Great Sacred Music episodes:

• January 20, 2022Thursday 20th January - In the Stillness

  Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with music from St Martin's Voices

  directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Polina Sosnina

  Music:

  Benedicam Domino – Robert Johnson

  In the stillness – Sally Beamish

  My guardian angel – Judith Weir

  The gallant weaver – James MacMillan

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• January 19, 2022Thursday 13th January - Wade in the water

  Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with music from St Martin's Voices

  directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Polina Sosnina

  Music:

  I’ve got peace like a river – arr. Mary McDonald

  Like as the hart – Howells

  Never weather-beaten sail – Parry

  Wade in the Water – Hogan

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• January 19, 2022Thursday 6th January - New beginnings

  Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with music from St Martin's Voices

  directed and accompanied by Andrew Earis

  Music:

  A New Year Carol – Chris Williams

  Morning hymn – Arlen Clarke

  Ring out, wild bells – Thomas Gibbs

  This day – Bob Chilcott

  ...more

  

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• January 19, 2022Thursday 30th December - The Gate of the Year

  Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with music from St Martin's Voices

  directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Polina Sosnina

  Music:

  A New Year Carol – Britten

  New Year – John Rutter

  Lord for the years

  Auld Lang Syne – Traditional

  ...more

  

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• January 19, 2022Thursday 23rd December - A Christmas Celebration

  Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with music from St Martin's Voices

  directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Polina Sosnin

  Music:

  Christmas Lullaby – John Rutter

  Angels from the Realms of Glory

  O radiant dawn - MacMillan

  Nativity Carol – John Rutter

  Joy to the world

  ...more

  

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• January 19, 2022Thursday 16th December - Christmas around the world

  Recorded live from St Martin-in-the-Fields

  Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with music from St Martin's Voices

  directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Polina Sonina

  Music:

  O Tannenbaum – arr. John Rutter

  Carol: O little town of Bethlehem

  Quelle est celle odeur agreable – arr. John Rutter

  I wonder as I wander – arr. John Rutter

  Infant holy, infant lowly – arr. David Willcocks

  Carol: Silent Night

  Zither Carol – Malcolm Sargeant

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• January 19, 2022Thursday 9th December - Follow that star

  Recorded live at St Martin-in-the-Fields

  Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with music from St Martin's Voices

  directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Polina Sosnina

  Music:

  The Virgin Mary had a baby boy – arr. Ken Burton

  Hymn: Joy to the world

  Go tell it on the mountain – arr. Joel Raney

  Behold the star – Dawson

  Mary’s boy child – Hairston

  Hymn: See Him lying on a bed of straw

  Follow that star – Peter Gritton

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• January 19, 2022Thursday 2nd December - An Advent Sequence

  Recorded live at St Martin-in-the-Fields

  Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with music from St Martin-in-the-Fields

  directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Polina Sosnina

  Music:

  This is the truth from above – arr. Michael Cayton

  Hymn: O come, O come Emmanuel

  A tender shoot – Goldschmidt

  Alma redemptoris mater – Palestrina

  Let all mortal flesh keep silence – Bairstow

  Hymn: Lo, he comes with clouds descending

  People look East – Steel

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• January 19, 2022Thursday 25th November - Christ the King

  Recorded live from St Martin-in-the-Fields

  Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with music from St Martin's Voices

  directed and accompanied by Ben Giddens

  Music:

  Let all the world – Dyson

  Hymn: Teach me, my God and King

  God is gone up – Croft

  Te Deum in B flat – Stanford

  Hymn: King of Glory, King of peace

  Let all the world – Leighton

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• January 19, 2022Thursday 18th November - Before the ending of the day

  Recorded live from St Martin-in-the-Fields

  Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with music from St Martin's Voices

  directed by Polina Sosnina

  Music:

  Te lucis ante terminum – Plainsong

  Hymn: The day thou gavest

  Miserere mihi Domine – Byrd

  Nunc dimittis from ‘Short Service’ – Byrd

  Abendlied – Rheinberger

  Hymn: Abide with me

  The long day closes – Sullivan

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