London is a world city, home to many different faiths and ethnicities. It provides safety and prosperity for a diverse global population. Preserving this existence requires an active effort on the part of the people of London. Recent events make clear the importance of providing safe spaces for shared culture and the forging of a shared identity. Music provides one means of creating this kind of safe space. Our contribution is an interfaith festival that focusses on the human voice – Faithful Voices. We launched this festival in 2022, and are now returning for the third festival in 2026, in which we partner with musicians from different faith backgrounds for performances in synagogues and churches.
For information about the 2024 festival, visit our Past Performances page
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Programme for The Festival:
Interfaith Concert for Remembrance Day – St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate
Wednesday 11th November 6.30pm
Tickets £15
Performers
The Zemel Choir
The Lloyd’s Choir
The Choir of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate
MoRe (Mohamed Ghrab and Rebekah Vince; oud and spoken word)
Yoav Oved (Cantorial Soloist)
Conductors Benjamin Wolf and Jacques Cohen
Piano/organ Joyce Sze-Wing Lau
The opening concert of our 2026 festival. The concert includes reflective music for remembrance day from the Jewish and Christian traditions, including favourite pieces by Walton and Bainton, as well as music from the West London Synagogue and German Liberale Jewish traditions. Alongside this music, we will include spoken word elements, music for oud from Islamic and Jewish traditions, and music from the Yemenite Jewish tradition. For this concert we are joined by the professional choir of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, by the oud/voice duo MoRe and by cantorial soloist Yoav Oved, who is one of the Cantorial leads at New London Synagogue, and whose repertoire includes music from Yemenite and Mizrahi traditions alongside more familiar Ashkenazi melodies.
BOOKING LINK FOR INTERFAITH CONCERT FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY
- Wednesday 11th November 6.30pm
Interfaith Concert at a North West London Synagogue
Sunday 15th November, 4pm
Tickets £20
Performers
The Zemel Choir
The London International Gospel Choir
The Choir of Saint Sophia Cathedral
Pooja Naarayan (Carnatic Vocalist) and Vishwaprasanna (Mridangam)
Conductors Benjamin Wolf, Nina Rosenberger, George Zacharias and Cathy Heller-Jones
Piano Joyce Sze-Wing Lau, Matt Bain
For this celebration of interfaith music, we are joined by our longstanding partners, the London International Gospel Choir, and also by two new participants, the choir of London’s Greek Orthodox cathedral and Pooja Naarayan/Vishwaprasanna, professional performers of the Carnatic music of South India. A mélange of music across multiple faith traditions, this promises to be a lively and special interfaith event for an Autumn afternoon.
BOOKING FOR INTERFAITH CONCERT AT A NORTH WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE
- Sunday 15th November, 4pm
Sharing Stories of Hope: Diocesan Interfaith Event at St Albans Cathedral
16th November 7.00pm
The Zemel Choir and members of the London International Gospel Choir will be joining the Diocese of St Albans and GRASSROOTS Luton for their annual interfaith event, which forms part of interfaith week.
BOOKING LINK FOR THE DIOCESAN INTERFAITH EVENT AT ST ALBANS CATHEDRAL
- Monday 16th November, 7.00pm
18th November, 7.00pm
Tickets £15
Performers
The Zemel Choir
The Choir of St Jude’s, Hampstead Garden Suburb
The Mixed Up Chorus
Divyanand Caird, Pooja Naarayan and Vishwaprasanna (Carnatic Music)
MoRe (Mohamed Ghrab and Rebekah Vince; oud and spoken word)
The Choir of Peace and Hope (youth choir)
Conductors Benjamin Wolf, Nic Chalmers, Jeremy Haneman, Ann Sadan
Piano Joyce Sze-Wing Lau, Sohee Baek
For our final concert, we return to St Jude’s Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb. We are joined by both old friends and new participants, celebrating music from the Jewish, Christian, Hindu and Islamic traditions. A blend of choral, vocal and instrumental music, alongside spoken word contributions, this final concert brings together all the elements that make Faithful Voices a special festival. The repertoire will include pieces from Sephardi Jewish folk traditions, Yemenite melodies, classic choral music by Purcell and Fauré, and songs for peace from Europe and Africa.
BOOKING LINK FOR INTERFAITH CONCERT AT ST JUDE ON THE HILL
- Wednesday 18th November, 7.00pm
