SINGING THE PEOPLE’S PASSION

Where? What? All Hallows Church Choir, Easter Anthem to be performed at 10 a.m. Whitchurch, Hampshire Liturgy of the Resurrection on Easter Day. Any singers in the area who wish to augment our numbers will be extremely welcome. Rehearsals at All Hallows Church Thursday 29/3 and Wednesday 4/4 at 19:30.

All Saints and St Margaret Church, The Pakefield Singers sing The People's Pakefield, Lowestoft/The Pakefield Singers Passion as part of Easter Sunday service at 18.30. BBC Radio Suffolk is following their progress.

All Saints Church, Aston, Sheffield S26 2EE sing the People's Passion Mass and Easter Anthem during Maundy Thursday Communion Service, April 5th, at 7pm. They’re looking for a trumpet player, a cellist and two recorder players! BBC Radio Sheffield is following their progress.

All Saints Church, Milton, Cambridge sing the Easter Anthem in the 10.30am service at All Saints Milton on Easter Day. Followed by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

All Saints Church, Wellingborough, Wellingborough choir sing the full Northamptonshire Mass and Easter Anthem during their service on Wednesday 4th April at 7.30pm. Donald, Bishop of Peterborough presides.

All Saints Parish Church, Thornton Hough, sing the Easter Anthem as a part of a Wirral service of readings and Passiontide music on Palm Sunday, starting at 6.30pm.

All Saints Church Choir, St Leonards and St will be singing the Anthem on Easter Ives, Ringwood, Hampshire Sunday morning in our 10 am Service. We're a small village choir enjoying the challenge of learning a new work. Thank you to all involved in the project! All Saints’s Church, Kinloch Rannoch Singing Easter Anthem and Agnus Dei at All Saints' Church on Palm Sunday.

Almondsbury Parish Church Will sing the Easter Anthem.

Anglican Memorial Cathedral Choir, sing the simplified version of the Easter Mombasa, Kenya Anthem in Easter week with band and violin accompaniment.

Bablake Junior Choir, Bablake School, sing the Easter Anthem in their Easter Coventry concert on April 3rd.

Benefice Choir of Byfield, Boddington and We are singing the Easter Anthem at the Eydon, Northamptonshire Service at St. Nicholas Church, Eydon on Wednesday during Holy week.

Beaulieu Abbey Church, Hampshire sing the Easter Anthem during Easter Sunday Eucharist service starting at 09:30am.

CBSO Young Voices/Birmingham City Fresh from sell-out concerts at the O2, Centre CBSO's Young Voices choir will take the Easter Anthem out and about in Birmingham City Centre on Maundy Thursday, 5th April. BBC West Midlands will be following their progress.

City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, Easter Anthem will be our anthem for the Nicolson Square, Edinburgh Easter Sunday morning service at 11.00

am.

Christ Church, , Lake Road sing the Easter Anthem during Easter North, Roath Park, Cardiff Sunday morning service, starting at 10.00am.

Christ Church, Julian Road, Bath BA1 2RH sing The People's Passion Mass and the Anthem at Festival Eucharist on Easter Day, starting at 10.00am.

Christ the King Church, 73 Haldens, sing the Easter Anthem during Easter Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL7 1DH Sunday service, starting at 10.00am.

Collavoce, North Yorkshire sing The People's Passion Mass.

Cor Llanwnog, Powys, mid Wales perform the Easter Anthem alongside Stainer's Crucifixion in two concerts during Holy Week: on Palm Sunday evening, April 1st, at 7.00pm at Llanwnog Church (near Caersws, Montgomeryshire), and on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, at 8.00pm in St Idloes Church, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire. Crewkerne Methodist Church, Somerset sing the Easter Anthem as part of Easter Sunday worship.

Derby Bach Choir Derby Bach Choir will be hosting a Come & Sing event on Wednesday 4th April at St John's Church Bridge Street Derby. We will sing the The Easter Anthem from The Peoples Passion & Stainers Crucifixion. Rehearsal begins at 6.00pm & performance 8.00pm. All singers are welcome to come & take part in this newly restored church. See our website www.derbybachchoir.com

Diss Methodist Church, Norfolk sing the Anthem during Easter Sunday service, starting at 10.45 a.m. service.

