Lucy Walker: Choral Works St Martins Voices, Stephen Farr & Andrew Earis

• Lucy Walker (b. 1998): Today:
• 1 Walker: Today 01:51
• O nata lux:
• 2 Walker: O nata lux 02:57
• O Sing to the Lord:
• 3 Walker: O Sing to the Lord 02:41
• Here, Home:
• 4 Walker: Here, Home 02:01
• The St Martin's Service:
• 5 Walker: The St Martin's Service: I. Magnificat 06:08
• 6 Walker: The St Martin's Service: II. Nunc dimittis 04:46
• Before the Ending of the Day:
• 7 Walker: Before the Ending of the Day 01:54
• Make Me an Island:
• 8 Walker: Make Me an Island 04:22
• Ave virgo sanctissima:
• 9 Walker: Ave virgo sanctissima 04:25
• There is no Rose:
• 10 Walker: There is no Rose 02:41
• There Will Come Soft Rains:
• 11 Walker: There Will Come Soft Rains 04:00
• Lighten Our Darkness:
• 12 Walker: Lighten Our Darkness 02:03
• The Lord's Prayer:
• 13 Walker: The Lord's Prayer 03:40
• Let All the World:
• 14 Walker: Let All the World 03:19
• Love Flows:
• 15 Walker: Love Flows 05:00
• Bird Raptures:
• 16 Walker: Bird Raptures: I. The Nightingale 03:05
• 17 Walker: Bird Raptures: II. Twilight 03:15
• 18 Walker: Bird Raptures: III. And My Love Loves Me! 01:52
• I Saw Eternity:
• 19 Walker: I Saw Eternity 05:07
• Total Runtime 01:05:07

Info for Lucy Walker: Choral Works

This compelling debut album from composer Lucy Walker showcases one of the UK's most exciting emerging voices in choral composition. Written during her residency with St Martin's Voices, the works trace a journey of artistic growth and spiritual depth, from the hopeful intimacy of Today to the shimmering expansiveness of I saw eternity. Walker's music is deeply rooted in the choral tradition, yet distinctly contemporary--her harmonic language radiant and text-driven, her textures luminous and finely woven.

Under the sensitive direction of Andrew Earis, St Martin's Voices bring remarkable nuance and warmth to these performances, revealing the emotional resonance and craftsmanship in each piece. Whether drawing on plainsong, part-song or contrapuntal dance, Walker's voice is unmistakably her own--lyrical, thoughtful, and full of light. This album is both a celebration of collaboration and a moving portrait of a composer whose music speaks with clarity, heart and vision.

St Martin's Voices
Stephen Farr, organ
Andrew Earis, conductor

St Martin’s Voices
is one of the UK’s most versatile professional vocal ensembles. They sing for concerts and broadcasts at their home in London’s iconic St Martin-in-the-Fields and beyond, and regularly perform alongside ensembles including the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the Piatti Quartet. They have toured to the USA and South Africa as well as undertaking extensive tours across the UK. The choir regularly features in broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 and has frequently given concerts on Classic FM alongside the broadcaster Zeb Soanes.

In 2023 they released their first album with Resonus Classics, A Winter Breviary, to critical acclaim, and their second album, featuring the choral works of American composer Ned Rorem, was released in March 2025, receiving a 5* review in BBC Music Magazine. St Martin’s Voices regularly commission and premiere new works, collaborating with composers including Bob Chilcott, Will Todd, Yshani Perinpanayagam, Rebecca Dale and Emily Hazrati. In 2023 they appointed their first Composer-in-Residence, Lucy Walker.

Stephen Farr
is Director of Music at St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, and at Worcester College, Oxford, posts which he combines with a varied career as soloist, continuo player, and conductor. He was Organ Scholar of Clare College, Cambridge, graduating with a double first in Music and an MPhil in musicology. He then held appointments at Christ Church, Oxford, and at Winchester and Guildford Cathedrals.

A former student of David Sanger and a prizewinner at international competition level, he has an established reputation as one of the leading recitalists of his generation, and has appeared in the UK in venues including the Royal Albert Hall (where he gave the premiere of Judith Bingham’s The Everlasting Crown in the BBC Proms 2011); Bridgewater Hall; Symphony Hall, Birmingham; Westminster Cathedral; King’s College, Cambridge, St Paul’s Celebrity Series and Westminster Abbey: he also appears frequently on BBC Radio 3 as both performer and presenter.

He has performed widely in both North and South America (most recently as guest soloist and director at the Cartagena International Music Festival), in Australia, and throughout Europe.

He has a particular commitment to contemporary music, and has been involved in premieres of works by composers including Patrick Gowers, Francis Pott and Robert Saxton; he also collaborated with Thomas Adès in a recording of Under Hamelin Hill, part of an extensive and wide-ranging discography.

His concerto work has included engagements with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and the London Mozart Players; he made his debut in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in 2005. He has also worked with many other leading ensembles including the Berlin Philharmonic (with whom he appeared in the premiere of Jonathan Harvey’s Weltethos under Sir Simon Rattle in October 2011), Florilegium, the Bach Choir, Holst Singers, BBC Singers, Polyphony, The English Concert, London Baroque Soloists, City of London Sinfonia, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Wallace Collection, Endymion Ensemble, the Philharmonia, Academy of Ancient Music, Britten Sinfonia and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Booklet for Lucy Walker: Choral Works