:00:26. > :00:35.Hello, welcome to the show. Is it any wonder that Wonder Villains are
:00:35. > :00:40.being kept as our next big thing? They will be playing live later.
:00:40. > :00:45.One of Northern Ireland's most prolific sculptors is here. Maurice
:00:45. > :00:49.Harron is making this week's 60 minute masterpiece.
:00:49. > :00:53.Every time you listen to Will Young, Take That, or even when it Paltrow,
:00:53. > :01:03.you hear a little bit of her, it is for his coach to the stars, Carrie
:01:03. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:08.Grant. -- a voice coach. Nice to see you. You are now a member of
:01:08. > :01:15.the one show family. You have been coaching megastars. Everything is
:01:15. > :01:21.going well. It is busy but it is diverse. It is a good place to be.
:01:21. > :01:26.And you have got a CBeebies series? Yes, we cover every age group. We
:01:26. > :01:32.are passionate about day -- about getting good music to be under
:01:32. > :01:36.fives. The series was a bit of a labour of love. When you are making
:01:36. > :01:46.a programme, you don't think about it, you just think about making
:01:46. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:50.music. I have been out this year with World Vision, doing nights
:01:50. > :02:00.colt girls' night out. Why do motivational speaking and sing some
:02:00. > :02:00.
:02:00. > :02:05.songs. I said at the piano and just play for myself as well.
:02:05. > :02:11.We will be asking carry later if she thinks anyone can thing. --
:02:11. > :02:16.Carrie Grant. Yesterday we stopped 25,000 children in a mass choir for
:02:17. > :02:26.Children In Need. With the success of Glee and The Choir -- Military
:02:27. > :02:27.
:02:27. > :02:32.Wives, singing his back. -- singing is back.
:02:32. > :02:37.# Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound... #.
:02:37. > :02:42.The melodic harmonies of traditional choirs have been
:02:42. > :02:49.ringing out across Northern Ireland's churches and halls for
:02:49. > :02:59.decades. Bihar Mandic male-voice choir is one of the oldest in
:02:59. > :03:00.
:03:00. > :03:05.Northern Ireland. It has been going for almost 70 years. You come
:03:05. > :03:09.together once a week. Why are you so dedicated? When I was working,
:03:09. > :03:14.it was a great release. It was great fun coming in for two ours.
:03:14. > :03:21.It takes your mind off everything. Our numbers are steady because of
:03:21. > :03:27.the loyalty of the members. Over the course of a year we average
:03:27. > :03:33.about 12 or 13 concerts and outings. Last year we went to Hungary. We
:03:33. > :03:38.tried to introduce at least two or three pieces every year and try and
:03:38. > :03:43.have more modern music but when we go to concerts, the audience prefer
:03:43. > :03:51.the older stuff. So you are not going to do eight Lady Gaga up
:03:51. > :03:58.medley any time soon? -- a Lady Gaga medley? You might get some
:03:58. > :04:07.impersonations at the weekend! Choirs go back as far as the second
:04:07. > :04:12.century BC, when the ancient Greeks sang Delphic hymns. Ever since then,
:04:12. > :04:18.choirs have delighted audiences through the years, from Gregorian
:04:18. > :04:24.chanting to the barbershop quartet. There is a new sound changing all
:04:24. > :04:34.the rules. All-singing all-dancing, it is high-kicking its way into
:04:34. > :04:40.
:04:40. > :04:45.Northern Ireland... We used to do choral work and actually lots of
:04:45. > :04:55.choral festivals. We always listen to what the audiences and members
:04:55. > :04:57.
:04:57. > :05:01.work. It came into it that we wanted to do more music and shows.
:05:01. > :05:11.Show choirs have arrived in town with catchy pop songs and energetic
:05:11. > :05:16.dance routines, and they have captured the imagination of people
:05:17. > :05:26.who want to sing and dance. It has been popular in America for decades.
:05:27. > :05:29.
:05:29. > :05:35.The first recorded the club was started in 1787. Extremely popular
:05:35. > :05:45.at the time, they were eight specific form of English song with
:05:45. > :05:48.
