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We're in the centre of the city of Birmingham, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
and over the next two Sundays | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
Songs Of Praise launches its very first gospel choir competition. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:12 | |
We have six fabulous choirs and a packed house, | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
who will be hearing the glorious sounds of gospel. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:18 | |
Hello, I'm David Grant and I'm delighted to welcome you all | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
to this magnificent town hall in the heart of Birmingham. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
These six amateur gospel choirs, who've made it through the preliminary rounds, | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
will sing with all their heart and soul before next Sunday | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
when one of them becomes the first ever Songs Of Praise gospel choir of the year. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:42 | |
We have, from London, Faith Works. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:46 | |
From Nottingham, Hope Community Gospel Choir. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:50 | |
From Birmingham, the Birmingham Community Choir. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
From Preston, One Voice Community Choir. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
From Dagenham, Fountain Of Praise. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
And also from Birmingham, the Town Hall Gospel Choir. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:01:05 | 0:01:07 | |
In this first programme, | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
each of our choirs will sing a familiar hymn or song | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
in their own gospel style. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
Watching and listening carefully are our celebrity judges who are... | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
singing star and songwriter from right here in Birmingham, | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
the amazing Ruby Turner. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
The founder of the London Community Gospel Choir, | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
it's the Reverend Bazil Meade. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
And next it's celebrity vocal coach, television presenter and all-round | 0:01:34 | 0:01:38 | |
amazing woman - I can say that, I'm married to her - it's Carrie Grant! | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
It's time to start singing, and the first choir | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
setting the standard is the Town Hall Gospel Choir from Birmingham. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
We're a community choir and that's how I run it. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
We are a gospel community choir, a community choir that sings gospel. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:01 | |
Sometimes you come from work, you're tired, had a bad day | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
or whatever, and once we start singing, it really does lift you. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
We've all got jobs, we all work really hard, | 0:02:12 | 0:02:14 | |
it's difficult getting everybody together and to actually know | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
that we've got through, everybody is just over the moon. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
# Bless, blessed assurance...# | 0:02:20 | 0:02:25 | |
It's a song that lends itself to a nice swing, gospel swing. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
We're all going through life, you know, | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
but we have an assurance that Jesus is mine. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
This gospel is real and we really do find comfort in the faith. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:40 | |
# Bless, blessed assurance, | 0:02:40 | 0:02:46 | |
# Jes, Jesus is mine | 0:02:46 | 0:02:51 | |
# Oh, oh, what a foretaste of glory | 0:02:51 | 0:02:57 | |
# Of glory divine! | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
# Heir, heir of salvation | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
# Purchase of God | 0:03:05 | 0:03:10 | |
# Born of his spirit | 0:03:10 | 0:03:15 | |
# And washed, washed in his blood | 0:03:15 | 0:03:20 | |
# Perfect submission | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
# All is at rest | 0:03:31 | 0:03:40 | |
# I in my saviour | 0:03:40 | 0:03:46 | |
# Am happy and blessed | 0:03:46 | 0:03:54 | |
# I am watching and waiting | 0:03:55 | 0:04:00 | |
# Waiting and waiting | 0:04:00 | 0:04:04 | |
# Looking above | 0:04:04 | 0:04:09 | |
# Filled with his goodness | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
# Oh, Lord! | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
# Washed in his blood | 0:04:20 | 0:04:25 | |
# This, this is my story | 0:04:27 | 0:04:32 | |
# This, this is my song | 0:04:32 | 0:04:37 | |
# Praise, praising my saviour | 0:04:37 | 0:04:42 | |
# All the day, all the day All the day long | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
# This, this is my story | 0:04:46 | 0:04:52 | |
# This, this is my song | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
# Oh, I'll praise him I'll praise him | 0:04:56 | 0:05:11 | |
# All | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
# All the day | 0:05:15 | 0:05:20 | |
# Long. # | 0:05:20 | 0:05:25 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
Town Hall Gospel Choir. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