Elvet Methodist Church, Old Elvet, Devon Will be singing the Angus Dei on 25th March during the morning service. Exeter Cathedral, Devon The St Peter's Singers of Exeter Cathedral will sing the Easter Anthem at the Cathedral Solemn Vigil of Easter on Saturday, April 7th at 8.00PM.

Fareham Methodist Church, Hampshire The singing group sing the Agnus Dei during their Passion Sunday morning service.

Fareham United Reformed Church Choir, sing the Easter Anthem during early Hants morning Communion Service on Easter Sunday, and are learning the rest of the mass to sing at a later date. BBC Radio Solent will record at their 8.15am Easter Sunday service.

Farnham Methodist Church A small group will be singing the Easter Anthem as an introit to our 10.30am service on Easter Day. Festiva Chorus, Guernsey sing The People's Passion as part of their Good Friday concert, at St James Concert Hall, starting at 19.45.

Gardner-Webb University Concert Choir, sing the Easter Anthem in their spring Boiling Springs, North Carolina, USA concert as well as taking it in on tour in the North Carolina area during March.

Gloucester Cathedral Choir sing The People's Passion Mass and the Easter Anthem at Festal Eucharist on Easter Sunday morning. Radio Gloucestershire will be following their progress.

Grimsby , Humberside Sing The People's Passion on Good Friday.

Harley Choir, Shrewsbury sing the Agnus Dei as part of annual Good Friday concert.

Hartfield & Coleman's Hatch Churches, E ad hoc group including fabulous baritone Sussex soloist sing the Easter anthem on Easter Day. 'It will be quality!'

Holy Saviour’s Singing for Fun Have just performed The People's Passion at Evensong on Passion Sunday. It was very well received and our vicar, Rev Geoff Lowson suggested we might perform it again during a morning Eucharist because of all the hard work we had put into it! We all really enjoyed taking part. Holy Trinity Church Choir, Exmouth We will be singing the Easter Anthem with Cello and Organ at the main Easter Sunday service (10am) Holy Trinity Choir, Rue de Mont Blanc, sing the Easter Anthem at Easter Day Geneva, Switzerland Eucharist, 10.30am.

Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Perform on Easter day and invite potential Dunfermline, Fife singers from the congregation to join them for the event.

Holy Trinity Parish Church, Hastings Will sing the Mass and Easter Anthem

throughout the week.

The Horringer Singers will be singing the Horringer Singers, The Community Centre, Easter Anthem (Love's Young King) as part Horringer of their Easter performance at St Leonard's Church, Horringer, on Wednesday the 4th of April at 7.30pm.

Horsforth Grove Methodist Church, Leeds We intend to sing the simple version as background to the congregation dressing the cross at the Easter Day 10.30 am service.

IMPACT Choir, Purley Baptist Church, Impact and fourteen other churches in Croydon Purley will come together on Good Friday, 10.30am, in the grounds of the Tesco Supermarket, Purley Road, and sing the Easter Anthem as part of their Good Friday worship. They will be joined by the Cancer Centre Choir.

King's Lynn Minster, Norfolk Sing the Easter Anthem on Easter night (8 April) as part of an Easter Praise service at 6:30, a service of readings and music.

Kings Somborne Parish Church, Hants sing the Easter Anthem on Easter Day 8th April.

Leicester Cathedral Choir A massed choir of clergy and other volunteers will sing the Agnus Dei from the People's Passion Mass at the Chrism Eucharist at 11am on Maundy Thursday.

Leswalt Kirkcolm Church Choir Will sing the Agnus Dei at Easter services in Leswalt and Kirkcolm churches. We're only a small choir but manage SATB - at present! We're finding the last section tricky but will master it yet! Lewes Passion Play Group, E. Sussex Lewes Passion Play group will hold a day of workshops from 10am - 4pm on Saturday 31st March, in the Cluny Annex, St Pancras Church, Ireland’s Lane, Lewes. Join a workshop from 10am to sing, or to interpret the poem in movement/drama. Concert at 3pm to which all welcome. BBC Sussex will be following the day.

