So Great a Cloud of Witnesses: Music and Poetry Celebrating the Saints and Martyrs (Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts)

In a memorable phrase, the New Testament Letter to the Hebrews says ‘we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses’. This provides the inspiration for Old Saint Paul’s superb choir, under its Director John Kitchen, to perform a selection of anthems and hymns inspired by the lives and deaths of some of the greatest witnesses to the Christian faith. Drawn from works composed and written over two millennia, the music will be interspersed by poetry reflecting the same theme.​

TICKETS: £16 (under 18 £10) from Fringe Box Office and Eventbrite and on the door