0:00:02 > 0:00:05Have you any idea where Europe's first Caribbean carnival was held?
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Well, it was here, in Leeds
0:00:07 > 0:00:11and every year it seems to get more spectacular.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14But the city also hosts ballet, drama and many kinds of music
0:00:14 > 0:00:18and we're keeping the beat in today's Songs Of Praise.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Well, with the big parade swinging through the streets tomorrow,
0:00:30 > 0:00:34there are sequins to sew and feathers to fix. It's all great fun,
0:00:34 > 0:00:37but you know Leeds has always known how to entertain a crowd.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Do you remember this?
0:00:43 > 0:00:47The City Varieties Theatre, home to Britain's longest-running
0:00:47 > 0:00:51television variety show, The Good Old Days.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Well, long before we had TV, on this stage,
0:01:00 > 0:01:04a very young Charlie Chaplin clog danced.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Lillie Langtry performed knowing that the Prince of Wales had
0:01:07 > 0:01:11sneaked in to watch her and Harry Houdini...
0:01:11 > 0:01:12Well, he escaped.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16And it was in this city in 1888
0:01:16 > 0:01:21that the world's first moving picture sequences were filmed.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26Two scenes were shot here using paper film on a single-lens camera
0:01:26 > 0:01:28developed by the inventor Louis le Prince.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31MELLOW JAZZ
0:01:34 > 0:01:37But this is a city that loves music,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40so it's no surprise that back in the '60s,
0:01:40 > 0:01:44the UK's first full-time jazz course was established here,
0:01:44 > 0:01:45at the Leeds College of Music,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48and it's students from here who are warming up now
0:01:48 > 0:01:52to provide some toe-tapping rhythms for our hymns this week.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54We're definitely in for a happy day.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59JAZZ BAND STRIKES UP
0:04:45 > 0:04:51Leeds Carnival has its roots firmly in the sunshine of the Caribbean.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53However, back in the 1960s,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56the West Indian community here was very disconnected.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00We needed something to bind us together
0:05:00 > 0:05:03as people from all over the Caribbean.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Having an event where you don't need an invite,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09everybody comes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14The best remedy for our homesickness is the carnival.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Most West Indians are very religious
0:05:17 > 0:05:20and they didn't accept carnival,
0:05:20 > 0:05:25for they think...well, they were saying we were doing devil work.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28You know, because we're not sitting in a church singing and clapping.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32My argument - life needs to be celebrated,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35rather than we sit down with our head in the Bible reading.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39And I do believe there is music in heaven.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40So why not?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46When members of Leeds carnival troupe celebrated
0:05:46 > 0:05:47the start of the Tour de France,
0:05:47 > 0:05:52they gave the first outing to new costumes by designer Hughbon Condor.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Both costumes had doves on,
0:05:56 > 0:06:00and both costumes showed the dove in a highlight position,
0:06:00 > 0:06:02flying above the whole crowd.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06And of course there's one at ground level to have a much closer view
0:06:06 > 0:06:09of the whole concert and the dove.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13I wanted the doves to move, as well, so there was some flexibility,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15not just static.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18So I think it worked really well in terms of being able to create that.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22It's all about celebration, it's all about niceness,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25it's all about beauty, it's all about light.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27So I suppose
0:06:27 > 0:06:28if I was to describe it,
0:06:28 > 0:06:33I would say that it's like a rainbow, the biggest rainbow
0:06:33 > 0:06:37that maybe crosses Leeds in August,
0:06:37 > 0:06:40on the August bank holiday, because
0:06:40 > 0:06:44I think that's the one time that I see so many people come together.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50So the streets of Leeds often resound with music,
0:06:50 > 0:06:54not just from Carnival, but from solo performers like
0:06:54 > 0:06:59Kristyna Myles, who was BBC Radio 5 Live's Busker Of The Year.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02She's about to lead the congregation in a medley of the hymn
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Blessed Assurance and a George Harrison song.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Sounds unlikely, but it works.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11As buildings go, from the outside,
0:10:11 > 0:10:15the former St Margaret of Antioch Church in inner-city Leeds
0:10:15 > 0:10:17looks rather uninspiring.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22But a wonderful surprise awaits you when you walk inside
0:10:22 > 0:10:27with these neo-Gothic arches that draw the eye and lift the soul.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31This is Left Bank Leeds, run by a collective of artists,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34most of whom share a Christian ethos.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Local illustrator and artist Si Smith is part of the community,
0:10:39 > 0:10:43so has curated exhibitions and shown his own work here.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Left Bank Leeds is this amazing old church
0:10:49 > 0:10:54and it's used by the local community artists for exhibitions.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56We have weddings here, parties, there's quite a few gigs
0:10:56 > 0:10:58and things here.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02So it's just a beautiful space that is
0:11:02 > 0:11:05sort of part of the community now.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Now, you're an illustrator, you do cartoons more than anything.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- Quite a simple form of art really, isn't it?- Yeah, yeah.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Hopefully it's sort of deceptively simple!
