14/05/2017
Noel Thompson talks about his love of singing and choral music, and there is music from the Seven Towers Male Voice Choir's annual concert.
This week Sing Out went to Ballymena to record the Seven Towers Male Voice Choir's annual concert. This is the highlight of the year for the choir and their fans, and always produces a lively night with a large and enthusiastic audience. John Anderson takes the opportunity to talk to the choir members and find out what brings such a large number of men together to sing.
Television and radio journalist Noel Thompson is well known for news and current affairs broadcasting, but listeners may not be aware that the other great passion in his life is singing. He is currently a member of the Belfast Philharmonic Choir, and he tells Sing Out how he has always sung in choirs, from his earliest days as a chorister in St Mark's, Dundela, to singing in the Castleward Operas for many years. Put simply, Noel can't imagine not singing!
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Music from the programme
St Agnes’ Choral Society
           9 to 5 (from the musical)                                          Dolly Parton
Original Broadway Cast
           The Sun Has Got His Hat On
           (from Me and My Girl)                                             Gay/Butler
Belfast Philharmonic Chorus
           Va Pensiero
           (from Nabucco)                                                         Verdi
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
(soloist Alastair Hussain)
           Hear My Prayer
           (O For The Wings Of A Dove)                                  Mendelssohn
The Irish Tenors
           Phil The Fluter’s Ball                                                 Percy French
D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
           If You’re Anxious For To Shine
           (from Patience)                                                         Gilbert & Sullivan
Manhattan Opera Chorus
           Les voici, les voici (The Toreadors)
           (from Carmen)                                                            Georges Bizet
Belfast Philharmonic Chorus
           Grand March (from Aida)                                         Giuseppe Verdi
Cappella Caeciliana
           Irish Blessing                                                              Bob Chilcott
Seven Towers Male Voice Choir
           Medley:
           Congratulations/Puppet On A String/
          I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing                     Martin/Coulter/Backer/
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Broadcasts
- Sun 14 May 2017 18:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Ulster & Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Foyle
- Tue 16 May 2017 19:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Ulster & Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Foyle