Primary pupils hit right notes for Songs of Praise
BBCAbout 80 children from primary schools across Hull have taken part in a recording for BBC Songs of Praise.
It was filmed at Hull Minster earlier and featured a programme of nine hymns to be used in episodes throughout the year.
The schoolchildren taking part were from the Choral Hull project, which is run by the minster and the city's music service.
Mark Keith, the minster's director of music, said: "We're doing some amazing repertoire that hasn't been sung in Hull by anybody for quite some time, at least a generation."
Two hymns by the famous Hull-born hymnwriter John Bacchus Dykes were among those performed.
Keith described the famous maritime hymn Eternal Father, Strong to Save as a Hull anthem.
"I think there's a generation that don't know it, so… that's the great thing about teaching the children… it connects them with the cultural heritage of their grandparents."
Hull Minster's choir are also performing the collection of traditional hymns, which also includes Dykes' Hark, My Soul! It Is the Lord.
"The kids absolutely love it, they just love singing really good music", Keith added.
Research by Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives found there was a decline in the numbers taking part in music and other arts subjects in UK schools and a disparity in access to music throughout the country.
Keith said the Choral Hull project, which aims to teach children to sing across 10 core schools every week, was set up to "rescue singing in primary schools".
"The objective is to really stimulate good singing from children in the city, and so we can be as good as anywhere else in the country, if not better," he said.
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