Festive Family Carols by Candlelight

Programme

A dazzling celebration of family carols for that perfect Christmas cheer.

Carols for choir and audience include Away in a Manager, Silent Night and O Little Town of Bethlehem, as well as entertaining solos by St Martin’s Voices including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Jingle Bells and We wish you a Merry Christmas.

Fun for all the family!

Performers

St Martin’s Voices
Andrew Earis Conductor

St Martin’s Voices is one of London’s finest and most flexible vocal ensembles. They sing for concerts, broadcasts and special services at St Martin’s and beyond, perform alongside the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, London Mozart Players, Southbank Sinfonia and Will Todd Ensemble, and have toured to the USA and South Africa. They regularly feature in BBC broadcasts including Radio 3 Choral Evensong and Radio 4 Sunday Worship. In response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, St Martin’s Voices have extended their digital recording projects, sharing regular online Great Sacred Music and concerts, as well as featuring in the Church of England online worship resources that have attracted more than 1 million downloads across digital platforms.

Andrew Earis is Director of Music at St Martin-in-the-Fields where he oversees the music programme at this busy London church. Recent performances include Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Beethoven Mass in C with Southbank Sinfonia. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Music and Imperial College, London, and holds a PhD from the University of Manchester. In addition to his duties at St Martin’s, Andrew is a regular contributor to BBC Radio’s religious output as a producer of programmes including Radio 4 Sunday Worship and Radio 3 Choral Evensong.

Great Sacred Music online: Blessed

The next in our weekly online Great Sacred Music series, launched in light of St Martin’s temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new Great Sacred Music podcast will be uploaded every Thursday at 1.00 pm with new music recorded each week by St Martin’s Voices.

This week’s theme: Blessed

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with St Martin’s Voices, directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Polina Sosnina.

Music:
Beati quorum via – Stanford
Beati voi poveri – Taize
Beati pauperes – Sweelinck
Beati mundo corde – Grayston Ives

Watch on our Facebook page or St Martin’s Digital.

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Great Sacred Music online: International Day of Peace

The next in our weekly online Great Sacred Music series, launched in light of St Martin’s temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new Great Sacred Music podcast will be uploaded every Thursday at 1.00 pm with new music recorded each week by St Martin’s Voices.

This week we mark the International Day of Peace.

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with St Martin’s Voices, directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Ben Giddens.

Music:
Peace – Paul Mealor
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem – Howells
Agnus Dei from ‘Missa Princeps Pacis’ – William Lloyd Webber
Go forth into the word in peace – John Rutter

Watch on our Facebook page or St Martin’s Digital.

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Great Sacred Music online: Celebrating St Michael and All Angels

The next and final Great Sacred Music in our online series, launched in light of St Martin’s temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Next week we return to LIVE Great Sacred Music in St Martin’s so join us in the building from Thursday 7 October.

This week we are Celebrating St Michael and All Angels.

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with St Martin’s Voices, directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Ben Giddens.

Music:
Hail, glorious spirits – Tye
Factum est silencium – Dering
Give us the wings of faith – James Whitbourn
Te Deum in B flat – Stanford

Watch on our Facebook page or St Martin’s Digital.

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Great Sacred Music online: New beginnings

The next in our weekly online Great Sacred Music series, launched in light of St Martin’s temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new Great Sacred Music podcast will be uploaded every Thursday at 1.00 pm with new music recorded each week by St Martin’s Voices.

This week’s theme is New beginnings

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with St Martin’s Voices, directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Michael Cayton.

Music:
New every morning is the love
Morning has broken – arr. John Leavitt
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree – Poston
A New Year Carol – Chris Williams

Watch on our Facebook page or St Martin’s Digital.

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Great Sacred Music online: Anniversary of 9/11

The next in our weekly online Great Sacred Music series, launched in light of St Martin’s temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new Great Sacred Music podcast will be uploaded every Thursday at 1.00 pm with new music recorded each week by St Martin’s Voices.

This week we mark the Anniversary of 9/11.

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with St Martin’s Voices, directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Michael Cayton.

Music:
We shall walk through the valley in peace – arr. Hogan
Adonai ro’I – Gerald Cohen
Agnus Dei from The Armed Man – Karl Jenkins
Beautiful City from Godspell – Stephen Schwartz

Watch on our Facebook page or St Martin’s Digital.

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Choral Classics: Fauré – Pie Jesu

A beautiful 30 minute sequence of words and music, exploring much-loved treasures choral repertoire in the stunning surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Sung by St Martin’s Voices
Led and directed by Andrew Earis

Programme
Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré
The Lord’s my shepherd from ‘Requiem’ – John Rutter
The Lord is my shepherd – Schubert
Pie Jesu – Fauré
Saint Richard’s Prayer – Forbes L’Estrange
Lead kindly light from ‘Eternal Light – A Requiem’ – Howard Goodall

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.

 

Keeping you safe

As we welcome you back to St Martin’s, please rest assured that your safety and that of our performers and staff is our top priority. You can find out more about our COVID protocols here.

Choral Classics: Rutter – The Lord bless you and keep you

A beautiful 30 minute sequence of words and music, exploring much-loved treasures choral repertoire in the stunning surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Sung by St Martin’s Voices
Led and directed by Andrew Earis

Programme
Blessed are the pure in heart – Walford Davies
The Peace of God – John Rutter
Where’er you go – Allan Friedman
An Irish Benediction – Antony Baldwin
This day – Bob Chilcott
The Lord bless you and keep you – John Rutter
10,000 Reasons – Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman

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.

 

Keeping you safe

As we welcome you back to St Martin’s, please rest assured that your safety and that of our performers and staff is our top priority. You can find out more about our COVID protocols here.

Choral Classics: Purcell – Rejoice in the Lord alway

A beautiful 30 minute sequence of words and music, exploring much-loved treasures choral repertoire in the stunning surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Sung by St Martin’s Voices
Led and directed by Andrew Earis

Programme

Rejoice in the Lord alway – Anon
Remember not Lord our offences – Purcell
Thou knowest Lord – Purcell
Rejoice in the Lord – Weelkes
Rejoice in the Lord alway – Purcell
Suite from ‘Dido and Aeneas’ – Purcell
To the hills and the vales
Thanks to these lonesome vales
When I am laid in earth – With drooping wings

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.

 

Keeping you safe

As we welcome you back to St Martin’s, please rest assured that your safety and that of our performers and staff is our top priority. You can find out more about our COVID protocols here.

Choral Classics: Vaughan Williams – Come my way

A beautiful 30 minute sequence of words and music, exploring much-loved treasures choral repertoire in the stunning surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Sung by St Martin’s Voices
Led and directed by Andrew Earis

Programme
A Grateful Heart – Plumstead
Teach me, my God, and King
Sweet stay a while – Dowland
King of Glory, King of Peace
Come my way, my truth, my life – Vaughan Williams arr. Earis
The God of love my shepherd is
Let all the world – Dyson
My soul, there is a country – Parry

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.

 

Keeping you safe

As we welcome you back to St Martin’s, please rest assured that your safety and that of our performers and staff is our top priority. You can find out more about our COVID protocols here.