Great Sacred Music: Upon this rock I will build by church

Upon this rock I will build by church

Celebrating St Peter in music including works by Maurice Duruflé and Benjamin Britten.

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

A 35-minute sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

Great Sacred Music is FREE and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Great Sacred Choral Classics: Faith

Faith, Hope and Love: Faith

An hour-long exploration of Faith, including Britten Te Deum and Dvořák ‘Credo’ from Mass in D.

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells
Performed by Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Directed by Tom Williams

Great Sacred Choral Classics is FREE and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Great Sacred Choral Classics: Hope

Faith, Hope and Love: Hope

An hour-long exploration of Hope including Palestrina Sicut cervus, Howells The Lord is my Shepherd and Rutter Look at the world.

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

Great Sacred Choral Classics is FREE and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Great Sacred Choral Classics: Love

Faith, Hope and Love: Love

An hour-long exploration of Love, including Tallis If ye love me, Gjeilo Ubi caritas and Shearing Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare.

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

Great Sacred Choral Classics is FREE and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Great Sacred Music: All shall be well

All shall be well

Celebrating Saint Julian of Norwich with music by William Mathias and Judith Bingham.

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

A 35-minute sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

Great Sacred Music is FREE and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Great Sacred Music: How lovely are thy dwellings

How lovely are thy dwellings

Marking the anniversary of the birth of Johannes Brahms, including his three motets Fest- und Gedenksprüche.

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

A 35-minute sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

Great Sacred Music is FREE and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Great Sacred Music: And is it true?

And is it true?

Marking the anniversary of the death of John Betjeman, we re-enact his BBC Radio 4 programme on Poet Laureates and their hymns first broadcast in July 1976.

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

A 35-minute sequence to speak to heart, head and soul, exploring through songs and readings the great classical music of our religious heritage.

Great Sacred Music is FREE and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Gospel Choral Evensong

With Gospel Evensong Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir will bring contemporary gospel music to Anglican Evensong at St Martin-in-the-Fields, using special gospel settings for the psalms, the beautiful canticles of Mary and Simeon, the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis, as well as the traditional prayers and responses. There will be other seasonal music besides, some of it congregational, all accompanied by a three-piece band.

The essence of gospel music is prayer in the Spirit through song. The essence of the cycle of Daily Prayer, of which Evensong is the climax, is the same. “He who sings, prays twice”, said St Augustine of Hippo.

Celebrating the fifth anniversary of its first appearance at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir is a London-based gospel choir committed to creating and performing contemporary gospel of the highest standard as widely as possible, to spread a message of faith, hope, and love.

All welcome to this church service. Admission free.

Great Sacred Choral Classics: Monteverdi Vespers

Monteverdi Vespers

An hour-long exploration of Monteverdi’s celebrated choral work Vespers.

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells                     
Performed by Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Directed by Andrew Earis

Great Sacred Choral Classics is FREE and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.