Easter Sunrise Service - Songs That Vanish - A Poetic Pilgrimage

'Nobody asked the Island if she wanted to be Holy'

Jay Hulme, goes in search of a faith that is ‘beautiful and holy and wild' in a poetic pilgrimage to Northumbria. He's long been inspired by the natural world and the saints of the north-east of England. In this reflection he visits the sites that gave breath to a unique and almost forgotten spirituality. On the Holy Island of Lindisfarne he finds wonder in creation and in the new life of spring; the hope of the Resurrection celebrated at Easter. And at Durham Cathedral he stands in awe at the human endeavour that created such magnificence in glass, wood and stone.

MUSIC

Old Stones / Holy Island Jig

Kathryn Tickell

Now the green blade riseth

Claire Holley

Traveller's Prayer

Keith Duke

Northumbrian Voices

Morning star (Arvo Pärt)

Polyphony

Star of the County Down

Sheku Kanneh Mason

O Ecclesia (Hildegard von Bingen)

The Gesualdo Six

The Apostles: At the Sepulchre (Edward Elgar)

Hallé, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Mark Elder

The Lamb has overcome

Red River Hymnal (feat. Matt McCloskey)

Producer: Katharine Longworth

A Poetic Pilgrimage for Easter Sunday led by poet Jay Hulme.

Jay Hulme visits Lindisfarne and Durham on a poetic pilgrimage for Easter Sunday.