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/09/22/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-9/): Starting at 1pm. Rameau – Suite in D majorClara Schumann – 3 Romances Op.11Medtner – From Fairy Tales Op.26 From Mood Pictures Op.1Robert Schumann – Novellette No.8 in F sharp minor
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 30 October - Opus Sax](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/09/22/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-8/): Starting at 1pm. Lily Skinner SopranoJake Phillips AltoAmadea Topalli TenorLouis Suc Baritone Andy Scott – Chrysalis MoonGordon Goodwin – DiffusionPaul Nagle – Jive for FiveMick Foster – Saxophone Quartet No.1Philip R Buttall – The Lone Ranger goes Sax Mad
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 29 October - James Kirby: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/09/22/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-7/): Starting at 1pm. Schumann – Arabesque in C major Op.18Liszt – Fantasia and Fugue on BachSchumann – Faschingschewank aus Wien Op.26Wagner (arr. Liszt) – Liebestod from Tristan & Isolde
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 23 October - Diego Rodriguez Hart Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/09/22/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-6/): Starting at 1pm. Bach – Choral Prelude: ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’Bach/Brahms – Chaconne for the left handLiszt – Sonata in B minor S.178
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 22 October - Ryan Chan: Guitar](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/09/22/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-5/): Starting at 1pm. David Kellner – Fantasia in D majorRyan Chan – Farewell The Sky upon KalváriaKoko Tanikawa – Thousands of PrayersSergio Assad – Variaciones sudamericanasRyan Chan – Kuan Yin The White Landscape of Slovenská L’upka
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 15 October - Teodora Kapinkovska: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/09/22/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-4/): Starting at 1pm. Haydn – Piano Sonata Hob. XVI:50 in C majorPaderewski – Album de Mai, Op.10Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No.6 Op.82
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 9 October - Nicolas Ventura: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/09/22/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-3/): Starting at 1pm. Haydn – Piano Sonata in C major Hob: XVI:50Shostakovich – Preludes and Fugues, Op.87 No. 3 in G major & No.4 in E minorProkofiev – Piano Sonata No.4 in C minor Op.29
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 8 October - Peng Lin: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/09/22/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3-2/): Starting at 1pm. Scriabin – 8 Etudes for piano Op.42Schumann – Kreisleriana Op.16
- [Announcement of New Rector](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/09/09/st-olave-phillip-dawson-new-rector/): St Olave Hart Street – Announcement of New Rector. We are delighted to announce that The Reverend Phillip Dawson has been appointed as the next Rector of St Olave Hart Street. A service of institution and induction will take place on 8th January 2026 at 6pm. Phillip is currently serving as Curate at St Giles-in-the-Fields and as Honorary Assistant Priest at St George’s Bloomsbury. He is also Honorary Chaplain to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and regularly assists at a number of churches in the Square Mile. He trained for ordained ministry at St Augustine’s College of […]
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 2 October - AIDA PIANO TRIO](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/09/08/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-3/): Starting at 1pm. AIDA PIANO TRIOEsther Zaglia ViolinClélia Le Bret CelloSofia Medina Piano Haydn – Piano Trio No.40 in F sharp minor, Hob:26Dvořák – Piano Trio in E minor Op.90 ‘Dumky’
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 1 October - Kanae Furomoto Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/09/08/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5-2/): Starting at 1pm. Beethoven – Sonata No.14, Op.27 No.2 ‘Moonlight’Henry Mancini – Moon River (arr. Kauri Ishikawa)Bart Howard – Fly me to the Moon (arr, Nami Suzuki)Debussy – Clair du LuneRavel – Ondine Busoni – Chamber fantasy on “Carmen” (Sonata No.6)
- [Choral Evensong - Tuesday 9th September - 5:30PM](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/08/18/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-3-2-2-2-2-3/): Starting at 5:30pm.
- [Choral Evensong - Tuesday 14th October - 5:30pm](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/08/18/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-3-2-2-2-2-2/): Starting at 5:30pm.
