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Synopsis
Aled Jones visits Shrewsbury, birthplace of Charles Darwin, for a celebration of faith, science and the natural world. The music includes the hymns Lord of Beauty, Thine the Splendour, The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended and John Rutter's arrangement of All Things Bright and Beautiful, sung by Charlotte McKechnie.
Factsheet for Sunday 22nd November
Presented by Aled Jones from Shrewsbury
INTERVIEWS
Jeremy Goulding
Headmaster, Shrewsbury School
Robin Case
School Registrar, Shrewsbury School
Professor Sir John Houghton
Chairman of the John Ray Initiative
and former co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) scientific assessment working group.
Michael Carver
Chairman, Shropshire Horticultural Society
Peter Road-Night
Secretary, Shropshire Horticultural Society
Brian Hogbin
Trustee, Shropshire Wildlife Trust
The Rev. Chris Walker
Assistant Priest, St Chad’s Church
The Rev. Mark Thomas
Vicar, St Chad’s Church
MUSICIANS
Music Advisers:
Andrew Earis
Geoff Ellerby
Robert Prizeman
All Things Bright and Beautiful was sung by Charlotte McKechnie, BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister Of The Year 2007, accompanied on the piano by Simon Lole.
Shrewsbury School Choir & Shrewsbury High School Choir were
accompanied by organist John Godwin & conductor Kathryn Burningham.
The Director of Music at Shrewsbury High School is Maureen Powell-Davies
For the outside broadcast from St Chad’s, Shrewsbury.
Conductor: David Leeke
Organist: Richard Walker
St Chad’s Church Choirs led the congregational hymn singing with members of Shrewsbury Cantata Choir. Shrewsbury Cantata Choir are a non audition, “all comers” mixed choir of roughly 50members, and there is usually a fairly equal distribution of voices. They rehearse in the Alington Hall,Shrewsbury School , each Wednesday during the Shrewsbury School Term, at 7.30pm . Rehearsals finish promptly at 9.00pm.
For further information email secretary@shrewsburycantatachoir.org.UK
LOCATIONS - St Chads
St Chad’s Church
St Chads Terrace
Shrewsbury
SY1 1JX
Tel: 01743 365 478
St Chad's is home to the KSLI (King's Shropshire Light Infantry) Chapel. The KSLI were based at Copthorne Barracks (built 1877-81) in Shrewsbury: this is now the HQ of the 5th Division and 143 West Midlands Brigade, along with TA, cadet and support units. Its regimental museum has been located in Shrewsbury Castle since 1985 and combines the collections of the 53rd, the 85th, the KSLI to 1968, the local Militia, Rifle Volunteers and Territorials, as well as those of other county regiments - the Shropshire Yeomanry and the Shropshire Artillery. The museum was attacked by the IRA in 1992 and extensive damage to the collection and to some of the Castle resulted. It re-opened in 1995. The KSLI and other Light Infantry regiments became the Light Division, and have all now been amalgamated into The Rifles Regiment.
St Mary Magdalene, Battlefield
Battlefield,
Shrewsbury,
Shropshire,
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Standing almost alone in open Shropshire countryside, this large and dignified church was built on the site of the ferocious Battle of Shrewsbury, which took place in 1403. The church was built a few years later and remains a quiet, some would say melancholic, memorial to those who died and were buried there thought to be about 1,600 people. On the outside east wall is a statue of Henry IV, victor of the battle, and inside, on the roof beams, are the shields of the knights who fought with him. A service is still held each year in July to commemorate the anniversary of the battle. Much of the church we see today is the result of an extensive restoration in the 1860s, by a distinguished local architect S Pountney Smith, who saved the church from ruin. Though he kept the original shape, tower and walls, the magnificent hammerbeam roof, the reredos, and all the fittings and furniture were installed by him. He was also responsible for installing the fine stained glass typical of the 1860s. Especially memorable is the east window with its wonderful palette of colours. One particular treasure is the Piet, carved in oak, showing the Virgin Mary holding Christ’s body. It is a remarkable and moving piece dating from the 15th century and thought to have been brought here from another church.