So, Ruby, the first song by the first choir. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:47 | |
Did they set the standard for you? | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
They certainly did for the audience but how did you feel about that? | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
Fantastic, absolutely fantastic. What a way to start. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
Congratulations. I thought you were vibrant, you looked great! | 0:05:56 | 0:06:01 | |
Marvellous presentation, excellent, super. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
Bazil, did the performance move you? | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
It came straight to me as a wonderful rendition of a beautiful hymn. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:12 | |
Yes, I enjoyed it very much. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
Carrie, classic song, obviously sung by a lot of people. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
Did they hit the right note for you? | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
I think they had real snap, I think they gave the song breath, | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
they gave it space and all of that was really good. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
I've got one tiny word of advice, which is | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
if I'd had my eyes closed, I felt the conviction. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
Watching you, | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
it felt like the smiles only came during the applause at the end. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
I'd love to see a little bit more joy as you're performing. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
Thank you, judges. APPLAUSE | 0:06:39 | 0:06:43 | |
I don't think we could have given any more than we gave. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
They just put it out there. It was beautiful, a lot of fun. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
Time now for our second choir, who are based in London. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
It's Faith Works. | 0:06:58 | 0:06:59 | |
To join the choir, one must be able to sing, that is very important! | 0:07:01 | 0:07:05 | |
And they must be able to have a relationship with God Almighty. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:11 | |
We all come from different backgrounds, | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
some of us, we don't have a family here. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:14 | |
some of us, we don't have a family here. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:16 | |
We're coming from another country, and when we come as one, | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
united in the love of Jesus, it's like there's a spark. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:24 | |
Singing the gospel is not just performing, it's praying. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
Basically, when I'm doing it, I'm praying to the Lord. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
My favourite song is Pass Me Not. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
You have to join in, whether it be clapping your hands or dancing. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:42 | |
It's about the encouragement, it's about feeling that there is hope, | 0:07:42 | 0:07:48 | |
even when it seems that there's no hope, there is still hope, | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
and as long as there is God, there is hope. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
# Pass me not Pass me not, o gentle saviour | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
# Hear my humble... Hear my humble cry | 0:08:00 | 0:08:06 | |
# While on others thou art calling, calling | 0:08:07 | 0:08:13 | |
# Do not pass me by | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
# So please don't pass us | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
# Do not pass me by | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
# Pass me not | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
Pass me not, o gentle saviour | 0:08:25 | 0:08:29 | |
# Hear my humble... Hear my humble cry | 0:08:29 | 0:08:34 | |
# While on others thou art calling, calling | 0:08:36 | 0:08:42 | |
# Do not pass me by | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
# Jesus Christ! | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
# Do not pass me by Ooh, saviour! | 0:08:47 | 0:08:53 | |
# Saviour, saviour | 0:08:53 | 0:08:58 | |
# Hear my humble cry | 0:08:58 | 0:09:05 | |
# While on others thou art calling, calling | 0:09:05 | 0:09:10 | |
# Do not pass me by | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
# Please, I beg you Jesus, don't pass us by | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
# Do not pass me by | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
# Yeah! | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
# Jesus Christ, I beg you, Father | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
# Holy Spirit, love of God | 0:09:25 | 0:09:27 | |
# Do not, do not pass me by | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
# We need you Father Can't you see that we need you? | 0:09:29 | 0:09:34 | |
# Yes, holy Jesus | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
# Do not, do not pass me by | 0:09:37 | 0:09:49 | |
# While on others thou art calling, calling | 0:09:49 | 0:09:54 | |
# Do not pass me by | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
# Do not pass, do not pass Do not pass us by | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
# Do not pass me by | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
# Yeah! Jesus! # | 0:10:03 | 0:10:07 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:10:07 | 0:10:11 | |
Faith Works, everybody! | 0:10:14 | 0:10:16 | |
