Great Sacred Music

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

Led by Theo Nisbett
Directed by Gabby Noble
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Accompanied by Michael Cayton

Assumpta est Maria – Carlo Gesualdo
Hymn: Sing we of the blessed mother (Abbot’s Leigh)
Ave maris stella – Edvard Grieg (European Sacred Music)
As dew in Aprille – Benjamin Britten
Ave Maria – Igor Stravinsky
Hymn: Tell out, my soul (Woodlands)
Gaude virgo – Josquin Desprez

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

Led by Sarah Keating
Directed by Polina Sosnina
Performed by St Martin’s Voices

Hodie in monte – Peter Philips
Hymn: Be thou my vision
O nata lux – Thomas Tallis
O Radiant Dawn – James MacMillan
Let all mortal flesh keep silence – Edward Bairstow
Hymn: Christ, whose glory fills the skies
I saw eternity – Lucy Walker

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


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


An absent friend – Ned Rorem
Hymn: My song is love unknown
Ubi caritas – Kerensa Briggs
Greater love – John Ireland
The Road Home – Stephen Paulus
Hymn: What a friend we have in Jesus
You’ve got a friend in me – Randy Newman arr. Mac Huff

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

Led by Laura Newey
Directed by Polina Sosnina
Performed by St Martin’s Voices

A Cosmic Prayer – Carson Cooman
Hymn: For the beauty of the earth
The Moon – George Dyson
The Apotheosis of Apollo – Melissa Dunphy
Round me falls the night – Anabelle Rooney
Hymn: The spacious firmament on high
Fly me to the moon – Bart Howard 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.

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

Joy to the world – arr. John Rutter
Hymn: Come let us join our cheerful songs (Nativity)
How beauteous are their feet – Stanford
Lo! He slumbers in his manger – Cecilia McDowall
Christ hath a garden – Howard Helvey
Wondrous Cross – Philip Wilby
Hymn: Jesus shall reign, where’er the sun (Truro)
Our eternal home – Joel Raney