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 25 September - Yuki Negishi, Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/07/30/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-6/): Starting at 1pm. Scarlatti – Two Sonatas. K.380  &  K.9Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor ‘Appassionata’Chopin – Nocturne in B flat minor Op.9 No.1– Fantaisie Impromptu Op.66Bernstein/Tenebaum – West Side Story
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 24 September - Özcan Ulucan: Violin, Birsen Ulucan: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/07/30/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-5/): Starting at 1pm. Programme to include Turkish and Bulgarian composers as well as classical repertoire
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 18 September - Nili Newmann: Flute, Viv McLean: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/07/30/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-4/): Starting at 1pm. Programme to be confirmed
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 17 September - Wayfarer Trio: Kosuke Shirai: Clarinet, William Lui: Cello, Jeremy Chan: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/07/30/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-3/): Starting at 1pm. Programme to include:Beethoven – Piano Trio No.4 in E flat major, Op.1 ‘Gassenhauer’
- [Illustrated Talk On The Monuments & Memorials Of St Olave Church by Brian Grumbridge - Tuesday 9 September - 6:30pm](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/07/08/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-2-2/)
- [St Olave's Day- Sunday 20th July - 11am - Refreshments & nibbles will be available](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/07/08/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7-2/)
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 24 July - Jill Kemp: Recorders](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/07/01/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-7/): Starting at 1pm. J Van Eyck – Engels NachtegaeltjeJS Bach – Partita in C minor (transposed from A minor) BWV 1013  Pete Rose – Bass Burner (1995)GP Telemann – Fantasia 9Dani Howard – Two and a half Minutes to Midnight (2017) Ryohei Hirose – Meditation (1975)GP Telemann – Fantasia 7 Michala Petri – Variations on Mads Doss (1998)Louis Andriessen – Ende (1981) Please join us after the recital for a glass of fizz to celebrate the end of the season
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 23 July - Clelia Iruzun: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/07/01/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-6/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: CHOPIN RECITAL Polonaise Op.26 No.1Nocturne Op.15 No.2Ballade Op.47 No.3Mazurkas Op.67 Nos 3 & 4Ballade Op.23 No.1Andante Spianato et Grande polonaise Brillante Op.22
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 17 July - Olga Paliy: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/07/01/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-5/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: Haydn – Andante with Variations in F minorGranados – Valses PoéticosBeethoven – 32 Variations in C minorChopin – Grande Valse brillante in Eb majorStoryk – Waltz
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 16 July - Indira Grier; Cello, Francis: Grier Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/07/01/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-4/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: Bach – Prelude from solo suite No.6 in D majorGeorge Crumb – Solo SonataSchumann – Adagio & Allegro Op.70Shostakovich – Sonata in D minor Op.40
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 10 July - Yuki Negishi : Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/07/01/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-3/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: Saint-Saens – Carnival of the AnimalsArranged for piano by Lucien Garden, verses by Ogden Nash Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunteRavel – Bolero
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 9 July - Cyrus Yuen: Violin, Valentina Wang: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/07/01/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3-2/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: Cyrus Yuen ViolinValentina Wang Piano Mozart – Sonata for Violin & Piano No.21 in E minor, K.304Ysaÿe – Sonata for solo violin ‘Ballade’ Op.27 No.3Ysaÿe – Poème élégiaque
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 3 July - Brook Brass - Dave Clewlow, Clive Miller: Trumpets, Tim Sullivan: Horn, Dave Wallace: Trombone, Stanley Aitken: Tuba](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/06/24/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-3/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: Lehar – The Merry Widow WaltzHolmboe – Quintet for BrassA Lloyd Webber – Pie Jesu (in memoriam Philip Lawrence)Scarlatti – Three SonatasPurcell – The Queens DolourL Pearson – Hiplips II
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 2 July - Pedro Rodrigues: Violin,  Henry Ward: Horn, Milen Manoj Earath: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/06/24/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6-2/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: Brahms – Trio for Violin, Horn & Piano in E flat major, Op.40Brahms – Sonata No.2 for Violin & Piano in A major, Op.100
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 26 June - Grace Hope-Gill: Soprano, Fei Tang: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/06/04/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-6/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: ‘A Journey through Love’ Schubert, Richard Strauss, Fauré, Britten, Brahms, Dring This vocal recital explores the different stages of love, beginning with its initial spark, moving through passion and devoted commitment, and ultimately arriving at the permanence of loss.
