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Tonight, the Wales Millennium Centre in the heart of Cardiff Bay | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
plays host to the Grand Final of Choir of the Year 2016. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:10 | |
Six of the UK's best amateur choirs are going to sing for one of | 0:00:10 | 0:00:14 | |
the most coveted prizes in choral music. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
Welcome to Choir of the Year 2016. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
Hello and a very warm Welsh welcome to the Wales Millennium Centre for | 0:00:41 | 0:00:46 | |
this Grand Final of Choir of the Year 2016. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
I'm Josie d'Arby and I'm delighted to be presenting again this year | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
and even more delighted to be joined | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
by star of stage and screen, the wonderful Julian Ovenden. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
Thanks, Josie, that's very kind of you. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
Julian, you're a former chorister, | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
so you must understand what's so special about singing together. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
Yes, singing is one of the great joys in life. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:10 | |
I think that joy is magnified when you sing together. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:14 | |
And although we are in a competition here I would urge all the choirs | 0:01:14 | 0:01:20 | |
to really savour this experience | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
-and allow themselves to be carried away by the music. -Absolutely. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
I think they'll just do that. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:27 | |
Singing in a choir is such a special thing. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
For all of today's choirs, | 0:01:30 | 0:01:31 | |
this final is the culmination of months of hard work. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
Since entering the competition earlier this year, | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
they've had to win through three selection rounds. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
Choirs can enter in four different categories and today we're going | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
to hear the winners from the Children's, Youth, | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
Adult and Open categories. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
They are joined by two additional choirs who were selected | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
as wild cards by the jury. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
I was lucky enough to be at the category finals in October | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
at Birmingham's Symphony Hall and I can tell you | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
that we are in for a real treat tonight, | 0:01:59 | 0:02:01 | |
so let's introduce the six Grand Finalists. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
The first choir to compete comes from the Rhondda Valley | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
in South Wales. Cor Y Cwm. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
From Doncaster, and previous finalists, | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
Rainbow Connection Singers. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
Next, a children's choir from Jersey, | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
Musical Originals Training Choir. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
Carrying the flag for male voice choirs, Johns' Boys | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
from North Wales. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
Next, a female barbershop choir, from Leeds, The White Rosettes. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:36 | |
And finally from Newcastle upon Tyne, an a cappella group, | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
Voices Of Hope. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:42 | |
Six very special and very individual choirs. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
To win the 2016 Choir of the Year title, each of them will have | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
to impress a distinguished panel of judges. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
It's quite a line-up. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:57 | |
Conductor and musical director Harry Christophers, | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
founder of celebrated choir The Sixteen. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
Whatever choir's onstage, I want to see their personalities come alive | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
to me and to the audience and we feel very much part of them. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
Danielle de Niese, | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
critically acclaimed operatic soprano. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
We'll be looking for a tremendous sense of intonation, | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
that kind of intonation that gives you goose bumps. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:27 | |
And even if you're not a musician you know what that feels like. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
When you hear perfect intervals of harmony between different voices, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:35 | |
it makes your hair stand on end. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
Choral director, Tim Rhys-Evans, | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
founder of Only Men Aloud. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
I'll be looking for great vocal technique, great ensemble, | 0:03:42 | 0:03:46 | |
and I'll be looking for passion and entertainment. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
And Eska, a singer-songwriter who's been working with choirs | 0:03:49 | 0:03:54 | |
for the past 25 years. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:55 | |
A great choir and a great choir sound is one that can be able | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
to actually touch people's hearts. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:03 | |
I haven't even met the choirs yet and I'm getting excited by | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
the voices I'm hearing through the walls. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:08 | |
So goodness knows how it's going to be | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
when we get in the main space. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
Now, before we hear our first choir I'd like to introduce you | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
to another member of our presenting team, Lloyd Coleman. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
Lloyd, you've been waiting patiently backstage and you're going to be | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
chatting to the choirs throughout the day. How are they all feeling? | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
Hello, Josie. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:32 | |
Yes, the choirs are incredibly excited and really pumped up to get | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
on that stage. And that's despite the fact that many of them have been | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
travelling since the crack of dawn this morning, | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
hundreds of miles across the UK to be with us here tonight in Cardiff. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:47 | |
I popped into rehearsals earlier today. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
All of them are sounding suitably excellent. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
'I think they are all really helped by the fact that they know | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
'they have done really well to get to this stage in the competition' | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
and they just really want to bring their A game tonight. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
You are going to be talking to them after they've performed. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
I'm sure you're going to have a great time, Lloyd, | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
and I'm looking forward to having a chat with you | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
after the first choir. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:10 | |
So it's time to get started. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
The first choir we're going to hear are enjoying a home fixture | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
this evening, as they've come from just up the road | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
in the Rhondda Valley. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
And I'm hoping they've brought a few supporters with them too. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
Am I right? | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
CHEERING | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
Winners of the Youth category in this competition back in October, | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
earning them a place in tonight's grand final, | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
it's Cor Y Cwm. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
CHORAL SINGING | 0:05:40 | 0:05:44 | |
The Rhondda Valley in South Wales is a predominantly | 0:05:49 | 0:05:53 | |
English-speaking area, but in 2009, two teachers set about | 0:05:53 | 0:05:57 | |
forming a choir as a vehicle to promote the Welsh language. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
'We have five Welsh medium primary schools in the Rhondda and we | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
'took ten singers from each school.' | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
They don't have parents who speak Welsh and the only chance | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
they get to speak Welsh is in school. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
And to give them opportunities is absolutely amazing, that they | 0:06:14 | 0:06:18 | |
can speak Welsh outside of school. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
'And originally it was meant just to come together and sing | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
'and see how it goes but the choir has gone from strength to strength.' | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
'Cor Y Cwm Really does love the Welsh language' | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
and you can tell that because we all speak the Welsh language | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
whenever we're together. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
The success of the choir also relies on the continued support | 0:06:40 | 0:06:44 | |
of family members. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
'To do it in Welsh and then to be in competitions where there are | 0:06:46 | 0:06:50 | |
'choirs coming from all over the place,' | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