:05:48. > :05:58.two or more and voice parts. The Newcastle Glee Singers are just one
:05:58. > :06:02.group capturing this. We are giving kids music they want to hear. We
:06:02. > :06:10.gave them modern dance which they are in tune with and are familiar
:06:10. > :06:20.with. You get to meet lots of people and be with them often as
:06:20. > :06:24.
:06:24. > :06:29.well. All of my friends are there. The made so many new friends.
:06:29. > :06:35.Gospel choirs, community choirs, gay choirs, male-voice choirs, and
:06:35. > :06:42.now show choirs. There is a quiet out there for everyone. -- choir.
:06:42. > :06:52.Years ago, traditional choirs would have stopped to him next but now,
:06:52. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :07:02.everyone is broadening their horizons. Take it away, boys!
:07:02. > :07:21.
:07:21. > :07:27.That was a handsome bunch of boys! You would fall for them just for
:07:27. > :07:32.their voices. Do you think choirs are making a comeback? Absolutely.
:07:32. > :07:36.Singing has been on the rise of for the last decade. There is every
:07:36. > :07:40.tide of quiet represented out there. You can pretty much decide where
:07:40. > :07:50.you fit in and there is something for you. And the Irish do love
:07:50. > :07:50.
:07:50. > :08:00.singing, all my gosh! -- though my gosh.
:08:00. > :08:10.Graham and I sing often in the office.
:08:10. > :08:12.
:08:12. > :08:20.# Don't Go breaking My Heart... #. Elton John must be quaking in his
:08:20. > :08:27.boots! Now you just have to find out which key you are in! The right
:08:27. > :08:32.notes, just not the right order. Is it true, can you teach anybody to
:08:32. > :08:38.think? You can teach anyone to thing. You guys could be taught is
:08:38. > :08:41.saying, but not necessarily together! -- taught to sing. Not
:08:41. > :08:49.everyone will be amazing but you would go up -- can be taught to
:08:50. > :08:54.hold a tune. You have coached big- names like Gwyneth Paltrow, who
:08:54. > :09:00.appeared in Glee. It must have been hard to get her constructive
:09:00. > :09:05.criticism? She is the most disarming and amazing woman. She is
:09:05. > :09:10.fantastic and it made me realise, when people going to the A-list,
:09:10. > :09:15.they are a whole other League of talent. She was able to transfer
:09:15. > :09:23.everything as an actress over to her singing. She is lovely and very
:09:23. > :09:30.humble. She wants to make you a cup of tea immediately. You went to her
:09:30. > :09:37.house, of course? She is lovely. You are an exceptional singer in
:09:37. > :09:42.her own right. You have a MOBO. Tell us about that. We did this
:09:42. > :09:46.project, which we just wanted to do because it was important to us. My
:09:46. > :09:50.father had just died in Sierra Leone, he was a missionary, and I
:09:50. > :09:57.wanted to make a gospel amble -- are bum off the back of that
:09:57. > :10:04.experience. We just made it for ourselves and the next thing we
:10:04. > :10:09.knew, we were winning a MOBO. It is always good to be recognised.
:10:09. > :10:18.It has been known as the balls on the Falls. Monique Rise sculpture
:10:18. > :10:23.rose up earlier this year. -- the Rise sculpture. It has, in for a
:10:23. > :10:33.shed loads of comment from those who ticket is either a steel
:10:33. > :10:49.
:10:49. > :10:57.stunner or eight metal monster. -- I work at the West Belfast
:10:57. > :11:03.partnership. I am standing in front of the Rise, Northern Ireland's
:11:03. > :11:09.legit -- largest piece of public art. It is positioned at the
:11:09. > :11:16.gateway of the city. It opened into tempered this year. I love this
:11:16. > :11:22.because it draws its inspiration from nature. It represents the sun
:11:22. > :11:29.rising over a new Belfast, the reeds from the bog meadow, and a
:11:29. > :11:34.dandelion. Public art is important for us. This places Belfast on the
:11:34. > :11:40.map. We need good public art. It inspires his all and improves our
:11:40. > :11:46.sense of well-being, and gives us pride of place. This turns its back
:11:47. > :11:56.on at no 1. It is round and belongs to all of us. It represents the new
:11:57. > :12:00.
