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at St Mary’s Church with St Martin’s Voices, composer Lucy Walker and poet Jay Hulme. Concert available to watch online via the link below.

Following the Footsteps of Saints: When the stars wheel round and the tide rolls in​

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An hour-long programme of words and music reflecting on St Aidan, the sea and pilgrimage. The performance features poems written and read by Jay Hulme from his book The Vanishing Song (Canterbury Press), alongside choral works, sung by St Martin's Voices, by Bob Chilcott, Eleanor Daley, John Rutter as well as the première of St Aidan's Prayer written and introduced by composer-in-residence Lucy Walker.​

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Tickets £10 to watch online

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Please note that the online performance will be available from Monday 2nd September at 7.30pm and can be viewed as frequently as you like until 31st October 2024.​

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Following the concert, there will be a panel discussion with Revd Sarah Hills, Vicar of Holy Island, poet Jay Hulme, composer Lucy Walker, Scott Brennan, one of the Guardians of the Community of Aidan and Hilda and Revd Ric Whaite, Director of Ministry and Mission, Newcastle Diocese.

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