Could you introduce the choir and tell us a little bit about its history?
It is a totally adhoc choir. We do not meet on a regular basis, just gathering to rehearse on the day immediately before a service. I have a list of local singers who sing when they are available so the choir is never exactly the same group.

For weekends away again the singers vary: on this occasion the singers are some locals (to me here in Northants) but mostly friends or friends of friends (some of whom I have not yet met) from choirs I have sung in in the past.

As well as the few from Northants they are coming from far afield Sussex, Surrey, Derbyshire, Peterborough, Warrington, North Yorkshire and Cumbria This tends to be the nature of many cathedral visiting choirs.

The choir name simply comes from the name of our house, "Headlands" in Irthlingborough.

You can read the full interview on the Bradford Cathedral website.