Great Sacred Music: William Wilberforce

Today we mark VE Day with a ChoralCast introduced by tenor Choral Scholar, Rob Folkes, featuring the hymn ‘Thy hand, O God, has guided’, recently recording by the Choral Scholars from their own homes.

Soprano Choral Scholar, Rachel Haworth, introduces the beautiful ‘The Lord’s my shepherd’ by Stuart Townend, recently recorded by two of our singers from their own homes.

Alto Choral Scholar, Charlotte Bateman introduces ‘I give you a new commandment’ by Peter Aston, recently recorded by the Choral Scholars from their own homes.

Today’s ChoralCast is the hymn ‘Ye choirs of new Jerusalem’, recently recorded by the Choral Scholars from their own homes and introduced by tenor Choral Scholar, Jack Harberd.

Today’s ChoralCast is the hymn ‘We have a gospel to proclaim’, recently recorded by the Choral Scholars from their own homes and introduced by soprano Choral Scholar, Ailsa Campbell.

Today’s ChoralCast is the hymn ‘How sweet the name that Jesus sounds’, introduced by soprano Choral Scholar, Bea Derrick, and recently recorded by the Choral Scholars from their own homes.

The first of our ChoralCasts with the Choral Scholars is ‘All people that on earth do dwell’, introduced by bass, George Cook, recently recorded by the Choral Scholars from their own homes.

Our Director of Music, Andrew Earis, introduces today’s ChoralCast: a recording of our current Choral Scholars singing ‘Great is thy faithfulness’ from their own homes.

Tenor and former St Martin’s Composition Fellow Nils Greenhow returns to introduce St Martin’s Voices singing his piece ‘I gaze upon you’.

Soprano Sarah Maxted returns to introduce St Martin’s Voices singing ‘Cert’nly Lord’, arranged by Moses Hogan.

Bass Nathan Harrison returns to introduce St Martin’s Voices singing ‘Tu es Petrus’ by Maurice Duruflé.

Tenor Chris Huggon returns to introduce St Martin’s Voices singing ‘I love my love’, arranged by Gustav Holst.