Events

Come to the Temple for a fun and educational day of singing led by John Rutter, one of the UK’s leading contemporary choral conductors and composers.

Assisted by an accompanist John Rutter will lead participants through a variety of choral music including some of his own, some familiar pieces and some less familiar interspersed with a few stories, singing hints and tips.

Music is supplied and so all you have to do is turn up to the beautiful setting of Inner Temple Hall for what promises to be a fantastic day of singing. There is no minimum standard of singing required but we do recommend booking in advance as places are limited and cannot be guaranteed on the day.

The day will start at 11am with a lunch break at 12.45pm. Lunch will be served in the beautiful surroundings of the Temple Bench Apartments in Inner Temple with views over Inner Temple Garden.
NB for this event enter the Temple via the Tudor Gate entrance

Tickets: £17.50 to include morning and afternoon coffee and tea, and a sandwich lunch.

Generously sponsored by Andrew Clarke QC

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Julius Drake piano
with Michael Collins clarinet

Carolyn Sampson is radiant, voluptuous and utterly captivating
International Record Review 2004

One of the most exciting sopranos to emerge in recent years Carolyn Sampson has enjoyed an explosive start to her career performing in concert venues and opera houses all over the world including English National Opera and the Paris Opera and with the world’s greatest conductors including Mark Elder, Gustav Leonhardt and Trevor Pinnock.

In this recital she will be performing music by Mendelssohn, Schubert, Debussy and Poulenc and she is joined by one of the world’s leading clarinettists, Michael Collins, for a performance of Schubert’s beautiful The Shepherd on the Rock.

Tickets £45, £35, £25, £10, £5 (unallocated seating)

Generously supported by the Golden Bottle Trust

To Encourage the Others - The Court Martial of Admiral Byng

Written and directed by Nigel Pascoe QC

A play, re-creating one of the most controversial trials in English legal history.

On 14 March 1797, Admiral Byng was executed. Ordered to relieve Minorca, then under British rule, he was handicapped by poorly equipped ships. The odds against him were overwhelming. His tactics in engaging the French fleet led to a further allegation of failing to engage the enemy, then a capital offence. So he faced a controversial Court Martial and findings from which there was no escape.

Admiral Byng is played by Anthony Arlidge QC, one of the criminal bar’s most colourful and engaging characters, aided and abetted by His Honour Judge Cowell, Frank Abbott, Richard Tutt, Elizabeth Pascoe and Nigel Pascoe QC.

Tickets: £10 (unreserved seating)