they get new dresses, | 0:06:52 | 0:06:53 | |
we travel up, we book a meal and make it an occasion for them. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
'We couldn't exist without the support of the parents.' | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
The parents are fab and they come on every trip with us. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
They're always supporting us. You can always hear them. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
Yes, very noisy. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:10 | |
Yes. We've always normally got about two buses taken away with us | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
-wherever we go. -Yeah. They know Cor Y Cwm, don't they? | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
THEY SING | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
'To win would be' | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
an amazing experience and I wouldn't | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
stop talking about it, I don't think. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
-They're always little winners in our hearts, aren't they? -Yeah. They're brilliant. -Brilliant. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:31 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
# This little babe so few days old is come to rifle Satan's fold | 0:07:43 | 0:07:47 | |
# All hell doth at his presence quake | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
# Though he himself for cold do shake | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
# For in this weak unarmed wise the gates of hell he will surprise | 0:07:51 | 0:07:56 | |
# With tears he fights and wins the field | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
# His naked breast stands for a shield | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
# His battering shots are babish cries | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
# His arrows, looks of weeping eyes | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
# His martial ensigns, cold and need | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
# And feeble flesh, his warriors steed. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
# His camp is pitched in a stall | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
# His bulwark but a broken wall | 0:08:17 | 0:08:19 | |
# The crib his trench Haystalks his stakes | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
# Of shepherds he his muster makes | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
# And thus, as sure his foe to wound | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
# The angels' trumps alarum sound | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
# My soul, with Christ join thou in fight | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
# Stick to the tents that he hath pight | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
# Within his crib is surest ward | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
# This little babe will be thy guard | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
# If thou wilt foil thy foes with joy | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
# Then flit not from | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
# This heavenly boy. # | 0:08:47 | 0:08:52 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
JOSIE D'ARBY: Cor Y Cym with This Little Babe from Benjamin Britten's | 0:08:56 | 0:09:00 | |
Ceremony Of Carols. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:01 | |
Next, a carol by Alun Hoddinott, sung in Welsh, | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
The Wondrous Night. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:05 | |
THEY SING IN WELSH | 0:09:07 | 0:09:11 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:11:43 | 0:11:45 | |
And to finish, a song that's become an anthem for the choir, | 0:11:46 | 0:11:49 | |
Un Ydym Ni, or We Are One. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:52 | |
THEY SING IN WELSH | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
What a fantastic start to this Choir of the Year Grand Final. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
Diolch, Cor Y Cwm. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
It's always very affecting to hear young voices singing together | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
and they certainly made an impression here in the hall. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
Harry, that last song translates as We Are One. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
Did that sense of togetherness and ensemble come across? | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
It certainly did. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
What's really impressive is that you had a phenomenal dynamic range | 0:15:03 | 0:15:07 | |
so when you got to those fortissimos you had the composure | 0:15:07 | 0:15:11 | |
to go straight onto piano or mezzo piano, | 0:15:11 | 0:15:13 | |
really beautifully, and I think that's pretty impressive. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:17 | |
Tuning, beautiful. I really loved it. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:19 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
Danielle, it sounds like they have a lot of fans here in the audience. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
-Will you be joining their army of fans? -Absolutely, without a doubt. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:31 | |
To take yourselves to a very strong dynamic and also really relish | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
those beautiful hushed tones, I thought I was looking at angels. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:40 | |
You had beautiful animated faces. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:42 | |
It was wonderful to watch all of you. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
I can feel that you're having a good time. Brilliant, brilliant job. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
Thanks, judges, for those comments, and thank you, Cor Y Cwm. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
So the standard has been set. | 0:15:58 | 0:15:59 | |
Let's head backstage and join Lloyd who's with some of Cor Y Cwm. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:04 | |
What an opening, as you say. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:07 | |
And, Gavin, what a showcase for the Welsh language as well. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
Yeah, we were just so glad that we could perform two pieces in Welsh. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:14 | |
And in front of such prestigious adjudicators as well. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:18 | |
-And I think they tried their best and that's all we can ask for really. -Absolutely. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:23 | |
And is there anyone actually left in the Rhondda Valley this evening? | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
-They're all here supporting you! -I know. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:27 | |
We have so many supporters here tonight. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
I hope we've made them proud. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:31 | |
But we've really enjoyed tonight so I hope that everyone else | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
has enjoyed, out there as well. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:35 | |
I think they did, I think they did. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:37 | |
And, We Are One, that last piece, | 0:16:37 | 0:16:39 | |
you've made friends for life, it sounds like now. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:42 | |
Yeah, I couldn't imagine my life without Cor Y Cwm so I'm just | 0:16:42 | 0:16:46 | |
so happy that I could share it with everyone on that stage and I hope | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
that it did came across to the audience | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
and I hope they all enjoyed it as well. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:52 | |
It certainly did, it certainly did. Thank you all so much. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:55 | |
A wonderful start. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:56 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
Thank you, Lloyd. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
Now, the next choir to perform are Rainbow Connection Singers. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
They're from Doncaster and are | 0:17:05 | 0:17:07 | |
no strangers to this stage of the competition, | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
having appeared in the Grand Final on two previous occasions. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:13 | |
# I was sitting in my room when the news came on TV... # | 0:17:18 | 0:17:25 | |
Rainbow Connection Singers have a history of success in Choir | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
of the Year, having won the Open category in 2010 and 2014. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
'We've appeared in the final twice before. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
'The first time it was quite a shock.' | 0:17:36 | 0:17:37 | |
We had lots of radio interviews and newspaper articles that followed and | 0:17:37 | 0:17:42 | |
that was great because it brought us to the attention of people locally. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:47 | |
'We've expanded massively choral singing in the area.' | 0:17:47 | 0:17:51 | |
We now have ten choirs with an age range of five to 84. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:56 | |
'It's about building aspiration and letting members of all the other | 0:17:58 | 0:18:02 | |
'choirs know that with hard work and lots of rehearsal they too' | 0:18:02 | 0:18:07 | |
could be a part of the Rainbow Connection Singers. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
# Flame on burn desire Love with tongues of fire | 0:18:10 | 0:18:16 | |
# Purge the soul... # | 0:18:16 | 0:18:17 | |
'I joined the junior choir in 2010. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:20 | |
'As a junior choir member, you know that the Singers' | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
is what is going to come in the future for you | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
so sitting and looking at the Singers, | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
'they're like rock stars. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
'I am now that senior choir member that I' | 0:18:31 | 0:18:35 | |
so desperately wanted to be like. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:38 | |
# With my undying death-defying love for you... # | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
'We're always looking for songs that have something to say, | 0:18:44 | 0:18:48 | |
'that have a story to tell,' | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
because we're always interested in the narrative. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:55 | |
'Our first piece today is The Power Of Love, originally recorded by | 0:18:55 | 0:18:58 | |
'Frankie Goes To Hollywood. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
'It's mainly about good and evil' | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
and that love is the answer to everything. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:05 | |