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 25 June - PADDINGTON TRIO](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/06/04/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-5/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: Tuulia Hero ViolinPatrick Moray CelloStephanie Tang Piano Anna Clyne – A Thousand MorningsSchubert – Piano Trio No.1 in B flat major D.898
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 19 June - Rebeca Omordia: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/06/04/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-4/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: Ireland, Bliss, Ravel and African composers Rebeca’s programme consists of a combination of African and European Pianism, with leading figures of British music of the 20th century. African Pianism is a musical journey across the African continent highlighting the composers of the Schools of African art music.
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 18 June -Dan Gilcrist :Tenor, Fei Tang: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/06/04/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-3/): : Starting at 1pm. Music by: Songs from across the Scottish Border Til Earth Outwears:Songs from across the Scottish Border Francis Scott  – Of a’ the airts the wind can blaw– The Watergaw– The Sauchs i’ the Reuch Heuch HauchJames Macmillan– The Children– Scots SongGerald Finzi – ‘Til Earth Outwears Op.19aDaniel Gilchrist – Lovliest of Trees– The star filled seas– AfterwardsPeter Warlock – Yarmouth Fair
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 12 June - QUEEN’S GATE TRIO](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/06/04/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2-2/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: Molin Han PianoYuying Zhang CelloPeng Lin Piano Schubert – Piano Trio No.2 in E flat major, D.929
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 5 June - Firoze Madon Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/06/02/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2-2/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: Scarlatti – Two Sonatas Schubert – Piano Sonata No.14 in A minor D784 Chopin – Four Mazurkas Op.30 Brahms – Rhapsody in G minor, Op.79 No.2
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 4 June - Berniya Hamie - Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/05/27/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10-2/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: Scarlatti – 4 SonatasBrahms – 4 Klavierstücke, Op.119Bartok – Out of Doors
- [Choral Evensong - Tuesday 8th July - 5:30](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/05/20/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-3-2-2-2-2/): Starting at 5:30pm.
- [Choral Evensong - Tuesday 10th June - 5:30](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/05/12/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-3-2-2-2/): Starting at 5:30pm.
- [Choral Evensong - Tuesday 13th May - 5:30](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/05/12/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-3-2-2/): Starting at 5:30pm.
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 29 May - GUILDHALL HARPISTS](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/04/28/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-10/): Starting at 1pm. Music by: Henriette Renié, John Dowland, Mozart, Hollie Harding, J S Bach and Felix Godefroid
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 28 May - Shirley Turner: Violin, Peter Mallinson: Viola, Richard Pearce: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/04/28/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-9/): Starting at 1pm. York Bowen – 3 DuosShostakovich – 5 PiecesSpain-Dunk – The Lonely Moor & JigWarner – Divertimento
- [Samuel Pepys Memorial Service - Thursday 22 May - Noon](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/04/28/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-8/): Starting at 12pm. Conducted by:The Reverend Canon Peter BabingtonPriest in Charge, St Mary le Strand Address by:Christopher Dean – ‘Pepys at St Paul’s School: Boy and Old Boy’
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 21 May - William Bracken : Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/04/28/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-7/): Starting at 1pm. Bach J S – Toccata in C minor BWV911Debussy – Etude pour les arpèges composéesMessiaen – Le baiser sur l’enfant-JésusLiszt – Fantasia quasi sonata après une lecture du Dante
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 15 May - Max Pemberton : Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/04/28/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-6/): Starting at 1pm. Messiaen – Vingt Regards, Nos. 1, 4, 5Scriabin – Piano Sonata No.7Scriabin – Prelude & Nocturne for the left hand, Op.9Bach / Brahms – Chaccone in D minor, BWV.1004 for the left hand
