The Big Sing Gala
Katherine Jenkins joins Aled Jones and Sally Magnusson in the Royal Albert Hall for a spectacular gala evening of glorious hymns and songs, including How Great Thou Art and Amazing Grace.
Features Gregory Porter, Lucy Kay, Nell Bryden and the newly-crowned Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year.
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Katherine Jenkins - How Great Thou Art
Duration: 04:55
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The Big Sing Gala 2014
Duration: 01:01
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The Big Sing Gala Trailer (26/10/14)
Duration: 01:01
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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George Frideric Handel
Hallelujah Chorus
Choir: Choirs and Congregation of the Big Sing. Orchestra: Big Sing Orchestra. Supporting Artist: Daniel Moult. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Music Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright. -
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Irish Traditional
The King of Love
Performer: Lucy Kay. Choir: Choirs and Congregation of the Big Sing. Orchestra: Big Sing Orchestra. Supporting Artist: Daniel Moult.Tune: St. Columba
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Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
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Bernadette Farrell
Christ Be Our Light
Choir: Choirs and Congregation of the Big Sing. Orchestra: Big Sing Orchestra. Supporting Artist: Daniel Moult. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Music Arranger: Ray Monk. -
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Aled Jones & Nell Bryden
Morning Has Broken
Supporting Artist: Simon Johnson. Supporting Artist: Emma Sweeney. Orchestra: Bass and Violins from the Big Sing Orchestra. Supporting Artist: Daniel Moult. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Music Arranger: Simon Johnson. Lyricist: Eleanor Farjeon.Tune: Traditional
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George Frideric Handel
Zadok The Priest
Choir: Choirs and Congregation of the Big Sing. Choir: Choirs and Congregation of the Big Sing. Orchestra: Big Sing Orchestra. Supporting Artist: Daniel Moult. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Music Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright. -
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Israel Houghton
Lord You Are Good
Choir: Lewes Sings Gospel. Supporting Artist: Daniel Moult. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Music Arranger: Ken Burton. -
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Carl Gustav Boberg
How Great Thou Art
Choir: Choirs and Congregation of the Big Sing. Performer: Katherine Jenkins. Orchestra: Big Sing Orchestra. Supporting Artist: Daniel Moult. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Music Arranger: Hamilton. Music Arranger: Hamilton. -
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John Newton
Amazing Grace
Choir: Choirs and Congregation of the Big Sing. Performer: Katherine Jenkins. Performer: Lucy Kay. Performer: Nell Bryden. Performer: Gregory Porter. Performer: Aled Jones. Performer: Sally Magnusson. Orchestra: Big Sing Orchestra. Supporting Artist: Daniel Moult. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Music Arranger: Ken Burton.
Factsheet for Sunday 26th October 2014
Katherine Jenkins joins Aled Jones and Sally Magnusson in the Royal Albert Hall for a spectacular gala evening of glorious hymns and songs including 鈥楬ow Great Thou Art鈥� and 鈥楢mazing Grace鈥� and featuring Gregory Porter, Lucy Kay, Nell Bryden and the newly crowned Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year.
Contributors
LUCY KAY
Lucy Kay first appeared on our screens in spring this year on Britain鈥檚 Got Talent. Her magnificent voice won the public鈥檚 hearts and she reached second place in the final with her performance of 鈥楴essun Dorma鈥�. Originally from Leicester, Lucy discovered her love of classical music from an early age. She first performed in The Big Sing in 2006 with girls choir 鈥楥antamus.鈥� This year she will lead the congregation to perform The King of 鈥楲ove My Shepherd Is.鈥�
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NELL BRYDEN
is an American singer-songwriter born and raised in Brooklyn. She is a classically trained musician and studied the cello for 10 years. She has performed at The Royal Albert Hall before when she supported Jools Holland in 2013. Nell supported Gary Barlow on tour in 2013 and has toured throughout the UK. Nell performs 鈥楳orning Has Broken鈥� with Aled Jones on the Albert Hall Stage accompanied by flautist Emma Sweeney and Guitarist Simon Johnson.
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KATHERINE JENKINS
Mezzo-Soprano has performed all over the world including The Royal Albert Hall many times. Katherine has dueted with international stars including Andrea Bocelli and Placido Domingo. Katherine is originally from Neath in Wales where she sang regularly with the church choir in her parish church, St David鈥檚. Katherine performs the UK鈥檚 favourite Hymn, as voted for by Songs of Praise audience 鈥楬ow Great Thou Art.鈥�
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GREGORY PORTER
is a Grammy Award winning American Jazz vocalist,
songwriter and actor. He was born is Los Angeles and raised in California in
the gospel tradition by his minister mother. Gregory has become a favourite on
麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 2 and recently performed at the summer 鈥淧roms in the Park鈥�. Gregory
performs 鈥楬is Eye Is on The Sparrow鈥� with accompanist Chip Crawford.
LEWES SINGS GOSPEL
were delighted to be crowned in early October 2014 at The Hackney Empire. They wowed the judges with their performances conducted by the highly respected choir director听Karen Gibson and were subsequently overjoyed at the invitation to perform 鈥淟ord You Are Good鈥� at The Royal Albert Hall for The Big Sing. 听The choir are a community choir run by Southover Church in Lewes. Southover is a medium-sized Anglican church, with a passion to be outward-focussed and the gospel choir is one way in which it makes connections between those inside and outside the church.
Location
The is located in South Kensington, facing Hyde Park. The address is Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP.
Choirs and Congregation of the Royal Albert Hall
Stage Choirs
Lewes Sings Gospel Choir
Big Sing SATB Choir
Audience and congregation for the Big Sing
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Aled Jones |
| Presenter | Sally Magnusson |
| Producer | Pamela Hossick |
| Series Producer | Matthew Napier |
| Executive Producer | David Taviner |
| Performer | Katherine Jenkins |
| Performer | Gregory Porter |
| Performer | Lucy Kay |
| Performer | Nell Bryden |
Broadcasts
Sun 26 Oct 2014 16:15- Sun 12 Jul 2015 16:20