Valentine's Day
Aled Jones seeks out examples of Christian love on St Valentine's Day. There are special performances from The King's Singers, and congregations from the Vale of Evesham join together to sing of God's love. Hymns include O For a Heart to Praise My God and Love Divine.
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Congregation and choir of All Saints’ Church, Evesham + organist John S Bailey + conductor Paul Leddington Wright
O For A Heart To Praise My God
Music: Isaac Smith (d1805) Tune: Abridge Words: Charles Wesley (1707-88)
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The Arnold Singers of Rugby School, organist Max Pappenheim + violin Andrea Brogaard +conductor Richard Dunster-Sigtermans
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Music: Henry Purcell/ John Stainer (1840-1901) / W P Rowlands (1860-1937) Tunes: Fairest Isle / Love Divine / Blaenwern – arr Malcolm Archer (b.1952) Words: Charles Wesley (1707-88)
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Congregation and choir of All Saints’ Church, Evesham + organist John S Bailey + conductor Paul Leddington Wright
O Perfect Love
Music: Joseph Barnby (1838-96) Tune: Highwood Words: Dorothy F Gurney (1858-1932)
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The Arnold Singers of Rugby School, organist Max Pappenheim + violin Andrea Brogaard +conductor Richard Dunster-Sigtermans
Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All
Music: Traditional ‘Crown of Jesus’ Hymnbook 1864 Tune: Corpus Christi Words: Frederick William Faber (1814-63) Edward Elgar, arranged for organ and violin accompaniment by Andrew Earis
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The King’s Singers
Love
Music: Edward Elgar Words: Arthur Maquarie
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Congregation and choir of All Saints’ Church, Evesham + organist John S Bailey + conductor Paul Leddington Wright
In Heavenly Love Abiding
Music: David Jenkins (1848-1915) Tune: Penlan Words: Anna L Waring (1823-1910) SOP 295#550/1 Oxford University Press, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Books 1997 ISBN 0 19 147325-1 this compilation © Oxford University Press 1997
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The King’s Singers
My Heart Is A Holy Place
Music & Words: Patricia Van Ness (b.1951)
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Congregation of All Saints’ Church, Evesham + organist John S Bailey + conductor Paul Leddington Wright
For the Beauty of the Earth
Music: English traditional melody Tune: Englands Lane Words: F S Pierpoint (1835-1917) SOP 222 pg 426/7 Oxford University Press, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Books 1997 ISBN 0 19 147325-1 this compilation © Oxford University Press 1997
Broadcast
- Sun 14 Feb 2010 17:00