Great Sacred Music
Hosted by Sam Wells · St Martin's Voices
5.0from 29 ratings
- 348
- Episodes
- 24
- Transcribed
- 29
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Great Sacred Music
A weekly sequence of words and music from St Martin-in-the-Fields
- Publisher
- St Martin's Voices
- Category
- music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Jan 2019
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
24 of 348 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Thursday 15 October: Pilgrimage
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Thursday 8 October: Thomas Traherne
Inside a recent episode
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Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Joseph travels from Canaan to Egypt. Moses brings the Hebrews back across the wilderness. Joshua brings them into the promised land and so on. In the Middle Ages, people started to think of a journey as a quest. Quest is a type of journey during which you learn a lot about yourself and your companions, but also a lot about the destination you're going on. In other words, your goal isn't really a rival, it's making the most of the journey as a learning and growing experience. Pilgrimage became a major feature of the Middle Ages, especially for the years Jerusalem was held in crusader hands. Going on pilgrimage became a significant act of penance. […]
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- Andrew Earis
- Gavin Roberts
- Laura Newey
- Polina Sosnina
- Theo Nisbett
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- 5.0 / 5
- 29 ratings
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- 29
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 90
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Who hosts Great Sacred Music?
Sam Wells host the show. Published by St Martin's Voices.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
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