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Young Chorister of the Year - Girls' Semi-Final
Aled Jones presents the girls' semi-final of the BBC Young Chorister of the Year competition from Salisbury Cathedral with judges Lesley Garrett, Howard Goodall and David Grant. Music includes How Beautiful Are the Feet, from Handel’s Messiah, and O, For the Wings of a Dove, by Felix Mendelssohn. Three of the pieces are by modern composers: John Rutter’s Pie Jesu; Prayer to a Guardian Angel, by Patrick Hawes; and the worship song He Will Hold Me Fast, by Matt Merker. Three of the five choristers will be selected to sing in the final on 5 December.
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