28/02/2016
Aled Jones visits Port Talbot, home of Britain's largest steelworks, as 4,000 workers and the wider community await news of hundreds of redundancies.
Aled Jones visits Port Talbot, home of Britain's largest steelworks, as 4,000 workers and the wider community await news of hundreds of redundancies. And for St David's Day, Richard Taylor traces the history of the patron saint of Wales.
Hymns and music this week:
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah performed by Choirs and Congregation of Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church
I Believe performed by Richard and Adam
Beautiful One performed by performed by Beechcroft Choir
Be Still For The Presence Of The Lord performed by Michael Powell and band
All saints of Wales performed by Choir and Congregation of St Davids Cathedral
There Is A Land performed by Kenfig Hill Male Voice Choir
Courage, Brother, Do Not Stumble performed by St Machar's Cathedral's congregation.
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Steelworks
Duration: 04:31
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Singing Hairdresser
Duration: 02:44
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Hymn - There Is A Land
Duration: 02:01
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Aled Jones previews this weeks Songs of Praise
Duration: 02:01
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Tim Rhys-Evans
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
Choir: Choirs and Congregation of Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church. Conductor: John Hughes (1873-1932). Featured Artist: Organist - Huw Tregelles Williams. Lyricist: William Williams (1717-91). Lyricist: Peter Williams (1727-96). -
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Ervin Drake
I Believe
Choir: Richard & Adam. Composer: Graham, Irvin. Composer: Shirl, Jimmy. Composer: Stillman, Al. Music Arranger: Julian Reynolds. -
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Tim Hughes
Beautiful One
Choir: Beechcroft Choir. Conductor: Ken Burton. Lyricist: Tim Hughes. -
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David J. Evans
Be Still For The Presence Of The Lord
Conductor: David Lawrence. Featured Artist: Michael Powell - Vocalist/Guitarist. Featured Artist: Grachael Joseph - Backing Vocal. Featured Artist: Ruth-Ellen Jones - Backing Vocal. Featured Artist: Russell Boniface - Drums. Featured Artist: Chelange Joseph - Vocalist. Featured Artist: Joseph Connell - Bass. Featured Artist: Ben Reid - Keyboard. -
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W.P Rowlands
All saints of Wales
Choir: Choir and Congregation of St Davids Cathedral. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Featured Artist: Organist - Daniel Cook. Music Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright. Lyricist: Bishop Timothy Rees (1935). -
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Kenfig Hill Male Voice Choir
There is a land
Music Arranger: Lawrence A Thompson. Lyricist: Normal MacLeod (1812-1872). -
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St Machar聮s Cathedral聮s congregation
Courage, Brother, Do Not Stumble (feat. Roger B.Williams, M.B.E. - Organist)
Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright.
Hymns
- Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah performed by Choirs and Congregation of Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church
- I Believe performed by Richard and Adam
- Beautiful One performed by performed by Beechcroft Choir
- Be Still For The Presence Of The Lord performed by Michael Powell and band
- All saints of Wales performed by Choir and Congregation of St Davids Cathedral
- There Is A Land performed by Kenfig Hill Male Voice Choir
- Courage, Brother, Do Not Stumble performed by St Machar鈥檚 Cathedral鈥檚 congregation
Stories
Steelworks
Aled Jones visits Port Talbot, the home of the UK鈥檚 largest steelworks as 4000 workers and the wider community awaits news of hundreds of redundancies.听 We hear from current steelworker Vince Lewis who can see the blast furnaces from his home. Aled also meets Michael Down, a former steelworker whose recovery from a life-threatening accident at work was galvanized by his local male voice choir.
Singing Hairdressers
Diane is in to Coventry to meet hairdresser Anthony Holder-Simms 鈥� As well as having her hair styled she learns how Anthony鈥檚 chatting about God with his clients has grown into a Ministry; and now Anthony and his partners hold church services in the room upstairs from the salon.听
St Davis's Day
Richard Taylor is walking in the footsteps of St David to find out more about Wales鈥檚 Patron Saint.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Aled Jones |
| Presenter | Richard Taylor |
| Series Producer | Matthew Napier |
| Executive Producer | Dave Stanford |
Broadcast
- Sun 28 Feb 2016 16:15