Miserere with Zeb Soanes at St Edmundsbury Cathedral

Join Classic FM presenter Zeb Soanes and St Martin's Voices, from St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, for an evening of words and music for remembrance and reflection.

PROGRAMME

Lucy Walker – I saw eternity 

Hubert Parry – Songs of Farewell 

     My soul, there is a country

     I know my soul hath power

     Never weather-beaten sail

     There is an old belief 

     At the round earth's imagined corners 

     Lord, let me know mine end 

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INTERVAL (20 minutes)

Gregorio Allegri – Miserere

Imogen Holst – A Hymn to Christ

Cecilia McDowall – Standing as I do before God

James MacMillan – Miserere 

Zeb Soanes

St Martin's Voices

Directed by Andrew Earis

Zeb Soanes presents Relaxing Evenings on Classic FM, following a 25-year BBC career as a newsreader, Shipping Forecast voice and Proms presenter. He regularly performs as a concert presenter and narrator with leading UK orchestras, ensembles and choirs, and is the bestselling author of the Gaspard the Fox children’s books. Zeb has presented acclaimed special programmes on Classic FM and recorded works including Walton’s Façade. Born in Lowestoft, he recently led a project creating a bronze statue of Benjamin Britten. He is currently touring Two Halves of Guinness, a one-man play celebrating actor Sir Alec Guinness. Zeb is Chancellor of the University of Suffolk.

Described as “almost miraculously polished” (Gramophone), St Martin’s Voices is one of the UK’s leading vocal ensembles, renowned for its musical versatility and clarity of sound. The choir sings for regular concerts and special events at its home in London’s iconic St Martin-in-the-Fields, performing repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to new commissions from British composers. St Martin’s Voices appears at concert venues and festivals across the UK and is regularly featured in broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and Classic FM, and frequently performs with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

The concert lasts approximately 1 hour 50 minutes, with one 20 minute interval.

This concert takes place by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of St Edmundsbury Cathedral.

If you require an accessible seat for this concert, please purchase a ticket in any part of the Cathedral, then contact St Edmundsbury Cathedral directly so they can reserve you a seat. Thank you.

If you have any questions please contact us on info@stmartinsvoices.com