General:

In the first of two programmes, Aled Jones hosts the final of the Songs of Praise School Choir of the Year competition. Choirs from across the UK sing traditional hymns and inspirational songs. Judges Bazil Meade who founded the London Community Gospel Choir, Howard Goodall, TV presenter and composer of signature tunes for TV and Soprano Lesley Garrett have to decide who will become Junior and Senior School Choir of the Year 2008. Music includes 'You Shall go out with Joy'

Interviews:

JUNIOR SCHOOLS INVOLVED Putney High School Junior Department, London. Conductor: Wendy Archibald Lindley Junior School, Huddersfield. Conductor: Alison Watkins Heath Mount School, Hertford. Conductor: Carolyn Godlee SENIOR SCHOOLS INVOLVED Coventry Blue Coat CofE School, Coventry. Conductor: Philip Formstone Twyford CofE High School, London. Conductor: The Rev Lloyd Crossfield Rugby School, Rugby. Conductor: Richard Dunster-Sigtermans JUDGES Howard Goodall TV Presenter, Composer of choral music and TV theme tunes Lesley Garrett Soprano / Opera singer Bazil Meade Founder-director of The London Community Gospel Choir

Music:

Conductor - all choir items Douglas Coombes Music Adviser Robert Prizeman Pianist Richard Baker Music one: Name: One More Step Musicandwords:Sydney Carter (b1915) Tune: Southcote Published: © Stainer and Bell Ltd Source: SOP Hymnbook #340 pg 636/7 Oxford University Press ISBN 0191473251 Performers: Heath Mount School Choir, conductor Carolyn Godlee and pianist Matthew Woodward Music two: Name: Sing Alleluia Music: Harold Bright ? Performers: Heath Mount School Choir, conductor Carolyn Godlee and pianist Matthew Woodward Music three: Name: Dear Lord and Father Music: C Hubert H Parry (1848-1918) from a song in his oratorio Judith Tune: Repton Words: J G Whittier (1807-92) Source: SOP Hymnbook #324 pg598/9 Oxford University Press ISBN 0191473251 Performers: Lindley Junior School Choir, conductor Alison Watkins and pianist Emma Binns Music four: Name: Rhythm of Life Music: C Y Coleman Words: Dorothy Fields Arranger: Richard Barnes Performers: Lindley Junior School Choir, conductor Alison Watkins and pianist Emma Binns Music five: Name: Abba Father MusicandWords:Dave Bilbrough © Dave Bilbrough Songs administered by Thank you Music PO Box 75 Eastbourne, East Sussex. BN23 6NW Tune: Abba Father Source: SOP Hymnbook #284 pg 534/5 Oxford University Press ISBN 0191473251 Performers: Putney High School Junior Department Choir, conductor Wendy Archibald and pianist Jo Nicholls Music six: Name: News is Whispered in Corners MusicandWords:Peter Rose/Anne Conlon Source: From Hymns for a caring world Performers: Putney High School Junior Department Choir, conductor Wendy Archibald and pianist Jo Nicholls Music seven: Name: How Great Thou Art Composer: Swedish Folk melody Tune: How Great Thou Art Words: Russian hymn tr Stuart K Hine (1899-1989) © 1953 Stuart K Hine/the Kingsway Trust Source: SOP Hymnbook #13 pg24/5 Oxford University Press ISBN 0191473251 Performers: Coventry Blue Coat CofE School Choir, conductor Philip Formstone and pianist Chris Howard Music eight: Name: Bright Morning Stars are Rising Music: Traditional song WordsandArranger:Paul Siskind © 1999 by G Schirmer, inc, NY Performers: Coventry Blue Coat CE School Choir, conductor Philip Formstone and pianist Chris Howard Music nine: Name: The Lord's My Shepherd Music: Scottish Psalter, 1650 based on Psalm 23 Arrangement: Richard Dunster-Sigtermans Tune: Brother James' Air Words: Based on psalm 23 Source: SOP Hymnbook #27 pg 51 Oxford University Press ISBN 0191473251 Performers: Rugby School Choir, conductor Richard Dunster-Sigtermans and pianist Rob Colley Music ten: Name: Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah Music: John Hughes (1873-1932) Tune: Cwm Rhondda Words: William Williams (1717-91) Peter Williams (1727-96) and others Descant: Malcolm Archer Source: SOP Hymnbook #141 pg 270/1 Oxford University Press ISBN 0191473251 Performers: Rugby School Choir, conductor Richard Dunster-Sigtermans and pianist Rob Colley Music eleven: Name: Holy Holy Holy Music: J B Dykes (1823-76) Tune: Nicaea Words: Reginald Heber (1783-1826) Source: SOP Hymnbook #170 pg 320/1 Oxford University Press ISBN 0191473251 Performers: Twyford CofE High School Choir, conductor The Rev. Lloyd Crossfield and pianist Joshua Cadman Music twelve: Name: Solid Rock Music: Patricia A Gill Words: Walter Hawkins Performers: Twyford CofE High School Choir, conductor The Rev. Lloyd Crossfield and pianist Joshua Cadman Music thirteen: Name: You Shall Go Out with Joy MusicandWords:Stuart Dauermann / Steffi Geiser Rubin Arranger: Douglas Coombes Performers: Putney High School Junior Department Choir, Lindley Junior School Choir, Heath Mount School Choir, Coventry Blue Coat CofE School Choir, Twyford CofE High School Choir, Rugby School Choir, conductor Douglas Coombes and pianist Richard Baker

Locations:

Competition took place in studio 7 at BBC Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester. M60 1SJ

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