Lincoln Community Charity Choir now rehearsing The People's Passion for performances in April. New members call Suzi Bowden 07984 531215.

Long Ashton Parish Choir, Nr Bristol sing the Easter Anthem at communion service on Easter Day 8th April.

Longridge Methodist Church We will be singing the anthem at our 11.00 service on Easter Sunday - hopefully, anyway! Beautiful anthem and I hope we can manage the main version and don't have to go for the simpler one. LOROS Singers & The Tudor Choir, being followed by Radio Leicester. Leicester Lyminge Parish Church of St Mary & St will sing the Easter Anthem on Easter Ethelburga, Kent Sunday.

Madron Church, Cornwall sing the Easter Anthem at their Easter morning service, starting at 11.00am.

Manchester Cathedral sing the full Mass and Easter Anthem as part of Easter Sunday worship, broadcast live on BBC Radio 4 at 08.10am on Easter Day.

Middle Eden Voices, Long Martin Primary Community Choir perform the Easter School, Cumbria Anthem as part of a fundraising evening, at 6.30pm on 28th March.

Newchurch Parish Church Choir, Our Parish Church Choir will be singing the Newchurch, Culcheth, Warrington, Easter Anthem during Easter Morning Cheshire Communion at 10.30am. It is a beautiful and moving anthem - thanks to Radio 4 for commissioning it.

New Cross Church, Downing Street, Sutton New Cross Community Choir sing the in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Easter Anthem on 1st April at Palm Sunday service starting at 9.30am.

Northmoor Church Choir, Witney, Sing the Easter Anthem as the communion Oxfordshire motet at Easter Sunday Eucharist.

Radio Berkshire Choir, Reading Gospel sing The People's Passion during a special Choir, Reading Phoenix Choir and programme to be recorded at St Nicholas Wokingham Choral Society Church, Newbury on Monday the 2nd April at 7:30pm, and broadcast by BBC Radio Berkshire on Easter Sunday, along with a special message from former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey.

Romsey Abbey Choir, Hampshire sing the Mass on Easter Day.

South Bersted Church Choir, Bognor Regis, The choir will sing the Agnus Dei at the West Sussex 9a.m. Service on Easter Sunday

Ruddington Community Choir, Nottingham A brand new choir forming on 13th March, to sing the Easter Anthem. Radio Nottingham will be following their progress.

Southwell Methodist Church, Westgate, Sing the People's Passion at a 'come and Southwell, Nottinghamshire sing' workshop with Southwell Choral Society and the Newstead Abbey Singers on Saturday 7th April. Rehearsal 12 - 2.30, performance at 3.30, including Passiontide and Easter hymns. BBC Radio Nottingham will be there.

Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire sing the Easter Anthem during Easter Sunday services, to be broadcast by BBC Radio Nottingham.

St Aidan's United Reformed Church, The singing group will sing the Easter Hencotes, Hexham, Northumberland Anthem at Easter Sunday service, starting at 10.30am. BBC Newcastle will follow their progress.

St Andrew's Choir, Chippenham Parish sing the Agnus dei, and the simplified Church, Wiltshire, SN15 3HT anthem during the 10am Parish Eucharist on Easter Sunday, 8th April.

St Andrew's Church, Burnham-on-Sea, sing the People's Passion Mass settings in Somerset Maundy Thursday Eucharist at 7.30pm on April 5.

St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford Choir perform Easter Anthem alongside Faure Requiem as part of Easter concert on 7th April.

St Andrew's Church, Melton, Suffolk sing the Easter Anthem as part of Easter Sunday Eucharist service starting at 9.30am.

St Andrew's Church, Stapleford, nr sing The People's Passion Mass in their Cambridge Palm Sunday service on April 1st starting at 6.30pm, and the Easter Anthem either on Palm Sunday or Easter Day.