0:11:14 > 0:11:19Tell me about Raised In Leeds, which was exhibited here.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Raised In Leeds was a piece that was commissioned
0:11:22 > 0:11:24by the church Pastoral Aid Society
0:11:24 > 0:11:25and they asked me
0:11:25 > 0:11:28to illustrate the Stations of the Resurrection, which is
0:11:28 > 0:11:3119 meetings with the risen Christ,
0:11:31 > 0:11:35so it goes from the earthquake on Easter Sunday
0:11:35 > 0:11:38through to Saul on the road to Damascus.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42They asked me to illustrate those and they let me
0:11:42 > 0:11:45update the story to modern-day Leeds.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47It was lovely for me to be able to do that,
0:11:47 > 0:11:50because it turned into a sort of love letter to Leeds.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53It also means that people are connecting with it in a very
0:11:53 > 0:11:57personal way and it's their personal surroundings here, isn't it?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Yes, and I think that's one of the great things about setting it
0:12:00 > 0:12:03in the modern-day where it is, because those spaces,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06they don't belong to me, they belong to everybody.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11And I think as well, it's that thing of imagining yourself into the story.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16And it's very easy to think about the Resurrection and think about...
0:12:16 > 0:12:21it happened a long time ago and a long way away, to a very old people.
0:12:22 > 0:12:28Whereas this way, the Resurrection is about now and I like that idea.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37# When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more
0:12:37 > 0:12:41# And the morning breaks Eternal, bright and fair
0:12:41 > 0:12:45# When the saved of Earth shall gather over on the other shore
0:12:45 > 0:12:50# And the roll is called up yonder I'll be there
0:12:50 > 0:12:54# When the roll is called up yonder
0:12:54 > 0:12:58# When the roll is called up yonder
0:12:58 > 0:13:03# When the roll is called up yonder
0:13:03 > 0:13:06# When the roll is called up yonder I'll be there
0:13:07 > 0:13:11# Let us labour for the Master from the dawn till setting sun
0:13:11 > 0:13:15# Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care
0:13:15 > 0:13:20# Then when all of life is over and our work on Earth is done
0:13:20 > 0:13:24# And the roll is called up yonder I'll be there
0:13:24 > 0:13:28# When the roll is called up yonder
0:13:28 > 0:13:33# When the roll is called up yonder
0:13:33 > 0:13:37# When the roll is called up yonder
0:13:37 > 0:13:41# When the roll is called up yonder I'll be there
0:13:41 > 0:13:46# When the roll is called up yonder
0:13:46 > 0:13:49# When the roll is called up yonder
0:13:49 > 0:13:55# When the roll is called up yonder
0:13:55 > 0:13:58# Ooh
0:13:58 > 0:14:00# When the roll
0:14:00 > 0:14:03# Is called up yonder
0:14:03 > 0:14:05# I'll be
0:14:05 > 0:14:09# There, yeah
0:14:09 > 0:14:11# I'll be
0:14:11 > 0:14:16# There. #
0:14:21 > 0:14:24There's music for all tastes in this city,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27from one of the great prizes in the classical world,
0:14:27 > 0:14:29the Leeds International Piano Competition,
0:14:29 > 0:14:31which is held at the Town Hall...
