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Hello and happy Easter from St Mary's in Portsmouth. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:07 | |
You know, long before the custom of giving eggs came about, | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
early Christians lit fires at Easter to symbolise the Resurrection. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:14 | |
This church, along with many others, | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
holds an Easter vigil with a bonfire | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
as a reminder of Christ's light overcoming the darkness | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
with the promise of eternal life. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
Well, our Easter celebration is about to get under way, | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
we are going to be joined by congregations and choirs | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
from across the Portsmouth area and some very special guests. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
On this Easter Day, glorious hymns and Easter readings, | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
plus performances by West End star Ramin Karimloo, | 0:00:39 | 0:00:43 | |
Manfred Mann front man and local lad Paul Jones | 0:00:43 | 0:00:47 | |
and classical chart-topper Laura Wright. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
Mary Magdalene went to the tomb | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
so she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
the one Jesus loved, and said, | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
"They have taken the Lord out of the tomb | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
"and we don't know where they have put him." | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:25 | |
Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
and reached the tomb first. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there | 0:01:30 | 0:01:34 | |
but did not go in. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:35 | |
Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:40 | |
He saw the strips of linen lying there | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus' head. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:47 | |
The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
Finally, the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, | 0:01:52 | 0:01:57 | |
also went inside. | 0:01:57 | 0:01:58 | |
He saw and believed. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
A big thank you to all our 700 singers here at St Mary's | 0:04:31 | 0:04:36 | |
for that wonderful alleluya and to Laura Wright, | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
who we'll be hearing more from a little bit later. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
Now it's time for another seasonal favourite. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
I hope you'll be singing along with us for The Day of Resurrection. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:48 | |
Next we hear from the most popular choral work of all time, | 0:07:09 | 0:07:13 | |
Handel's Messiah. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
And to sing a beautiful aria from the Easter section, | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, | 0:07:18 | 0:07:19 | |
we welcome back soprano Laura Wright. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
# I know that my Redeemer liveth | 0:07:32 | 0:07:39 | |
# And that he shall stand | 0:07:45 | 0:07:50 | |
# At the latter day upon the earth | 0:07:50 | 0:08:01 | |
# I know that my Redeemer liveth | 0:08:08 | 0:08:17 | |
# And though worms destroy this body | 0:08:17 | 0:08:22 | |
# Yet in my flesh shall I see God | 0:08:22 | 0:08:30 | |
# Yet in my flesh shall I see God | 0:08:31 | 0:08:39 | |
# Shall I see God | 0:08:39 | 0:08:43 | |
# I know that my Redeemer liveth | 0:08:43 | 0:08:50 | |
# For now is Christ risen From the dead | 0:08:57 | 0:09:05 | |
# The first fruits of them that sleep | 0:09:07 | 0:09:17 | |
# Of them that sleep | 0:09:17 | 0:09:21 | |
# The first fruits of them that sleep | 0:09:21 | 0:09:32 | |
# For now is Christ risen For now is Christ risen | 0:09:38 | 0:09:46 | |
# From the dead | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
# The first fruits | 0:09:53 | 0:10:00 | |
# Of them that sleep. # | 0:10:02 | 0:10:09 | |
Well, wasn't that wonderful? | 0:10:32 | 0:10:34 | |
There'll be more from Laura a little bit later. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:36 | |
Well, you might have seen our next guest as the Phantom of the Opera | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
or more recently in the lead role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables | 0:10:39 | 0:10:44 | |
but now he's moving in a new direction. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
# God on high... # | 0:10:46 | 0:10:53 | |
'I've been very blessed with being part of the two biggest shows' | 0:10:53 | 0:10:56 | |
at two important times of their timelines. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
You know, the 25th anniversary of Les Mis and Phantom | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
have been very successful for the show as well as for me. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
How do you feel when you're playing a character like Jean Valjean? | 0:11:04 | 0:11:08 | |
Oh, blessed, you know? | 0:11:08 | 0:11:09 | |
With that role I was something I didn't think I'd ever want to play | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
or ever would play. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:14 | |
Sir Cameron Mackintosh had great faith in me - | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
more so than I had in myself. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:18 | |
So, I said to him, "OK, I'll give it a shot." | 0:11:18 | 0:11:21 | |
