St Martin-in-the-Fields
A beautiful 30 minute sequence of words and music, exploring much-loved choral works in the beautiful surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Led by Oscar Simms
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Directed by Olivia Tait
Choral Classics is FREE to attend and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Please note that Choral Classics is in-person only.
Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
St Cecilia
Choir: Let all the world in every corner sing – Greta Tomlins
Hymn: When in our music God is glorified (Engelberg)
Choir: Sing joyfully – William Byrd
Choir: A hymn for St Cecilia – Herbert Howells
Choir: A new song – James MacMillan
Hymn: How shall I sing that majesty (Coe Fen)
Choir: How can I keep from singing? – Sarah Quartel
A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.
This week’s Great Sacred Music will be livestreamed and available to view on StMartins.Digital and our Facebook page.
With thanks to the donors of the Spirit of St Martin’s campaign for supporting this season of Great Sacred Music.
Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Isaac Watts
Choir: Joy to the world – arr. John Rutter
Hymn: Come let us join our cheerful songs (Nativity)
Choir: Lo! He slumbers in his manger – Cecilia McDowall
Choir: Give us the wings of faith – Ernest Bullock
Choir: When I survey the wondrous cross (from St John Passion) – Bob Chilcott
Choir: I sing the mighty power of God – arr. Mack Wilberg
Hymn: Jesus shall reign, where’er the sun (Truro)
Choir: Alas and did my Saviour bleed – Stan Pethel
A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.
This week’s Great Sacred Music will be livestreamed and available to view on StMartins.Digital and our Facebook page.
With thanks to the donors of the Spirit of St Martin’s campaign for supporting this season of Great Sacred Music.
Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
All Souls
Choir: Komm, süßer Tod – Ethyl Smyth
Hymn: My soul, there is a country (Christus der ist mein leben)
Choir: When David heard – Thomas Tomkins
Choir: Funeral Ikos – John Tavener
Choir: Where’er you go – Allan Friedman
Hymn: Soul of my saviour (Anima Christi)
Choir: It is well with my soul – arr. Rene Clausen
A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.
This week’s Great Sacred Music will be livestreamed and available to view on StMartins.Digital and our Facebook page.
With thanks to the donors of the Spirit of St Martin’s campaign for supporting this season of Great Sacred Music.
Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Directed by Olivia Tait
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Remembrance
Choir: Present yourselves as a living sacrifice – James O’Donnell
Hymn: O God, our help in ages past (St Anne)
Choir: Greater love hath no man – John Ireland
Choir: In Remembrance (from ‘Requiem’) – Eleanor Daley
Choir: Nunc dimittis in A – William Denis Browne
Hymn: By gracious powers, so wonderfully sheltered (Highwood)
Choir: We will remember them (For the fallen) – Edward Elgar arr. Ian Tracey
A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.
This week’s Great Sacred Music will be livestreamed and available to view on StMartins.Digital and our Facebook page.
With thanks to the donors of the Spirit of St Martin’s campaign for supporting this season of Great Sacred Music.
Led and directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Robert Bridges
Choir: My eyes for beauty pine – Herbert Howells
Hymn: Happy are they, they that love God (Binchester)
Choir: Jesu, joy of man’s desiring – Johann Sebastian Bach
Choir: Love of love and light – Frederic Mattes
Choir: Christ hath a garden – Eleanor Daley
Choir: I love all beauteous things – Judith Weir
Hymn: All my hope on God is founded (Michael)
Choir: Haste on, my joys – Gerald Finzi
A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.
This week’s Great Sacred Music will be livestreamed and available to view on StMartins.Digital and our Facebook page.
With thanks to the donors of the Spirit of St Martin’s campaign for supporting this season of Great Sacred Music.
Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
All Saints
Choir: O quam gloriosum – Victoria
Hymn: For all thy saints, O Lord (Mount Ephraim)
Choir: Hark! I hear the harps eternal – Trad. hymn arr. Alice Parker
Choir: Give us the wings of faith – James Whitbourn
Choir: Christus est stella – Will Todd
Choir: Glorious in heaen – Percy Whitlock
Hymn: For all the Saints (Sine Nomine)
Choir: When the Saints go marching in – arr. John Rutter
A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.
This week’s Great Sacred Music will be livestreamed and available to view on StMartins.Digital and our Facebook page.
With thanks to the donors of the Spirit of St Martin’s campaign for supporting this season of Great Sacred Music.
A beautiful 30 minute sequence of words and music, exploring much-loved choral works in the beautiful surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Led by Michael Higgins
Performed by St Martin’s Chamber Choir
Directed by Olivia Tait
Choral Classics is FREE to attend and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Please note that Choral Classics is in-person only.
Programme:
Michael Higgins – My heart is like a singing bird
Michael Higgins – He’s gone away (from ’Three American Songs’)
Michael Higgins – The Cloths of Heaven world premiere
A beautiful 30 minute sequence of words and music, exploring much-loved choral works in the beautiful surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Directed by Olivia Tait
Choral Classics is FREE to attend and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Please note that Choral Classics is in-person only.
A beautiful 30 minute sequence of words and music, exploring much-loved choral works in the beautiful surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Led by Sarah Keating
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Directed by Olivia Tait
Choral Classics is FREE to attend and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Please note that Choral Classics is in-person only.
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