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 14 May - Alvina Yuk Yu Yang: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/04/28/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-5/): Starting at 1pm. Schumann – Fantaisie in C Op.17Mompou – Canción y Danza No.6 ‘Cantabile espressivo’Albeniz – ‘Triana’ from Iberia Book IITchaikovsky – Scherzo from Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 8 May -  Jiali Wang: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/04/28/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-4/): Starting at 1pm. Dutilleux – 3 PreludesBrahms – Piano Sonata No.2 in F sharp minor Op2Stravinsky – Firebird Suite (selection)
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Wednesday 7 May - Xizong Chen: Piano](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/04/28/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-3/): Starting at 1pm. Xizong Chen: Piano Scarlatti: Sonata in B Minor, K. 27Mozart: Sonata in D Major, K. 311Debussy: Images, Book IChopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor
- [Lunchtime Concerts - Thursday 1 May -  TRIO NOTTURNO Flora Curzon: Violin, Rachel Stott: Viola, Jamie Akers: Guitar](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/04/28/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-4-7-2-2/): Starting at 1pm. Vienna in Springtime Music by Anton Diabelli, Beethoven, Johann KasparMertz, Wenzel Thomas Matiegka & Josef Kuffner Diabelli                              Menuetto & TrioAndanteAllegro Scherzando                                            Beethoven                      Serenade Op.8 (arr. Wenzel Matiegka)     Menuetto – Allegretto Marcia, Allegro, AdagioAdagioAllegretto alla polaccaAllegretto alla polaccaTema con variazioni Johann Mertz              Fingal’s Cave (guitar solo) Wenzel Matiegka         Lento e Paletico Josef Kuffner                 Rondo                                      Suisse Hongroise
- [Good Friday - 18 April 2025 - 12pm](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/04/09/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-2-2-2-2/): Starting at 12:00pm.
- [Easter Day -  20 April 2025- 11am](https://saintolave.com/index.php/2025/04/09/27th-june-lunchtime-concerts-3-2-3-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-14-2-6-9-6-2-2-2/): Starting at 11:00am

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- [Samuel Pepys & St Olave's](https://saintolave.com/index.php/samuel-pepys/): “Our Own” Church Samuel Pepys Find Out More Samuel Pepys was born just inside the western edge of City of London to a tailor and the daughter of butcher in 1633 in the parish of St Brides.  Through the benefaction of his mother’s family he was sent to Cambridge University and further still through these connections and his relative the Earl of Sanwich, Edward Montagu, he carved himself out a niche in the Royal Navy office. Pepys lived in a time great social upheaval, revolution, innovation and tragedy. On the continent of Europe more than 4.5 million people died as […]
- [Slavery & The Parish Of St Olave's](https://saintolave.com/index.php/slavery-the-parish-of-st-olaves/): Atonement Slavery & Parish Of St Olave’s It has become evident and painful that the Church of England and the City of London were complicit in the continuation and consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and much wealth and inequality has been generated through slavery. As a church this is something we must face, repent of and learn from, as racism continues to the present. In the 2nd century AD, Septimus Severus, an African born Roman emperor raised in modern day Libya commissioned the building of London’s Roman walls using British slaves in response to an uprising by the native […]
- [Capponi Memorial Fund Campaign](https://saintolave.com/index.php/capone-memorial-fund-campaign/): Restoration PRoject The Capponi Memorial Stone An Important Part Of Our History Now Preserved Learn More The stone and replica of the reverse now installed on the north wall of the Lady Chapel The Capponi Memorial Stone, an important part of our history, is now preserved. In August 2025 we successfully completed a project to restore and re-install a unique 16th century stone memorial slab which survived both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz. It tells a fascinating story of the life and times of St Olave’s church and of one man who lived and died in the […]
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- [Services](https://saintolave.com/index.php/services/): Worship & Opening Times Services Worship Sunday Service from 11am Tuesday Services from 12:30pm Lunchtime Recitals Wednesdays from 1pm Thursdays from 1pm. Opening Times Mon:10:30 – 17:00 Tue:10:30 – 17:00 Wed:10:30 – 17:00 Thu:10:30 – 17:00 We have regular worship on: 11am Sunday Sung Holy Communion With Choral Music And Hymns 12:30pm Tuesday Lunchtime Said Holy Communion You are most welcome to find peace amidst the business of the City. Refreshments are served after each service.  Please do ask for prayer, we are very happy to pray with you. If you would like to speak with the rector, contact him […]
