Alice Halstead : Soprano
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For the preliminary rounds of the BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year 2008 competition Alice submitted a CD, along with hundreds of others, singing a well known hymn and an anthem. She chose the hymn "When A Knight Won His Spurs", words by Jan Struther (1901-1953), to the traditional English melody arranged and harmonised by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Her anthem choice was "Corpus Christi Carol" from A Boy was Born by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976).
In the final at St. Paul's Cathedral on 31st October 2008, Alice sang "When A Knight Won His Spurs" again, and "Ave Maria" by Michael Head (1900-1976). The winners sang a duet (Alice with Harry Bradford) of "The Father's Love" by Simon Lole (b. 1957).
Some of the highlights of Alice's year as BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year include:
Gabriel's Message on Friday Night is Music Night at Christmas
The solo in the Magnificat by Stanford in G on Radio 4's Sunday Worship from St Alphege Church, Solihull on Mothering Sunday
Ex Ore Innocentium by John Ireland on Radio 2's Sunday Half Hour (Easter Glory) on Easter Day from Wells Cathedral
O for the WIngs of a Dove (from Hear My Prayer) from Birmingham Town Hall as part of Radio 3's Mendelssohn weekend in May.
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