'I was born in Cardiff and I feel so proud to be able to bring' | 0:19:05 | 0:19:10 | |
Rainbow Connection Singers to Cardiff to show off to all | 0:19:10 | 0:19:14 | |
'my friends how brilliant the Rainbow Connection Singers are.' | 0:19:14 | 0:19:17 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
# Dreams are like angels They keep bad at bay | 0:19:30 | 0:19:35 | |
# Love is the light Scaring darkness away | 0:19:35 | 0:19:43 | |
# I'm so in love with you | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
# Make love your goal | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
# The power of love | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
# A force from above | 0:19:59 | 0:20:03 | |
# Cleaning my soul | 0:20:03 | 0:20:07 | |
# Flame on burn desire | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
# Love with tongues of fire | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
# Purge the soul | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
# Make love your goal | 0:20:17 | 0:20:22 | |
# I'll protect you from the hooded claw | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
# Keep the vampires from your door | 0:20:30 | 0:20:32 | |
# When the chips are down I'll be around | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
# With my undying death-defying love for you | 0:20:36 | 0:20:40 | |
# Envy will hurt itself | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
# Let yourself be beautiful | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
# Sparkling light | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
# Flowers and pearls and pretty girls | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
# Love is like an energy | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
# Rushing in, rushing inside of me | 0:20:55 | 0:20:59 | |
# Mmmmm | 0:20:59 | 0:21:03 | |
# The power of love | 0:21:04 | 0:21:07 | |
# A force from above | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
# Cleaning my soul | 0:21:10 | 0:21:14 | |
# Flame on burn desire | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
# Love with tongues of fire | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
# Purge the soul | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
# Make love your goal | 0:21:23 | 0:21:28 | |
# This time we go sublime | 0:21:32 | 0:21:35 | |
# Lovers entwine Divine, divine | 0:21:35 | 0:21:38 | |
# Love is danger Love is pleasure | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
# Love is pure The only treasure | 0:21:42 | 0:21:46 | |
# I'm so in love with you | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
# Make love your goal | 0:21:52 | 0:21:57 | |
# The power of love | 0:21:58 | 0:22:01 | |
# A force from above | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
# Cleaning my soul | 0:22:04 | 0:22:09 | |
# The power of love | 0:22:10 | 0:22:13 | |
# A force from above | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
# A sky-scraping dove | 0:22:16 | 0:22:20 | |
# Flame on burn desire | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
# Love with tongues of fire | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
# Purge the soul | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
# Make love your goal | 0:22:30 | 0:22:34 | |
# Make love | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
# Your goal. # | 0:22:41 | 0:22:46 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:22:48 | 0:22:50 | |
JOSIE D'ARBY: Rainbow Connection Singers and their take | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
on Frankie Goes To Hollywood's '80s hit The Power Of Love. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
Next, a powerful medley in response to the current refugee crisis. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:02 | |
This is Displaced. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
# It was a slow day | 0:23:06 | 0:23:08 | |
# And the sun was beating | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
# On the soldiers on the side of the road | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
# There was a bright light | 0:23:16 | 0:23:17 | |
# A shattering of shop windows | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
# The bomb in the baby carriage | 0:23:20 | 0:23:22 | |
# Was wired to the radio | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
-# When your dreams -Don't give up | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
-# Are blown sky-high -Don't give up | 0:23:28 | 0:23:34 | |
-# When your dreams -Don't give up | 0:23:34 | 0:23:37 | |
-# Are blown sky-high -Don't give up | 0:23:37 | 0:23:43 | |
# Don't give up Don't give up | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
# Don't give up Don't give up | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
-# Got to walk out of here -Don't give up | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
-# I can't take any more -Don't give up | 0:23:53 | 0:23:57 | |
-# Going to stand on that bridge -Don't give up | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
# Don't give up | 0:24:01 | 0:24:02 | |
-# Keep my eyes down below -Don't give up | 0:24:02 | 0:24:06 | |
# Don't give up | 0:24:06 | 0:24:08 | |
-# Whatever may come -Don't you give up | 0:24:08 | 0:24:11 | |
# Don't you give up | 0:24:11 | 0:24:12 | |
-# And whatever may go -Don't you give up | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
# Don't you give up | 0:24:15 | 0:24:17 | |
-# That river's flowing -Don't you give up | 0:24:17 | 0:24:19 | |
# Don't you give up Don't you give up | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
# A different sky | 0:24:22 | 0:24:24 | |
# New worlds to gaze upon | 0:24:24 | 0:24:28 | |
# The strange excitement of an unfamiliar shore | 0:24:29 | 0:24:35 | |
# One more goodbye | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
# One more illusion gone | 0:24:39 | 0:24:43 | |
# Just cut your losses and begin once more | 0:24:43 | 0:24:50 | |
# I'm a cork on the ocean | 0:24:51 | 0:24:55 | |
# Floating over the raging sea | 0:24:55 | 0:24:59 | |
# How deep is the ocean? | 0:25:00 | 0:25:05 | |
# How deep is the ocean? | 0:25:05 | 0:25:09 | |
# I'm leaving my family | 0:25:09 | 0:25:12 | |
# Leaving all my friends | 0:25:12 | 0:25:16 | |
# My body's at home | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
# But my heart's in the wind | 0:25:18 | 0:25:21 | |
# Where the clouds are like headlines | 0:25:21 | 0:25:25 | |
# Upon a new front page sky | 0:25:25 | 0:25:29 | |
# My tears are salt water | 0:25:29 | 0:25:31 | |
# And the moon's full and high | 0:25:31 | 0:25:35 | |
# And the fog's lifting | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
# The sand's shifting | 0:25:37 | 0:25:39 | |
# I'm drifting on out | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
# Old Captain Ahab's got nothing on me | 0:25:42 | 0:25:48 | |
# So swallow me | 0:25:48 | 0:25:50 | |
# Don't follow me | 0:25:50 | 0:25:51 | |
# I'm travelling alone | 0:25:51 | 0:25:55 | |
# Blue water's my daughter | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
# And I'll skip like a stone | 0:25:58 | 0:26:03 | |
# Love and mercy | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
-# That's what you need tonight -Love and mercy | 0:26:05 | 0:26:11 | |
# Love and mercy | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
-# That's what you need tonight -Love and mercy | 0:26:13 | 0:26:18 | |
# Love and mercy tonight. # | 0:26:18 | 0:26:25 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
JOSIE D'ARBY: Now, they've appeared in the Choir of the Year Grand Final | 0:26:38 | 0:26:42 | |
on two previous occasions, | 0:26:42 | 0:26:43 | |
so I know they mean it when they sing Don't Give Up. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:47 | |
Tim, did they draw you into their world today? | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
Utterly, yes. It was powerful stuff. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:54 | |
Sometimes that sort of choral-ography, as it's known, | 0:26:54 | 0:26:58 | |
can be meaningless, but when you do it, every movement, | 0:26:58 | 0:27:03 | |
every bit of staging, came from a real place of intention. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:08 | |
Not only that, your harmonic language that you employed | 0:27:08 | 0:27:13 | |
in both arrangements was very, very complex. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
The balance of parts was excellent. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
And well done for taking on such a difficult subject matter | 0:27:19 | 0:27:22 | |
that is so relevant to our world, with the refugee crisis. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:25 | |
I was very moved. Well done. Bravo. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
Eska, they've just performed a medley of classic songs | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
as well as a very sultry The Power Of Love. It's quite a bold mix. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:40 | |
You love to shake things up in what you do. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:42 | |
-Did the programme hang together for you? -Incredibly well. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:46 | |
Can I join, please? | 0:27:46 | 0:27:48 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
The movement and singing, you made it look so simple. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:54 | |
There were some really complicated things that you were doing, | 0:27:54 | 0:27:58 | |
not only in your voice but in your bodies, | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
you used your entire being in that performance | 0:28:00 | 0:28:04 | |
and it was completely thrilling. Thank you. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
Thanks for those comments, judges, | 0:28:09 | 0:28:11 | |
and thank you, Rainbow Connection Singers. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
So let's head backstage to join Lloyd. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
Paul, we've become used to your amazing arrangements in this | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
competition but this one I think was particularly affecting. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:28 | |
Yes, it's been a surprise, really, because to be honest there wasn't | 0:28:28 | 0:28:32 | |
a note written until after the category final | 0:28:32 | 0:28:34 | |
for the Displaced arrangement. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:36 | |
It was lots of late nights and the choir worked | 0:28:36 | 0:28:40 | |
so hard to get it together. It's very difficult. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:43 | |
And I'm just so proud of them. | 0:28:43 | 0:28:45 | |
Amazing. And, Molly, you're a rock star now. You're in the choir! | 0:28:45 | 0:28:48 | |
I know, I'm so happy! | 0:28:48 | 0:28:50 | |
I mean, last time the singers did this, | 0:28:50 | 0:28:52 | |
I was still in the junior choir, | 0:28:52 | 0:28:53 | |
and I found myself watching the footage | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
from the Grand Final over and over | 0:28:56 | 0:28:58 | |
and over again, thinking, "I'm going to be that in two years!" | 0:28:58 | 0:29:00 | |
So, you know, it's fantastic. | 0:29:00 | 0:29:02 | |
I love, love, love being in this choir. | 0:29:02 | 0:29:04 | |
-Congratulations. And, Helen, welcome home. -Thank you very much. | 0:29:04 | 0:29:08 | |
I don't know how I got through that, it was quite emotional. | 0:29:08 | 0:29:11 | |
And are you going to give Eska some tips when she joins as well? | 0:29:11 | 0:29:14 | |
LAUGHTER She's welcome to join. | 0:29:14 | 0:29:15 | |