So, Bazil, did their faith work for you? | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
That was fabulous. That was wonderful for me. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
It's a difficult song to sing without a drummer | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
and they did very well. They kept time, the choreography was on point. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:35 | |
Gospel music intensely being presented to an audience | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
that could not resist clapping and being part of it. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
That's what gospel is about. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
And, Ruby, you've sung all over the world but you started in the church. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
How did you rate that performance? | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
That choir connected with us just now | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
and that's what's so very important. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
Any performance you do, it's about connecting with the listener | 0:10:52 | 0:10:57 | |
and that's the job. Job well done. | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
Carrie. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
I think it was a simpler arrangement than our first choir, | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
but it didn't suffer for that. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:05 | |
Your soloist is amazing - wow, I'm not worthy, you were great! | 0:11:05 | 0:11:10 | |
It was a little raggedy in places, choreographically, | 0:11:10 | 0:11:14 | |
and a little raggedy for me, vocally, | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
but overall, just the joy coming off you, that's what we're looking for. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
Just when you sit there and go, yes, goosebumps, it's great! | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, Faith Works! | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
That was so good, it was amazing. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:30 | |
I was so nervous, | 0:11:30 | 0:11:31 | |
I just had to pretend that Jesus was sitting there. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
Our next choir from Nottingham, with their gospel take | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
on a very familiar hymn, it's Hope Community Gospel Choir. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:41 | |
We are mixed choir with lots of different ages. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
The one thing we have in common is that we all love singing | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
and making music together. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:52 | |
The community part is very important as it's all about anyone can come and sing, there are no auditions. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:57 | |
# Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming... # | 0:11:57 | 0:12:02 | |
There are many, many people out there just burning to sing, | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
but they don't quite know that there is a gospel choir near to them. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:09 | |
But you have to try it to understand it | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
and to believe what it's going to do to your life. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
# Mine eyes have seen the glory | 0:12:16 | 0:12:21 | |
# Of the coming of the Lord | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
# He is trampling out the vintage | 0:12:24 | 0:12:28 | |
# Where the grapes of wrath are stored | 0:12:28 | 0:12:32 | |
# He hath loosed the fateful lightning | 0:12:32 | 0:12:37 | |
# Of his terrible swift sword | 0:12:37 | 0:12:41 | |
# His truth is marching on | 0:12:41 | 0:12:48 | |
# In the beauty of the lilies | 0:12:53 | 0:12:57 | |
# Christ was born across the sea | 0:12:57 | 0:13:01 | |
# With a glory in his bosom | 0:13:01 | 0:13:05 | |
# That transfigures you and me | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
# As he died to make men holy | 0:13:09 | 0:13:13 | |
# Let us die to make men free | 0:13:13 | 0:13:17 | |
# While God is marching on | 0:13:17 | 0:13:24 | |
# Glory, glory, hallelujah! | 0:13:25 | 0:13:33 | |
# Glory, glory, hallelujah! | 0:13:34 | 0:13:40 | |
# Glory, glory, hallelujah! | 0:13:42 | 0:13:48 | |
# His truth is marching on | 0:13:48 | 0:13:55 | |
# Glory, glory, hallelujah! | 0:13:58 | 0:14:04 | |
# Glory, glory, hallelujah! | 0:14:05 | 0:14:11 | |
# Glory, glory, hallelujah! | 0:14:13 | 0:14:20 | |
# His truth is marching on | 0:14:20 | 0:14:27 | |
# Our God is marching on | 0:14:27 | 0:14:35 | |
# Our God | 0:14:35 | 0:14:40 | |
# Is marching | 0:14:40 | 0:14:46 | |
# On. # | 0:14:46 | 0:14:52 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
Hope Gospel Choir. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
