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fire, lightning, bomb plots and a monumental attack during the Blitz that completely
gutted its interior.

It was transformed into a spectacular concert venue in the 1960s and the greatest
international musicians, from conductor Simon Rattle and cellist Jacqueline du Pré, to
American composer Eric Whitacre, have played there since.

Thomas Hewitt Jones performs in ‘A Classic FM Christmas’ at St John’s Smith Square, now
streaming on Amazon Prime. Picture: Classic FM
A Classic FM Christmas – full programme

‘Once in Royal David’s City’
Henry Gauntlett, arr. Arthur Henry Mann
Genesis Sixteen

‘In the Bleak Midwinter’
Gustav Holst
Genesis Sixteen

‘Carol of the Bells’
Mykola Leontovich
Genesis Sixteen

‘The Wexford Carol’
Traditional, arr. Michelle Fleming
Carducci Quartet

Prelude & Fugue in A
J.S. Bach
Anna Lapwood

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