-We'd love to have her. -Very good, thank you, back to you. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:18 | |
Thanks, Lloyd. It's great to hear that excitement and emotion. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:21 | |
Now, this next choir left home two days ago and tonight we're here | 0:29:21 | 0:29:24 | |
to witness the next chapter in their exciting musical journey. | 0:29:24 | 0:29:28 | |
Winners of Choir Of The Year children's category, | 0:29:28 | 0:29:31 | |
all the way from Jersey, they are Musical Originals Training Choir. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:35 | |
# There was an old man called Michael Finnegan | 0:29:40 | 0:29:42 | |
# He grew whiskers on his chin-ne-gan | 0:29:42 | 0:29:44 | |
# The wind came up and blew them in again... # | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
We're the Musical Originals Training Choir and we are from Jersey. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:50 | |
# There was an old man There was an old man... # | 0:29:50 | 0:29:52 | |
JOSIE: Musical Originals Training Choir brings together children from | 0:29:52 | 0:29:56 | |
all over the 46 square miles of Jersey and mixes up | 0:29:56 | 0:30:00 | |
the traditional classroom barriers with an age range of 7 to 13. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:05 | |
I just love the community of the choir | 0:30:05 | 0:30:08 | |
and we're all just like one big family. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:11 | |
# He kicked up an awful din-ne-gan | 0:30:11 | 0:30:13 | |
# Because they said he must not sin again... # | 0:30:13 | 0:30:15 | |
We get to meet up with our mates and we get to make lots of new | 0:30:15 | 0:30:17 | |
friends, so it's been lots of fun. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:20 | |
# Finnegan, Finnegan, Finnegan... # | 0:30:20 | 0:30:21 | |
We have a senior girls choir, | 0:30:21 | 0:30:23 | |
and we decided to start a training choir because the girls | 0:30:23 | 0:30:25 | |
coming into choir at secondary school level, | 0:30:25 | 0:30:28 | |
we just felt needed a bit of training really | 0:30:28 | 0:30:31 | |
before they started the senior choir and so we start them very young. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:35 | |
The training choir now has taken on a life of its own. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:38 | |
# And she... # | 0:30:38 | 0:30:40 | |
It's unauditioned and so it's open to all, really. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
As long as they're prepared to work hard and they love to sing, | 0:30:42 | 0:30:45 | |
then we're really happy to have them. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:47 | |
# There was an old man There was an old man | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
# There was an old man There was an old man called... # | 0:30:49 | 0:30:51 | |
OK, good. | 0:30:51 | 0:30:53 | |
There's loads of recordings on YouTube and everywhere | 0:30:53 | 0:30:55 | |
of choirs singing this desperately badly | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
and we do not want to be one of those choirs. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:00 | |
And... | 0:31:00 | 0:31:03 | |
We work really hard and we practise nearly every day, well, we try to! | 0:31:03 | 0:31:08 | |
ALL SING | 0:31:08 | 0:31:10 | |
Just because they're children, | 0:31:10 | 0:31:11 | |
we don't expect them not to achieve artistic excellence | 0:31:11 | 0:31:14 | |
and they have sung some really difficult contemporary music | 0:31:14 | 0:31:17 | |
by the time they even get to the age of 11 or 12. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:20 | |
# Home time at last Class lessons are so long | 0:31:20 | 0:31:23 | |
# You wish so hard... # | 0:31:23 | 0:31:24 | |
Our first piece is by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies | 0:31:24 | 0:31:27 | |
and it's about the precious time that children have after they've | 0:31:27 | 0:31:30 | |
been let out of school and they're free for that precious moment. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:33 | |
# It's home time Home time... # | 0:31:33 | 0:31:37 | |
The child's voice is a thing of great beauty and it lasts for | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
such a short time, and we sing music that's always written for children. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:44 | |
# Home time | 0:31:44 | 0:31:45 | |
# Time Home time at last... # | 0:31:45 | 0:31:47 | |
I'm really proud to be representing Jersey because there's not | 0:31:47 | 0:31:51 | |
many choirs in Jersey and it's such a little place. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:55 | |
I just love singing and it's really exciting to have got so far | 0:31:56 | 0:32:01 | |
and I just want to get that step further. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:04 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:32:04 | 0:32:08 | |
# Home time Home time | 0:32:12 | 0:32:16 | |
# Home time Home time | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
# Home time Home time | 0:32:19 | 0:32:23 | |
# Home time at last Class lessons are so long | 0:32:23 | 0:32:26 | |
# You wish so hard the bell would ring | 0:32:26 | 0:32:28 | |
# That you get your sums all wrong | 0:32:28 | 0:32:30 | |
# And then the teacher's cross and makes a flabbergasted fuss | 0:32:30 | 0:32:33 | |
# He looks as if he's glad to go and see the back of us | 0:32:33 | 0:32:37 | |
# It's home time | 0:32:37 | 0:32:39 | |
# Home time Home time | 0:32:39 | 0:32:43 | |
# Home time | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
# Home time | 0:32:45 | 0:32:47 | |
# Home time-time | 0:32:47 | 0:32:49 | |
# Home time at last The sun shines through the door | 0:32:49 | 0:32:53 | |
# Inviting us by sea and local nature to explore | 0:32:53 | 0:32:55 | |
# And now I must make up my mind which way to wander back | 0:32:55 | 0:32:59 | |
# So, where does the beach go - by the bay? | 0:32:59 | 0:33:01 | |
# Or take the hillside track | 0:33:01 | 0:33:03 | |
# It's home time | 0:33:03 | 0:33:05 | |
# Home time Home time | 0:33:05 | 0:33:09 | |
# Home time | 0:33:09 | 0:33:11 | |
# Home time | 0:33:11 | 0:33:13 | |
# Home time-time | 0:33:13 | 0:33:14 | |
# Home time at last There's so much to do and see | 0:33:14 | 0:33:18 | |
# In the little time they leave us between the end of school and tea | 0:33:18 | 0:33:21 | |
# I race around the school yard I leap across the wall | 0:33:21 | 0:33:24 | |
# And then a certain stillness where only... | 0:33:24 | 0:33:31 | |
# It's home time | 0:33:31 | 0:33:34 | |
# Home time Home time | 0:33:34 | 0:33:39 | |
# Home time | 0:33:39 | 0:33:45 | |
# Time... # | 0:33:45 | 0:33:49 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:33:49 | 0:33:52 | |
JOSIE: Two folk songs next from the choir... | 0:33:52 | 0:33:54 | |
There Was An Old Man and This Old Man, | 0:33:54 | 0:33:56 | |
quite literally two for the price of one. | 0:33:56 | 0:33:59 | |
# There was an old man There was an old man | 0:34:04 | 0:34:06 | |
# There was an old man There was an old man | 0:34:06 | 0:34:08 | |
# There was an old man called Michael Finnegan | 0:34:08 | 0:34:11 | |
# He grew whiskers on his chin-ne-gan | 0:34:11 | 0:34:13 | |
# The wind came up and blew them in again | 0:34:13 | 0:34:15 | |
# Poor old Michael Finnegan | 0:34:15 | 0:34:16 | |
# Begin again, begin again Begin again | 0:34:16 | 0:34:18 | |
# There was an old man There was an old man | 0:34:18 | 0:34:20 | |
# There was an old man There was an old man | 0:34:20 | 0:34:22 | |
# This old man, he played one He played knick-knack on my drum | 0:34:22 | 0:34:26 | |
# With a knick-knack paddywhack Give the dog a bone | 0:34:26 | 0:34:29 | |
# This old man came rolling home | 0:34:29 | 0:34:31 | |
-# Rolling home -Rolling home | 0:34:31 | 0:34:33 | |
-# Roll-ing home, puppa-puppa... -Home | 0:34:33 | 0:34:36 | |
# There was an old man called Michael Finnegan | 0:34:36 | 0:34:39 | |
# He kicked up an awful din-ne-gan | 0:34:39 | 0:34:41 | |
# Because they said he must not sin again | 0:34:41 | 0:34:43 | |
# Poor old Michael Finnegan Begin again | 0:34:43 | 0:34:45 | |
# Finnegan, Finnegan Fi-Fi-Finnegan | 0:34:45 | 0:34:47 | |
# Finnegan, Finnegan Fi-Fi-Finnegan | 0:34:47 | 0:34:49 | |
# There was an old man called Michael Finnegan | 0:34:49 | 0:34:52 | |
# He went fishing with a pin-ne-gan | 0:34:52 | 0:34:54 | |
# Caught a fish but dropped it in again | 0:34:54 | 0:34:56 | |
# Poor old Michael Finnegan Begin again | 0:34:56 | 0:34:58 | |
# Finnegan, begin again Finnegan, begin again | 0:34:58 | 0:35:00 | |
# Finnegan, begin again | 0:35:00 | 0:35:01 | |
-# This old man -This old man | 0:35:01 | 0:35:03 | |
-# He played three -He played four | 0:35:03 | 0:35:04 | |
# He played knick-knack on my door | 0:35:04 | 0:35:06 | |
# With a knick-knack paddywhack Give the dog a bone | 0:35:06 | 0:35:08 | |
# Give the dog a bone A bone | 0:35:08 | 0:35:10 | |
# A bone, a bone, a bone | 0:35:10 | 0:35:12 | |
-# Give the dog a bone -Give the dog a bone | 0:35:12 | 0:35:13 | |
# Give the dog a bone A bone, a bone | 0:35:13 | 0:35:15 | |
# A bone, a bone | 0:35:15 | 0:35:16 | |
-# Grrrr! -Grrrr! | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
# There was an old man called Michael Finnegan | 0:35:19 | 0:35:21 | |
# Climbed a tree and barked his shin-ne-gan | 0:35:21 | 0:35:23 | |
# Took off several yards of skin-ne-gan | 0:35:23 | 0:35:26 | |
# Poor old Michael Finnegan Begin again | 0:35:26 | 0:35:28 | |
# There was an old man called Michael Finnegan | 0:35:28 | 0:35:30 | |
# He grew fat and then grew thin again | 0:35:30 | 0:35:32 | |
# Then he died and had to begin again | 0:35:32 | 0:35:34 | |
# Poor old Michael Finnegan | 0:35:34 | 0:35:37 | |
# Rolling home | 0:35:37 | 0:35:39 | |
# Roll-ing home | 0:35:39 | 0:35:44 | |
# There was an old man There was an old man | 0:35:46 | 0:35:48 | |
# There was an old man | 0:35:48 | 0:35:49 | |
# This old man came roll-ing home Puppa-puppa-puppa... | 0:35:49 | 0:35:52 | |
-# Home -Puppa-puppa-puppa-pah | 0:35:52 | 0:35:55 | |
# Home! # | 0:35:55 | 0:35:56 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:35:56 | 0:35:59 | |
JOSIE: A change of mood now for Musical Originals Training Choir | 0:36:04 | 0:36:08 | |
with the poignant and tender Prayer Of The Children by Kurt Bestor. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:12 | |
# Can you hear | 0:36:12 | 0:36:18 | |
# The prayer of the children | 0:36:18 | 0:36:24 | |
# On bended knee | 0:36:24 | 0:36:29 | |
# In the shadow of an unknown room? | 0:36:29 | 0:36:34 | |
# Empty eyes | 0:36:35 | 0:36:39 | |
# With no more tears to cry | 0:36:39 | 0:36:43 | |
# Turning heavenward | 0:36:43 | 0:36:48 | |
# Towards the light | 0:36:48 | 0:36:52 | |
# Crying, Jesus, help me | 0:36:52 | 0:36:56 | |
# To see the morning light of one more day | 0:36:56 | 0:37:01 | |
# But if I should die before I wake | 0:37:01 | 0:37:07 | |
# Give me loving arms | 0:37:07 | 0:37:12 | |
# Away from harm | 0:37:12 | 0:37:17 | |
# Whoa-oh | 0:37:17 | 0:37:21 | |
# Doh-doh-doh-doh | 0:37:21 | 0:37:24 | |
# Whoa, doh, doh-doh-doh | 0:37:24 | 0:37:27 | |
# Whoa, doh, doh, dah | 0:37:27 | 0:37:31 | |
# Dah-dah-dah-doh | 0:37:31 | 0:37:36 | |
# Can you hear | 0:37:38 | 0:37:43 | |
# The voice of the children? | 0:37:44 | 0:37:49 | |
# Softly pleading | 0:37:49 | 0:37:54 | |
# For silence in a shattered world? | 0:37:55 | 0:37:59 | |
# Angry guns | 0:37:59 | 0:38:02 | |
# Preach a gospel full of hate | 0:38:02 | 0:38:05 | |
# Blood of the innocent | 0:38:06 | 0:38:10 | |
# On their hands | 0:38:10 | 0:38:13 | |
# Crying, Jesus, help me | 0:38:13 | 0:38:18 | |
# To feel the sun again upon my face | 0:38:18 | 0:38:23 | |
# For when darkness clears I know you're near | 0:38:23 | 0:38:29 | |
# Bringing peace again | 0:38:29 | 0:38:36 | |
# Dali cujete | 0:38:37 | 0:38:42 | |
# Sve djecje molitve? | 0:38:43 | 0:38:48 | |
# Can you hear | 0:38:49 | 0:38:54 | |
# The prayer of the children? # | 0:38:54 | 0:39:13 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:39:14 | 0:39:16 | |
-MAN: -Bravo! | 0:39:30 | 0:39:32 | |
