BBC One’s Songs of Praise invites you to our September recording in Cheltenham!

Dear John Holloway,

We would like to extend a warm invite to you and the members of Tewkesbury and District Choral Society to join us for two recordings of hymn singing as part of a massed choir at All Saints’ Church, Pittville, Cheltenham.


These will be recorded for BBC One’s Songs of Praise and will be broadcast in future editions of the programme. The musical director will be David Ogden, who has conducted numerous choirs for broadcasts on BBC Radios 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, as well as for the BBC Two series The Choir: Sing While You Work and Songs of Praise. He is well known to singers in Cheltenham, having directed the choirs and orchestra for the ‘Big Sing’ in Cheltenham Town Hall in April this year.


Here’s what we’d like you and the members of your choir to attend:

Rehearsal for members of the ‘combined choir’ is on Thursday 22nd September, 7.15pm – 9.15 pm (this rehearsal is for both recordings).

Songs of Praise Recording 1 | Friday 23rd September, 7.00pm – 10.00pm

Songs of Praise Recording 2 | Saturday 24th September, 2.30pm – 5.30pm

The rehearsal and recordings take place at All Saints’ Church, All Saints Road, Cheltenham, GL52 2HA.

Your choir members are welcome to take part in one or both recordings.

Admission will be by free ticket and we encourage singers to apply directly to us for tickets.

To apply please use the attached ticket application form, and email it to , or you can post it to:
Songs of Praise Tickets (Cheltenham)

1st Floor

Dock House

Media City UK

Salford

M50 2LH


The deadline for all ticket applications is Tuesday 6th September. Tickets will then be posted after this date. In the event that we are oversubscribed we will allocate on a first-come, first-served and/or on a pro-rata basis.

If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to email the team at , or call us on 0161 335 8429. If you would like to opt-out of future invitations, please email:

After almost fifty-five years Songs of Praise continues to be enormously popular and these recordings promise to be wonderful events. Many thanks for your support; we look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Garry Boon
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