yesterday's songs of praise went thru the wardrobe

william moseley implied he experienced an wrotic attraction to the lion.

i wonder if william's related to the notorious british blackshirt fascist leader `oswald moseley`?

there's also a novelist member of the family - nicholas moseley.

william spoke `posh` - so i presume he comes from a cultured background.
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Songs of Praise factsheet for Sunday 4 December 2005

SONGS OF PRAISE - NARNIA

Presented by DIANE LOUISE JORDAN
General:
  With
Libera

and
The Arianna Chamber Choir

Conductor
Elizabeth Burgess

Organist
Clive Driskill-Smith

Music Adviser
Robert Prizeman

Diane Louise Jordan enters the mythical world of Narnia to experience the magic of CS Lewis's famous story The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe. She meets CS Lewis's stepson Douglas Gresham, stars of the new cinema production, and others on whom the story has had a profound impact. With music from student choirs at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Chart-topping boys choir Libera sing When A Knight Won His Spurs.



Interviews:
  INTERVIEW SECTION 1: SET UP
Diane Louise Jordan introduces the programme from the home of C.S.Lewis,
author of 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe'. She tells us briefly about Lewis and his writing before linking to the first hymn.
Item filmed at The Kilns, Headington, Oxford.


INTERVEW SECTION 2: MANDY SARGENT
Diane Louise Jordan briefly outlines the plot of TL, TW and TW before we hear
teacher Mandy Sargent reading from the book to a group of children. Mandy tells us why it has been her lifelong favourite book and the children also give us their thoughts on the story.
Item filmed at St. Mary's Church, Islington.


INTERVIEW SECTION 3: THE MOVIE
Diane Louise Jordan talks to Andrew Adamson, director of the new movie 'The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' from
Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media. We also hear from two of the film's young stars - William Moseley who plays Peter and Anna Popplewell who plays Susan.


INTERVIEW SECTION 4: ROBIN LAWRIE
Diane Louise Jordan reads a short extract from TL, TW and TW about the Deeper Magic.

We then hear from artist Robin Lawrie about his work on an edition of the book and the images he used near his home for inspiration.
Item filmed in Oaks Wood near Pontesbury, Shropshire.


INTERVIEW SECTION 5: DOUGLAS GRESHAM
We hear from Douglas Gresham, C.S. Lewis's stepson and co-prdoucer of the new Disney movie, about how his stepfather came to write the story. He talks about some of the themes behind the book.

Douglas Gresham has recently had a biography published about the life of his stepfather. The book has not been published in the UK but is available through the internet.

'Jack's Life - The Life Story of C.S. Lewis' by Douglas Gresham
Publishers: Broadman and Holman Publishers
ISBN: 0805 432 469



INTERVIEW SECTION 6: CLOSING
Diane Louise Jordan reads an extract from the closing chapter of 'The Lion,
The Witch and The Wardrobe'

Contact for all contributors is c/o "Songs of Praise"


Music:
  "SONGS OF PRAISE" SIG. TUNE
Composer: Robert Prizeman
Performers: Robert Prizeman, Maurice Murphy, Steven Geraghty
Not commercially available.


HAIL TO THE LORD'S ANOINTED
Words: James Montgomery (1771 - 1854)
Based on Psalm 72
Music: Crüger
From a chorale by Johann Crüger (1598 - 1662)
Adpt. W.H. Monk (1823-89)
Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright
(specially commissioned for programme)
Copyright: Out of copyright
Performers: The Arianna Chamber Choir accompanied by organist
Clive Driskill-Smith and conducted by Elizabeth Burgess
Source: "Songs of Praise" Hymnbook No. 67
Publishers: Oxford University Press/BBC Books
Location: Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (see Locations for details)


WHEN A KNIGHT WON HIS SPURS
Words: Jan Struther (Joyce Planczek) (1901-53)
Copyright: Oxford University Press
Music: Stowey
English traditional melody
Arranger: Robert Prizeman
(specially commissioned for this programme)
Performers: Libera
Source: "Songs of Praise" Hymnbook No. 354
Publishers: Oxford University Press/BBC Books
Location: Hever Castle, Kent (see Locations for details)