CHEERING | 0:39:32 | 0:39:34 | |
The wonderful Musical Originals Training Choir. | 0:39:41 | 0:39:44 | |
I think they've just made Jersey very proud. Harry. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:48 | |
Oh, it was absolutely brilliant. | 0:39:48 | 0:39:49 | |
You're so young and that last piece takes you into many, many parts | 0:39:49 | 0:39:53 | |
and it was quite amazing. | 0:39:53 | 0:39:55 | |
We're talking about choirs today, but real praise to your conductor. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:58 | |
You composed the children so well, but you made them all feel at ease | 0:39:58 | 0:40:03 | |
and that's really important on such a big stage. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:05 | |
Top marks. | 0:40:05 | 0:40:06 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:40:06 | 0:40:09 | |
Eska, let me come to you. | 0:40:11 | 0:40:12 | |
It's such an exciting opportunity and probably a bit scary | 0:40:12 | 0:40:16 | |
for a young choir like this to perform in such a big venue. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:20 | |
You were so incredibly articulate. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:23 | |
The way that you delivered those lyrics, especially that last song. | 0:40:23 | 0:40:27 | |
This actually reminds us of the power of singing and choral singing | 0:40:27 | 0:40:31 | |
because it's beyond what we can just talk about in words. | 0:40:31 | 0:40:36 | |
You were able to sing it and really reach hearts and minds. | 0:40:36 | 0:40:39 | |
Thank you so much. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:41 | |
-Here, here. -I agree. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:43 | |
The Musical Originals Training Choir! | 0:40:46 | 0:40:48 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
Let's head backstage, | 0:40:51 | 0:40:53 | |
where some of Musical Originals Training Choir have joined Lloyd. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:56 | |
They have indeed. | 0:40:57 | 0:40:58 | |
Yes, and, well, I can't imagine how you must be feeling. | 0:40:58 | 0:41:02 | |
You've just performed at the Choir Of The Year final, how was that? | 0:41:02 | 0:41:05 | |
It was amazing, um... | 0:41:05 | 0:41:07 | |
It's just so nerve-racking before you go on, | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
but then now we've come off it, it's just...overwhelming! | 0:41:10 | 0:41:13 | |
I'm sure, but you looked as cool as anything. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:16 | |
Freddie, how was that for you? | 0:41:16 | 0:41:17 | |
Yeah, it was quite joyful to get all the nerves out and...yeah. | 0:41:17 | 0:41:22 | |
-D'you feel like you're on top of the world now? -Yeah, pretty much. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:25 | |
-LAUGHTER -And, Imogen, I mean, | 0:41:25 | 0:41:27 | |
such an ambitious programme, | 0:41:27 | 0:41:29 | |
but it just goes to show that young people can rise to the challenge. | 0:41:29 | 0:41:33 | |
They really can. | 0:41:33 | 0:41:34 | |
I never talk down to the children and I don't expect them not to be | 0:41:34 | 0:41:37 | |
as good as they possibly can be, however young they are. | 0:41:37 | 0:41:39 | |
The children aced it, I was so proud of them. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:42 | |
I was so proud to be on that stage with these children from | 0:41:42 | 0:41:45 | |
the tiny island of Jersey, it was immense. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:47 | |
You've made Jersey extremely proud, well done all of you. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:41:50 | 0:41:52 | |
Thank you, Lloyd and Musical Originals Training Choir. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:55 | |
Now it's time to meet the first of our two wild card finalists. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:58 | |
Even though they didn't win their category, they did enough to | 0:41:58 | 0:42:01 | |
impress the jury and secure their place here in Cardiff. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:03 | |
And it may be worth mentioning at this point that the last | 0:42:03 | 0:42:06 | |
three winners of Choir Of The Year were wild cards themselves. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:09 | |
It's been quite a year for this choir. | 0:42:09 | 0:42:11 | |
They've been together less than 12 months and their very first | 0:42:11 | 0:42:14 | |
public performance was at the Choir Of The Year auditions. | 0:42:14 | 0:42:17 | |
From Rhosllanerchrugog near Wrexham, | 0:42:17 | 0:42:19 | |
or just plain Rhos as it's known locally, it's Johns' Boys. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:23 | |
MEN SING | 0:42:28 | 0:42:31 | |
I grew up in the... | 0:42:37 | 0:42:38 | |
Well, some say I've never grown up, to be honest with you, | 0:42:38 | 0:42:41 | |
but I grew up in the male voice choir, I joined my father's choir | 0:42:41 | 0:42:45 | |
when I was 16, and I got so much out of that. | 0:42:45 | 0:42:47 | |
North Wales was once rich with male voice choirs | 0:42:49 | 0:42:52 | |
with strong ties to the coal and steel industries. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:55 | |
The factories have largely disappeared, | 0:42:55 | 0:42:58 | |
but the choral tradition remains and, | 0:42:58 | 0:43:00 | |
just a few months ago, a new choir was formed, | 0:43:00 | 0:43:03 | |
Johns' Boys, named after two much-loved local choir leaders. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:07 | |
The choir was named in part after my father, | 0:43:09 | 0:43:12 | |
who was John Glyn Williams, and the other was John Tudor Davies, | 0:43:12 | 0:43:15 | |
they were both friends. | 0:43:15 | 0:43:17 | |
The choir rehearse at the local miners' institute | 0:43:17 | 0:43:20 | |
known as "the Stiwt". | 0:43:20 | 0:43:22 | |
The Stiwt is a vital part of the community, | 0:43:22 | 0:43:26 | |
but also vital to male voice choirs. | 0:43:26 | 0:43:28 | |
It was built in 1926 by the miners locally deducting a penny | 0:43:28 | 0:43:33 | |
from their wages to build the place | 0:43:33 | 0:43:35 | |
and, really, it is important for us as a community because it closed | 0:43:35 | 0:43:38 | |
in the 1970s when the pits closed here and the steelworks. | 0:43:38 | 0:43:42 | |
MEN SING | 0:43:42 | 0:43:45 | |
The local authority wanted to demolish it and a group of us | 0:43:45 | 0:43:48 | |
got together, raised money and it's been open now | 0:43:48 | 0:43:52 | |
for the last 20 years or so. | 0:43:52 | 0:43:53 | |
Nearly all the choirs rehearse there | 0:43:53 | 0:43:55 | |
and it's the heart of the community for most of us. | 0:43:55 | 0:43:58 | |
MEN SING | 0:43:58 | 0:44:00 | |
That's the idea. Make sure... | 0:44:02 | 0:44:03 | |
Aiming to keep the male voice tradition alive, | 0:44:03 | 0:44:05 | |
Johns' Boys has set about recruiting a new generation of singers. | 0:44:05 | 0:44:10 | |
The way life has changed for young people these days, | 0:44:11 | 0:44:14 | |
they're very busy, I felt it was important to keep those involved | 0:44:14 | 0:44:18 | |
in traditional singing. | 0:44:18 | 0:44:19 | |
MEN SING | 0:44:19 | 0:44:22 | |
We do have a lot of fun and the generation gap | 0:44:22 | 0:44:24 | |
doesn't seem to be there. | 0:44:24 | 0:44:25 | |
Can you do this for me...? | 0:44:25 | 0:44:27 | |
ALED SINGS | 0:44:27 | 0:44:30 | |
-MAN: -No. -ALL LAUGH | 0:44:30 | 0:44:33 | |
Here we go, ready? | 0:44:35 | 0:44:36 | |
I think it's really important | 0:44:36 | 0:44:37 | |
that we keep this male voice tradition going. | 0:44:37 | 0:44:40 | |
My dad was a big part of my life, | 0:44:41 | 0:44:43 | |
a big part of the community as well, and I think | 0:44:43 | 0:44:45 | |
he would be proud of what we're doing | 0:44:45 | 0:44:47 | |
and it would be a dream come true if we were to manage to win it. | 0:44:47 | 0:44:50 | |
ALL SING | 0:44:51 | 0:44:54 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:44:56 | 0:44:59 | |
# Glory and love to the men of old | 0:45:14 | 0:45:18 | |
# Their sons may copy their virtues bold | 0:45:18 | 0:45:22 | |
# Courage in heart and a sword in hand | 0:45:22 | 0:45:26 | |
# All ready to fight All ready to die for Fatherland | 0:45:26 | 0:45:30 | |
# Now to home again | 0:45:30 | 0:45:33 | |
# We come, the long and fiery strife of battle over | 0:45:33 | 0:45:38 | |
# Rest is pleasant after | 0:45:38 | 0:45:41 | |
# Toil as hard as ours beneath a stranger sun | 0:45:41 | 0:45:44 | |
# Beneath a wild and stranger sun Many a maiden fair | 0:45:44 | 0:45:49 | |
# Is waiting here to greet her truant soldier lover | 0:45:49 | 0:45:53 | |
# And many a heart will fail and brow | 0:45:53 | 0:45:56 | |
-# Grow pale to hear -To hear | 0:45:56 | 0:45:59 | |
# To hear the tale of cruel peril he has run | 0:45:59 | 0:46:02 | |
# And many a heart | 0:46:02 | 0:46:04 | |
# And many a heart will fail and brow grow pale | 0:46:04 | 0:46:07 | |
# To hear the tale of peril he has run | 0:46:07 | 0:46:10 | |
# We are at home | 0:46:10 | 0:46:12 | |
# We are at home, we are at home We are at home | 0:46:12 | 0:46:16 | |
# Glory and love to the men of old | 0:46:16 | 0:46:21 | |
# Their sons may copy their virtues bold | 0:46:21 | 0:46:24 | |
# Courage in heart and a sword in hand | 0:46:24 | 0:46:29 | |
# All ready to fight for Fatherland | 0:46:29 | 0:46:31 | |
# All ready to fight All ready to die for Fatherland | 0:46:31 | 0:46:35 | |
# All ready to fight All ready to die | 0:46:35 | 0:46:38 | |
# All ready to die | 0:46:38 | 0:46:40 | |
# For Fa-ther-land. # | 0:46:40 | 0:46:49 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:46:49 | 0:46:52 | |
JOSIE: From Gounod's rousing Soldier's Chorus | 0:46:56 | 0:46:59 | |
to a delicate Russian prayer next. | 0:46:59 | 0:47:01 | |
# Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda | 0:47:04 | 0:47:14 | |
# Blagosloven esi, Gospodi | 0:47:14 | 0:47:23 | |
# Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda | 0:47:23 | 0:47:33 | |
# I vsya vnutrennyaya moya | 0:47:33 | 0:47:39 | |
# Imya svyatoe Ego | 0:47:39 | 0:47:46 | |
# Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda | 0:47:47 | 0:47:57 | |
# I ne zabyvai vsekh vozdayanii Ego | 0:47:57 | 0:48:05 | |
# Ochishtayushtago vsya bezzakoniya tvoya | 0:48:05 | 0:48:15 | |
# Istselyayushtago vsya nedugi tvoya | 0:48:15 | 0:48:23 | |
# Izbavlyayushtago ot istleniya zhivot tvoi | 0:48:23 | 0:48:33 | |
# Venchayushtago tya milostiyu | 0:48:33 | 0:48:42 | |
# I shtedrotami | 0:48:42 | 0:48:50 | |
# Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda | 0:48:52 | 0:49:03 | |
# I vsya vnutrennyaya moya | 0:49:03 | 0:49:09 | |
# Imya svyatoe Ego | 0:49:09 | 0:49:16 | |
# Blagosloven esi | 0:49:18 | 0:49:25 | |
# Gospodi. # | 0:49:25 | 0:49:40 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:49:41 | 0:49:45 | |
JOSIE: And, to close their programme, | 0:49:45 | 0:49:47 | |
Johns' Boys turn to a popular Welsh folk song, Y March Glas - | 0:49:47 | 0:49:51 | |
The Prize Stallion. | 0:49:51 | 0:49:52 | |
