Young Chorister of the Year - Juniors

Aled Jones presents the junior heat of BBC Young Chorister of the Year from Hallé St Peter’s in Manchester, with judges Bob Chilcott, YolanDa Brown and Katherine Jenkins. The Rev Kate Bottley is backstage getting to know each chorister and finding out about their passion for singing. The five talented young singers aged 11-13 will be singing The Lord Bless You and Keep You by Rutter, the worship song On Eagle’s Wings, the well-known hymn I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say, Howard Goodall’s The Lord Is My Shepherd and Pie Jesu by Andrew Lloyd Webber. They will all perform the hymn The Lord of the Dance and three of the five choristers will win a place in the final.