What I thought would be a nightmare turned out to be a dream role. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:24 | |
-Is it a spiritual experience when you're up on that stage? -Absolutely. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
Playing a character like Jean Valjean? | 0:11:27 | 0:11:28 | |
Especially that character. But, for me, singing is spiritual | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
cos it's, you're sharing something of yourself. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
Especially if you write your own music or... | 0:11:34 | 0:11:36 | |
you know, if you're a recording artist | 0:11:36 | 0:11:39 | |
but even with a role you tap into something that's spiritual | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
and for me it's why I love to sing. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:44 | |
And it's through music that Ramin has discovered his faith. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:50 | |
A CD of Christian music inspired him to find out more. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
I was listening to it on the way home and I thought, | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
"I wonder if there's something going on here?" | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
Then when I got home there was a pamphlet to come to my local church, | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
discussing debt of all things. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
And I was not great with money so I thought, | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
"Well, I'll go and check it out." | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
Since then I've become really close with the pastor, | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
we try and meet once a week and, you know, I don't, | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
for me it's a spiritual thing. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
I don't see it as religion, I don't see it as rules, | 0:12:16 | 0:12:18 | |
I think God is all-forgiving. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:20 | |
At least my God, the way I see it, you know? | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
Ramin's now enjoying expressing his Christian faith in his music | 0:12:23 | 0:12:27 | |
as a solo recording artist. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
# Constant angel... # | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
-Tell me about Constant Angel. -That's a gift. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
You know, it's got some of the most beautiful lyrics I ever heard | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
but there's a lyric in there that sold it right away. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
It says - and it kind of explains my, sort of, ongoing journey | 0:12:40 | 0:12:45 | |
and struggle with my faith - | 0:12:45 | 0:12:47 | |
"There will be times you won't believe in much of anything, | 0:12:47 | 0:12:50 | |
"that's when you'll find the grace of God in just surrendering." | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
And I remembered, the one thing I keep trying to tell myself, | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
"Stop controlling your destiny, stop controlling how to fix things. | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
"Just, sometimes you've just got to take that leap of faith | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
"and let it be. Surrender." | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
# I have watched you fall | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
# Through those tender years | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
# And every time I thought there must be more that I could do | 0:13:17 | 0:13:23 | |
# You found a light | 0:13:23 | 0:13:24 | |
# A different way out there in front of you | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
# I am in your eyes | 0:13:32 | 0:13:36 | |
# Just that close to you | 0:13:37 | 0:13:41 | |
# And now I see your innocence against a troubled sky | 0:13:43 | 0:13:49 | |
# Everything you once believed is now a question why | 0:13:49 | 0:13:54 | |
# It's OK | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
# Don't lose your faith | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
# Don't turn away | 0:13:59 | 0:14:01 | |
# Everything that makes you who you are will not lead you astray | 0:14:01 | 0:14:06 | |
# When it gets cold | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
# Too dark to see | 0:14:09 | 0:14:12 | |
# Reach in your soul and find me there, I'll always be | 0:14:12 | 0:14:17 | |
# Your constant angel | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
# Your constant angel | 0:14:22 | 0:14:26 | |
# Who could ask the years | 0:14:28 | 0:14:32 | |
# To keep its truth from you? | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
# There will be times you won't believe in much of anything | 0:14:39 | 0:14:45 | |
# That's when you'll find the grace of God in just surrendering | 0:14:45 | 0:14:50 | |
# It's OK | 0:14:50 | 0:14:52 | |
# Don't lose your faith | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
# Don't turn away | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
# Everything that makes you who you are will not lead you astray | 0:14:58 | 0:15:04 | |
# When it gets cold | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
# Too dark to see | 0:15:06 | 0:15:08 | |
# Reach in your soul and find me there, I'll always be | 0:15:08 | 0:15:14 | |
# Your constant angel | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
# In every prayer I am constantly there with you | 0:15:19 | 0:15:30 | |
# Don't lose your faith | 0:15:31 | 0:15:33 | |
# Don't turn away | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
# Everything that makes you who you are will not lead you astray | 0:15:37 | 0:15:42 | |
# When it gets cold | 0:15:42 | 0:15:45 | |
# Too dark to see | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
# Reach in your soul and find me there, I'll always be | 0:15:47 | 0:15:52 | |
# Your constant angel | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
# Your constant angel | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
# Your constant angel. # | 0:16:03 | 0:16:10 | |
The Easter story continues to inspire modern hymn writers, | 0:16:17 | 0:16:21 | |