# Gen i farch glas, a hwnnw'n towli | 0:50:00 | 0:50:03 | |
# 'Does dim o'i fath yn sir Aberteifi | 0:50:03 | 0:50:05 | |
# Ffal a rwdl didl dal Ffal a rwdl didl dal | 0:50:05 | 0:50:07 | |
# Ffal a rw, ho, ho! Ffal a rw, ho, ho! | 0:50:07 | 0:50:10 | |
# Ffal a rwdl didl dal | 0:50:10 | 0:50:11 | |
# Gen i gyfrwy newy' o groen ochr mochyn | 0:50:12 | 0:50:15 | |
# Ffrwyn dwbwl reins a gwarthol a sbardun | 0:50:15 | 0:50:17 | |
# Ffal a rwdl didl dal Ffal a rwdl didl dal | 0:50:17 | 0:50:19 | |
# Ffal a rw, ho, ho! Ffal a rw, ho, ho! | 0:50:19 | 0:50:21 | |
# Ffal a rwdl didl dal | 0:50:21 | 0:50:23 | |
# Gen i het silc o siop Aberhonddu | 0:50:25 | 0:50:28 | |
# 'Phrisiwn i fawr roi sofren amdani | 0:50:28 | 0:50:30 | |
# Ffal a rwdl didl dal Ffal a rwdl didl dal | 0:50:30 | 0:50:33 | |
# Ffal a rw, ho, ho! Ffal a rw, ho, ho! | 0:50:33 | 0:50:35 | |
# Ffal a rwdl didl dal | 0:50:35 | 0:50:37 | |
# Ffal a | 0:50:37 | 0:50:38 | |
# Gen i got fain o waith teiliwr Llunden | 0:50:38 | 0:50:41 | |
# Stitshoi'n dynn oboiti fy nghefn | 0:50:41 | 0:50:43 | |
# Ffal a rwdl didl dal Ffal a rwdl didl dal | 0:50:43 | 0:50:45 | |
# Ffal a rw, ho, ho! Ffal a rw, ho, ho! | 0:50:45 | 0:50:47 | |
# Ffal a rwdl, ffal a rwdl Ffal a rwdl, ffal a rwdl | 0:50:50 | 0:50:53 | |
# Ffal a rwdl didl dal | 0:50:53 | 0:50:54 | |
# Ffal a rw, ho | 0:50:57 | 0:51:00 | |
# Ffal a rw, ho | 0:51:00 | 0:51:03 | |
# Ffal a rw Ffal a rw | 0:51:03 | 0:51:05 | |
# Ffal a rwdl didl dal | 0:51:05 | 0:51:07 | |
# Ffal a rwdl didl dal | 0:51:11 | 0:51:19 | |
# Ho, ho, ho-o-o-o-o! # | 0:51:19 | 0:51:23 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:51:23 | 0:51:26 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, Johns' Boys! | 0:51:30 | 0:51:32 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:51:32 | 0:51:34 | |
Now, someone who certainly knows a thing or two about male voice choirs | 0:51:37 | 0:51:40 | |
is Tim Rhys-Evans. | 0:51:40 | 0:51:42 | |
Tim, you must be pleased to see this new choir helping to maintain | 0:51:42 | 0:51:45 | |
that rich Welsh male voice tradition? | 0:51:45 | 0:51:48 | |
Absolutely. Da iawn, boys. Great, robust sound. | 0:51:48 | 0:51:53 | |
Uh, great evenness of voice throughout the register, | 0:51:53 | 0:51:56 | |
from the bases to the fantastic ringing top B-flat in the Faust. | 0:51:56 | 0:52:01 | |
Superb. Going onto the Russian... | 0:52:01 | 0:52:03 | |
Bravo for taking on the Russian language and capturing | 0:52:03 | 0:52:06 | |
the colour of that Russian musical world, it... I just... | 0:52:06 | 0:52:12 | |
My hat off to you there. | 0:52:12 | 0:52:14 | |
In fact, I would've loved to have heard the Gounod in French as well | 0:52:14 | 0:52:17 | |
and taken us there. | 0:52:17 | 0:52:19 | |
-Da iawn. -Thank you. | 0:52:19 | 0:52:20 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:52:20 | 0:52:23 | |
Thank you, Tim. | 0:52:24 | 0:52:25 | |
Ah, Danielle, not only did they present three contrasting pieces, | 0:52:25 | 0:52:28 | |
they also sang, as Tim mentioned, in three different languages. | 0:52:28 | 0:52:31 | |
Were you impressed with their linguistic skills? | 0:52:31 | 0:52:34 | |
I'm hugely impressed and I just wanted to say that | 0:52:34 | 0:52:37 | |
it is one of the things that we look for, as judges, | 0:52:37 | 0:52:40 | |
is great breadth of variation in the programme, and male voices, | 0:52:40 | 0:52:46 | |
we expect that robust sound, as Tim said, | 0:52:46 | 0:52:49 | |
what we don't expect is a sort of majesty, | 0:52:49 | 0:52:52 | |
but also an intimacy and to do that in three languages... | 0:52:52 | 0:52:56 | |
And I also would have liked to have heard the Faust in French - | 0:52:56 | 0:52:59 | |
I look forward to hearing it in the future. | 0:52:59 | 0:53:00 | |
So thank you very much. | 0:53:00 | 0:53:02 | |
Thanks, Tim and Danielle. | 0:53:02 | 0:53:04 | |
And...thank you to Johns' Boys! | 0:53:04 | 0:53:06 | |
-APPLAUSE -Let's catch up with Johns' Boys, | 0:53:06 | 0:53:09 | |
who are hopefully backstage with Lloyd and not in the pub already! | 0:53:09 | 0:53:13 | |
-LAUGHTER -Don't worry, they're not there just yet, although I hear | 0:53:13 | 0:53:16 | |
you've got an appointment with a hotel bar afterwards, Aled. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:19 | |
Ooh, I don't know anything about that, mate. | 0:53:19 | 0:53:21 | |
Ooh, I haven't got a clue about that. I'll pass on that one. | 0:53:21 | 0:53:23 | |
You're the leader, you should know these things, | 0:53:23 | 0:53:25 | |
but you do know how to train a choir and Tim and Danielle, | 0:53:25 | 0:53:28 | |
obviously, are huge fans of that robust sound. | 0:53:28 | 0:53:31 | |
How did you create that in only a few months? | 0:53:31 | 0:53:33 | |
Yes, it's a heck of an achievement to form | 0:53:33 | 0:53:36 | |
-a choir February time and come all this way. -Mm-hm. | 0:53:36 | 0:53:40 | |
But, luckily, we've got choirs in Wales, established choirs, | 0:53:40 | 0:53:45 | |
that show that with hard work you can achieve a heck of a lot. | 0:53:45 | 0:53:48 | |
Absolutely, and, Dylan, | 0:53:48 | 0:53:50 | |
a performance and a choir certainly worthy of your father's name. | 0:53:50 | 0:53:53 | |
-Merci beaucoup, um... -LAUGHTER | 0:53:53 | 0:53:56 | |
-That's about as far as it goes... -There you go. | 0:53:56 | 0:53:59 | |
I really appreciated the judges' comments and... | 0:54:00 | 0:54:03 | |
I felt quite emotional on the stage, I hope that connected with | 0:54:03 | 0:54:06 | |
the audience as well and I really enjoyed it. | 0:54:06 | 0:54:09 | |
Absolutely, and, Aled, | 0:54:09 | 0:54:10 | |
you were saying to me earlier that sort of inspiring the next | 0:54:10 | 0:54:13 | |
generation of male voice singers is an important part of this choir's, | 0:54:13 | 0:54:17 | |
you know, existence. | 0:54:17 | 0:54:19 | |
Yeah, very much so, and actually to ensure that the community, | 0:54:19 | 0:54:22 | |
you know, different generations, | 0:54:22 | 0:54:23 | |
we can actually enjoy music together and that's really important. | 0:54:23 | 0:54:26 | |
There's a marvellous tradition in Wales and it is a tradition | 0:54:26 | 0:54:29 | |
that we need to pass on. | 0:54:29 | 0:54:30 | |
We'll obviously learn some French as well. LAUGHTER | 0:54:30 | 0:54:33 | |
Absolutely, but I'll just say diolch for now, just the Welsh, thank you. | 0:54:33 | 0:54:36 | |
Dioch. APPLAUSE | 0:54:36 | 0:54:39 | |
Merci beaucoup to both of you. | 0:54:41 | 0:54:43 | |
Tim and Danielle, I hope you got your fix of French there. | 0:54:43 | 0:54:46 | |
Well done to Johns' Boys. | 0:54:46 | 0:54:48 | |
So, we've heard from the boys and now it's time for the girls | 0:54:48 | 0:54:51 | |
to show us what they're made of. | 0:54:51 | 0:54:52 | |
The penultimate choir to perform in this Grand Final | 0:54:52 | 0:54:55 | |
is a female barbershop chorus. | 0:54:55 | 0:54:57 | |
They made it here to Cardiff as one of two wild card selections. | 0:54:57 | 0:55:01 | |
From Leeds, they're the 75-strong The White Rosettes. | 0:55:01 | 0:55:05 | |
WOMEN SING | 0:55:10 | 0:55:13 | |
The White Rosettes are a barbershop chorus based in Leeds, | 0:55:16 | 0:55:18 | |
there's 72 members, all ranging from 18 to 84. | 0:55:18 | 0:55:23 | |
JOSIE: The White Rosettes are titans of the barbershop world. | 0:55:23 | 0:55:26 | |
They've won the ladies' British barbershop championships | 0:55:26 | 0:55:30 | |
an unprecedented 15 times and the secret of their success is | 0:55:30 | 0:55:35 | |
down to their technique. | 0:55:35 | 0:55:36 | |
Barbershop's a very different sort of singing, | 0:55:36 | 0:55:38 | |
it's four-part a cappella singing | 0:55:38 | 0:55:40 | |
and, because it's only four parts, | 0:55:40 | 0:55:42 | |
you can do it with four people, you can do it with 80 people. | 0:55:42 | 0:55:44 | |
The idea is that the four parts stack their notes together | 0:55:44 | 0:55:48 | |
to create harmonics, | 0:55:48 | 0:55:50 | |
so that we actually hear five and six notes at any one time. | 0:55:50 | 0:55:53 | |
That's the science of the sound that we try to make. | 0:55:53 | 0:55:55 | |
WOMEN SING | 0:55:55 | 0:55:59 | |
The magic thing about it is when you lock chords and you just get | 0:56:03 | 0:56:06 | |
the buzz in your ears and it just makes you tingle | 0:56:06 | 0:56:09 | |
and it's wonderful, it makes me happy. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:12 | |
WOMEN SING | 0:56:12 | 0:56:15 | |
There is a real science to the way you produce sound in the head | 0:56:18 | 0:56:23 | |
and then a science to matching that together when it's ensemble singing. | 0:56:23 | 0:56:27 | |
ALL SING | 0:56:27 | 0:56:29 | |
I praise each individual voice and, based on their own natural | 0:56:29 | 0:56:33 | |
resonance, I place them in a stack on the risers. | 0:56:33 | 0:56:36 | |
They are placed based on their own resonance in their head. | 0:56:36 | 0:56:40 | |
WOMEN SING | 0:56:40 | 0:56:43 | |
I try and make it my job to value everybody. | 0:56:43 | 0:56:46 | |
I think the stacking does that because it celebrates the voice | 0:56:46 | 0:56:49 | |
the way that it was built. | 0:56:49 | 0:56:50 | |
You analyse somebody's voice and celebrate how THEY sing, | 0:56:50 | 0:56:53 | |
not how you want them to sing. | 0:56:53 | 0:56:54 | |
WOMEN SING | 0:56:54 | 0:56:57 | |
It is a community, it is my life, | 0:56:57 | 0:56:59 | |
I've been doing this now for 34 years and it's the feel-good factor | 0:56:59 | 0:57:03 | |
of being within this marvellous beast that is | 0:57:03 | 0:57:06 | |
The White Rosettes. | 0:57:06 | 0:57:08 | |
WOMEN SING | 0:57:08 | 0:57:10 | |
The first song that we'll be singing in the final is Skyfall, | 0:57:10 | 0:57:14 | |
which is from the Bond movie, Skyfall. | 0:57:14 | 0:57:16 | |
# Stand tall and face it all together at Skyfall... # | 0:57:16 | 0:57:18 | |
It's quite sinister, has some sinister chording in it, | 0:57:18 | 0:57:21 | |
appropriately, cos it's Bond! | 0:57:21 | 0:57:22 | |
This one has become quite a favourite | 0:57:22 | 0:57:24 | |
and it's a really good opener. | 0:57:24 | 0:57:26 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:57:27 | 0:57:31 | |
# Wah-ah-ah-ah | 0:57:38 | 0:57:43 | |
# Doo-bah-doo, bah-doo | 0:57:43 | 0:57:48 | |
# Doo-bah-doo, bah-doo | 0:57:48 | 0:57:54 | |
-# Doo-bah-doo, bah-doo -Bah-dah-doo-bah, bah-dah-doo-bah | 0:57:54 | 0:58:00 | |
# Buh-rum, buh-rum | 0:58:00 | 0:58:05 | |
# This is the end | 0:58:05 | 0:58:10 | |
# Hold your breath and count to ten | 0:58:10 | 0:58:16 | |
# Feel the earth move and then | 0:58:16 | 0:58:21 | |
# So overdue I owe them | 0:58:21 | 0:58:28 | |
-# Swept away, I'm stolen -I am stolen, I am stolen | 0:58:28 | 0:58:34 | |
# Let the sky fall | 0:58:34 | 0:58:37 | |
# When it crumbles | 0:58:37 | 0:58:40 | |
# We will stand tall | 0:58:40 | 0:58:42 | |
# And face it all together | 0:58:42 | 0:58:45 | |
# Let the sky fall | 0:58:45 | 0:58:48 | |
# When it crumbles | 0:58:48 | 0:58:51 | |
# We will stand tall | 0:58:51 | 0:58:53 | |
# And face it all together | 0:58:53 | 0:58:55 | |
# At Skyfall | 0:58:55 | 0:58:57 | |
-# Doo-bah-doo, bah-doo -Bah-dah-doo-bah, bah-dah-doo-bah | 0:58:57 | 0:59:01 | |
# At Skyfall | 0:59:01 | 0:59:06 | |
-# Skyfall is where we start -Where we start | 0:59:07 | 0:59:12 | |
-# A thousand miles and poles apart -A thousand miles and poles apart | 0:59:12 | 0:59:18 | |
# Where worlds collide and days are dark | 0:59:18 | 0:59:21 | |
# You may have my number You can take my name | 0:59:21 | 0:59:25 | |
# But you'll never have my heart | 0:59:25 | 0:59:29 | |
# Let the sky fall | 0:59:29 | 0:59:32 | |
# When it crumbles | 0:59:32 | 0:59:35 | |
# We will stand tall | 0:59:35 | 0:59:38 | |
# And face it all together | 0:59:38 | 0:59:40 | |
-# Let the sky fall -Let the sky fall | 0:59:40 | 0:59:43 | |
-# When it crumbles -When it crumbles | 0:59:43 | 0:59:46 | |