:12:00. > :12:04.Belfast. I am Daniel, an artist based in Belfast. When I look at
:12:04. > :12:10.the Rise sculpture, it doesn't convince me. I do not believe it
:12:10. > :12:15.tells us about our past or future. I appreciate some people think it
:12:15. > :12:19.is an improvement on what there was before but to me, it is simplistic
:12:19. > :12:23.and derivative and does not stand for anything. I think a lot of
:12:23. > :12:28.people feel like it doesn't speak to them. Maybe a lot of people look
:12:28. > :12:32.at this piece and feel like they do not understand it. I don't
:12:32. > :12:36.understand why we need to spend half a million pounds on a piece of
:12:36. > :12:40.art like this. I work every day with artists and organisations in
:12:40. > :12:50.the City who are struggling day-in and day-out and I think we deserve
:12:50. > :12:58.
:12:58. > :13:08.more. Now you have had -- heard both sides, but with your feet. --
:13:08. > :13:11.
:13:11. > :13:17.and vote. It is a dead heat. What is it for? People do not understand
:13:17. > :13:23.what it is for. Visit a football, golf ball? There is no sense in it
:13:23. > :13:30.at all. It looks like a representation of the Engineering
:13:30. > :13:39.history of Belfast. It gets people to react. It is a talking point and
:13:39. > :13:48.that is a good thing. The sculpture is supposed to
:13:48. > :13:54.represent the sun rising and of course there was a downpour or!
:13:54. > :14:04.Thanks to everyone for it singing their praises and prejudices.
:14:04. > :14:18.
:14:18. > :14:25.It is time to put your musical No expense spared on BBC Northern
:14:25. > :14:27.Ireland! We have four tracks carefully selected from the
:14:27. > :14:31.extensive BBC Northern Ireland library and we are going to play
:14:31. > :14:41.all four of them and see how many of them are you can recognise
:14:41. > :14:49.
:14:49. > :14:55.within the first few seconds. a little respect by a river front
:14:55. > :15:05.and will stop respect for the singing! At the have a song of
:15:05. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:23.years? Yes, it will be in the summer. This is the second one.
:15:23. > :15:25.
:15:26. > :15:35.Don't cry for Me Argentina. Another favourite of years. You're doing
:15:36. > :15:40.
:15:40. > :15:45.well! This is number three. Oh, my husband. I'm missing him now, he's
:15:45. > :15:55.putting the kids to bed and I am missing Henna. Check-in at in his
:15:55. > :15:55.
:15:55. > :16:05.big career. I know what this one is! I just know because you've only
:16:05. > :16:12.got one left and it can only be one thing. Yes, it is! It's just so
:16:12. > :16:22.terribly bad. Tell us what it is. This is my Eurovision entry for
:16:22. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :16:58.1983. We do have a clip of you on Have you still got the Shorts!
:16:58. > :17:03.great legs. I still have the Shorts and buy somewhere have those legs!
:17:04. > :17:12.What was the Eurovision experience like? We came sex and that is now
:17:12. > :17:16.so good but at this time, we were so ashamed. I remember I came to
:17:16. > :17:23.Belfast during the promotion of that and I was 17 years old and
:17:23. > :17:28.what an amazing place that was. Eurovision still attracting mass of
:17:28. > :17:31.viewers but it is now more about politics, isn't it? I think it
:17:31. > :17:35.always was about politics but Eurovision is just a national
:17:35. > :17:43.treasure, it is wonderful, a chance to get together and love that
:17:43. > :17:47.everyone which we are very good at. And the outfits. Great having you
:17:47. > :17:53.here. Belfast has been the side of human
:17:53. > :17:56.settlements since the Bronze Age. A bizarre civilisation that got by
:17:56. > :18:01.without nationals or Unionists but it was just 200 years ago that it
:18:01. > :18:04.really got going as a city. architects, the land in the Belfast
:18:04. > :18:10.Hills was a great urban canvas they could create great works on but
:18:10. > :18:14.there was fierce competition. it was high noon for two of the
:18:14. > :18:21.bright young things who helped build this city. Colin Bateman took
:18:21. > :18:27.to the streets to see who won. The quadrangle at Queen's University,
:18:27. > :18:33.the impressive as that of the Custom House. Even the great sprawl
:18:33. > :18:37.of trees towering over the outskirts of Ballymoney. Very
:18:37. > :18:42.different landmarks but all the work of one man. This is one of his,
:18:42. > :18:47.too, the majestic palm house in the Botanic Gardens. Charles was an
:18:47. > :18:51.architect who was recklessly driven to be the best in town. He sees not
:18:51. > :18:57.just commissions but titles, too. Lord mayor of Belfast, Conservative
:18:57. > :19:00.MP and even amounted, all handed in landing the big jobs. One in
:19:00. > :19:04.pretender to his architectural Crown wasn't prepared to let him
:19:04. > :19:10.have it all his own way. The pair tussled over at Tower and clashed
:19:10. > :19:15.over a clock. William Bach was the man who dared take on Charles at
:19:15. > :19:19.his own game, designing standard buildings for an expanding city.
