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ORCHESTRA TUNES UP | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
Welcome to the Royal Albert Hall in London | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
for our annual musical extravaganza, the Big Sing. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
We've got some wonderful hymns, old and new, plus some | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
fantastically inspirational performances from our guest stars, | 0:00:17 | 0:00:22 | |
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
the classical music trio, The Priests, | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
leading hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty | 0:00:28 | 0:00:32 | |
and MOBO award-winner Laura Mvula. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
There's plenty to be getting on with there, so let the Big Sing begin. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:40 | |
We're all in fine voice here at the Royal Albert Hall | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
and I hope you were singing along at home as well. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
Our first guests are two gifted modern songwriters, | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
passionate about bringing people together to worship in song. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
Their impressive back catalogue includes | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
King Of The Ages, Creation Sings, Come People Of The Risen King, | 0:03:04 | 0:03:08 | |
The Power Of The Cross and so many more besides. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
Please give a warm welcome to Keith and Kristyn Getty. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
You guys obviously write a lot of songs together, | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
but you're also known for your collaborations as well. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
How do these collaborations come about? | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
I think one of the most important things the 21st century | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
can have is new hymns for us to sing. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
And I heard this song called How Deep The Father's Love | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
which Stuart Townend had written, and so we got together and decided | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
we should write a song and the first one was In Christ Alone. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
Wow, that's not a bad start, is it? | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
It's been downhill ever since. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
And can you tell us a bit about the impact that that song's had? | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
Oh, gosh. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:52 | |
It's become, I guess, one of the most sung hymns around the world. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:56 | |
I think that's been one of the most exciting things - it's even become | 0:03:56 | 0:03:58 | |
an anthem in many parts of the world for the persecuted church | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
and for people who struggle. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:02 | |
So that's been a privilege to write folk melodies that come from Ireland | 0:04:02 | 0:04:07 | |
but that actually translate in other cultures. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
Well, there's nothing quite like leading 5,000 voices | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
in a song that you've written, | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
so Keith and Kristyn, I'm going to let you get ready for that. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
# In Christ alone my hope is found, | 0:04:31 | 0:04:36 | |
# He is my light, my strength, my song | 0:04:36 | 0:04:41 | |
# This cornerstone, this solid ground | 0:04:41 | 0:04:46 | |
# Firm through the fiercest drought and storm | 0:04:46 | 0:04:51 | |
# What heights of love, what depths of peace | 0:04:51 | 0:04:56 | |
# When fears are stilled, when strivings cease | 0:04:56 | 0:05:02 | |
# My comforter, my all in all | 0:05:02 | 0:05:07 | |
# Here in the love of Christ I stand... # | 0:05:07 | 0:05:11 | |
For centuries, composers have been inspired by Psalm 23. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:18 | |
More recently, Howard Goodall wrote his version of it | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
as the theme for the BBC sitcom, The Vicar Of Dibley. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
It's a beautiful piece of music, and here to perform it | 0:08:25 | 0:08:29 | |
for us this evening, our fabulous 200-voice stage choir. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:34 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
