Songs of Praise: Remembering Black History

Taal: nld
Categorie: Muziek

For Black History Month, guest presenter Mark De-Lisser visits the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool. He meets the director, Dr Richard Benjamin, to find out about Britain's involvement in the slave trade and the role the church played at the time. Mark meets the museum's historian-in-residence, Laurence Westgaph, to hear about his ambition to create what could become the country's first memorial to the enslaved. The rector of Liverpool, Rev Canon Dr Crispin Pailing, shares why he is passionate about offering the grounds of St Nicholas' Church, which was once the city's main burial ground, as a home for the memorial. Classical pianist Alexis Ffrench tells YolanDa Brown about his love of music and how he felt as a child being Britain's youngest black church organist. We also have a special performance of Alexis's own composition inspired by the faith poem Footprints in the Sand.