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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.

35 minutes

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Sun 14 Feb 2010 17:00

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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

  • The King’s Singers

    Love

    Music: Edward Elgar Words: Arthur Maquarie

  • 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

  • The King’s Singers

    My Heart Is A Holy Place

    Music & Words: Patricia Van Ness (b.1951)

  • 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

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