In a year when the world's attention is focused on Africa, this Eucharist, from St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, features music from David Fanshawe 's African Sanctus, as well as traditional hymns celebrating Christ's ascension into heaven. The BBC Daily Service Singers, the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Donna Bateman (soprano) and Backbeat are directed by Stephen Jackson. The celebrant is the Rev Canon Ossie Swartz. The preacher is the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev Richard Harries. Producer Claire Campbell Smith