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Great Sacred Music online: The Stars and Stripes Forever

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 The Stars and Stripes Forever:
Marking American Independence Day.

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

Music:
Pie Jesu – William Bradley Roberts
Precious Lord, take my hand – Dorsey
It is well with my soul – René Clausen
Unclouded Day – Alwood, arr. Shawn Kirchner

The music was recorded in-person at St Martin-in-the-Fields, in strict compliance with the current government guidelines on professional singing in church and social distancing.

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

Click below to listen and browse our podcasts catalogue.

Listen to Great Sacred Music podcasts

Choral Classics: Franck – Panis angelicus

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

O taste and see – Vaughan Williams
Ego sum panis vivus – Palestrina
O sacrum convivium – Tallis
Tantum ergo – Maurice Duruflé
Panis angelicus – Franck
Let us break bread together – Spiritual arr. Althouse

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.

The music at Choral Classics strictly adheres to the current government guidelines on professional singing in church and social distancing.

Choral Classics: Tallis – If ye love me

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

If ye love me – Tallis
Hear the voice and prayer – Tallis
A New Commandment – Tallis
A New Commandment – Shephard
I give to you a new commandment – Nardone
Ubi caritas – Ola Gjeilo
If ye love me – Bob Chilcott

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.

The music at Choral Classics strictly adheres to the current government guidelines on professional singing in church and social distancing.

Choral Classics: Tavener – The Lamb

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
My Guardian Angel – Judith Weir
Funeral Ikos – Tavener
Dream Valley – Quilter
The Lord’s my shepherd – Bob Chilcott
The Lamb – Tavener
I love the jocund dance – Bainton

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.

The music at Choral Classics strictly adheres to the current government guidelines on professional singing in church and social distancing.

Choral Classics: Mozart – Lacrymosa from ‘Requiem’

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

including
Lacrymosa from ‘Requiem’ – Mozart

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.

The music at Choral Classics strictly adheres to the current government guidelines on professional singing in church and social distancing.

St Martin’s Voices and the Will Todd Ensemble: Songs of Love (online)

St Martin’s Voices and Will Todd Ensemble share an uplifting selection of sacred and secular works, blending choral beauty with jazz vibrancy. Highlights include the Stabat Mater from Todd’s Passion Music, which premiered at St Martin’s in 2018, and the heart-warming Like a rainbow shining, written in support of NHS and keyworkers during the challenging early months of the pandemic.

Programme

O Sun and Moon (from Footprints)
Songs of Love
Just as I am
Stabat Mater (from Passion Music)
Kyrie (from Jazz Missa Brevis)
Come down, O love divine
Amazing grace
Like a rainbow shining
Hey Music

Performers

St Martin’s Voices
Will Todd Ensemble
Will Todd Conductor

How to watch the online concert

You can watch the performance as many times as you like until 31 August. You will receive your access details as soon as you have purchased your ticket, along with full details of how to watch the concert.

Our thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, for supporting the ReSound concert series at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
St Martin-in-the-Fields church and all performers are closely following government guidance and each concert will adhere accordingly to the latest advice.

Voices in the Crypt: Long live fair Oriana (online)

A beautiful 35 minute programme of Royal music from the Royal Parish Church, sung by St Martin’s Voices with readings by actor Simon Russell Beale.

Programme

King Henry VIII – Pastime with good company
Cavendish – Come, gentle swains
Hilton – Fair Oriana, beauty’s Queen
Bennet – All creatures now are merry minded
Bridge – For all the wonder of thy regal day
Parry – Who can dwell with greatness 
Ireland – The Hills
Finzi – White-Flowering Days
Cecilia McDowall – Ave Regina Caelorum

Performers

St Martin’s Voices
Readings read by Simon Russell Beale

How to watch the online concert

You can watch the performance as many times as you like until 31 August. You will receive your access details as soon as you have purchased your ticket, along with full details of how to watch the concert.

Our thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, for supporting the ReSound concert series at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
St Martin-in-the-Fields church and all performers are closely following government guidance and each concert will adhere accordingly to the latest advice.

St Martin’s Voices: Brahms Liebesleider Waltzes

This delectable programme from St Martin’s Voices explores the theme of love in chamber works for voices and piano. From the whirlwind charms of Brahms’ Liebeslieder waltzes to Stephen Hough’s broad celebration of love of all kinds in Other Love Songs, these delightful pieces portray the full range of contrasting emotions associated with romance.

Programme

Johannes Brahms – Liebeslieder-Waltzer Op. 52
Ralph Vaughan Williams – It was a lover and his lass, Dirge for Fidele
Pauline Viardot García – La beauté, Rêverie, Les bohémiennes
Stephen Hough – Other Love Songs

Performers

St Martin’s Voices

If you cannot attend in-person, this concert also available online from Tuesday 15 June. For tickets, click here. 

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. We have outlined the key changes that we have made for audiences attending our live concerts. Read more about audiences returning to St Martin’s.

Our thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, for supporting the ReSound concert series at St Martin-in-the-Fields.

St Martin’s Voices: Brahms Liebesleider Waltzes (online)

This delectable programme from St Martin’s Voices explores the theme of love in chamber works for voices and piano. From the whirlwind charms of Brahms’ Liebeslieder waltzes to Stephen Hough’s broad celebration of love of all kinds in Other Love Songs, these delightful pieces portray the full range of contrasting emotions associated with romance.

Programme

Johannes Brahms – Liebeslieder-Waltzer Op. 52
Ralph Vaughan Williams – It was a lover and his lass, Dirge for Fidele
Pauline Viardot García – La beauté, Rêverie, Les bohémiennes
Stephen Hough – Other Love Songs

Performers

St Martin’s Voices

This concert is also available to attend in-person on Friday 11 June. For tickets, click here.

How to watch the online concert

You can watch the performance from 7.30pm on Tuesday 15 June and it will be available to watch as many times as you like for the following 30 days. You will receive your access details as soon as you have purchased your ticket, along with full details of how to watch the concert.

Our thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, for supporting the ReSound concert series at St Martin-in-the-Fields.

St Martin-in-the-Fields church and all performers are closely following government guidance and each concert will adhere accordingly to the latest advice.

St Martin’s Voices and Anna Lapwood: Upon your heart

Eloquently led by guest conductor Anna Lapwood, St Martin’s Voices delve into the cornucopia of choral music by female composers. Lapwood is an outstanding organist, director and broadcaster, also known for her work championing underrepresented voices in classical music. Together with St Martin’s Voices, she explores a radiant programme by composers including Amy Beach and Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw.

Programme

Patricia van Ness – The voice of the tenth muse: I Pray
Anna Lapwood – O Nata Lux
Lucy Walker – Today
Edith Franklin Wyatt – My companion
Eleanor Daley – Upon your heart
Melissa Dunphy – O Oriens
Amy Beach – Peace I leave with you
Caroline Shaw – And the Swallow
Kerensa Briggs – Media Vita
Sarah MacDonald – He made the stars
Cecilia McDowall – I know that my redeemer liveth 
Laura Mvula – Sing to the Moon
Melissa Dunphy – Halycon Days

Performers

St Martin’s Voices
Anna Lapwood Conductor

If you cannot attend in-person, this concert also available online from Wednesday 23 June. For tickets, click here. 

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. We have outlined the key changes that we have made for audiences attending our live concerts. Read more about audiences returning to St Martin’s.

Our thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, for supporting the ReSound concert series at St Martin-in-the-Fields.