0:14:33 > 0:14:36..to a thriving contemporary music scene, reflecting
0:14:36 > 0:14:40the tastes of the large student population that is here in the city.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Now, this is the world of MC hip-hop artist
0:14:43 > 0:14:47and producer Andy Brooks, also known as Testament.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50HE BEATBOXES
0:14:50 > 0:14:54'Testament means like, an agreement, a contract, a covenant.'
0:14:56 > 0:14:58And it was almost me saying...
0:14:58 > 0:15:01I agree, I'm going to try and use music
0:15:01 > 0:15:04in a way that's going to glorify God
0:15:04 > 0:15:07and hopefully not just inflate my own ego.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12'Hip-hop is a whole urban culture using...
0:15:12 > 0:15:14'Very much associated with rap,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17'which is basically rhyming poetry over a beat.'
0:15:18 > 0:15:21'And beatboxing, which is also part of hip-hop culture,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24'is making crazy sounds with your mouth -
0:15:24 > 0:15:28'normally imitating drums and various instruments.'
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Struggling with stuff like suffering, God only knows,
0:15:30 > 0:15:34that's why I put my trust in Him because I...I don't even know.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38'If I get on the mic and I start rapping about my life, God,'
0:15:38 > 0:15:41who I everyday try and make the centre of it -
0:15:41 > 0:15:43sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail -
0:15:43 > 0:15:46but God, Jesus, Christianity is going to pop up
0:15:46 > 0:15:49because that's my raison d'etre, that's what gets me
0:15:49 > 0:15:52out of bed in the morning, it's what gives me hope.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55That's what keeps me going when everything goes a bit pear-shaped.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01So...every song I've ever released will have a reference to God in it.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Sometimes that's not deliberate!
0:16:05 > 0:16:06'It seems to me that
0:16:06 > 0:16:09'if you're trying to put Jesus at the centre of your life,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12'even if you're talking about shoes,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14'somehow, God is going to come into that.'
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Faith is the thing that gets me through and is the ray of light
0:16:19 > 0:16:22because sometimes the world can be quite dark and oppressive
0:16:22 > 0:16:24and we need hope....
0:16:24 > 0:16:27And so far, God has not let me down
0:16:27 > 0:16:30and I have faith, even in the storms.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Um...it's God that sustains me.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Art and artists add flavour to this city,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59from Yorkshire-born Henry Moore
0:18:59 > 0:19:01with his world-famous sculptures
0:19:01 > 0:19:04to Leeds Art Gallery, which houses one of the best
0:19:04 > 0:19:07collections of 20th-century British art in the country.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12This takes a bit of practice, doesn't it?!
0:19:12 > 0:19:14'But it's photography that interests professional artist
0:19:14 > 0:19:19'Steve Rayner, who explores themes of spirituality,
0:19:19 > 0:19:23'drawing his inspiration from 19th-century photographic techniques.'
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Take an ordinary piece of darkroom photographic paper...
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Which is...that colour.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34It's starting to go blue immediately.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36And if you lay that down on top of there
0:19:36 > 0:19:39and put that on top of it like that...
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Clip it together...
0:19:41 > 0:19:42What's this technique called?
0:19:42 > 0:19:46It's called lumen printing, L-U-M-E-N...
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- Lumen meaning light.- Yes.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51So how long do you have to leave it like that before you see a result?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54What colour was it when we took it out of the packet?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Well, it was white, and it's quite deep blue now.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Well, we've already got a result.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00It's really a matter of how long you choose to use it.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02If we were to take that off there now,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05we would have an image of that fern already.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Right, so can you give me an idea of what it looks like then, later?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11This is one I did the Blue Peter thing on!
0:20:12 > 0:20:15This has been going for about an hour and a half
0:20:15 > 0:20:19and you can see it's gone from blue to a sort of purply-brown colour.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Nobody has ever seen this before,
0:20:22 > 0:20:25this is the first time and it looks like that.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- SHE GASPS - The colours are stunning!
