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ORCHESTRA TUNES UP

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Welcome to the Royal Albert Hall in London

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for our annual musical extravaganza, the Big Sing.

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We've got some wonderful hymns, old and new, plus some

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fantastically inspirational performances from our guest stars,

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Michael Ball and Alfie Boe,

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the classical music trio, The Priests,

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leading hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty

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and MOBO award-winner Laura Mvula.

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There's plenty to be getting on with there, so let the Big Sing begin.

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We're all in fine voice here at the Royal Albert Hall

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and I hope you were singing along at home as well.

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Our first guests are two gifted modern songwriters,

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passionate about bringing people together to worship in song.

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Their impressive back catalogue includes

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King Of The Ages, Creation Sings, Come People Of The Risen King,

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The Power Of The Cross and so many more besides.

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Please give a warm welcome to Keith and Kristyn Getty.

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You guys obviously write a lot of songs together,

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but you're also known for your collaborations as well.

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How do these collaborations come about?

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I think one of the most important things the 21st century

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can have is new hymns for us to sing.

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And I heard this song called How Deep The Father's Love

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which Stuart Townend had written, and so we got together and decided

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we should write a song and the first one was In Christ Alone.

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Wow, that's not a bad start, is it?

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It's been downhill ever since.

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And can you tell us a bit about the impact that that song's had?

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Oh, gosh.

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It's become, I guess, one of the most sung hymns around the world.

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I think that's been one of the most exciting things - it's even become

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an anthem in many parts of the world for the persecuted church

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and for people who struggle.

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So that's been a privilege to write folk melodies that come from Ireland

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but that actually translate in other cultures.

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Well, there's nothing quite like leading 5,000 voices

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in a song that you've written,

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so Keith and Kristyn, I'm going to let you get ready for that.

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Thank you very much.

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# In Christ alone my hope is found,

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# He is my light, my strength, my song

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# This cornerstone, this solid ground

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# Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

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# What heights of love, what depths of peace

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# When fears are stilled, when strivings cease

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# My comforter, my all in all

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# Here in the love of Christ I stand... #

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For centuries, composers have been inspired by Psalm 23.

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More recently, Howard Goodall wrote his version of it

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as the theme for the BBC sitcom, The Vicar Of Dibley.

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It's a beautiful piece of music, and here to perform it

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for us this evening, our fabulous 200-voice stage choir.

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APPLAUSE

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# The Lord is my shepherd

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# I shall not want

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# He maketh me to lie down in green pastures

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# He leadeth me beside the still waters

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# The Lord is my shepherd

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# I shall not want

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# He maketh me to lie down in green pastures

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# He leadeth me beside the still waters

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# Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

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# I will fear no evil

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# Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

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# I will fear no evil

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# For you are with me, you will comfort me

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# You are with me, you will comfort me

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# Comfort me

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# Surely goodness and mercy

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# Shall follow me all the days of my life

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# And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever

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# For ever

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# For ever

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# For ever. #

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Our stage choirs, ladies and gentlemen,

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and our Big Sing Orchestra conducted by maestro Paul Leddington Wright.

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The orchestra will now take a brief rest as we give centre stage

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to the famous Royal Albert Hall organ,

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played by our very own Daniel Moult.

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And we'll be singing another hugely popular hymn,

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set to one of the most beautiful melodies ever written.

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It's time now for two international solo stars

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who've come together to sing duets.

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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Michael Ball and Alfie Boe.

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Now, just be honest with me,

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is there ever any rivalry between the two of you?

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Oh...

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-Yes.

-No!

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I think that answers that one, don't you?

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I don't think there is, do you?

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Just tell us what you're singing tonight for us

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and why you've chosen that song.

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We've chosing to sing Somewhere...

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-Choosing.

-Choosing to sing...

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We're choosing to sing Somewhere from West Side Story.

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It's one of Sondheim's... Stephen Sondheim's earliest lyrics,

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it's one of his greatest.

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It's a song about hope and about looking to the future and about

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guiding someone and having them with you to take you

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to that better future.

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Gentlemen, we look forward to hearing it. Thank you very much.

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Thank you.

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# Someday

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# Somewhere

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# We'll find a new way of living

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# We'll find a way of forgiving

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# Somewhere

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# There's a place for us

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# Somewhere a place for us

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# Peace and quiet and open air

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# Wait for us somewhere

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# There's a time for us

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# Someday a time for us

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# Time together with time to spare

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# Time to learn

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# Time to care

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# Someday, somewhere

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# We'll find a new way of living

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# We'll find a way of forgiving

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# Somewhere

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# There's a place for us

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# A time and place for us

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# Hold my hand and we're halfway there

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# Hold my hand and I'll take you there

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# Somehow

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# Somehow

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# Someday

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# Someday

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# Somewhere. #

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APPLAUSE

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Michael Ball and Alfie Boe.

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Our next hymn also travelled across the Atlantic. It became widely known

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through the Billy Graham rallies which began in the late 1940s,

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and is still a firm favourite with congregations and choirs today.

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Great Is Thy Faithfulness - what a wonderful song,

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beautifully sung, by the way.

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Our next guest is a legend in the making.