# The Lord is my shepherd | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
# I shall not want | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
# He maketh me to lie down in green pastures | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
# He leadeth me beside the still waters | 0:09:02 | 0:09:14 | |
# The Lord is my shepherd | 0:09:19 | 0:09:20 | |
# I shall not want | 0:09:22 | 0:09:25 | |
# He maketh me to lie down in green pastures | 0:09:25 | 0:09:32 | |
# He leadeth me beside the still waters | 0:09:32 | 0:09:43 | |
# Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
# I will fear no evil | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
# Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death | 0:10:02 | 0:10:09 | |
# I will fear no evil | 0:10:09 | 0:10:13 | |
# For you are with me, you will comfort me | 0:10:14 | 0:10:21 | |
# You are with me, you will comfort me | 0:10:21 | 0:10:31 | |
# Comfort me | 0:10:34 | 0:10:41 | |
# Surely goodness and mercy | 0:10:41 | 0:10:47 | |
# Shall follow me all the days of my life | 0:10:47 | 0:10:53 | |
# And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever | 0:10:53 | 0:11:05 | |
# For ever | 0:11:10 | 0:11:13 | |
# For ever | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
# For ever. # | 0:11:25 | 0:11:32 | |
Our stage choirs, ladies and gentlemen, | 0:11:40 | 0:11:42 | |
and our Big Sing Orchestra conducted by maestro Paul Leddington Wright. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:47 | |
The orchestra will now take a brief rest as we give centre stage | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
to the famous Royal Albert Hall organ, | 0:11:53 | 0:11:55 | |
played by our very own Daniel Moult. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
And we'll be singing another hugely popular hymn, | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
set to one of the most beautiful melodies ever written. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
It's time now for two international solo stars | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
who've come together to sing duets. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Michael Ball and Alfie Boe. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:08 | |
Now, just be honest with me, | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
is there ever any rivalry between the two of you? | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
Oh... | 0:15:21 | 0:15:22 | |
-Yes. -No! | 0:15:22 | 0:15:23 | |
I think that answers that one, don't you? | 0:15:27 | 0:15:29 | |
I don't think there is, do you? | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
Just tell us what you're singing tonight for us | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
and why you've chosen that song. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:35 | |
We've chosing to sing Somewhere... | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
-Choosing. -Choosing to sing... | 0:15:37 | 0:15:38 | |
We're choosing to sing Somewhere from West Side Story. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
It's one of Sondheim's... Stephen Sondheim's earliest lyrics, | 0:15:42 | 0:15:45 | |
it's one of his greatest. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:46 | |
It's a song about hope and about looking to the future and about | 0:15:46 | 0:15:50 | |
guiding someone and having them with you to take you | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
to that better future. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:54 | |
Gentlemen, we look forward to hearing it. Thank you very much. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
Thank you. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:58 | |
# Someday | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
# Somewhere | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
# We'll find a new way of living | 0:16:36 | 0:16:44 | |
# We'll find a way of forgiving | 0:16:44 | 0:16:49 | |
# Somewhere | 0:16:51 | 0:16:56 | |
# There's a place for us | 0:17:00 | 0:17:06 | |
# Somewhere a place for us | 0:17:08 | 0:17:13 | |
# Peace and quiet and open air | 0:17:14 | 0:17:20 | |
# Wait for us somewhere | 0:17:21 | 0:17:27 | |
# There's a time for us | 0:17:28 | 0:17:34 | |
# Someday a time for us | 0:17:36 | 0:17:41 | |
# Time together with time to spare | 0:17:42 | 0:17:49 | |
# Time to learn | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
# Time to care | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
# Someday, somewhere | 0:17:56 | 0:18:03 | |
# We'll find a new way of living | 0:18:03 | 0:18:09 | |
# We'll find a way of forgiving | 0:18:10 | 0:18:16 | |
# Somewhere | 0:18:18 | 0:18:21 | |
# There's a place for us | 0:18:26 | 0:18:34 | |
# A time and place for us | 0:18:34 | 0:18:40 | |
# Hold my hand and we're halfway there | 0:18:40 | 0:18:47 | |
# Hold my hand and I'll take you there | 0:18:47 | 0:18:55 | |
# Somehow | 0:18:55 | 0:18:56 | |
# Somehow | 0:18:56 | 0:18:58 | |
# Someday | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
# Someday | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
# Somewhere. # | 0:19:03 | 0:19:15 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:19:16 | 0:19:19 | |
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:25 | |
Our next hymn also travelled across the Atlantic. It became widely known | 0:19:29 | 0:19:33 | |
through the Billy Graham rallies which began in the late 1940s, | 0:19:33 | 0:19:37 | |
and is still a firm favourite with congregations and choirs today. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