Shrewsbury School
Shrewsbury School,
The Schools,
Shrewsbury,
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Hymn writer Cyril Alington, who wrote Good Christians All Rejoice and Lord Of Beauty Thine the Splendour, was a former Headmaster of Shrewsbury School. Also educated at Shrewsbury School William Walsham How, writer of hymns such as ‘It is a Thing Most Wonderful’ and ‘For All the Saints’ was the 1st Bishop of Wakefield.
Tracklist
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Massed Choirs and congregation of St Chad’s, Shrewsbury — There’s a Wideness In God’s Mercy
Composer: Maurice Bevan b1921
Words: F W Faber (1814-63) altd
Tune: Corvedale
Organist: Richard Walker
Conductor: David Leeke
Tune: from Common Praise #598 pg 1286
SOP Hymnbook #317 Pg585words only - Oxford University Press, BBC Books 1997 ISBN 0 19 147325-1 this compilation © Oxford University Press 1997 -
Shrewsbury School Choir & Shrewsbury High School Choir & organ John Godwin & conductor Kathryn Burningham — It Is A Thing Most Wonderful
Composer: English Traditional Melody
Words: W Walsham How (1823-97)
Tune: Herongate
SOP Hymnbook #82 Pg158/9 Oxford University Press, BBC Books 1997 ISBN 0 19 147325-1 this compilation © Oxford University Press 1997 -
Charlotte McKechnie, pianist Simon Lole — All Things Bright and Beautiful
Composer: John Rutter
Words: Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-95) -
Shrewsbury School Choir & Shrewsbury High School Choir & organ John Godwin & conductor Kathryn Burningham — Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing
Composer: Melody from M Vulpius’s Gesangbuch, 1609
Words: C A Alington (1872-1955) altd
Tune: Vulpius
SOP Hymnbook #105 Pg201 Oxford University Press, BBC Books 1997 ISBN 0 19 147325-1 this compilation © Oxford University Press 1997 -
Massed Choirs and Congregation of St Chads, Shrewsbury — Like A Mighty River Flowing
Composer: Noel Tredinnick (b1949)
Tune: Old Yeavering
Words: Michael Perry (1942-96)
Conductor: David Leeke
Organist: Richard Walker
From SOP Hymnbook #310 Pg560 Oxford University Press, BBC Books 1997 ISBN 0 19 147325-1 this compilation © Oxford University Press 1997 -
St Chad’s Church Choirs — Lord of Beauty, Thine The Splendour
Composer: Henry Smart (1818-79)
Words: C A Alington (1872-1955)
Tune: Regent Square
Conductor: David Leeke
Organist: Richard Walker
Words: from #258 pg 557 Common Praise hymnbook
SOP Hymnbook #202 Pg391 tune - Oxford University Press, BBC Books 1997 ISBN 0 19 147325-1 this compilation © Oxford University Press 1997 -
Massed Choirs and Congregation of St Chads, Shrewsbury — We Turn To You
Composer: R R Terry (1865-1938)
Words: Fred Kaan (b1929)
Tune: Highwood
Conductor: David Leeke
Organist: Richard Walker
From SOP Hymnbook #369 pg 689 words / #14 pg26 Composer Oxford University Press, BBC Books 1997 ISBN 0 19 147325-1 this compilation © Oxford University Press 1997 -
Massed Choirs and Congregation of St Chads, Shrewsbury — The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended.
Composer: C C Scholefield (1819-1904)
Words: John Ellerton (1826-93)
Tune: St Clement
Conductor: David Leeke
Organist: Richard Walker
From SOP Hymnbook #394 pg 734/5 Oxford University Press, BBC Books 1997 ISBN 0 19 147325-1 this compilation © Oxford University Press 1997
Credits
- Presenter
- Aled Jones
- Producer
- Rowan Morton-Gledhill
- Executive Producer
- Tommy Nagra
Broadcast
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Sun 22 Nov 200917:00
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