Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

The Gentle Author: Cries of London


An early form of marketing jingle, London’s street traders have always had distinctive ‘cries’. The author of ‘Spitalfields Life’ blog tells us more…

Tuesday 2nd July, 6:30pm (2024)

St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate – Hall

PRICE: £10 - £12

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The Gentle Author has become a worldwide favourite with his daily stories of East End life on the Spitalfields Life blog. Here he joins us to tell us more of the fascinating histories of pedlars and street sellers from his book, Cries of London.

Duration: 1 hour


The Carice Singers: Cries of London
Following this talk, The Carice Singers will perform Luciano Berio’s 1974 work, ‘Cries of London’ alongside London Premieres of choral works by some of the UK’s most exciting emerging composers. Tickets can be added on to this purchase at checkout.


 

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Venue information

St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate – Hall

Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 3TL
United Kingdom

Cries of London: Neighbourhood Schools

This year, we’re bringing the fascinating topic of the ‘Cries of London’ to our Neighbourhood Schools. We’ll be working with them, inspiring their creativity and enabling them to create their own sound installation that will be on display at this concert.

Find out more about the project →