Great Sacred Music: An Advent Sequence
(Thursday 2nd December 2021)
Great Sacred Music
An Advent Sequence
Led by Revd Dr Sam Wells, with live music from St Martin’s Voices, directed by Andrew Earis, accompanied by Polina Sosnina.
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
Hymnsheet: https://tinyurl.com/gsm021221
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