A GREAT AND MIGHTY WONDER
Words: Germanus (c. 634 - 734)
Tr. John Mason Neale (1818-66) and others
Music: Es Ist Ein' Ros'
German Carol Melody
Harmonised by Michael Praetorious (1571 - 1621)
Copyright: Out of copyright
Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright
(specially commissioned for this programme)
Performers: The Arianna Chamber Choir accompanied by organist
Clive Driskill-Smith and conducted by Elizabeth Burgess
Source: Hymns and Psalms No. 90
Publishers: Methodist Publishing House, London
Location: Staircase leading from Hall at Christ Church College, Oxford
(see Locations for details)



LET ALL MORTAL FLESH KEEP SILENCE
Words: Liturgy of St. James, c. 4th cent.
Tr. Gerard Moultrie (1829-85)
Music: Picardy
17th cent. French carol melody
Copyright: Out of copyright
Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright
(specially commissioned for this programme)
Performers: The Arianna Chamber Choir accompanied by organist
Clive Driskill-Smith and Benjamin Skipp on oboe and
conducted by Elizabeth Burgess
Source: "Songs of Praise" Hymnbook No. 191
Publishers: Oxford University Press/BBC Books
Location: Staircase leading from Hall at Christ Church College, Oxford (see Locations for details)


LIBERA
Composer: Robert Prizeman
Copyright: Robert Prizeman/MCPS
Performers: Libera
Note: This song is included on the new Libera CD called 'Visions'
released by EMI Classics - number 3 39862 2



OF THE FATHER'S LOVE BEGOTTEN
Words: Prudentius (348 - c.413)
Tr. J.M. Neale (1818-66) and H.W. Baker (1821-77) altd.
Music: Divinum mysterium
Late form of a plainsong melody as given in Piae Cantiones, 1582
Arranger: David Willcocks
Performers: The Arianna Chamber Choir accompanied by organist
Clive Driskill-Smith and conducted by Elizabeth Burgess
Source: "Songs of Praise" Hymnbook No. 55
Publishers: Oxford University Press/BBC Books
Location: Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (see Locations for details)



INCIDENTAL MUSIC
All incidental music taken from soundtrack of the film composed by
Harry Gregson-Williams.



Locations:
  1) CHRIST CHURCH
Music items performed by The Arianna Chamber Choir were recorded
in Christ Church Cathedral and on the staircase leading from the Hall
at Christ Church College, Oxford.

For further information contact:
Christ Church
St. Aldate's
Oxford, OX1 1DP

Telephone: 01865 276150
Fax : 01865 286588

Further information about Christ Church can also be found on the following websites:

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2) C.S. LEWIS'S HOME : THE KILNS
For many years C.S. Lewis lived and wrote from his home in
Headington, a suburb of Oxford. For further information contact:

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3) THE KILNS : NATURE RESERVE
The nature reserve adjacent to The Kilns is managed by the Berkshire,
Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

For further information about their work contact:

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4) ST. MARY'S CHURCH, ISLINGTON
The interview with Mandy Sargent and sequence of her reading to
was filmed at St. Mary's, Islington. For further details about this
church contact:

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E-mail: infor@stmaryislington.org
Tel. 0207 226 3400
Fax. 0207 226 3400

St. Mary's Parish Office
The Vicarage
Upper Street
Islington
London, N1 2TX


5) WHEN A KNIGHT WON HIS SPURS
This item was filmed at Hever Castle, Kent.
For further details about the history of the castle and
information about when it is open to the public contact:

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Hever Castle
Hever
Nr Edenbridge
Kent TN8 7NG

Tel: 00 44 (0)1732 865224
Fax 00 44 (0)1732 866796
Email: mail@hevercastle.co.uk


Other Information:
  C.S. LEWIS
For further information about C.S.Lewis please contact The C.S. Lewis Foundation through the following website:

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THE BOOKS
'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' and other books in the Chronicles of Narnia were written by C.S. Lewis and are available in a variety of editions published by Harper Collins.

The books are available at most reputable retailers of children's books.

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THE MOVIE
The new Disney movie version of 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe' is due to be released in the UK on Thursday, 8th December 2005

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skandar's voice has deepened into a basso profundo.

he was interviewed on tv.

at first i assumed it was an imposter until someone told me that such things are normal for young boys
Skandar Keynes on Turkish Delight in The Chronicles of Narnia: “I had 35 pieces the size of my fist and I would not recommend it. If you have good Turkish Delight in small quantities, it’s good. I think it’s one of the things if you hold in your hand and it’s on set, if you have a tight grip, it’ll start to melt on your fingers.”