among them Stuart Townend and Keith Getty. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
They wrote our next piece of music. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
It's a contemporary Resurrection hymn | 0:16:25 | 0:16:27 | |
that's become popular in many churches. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:29 | |
With our eyes we see The beauty of Easter | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
As the earth awakens once more | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
With our ears we hear The birds sing sweetly | 0:19:35 | 0:19:39 | |
To tell us Spring again is here | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
With our hands we pick The golden daffodils | 0:19:41 | 0:19:44 | |
And the fragrant hyacinths | 0:19:44 | 0:19:47 | |
But only with our hearts Can we feel the miracle of God's love | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
Which redeems all men | 0:19:51 | 0:19:53 | |
And only with our soul Can we make our pilgrimage to God | 0:19:53 | 0:19:58 | |
And inherit his Easter gift of eternal life. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
# Love is come again | 0:22:34 | 0:22:38 | |
# Like wheat that springs up green. # | 0:22:38 | 0:22:48 | |
Our next guest is no stranger to singing in church. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
Like me, he was a chorister, | 0:22:53 | 0:22:54 | |
he sang just down the road at Portsmouth Cathedral. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
But he moved away from choral music | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
and found fame and fortune as a '60s rock star. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
# There she was just-a walking down the street | 0:23:02 | 0:23:06 | |
# Singing doo-wah diddy diddy dum diddy doo... # | 0:23:06 | 0:23:10 | |
Paul Jones topped the charts as the lead singer of Manfred Mann. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
What's it like, you know, being that rock 'n' roll idol, if you like? | 0:23:14 | 0:23:18 | |
Which you were in the '60s. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
Well, it was exciting. Some things about it were VERY exciting | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
and a lot of things about it were exceedingly boring. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
And that mixture of excitement and boredom | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
is what sends people off the rails a lot of the time. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
# And tonight you would hear the saddest song of the year... # | 0:23:32 | 0:23:40 | |
'I didn't go as bad as some people but I went off the rails somewhat.' | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
I rebelled big-time. I mean, I just said, "Right, that's it!", | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
you know, "Never catch me in a church again as long as I live. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:48 | |
-"What's that other thing? Atheist, I'll be that!" -Right. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
It didn't know what it was, you know, but I decided to, erm... | 0:23:51 | 0:23:56 | |
Basically, I decided to live a life of, sort of, hostility to Christians | 0:23:56 | 0:24:00 | |
and I did exactly that. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:02 | |
Paul became well-known as a staunch atheist. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:06 | |
In 1967 they asked me if I, cos they said, "You're a famous atheist, | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
"we'd like you to come on television and argue with a famous Christian." | 0:24:10 | 0:24:14 | |
I said, "Who's that?", they said, "Cliff Richard." | 0:24:14 | 0:24:16 | |
I said, "Lead me to him," I said. ALED LAUGHS | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
That's... When your hobby was arguing with Christians, you know, | 0:24:19 | 0:24:23 | |
you don't turn down Cliff Richard. So, I just jumped at it. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:26 | |
And I was horrible on that television programme, | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
and it pains me to think about it now... | 0:24:29 | 0:24:32 | |
but Cliff was great. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:33 | |
I asked him years later, after I'd become a Christian, | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
I said, "Well, you must have wanted to retaliate? | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
"Come on, I was nasty. I was obnoxious. What did you want to do?" | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
And he said, "It didn't matter what I wanted to do," | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
he said, "I had two friends with me and we prayed for you." | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
-# Luck be a lady -Luck be a lady... # | 0:24:48 | 0:24:50 | |
Cliff's prayers were eventually answered when Paul met his wife Fiona | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
in a National Theatre production of Guys And Dolls. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
# ..tonight! # | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
She thought she was a Christian, I knew I wasn't | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
and we, sort of, wanted to meet somewhere in the middle and... | 0:25:02 | 0:25:06 | |
Came out of BBC Broadcasting House | 0:25:06 | 0:25:10 | |
and, having some time to kill before going to the theatre where we were, | 0:25:10 | 0:25:15 | |