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- It brings out the extraordinary in the ordinary, doesn't it?- Yes.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I'm making something primarily for me
0:20:34 > 0:20:36and if I make something that I like,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38that makes me feel good on the inside,
0:20:38 > 0:20:40I hope it makes other people feel good too
0:20:40 > 0:20:43and that does, generally speaking, seem to happen.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45I think if you work too hard at it,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48you end up with something that looks laboured.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Now, I recognise this in other disciplines
0:20:50 > 0:20:52that you do actually have to put a lot of work in,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55but at the same time, I think it should be something
0:20:55 > 0:20:58that you enjoy yourself and something that feels good to you.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00For lots of us, of course,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03art is just something that's colourful and a nice shape and
0:21:03 > 0:21:07we hang it on our wall in the living room, but what does it mean to you?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09The thing I mentioned about it feeling good,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11making someone feel good inside.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15It has resonances with spirituality
0:21:15 > 0:21:18and the spiritual dimensions of life because the way in which
0:21:18 > 0:21:22people respond to art, there is an element of reverence to it...
0:21:22 > 0:21:25which isn't always, I think, appropriate.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28But the way in which people respond to art, it does something
0:21:28 > 0:21:31to them on the inside, otherwise they wouldn't bother with it.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34So it actually does something that they feel is important.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36I actually think that that is in some way related
0:21:36 > 0:21:38to the spiritual dimension of life,
0:21:38 > 0:21:40or the spiritual aspect of life.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- So do you think it's time to unveil my great work of art?- Absolutely!
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Here we go, then. - Gosh, it's changed to be quite dark.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- It was blue when we first... - We'll just pop it down here and...
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- Would you like to take the top off? - Oh, yes, please.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59There we are.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03If you just peel the plant off the paper...
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Ah! Look at that!
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- Gorgeous.- Absolutely right.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15# Every little step I've made
0:22:15 > 0:22:18# Has brought me through this far
0:22:18 > 0:22:23# It hasn't been an easy road But look at where we are
0:22:25 > 0:22:28# I bought my funfair ticket
0:22:28 > 0:22:30# It ain't always what it seems
0:22:30 > 0:22:33# Fast, slow, merry go
0:22:33 > 0:22:38# Some things still out of reach
0:22:38 > 0:22:41# So I'm going to keep searching
0:22:41 > 0:22:44# I'm going to keep preaching
0:22:44 > 0:22:47# I'm going to keep pushing
0:22:47 > 0:22:49# Because heaven knows
0:22:50 > 0:22:55# I've never been a fan of being uncomfortable
0:22:55 > 0:23:01# Scares me half to death and leaves me vulnerable
0:23:01 > 0:23:06# But I'm stepping out The chance is mine to take
0:23:06 > 0:23:09# I hope I'm brave enough
0:23:09 > 0:23:11# To learn from my mistakes
0:23:11 > 0:23:13# So I'm going to keep searching
0:23:13 > 0:23:16# I'm going to keep reaching
0:23:16 > 0:23:19# I'm going to keep pushing
0:23:20 > 0:23:22# Because heaven knows
0:23:22 > 0:23:24# I'm going to keep looking
0:23:24 > 0:23:27# I'm going to keep trying
0:23:27 > 0:23:31# I'm going to keep on trusting Waiting, hoping, praying
0:23:31 > 0:23:33# Because heaven knows
0:23:34 > 0:23:38# There's no cutting corners now It's going to take hard work
0:23:40 > 0:23:45# It may require me to lay down my blood, sweat and hurt
0:23:45 > 0:23:50# So I decided today this is my decree
0:23:51 > 0:23:54# Whether they take it or leave it
0:23:54 > 0:23:57# I'll be nobody else but me
0:23:57 > 0:24:00# No, no, no, no-oh
0:24:00 > 0:24:04# So I'm going to keep searching
0:24:04 > 0:24:07# I'm going to keep reaching
0:24:07 > 0:24:09# I'm going to keep pushing
0:24:09 > 0:24:12# Because heaven knows
0:24:12 > 0:24:15# I'm going to keep looking
0:24:15 > 0:24:17# I'm going to keep trying
0:24:17 > 0:24:21# I'm going to keep on trusting Waiting, hoping, praying
0:24:21 > 0:24:24# Cos heaven knows. #
0:24:31 > 0:24:36Leeds is the only English city outside London with its own ballet
0:24:36 > 0:24:40and opera companies - the Northern Ballet Theatre and Opera North.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45It also has a prestigious list of literary sons
0:24:45 > 0:24:48and daughters like playwright Alan Bennett,
0:24:48 > 0:24:52novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford and poet Tony Harrison.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55In fact, poetry means a lot to a group who meet near here
0:24:55 > 0:24:57called Survivors' Poetry.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04'When there've been very difficult feelings
0:25:04 > 0:25:08'and experiences in depressive times,'
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I sometimes found that
0:25:11 > 0:25:14actually expressing it in words,
0:25:14 > 0:25:15on paper,
0:25:15 > 0:25:19'is a way of sort of getting it out.'
