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Great Sacred Music

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Great Sacred Music
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  • Great Sacred Music

    Thursday 4 June: Corpus Christi

    04/06/2026 | 37 mins.
    O sacrum convivium – Stephanie Martin
    Hymn: Sweet sacrament divine (t. Divine mysteries)
    Tantum Ergo – Déodat de Séverac
    Adoro te devote – Cecilia McDowall
    Panis angelicus – César Franck
    Ave verum corpus – Colin Mawby
    Hymn: All for Jesus (t. All for Jesus)
    Agnus Dei from ‘Little Jazz Mass’ – Bob Chilcott

    Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
    Directed by Jennifer Sterling
    Accompanied by Jonathan Dods
    Performed by St Martin’s Voices
  • Great Sacred Music

    Thursday 28 May: Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo

    28/05/2026 | 42 mins.
    A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

    No.1. The Lord looked down
    Hymn: Praise to the Lord, the almighty, the King of Creation
    No.2 The people of Fun City
    No.3 Then Japhet, Shem and Ham
    No.4 It looks like rain
    No 5. For the floodgates of Heaven were opened
    No.6. Forty days and nights
    No.7 For the Lord closed the floodgates
    No. 8 Father Noah please open the porthole
    Hymn: All creatures of our God and King
    No.9 Then the Lord looked down
    No.10 Oh what a wonderful scene
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    Thursday 21st May: Pentecost

    21/05/2026 | 35 mins.
    A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

    Spirit of God, unseen as the wind – arr. Paul Leddington Wright
    Hymn: Come down, O love divine (Down Ampney)
    Loquebantur variis linguis – Thomas Tallis
    Veni creator spiritus – Palestrina
    Come, Holy Ghost – Thomas Attwood
    I will sing with the spirit – John Rutter
    Hymn: Come, Holy Spirit, Come! (Diademata)
    Ev’ry time I feel the spirit – Spiritual arr. Moses Hogan
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    Thursday 14th May: God is gone up – Music for Ascension

    21/05/2026 | 33 mins.
    A sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

    Let all the world – George Dyson
    Hymn: Hail the day that sees him rise (Llanfair)
    Alleluia Ascendit – William Byrd
    God is gone up – William Croft
    O clap your hands – Orlando Gibbons
    Hymn: Crown him with many crowns (Diademata)
    Let all the world – Sally Albrecht
  • Great Sacred Music

    Thursday 7th May: Julian of Norwich

    07/05/2026 | 37 mins.
    Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
    Directed by Olivia Tait
    Performed by St Martin’s Voices
    Accompanied by Jon Dods


    Mothering God, you gave me birth (Mother Julian)
    Hymn: O God, you search me and you know me (Bernadette Farrell)
    O virtus sapientiae – Hildegard von Bingen arr. Katerina Gimon
    Prayer of Julian of Norwich – Carson Cooman
    The Hazelnut – Joe Bates
    See, I am God – Michael Higgins
    Hymn: Eternal God, supreme in tenderness (Woodlands)
    All shall be well – Carol J. Jones
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A weekly sequence of words and music from St Martin-in-the-Fields
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