BBC - BBC Radio 2 Programmes - Aled Jones with Good Morning Sunday, 11/04/2010

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Last broadcast on Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 06:00 on BBC Radio 2.

Synopsis

Each week Aled Jones plays tracks from a broad musical spectrum, that celebrates both our choral traditions and the vibrant world of modern music as well as spiritually uplifting and reflective music. He also discusses religious and ethical issues of the week with faith representatives.

Aled says Good Morning Sunday to actor and comedian Omid Djalili about his new film The Infidel, in which he plays a British Asian Muslim who discovers he's actually Jewish. Omid talks to Aled about his Iranian background and his Bahai faith. Looking ahead to the Sikh New Year festival, Vaisakhi, Dr Savi Arora discusses the news of the week from a faith perspective, and gives the Moment of Reflection.

Sunday Spotlight

The spotlight falls on Krista Detor, a singer, songwriter from Indianna. Her latest album is called ‘Chocolate Paper Suites’, where each ‘suite’ is loosely connected by theme and imagery inspired by the works of Frederico Garcia Lorca, Dylan Thomas and Charles Darwin, among other thinkers, artists and experiences. One critic called the album “A small miracle......... wonderful, compelling”.

In March 2009 Krista Detor was chosen to be a part of the Darwin Songhouse a group of writers challenged with creating new songs that had a ‘resonance and relevance to Darwin’. For seven days in a farmhouse in Darwin’s hometown of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, Krista, with other songwriters worked intensely to create songs to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin.

Krista doesn’t like being defined by a genre: “The whole musical world is changing; maybe the tight restrictions of ‘genre’ are finally being set aside. The world is so wide…”. We’ve chosen this song for you……..Rich Man’s Life……….

Omid Djalili

Award winning comedian and actor Omid Djalili made his name in stand-up before being given his own series on BBC1. He’s featured in a number of films, including Notting Hill, Pirates of the Caribbean and Gladiator, and last year starred as Fagin in the West End production of Oliver. As a British Iranian, he’s often cast as a middle Eastern characters, but in his latest film he plays a very ordinary British Muslim cab driver. Ordinary, until he uncovers his birth certificate and he realises that he’s actually Jewish…

Omid Djalili’s website
http://www.omidnoagenda.com/

Faith Guest – Dr Savi Arora

Dr Savi Arora describes himself as "Broadcaster, Podcaster, Columnist, Political Blogger, Company Director, Interfaith and Media Commentator". He produces the podcast "Sikhwithin" which aims to inform and engage people in sharing knowledge about Sikhism. It also aims to improve interfaith dialogue through education.
Savi chats to Aled about the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi and gives the Moment of Reflection.

Dr Savi Arora’s website

Music played

Four Tops — I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
Annie Lennox — Shining Light
Newton Faulkner — If This Is It
Grimethorpe Colliery Band — Colonel Bogey
Paul Weller — No Tears To Cry
Kirsty MacColl — They Don’t Know
Meat Loaf — Los Angeloser
Sacred and Secular
1. Bryn Terfel — The Lord Is My Shepherd
2. Bob Dylan — When The Deal Goes Down
3. Ronan Keating — Life Is A Rollercoaster
4. ABBA — I Have A Dream
5. Suzzy & Maggie Roche — Anyway
6. Isaac Freeman — Lord I Want You To Help Me
7. Jackie Wilson — (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher
8. The Rolling Creekdippers — In My Hour Of Darkness
Choral Classic
1. Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Dell’Opera Di Roma/Gabriele Santini — Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves
2. Simply Red — You Make Me Feel Brand New
3. Paolo Nutini — Growing Up Beside You
4. Mary Chapin Carpenter — In The Name Of Love
5. Dan Clews — Move Too Fast
6. Nancy Sinatra & Dean Martin — Things
7. Elton John — Love Song
8. Gordon Lightfoot — Rainy Day People
Moment Of Reflection
1. Black Dyke Band — That’ll Do
2. Canned Heat — Lets Work Together
3. Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry, Eric Clapton — Love Can Build A Bridge
4. Katherine Jenkins — Fear Of Falling
Sunday Spotlight
1. Krista Detor — Rich Man’s Life
2. Traveling Wilburys — You Took My Breath Away
3. The Avett Brothers — I And Love And You
4. Mary Mary — Trouble Ain’t
5. Bruce Springsteen — Working On A Dream