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The Sound of Silence

Aled Jones discovers the value of silence, meets a modern-day hermit and introduces some reflective hymns.

35 minutes

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

  • Dear Lord And Father

    Winchester Cathedral Congregation

    9/1/11 Winchester Cathedral Congregation Organist: Andrew Lumsden Tune: Repton Music: C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918) from a song in his oratorio Judith Words: J.G. Whittier (1807-92) Source: SOP 324 Verses: 1, 2, 5, 6

  • Be Still For The Presence Of The Lord

    Beverley Minster Choir and Congregation

    Beverley Minster 2/1/2011 Congregation, Beverley Minster Choir Robert Poyser (Organist) Tom Osborne (trumpet 1) Michael Woodhead (trumpet 2) Andrew Littlemore (horn) Robert Burtenshaw (trombone) Brian Kingsley (tuba) Mark Wagstaff (timps) Conductor: Gordon Stewart Tune: Be Still Words: David Evans Music: David Evans Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright Source: SOP hymnbook #207

  • The Heart Worships

    Hayley Westenra

    11/1/09 Solo sung by Hayley Westenra.

  • Lord You Sometimes Speak In Wonders

    Dunfermline Abbey Congregation

    7/8/2011 Dunfermline Abbey Congregation, Conductor Gordon Stewart Tune: Stuttgart Music: Adapted from a melody in Christian Friedrich C Witt’s Psalmodia Sacra, Gotha 1715. Words: Christopher Martin Idle Source: Church Hymnary 4 Organist: Norman Mitchell.

  • Be Still My Soul

    The Exultate singers

    12/7/2009

  • Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

    Knaresborough

    Knaresborough Bed Race 11/07/2010 Christian Forshaw, Grace Davidson, Ian Cape Composer: Christian Forshaw Words: From the Bible

  • Immortal Invisibles

    Congregation at Halifax Minster

    Calderdale 15/1/12 Congregation at Halifax Minster Tune: St Denio (Welsh hymn melody) Words: W. Chalmers Smith (1824-1908) Source: Songs of Praise Hymnbook #10 Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright Organist: David Houlder

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterAled Jones
Executive ProducerTommy Nagra

Broadcast

What school hymn have you crowned as the ultimate favourite?

What school hymn have you crowned as the ultimate favourite?

Aled Jones and Kate Bottley countdown the nation’s favourite school assembly hymns.