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28/08/2016

It is the big day for Aled Jones and the winners of the Rugby League Challenge Cup Fans Choir Competition as they step on to the pitch at Wembley to sing Abide with Me.

It is the big day for Aled Jones and the winners of the Rugby League Challenge Cup Fans Choir Competition as they step on to the pitch at Wembley to sing Abide with Me, accompanied by 80,000 fans at the Challenge Cup final.

Music:

I Will Enter His Gates/Every Time I Feel the Spirit from St John's, Hackney
Jerusalem from Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool
Give Me Oil in My Lamp from Green Pastures, Ballymena
Danny Boy by Lizzie Jones
Let All the World in Every Corner Sing from the Monastery, Gorton
Abide with Me by the Rugby League Challenge Cup Fans Choir and Aled Jones
To God Be the Glory from Hackney Empire, Hackney.

34 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Aug 2016 17:15

Music Played

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

  • Leona Von Brethost (I Will Enter His Gates)

    I Will Enter His Gates / Every Time I Feel The Spirit

    Choir: The Congregation of St John at Hackney Church and The Adventist Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Ken Burton. Composer: African American Spiritual (Every Time I Feel The Spirit). Music Arranger: Ken Burton. Lyricist: Leona Von Brethost from Psalm 100 and Psalm 118 (I Will Enter His Gates). Lyricist: African American Spiritual (Every Time I Feel The Spirit).

    Tune: He Has Made Me Glad (I Will Enter His Gates) Composer: Leona Von Brethost Composer: African American Spiritual (Every Time I Feel The Spirit)

  • Hubert Parry

    Jerusalem

    Choir: The Choir and Congregation of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. Conductor: Simon Lole. Featured Artist: Fine Arts Brass. Featured Artist: David Poulter. Music Arranger: Geoff Ellerby. Lyricist: William Blake.

    Tune: Jerusalem Composer: Hubert H Parry

  • A Sevison

    Give Me Oil In My Lamp

    Choir: Congregation of Green Pastures, Ballymena. Conductor: David Lawrence. Featured Artist: Nathan Jess. Featured Artist: Craig Skene. Featured Artist: David Hamilton. Featured Artist: Gwyneth Reid. Featured Artist: Peter Comfort. Featured Artist: Tim Napier. Music Arranger: Nathan Jess. Lyricist: A Sevison.

    Tune: Sing Hosanna Composer: A Sevison

  • Frederick Edward Weatherly

    Danny Boy

    Featured Artist: Lizzie Jones. Featured Artist: Graham Gibbin. Lyricist: Frederick Edward Weatherly.

    Tune: Londonderry Air Composer: Frederic Weatherly

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Let All The World In Every Corner Sing

    Choir: Huddersfield Choral Society and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Lawrence. Featured Artist: Darius Battiwalla.

    Tune: Vaughn Williams Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

  • W. H. Monk

    Abide With Me

    Choir: The Rugby League Challenge Cup Fans Choir and Aled Jones. Conductor: Steve Thompson. Featured Artist: The Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers. Featured Artist: Aled Jones. Music Arranger: H. F. Lyte.

    Composer: W. H. Monk

  • William H. Doane

    To God Be The Glory

    Choir: The Congregation at Hackney Empire, Londonn. Conductor: Ken Burton. Featured Artist: Marc Baptiste. Featured Artist: Mike Mansbridge. Featured Artist: Andy Kydd. Featured Artist: Everoll Corea. Featured Artist: Kenton Reid. Featured Artist: Adventist Vocal Ensemble. Music Arranger: Ken Burton. Lyricist: Fanny Crosby.

    Tune: To God Be The Glory Composer: William Doane

Stories

Lizzie Jones

Lizzie Jones has been dubbed by the fans as the First Lady of Rugby League. Last year she stepped onto the pitch to sing Abide With Me. It was an emotional performance coming just a few months after the death of her player husband Danny Jones. Connie Fisher visits her in her home town of Halifax.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Aled Jones
Producer Charlotte Hindle
Series Producer Matthew Napier

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