Aled's October appearances

xbons · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: Aled's October appearances

Well, Aled is off on his Australian tour this month Very Happy

But a few other things to fit in first..... Smile

Wednesday 1st:
* BBC 2 11.00 –11.30: What Are You Like? Aled and Simon O'Brien are joined by Ann Widdicome and Dominic Littlewood for another gently probing test. Fiona Bruce asks, How independent are you?
* BBC 2 11.00 –11.30: What Are You Like? Aled and Simon O'Brien are joined by Wendi Peters and Anthea Turner for another gently probing test. Fiona Bruce asks, How motivated are you?
Friday 3rd: BBC radio 2: 7.30- 9.15: Friday Night is Music Night from London’s LSO St Luke’s: Guests Clare Rutter and Stephen Gadd, Also Tracey van Louen Palm Court Strings pre-record Sep 4th
Saturday 4th: Huddersfield Town Hall: 7.30 - 9.45 Concert with New Mill Male Voice Choir

Sunday 5th
* Good Morning Sunday: BBC radio 2: 7.00 – 9.00: Aled chats to tenor singing sensation Jonathan Ansell, Marion Shoard discusses issues facing older people as part of the Life to Live campaign. And last ,but by no means least, Chick Yuill talks about current issues from a religious & ethical perspective, and offers the moment of reflection.
* Aled Jones: Radio Wales 12.00 – 1.00 Aled is back for more music and conversation. His first guest is the journalist and broadcaster Michael Buerk.
* Songs of Praise: BBC 1: 5.10 –5.45 Aled catches up with the winners of the programme's school choirs competition and discovers what they have been up to. Lindley Junior School Choir, from Huddersfield, joins Aled to perform a special song for Children in Need and the senior choir of the year, from Coventry Blue Coat School, takes up residence in Salisbury Cathedral. Music includes When I Survey the Wondrous Cross and Simple Gifts.
* The Choir: BBC radio 3: 6.30 – 8.00 Aled talks to Finnish choral conductor, writer and journalist Kari Turunen about Einojuhani Rautavaara and the post-war choral scene in Finland. Now in his eightieth year, Rautavaara has consistently contributed to choral repertoire and since he began composing in the 1950s, his career has grown in tandem with a growing interest in choirs. An increase in chamber choirs was followed by the development of youth and children's choirs. The rise in numbers and enthusiasm and high standards of these choirs has ensured that Finnish composers find a healthy marketplace for new choral repertoire.
Wednesday 8th:
* BBC 2 11.00 –11.30: What Are You Like? Aled and Simon O Brien are joined by Jenny Powell and Perry Fenwick for another gently probing test as we ask, how tolerant are you?
* Shrewsbury: 7.00 – 10.00 Songs of Praise recording – Christmas Carols. Aled presenting
Thursday 9th: Shrewsbury: 7.00 – 10.00 Songs of Praise recording – Remembrance. Aled presenting

Sunday 12th
* Good Morning Sunday: BBC radio 2: 7.00 – 9.00: Aled says Good Morning Sunday to Stu G, lead guitarist and songwriter for Christian rock band Delirious? Duo Boyce and Stanley play live
* Aled Jones: BBC Radio Wales: 12.00 –1.00: Aled talks to singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph.
* Songs of Praise: BBC1: 4.45 - 5.20: Aled meets some Brits living on Spain's Costa del Sol, including an actress who appeared in Eldorado, an artist looking for the good life, and former chart-topper Yazz, who talks about her faith and teams up with Aled to perform Van Morrison's Whenever God Shines His Light.
Plus, Graham Kendrick and his band lead some expats and locals through foot-tapping hymns, including Oh When the Saints, Teach me to Dance and Shine Jesus Shine, in the sun at Fuengirola Castle.
* The Choir: BBC radio 3: 6.30 – 8.00: Is the UK neglecting its older singers? Aled investigates with Grenville Jones, project director of the Golden-Oldies charity. Plus music to reflect the constant choral interchange between Britain and America
Friday 17th: BBC radio 2:7.30 -9.15: Aled presents Friday Night is Music Night with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Gavin Sutherland. They are joined by O Duo (award-winning instrumentalists Owen Gunnell & Oliver Cox), Niamh Perry (BBC TV's 'I'd Do Anything') and the young chorister Andrew Johnston (Runner-up, Britain's Got Talent). Recorded at LSO St Lukes in London on September 17th

Sunday 19th
* Good Morning Sunday: BBC radio 2: 7.00 – 9.00: Aled not presenting (in Australia) Roger Royle sits in for Aled at the start of Faith in the World Week and welcomes Bishop Richard Holloway.
* Aled Jones: BBC Radio Wales: 12.00 –1.00: Aled is in conversation with actor Ian Lavender
* The Choir: BBC radio 3: 6.30 – 8.00 Aled introduces a selection of choral music performed this summer at the RheinVokal Festival in the Middle Rhine Valley in Germany. Featuring highlights from a concert of English music dedicated to St Cecilia and performed by the SWR Vocal Ensemble, madrigals by Gesualdo sung by the Calmus ensemble from Leipzig as well as a performance by the Rastatt Vocal Ensemble of Scarlatti's Stabat Mater.

Monday 20th: Aled in Australia: Adelaide Festival Theatre, Monday 20 October
Thursday 23rd: Aled in Australia: Perth Concert Hall,
Saturday 25th: Aled in Australia: Evan Theatre, Penrith, Sydney

Sunday 26th
* Good Morning Sunday: BBC radio 2: 7.00 – 9.00: Canon Roger Royle sits in for Aled who is in Australia)
* Aled Jones: BBC Radio Wales: 12.00 –1.00: Aled is in conversation with composer and producer Tony Hatch
* Songs of Praise BBC 1: 5.15 - 6.00: Songs of Praise Big Sing with Blake, Katherine Jenkins, and Darius Danesh from the Royal Albert Hall
* The Choir: BBC radio 3: 6.30 – 8.00 Aled is joined by two of the country's leading human beatboxers, Shlomo and Jestar, aka Shlomo Kahn and Jeremy Sadler. They are both members of the Vocal Orchestra - the world's first and only human beatbox choir - which Shlomo set up in 2007. The programme features recordings from their popular series at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and their gig at Glastonbury this summer and the pair in conversation about their outreach projects in which they teach beatbox to people from all backgrounds, including Aled Jones. Plus music for Halloween, All Saints and All Souls' Day recorded specially for the programme by the BBC Singers, including Ghost Stories by Andrew Simpson and Philip Ledger's Requiem: A Thanksgiving for Life.
* Aled in Australia: State Theatre, Sydney
Monday 27th: Aled in Australia: Civic Theatre, Newcastle
Wednesday 29th: Aled in Australia: Canberra Theatre,
Thursday 30th: Aled in Australia: Hamer Hall, Melbourne

Have a great trip, Aled

, enjoy your stay and come back safely!

Molly · Joined: Jan 14, 2006 Posts: 655

Thanks xbons.

Will try to catch as many of those as I can.

Love Molly xx Smile