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Great Sacred Music online: Wade in the Water

Great Sacred Music will be online-only until mid-February 2022, available on StMartins.Digital, Apple podcasts, and the St Martin’s Facebook page.

Great Sacred Music online:
Wade in the water

In the week when the Church marks the Baptism of Christ, an exploration of water, including Howells’ Like as the hart and Moses Hogan’s arrangement of the spiritual Wade in the Water.

I’ve got peace like a river – arr. Mary McDonald
Like as the hart – Howells
Never weather-beaten sail – Parry
Wade in the Water – Hogan

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina

A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

This event will be available online only. View on StMartins.Digital or our Facebook page.

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Great Sacred Music online: In the Stillness

Great Sacred Music will be online-only until mid-February 2022, available on StMartins.Digital, Apple podcasts, and the St Martin’s Facebook page.

Great Sacred Music online:
In the Stillness

Anticipating Burns Night, a celebration of Scottish choral music including works by Sally Beamish and James MacMillan.

Benedicam Domino – Robert Johnson
In the stillness – Sally Beamish
My guardian angel – Judith Weir
The gallant weaver – James MacMillan

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina

A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

This event will be available online only. View on StMartins.Digital or our Facebook page.

Listen to Great Sacred Music podcasts

Great Sacred Music online: Annelies

Great Sacred Music will be online-only until mid-February 2022, available on StMartins.Digital, Apple podcasts, and the St Martin’s Facebook page.

Great Sacred Music online:
Annelies

Marking Holocaust Memorial Day with movements from James Whitbourn’s choral work Annelies, based on the Diary of Anne Frank.

Music
from Annelies – James Whitbourn
vi. Courage
viii. Kyrie – Sinfonia
xiv. Anne’s Meditation
Adonai ro’i – Gerald Cohen

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina

A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

This event will be available online only. View on StMartins.Digital or our Facebook page.

Listen to Great Sacred Music podcasts

Great Sacred Music: Christmas around the world

Great Sacred Music:
Christmas around the world

O Tannenbaum – arr. John Rutter
Carol: O little town of Bethlehem
Quelle est celle odeur agreable – arr. John Rutter
I wonder as I wander – arr. John Rutter
Infant holy, infant lowly – arr. David Willcocks
Carol: Silent Night
Zither Carol – Malcolm Sargeant

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina

A 35-minute sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

Free entry. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

This event will also be livestreamed on StMartins.Digital.

Listen to Great Sacred Music podcasts

Great Sacred Music online: New Beginnings

Great Sacred Music will be online-only until mid-February 2022, available on StMartins.Digital, Apple podcasts, and the St Martin’s Facebook page.

Great Sacred Music online:
New Beginnings

A New Year Carol – Chris Williams
Morning hymn – Arlen Clarke
Ring out, wild bells – Thomas Gibbs
This day – Bob Chilcott

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Directed and accompanied by Andrew Earis

A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

This event will be available online only. View on StMartins.Digital or our Facebook page.

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Great Sacred Music: Follow that star

Great Sacred Music:
Follow that star

The Virgin Mary had a baby boy – arr. Ken Burton
Hymn: Joy to the world
Go tell it on the mountain – arr. Joel Raney
Behold the star – Dawson
Mary’s boy child – Hairston
Hymn: See Him lying on a bed of straw
Follow that star – Peter Gritton

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina

A 35-minute sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

Free entry. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

This event will also be livestreamed on StMartins.Digital.

Listen to Great Sacred Music podcasts

St Martin’s Voices: Bach and Handel by Candlelight

Born the very same year, Bach and Handel were parallel masters of the Baroque era. This programme showcases their sparkling choral and instrumental works, together with songs by the Prussian princess Wilhelmine von Bayreuth and two motets by Mendelssohn – the leading German Romantic composer credited with reviving Bach’s works for nineteenth century audiences and rekindling their enduring fame.

Programme

Bach – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
Mendelssohn – Verleih uns Frieden
Mendelssohn – Richte Mich, Gott
Handel – Concerto for Oboe
Bach – Komm, Jesu komm
Wilhelmine von Bayreuth – Cavatinen
Handel – O praise the Lord with one consent

Please note this performance will last for approximately one hour without an interval.

Performers

St Martin’s Voices
St Martin’s Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Earis Conductor

St Martin’s Voices is one of the UK’s most versatile professional vocal ensembles, performing concerts on the international stage as well as giving regular BBC broadcasts and special services at London’s iconic St Martin-in-the-Fields. The ensemble performs regularly alongside the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and London Mozart Players and is featured in the Church of England’s online worship resources that have attracted over 2 million downloads.

Upcoming concerts with St Martin’s Voices

Great Sacred Music: An Advent Sequence

Great Sacred Music:
An Advent Sequence

This is the truth from above – arr. Michael Cayton
Hymn: O come, O come Emmanuel
A tender shoot – Goldschmidt
Alma redemptoris mater – Palestrina
Let all mortal flesh keep silence – Bairstow
Hymn: Lo, he comes with clouds descending
People look East – Steel

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina

A 35-minute sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

Free entry. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

This event will also be livestreamed on StMartins.Digital.

Listen to Great Sacred Music podcasts

Great Sacred Music online: A Christmas Celebration

Great Sacred Music online:
A Christmas Celebration

Christmas Lullaby – John Rutter
Angels from the Realms of Glory
O radiant dawn – MacMillan
Nativity Carol – John Rutter
Joy to the world

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina

A 35-minute sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

This event will be available online only. View on StMartins.Digital or our Facebook page.

Listen to Great Sacred Music podcasts

Great Sacred Music online: The Gate of the Year

Great Sacred Music online:
The Gate of the Year

A New Year Carol – Britten
New Year – John Rutter
Lord for the years
Auld Lang Syne – Traditional

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina

A 35-minute sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

This event will be available online on StMartins.Digital and our Facebook page only.

Listen to Great Sacred Music podcasts