Choral Classics: Drop, drop slow tears
Sunday 23 March 2025
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
A beautiful 30 minute sequence of words and music, exploring much-loved choral works in the beautiful surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Directed by Thomas Perkins
Led by Rachel Haworth
Performed by St Martin’s Voices
Drop, drop slow tears
By the rivers of Babylon – Trad., arr. Ken Burton
Drop, drop slow tears – Gibbons
Super fluma Babylonis – Palestrina
When David heard – Tomkins
Weep, O mine eyes – Bennet
Drop, drop slow tears – Walton
O Mary, don’t you weep, don’t you mourn – Trad., arr. Hogan
Choral Classics is FREE to attend and all are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Please note that Choral Classics is in-person only.
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