0:25:19 > 0:25:22There are two ways to look at your reflection
0:25:22 > 0:25:25The first one is to...
0:25:25 > 0:25:29'When I first started going to Survivors' a few years ago,
0:25:29 > 0:25:31'there was quite a mixture of people
0:25:31 > 0:25:34'and there still are people of different ages,
0:25:34 > 0:25:38'people from different backgrounds, but the thing we have in common'
0:25:38 > 0:25:43is that we've all experienced some kind of mental health issues.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47What were some of the lowest moments that you remember?
0:25:47 > 0:25:50I felt as if I was trapped
0:25:50 > 0:25:53and I was frightened of everything.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58I couldn't watch the television, because I was frightened of it.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02I couldn't go out because I didn't feel safe to drive
0:26:02 > 0:26:05and I was frightened to get on a bus. I couldn't go shopping
0:26:05 > 0:26:07because I was frightened of going in a shop...
0:26:09 > 0:26:12"This is my heavy, graceless form
0:26:12 > 0:26:16"My solid legs, my belly like a heap of sand...
0:26:16 > 0:26:21"But take note: this will weigh you down."
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I think a lot of what I'm doing is expressing how I'm feeling
0:26:25 > 0:26:28and how I'm experiencing the world
0:26:28 > 0:26:30and God and other people.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37You are revealing within that group some of your inner demons
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- in a way, aren't you?- Mm. - Does that make you feel vulnerable?
0:26:40 > 0:26:46It could do, but because it's such an accepting group,
0:26:46 > 0:26:50and because we don't in any way criticise each other
0:26:50 > 0:26:52or each other's poetry,
0:26:52 > 0:26:56there isn't any judgment there at all.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00And does God feel very real and present in your life?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Now, there are things that I couldn't do when
0:27:03 > 0:27:05I was suffering from depression
0:27:05 > 0:27:08and in the church context,
0:27:08 > 0:27:14I do all sorts of things, even leading services sometimes.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18I feel that the gifts that God has given me,
0:27:18 > 0:27:26I'm much more able to use now and express who Jesus is for me
0:27:26 > 0:27:29with other people in the church.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37Father, we give You thanks for all who enrich our lives
0:29:37 > 0:29:39with their creative talents.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45You are the Word and the author of life stories.
0:29:45 > 0:29:50You are the artist and know us in our true colours.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52You are the source of light and life.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Inspire us to use all our gifts in Your service,
0:29:57 > 0:29:59through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07Well, Kristyna Myles is ready to sing us on our way now
0:30:07 > 0:30:10as she leads the congregation in another musical medley,
0:30:10 > 0:30:13this time of traditional gospel songs.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15So we're going to finish, as we started,
0:30:15 > 0:30:18with our toes tapping and our voices singing praise.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21From Leeds and from me, bye-bye!
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Next week, in a special junior edition,
0:33:33 > 0:33:37David is joined by the winner of The Voice, Jermaine Jackman.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41CBBC's Hacker T Dog visits Newcastle's Catholic Cathedral
0:33:41 > 0:33:45and there'll be great family songs to sing along to.