Aled Jones presents the senior heat of BBC Young Chorister of the Year from Hallé St Peter’s in Manchester, with judges Katherine Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and YolanDa Brown. The choristers are all aged 14 to 16, and two have chosen songs by living composers: John Rutter’s Gaelic Blessing and Philip Stopford’s Irish Blessing. The other pieces performed are Ave Maria by Bach and Gounod, Mendelssohn's O for the Wings of a Dove, and the hymn Dear Lord and Father of Mankind. All five choristers come together to sing the hymn Make Me a Channel of Your Peace. The judges will select three choristers to sing in the final.