Ruby. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
What's so important is for... To see a choir standing there, | 0:15:07 | 0:15:11 | |
encouraging the nation to sing. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:13 | |
The enthusiasm was there, they were smiling, | 0:15:13 | 0:15:16 | |
they really wanted to be there and they are singing, it's great, | 0:15:16 | 0:15:19 | |
absolutely great. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:15:21 | 0:15:22 | |
Bazil. I liked that arrangement very much. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:26 | |
I was very entertained by the performance. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
The song, a beautiful song, again very well known, | 0:15:28 | 0:15:31 | |
but it's about the individuals on stage coming together, | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
working together as a team and presenting it. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
They certainly lifted my spirit and that is what gospel music is about. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:41 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
Carrie. I think there are probably lots of people all across the UK | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
right now thinking, "I'm going to join a gospel choir." | 0:15:47 | 0:15:50 | |
I think that that was really inspiring. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
For me, the last 30 seconds were fantastic, | 0:15:52 | 0:15:56 | |
the blend of it, the passion of it, | 0:15:56 | 0:15:58 | |
the swells, you know, crescendo, diminuendo, | 0:15:58 | 0:16:02 | |
all of that stuff was happening in the last 30 seconds. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:05 | |
That's what you need to focus on, it was good. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
Hope Community Gospel Choir! | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
THEY CHEER AND LAUGH | 0:16:09 | 0:16:13 | |
Fantastic! | 0:16:13 | 0:16:15 | |
They were impressed with the epic ending | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
which is what we had been working really hard at. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
THEY CHEER | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
We are already halfway through this first-ever | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
Songs Of Praise Gospel Choir Competition in Birmingham Town Hall. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
Next is the turn of a gospel choir from Dagenham in Essex. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:31 | |
It's Fountain Of Praise. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:32 | |
We need a church to give thanks to God, to give worship to God. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:40 | |
Gospel music is a channel through which we communicate | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
the gospel, the good news was pronounced to | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
millions around the world. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
# I will cling to the old rugged cross... # | 0:16:50 | 0:16:56 | |
Rugged Cross, powerful hymn, isn't it? | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
It's a song reflecting back on what God has done for you, | 0:17:01 | 0:17:05 | |
and knowing where you are today because of what he has done | 0:17:05 | 0:17:09 | |
so it's a testimony in itself. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
# On a hill | 0:17:17 | 0:17:22 | |
# Far away | 0:17:23 | 0:17:28 | |
# Stood a rugged | 0:17:30 | 0:17:32 | |
# The old rugged | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
# Cross | 0:17:37 | 0:17:41 | |
# On a hill far away | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
# Stood an old rugged cross | 0:17:50 | 0:17:54 | |
# The emblem of suffering and shame | 0:17:54 | 0:18:00 | |
# And I love that old cross | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
# Where the dearest and best | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
# For a world of lost sinners was slain | 0:18:09 | 0:18:15 | |
# So I cherish the old rugged cross | 0:18:17 | 0:18:24 | |
# Till my trophies at last I lay down | 0:18:24 | 0:18:30 | |
# I will cling to the old rugged cross | 0:18:31 | 0:18:37 | |
# And exchange it someday for a crown | 0:18:37 | 0:18:45 | |
# So I cherish the old rugged cross | 0:18:45 | 0:18:52 | |
# Till my trophies at last I lay down | 0:18:52 | 0:19:00 | |
# I will cling to the old rugged cross | 0:19:00 | 0:19:07 | |
# And exchange it someday for a crown | 0:19:07 | 0:19:14 | |
# So I cherish the old rugged cross | 0:19:14 | 0:19:22 | |
# Till my trophies at last I lay down | 0:19:22 | 0:19:29 | |
# I will cling to the old rugged cross | 0:19:29 | 0:19:36 | |
# And exchange it someday for a crown | 0:19:36 | 0:19:51 | |
# And exchange it someday for a... | 0:19:51 | 0:19:59 | |
# ..Crown. # | 0:20:01 | 0:20:06 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
Fountain Of Praise, everybody. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
So, Carrie, Fountain Of Praise sing together in church every week, | 0:20:21 | 0:20:25 | |
