LIVE FROM THE TOP OF THE TOWER
MUSIC
The main room under the clock is a 40m2 space in what was designed as a bell chamber as part of the spire of St Pancras. It never actually held bells and the wooden louvres which looked down to the street are now fitted with dotted glass replacements. The whole room has secondary glazing to provide protection from outside noise.
The room is set up with cameras and microphones for recording needs and PA and projection equipment for music or visual performance. We welcome artists who need a space to record audition videos or promotional material for competitions or applications for positions.
The room is especially suited for chamber music, singers and pianists and small groups of acoustic or amplified performers. If the piano isn't needed, it fits under the stairs to allow the rest of the room to be in full use.
We are very happy to let people use the tower room for performances of music or other cultural events. Although we do not organise them directly ourselves, we list here the links to sites where others are promoting themselves
We also have a few things showing on our
YouTube channel or our
Facebook page
Album Launch Concert - Ariana Kashefi (cello) & Petr Limonov (piano) - Friday 15th May 2026 - 18:30-20:30
After more than a decade of performing together, we are proud to present our debut album 'In Parallel' which will be released by Champs Hill records. The album brings together three composers writing at the turn of the 20th century whose voices, from very different backgrounds, share a deeply expressive Romantic language: Rachmaninov, Amy Beach, and Alma Mahler. We shall be performing pieces from the album including Rachmaninov's monumental cello sonata. On the evening we will be providing drinks and nibbles and copies of the CD! We are extremely thankful for organisations like City Music Foundation, Champs Hill and individuals who have helped make this happen. Space is limited so be sure to book. We really hope you can be there to celebrate with us!
Booking available here.
Clare Spollen, Maya-Leigh Rosenwasser and Fernando Yada Rodrigues share pieces from Kurtág's Játékok (Games) for solo piano and piano 4-hands, alongside works by Laurence Crane, Eva-Maria Houben, Jürg Frey, Tōru Takemitsu, Luciano Berio, Morton Feldman and J. S. Bach.
Booking available here.
DUO EKEŠ live in London
Tuesday 21 July 2026 - 19:30-21:30
DUO EKEŠ return to one of their favourite places the St Pancras Clocktower
Come enjoy great music and a cool venue and performances of Mozart, Rozsa and Elgar by the Duo as they return to one of their favourite locations in London!
Drinks reception to follow after the concert.
Booking available here.
J.A.M. String Collective -
Sunday 11 October 2026 - 13:00-15:00
Contemporary string trio J.A.M. String Collective perform moments from their acclaimed debut album ‘She Looks Up at the Trees’ in the intimate venue of The Clock Tower above St Pancras Chambers. The music occupies a fluid space between jazz and contemporary string sound worlds, with improvisatory elements running throughout.
The album also features a newly composed suite of music written for ‘Improvising String Trio & Loop Pedals’ by Oleta Haffner (Jonas Gwangwa Composition Initiative Awardee). The thematic material in Haffner’s ‘Elemental Suite’ depicts the devastation of the Climate Crisis in dramatic and virtuosic melodic statements and expansive cinematic group improvisations, punctuated by a rich percussive palette in the looped beats.
Booking available here.
Piano Recital by Matias Ortiz de Zarate
Sunday 18 October 2026 - 17:00-18:30
Piano recital with music by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven performed by pianist Matias Ortiz de Zarate.
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756–1791)
Prelude (Fantasy) and Fugue in C major, KV 394 (1782)
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770–1827)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, op. 2 no. 2 (1795)
10-minute interval
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807 (c. 1715-20)
The total programme duration is approximately 80 minutes.
Booking available here.
SOME PAST PERFORMERS
We have held some interesting musical and other events in the clock tower, most notably for our 50th birthdays when we had series of performances by Gisele Edwards, the aerialist, which can be seen below.
A more recent performance of her work Rasa, a choreographic exploration of the spatiality of sound can be seen here. We have a pre-rigged bar in the ceiling just in case we are visited again by an aerialist or rope artist.
