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Sunday Worship: Powerful Voices

Powerful Voices

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A service led by Rev James Tout with members of the National Youth Choir of Wales.

A service from Bangor, North Wales, led by Rev James Tout, with music, readings, conversations and prayers from members of the National Youth Choir of Wales.

The National Youth Choir of Wales join together annually for their summer residency.  This year, the choir is based at the University of Bangor, in the North West corner of Wales.  Its members, drawn from across Wales, and aged between 16-22, relish the opportunity to unite their voices through song.

We often turn to singing as a heightened form of communication, bursting into song at moments of celebration, and even moments of great sorrow.  The scriptures themselves are full of song: psalmists invite us to make a joyful noise and to sing praise, and Biblical figures respond in song at moments of great intensity and power.  Rev James Tout and members of the National Youth Choir of Wales explore the potential in our own voices, both sung and spoken, as well as the power that can be unlocked by listening and responding, often to the most humble of voices.

Luke 1. 46-55 / Tell Out My Soul (T. Dudley-Smith, W. Greatorex)
Luke 18. 15-17

How Shall I Sing that Majesty (Coe Fen), K. Naylor, arr. Alistair Warwick
Children, go where I send thee, arr. Roderick Williams
Even When He is Silent, Kim André Arnesen
Beloved, let us love, Meirion Wynn Jones
Pantyfedwen (Tydi a wnaeth y wyrth / You did this mighty deed), M. E. Evans, arr. Tim Rhys-Evans

The National Youth Choir of Wales
Conductor: Tim Rhys-Evans
Pianist: Nicky Rose
Organist: Joe Cooper

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