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It is the final week of songwriting at The Big Performance HQ and the young singer-songwriters are hard at work finishing their WWI commemorative songs. In just 24 hours they will each have to perform what they have written and only one of their songs will be chosen for The Big...

August 2014
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It is the final week for choirmaster Gareth Malone and the singer-songwriters and they are on their way to their big finale at the St Symphorien cemetery in Belgium. Here these six soloists perform the chosen song together and honour those who fought and died in the First World War. But can they perform as a group? With a ...
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Choirmaster Gareth Malone is back, this time with a Big Performance of historical significance. Six of the UK's most talented young singer-songwriters have been chosen to represent the nation at a World War I centenary event. All six young musicians will write a song as a tribute to mark the occasion, but only one will be ...
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Choirmaster Gareth Malone is back, this time with a Big Performance of historical significance. Six of the UK's most talented young singer-songwriters have been chosen to represent the nation at a World War I centenary event. All six young musicians will write a song as a tribute to mark the occasion, but only one will be ...
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Choirmaster Gareth Malone is back, this time with a Big Performance of historical significance. Six of the UK's most talented young singer-songwriters have been chosen to represent the nation at a World War I centenary event. All six young musicians will write a song as a tribute to mark the occasion, but only one will be ...
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Choirmaster Gareth Malone is back, this time with a Big Performance of historical significance. Six of the UK's most talented young singer-songwriters have been chosen to represent the nation at a World War I centenary event. All six young musicians will write a song as a tribute to mark the occasion, but only one will be ...
July 2014
As the tour ends, the choristers reflect on how the experience has affected them.
The time has come for the choir to deliver the performance of their lives.
Gareth must choose one singer to lead the song on Children in Need night.
In Cardiff, the group learn to sing Welsh choral music, and perform live on the news.
June 2014
The Big Performance tour hits the festival circuit, and there is another new style of music for the group to learn - folk. However, the group's reaction is yet again not what Gareth may have hoped for. Can he get them to overcome their preconceived ideas and throw themselves into this seemingly old-fashioned genre?
Gareth's shy singers learn a brand-new style of music - surf rock.
Gareth wants the group to learn how to convey their emotions through song.
Gareth has decided some rivalry may help the shy singers overcome their nerves.
Gareth has asked the kids to write their own meaningful song to perform later that day.
Gareth hopes that rock and roll will convince his shy singers to let their hair down.
The group take on one of the most emotive genres of music - power ballads.
Gareth challenges the shy singers to sing in front of each other.
March 2014
40,000 people wait to see if Gareth's group can deliver the performance of a lifetime.
The singers have 24 hours to get their performance into tip-top shape for their big day.
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