that's got to help in a situation like this, hasn't it? | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
I think the more you sing, the better you get, | 0:20:28 | 0:20:30 | |
that's just a fact, so definitely. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:32 | |
For me I think you're the most sincere choir that we've seen so far | 0:20:32 | 0:20:36 | |
and I love you for that. APPLAUSE | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
There's just a reality about you that's very endearing | 0:20:38 | 0:20:42 | |
and really touched my heart, really sincere. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
Ruby, this was a very, very different style | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
to the previous choir. What did you think? | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
I'm sat here and I started to write and I stopped. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:52 | |
It took me back to days of my mum. My mum used to sing that at home | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
and it warmed my heart. Thank you so much. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:59 | |
Really wonderful. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:00 | |
Bazil, this is a classic song, it's been sung by so many people, | 0:21:03 | 0:21:07 | |
do you think Fountain Of Praise did it justice? | 0:21:07 | 0:21:09 | |
It's a beautiful song | 0:21:09 | 0:21:11 | |
and it's from a different era | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
and this is where it shows the variety that we have | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
in gospel presentation and I think they did very well. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
Tenors were drifting on the tuning edge on little bit for me, | 0:21:19 | 0:21:23 | |
but overall performance I thought was very good. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:26 | |
Fountain Of Praise. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:28 | |
THEY CHEER | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
Amazing. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:31 | |
When they said that we were a sincere choir, | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
that just touched me so much cos that's what we set out to do. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
Hoping to live up to the title of their hymn choice, Perfect Praise, | 0:21:39 | 0:21:43 | |
it's One Voice Community Choir. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:45 | |
There are all kinds of ages from all over Lancashire. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:51 | |
Basically the aim of the choir is to bring joy to everyone. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:55 | |
# Yeah! Yeah! # | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
The word gospel means good news and I believe in good news. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:01 | |
In an age where everything seems to be about the bad news of this world, | 0:22:01 | 0:22:06 | |
it's something to penetrate the hearts and minds of people, | 0:22:06 | 0:22:09 | |
so I think it is a fantastic thing and it's my faith. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:12 | |
I'm a nurse and when things are frantic, things are awful, | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
I can think of some of those sounds and some of those words | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
while I'm at work trying to cope with difficult things, | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
and help people cope | 0:22:21 | 0:22:22 | |
and I think it's really given me a lot of strength. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
# How excellent! # | 0:22:25 | 0:22:27 | |
For me, gospel music allows me to be me, to rejoice, to dance, | 0:22:27 | 0:22:32 | |
to smile with people and, most of all, to share it with them. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:36 | |
# Oh, Lord | 0:22:38 | 0:22:42 | |
# How excellent | 0:22:42 | 0:22:46 | |
# How excellent | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
# How excellent | 0:22:52 | 0:22:56 | |
# How excellent | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
# Is | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
# Thy name | 0:23:08 | 0:23:17 | |
# There is none like you | 0:23:18 | 0:23:26 | |
# None like you | 0:23:26 | 0:23:38 | |
# Jesus, excellent | 0:23:38 | 0:23:44 | |
# Is | 0:23:46 | 0:23:51 | |
# Thy name | 0:23:51 | 0:23:55 | |
# In all the Earth | 0:23:55 | 0:24:13 | |
# Jesus, excellent | 0:24:13 | 0:24:18 | |
# Is | 0:24:21 | 0:24:25 | |
# Thy name | 0:24:25 | 0:24:29 | |
# In all the Earth | 0:24:29 | 0:24:31 | |
# Every knee shall bow In all the Earth | 0:24:31 | 0:24:36 | |
# In all the Earth | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
# And every tongue confess In all the Earth | 0:24:39 | 0:24:43 | |
# That he is Lord | 0:24:43 | 0:24:47 | |
# Jesus, excellent | 0:24:47 | 0:24:52 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:24:52 | 0:24:54 | |
# Is | 0:24:54 | 0:25:01 | |
# Thy name. # | 0:25:01 | 0:25:10 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:25:10 | 0:25:15 | |
One Voice Community Gospel Choir. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:23 | |
Bazil, Perfect Praise is a real test for a gospel choir. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:30 | |
Did they pass the test? | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
CHEERING | 0:25:32 | 0:25:33 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