she went into this building opposite, which is All Souls, Langham Place. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:21 | |
And she flipped open a Bible and it fell open at Gospel of John, | 0:25:21 | 0:25:27 | |
chapter 3 and verse 16. It just jumped out! | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
And she came to the theatre that night and she said to me... | 0:25:30 | 0:25:35 | |
to cut a long story short, "I'm going to that church on Sunday." | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
And I said, "I'm coming with you." | 0:25:38 | 0:25:40 | |
How did you change as a person when you then became a Christian? | 0:25:40 | 0:25:44 | |
I think the main thing is... | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
whatever I do now is not for me. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:51 | |
Everything I did was for me. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
Everything I did was to build up my career, my fame, my fortune | 0:25:53 | 0:25:58 | |
and so on and so forth, and that's rubbish! | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
It's dangerous rubbish. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:04 | |
It's just lovely to know that, erm, God loves us. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:10 | |
That's the extraordinary, wonderful thing. God loves us. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:15 | |
And to know that, you just want to love him back. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
# I woke up this morning with my mind | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
# Restin' on Jesus | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
# Woke up this morning with my mind | 0:26:47 | 0:26:49 | |
# Restin' on Jesus | 0:26:51 | 0:26:53 | |
# Woke up this morning with my mind | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
# Restin' on Jesus | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
# Hallelu, Hallelu | 0:27:00 | 0:27:02 | |
# Hallelujah | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
# There's no better way to live than with your mind | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
# Restin' on Jesus | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
# No better way to live than with your mind | 0:27:15 | 0:27:16 | |
# Restin' on Jesus | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
# There's no better way to live than with your mind | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
# Restin' on Jesus | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
# Hallelu, Hallelu | 0:27:27 | 0:27:31 | |
# Hallelujah | 0:27:31 | 0:27:32 | |
# You see, you can't hate your neighbour with your mind | 0:27:34 | 0:27:37 | |
# Restin' on Jesus | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
# Can't hate your neighbour with your mind | 0:27:42 | 0:27:44 | |
# Restin' on Jesus | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
# You can't be prejudiced against him with your mind | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
# Restin' on Jesus | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
# Hallelu, Hallelu | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
# Hallelujah | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
# There's perfect peace when your mind is | 0:28:30 | 0:28:32 | |
# Restin' on Jesus | 0:28:33 | 0:28:35 | |
# Perfect peace when your mind is | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
# Restin' on Jesus The Bible says it | 0:28:40 | 0:28:43 | |
# Perfect peace when your mind is | 0:28:43 | 0:28:46 | |
# Restin' on Jesus | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
# Hallelu, Hallelu | 0:28:50 | 0:28:52 | |
# Hallelujah | 0:28:53 | 0:28:55 | |
# Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! # | 0:28:58 | 0:29:01 | |
Risen Lord Jesus, as Mary Magdalene met you in the garden | 0:29:09 | 0:29:13 | |
on the morning of your resurrection | 0:29:13 | 0:29:16 | |
so may we meet you today and every day. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:20 | |
Speak to us as you spoke to her. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
Reveal yourself as the living Lord. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:26 | |
Renew our hope and kindle our joy | 0:29:26 | 0:29:29 | |
and send us to share the good news with others. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:33 | |
Amen. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:36 | |
And may the peace and the joy of the risen Christ | 0:29:36 | 0:29:38 | |
be yours this Eastertide and always. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:41 | |
And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit | 0:29:41 | 0:29:45 | |
be with you and all whom you love, this day and always. | 0:29:45 | 0:29:49 | |
Amen. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:52 | |
Well, we're nearing the end of our Easter celebrations here in Portsmouth. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:57 | |
A big thank you to Laura, Ramin and Paul Jones | 0:29:57 | 0:30:00 | |
and let's not forget our organist Brian Moles... | 0:30:00 | 0:30:04 | |
and our conductor Paul Leddington Wright. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:07 | |
We're finishing with a hymn that combines powerful words | 0:30:07 | 0:30:10 | |
with a tune by Handel that's instantly recognisable, you'll enjoy it. | 0:30:10 | 0:30:14 | |
It's Thine Be The Glory. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:16 | |
# Alleluia | 0:33:07 | 0:33:12 | |
# Amen. # | 0:33:12 | 0:33:20 | |
Next week it's the School Choir Of The Year competition. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
This'll be the 10th. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:28 | |
In the first of three programmes from the Lowry Theatre in Salford | 0:33:28 | 0:33:32 | |
six of the very best junior school choirs | 0:33:32 | 0:33:34 | |
sing to win a place in the final. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:36 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 |