St Barnabas Church, Church Avenue, Meet at the church at 7pm on Wednesday Warmley, South Gloucestershire 4th April, for a special open-to-everyone session to rehearse and perform the works "from scratch". Everyone welcome, just come along! St Bartholomew’s Anglican Church Choir, Our choir has been learning the Easter Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Anthem, and will be singing it at the end of the Communion on Easter Day, to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth of Canada! We opted for the regular (non- simplified) version, even though we are an ordinary parish church. We felt we wanted to make our very best effort to show how the Queen has inspired us all. My son is coming form McGill university where he is studying cello performance, and will perform with us. Thank you so much, BBC, for making this wonderful project available. You're the best.

St Botolph's Church, Boston Stump working on The People's Passion.

St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury, SY1 St Chad’s Girls’ Choir sing the Easter 1JX Anthem on BBC Radio Shropshire on March 18th, and perform at St Chad’s on Tuesday 1st May at 5pm.

St Christopher's Church, Haslemere, Will sing the Easter Anthem at our usual 9.45 Surrey service on Palm Sunday.

St Clement's Church, Poole, Dorset sing the Agnus Dei on Good Friday as part of 11am service of music, readings and prayer. And sing the Easter Anthem during Evening Prayer for Easter Sunday.

St. David's Uniting Church, Gelliwastad Cantorion Gelliwastad sing the Agnus Dei Road, Pontypridd at their united service for Good Friday, starting at 10:30am.

St George's Church, Radford Avenue, Specially-formed community choir are now Kidderminster/Kidderminster Community rehearsing the People's Passion at St choir George's Church on Fridays at 7.30pm - all singers welcome! They will sing the Easter Anthem and Gloria there during the Easter Sunday evening service, starting at 6.30pm. BBC Hereford and Worcester will be following their progress.

St George’s Church Choir, Owlsmoor, will be singing the simplified version of the Berkshire People's Passion, with some congregation participation and with a dramatised Passion Gospel, as part of our Palm Sunday morning Eucharist (10am). St James Church, Shaftesbury, Dorset Will sing on Easter Sunday.

St James the Great Church, Colwall, Will sing the Gloria during Easter Malvern communion service.

St John of Jerusalem, Lauriston Rd, We will be performing the Easter Anthem Hackney, London in the easy version on Saturday 7th April. 'Music and Readings for Holy Week and Easter' features a number of beautiful pieces and specially chosen readings for the evening before Easter Sunday. Members of the Festival Chorus join members of the congregation and some singers from other local choirs. St John’s Church Choir, Eastbourne, Will be singing the Agnus at a special Sussex Evensong on 25th March, Passion Sunday. Thank you all for the stimulation it has given to singing up and down the country. St John the Baptist Church, Tideswell, nr sing the Anthem and Agnus Dei in their Buxton, Derbyshire Good Friday service at 2pm.

St John the Baptist Church, Windlesham, sing the Easter Anthem and Agnus Dei at Surrey the Easter Day Celebration service, starting at 10.00am.

St John the Baptist, Long Street, Devizes, sing the Agnus Dei at Easter Morning Wiltshire Service, starting at 10.30am.

St John's Church, Emesgate Lane, sing the Easter Anthem at Easter Sunday Silverdale, Lancashire, LA5 0RJ morning service, starting at 10.15am.

St John's Church, Liverpool Road, Ainsdale, sing the Agnus Dei during Easter Sunday Southport service, starting at 9.30 am.

St. John’s RC Church, Chorlton, Manchester Glor will be singing the Agnus Dei and Easter Anthem as part of Mass.

St Levan's Church, Porthpean, Cornwall sing the Agnus Dei as part of both their Good Friday and Easter Sunday services, starting at 10.30am.

St Luke's Church, Wythenshawe Combined singers from St. John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Community; St. Luke's Anglican community; and 050 Singers, will sing the Easter Anthem as part of their Good Friday service, starting at 10.00 am.

St Margaret's Church, Fernhurst, sing the Easter Anthem at their Easter Haslemere, Surrey morning service, starting at 10.00am.

St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, SMITF are recording the piece for the London website learning materials and are going to be performing some of the piece as part of the Easter Sunday liturgy.

