London offers the music fan with lively concert events recorded in the city’s past-historical churches. Usually, the architecture of churches produced an acoustic quality that had a profound influence on the early growth and development of music. Church acoustics created a great experience of feeling surrounded by the sound of music, enrapturing the listener. Because, recording studios designed on the principles of acoustics with regard to taking sound, it seemed a natural advancement that a church will become a practical and sought-after recording place for music.
Soon after World war 2, bombed-out and also deconsecrated churches played a major role in London’s musical life. St. John the Evangelist, Smith Square, when restored to its cathedral-like wonder became a small live performance place. During the daytime, the special acoustics make it a great recording location. St. Luke’s, Old Street, repaired for musical use is place to the particular London Symphony Orchestra. The former Trinity Chapel, Borough, has become the Henry Wood Hall, a dedicated recording facilities as well as rehearsal hall. This hall also keeps an affiliation with Hyperion records, a high-esteemed traditional label.