A journey around the Isles at Little Missenden Festival
Fri 09 Oct
|St John the Baptist Church
A journey around the British and Irish Isles, with readings by author and broadcaster Zeb Soanes and music by St Martin’s Voices.
Time & Location
09 Oct 2026, 20:00
St John the Baptist Church, Village Rd, Little Missenden, Amersham HP7 0RA, UK
About the event
A journey around the British and Irish Isles, with readings by author and broadcaster Zeb Soanes and music by St Martin’s Voices.
Zeb Soanes' voice is known to millions through his regular Relaxing Evenings with Zeb Soanes on Classic FM, and previously as newsreader and deliverer of the Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio. This year sees him touring his one-man Alec Guinness show – Two Halves of Guiness – throughout the UK, to great critical success.
Henry Purcell Fairest Isle
Ralph Vaughan Williams Five English Folk Songs
James MacMillan The gallant weaver
Kristina Arakelyan My true love is parted from me
Michael Tippett Four Songs from the British Isles
Gordon Jacob (arr.) The ash grove
Benjamin Britten Five Flower Songs
Sarah Quartel The parting glass
Kerry Andrew All things are quite silent
Cecilia McDowall How sour sweet music is from When time is broke
Grayston Ives (arr.) All through the night
Gustav Holst (arr.) I love my love
Sarah Rimkus Charlie is my darling
St Martin’s Voices
Zeb Soanes narrator
Andrew Earis director
Between the musical items, Zeb Soanes will be reading poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson, Alexander Pope, John Clare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, WH Auden, William Blake and Christina Rossetti
If you have any questions please contact us on info@stmartinsvoices.com.