St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol, BS1 6RA sing the Easter Anthem in their Easter Sunday carol service, starting at 6.30pm, and during one of their two Easter Morning services.

St Mary's Church Choir, Rickmansworth - We shall be inviting everyone to come and and anyone else who wants to join us join with us in learning the music and then performing it at 6pm on Easter Day.

St Marys Church, Beaconsfield, Bucks sing the Easter Anthem on Easter Sunday morning.

St Mary's Church, Whaddon, Royston sing the Easter Anthem at Easter morning service.

St Mary's PC Church, Bridgwater, Somerset sing parts of the Mass during Easter Sunday Communion Service.

We will be singing the Easter Anthem at our St Mary’s Church Choir, Theydon Bois, Family Communion service at 10.30am on Easter Essex Day. We are very fortunate in having a professional cellist in the choir. St Mary the Virgin, Gayton Festival Singers Gayton Festival Singers will be singing the Easter Anthem with the piano and cello accompaniment as part of a service of readings and music for Holy Week and Easter. The event will take place on Wednesday 4th April at 7-30 pm. St. Mary's Church, Moseley, Birmingham The People’s Passion will form their Easter B13 Day worship with both Choirs from the church (St. Mary’s Robed Choir / St. Mary’s Singers) joining to sing the whole Mass and the Anthem. Catherine Ardagh-Walter (from the CBSO) will be their cellist. Also expecting a young trumpeter and two excellent recorder players from Edgbaston High School for Girls for the other instrumental parts. St. Mary’s Church, Pembroke, West Wales 9-voice choir sing the four-part Easter Anthem during the Easter Day Communion Service.

St. Mary’s Church, Temple Guiting, Sing the Agnus Dei as part of Good Friday Gloucestershire devotional service, starting at 11am. Radio Gloucestershire will be following their progress.

St. Mary’s Parish Church, Scarborough Sing the People’s Passion Mass and Easter Anthem, along with Faure’s Requiem, on Good Friday 6th April 2012 at 7.00pm.

St. Mary’s Choir, Bowdon Parish Church, We are lucky enough to have Sasha Cheshire Johnson Manning as our choir director, and can’t wait to sing her beautiful music. Sasha will conduct the choir, and we will be singing the Mass and the Easter Anthem as part of Easter morning Eucharist, along with many members of our congregation who have been learning it specially.

St Martin’s Church Choir, Acton planning to sing the Easter Anthem at our service on Easter Day. We are a very small choir with limited resources but enthusiastic about singing to the greater glory of God every Sunday at the Parish Eucharist. St Matthew’s Church Choir, Haslington, Will be singing the Easter Anthem as part Cheshire of the Easter Sunday morning service.

St. Michael and All Angels Church, Colehill, sing at the 9.30 Eucharist service on Easter Dorset Sunday morning.

St Paul's Methodist Church Choir, Crawley, sing the Easter Anthem at the close of their West Sussex Good Friday morning service.

St Peter’s Lutheran Church, Ontario, Singing Easter Anthem on Easter 2 (Low Canada Sunday) in the piano & SATB version.

St Peter’s CofE, Birkenhead Have been rehearsing now for 3 weeks with the church choral group, and it's coming along nicely. Will be incorporated into the Easter service, as part of our Easter programme. St Peter’s Church Choir, Bishops Waltham We will sing the Agnus Dei (with recorder parts!) on Palm Sunday in church at the morning service. St Peter’s Parish Church, Frimley Will be using the Anthem (simplified) and the Agnus Dei (SATB) as well as other music during a special evening service for Palm Sunday. Our church choir will be supplemented by volunteer adult singers from the congregation and beyond and girls from Hurst Lodge School, Ascot. Rehearsals will take place during the afternoon of Palm Sunday with the service starting at 6.30pm. St Peter’s Weston, Favell, Northampton The choir will be singing the Easter Anthem with the organ and cello accompaniment as part of a service of readings and music to celebrate Easter Sunday at 6pm. St Saviour’s Church, Bristol Hoping to sing the Easter Anthem as an Introit at 9.30am service on Easter Sunday

St Stephen's Community Choir, Preston Have been practising the Easter anthem and enjoying it, however we are also rehearsing for the Preston Passion! We are overwhelmed with music from the BBC - it is fantastic!

