The Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields in concert

The Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields is an outstanding liturgical voluntary choir rooted in Sunday worship at St Martin’s. In addition, they sing for the worship services at all the major church festivals, including Advent, Christmas, Holy Week and Easter. The Choir is well known for its broadcasts on BBC Radio and Television, concerts and tours. They strive to be amongst the leading voluntary church choirs in the UK, performing a wide range of sacred choral repertoire on a regular basis to a very high standard. 

At St Andrew's Wickford they performed a diverse programme of choral music to an appreciative and full church. The programme began with 'Totus Tuus' by Górecki and then progressed chronologically from the Renaissance - 'Sicut Cervus' by Palestrina, 'Sing Joyfully' by Byrd and 'Quam Gloriosum' by Victoria - then Romanticism - 'Abendlied' by Rheinberger and 'Nunc Dimitis' by Holst - into the twentieth century with pieces from Parry, Finzi, Stetsenko (a Ukrainian composer) and Daley, before ending with two pieces from South Africa - 'Hamba Nathi' and 'Baba Yetu', the latter being a Swahili version of the Lord's Prayer.

Among comments made about the concert was the following: "Thank you to all involved in bringing the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields to St Andrew’s church in Wickford. To have a concert of such a standard in our town is absolutely fantastic. The choir were simply superb and the music was glorious."

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The Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields.