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Cathedrals

Music and worship. Aled Jones introduces magnificent hymns from some of our great British cathedrals, ancient and modern, and joins a group of Londoners who have never been inside St Paul's.

35 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 May 2011 17:10

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Robert Prizeman, Maurice Murphy, Steven Geraghty

    Robert Prizeman, Maurice Murphy, Steven Geraghty - "Songs of Praise" Signature Tune

    Composer: Robert Prizeman Sheet music for the Songs of Praise signature tune is published by Chester Music, catalogue number CH55835. You can listen to the theme tune on CD 2 of the Songs of Praise Album.

  • Congregation at Southwark Cathedral/Organist Peter Wright/ 1st Trumpet James Watson/2nd Trumpet Anne McCaneney/Horn Martin Owen/Trombone Colin Sheen/Tuba Nick Hitchens/Timps Trystan Fry

    Before The Throne Of God Above

    Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright Music: Vikki Cook Words: Charitie Lees Bancroft (1841-1923) Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright Source: Worship Today No. 38

  • Choirs and congregation at St Mary鈥檚 Congregation and Connaught Brass

    Immortal Invisible

    Conductor: Gordon Stewart Tune: St Denio Music: Welsh hymn melody Words: Walter Chalmers Smith Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright Source - CH4 132, Canterbury Press

  • Girl Choristers of Winchester Cathedral

    Lift Thine Eyes (from "Elijah")

    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) Director of Music: Andrew Lumsden Published: Choral Public Domain Library

  • Libera

    Sanctissima

    Words: Trad CD: Libera Peace (EMI 9 05335 2) track 1 Music: Robert Prizeman

  • Choirs and Congregation at Truro Cathedral

    To God Be The Glory

    Tune: To God Be The Glory Music: W.H. Doane (1832-1915) Words: Fanny Crosby (Frances Van Alstyne) (1820-1915) Arranger Robert Ramskill Source: Songs of Praise hymnbook no. 256

  • Choirs and congregation in Rochester Cathedral

    In Christ Alone

    Conductor Gordon Stewart Music & Words: Keith Getty and Stuart Townend Arranger: Tim Oliver

  • Choirs and Congregations in The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ The King, Liverpool

    The Day Thou Gavest

    Music: C C Scholfield 1839-1904 Words: John Ellerton 1826-93 Tune: St Clement Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright Source: Songs of Praise no. 394 Publishers: Oxford University Press 1997 Performers: Combined choirs and congregation of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King accompanied by Cathedral organist, Richard Lea, brass quintet comprising Gareth Small (Trumpet 1), Michael Woodhead (Trumpet 2), Andrew Littlemore (Horn), Philip Goodwin (Trombone), Brian Kingsley (Tuba), and Mark Concar (Timpani) and conducted by David Lawrence.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Aled Jones
Producer David Waters
Series Editor David Taviner
Executive Producer Tommy Nagra

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