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SONGS OF PRAISE SIGNATURE TUNE Robert Prizeman
TITLE: SONGS OF PRAISE SIGNATURE TUNE COMPOSER: Robert Prizeman PERFORMED BY: Robert Prizeman, Maurice Murphy, Steven Geraghty COPYRIGHT: Not commercially available
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O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL Congregation of St Alban's Church, Bristol
TITLE: O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL WORDS: Traditional MUSIC: Traditional TUNE: Veni Emmanuel SOURCE: Songs of Praise Hymnbook ARRANGER: David Ogden LOCATION: All music recorded on location at St Alban’s Church, Bristol PERFORMED BY: The congregation at St. Alban’s Church, Bristol CONDUCTOR: David Ogden COPYRIGHT: The Jubilate Group
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LET US TURN OUR FACES TO THE LIGHT The congregation at St. Alban’s Church, Bristol
TITLE: LET US TURN OUR FACES TO THE LIGHT WORDS: Rev. Robert Willis MUSIC: John Bradley ARRANGER: David Ogden LOCATION: All music recorded on location at St Alban’s Church, Bristol PERFORMED BY: The congregation at St. Alban’s Church, Bristol CONDUCTOR: David Ogden
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WHAT SWEETER MUSIC The Exultate Singers with The Lochrian Ensemble
TITLE: WHAT SWEETER MUSIC WORDS: Robert Herrick MUSIC: John Rutter ARRANGER: John Rutter LOCATION: All music recorded on location at St Alban’s Church, Bristol PERFORMED BY: The Exultate Singers with The Lochrian Ensemble CONDUCTOR: David Ogden
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OF THE FATHER’S LOVE BEGOTTEN The congregation at St. Alban’s Church, Bristol
TITLE: OF THE FATHER’S LOVE BEGOTTEN WORDS: Traditional MUSIC: From Piae Cantiones TUNE: Divinum Mysterium SOURCE: Songs of Praise Hymnbook ARRANGER: David Ogden LOCATION: All music recorded on location at St Alban’s Church, Bristol PERFORMED BY: The congregation at St. Alban’s Church, Bristol CONDUCTOR: David Ogden
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IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER The Military Wives
TITLE: IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER WORDS: Christina Rossetti MUSIC: Gustav T. Holst (1874 – 1934) TUNE: Traditional LOCATION: All music recorded on location at St Alban’s Church, Bristol PERFORMED BY: The Military Wives
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HARK, THE GLAD SOUND! The congregation at St. Alban’s Church, Bristol
TITLE: HARK, THE GLAD SOUND! WORDS: Philip Doddridge (1702 – 1751) MUSIC: from Thomas Ravenscroft’s Psalmes (1621) TUNE: Bristol SOURCE: Songs of Praise Hymnbook ARRANGER: David Ogden LOCATION: All music recorded on location at St Alban’s Church, Bristol PERFORMED BY: The congregation at St. Alban’s Church, Bristol CONDUCTOR: David Ogden COPYRIGHT: (In this version) Praise Trust
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THE TREES Westbury on Trym Parish Church Choir and Bristol Schools Chamber Choir
TITLE: THE TREES WORDS: Carol Ann Duffy MUSIC: Sasha Johnson Manning SOURCE: Faber Music ARRANGER: David Ogden LOCATION: All music recorded on location at St Alban’s Church, Bristol PERFORMED BY: Westbury on Trym Parish Church Choir and Bristol Schools Chamber Choir CONDUCTOR: David Ogden
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LO! HE COMES WITH CLOUDS DESCENDING The congregation at St. Alban’s Church, Bristol
TITLE: LO! HE COMES WITH CLOUDS DESCENDING WORDS & MUSIC: Charles Wesley (1707 – 1788) TUNE: Helmsley SOURCE: Singing The Faith ARRANGER: David Ogden ( /Martin Madan) LOCATION: All music recorded on location at St Alban’s Church, Bristol PERFORMED BY: The congregation at St. Alban’s Church, Bristol CONDUCTOR: David Ogden
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Factsheet for Sunday 2nd December
Advent Verse: Pam Rhodes introduces poetry and music for Advent, with guests Sheila Hancock and Sir Derek Jacobi, plus seasonal hymns from St Alban's Church in Bristol and The Military Wives.
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PERFORMERS
The Exultate Singers
Exultate Singers is an accomplished chamber choir of 40 singers based in Bristol, founded in September 2002 by its conductor, David Ogden. The choir has gone on to perform in more than 150 concerts, broadcasts on BBC Radios 2, 3, 4, the World Service and Classic FM, has appeared on BBC's Songs of Praise and The One Show and has made 4 CD recordings. More information on the choir can be found on the following website: http://www.exultatesingers.org/index.php
Childrens Choir
This choir of children came together especially for this Songs of Praise recording, under conductor David Ogden. They children come from two separate choirs from the Bristol area, Westbury on Trym Parish Church Choir and Bristol Schools Chamber Choir, and range from 8 to 18 years of age. Further details are available on the following websites: http://www.westbury-parish-church.org.uk/music.php and http://www.bristolschoolschamberchoir.org.uk/
David Ogden
Conductor, choirmaster and arranger. More information on David’s work can be found at http://www.davidogden.co.uk/
The Military Wives
The Military Wives became a household name following the creation of the original choir on BBC Two programme The Choir, which featured choirmaster Gareth Malone. There are now branches of the choir all over the UK and all members are the wives or partners of British military personnel. -
INTERVIEWEES
Sheila Hancock
Sheila is one of the nation’s best-loved actors and has made numerous stage and television appearances during her long career. Sheila has spoken of her love of poetry in the past and how it helped her when grieving for the loss of her husband, the late actor John Thaw.
Sir Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek forged his career in the theatre, and is well-known for his many different stage roles as well as his countless appearances on the big screen. Sir Derek has also recorded poetry audio books and has taken part in poetry recitals in London’s West End. He is currently starring in ‘Last Tango in Halifax’ on BBC One.
Carol Ann Duffy
Duffy is the current Poet Laureate. Her latest collection of poems is called ‘The Bees’. Duffy wrote the words to The Manchester Carols, which are available on CD from the Naxos label. -
LOCATIONS
All music was recorded at:
St Alban’s Church
Bayswater Avenue, Westbury Park, Bristol BS6 7NU
The poetry readings were recorded at:
St-Jude-On-The-Hill
Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London NW11 7AH -
OTHER INFORMATION
St. Alban’s Church
This Christian community is made up of the congregations from two churches; St Alban’s C of E Church and Westbury Park Methodist Church. The main Sunday act of worship takes place in the building of St Alban’s, which is where this Songs of Praise recording took place. More information on the churches and their involvement in the local community is available on their website. -
POEMS
The following poems were all featured in the programme.
'A Christmas Carol, Sung to the King in the Presence at White-Hall’ by Robert Herrick
‘BC: AD’ by U.A. Fanthorpe
‘Christmas’ by John Betjeman
‘The Christmas’ Life by Wendy Cope
In addition there was a reading from the Book of Isaiah 9 vv. 2 & 6.
Credits
- Series Editor
- David Taviner
- Presenter
- Pam Rhodes
- Producer
- Garry Boon
- Executive Producer
- Tommy Nagra
