Descripción: Allegri's setting of Psalm 51. Introduced by Barry Rose, from a 1987 programme which includes Barry Rose talking to the Choir's director, Stephen Cleobury about how he trains his choristers (that will follow seperately). I have had to edit out one verse I'm afraid to make it fit on Youtube. I took out one where the cameras spent most time gazing at the stained glass windows. FOR THE FULL VER...

Descripción: Angel Voices sing this Abba hit as only they can! From an early 90s broadcast, I think this may be a Notyobs exclusive as I can't find it anywhere else! I'm sure you'll soon tell me if I'm wrong.

Descripción: Why on earth would the BBC want to remove clips of Songs of Praise from the 1990s? I can't think of ONE good reason.

Descripción: One year after his famous O for the Wings of a Dove,HMV's only recording van returned to Temple Church,London to record this piece with George Thalben-Ball at the organ. The van was parked in King's Bench Walk, and the cables and microphone taken into the church where Lough and Thalben-Ball were waiting. Master Ernest Lough,treble,was now 15 years of age. From Handel's Messiah.The recording h...

Descripción: Kings College Chapel Choir Cambridge, 1987, performs Faure's Requiem. Here's the Pieu Jesus and Agnus Dei.

Descripción: Tremendous performance by the Westminster Abbey Choir here, singing I Know that My Redeemer Liveth live in front of an audience of billions at the sad occasion of the funeral of Princess Diana. I have edited out parts where the commentator talks over the music. A huge state occasion, under so much pressure, they sing beautifully, perfectly in tune, perfectly in time, perfect diction and articul...

Descripción: Filmed in 1998, here Michael Junior sings Stille Nacht and then, with his mentor, Helmut Lotti, Panis Angelicus. He receives a very warm standing ovation. Broadcast on German TV in 2001.

Descripción: From Princess Diana's funeral, the choir and congregation of Westminster Abbey singing "I Vow to Thee My Country". The commentator said it was chosen by Prince William because he knew it to be one of his mother's favourite hymns from school

Descripción: The choirs of Westminster (and the Chapel Royal) sing Brahms's "How Lovely are Thy Dwellings Fair" at the Queen Mother's funeral. (Strange, because I've never heard it called or sung as anything else in the past other than "How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place") Anyway... it's utterly sublime!

Descripción: Sorry, this is off-topic for my channel, but I like this SO much I just had to upload it. Great tune, great words, superb arrangement, great camerwork. It's all, er, great! And I love the way one of the backing singers is.... chewing gum! What????!! (It's the one who looks as if he could be Ian Tilley's older brother!)

Descripción: Choir and congregation sing this classic. Men and boys of the choir do a verse on their own, then all join in for the last verse with a soaring descant from the trebles.

Descripción: Westminster Abbey choir and congregation sing Dear Lord and Father of Mankind. The trebles do a verse on their own.

Descripción: From Princess Diana's funeral in 1997. What makes this special is the unexpected descant on the last verse. Earl Spencer had just finished his amazing eulogy and I wasn't watching when Make Me a Channel came on, but had it on in the background.... then that descant broke into the last verse and I had to rush back to the TV!

Descripción: The one lots of people sing as "Good Christian Men Rejoice". Sung unaccompanied with some nice work by individuals in one verse.

Descripción: Here's Europe's answer to Hunter Hayes! Not sure if it's Swiss or Austrian (or German).

Descripción: In the Bleak Mid Winter from Lichfield Cathedral in 1995. A beautiful carol. Unfortunately, the director chooses to go walkabouts with the cameras when the trebles sing.

Descripción: This was a special live service hastily arranged, I think, at the start of the first Gulf War. Here are the wonderful words of Psalm 100 set to the tune Old 100th. The choir sing verse 3 alone, and there's a good descant on the last verse and thunderous organ. Lots more of this to come. It was presented by the Rev Dr Colin Morris, who actually managed to sound like a Reverend in the C of E with...

Descripción: Michael Junior sings Panis Angelicus and is then interviewed in German by the show's presenter. Amazingly, it turns out he's from Flanders in Belgium, (Brugge I believe) so his mother-tongue is Dutch. I always thought he was German!

Descripción: I know this is on Youtube already, but I think this is slightly better quality and it's got Gloria Hunniford's interview with him afterwards

Descripción: .. aus der Kirche St Marien zu Belzig. This is platinum material. As formal as it gets! I will never, ever know how they can find so many boys willing and able to put in the work to learn to sing what at that age MUST seem incredibly dull music to such a very, very high standard. Just amazing. More of this to come! The other thing I can't understand is how such a blue chip choir can be singing to...