St Stephen’s, Elton, Bury Easter Communion 10 30 a m 8 April Choir possibly also congregation will sing along with the recordings offered - Gloria Sanctus Agnus Dei, now in rehearsal I hope also to do congregational rehearsals after Compline 3 weekdays in Holy Week St Thomas' Methodist Church, Lampeter, Church music group sing the Easter Ceredigion, West Wales Anthem on Easter Sunday service starting at 10.30am.

St Thomas of Canterbury, Northlew, Devon sing the Sanctus during communion on Easter morning.

Studley Green Community Choir, Studley Singing all 4 pieces in the complicated Green near High Wycombe version. We have a cello, recorder, trumpet and keyboards (for piano, organ and bells!) Concert: 27th March, 6.30. Studley Green Community Centre. The Bembridge Singers, Isle of Wight Will sing the Easter Anthem at the end of a Palm Sunday concert. It ‘seems a splendid way to end the concert. It will also hopefully raise awareness of the broadcasts during Holy Week.’ The 4 Mary's Benefice Choir, Higham, Four Choirs joined across four , Holton, Raydon & Stratford St Mary, singing in all parishes with highlight on Suffolk Easter Sunday.

The Augmented Choir of St. Mary's Church, Sing the Easter Anthem at 7.30 pm in Nantwich Good Friday service, 6th April, along with 'Wondrous Cross' by Alan Bullard.

The Jersey People's Choir/St Helier's Parish this specially-created choir will sing the Church, Jersey whole Mass and Easter Anthem on Good Friday, 6th April at 3:30pm, with organist, handbell ringers, a cellist, glockenspiel, trumpet and recorders in the newly- renovated Parish Church. Followed by BBC Radio Jersey.

The LEP Parish of Lamplugh with As part of Easter Songs of Praise on Easter Ennerdale, Cumbria Sunday Evening.

The Old Well Singers, Moffat, sing the Mass as part of their Spring Dumfriesshire concert at the end of March.

United Reformed Church, Heswall, The joint Beacon choir of all local Heswall Merseyside churches will be singing the Mass and Easter Anthem on Palm Sunday, with organ, flutes, cello and trumpet. This will be recorded by BBC Radio Merseyside and broadcast on Easter Sunday.

United Reform Church, Cheadle and Gatley We are practicing the Easter Anthem and U3A Singing For Fun Group would be interested in knowing of other groups in our area doing the same. We like the thought of being part of a national project. West Coker Benefice Choir, Hardington, We will be singing the 'Easter Anthem', South Somerset accompanied by keyboard, at the 11.00 service in St Mary's Church, Hardington Mandeville on Easter Sunday.

William Harding Combined School Choir, Sing the Anthem in a performance at the Aylesbury, Bucks school on 29th March. BBC Three Counties Radio will be there.

Wilmslow Methodist Church Choir and We will be singing the Easter Anthem from friends, Wilmslow, Cheshire the Peoples Passion as part of a selection of pieces put together to tell the Easter story through music. The two performances are: Palm Sunday !st April, 10.30 am at Wilmslow Methodist Church; and Good Friday, 6th April, 6.00pm at Styal Methodist Church. Wistow Village Choir, Selby, North sing the Easter Anthem at the village Yorkshire Easter Sunday church service - a joint service between Methodist and Anglican denominations.

Yeadon Methodist Church, Leeds, LS19 Singing with an augmented choir on Palm 7RG Sunday lunchtime (1 April). BBC Radio Leeds is following their progress.

Yerbury Community Choir, Tufnell Park, We are a 4 year old choir of parents, staff London & local friends & families based around Yerbury Primary School, Tufnell Park , London, N19. We have been working on Easter Anthem since January & will be performing it to the school at an Easter Assembly on Thursday 29 March. Its a challenging but beautiful piece.