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Good Morning Sunday with Clare Balding

Clare Balding hosts the topical faith show and talks to American singer-songwriter, Mary J Blige.

Clare Balding hosts the topical faith show and talks to American singer-songwriter Mary J Blige. We'll hear the story of the Lantern Carols newly written for Christmas 2013 by composer Sacha Johnson Manning, with words by Sharon Grenham Toze. Clare's faith guest is Canon Ann Easter.

Producer: Janet McLarty.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Dec 2013 07:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters

    It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

    • Greatest Christmas Songs.
    • RCA.

  • Take That

    The Flood

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 16.

  • Sarah McLachlan

    In The Bleak Midwinter

    • Wintersong.
    • Arista.

  • Blake

    Moon River

  • Lily Allen

    Somewhere Only We Know

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Carpenters

    Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

    • The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait.
    • A&M.

  • David Bowie & Bing Crosby

    Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy

    • I Believe.
    • Telstar.

  • Paul Young

    Softly Whispering I Love You

    • Paul Young - From Time To Time.
    • Columbia.

  • Kate Rusby

    Cranbrook

  • Huddersfield Choral Society

    Away In A Manger

  • Hely Hutchinson

    Carol Symphony

  • Love Unlimited

    It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring)

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • The Jacksons

    I'll Be There

    • The Best Michael Jackson & Jackson Fi.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 17.

  • Andrew Earis & Choir of St Martin in the Fields

    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

  • Robbie Williams

    Dream A Little Dream (feat. Lily Allen)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • The Platters

    Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

    • Heartbeat: Love Me Tender (Various).
    • Global Television.
    • 3.

  • Mary J. Blige

    Just Fine

  • Cliff Richard

    Saviour's Day

    • Together With Cliff Richard.
    • EMI.

  • Tracey Thorn

    Joy

    • (CD Single).
    • Strange Feeling Records.

  • Pretenders

    2000 Miles

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World.
    • Virgin.

Mary J Blige

Mary J Blige

Mary J Blige has been called the聽Queen of Hip Hop Soul. She鈥檚 won 9 GRAMMY awards and sold 50 million albums worldwide. Her聽1994 album 鈥淢y Life鈥� is聽reckoned by Rolling Stone Magazine to be one of the top 500 albums of all time. But the 1990s were聽turbulent years聽for Mary personally and she battled with drugs, alcohol and depression. She talks to Clare about聽how her faith has helped her to leave those addictions behind, and about her Christmas聽album "A Mary Christmas" which was released at the beginning of December.

Canon Ann Easter

Canon Ann Easter
Canon Ann Easter is Chief Executive of聽The Renewal Programme in Newham, South London and a Chaplain to The Queen. 聽

The Lantern Carols

The Lantern Carols
The Lantern Carols is a sequence of musical pieces by the Manchester based composer Sasha Johnson Manning, with words by Sharon Grenham-Toze, which tell the Christmas story using the lantern as a motif. They聽will be premiered at the church of St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square on Monday, 23rd December.聽

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Dec 2013 07:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2