Great Is Thy Faithfulness - what a wonderful song, | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
beautifully sung, by the way. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
Our next guest is a legend in the making. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
In the past three years, she's released two albums, | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
both critically acclaimed. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:11 | |
She's been nominated for a Brit Award, two Mercury Awards, | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
and she's won a MOBO. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:16 | |
It's the fabulous Laura Mvula. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
Your music is just blowing up all over the place, | 0:23:26 | 0:23:29 | |
it's been so successful. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:30 | |
Where did you begin performing publicly? | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
Well, I was always so terrified to be on the stage, | 0:23:33 | 0:23:36 | |
so the first place to do it was in church. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
And it wasn't performance as such, | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
it was the responsibility of leading worship in church services. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:49 | |
And it kind of grew from there. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
Does your faith still play a part in your music? | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
Absolutely. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:55 | |
I will always be grateful for the roots of my Christian faith. | 0:23:55 | 0:24:01 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
Now, you wrote the song you're going to sing for us tonight... | 0:24:09 | 0:24:11 | |
Yes, this song, Show Me Love, is my psalm. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:16 | |
It's a prayer from the very core of my heart and I hope | 0:24:16 | 0:24:21 | |
that people connect with it. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:22 | |
-Laura, it's a joy to have you and we can't wait to hear you. -Thank you. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:26 | |
# Oh, God, I need to belong to someone | 0:24:33 | 0:24:37 | |
# I miss the breath of a kiss | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
# I miss the wonder of a future with somebody | 0:24:40 | 0:24:44 | |
# Oh, God, show me love | 0:24:44 | 0:24:48 | |
# I miss belonging to someone | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
# I miss the kiss of another | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
# I miss the morning | 0:24:58 | 0:25:00 | |
# I miss the waking up | 0:25:00 | 0:25:03 | |
# I need someone to hold my hand, bigger than mine | 0:25:03 | 0:25:07 | |
# Oh, God, where are you? | 0:25:07 | 0:25:09 | |
# Show me love | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
# If it wasn't real, then why does it hurt so bad? | 0:25:22 | 0:25:28 | |
# Cos the thing that we had seemed like everything | 0:25:28 | 0:25:34 | |
# Never thought we would be torn apart | 0:25:34 | 0:25:38 | |
# By a change in the wind or a cloud in the sky | 0:25:38 | 0:25:44 | |
# We were always | 0:25:44 | 0:25:46 | |
# And you showed me love of the deepest kind | 0:25:48 | 0:25:57 | |
# And I will never find another love like you showed me love | 0:25:57 | 0:26:05 | |
# And now I see you | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
# Now I see you | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
# You showed me love | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
# You showed me love | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
# You showed me love | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
# You showed me love | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
# You showed me love of the deepest kind | 0:26:30 | 0:26:35 | |
# And I will never find love like you | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
# You showed me love | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
# You showed me love of the deepest kind | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
# And I will never find love like you | 0:26:46 | 0:26:49 | |
# You showed me love | 0:26:49 | 0:26:51 | |
# You showed me love | 0:26:51 | 0:26:53 | |
# You showed me love | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
# And I'm so sorry | 0:26:58 | 0:26:59 | |
# I'm so... | 0:27:01 | 0:27:03 | |
# You showed me love. # | 0:27:14 | 0:27:17 | |
You could have heard a pin drop. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:29 | |
Laura Mvula, that was stunning. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:32 | |
Moving on now to a hugely popular worship song by Graham Kendrick | 0:27:34 | 0:27:37 | |
which has what is surely one of the catchiest choruses of all time. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:43 | |
Our final guests manage to combine a full-time role | 0:32:04 | 0:32:07 | |
in the Roman Catholic Church with a very successful career | 0:32:07 | 0:32:10 | |
in the music business. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:11 | |
They're Fathers Eugene and Martin O'Hagan and David Delargy, | 0:32:11 | 0:32:15 | |