:19:19. > :19:24.The king across now, it is hard to imagine that but ins 1800, Belfast
:19:24. > :19:30.was still small time, only 20,000 people lived here but by 1850, the
:19:30. > :19:35.number had gone to 100,000 and for a brief period, it over to Dublin.
:19:35. > :19:38.Belfast in fact in 19 century was probably the fastest growing urban
:19:39. > :19:45.centre in the whole of the Magic Kingdom. The linen industry to
:19:45. > :19:49.govern Belfast and this is the Belfast that Charles London came to.
:19:49. > :19:54.It was a great opportunity for hungry architects so competition
:19:54. > :19:57.for commissions were really fierce. William Barr was 17 years Charles
:19:58. > :20:04.Linehan's Junior and he came to Belfast in 1859 from Newry after
:20:04. > :20:08.the Year competition to build the Ulster Hall. But he was to have a
:20:08. > :20:15.bruising encounter with his arch- rival before he had even made hand
:20:15. > :20:25.on a Belfast brick. Ba could only get work by a winning competitions,
:20:25. > :20:33.he didn't have the connections that London had. From time to time, too
:20:33. > :20:38.of London was the big man and his battles resulted from that.
:20:38. > :20:43.Scrabble tower was to be the unlikely location where Charles and
:20:43. > :20:47.Bach first crossed swords. In 1856, a competition was held to design
:20:47. > :20:53.and build this monument for Lord Londonderry. Newcomer bard was
:20:53. > :20:56.declared the winner. But behind the scenes saw the selection committee
:20:56. > :21:01.was nursed the decision and give the job to London. The official
:21:01. > :21:03.reason was that Bart's plan was too expensive but the architectural
:21:03. > :21:09.world felt it had more to do with London's high-powered connections
:21:09. > :21:13.than anything else. Mannion had stolen the commission from about's
:21:13. > :21:17.nose. In the next nine years, bard worked tirelessly to put his stamp
:21:17. > :21:22.on Belfast's skyline, designing a Bryson House and finishing the
:21:22. > :21:28.Ulster Hall. In 1865 another competition, this time to design
:21:28. > :21:34.the Albert Clock. Both men entered plans are one. Surely they couldn't
:21:34. > :21:37.take it away from him again? But they did. Ba was stripped of the
:21:37. > :21:41.commission but this time his supporters put up a fight in the
:21:41. > :21:45.press and a selection committee announced a U-turn on their U-turn.
:21:45. > :21:50.Ba had won this architectural scrap but in the fight to dominate the
:21:50. > :21:54.skyline, it would only be one winner. After his stints at mayor
:21:54. > :21:58.and MP, London got his knighthood and a blue plaque adorns his
:21:58. > :22:03.workplace in Mollington place. The land beside the Waterfront Hall
:22:03. > :22:10.bears his name pastels part of Queen's itself. William Barr has no
:22:10. > :22:18.plaques in his honour, no work proclaims his name, he is died of
:22:18. > :22:23.tuberculosis aged just 37 before the Albert Clock was even unveiled.
