Programme exploring all things choral, with performances and special features.
Scroll down for information on next year's Choir of the Year competition, and the Sing Hallelujah project.
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Broadcast Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 18:30 on BBC Radio 3 but not available on BBC iPlayer.
Aled Jones with coverage of the final of the 2009 Let The Peoples Sing choir contest.
Sing Hallelujah is a nationwide project which is encouraging people to find their voice and discover the joy of singing through Handel's famous "Hallelujah Chorus". Sing Hallelujah is a project led by BBC Radio 3, and English National Opera. We’re inviting choirs to learn and perform the Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah, during November and December 2009.
For more information visit the website, which includes the Hallelujah Chorus score, specially recorded backing tracks, a map of all the choirs that have registered for the project, and lots more.
The Choir programme are following the Sing Hallelujah project closely, and there will be a special live programme dedicated to the project on 6 December.
If you're planning to enter the Choir of the Year 2010 competition get your entries in, the deadline is 11 December 2009!
Choir of the Year is free to enter and brings together singing groups of all ages to battle it out for a place in the Grand Final at London’s Royal Festival Hall in November 2010, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 The Choir programme, and BBC FOUR.
Only the best groups in each category - Children, Youth, Adult and Open – will go on to compete in the finals and only one will be crowned Choir of the Year 2010!
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