# Paul Mealor

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2.1 Gelert: Taking inspiration from your community

Composer Paul Mealor joins Robert as they discuss the upcoming world premiere of 'Gelert', a new community opera commissioned by the North Wales International Music Festival. In a wide ranging conversation, they talk about developing your craft as a conductor and composer, networking and memories o…

Choral Evensong | Thursday, February 16

The Cathedral Choir will sing Choral Evensong on Thursday, February 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the Nave. Ben DeHart will officiate. Among the music to be sung will be the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F by Ha…

Paul Mealor

Welsh composer Paul Mealor is our guest on this week’s episode of Composing Myself, presented by Wise Music Group CEO and Creative Director Dave Holley and Gill Graham. Topics covered across this warm and inspiring conversation include: - a childhood discovery of Iron Maiden -“people were just sing…

Making a Monarchy

It’s been 70 years since a British monarch was crowned. For some, the coronation of King Charles III on May 6 is a time of celebration, for others the day will pass without much thought at all. Whatever your perspective, what can history teach us about where today’s monarchy has come from and how c…

Jess Gillam with... Alessandro Fisher

Jess Gillam and tenor Alessandro Fisher share the music they love. Alessandro Fisher is a former member of the BBC New Generation Artist scheme, and a Kathleen Ferrier award winner: a versatile performer equally at home in baroque and romantic opera, or song. His choices today include barbershop qu…

Episode 205: Teaching Our Choirs to Listen with James Jordan

“If you don’t learn what listening is, your choirs will never sing in tune.” James Jordan is one of the most prolific choral conductors in the modern era. Not just in terms of performance and recordings, but also in scholarship and pedagogy. Introducing, the NEW GIA/Walton Series on Chor…

Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. David of Wales (March 2, 2025)

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of St. David of Wales. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon David Boyd. Choral repertoire includes: Margaret Burk (b. 1990), Preces & Responses William Mathias (1934-1992), Jesus College Service Gwyneth Walke…

Episode 11: The Royal Wedding, Christmas No.1, and How To Get to Carnegie Hall - Paul Mealor

Paul Mealor has been described in the New York Times as, the most important person to emerge in Welsh music since William Mathias. He rose to global attention when his motet Ubi Caritas et Amor was performed at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011. That same year he became…

Paul Mealor on royalty, poetry, productivity and doing your thing

Paul Mealor is one of the world’s most performed living composers. He’s written music for many national occasions, including King Charles’ coronation. Paul explains how ‘Coronation Kyrie’ came into being, and how he marks the anniversary of the coronation each year. Much of Paul’s output is choral …

Listening to God's Voice - 30 August 2026

Dear friends of BCUC,   This Sunday at Sunday Funday YAV (first concert choir) will be singing a beautiful piece called “I am the gentle light” by Paul Mealor. Paul is a modern day Welsh composer who writes music and lyrics that express Christian theology and his strong Christian faith. The lyrical…