:22:23. > :22:27.While it London went from strength to strength from the Italian
:22:27. > :22:33.renaissance of the Crumlin Road jail to the magnificent Victorian
:22:33. > :22:38.Gothic that is Queen's University. Even in death, bar and London it
:22:38. > :22:42.seemed locked in competition. Both their graves are marked with Barnet
:22:42. > :22:50.stones carved in the grand style. London's of course this just that
:22:50. > :22:53.there will be better. He has had 60 minutes of to turn a
:22:53. > :22:59.lump of walks into something more recognisable. How did you get on?
:22:59. > :23:03.That is for the audience to say! looks fantastic. This is obviously
:23:03. > :23:07.entirely made of wax, not what we will be giving to the charity, this
:23:07. > :23:13.is only the start of making a bronze? Tonight I thought I will
:23:13. > :23:21.make something along the classical themes, a horse with rider. It is a
:23:21. > :23:24.craft that has got the 2500 years and I'm using exactly same method.
:23:24. > :23:29.We will let it dry and fired in a furnace and the works will pour out
:23:29. > :23:36.of it and in the cavity of the clay, with poor or bronze. So there will
:23:36. > :23:43.be a bronze... I will give that to pick Children in Need option will
:23:43. > :23:48.stop you going to Schreiber into the wax for us. I am sorry we
:23:48. > :23:53.didn't have longer to talk to you, you have done a lot of great public
:23:53. > :24:00.sculptures in the UK and abroad so good luck. If you fancy getting
:24:00. > :24:03.your hands on the horse, a all the works made by artists on out Mark
:24:03. > :24:11.are being auctioned off with proceeds going to BBC Children in
:24:11. > :24:15.Need. A musical feast this week comes
:24:15. > :24:21.from a Derry band, Wonder Villains, whose music has been described by
:24:21. > :24:28.one critic as made entirely of sherbet. This is a massive moment
:24:28. > :24:36.for you on school because not only are you for from the school in
:24:36. > :24:42.Derry, this man used to be able to teach you art. How do you react to
:24:42. > :24:52.hearing your music described as being made of sherbet? Unbelievably
:24:52. > :24:52.
:24:52. > :24:55.well. People have been using very cool words to describe us. We had
:24:55. > :25:00.someone describe us as a bag of money is being unleashed on the
:25:00. > :25:07.stage so we love it. What is it like when you're all living
:25:07. > :25:13.together? We just live in a big house and it is great! Is a quite
:25:13. > :25:18.crazy? Yes. You to only finished school in June and you've achieved
:25:18. > :25:21.so much already. Would you go from here? We just released her first
:25:21. > :25:25.ever single a few weeks ago and are next on his coming out early next
:25:25. > :25:31.year so we're really excited about everything. You have even written a
:25:31. > :25:37.Christmas song? Just for fun! the any particular Christmas
:25:37. > :25:47.influences? But this Christmas CD and it's every single good
:25:47. > :25:53.
:25:53. > :25:59.Christmas song. Was a figure one? John Lennon's the war is over.
:25:59. > :26:03.recorded at Maida Vale, that must have been incredible. Is coming out
:26:03. > :26:08.Wednesday week on the Huw Stephens Show at midnight, we're really
:26:08. > :26:13.excited to hear it. We don't have to wait that long to hear from you,
:26:13. > :26:17.we are delighted. You can hear Wonder Villains Christmas song on
:26:17. > :26:21.the Huw Stephens Show on BBC Radio 1 on 7th December. Next week we
:26:21. > :26:24.have the story of the Northern Irish man who has come back from
:26:24. > :26:29.California to give our animation artists and Holywood burst. Carrie
:26:29. > :26:34.Neely and covers what makes a great portrait. If all goes to plan,
:26:34. > :26:39.Irish twins Jedward will be bouncing around here on the service.
:26:39. > :26:49.As 7:30pm next Monday but for now, here's Wonder Villains and Zola!
:26:49. > :27:23.
:27:23. > :27:30.Zola! Zoila! Could you be any slower?
:27:30. > :27:37.Zola's! And captain of this team but I
:27:37. > :27:45.don't know, I'm going to rip his party.
:27:45. > :27:50.I know this game was great but I can't say.