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Choral Classics: You’ll never walk alone

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

Directed by Andrew Earis
Performed by St Martin’s Voices 

You’ll never walk alone
Walk together, children – Spiritual arr. Moses Hogan
The Lord’s my Shepherd – Bob Chilcott
Adonai ro’i – Gerald Cohen
Lead me, Lord – Will Todd
You shall not walk alone – Elaine Hagenberg
I want Jesus to walk with me – arr. Larry Shackley
You’ll never walk alone – Rodgers & Hammerstein

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.

Choral Classics: The long day closes

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

Directed by Sarah Keating
Led by Isabelle Palmer
Performed by St Martin’s Voices 

The long day closes
Hail, gladdening light – Thomas Allain Chapman
Lord of all hopefulness – Nils Greenhow
Before the ending of the day – Lucy Walker
Crossing the bar – Rani Arbo
The evening primrose – Benjamin Britten
Round me falls the night – Annabel Rooney
The long day closes – Arthur Sullivan
Goodnight sweetheart – arr. Kirby Shaw

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.

Choral Classics: Metaphysical Poets

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 
Directed by Andrew Earis 
Performed by St Martin’s Voices 

Metaphysical Poets
Let all the world – Dyson
My soul, there is a country – C.H.H. Parry
The Shower – Edward Elgar
A Hymne to Christ – Imogen Holst
Sweet stay a while – John Dowland
King of Glory, King of Peace – Grayston Ives
The Call – Richard Lloyd
Let all the world – Sally Albrecht

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.

Great Sacred Music: The Annunciation

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

The Annunciation
Choir: Ave Maria – Robert Parsons
Hymn: For Mary, Mother of our Lord (St Botolph)
Choir: A hymn to the virgin – Benjamin Britten
Choir: There is no rose – Lucy Walker
Choir: The Annunciation – Sasha Johnson Manning
Hymn: Tell out, my soul (Woodlands)
Choir: Hail Holy Queen (from ‘Sister Act’) – arr. Roger Emerson/adapt. Marc Shaiman

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.

Great Sacred Music: World Water Day

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Directed by Mike Cayton
Performed by St Martin’s Voices 

World Water Day
Choir: Sicut Cervus –Palestrina
Hymn: Like a mighty river flowing (Old Yeavering)
Choir: Like as the Hart – Judith Weir
Choir: Pure River of Water of Life – James Whitbourn
Choir: Rivers of living water – Trevor Weston
Hymn: All creatures of our God and King (Lasst uns Erfreuen)
Choir: Like a Mighty Stream – Moses Hogan & John Jacobsen

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.

Great Sacred Music: I want Jesus to walk with me

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Directed by Jennifer Sterling
Accompanied by Mike Cayton
Performed by St Martin’s Voices 

I want Jesus to walk with me
Choir: You do not walk alone – Elaine Hagenberg
Hymn: I heard the voice of Jesus say (Kingsfold)
Choir: O for a closer walk with God – Charles Villiers Stanford
Choir: Lead me, Lord – Will Todd
Choir: I want Jesus to walk with me – Spiritual arr. Larry Shackley
Hymn: Hymn: Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda)
Choir: Walk softly – Bob Chilcott

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.

Great Sacred Music: A Journey into Lent

Led and directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina
Performed by St Martin’s Voices 

A Journey into Lent
Choir: Miserere mei – William Byrd
Hymn: Forty days and forty nights (Aus der Tiefe)
Choir: Kyrie eleison (from Officium Defunctorum) – Tomás Luis de Victoria
Choir: Emendemus in melius – Vicente Lusitano
Choir: Wash me throughly – S.S. Wesley
Hymn: From ashes to the living font (Bangor)
Choir: Media vita – Kerensa Briggs

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.

Great Sacred Music: The Lord is my shepherd

Led and directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina
Performed by St Martin’s Voices 

The Lord is my shepherd
Choir: The Lord’s my Shepherd – Franz Schubert
Hymn: Abide with me (Eventide)
Choir: Adonai ro’i lo echsar (Psalm 23) – Gerald Cohen
Choir: He shall feed his flock (from Messiah) – Georg Frideric Handel
Choir: The Shepherd – Karl Jenkins
Hymn: The king of love my shepherd is (University)
Choir: All we like sheep (from Messiah) – George Frederick Handel

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.

Great Sacred Music: John Henry Newman

Led and directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina
Performed by St Martin’s Voices 

John Henry Newman
Choir: They are at rest – Edward Elgar
Hymn: Firmly I believe and truly (Shipston)
Choir: Be merciful, be gracious (from ‘Dream of Gerontius’) – Edward Elgar
Choir: Lead, kindly light (from Eternal Light: A Requiem) – Howard Goodall
Choir: Solitude – James Whitbourn
Hymn: Praise to the holiest in the height (Gerontius)
Choir: Littlemore tractus – Arvo Pärt

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.

Great Sacred Music: Valentine’s Day

Led and directed by Andrew Earis
Accompanied by Polina Sosnina
Performed by St Martin’s Voices 

Valentine’s Day
Choir: Ubi caritas – Maurice Duruflé
Hymn: Let love be real (Londonderry Air)
Choir: A new commandment – Richard Shephard
Choir: Upon your heart – Eleanor Daley
Choir: Love bade me welcome – Judith Weir
Choir: O love – Elaine Hagenberg
Hymn: Love divine, all loves excelling (Blaenwern)
Choir: Goodnight, sweetheart – The Spaniels arr. Kirby Shaw

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.