- [Our Mission Action Plan](https://saintolave.com/index.php/worship/our-mission-action-plan/): A Vision For St Olave Hart Street Mission Action Plan Learn More   This is a working document.  It is for everyone at St Olave Hart Street, to help us understand where we are going as a church, how we are going to get there and when we need to reach there by.  It is about vision, from God, looking forward with anticipation to all He can do. We begin with an expectation that with God, nothing is impossible; that God alone can help us grow in numbers, to develop as disciples will give us what we ask in faith. […]
- [Worship](https://saintolave.com/index.php/worship/): Discover Christianity With St Olave’s Faith & Worship A welcoming sanctuary in the City of London for more than 900 years that still thrives today. Learn More Discover The Christian Faith Christianity is centred on the historical figure of Jesus Christ. Over two thousand years ago, Jesus was born in a small Palestinian village. He grew up to become the mostremarkable and influential figure in the whole of history. We believe that in Jesus Christ, God became human and lived among us. He lived a human life and taught his followers about love, justice, and hope. Through his teaching he […]
- [Our Story](https://saintolave.com/index.php/our-story/): St Olave’s Hart Street Our Story From the Battle of London Bridge to the diaries of Samuel Pepys, through wars and rehallowing; discover the fascinating stories that have made a very special sanctuary. Explore Our Story A Thousand Years Of History Foundations St Olave Hart Street is one of the few mediaeval churches to survive the Great Fire of London. It is best known as the burial place of Samuel Pepys and his wife Elizabeth; the famous diaries of Samuel Pepys provide the most vivid first-hand account of the fire of 1666 and subsequent life. St Olave’s has strong links to […]
- [About Us](https://saintolave.com/index.php/about-us/): St Olave’s Hart Street About US Learn More St Olave’s Church is one of the few surviving mediaeval buildings in London encompassing rich history and many links to historic City organisations. This is our mission; we are called to be: A sanctuary: A safe, sacred holy place. John Betjeman described St Olave’s as “a country church in the world of Seething Lane”. A connection to the depth and spiritual transformation of Jesus Christ. Worship on Sunday at 11.00 a.m. and Tuesdays at 12.30 A place of quiet prayer and reflection amidst the bustle of the City of London in the church […]
- [Latest News](https://saintolave.com/index.php/latest-news/): Latest News A welcoming sanctuary in the City of London for more than 900 years that still thrives today. Learn More Learn More Easter Sunday Service – 31st March – In Person Easter Sunday service at 1100 on 31 March. Choral music, hymns, sermon, prayers, Holy Communion.… 0 Comments News / What’s On Learn More Talk given by Bishop of London Rt Revd Sarah Mullally St Olave Hart Street, Ladies’ Light Talk given by Bishop of London Rt Revd Sarah… 0 Comments News Learn More Sermon to commemorate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 11 October 2022 Sermon to commemorate […]
- [Safeguarding](https://saintolave.com/index.php/safeguarding/): safeguarding Learn More In accordance with the House of Bishops’ Policy Statements Promoting a Safer Church 2017 and Protecting All God’s Children 2010 and the Diocesan Safeguarding Policy ‘Promoting a Safer Diocese’ 2018 our church is committed to: Promoting a safer environment and culture. Safely recruiting and supporting all those with any responsibility related to children, young people and vulnerable adults within the church. Responding promptly to every safeguarding concern or allegation. Caring pastorally for victims/survivors of abuse and other affected persons. Caring pastorally for those who are the subject of concerns or allegations of abuse and other affected persons. Responding to those that may pose […]
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- [Our Team](https://saintolave.com/index.php/our-team/): St Olave’s Hart Street Our Team Reverend Phillip DawsonRECTOR Dr Jim Harris Lay Minister Graham Mundy Churchwarden, Honorary Treasurer / Treasurer Brian Grumbridge Churchwarden Penny Ritchie Calder Churchwarden Richard Bucknall Churchwarden Colin Spinks Director Of Music Rina Wood Safeguarding Officer safeguarding@saintolave.com 020 7488 4318 Michael Gammie Concerts Manager Olivia Whelan Honorary Secretary Administrator admin@saintolave.com Share This Page Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Email
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