Great Sacred Music: A Sequence for St Michael

(Thursday 29th September 2022)

Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells with music performed by St Martin’s Voices directed by Andrew Earis and accompanied by Polina Sosnina.

Factum est silentium – Richard Dering
Te Deum from Short Service – Orlando Gibbons
A Sequence for St Michael – Herbert Howells
When the Saints Go Marching In – arr. John Rutter

This season of Great Sacred Music has been supported by the Foundation of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London.

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