# We will stand tall | 0:59:46 | 0:59:48 | |
# We will stand and face it all together | 0:59:48 | 0:59:50 | |
# At skyfall | 0:59:50 | 0:59:52 | |
# Let the sky fall, let the sky fall | 0:59:52 | 0:59:55 | |
# We will stand tall | 0:59:55 | 0:59:57 | |
# At the fall, at the fall | 0:59:57 | 1:00:01 | |
# Oooh | 1:00:01 | 1:00:03 | |
# At skyfall | 1:00:03 | 1:00:05 | |
# Oooh | 1:00:05 | 1:00:10 | |
# At skyfall. # | 1:00:10 | 1:00:22 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:00:23 | 1:00:26 | |
Adele's Bond classic. | 1:00:26 | 1:00:27 | |
Next, an unexpected visit to the 16th century and Thomas Morley's | 1:00:27 | 1:00:32 | |
magical April Is In My Mistress' Face. | 1:00:32 | 1:00:35 | |
# April is in my mistress' face | 1:00:35 | 1:00:41 | |
# April is in my mistress' face | 1:00:41 | 1:00:49 | |
# April is in my mistress' face | 1:00:50 | 1:00:59 | |
# And July in her eyes hath place | 1:00:59 | 1:01:05 | |
# And July in her eyes | 1:01:05 | 1:01:08 | |
# And July in her eyes hath place | 1:01:08 | 1:01:14 | |
# Within her bosom | 1:01:15 | 1:01:20 | |
# Within her bosom | 1:01:20 | 1:01:24 | |
# Is September | 1:01:24 | 1:01:34 | |
# But in her heart | 1:01:34 | 1:01:37 | |
# But in her heart | 1:01:37 | 1:01:42 | |
# But in her heart a cold December | 1:01:42 | 1:01:52 | |
# But in her heart | 1:01:52 | 1:01:55 | |
# But in her heart | 1:01:55 | 1:02:00 | |
# But in her heart | 1:02:00 | 1:02:03 | |
# But in her heart a cold December. # | 1:02:03 | 1:02:20 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:02:20 | 1:02:24 | |
And to finish their programme, | 1:02:24 | 1:02:26 | |
a song written and made famous by Peggy Lee, | 1:02:26 | 1:02:28 | |
I Love Being Here With You. | 1:02:28 | 1:02:31 | |
# I love the east, I love the west | 1:02:31 | 1:02:33 | |
# And north and south, they're both the best | 1:02:33 | 1:02:36 | |
# But I only want to go there | 1:02:36 | 1:02:38 | |
# As a guest | 1:02:38 | 1:02:39 | |
# Cos I love being here with you | 1:02:39 | 1:02:42 | |
# I love the sea, I love the shore | 1:02:42 | 1:02:45 | |
# I love the rocks and what is more | 1:02:45 | 1:02:48 | |
# With you there they'd never be a bore | 1:02:48 | 1:02:51 | |
# Cos I love being here with you | 1:02:51 | 1:02:54 | |
# Just singing in the shower | 1:02:54 | 1:02:56 | |
# Laughing by the hour | 1:02:56 | 1:02:58 | |
# Life is such a breezy game | 1:02:58 | 1:03:01 | |
# Love all kinds of weather, as long as we're together | 1:03:01 | 1:03:04 | |
# I love to hear you say my name | 1:03:04 | 1:03:07 | |
# I love good wine and fine cuisine | 1:03:07 | 1:03:10 | |
# And candle light, I love the scene | 1:03:10 | 1:03:13 | |
# But, baby, if you know just what I mean | 1:03:13 | 1:03:16 | |
# I love being here with you, with you | 1:03:16 | 1:03:19 | |
# I love, love, love | 1:03:19 | 1:03:21 | |
# I love being here with you | 1:03:21 | 1:03:24 | |
# With you | 1:03:24 | 1:03:25 | |
# I want you so much more than the sun and the sky up above | 1:03:28 | 1:03:32 | |
# How I love, how I love | 1:03:32 | 1:03:35 | |
# How I love being here with you | 1:03:35 | 1:03:37 | |
# Baby, baby | 1:03:37 | 1:03:39 | |
# I'd love to sing in Basie's band a-swinging | 1:03:39 | 1:03:41 | |
# There's something else you know | 1:03:41 | 1:03:44 | |
# Oh yeah | 1:03:44 | 1:03:45 | |
# They know how to say it | 1:03:45 | 1:03:47 | |
# They just wind it up and let it go | 1:03:47 | 1:03:50 | |
# Wind it up and let it go, oh | 1:03:50 | 1:03:53 | |
# Been a lot of hours | 1:03:53 | 1:03:56 | |
# Waiting for the applause | 1:03:56 | 1:03:59 | |
# But, baby, don't you worry cos I'm still yours | 1:03:59 | 1:04:02 | |
# I love being here with you | 1:04:02 | 1:04:05 | |
# With you, the only one I love | 1:04:05 | 1:04:08 | |
# I love | 1:04:08 | 1:04:11 | |
# Cos being with you is what I love | 1:04:11 | 1:04:15 | |
# That's what I love | 1:04:15 | 1:04:17 | |
# Baby, that's what I love | 1:04:17 | 1:04:23 | |
# That's what I love. # | 1:04:23 | 1:04:35 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:04:35 | 1:04:40 | |
I think Julian loves being here with you ladies! That's what I'm saying! | 1:04:50 | 1:04:55 | |
Three very different pieces from three different centuries. | 1:04:55 | 1:04:59 | |
Eska, did they, for you, succeed in owning each piece? | 1:04:59 | 1:05:02 | |
Every piece. | 1:05:03 | 1:05:05 | |
You gave such emotion and such a sense of being really present | 1:05:05 | 1:05:09 | |
in that piece. | 1:05:09 | 1:05:11 | |
What a great delivery and celebration of lots of | 1:05:11 | 1:05:15 | |
different styles. | 1:05:15 | 1:05:17 | |
Harry, this choir has had enormous success in | 1:05:17 | 1:05:20 | |
barbershop competitions. | 1:05:20 | 1:05:22 | |
Did that experience shine through in their performance today? | 1:05:22 | 1:05:24 | |
Oh, it certainly did. | 1:05:24 | 1:05:26 | |
It's a pure velvet sound you make, which is so good. | 1:05:26 | 1:05:29 | |
And that comes so much from the lower voices, | 1:05:29 | 1:05:31 | |
really supporting everything that happens above them. | 1:05:31 | 1:05:34 | |
That was gorgeous. | 1:05:34 | 1:05:35 | |
Thanks very much, Harry and Eska. | 1:05:35 | 1:05:37 | |
Thank you again The White Rosettes. | 1:05:37 | 1:05:39 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:05:39 | 1:05:43 | |
Plenty of encouraging comments from the judges. | 1:05:48 | 1:05:51 | |
Let's join Lloyd backstage. | 1:05:51 | 1:05:53 | |
Thank you very much. | 1:05:53 | 1:05:55 | |
Well, Harry Christophers described your sound as pure velvet. | 1:05:55 | 1:05:59 | |
That scientific approach really paid off. | 1:05:59 | 1:06:01 | |
Well, yeah, it looks like it. | 1:06:01 | 1:06:03 | |
And what a great compliment that it's pure velvet. | 1:06:03 | 1:06:06 | |
And the work that we do | 1:06:06 | 1:06:07 | |
in developing our own individual resonance | 1:06:07 | 1:06:09 | |
to create the ensemble connection is something we take great pride in. | 1:06:09 | 1:06:13 | |
It's been such a thrill. | 1:06:13 | 1:06:15 | |
Absolutely. Jane, | 1:06:15 | 1:06:16 | |
what would it mean to add this Choir of the Year trophy to the cabinet? | 1:06:16 | 1:06:19 | |
We are within a barbershop style. We do that day in day out. | 1:06:19 | 1:06:23 | |
To be part of the talent that's been on that stage today and to be even | 1:06:23 | 1:06:27 | |
up against it, fantastic. Can't express it. | 1:06:27 | 1:06:30 | |
Wonderful. | 1:06:30 | 1:06:31 | |
Alice, it's your job to get these 70 ladies to each perform. | 1:06:31 | 1:06:35 | |
That's surely a full-time job by itself? | 1:06:35 | 1:06:38 | |
Pretty much, yes. | 1:06:38 | 1:06:39 | |
Basically, I make them scared of me so they do I need them to do | 1:06:39 | 1:06:42 | |
when I need them to do it. | 1:06:42 | 1:06:43 | |
It seems to work most of the time! | 1:06:43 | 1:06:45 | |
It certainly worked tonight. No messing with you guys. | 1:06:45 | 1:06:47 | |
-Thank you very much. -ALL: -Thank you. | 1:06:47 | 1:06:49 | |
So, we've come to the last choir in this Grand Final of | 1:06:49 | 1:06:53 | |
Choir of the Year 2016. | 1:06:53 | 1:06:55 | |
They were the winners of the adult category back in October. | 1:06:55 | 1:06:58 | |
They're an a cappella or an unaccompanied chamber choir | 1:06:58 | 1:07:01 | |
from Newcastle. | 1:07:01 | 1:07:02 | |
They are called the Voices Of Hope. | 1:07:02 | 1:07:05 | |
CHOIR SINGS | 1:07:10 | 1:07:13 | |
We're a 20-piece chamber choir called Voices Of Hope | 1:07:15 | 1:07:19 | |
and we're from the northeast of England. | 1:07:19 | 1:07:22 | |
We formed five years ago. | 1:07:22 | 1:07:23 | |
We were raising money for the British Heart Foundation | 1:07:23 | 1:07:26 | |
on the first anniversary of my mother's death. | 1:07:26 | 1:07:30 | |
It was initially just a one-off concert that we were going to | 1:07:34 | 1:07:37 | |
do together, a group of friends. | 1:07:37 | 1:07:38 | |
# On my own... # | 1:07:38 | 1:07:41 | |
We thought it would be really nice to keep going. | 1:07:41 | 1:07:44 | |
What's really great is that the second ever concert we did | 1:07:44 | 1:07:47 | |
was an audition for Choir of the Year four years ago | 1:07:47 | 1:07:49 | |
so it's nice that it's come full circle. | 1:07:49 | 1:07:52 | |
# The man of the Pharisees... # | 1:07:52 | 1:07:55 | |
There's something very special about singing in an a cappella choir. | 1:07:55 | 1:07:58 | |
We trust each other and when we sing in a circle and smile at each other, | 1:07:58 | 1:08:02 | |
we know we're going to create a really good sound. | 1:08:02 | 1:08:04 | |
# Jesus was a man who desired to know | 1:08:04 | 1:08:07 | |
# How man can... # | 1:08:07 | 1:08:09 | |
In the five years since the choir was founded, | 1:08:10 | 1:08:13 | |
Voices Of Hope have formed a strong relationship with | 1:08:13 | 1:08:16 | |
one of the area's most iconic buildings, the Sage Gateshead. | 1:08:16 | 1:08:20 | |
It's important to have a relationship with Sage Gateshead | 1:08:20 | 1:08:23 | |
because quite a lot of us work there and I'm one of them. | 1:08:23 | 1:08:26 | |
We are very proud to work in this building, | 1:08:26 | 1:08:28 | |
which is a beacon for the northeast of music. | 1:08:28 | 1:08:32 | |
We have a really great connection with the classical | 1:08:33 | 1:08:35 | |
department and with the learning department and it gives us | 1:08:35 | 1:08:38 | |
opportunities to sing in this incredible environment | 1:08:38 | 1:08:41 | |
and gives us other opportunities outside of the building as well. | 1:08:41 | 1:08:43 | |
We have this great connection with the northeast as a whole. | 1:08:43 | 1:08:46 | |
We love singing the music from here and we love doing lots of | 1:08:46 | 1:08:49 | |
community work. People in the northeast feel like we're theirs. | 1:08:49 | 1:08:53 | |
It's a really nice feeling. | 1:08:53 | 1:08:54 | |
Brill. Let's try it. | 1:08:54 | 1:08:56 | |
And... | 1:08:56 | 1:08:58 | |
CHOIR SINGS | 1:08:59 | 1:09:02 | |
We're going to be singing a piece of music by Will Todd, | 1:09:02 | 1:09:04 | |
who was born in Durham. | 1:09:04 | 1:09:06 | |
The text of the piece, Christus Est Stella, | 1:09:06 | 1:09:09 | |
was written by the Venerable Bede. | 1:09:09 | 1:09:10 | |
There's an inscription of that engraved in Durham Cathedral | 1:09:10 | 1:09:14 | |
so I think that anchors us in the northeast with that little | 1:09:14 | 1:09:17 | |
piece of programming. | 1:09:17 | 1:09:20 | |
To win Choir of the Year would mean an enormous amount. | 1:09:21 | 1:09:25 | |
The people in this choir are so fantastic and they mean | 1:09:25 | 1:09:28 | |
so much to me that I just want to win it for them. | 1:09:28 | 1:09:32 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:09:32 | 1:09:35 | |
# Christus est stella | 1:09:41 | 1:09:47 | |
# Matutina | 1:09:47 | 1:09:53 | |
# Alleluia | 1:09:53 | 1:09:58 | |
# Qui nocte saeculi transacta | 1:10:00 | 1:10:12 | |
# Alleluia | 1:10:12 | 1:10:18 | |
# Christus est stella | 1:10:19 | 1:10:26 | |
# Matutina | 1:10:26 | 1:10:31 | |
# Alleluia | 1:10:33 | 1:10:38 | |
# Alleluia | 1:10:38 | 1:10:47 | |
# Lucem vitae | 1:10:50 | 1:10:56 | |
# Lucem vitae | 1:10:56 | 1:11:02 | |
# Sanctis promittit | 1:11:02 | 1:11:10 | |
# Alleluia | 1:11:12 | 1:11:17 | |
# Alleluia | 1:11:18 | 1:11:23 | |
# Alleluia | 1:11:23 | 1:11:26 | |
# Alleluia | 1:11:26 | 1:11:29 | |
# Alleluia | 1:11:29 | 1:11:36 | |
# Et pandit aeternam | 1:11:36 | 1:11:42 | |
# Et pandit aeternam | 1:11:42 | 1:11:51 | |
# Alleluia | 1:11:53 | 1:12:03 | |
# Christus est stella | 1:12:05 | 1:12:11 | |
# Matutina | 1:12:11 | 1:12:17 | |
# Alleluia | 1:12:17 | 1:12:21 | |
# Alleluia | 1:12:22 | 1:12:25 | |
# Alleluia | 1:12:25 | 1:12:30 | |
# Alleluia | 1:12:34 | 1:12:40 | |
# Alleluia | 1:12:41 | 1:12:48 | |
# Alleluia. # | 1:12:50 | 1:13:09 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:13:11 | 1:13:15 | |
In a programme of sacred music, | 1:13:15 | 1:13:17 | |