William Moseley on Growing Through the Chronicles of Narnia: “I essentially did go from a boy to a young man but that was because of the environmental forces that were pushing me into that role. It’s more of the responsibility that I had to deal with. I was halfway around the world living by myself. Living by oneself is something which you deal with and you have to deal with and get on with. I had an amazing safety net below me. But dealing with adults the whole time as well, not with people your own age or people younger than you. We had jobs.”

Skandar Keynes on His Character Arc in The Chronicles of Narnia: “It helps and it also challenged me in ways which was great because Andrew is a big of a perfectionist because he worked on Shrek. It was great because he would push me and he would never give up on me. At the end of the day, he got a better performance out of me than if he’d just given up on the first two takes. It was great because at the end it felt really rewarding.”

William Moseley on Pleasing the Fans of The Chronicles of Narnia: “We only want people to have their vision of us up on the screen and no to think, ‘Oh, well that’s not Peter. That’s not Susan. They’re terrible.’ Because there is that huge responsibility to the fan base of 100 million readers. So we didn’t really want to screw up to be honest."

Skandar Keynes on the Chronicles of Narnia Books: “I came to it when I was about 12. I read the book when I was like eight or seven. And I got the first audition when I was about 12. Ever since, it’s played quite a major role in my life because I went away for six months and I don't think a month or a week goes by without someone saying it in my house, so it’s had a big effect on my life and not for the worst reasons. It’s been good.”

Skandar Keynes on Edmund's Character Flaws: “He’s quite weak minded because at first, the White Witch gives him these temptations of oh, you can rule over your brother. And at that time, his brother’s suddenly been given his father’s role and his father’s just gone away to war. So he’s feeling quite angry. So that’s how it all really starts. But then once he gets captured by her because he doesn’t bring them to her, he realizes what a mistake he’s made and automatically seeks forgiveness from his brothers and sisters.”

William Moseley on the Training for Chronicles of Narnia: “I had to go through a lot of horse riding. It was seven months of horse riding, seven months of stunt training. I came to a point where I could gallop bareback with a full suit of armor, a sword and a shield. The thing was, it never seemed hard. It just seemed easy and fun so I wanted to keep on doing it. I never really found it a big, big challenge. It seemed like something I wanted to go further with, something I would have wanted to jump in the middle of a battlefield and to jump and land.”

Skandar Keynes on Fun and Difficult Moments in The Chronicles of Narnia: “The most fun was probably walking on set every morning and saying ,’Hey, how you doing’ to like 500 people. So walk on set and saying hey to everyone, you can never really be unhappy. Everybody wants to be and it was really fun to be there. Some days I wish I could go back and say hey to everyone.

[Hardest], sometimes the long hours and being away from home, but it wasn’t really that hard on me because we were with this extended family. I always felt that whne I was on set I was full of energy but then I’d get in the car and fall asleep.”

William Moseley on Pushing Himself: “I always wanted to go a little bit further. It got to a point with my stunt coordinators, a lot of the time I’d be like, ‘Can I do that jump here? Can I smash someone’s head off with my sword?’ I basically just couldn’t fall off or they would go pretty crazy.”

http site : actionadventure.about.com/od/celebrityinterviews/p/120405narnboys.htm

no - i ain't seen it yet.

i'm waiting with bated breath for an exciting new novelisation - as notified in the times, jan 7.
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Narnia nonsense

Narnia, the film based on C. S. Lewis’s book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has been “novelised”, to the dismay of bookish bloggers.

Stuart Buck wrote: “If you make a movie out of a classic and beloved children’s book, why on earth would you want to have someone write a book based on the movie?”

A reviewer on Amazon.com of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Quest for Aslan was less kind: “The subtlety and literary grandeur of Lewis’s novel is placed, apparently, at no value.”

www site : stuartbuck.blogspot.com

Let me get this straight...

Someone is rewriting the story so it matches the movie... is that the idea?

Ugh!!

the next episode!

3 February 2006

NARNIA RETURNS

THE next big screen instalment of the books of CS Lewis - The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian - will mark the return of the four young stars.

British actors Georgie Henley, 10, Skandar Keynes, 14, Anna Pop-plewell, 17, and William Moseley, 18, will reprise their roles as the Pevensies. Andrew Adamson will return as director and the movie is set to be released for Christmas 2007.

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