There are a lot of people called Bazil in the audience! Exactly! | 0:25:35 | 0:25:41 | |
I just loved it. I thought they were wonderful. How excellent! | 0:25:41 | 0:25:45 | |
CHEERING | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
I mean, they... It was so believable | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
and I thought it was wonderful to see a choir | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
presenting a song has been established for such a long time | 0:25:53 | 0:25:57 | |
and singing it so spirit-filled and is certainly communicated with me. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
I loved that. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:02 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:26:02 | 0:26:04 | |
Carrie. I want to say so much to you guys. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
None of you look the same, you're all different ages, | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
you're all completely different. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
You absolutely embody the word "community". | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
You absolutely embody what a choir is about because choirs | 0:26:16 | 0:26:19 | |
don't necessarily have to have all amazing singers individually, | 0:26:19 | 0:26:23 | |
it's when you put the voices together that the magic happens | 0:26:23 | 0:26:26 | |
and that is what we saw today. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:27 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:26:27 | 0:26:30 | |
Ruby, Perfect Praise. Was it perfect for you? | 0:26:31 | 0:26:35 | |
Oh, goodness me, it was songs of praise, it really was. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
It really was. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:41 | |
I mean, when they finished, I just said, "Amen!" | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
CHEERING | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
One Voice Community Choir! | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
Excellent! | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
Magnificent. Honestly, I couldn't have asked for more. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
I can't believe it. Can we go and do it again? | 0:26:53 | 0:26:56 | |
THEY CHEER | 0:26:56 | 0:26:58 | |
Finally a choir also from Birmingham. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:01 | |
It's Birmingham Community Gospel Choir. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:03 | |
# La... # | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
The choir rehearse here at Aston Parish Church. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:10 | |
The choir is a Christian-based community gospel choir, | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
so Christians from | 0:27:13 | 0:27:14 | |
different areas of the community can come in and join. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:14 | |
different areas of the community can come in and join. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:16 | |
Right, left, right, left... | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
Maxine's a stern taskmaster, | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
but that is what we need to achieve the sounds that we want. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:25 | |
And stop. Swell! | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
Some of the songs, even though they're very old, like a recipe, | 0:27:27 | 0:27:31 | |
you can turn them around and make them your own. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
I think that's what Maxine's done. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
# Got a prayer... # | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
We're finding that the audience responds, so there are many tears. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
We're finding that the audience responds, so there are many tears. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:43 | |
We don't want to make them cry, but they do cry. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:45 | |
It's because they're touched by our passion perhaps | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
and also the presence of the Lord. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
# Guide me, O thou great Jehovah | 0:27:51 | 0:27:57 | |
# Pilgrim through this barren land | 0:27:57 | 0:28:03 | |
# I am weak but thou art mighty | 0:28:03 | 0:28:09 | |
# Hold me with thy powerful hand | 0:28:09 | 0:28:16 | |
# Bread of heaven Bread of heaven, bread of heaven | 0:28:16 | 0:28:22 | |
# Feed me till I want no more | 0:28:22 | 0:28:37 | |
# Open now the crystal fountain | 0:28:37 | 0:28:43 | |
# Whence the healing stream doth flow Whence the healing stream doth flow | 0:28:43 | 0:28:50 | |
# Let the fire and cloudy pillar | 0:28:50 | 0:28:56 | |
# Lead me all my journey through Lead me all my journey through | 0:28:56 | 0:29:02 | |
# Strong deliverer Strong deliverer, strong deliverer | 0:29:02 | 0:29:09 | |
# Be thou still my strength and shield | 0:29:09 | 0:29:13 | |
AUDIENCE CLAPS ALONG | 0:29:13 | 0:29:15 | |
# Be thou still my strength and shield | 0:29:15 | 0:29:22 | |
# When I tread the verge of Jordan | 0:29:24 | 0:29:30 | |
# Bid my anxious fears subside | 0:29:30 | 0:29:36 | |
# Bear me through the swelling current | 0:29:36 | 0:29:42 | |
# Land me safe on Canaan's side | 0:29:42 | 0:29:48 | |
# Songs of praises Songs, songs, songs, songs | 0:29:48 | 0:29:55 | |
# I will ever give to thee | 0:29:55 | 0:30:01 | |
# I will ever give to thee. # | 0:30:01 | 0:30:10 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:30:10 | 0:30:13 | |
INAUDIBLE | 0:30:16 | 0:30:17 | |
