Heavenly Voices | Episode 8 | Here I Am, Lord | Father Dan Shutte
0Famed organist and choirmaster Barry Rose hosts this series. In this final episode, he highlights the life of a choir boy and the benefits of the discipline and confidence it teaches. Featured are interviews with Owen Hughes, one of Rose's senior choristers with his Choir of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St. Albans, and with Martin Offiah, an English Rugby player who spent 4 years in another choir and credits that experience for his success on the rugby field. Music selections featured in this final episode include: "Here I Am, Lord" by Father Dan Shutte and performed by Rose's Choir of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St. Albans; and "And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time" from "Jerusalem," by Sir Hubert Parry and sung by the Heavenly Voices choir.
The remarkable history of the British choral tradition is explored in this 8-part series about the glories of religious music. As your ears enjoy this extraordinary musical journey, your eyes will feast on the beautiful scenery of ruined abbeys, the glorious English countryside, its grand cathedrals, beautiful gardens, and lofty churches throughout the country.
This eight-part series about the glories of religious music, travels on an extraordinary musical journey through the remarkable history of the British choral tradition. Ten centuries of song will unfold as renowned organist and choir master Barry Rose explores the great traditions of church music — from the purity of tenth-century plainchant, invented by Pope Gregory to help his missioning monks teach their new converts the Scriptures and services, to the thunderous beat of a late twentieth-century rock-and-roll Christian band. Filmed in ruined abbeys, glorious countryside, grand cathedrals, beautiful gardens and lofty churches throughout Britain, Heavenly Voices is a feast for eyes and ears.
Director: Dominic Cyriax
Starring: Barry Rose, Toyah Wilcox, Rabbi Lionel Blue, Gloria Hunniford, Ruth Mardoc, Dickie Bird, Terry Waite, Dr. David Bellamy, Matt Redman, Jane Asher, Owen Hughes, Martin Offiah