better known as The Priests. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:18 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:32:18 | 0:32:20 | |
Gentlemen, you're international bestsellers | 0:32:23 | 0:32:25 | |
and you're also full-time parish priests. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:29 | |
How do you manage to combine the two? | 0:32:29 | 0:32:31 | |
With a little bit of help from God above, I think. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:33 | |
That's the only way it works. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:35 | |
The beauty about the music is that we have the best of both worlds. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:38 | |
We're able to bring the music to such a wide audience in | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
so many contexts, and also fulfil our vocation as priests as well. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:46 | |
Why is music so important to you? | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
Well, music has always been an enormous part of our lives, | 0:32:48 | 0:32:51 | |
from our childhood days, and it has brought us great joy. | 0:32:51 | 0:32:55 | |
Certainly, it's a great vehicle for praising God. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:59 | |
Thank you, gentlemen, we can't wait to hear you. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:02 | |
# Dance, dance, wherever you may be | 0:33:11 | 0:33:14 | |
# I am the lord of the dance said he | 0:33:14 | 0:33:18 | |
# And I lead you all wherever you may be | 0:33:18 | 0:33:22 | |
# And I lead you all in the dance said he | 0:33:22 | 0:33:26 | |
# I danced in the morning when the world was young | 0:33:32 | 0:33:35 | |
# I danced in the moon, and the stars, and the sun | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
# I came down from heaven and I danced on the Earth | 0:33:38 | 0:33:41 | |
# In Bethlehem I had my birth | 0:33:41 | 0:33:44 | |
# Dance, dance, wherever you may be | 0:33:44 | 0:33:47 | |
# I am the lord of the dance said he | 0:33:47 | 0:33:49 | |
# And I lead you all wherever you may be | 0:33:49 | 0:33:52 | |
# And I lead you all in the dance said he | 0:33:52 | 0:33:55 | |
# I danced for the scribes and the Pharisees | 0:33:58 | 0:34:01 | |
# They wouldn't dance, they wouldn't follow me | 0:34:01 | 0:34:04 | |
# I danced for the fishermen, James and John | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
# They came with me so the dance went on | 0:34:07 | 0:34:09 | |
# Dance, dance, wherever you may be | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
# I am the lord of the dance said he | 0:34:12 | 0:34:15 | |
# And I lead you all wherever you may be | 0:34:15 | 0:34:18 | |
# And I lead you all in the dance said he | 0:34:18 | 0:34:21 | |
# I danced on a Friday when the world turned black | 0:34:23 | 0:34:26 | |
# It's hard to dance with the devil on your back | 0:34:26 | 0:34:29 | |
# They buried my body, they thought I was gone | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
# But I am the dance, and the dance goes on | 0:34:32 | 0:34:35 | |
# Dance, dance, wherever you may be | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
# I am the lord of the dance said he | 0:34:38 | 0:34:41 | |
# And I lead you all wherever you may be | 0:34:41 | 0:34:43 | |
# And I lead you all in the dance said he | 0:34:43 | 0:34:47 | |
# They cut me down, I leapt up high | 0:34:56 | 0:34:59 | |
# I am the life that will never, never die | 0:34:59 | 0:35:02 | |
# I live in you if you'll live in me | 0:35:02 | 0:35:05 | |
# I am the lord of the dance said he | 0:35:05 | 0:35:08 | |
# Dance, dance, wherever you may be | 0:35:08 | 0:35:11 | |
# I am the lord of the dance said he | 0:35:11 | 0:35:13 | |
# And I lead you all wherever you may be | 0:35:13 | 0:35:16 | |
# And I lead you all in the dance said he | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
# Dance, dance, wherever you may be | 0:35:19 | 0:35:22 | |
# I am the lord of the dance said he | 0:35:22 | 0:35:25 | |
# And I lead you all wherever you may be | 0:35:25 | 0:35:27 | |
# And I lead you all in the dance said he | 0:35:27 | 0:35:30 | |
# Dance, dance, wherever you may be | 0:35:30 | 0:35:33 | |
# I am the lord of the dance said he | 0:35:33 | 0:35:36 | |
# And I lead you all wherever you may be | 0:35:36 | 0:35:38 | |
# And I lead you all in the dance said he. # | 0:35:38 | 0:35:42 | |
We're almost out of time. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:54 | |
Thank you to all our special guests, our choirs, our orchestra, | 0:35:54 | 0:35:58 | |
our wonderful conductor and our fantastic audience here | 0:35:58 | 0:36:01 | |
for making it such a spectacular Big Sing. | 0:36:01 | 0:36:05 | |
It's time for our final piece of music. | 0:36:05 | 0:36:07 | |
It's a wonderful hymn of praise and I'm delighted to say | 0:36:07 | 0:36:10 | |
that we have the hymn writer himself, Timothy Dudley-Smith, | 0:36:10 | 0:36:14 | |
with us, looking ahead to his 90th birthday on Boxing Day. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:18 | |
Let's all join together for one last time to sing Lord, For The Years. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:24 | |
Until the next time, goodbye. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:27 |