Birmingham Community Gospel Choir. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:25 | |
CHEERING | 0:30:25 | 0:30:28 | |
Carrie, that was a cappella, completely unaccompanied. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:32 | |
A brave choice, but was it the right choice? | 0:30:32 | 0:30:35 | |
CHEERING | 0:30:35 | 0:30:39 | |
Wow! | 0:30:39 | 0:30:41 | |
It absolutely was the right choice. | 0:30:41 | 0:30:44 | |
With a cappella singing, the two things you've really got to watch | 0:30:44 | 0:30:47 | |
are that we don't lose, we don't drop in tone, | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
and the timing. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:51 | |
Tuning, you were on point, you nailed it. | 0:30:51 | 0:30:53 | |
CHEERING | 0:30:53 | 0:30:54 | |
Timing... | 0:30:54 | 0:30:56 | |
I do want you to have a little think about your timing. | 0:30:56 | 0:31:00 | |
The timing actually improved when the audience started clapping | 0:31:00 | 0:31:04 | |
because you kept in time with them. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:06 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:31:06 | 0:31:07 | |
Ruby, you've been on stage countless times. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:09 | |
In a situation like this, with cameras and the audience | 0:31:09 | 0:31:12 | |
and people watching at home, with pressure, | 0:31:12 | 0:31:14 | |
how do you think they performed? They performed great. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:18 | |
The connection they made with the audience took us in with them. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:22 | |
Suddenly we wanted to be there. | 0:31:22 | 0:31:24 | |
That is what making that connection's all about. | 0:31:24 | 0:31:27 | |
It's what choir singing is all about, | 0:31:27 | 0:31:29 | |
people joining in and just enjoying it, and they were great. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:33 | |
Bazil, they say as a choir, they want to move people's hearts. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
Did they touch your heart? | 0:31:36 | 0:31:38 | |
They certainly did and I think it's a very brave thing, | 0:31:38 | 0:31:42 | |
taking a song like this | 0:31:42 | 0:31:43 | |
and presenting it without any accompaniment | 0:31:43 | 0:31:45 | |
because not many choirs like to do that | 0:31:45 | 0:31:47 | |
because you're totally exposed. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:49 | |
Again, I looked at all the singers, they were engaging with | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
the audience and certainly engaging with the conductor - so important. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:56 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:31:56 | 0:31:58 | |
Birmingham Community Gospel Choir! | 0:31:58 | 0:32:00 | |
We were somebody else up there, weren't we? | 0:32:02 | 0:32:04 | |
Who were we? We were blessed! | 0:32:04 | 0:32:06 | |
We didn't drop the note, we kept it there, we kept it at the level. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:09 | |
THEY CHEER | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
It's been fantastic watching and listening to these six choirs. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:15 | |
Let's show them some love and appreciation. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:17 | |
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING | 0:32:17 | 0:32:20 | |
Now, no choirs are going home at this point, I know, but, judges, | 0:32:21 | 0:32:25 | |
have you been moved particularly | 0:32:25 | 0:32:27 | |
by any choir from a worship perspective? | 0:32:27 | 0:32:29 | |
Have any stood out for you? Ruby? | 0:32:29 | 0:32:31 | |
They were all so, so wonderful | 0:32:31 | 0:32:34 | |
and I feel very blessed to be a part of this. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:37 | |
The song Do Not Pass Me By | 0:32:37 | 0:32:40 | |
is an old gospel song that I've loved | 0:32:40 | 0:32:43 | |
and the choir delivered it so wonderfully today. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:46 | |
# Hear my humble cry... # | 0:32:46 | 0:32:49 | |
Bazil? | 0:32:49 | 0:32:50 | |
The choir that sang How Excellent, which I believe is One Voice, | 0:32:50 | 0:32:55 | |
they certainly moved me. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:57 | |
I wanted to join them and worship through that song. | 0:32:57 | 0:33:00 | |
# How excellent... # | 0:33:00 | 0:33:02 | |
And, Carrie, what about you? | 0:33:02 | 0:33:04 | |
There is one choir that has really stood out for me | 0:33:04 | 0:33:06 | |
technically today and that has to be the Town Hall Gospel Choir. | 0:33:06 | 0:33:10 | |
# This | 0:33:10 | 0:33:11 | |
# This is my story... # | 0:33:11 | 0:33:14 | |
Wow, so three judges, three different choirs. | 0:33:14 | 0:33:18 | |
And there's plenty to think about for next week. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:21 | |
Do join us next week because all six choirs get to sing | 0:33:21 | 0:33:24 | |
a great gospel song, but this time | 0:33:24 | 0:33:26 | |
with full accompaniment, and one of them will become | 0:33:26 | 0:33:29 | |
the first Songs Of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:33 | |
Bye for now. | 0:33:33 | 0:33:35 | |
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:33:55 | 0:33:59 |