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In the past three years, she's released two albums,

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both critically acclaimed.

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She's been nominated for a Brit Award, two Mercury Awards,

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and she's won a MOBO.

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It's the fabulous Laura Mvula.

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Your music is just blowing up all over the place,

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it's been so successful.

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Where did you begin performing publicly?

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Well, I was always so terrified to be on the stage,

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so the first place to do it was in church.

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And it wasn't performance as such,

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it was the responsibility of leading worship in church services.

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And it kind of grew from there.

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Does your faith still play a part in your music?

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Absolutely.

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I will always be grateful for the roots of my Christian faith.

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APPLAUSE

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Now, you wrote the song you're going to sing for us tonight...

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Yes, this song, Show Me Love, is my psalm.

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It's a prayer from the very core of my heart and I hope

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that people connect with it.

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-Laura, it's a joy to have you and we can't wait to hear you.

-Thank you.

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# Oh, God, I need to belong to someone

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# I miss the breath of a kiss

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# I miss the wonder of a future with somebody

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# Oh, God, show me love

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# I miss belonging to someone

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# I miss the kiss of another

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# I miss the morning

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# I miss the waking up

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# I need someone to hold my hand, bigger than mine

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# Oh, God, where are you?

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# Show me love

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# If it wasn't real, then why does it hurt so bad?

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# Cos the thing that we had seemed like everything

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# Never thought we would be torn apart

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# By a change in the wind or a cloud in the sky

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# We were always

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# And you showed me love of the deepest kind

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# And I will never find another love like you showed me love

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# And now I see you

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# Now I see you

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# You showed me love

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# You showed me love

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# You showed me love

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# You showed me love

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# You showed me love of the deepest kind

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# And I will never find love like you

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# You showed me love

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# You showed me love of the deepest kind

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# And I will never find love like you

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# You showed me love

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# You showed me love

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# You showed me love

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# And I'm so sorry

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# I'm so...

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# You showed me love. #

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You could have heard a pin drop.

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Laura Mvula, that was stunning.

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Moving on now to a hugely popular worship song by Graham Kendrick

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which has what is surely one of the catchiest choruses of all time.

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Our final guests manage to combine a full-time role

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in the Roman Catholic Church with a very successful career

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in the music business.

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They're Fathers Eugene and Martin O'Hagan and David Delargy,

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better known as The Priests.

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APPLAUSE

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Gentlemen, you're international bestsellers

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and you're also full-time parish priests.

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How do you manage to combine the two?

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With a little bit of help from God above, I think.

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That's the only way it works.

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The beauty about the music is that we have the best of both worlds.

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We're able to bring the music to such a wide audience in

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so many contexts, and also fulfil our vocation as priests as well.

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Why is music so important to you?

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Well, music has always been an enormous part of our lives,

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from our childhood days, and it has brought us great joy.

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Certainly, it's a great vehicle for praising God.

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Thank you, gentlemen, we can't wait to hear you.

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# Dance, dance, wherever you may be

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# I am the lord of the dance said he

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# And I lead you all wherever you may be

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# And I lead you all in the dance said he

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# I danced in the morning when the world was young

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# I danced in the moon, and the stars, and the sun

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# I came down from heaven and I danced on the Earth

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# In Bethlehem I had my birth

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# Dance, dance, wherever you may be

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# I am the lord of the dance said he

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# And I lead you all wherever you may be

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# And I lead you all in the dance said he

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# I danced for the scribes and the Pharisees

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# They wouldn't dance, they wouldn't follow me

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# I danced for the fishermen, James and John

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# They came with me so the dance went on

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# Dance, dance, wherever you may be

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# I am the lord of the dance said he

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# And I lead you all wherever you may be

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# And I lead you all in the dance said he

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# I danced on a Friday when the world turned black

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# It's hard to dance with the devil on your back

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# They buried my body, they thought I was gone

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# But I am the dance, and the dance goes on

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# Dance, dance, wherever you may be

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# I am the lord of the dance said he

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# And I lead you all wherever you may be

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# And I lead you all in the dance said he

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# They cut me down, I leapt up high

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# I am the life that will never, never die

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# I live in you if you'll live in me

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# I am the lord of the dance said he

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# Dance, dance, wherever you may be

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# I am the lord of the dance said he

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# And I lead you all wherever you may be

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# And I lead you all in the dance said he

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# Dance, dance, wherever you may be

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# I am the lord of the dance said he

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# And I lead you all wherever you may be

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# And I lead you all in the dance said he

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# Dance, dance, wherever you may be

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# I am the lord of the dance said he

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# And I lead you all wherever you may be

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# And I lead you all in the dance said he. #

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We're almost out of time.

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Thank you to all our special guests, our choirs, our orchestra,

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our wonderful conductor and our fantastic audience here

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for making it such a spectacular Big Sing.

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It's time for our final piece of music.

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It's a wonderful hymn of praise and I'm delighted to say

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that we have the hymn writer himself, Timothy Dudley-Smith,

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with us, looking ahead to his 90th birthday on Boxing Day.

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Let's all join together for one last time to sing Lord, For The Years.

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Until the next time, goodbye.

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