Voices Of Hope turn next to the | 1:13:17 | 1:13:20 | |
Estonian composer Arvo Part. | 1:13:20 | 1:13:22 | |
THEY SING IN RUSSIAN | 1:13:24 | 1:13:26 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:14:32 | 1:14:37 | |
And the last song in this Grand Final is the popular spiritual, | 1:14:38 | 1:14:42 | |
Witness. | 1:14:42 | 1:14:44 | |
# There was a man of the Pharisees | 1:14:44 | 1:14:47 | |
# His name was Nicodemus and he didn't believe | 1:14:47 | 1:14:50 | |
# The same came to Christ by night | 1:14:50 | 1:14:53 | |
# Wanted to be taught out of human sight | 1:14:53 | 1:14:55 | |
# Nicodemus was a man who desired to know | 1:14:55 | 1:14:59 | |
# How a man can be born when he is old | 1:14:59 | 1:15:02 | |
# Christ told Nicodemus as a friend | 1:15:02 | 1:15:05 | |
# "Man you must be born again" | 1:15:05 | 1:15:08 | |
# He said, "Marvel not, man, if you wanna be wise | 1:15:08 | 1:15:11 | |
# "Repent, believe and be baptized" | 1:15:11 | 1:15:14 | |
# Then you'll be a witness | 1:15:14 | 1:15:16 | |
# Then you'll be a witness for my Lord | 1:15:16 | 1:15:20 | |
# Then you'll be a witness for my Lord | 1:15:20 | 1:15:23 | |
# You'll be a witness | 1:15:23 | 1:15:25 | |
# My soul is a witness for my Lord | 1:15:25 | 1:15:28 | |
# You read about Samson, from his birth | 1:15:28 | 1:15:32 | |
# He was strongest man that ever lived on Earth | 1:15:32 | 1:15:36 | |
# Way back yonder in ancient times | 1:15:36 | 1:15:39 | |
# He killed ten thousand of the Philistines | 1:15:39 | 1:15:43 | |
# Then old Samson went wandering about | 1:15:43 | 1:15:46 | |
# Samson's strength was never found out | 1:15:46 | 1:15:48 | |
# Till his wife sat upon his knee | 1:15:48 | 1:15:51 | |
# She said, "Tell me where your strength lies, if you please" | 1:15:51 | 1:15:54 | |
# Now, Samson's wife, she talk so fair | 1:15:54 | 1:15:58 | |
# Samson said, "Cut off my hair" | 1:15:58 | 1:16:00 | |
# Cut it off | 1:16:00 | 1:16:01 | |
# "Shave my head as you clean your hand | 1:16:01 | 1:16:04 | |
# "And my strength will become like a natural man" | 1:16:04 | 1:16:07 | |
# Samson was a witness, Lord | 1:16:07 | 1:16:10 | |
# Samson was a witness, Lord | 1:16:10 | 1:16:13 | |
# Samson was a witness, Lord | 1:16:13 | 1:16:17 | |
# My soul is a witness for my Lord | 1:16:17 | 1:16:20 | |
# There's another witness | 1:16:20 | 1:16:22 | |
# There's another witness | 1:16:22 | 1:16:24 | |
# There's another witness | 1:16:24 | 1:16:26 | |
# There's another witness | 1:16:26 | 1:16:27 | |
# There's another witness | 1:16:27 | 1:16:29 | |
# There's another witness | 1:16:29 | 1:16:31 | |
# There's another witness for my Lord | 1:16:31 | 1:16:36 | |
# My soul is a witness for my | 1:16:38 | 1:16:47 | |
Lord. # | 1:16:49 | 1:16:54 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:16:54 | 1:16:59 | |
Voices Of Hope bringing this Grand Final | 1:17:10 | 1:17:12 | |
of Choir of the Year 2016 to a close. | 1:17:12 | 1:17:15 | |
Tim, one of only two choirs this evening to sing | 1:17:15 | 1:17:17 | |
completely unaccompanied. | 1:17:17 | 1:17:19 | |
Fantastic. A sense of ensemble throughout all pieces. | 1:17:19 | 1:17:24 | |
The Part and the Todd were particularly effective for me, | 1:17:24 | 1:17:30 | |
really embracing the style of each of the three pieces. Bravo. | 1:17:30 | 1:17:35 | |
Dani, as an opera singer, you need to know where your strengths lie | 1:17:35 | 1:17:39 | |
and what repertoire is right for your voice. | 1:17:39 | 1:17:42 | |
That's the same for a choir, isn't it? | 1:17:42 | 1:17:44 | |
I heard one voice. I don't know if everybody feels the same way. | 1:17:44 | 1:17:48 | |
The precision of your delivery gave you one voice. | 1:17:48 | 1:17:54 | |
So, yes, you clearly know what your strengths are but I can't | 1:17:54 | 1:17:57 | |
imagine what your weaknesses are. | 1:17:57 | 1:18:00 | |
You have stunning, stunning diction. | 1:18:00 | 1:18:04 | |
I didn't need to look at Witness at all. I heard every single word. | 1:18:04 | 1:18:08 | |
Really fantastic. Fantastic work. | 1:18:08 | 1:18:10 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:18:10 | 1:18:15 | |
Voices Of Hope. | 1:18:15 | 1:18:16 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:18:16 | 1:18:19 | |
Let's head backstage one last time to Lloyd, | 1:18:22 | 1:18:24 | |
who is with some of the choir. | 1:18:24 | 1:18:26 | |
What a way to end this evening. | 1:18:26 | 1:18:28 | |
Hannah, a ringing endorsement from the judges there of your choir. | 1:18:28 | 1:18:33 | |
It's... We work so hard. We meet every week. | 1:18:33 | 1:18:36 | |
We love spending time together. | 1:18:36 | 1:18:38 | |
When other people tell us that it's good, | 1:18:38 | 1:18:41 | |
it's just the nicest feeling. | 1:18:41 | 1:18:42 | |
I bet. | 1:18:42 | 1:18:44 | |
Lorna, was it quite difficult to be the last choir to perform | 1:18:44 | 1:18:46 | |
this evening, watching all the other choirs and anticipation building up? | 1:18:46 | 1:18:50 | |
Definitely. | 1:18:50 | 1:18:52 | |
It's been an amazing day. Well done to all the rest of the choirs. | 1:18:52 | 1:18:55 | |
It's been such a fantastic thing to watch, as well as be a part of. | 1:18:55 | 1:18:58 | |
Simon, well, how do you feel? | 1:18:58 | 1:19:00 | |
Tired! | 1:19:01 | 1:19:02 | |
No, it's been a brilliant day. | 1:19:04 | 1:19:05 | |
Very humbling just to be in the same room as all these other | 1:19:05 | 1:19:08 | |
wonderful choirs. | 1:19:08 | 1:19:10 | |
I just feel very proud of my singers. | 1:19:10 | 1:19:13 | |
I think we were wonderful tonight, really excited for them. | 1:19:13 | 1:19:17 | |
I should say at this time, just mention that the choir was set up | 1:19:17 | 1:19:22 | |
in memory of my mum so my thoughts are with her a little bit as well. | 1:19:22 | 1:19:26 | |
I hope she is proud of me. | 1:19:26 | 1:19:28 | |
I'm sure. Very emotional. Thank you very much, Simon. | 1:19:28 | 1:19:32 | |
While the jury leave to make their decision, | 1:19:34 | 1:19:36 | |
time for a special performance. | 1:19:36 | 1:19:38 | |
Earlier this year, | 1:19:38 | 1:19:40 | |
saxophonist Jess Gillam reached the Grand Final of BBC Young Musician. | 1:19:40 | 1:19:44 | |
Composer Jeremy Holland-Smith was inspired by her performance | 1:19:44 | 1:19:47 | |
and wrote a piece with her in mind. | 1:19:47 | 1:19:50 | |
She's going to give the world premiere now | 1:19:50 | 1:19:52 | |
and is joined by organist Robert Court and six sopranos from | 1:19:52 | 1:19:57 | |
CF1, winners of Choir of the Year 2014. | 1:19:57 | 1:20:00 | |
THEY SING IN GERMAN | 1:20:03 | 1:20:06 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:24:03 | 1:24:07 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:24:16 | 1:24:19 | |
Now, before we hear the result, here's | 1:24:20 | 1:24:23 | |
a quick reminder of the six choirs and the thoughts of the judges. | 1:24:23 | 1:24:26 | |
First... | 1:24:33 | 1:24:35 | |
The beautiful hushed tones of that second piece were really magical. | 1:24:37 | 1:24:42 | |
Bringing this Welsh language. | 1:24:42 | 1:24:44 | |
It's a difficult and extremely melodic language. | 1:24:44 | 1:24:47 | |
It was lovely to hear. I wish I would be able to sing in Welsh. | 1:24:47 | 1:24:50 | |
Maybe I will one day. | 1:24:50 | 1:24:52 | |
They moved together like one living, breathing organism. | 1:24:56 | 1:25:01 | |
It was so beautiful and spectacular to see. | 1:25:01 | 1:25:04 | |
They display a tremendous musical maturity for once so young. | 1:25:10 | 1:25:16 | |
And they bring all that beautiful sincerity to everything that | 1:25:16 | 1:25:19 | |
they do. | 1:25:19 | 1:25:20 | |
They've made a remarkable feat in that they make it look so easy. | 1:25:20 | 1:25:24 | |
Johns' Boys had a terrific, robust operatic sound. | 1:25:27 | 1:25:31 | |
I loved their well-supported singing and some fantastic voices in | 1:25:31 | 1:25:37 | |
the choir yet you always felt that they were moving as one. | 1:25:37 | 1:25:41 | |
You could really look at every single face and they were connected | 1:25:46 | 1:25:51 | |
to what they were doing. | 1:25:51 | 1:25:53 | |
You really see clearly with this group | 1:25:53 | 1:25:56 | |
a group that love what they do and actually great entertainers. | 1:25:56 | 1:26:01 | |
This is just a great ensemble. | 1:26:06 | 1:26:09 | |
I shut my eyes at one point just to take in the music and I could | 1:26:09 | 1:26:12 | |
hear all the chords beautifully, the blend, the ensemble. | 1:26:12 | 1:26:15 | |
The precision and the variety of the programme, | 1:26:15 | 1:26:18 | |
absolutely staggering. | 1:26:18 | 1:26:19 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:26:23 | 1:26:26 | |
What a final it's been. | 1:26:26 | 1:26:28 | |
I'm delighted to say we have a decision. | 1:26:28 | 1:26:32 | |
AUDIENCE: Ooh! | 1:26:32 | 1:26:34 | |
Please welcome to the stage our jury, | 1:26:34 | 1:26:37 | |
Eska, Tim Rhys-Evans, Danielle de Niese and Harry Christophers, | 1:26:37 | 1:26:40 | |
who will announce the winner of Choir of the Year 2016. | 1:26:40 | 1:26:43 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:26:43 | 1:26:46 | |
Thank you so much. | 1:26:54 | 1:26:56 | |
The winners of Choir of the Year 2016... | 1:26:56 | 1:26:59 | |
..Voices Of Hope. | 1:27:01 | 1:27:03 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:27:03 | 1:27:07 | |
APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH | 1:27:22 | 1:27:24 | |
Voices Of Hope. Congratulations. | 1:27:32 | 1:27:34 | |
Can you tell us what it means to be holding the trophy? | 1:27:34 | 1:27:37 | |
Kind of lost for words. | 1:27:37 | 1:27:39 | |
It means a great deal, obviously. | 1:27:39 | 1:27:42 | |
You spend, as singers, most of your time thinking you're rubbish so... | 1:27:42 | 1:27:46 | |
LAUGHTER | 1:27:46 | 1:27:48 | |
To have these people say that you're OK is pretty special and | 1:27:48 | 1:27:52 | |
my singers are amazing, amazing people. | 1:27:52 | 1:27:55 | |
It's a joy to work with them. | 1:27:55 | 1:27:58 | |
This is for you guys. | 1:27:58 | 1:28:00 | |
Well done. Incredibly humble. | 1:28:02 | 1:28:03 | |
You are a lot better than just OK, trust me! | 1:28:03 | 1:28:07 | |
Once more for our winners, Voices Of Hope. | 1:28:07 | 1:28:10 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:28:10 | 1:28:13 | |
Please put your hands together for the representatives of our | 1:28:16 | 1:28:19 | |
other our wonderful choirs, Cor Cwm, | 1:28:19 | 1:28:22 | |
Rainbow Connection Singers, Musical Originals Training Choir, | 1:28:22 | 1:28:25 | |
Johns' Boys and The White Rosettes. | 1:28:25 | 1:28:28 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:28:28 | 1:28:31 | |
Our congratulations again to our winners, Voices Of Hope, | 1:28:35 | 1:28:38 | |
who are Choir of the Year 2016 and deservedly so. | 1:28:38 | 1:28:43 | |
I'm sure you'll all agree that tonight has been | 1:28:43 | 1:28:45 | |
a real celebration of choral singing at its very best. | 1:28:45 | 1:28:51 | |
So, from all of us here at the Wales Millennium Centre, goodnight. | 1:28:51 | 1:28:54 | |
Nos da. | 1:28:54 | 1:28:56 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:28:56 | 1:28:58 | |
# There's another witness | 1:28:58 | 1:29:00 | |
# There's another witness | 1:29:00 | 1:29:02 | |
# There's another witness | 1:29:02 | 1:29:04 | |
# There's another witness | 1:29:04 | 1:29:07 | |
# There's another witness | 1:29:07 | 1:29:09 | |
# There's another witness | 1:29:09 | 1:29:10 | |
# For my Lord | 1:29:10 | 1:29:14 | |
# My soul is a witness | 1:29:16 | 1:29:20 | |
# For my | 1:29:20 | 1:29:25 | |
# Lord. # | 1:29:27 | 1:29:31 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:29:31 | 1:29:33 |