We all need a bit of sentimentality now and then and this lovely piece by Bob Chilcott has it in spades. The words set the heart fluttering, the gentle tune brings a lump to the throat, and when you hear that it was commissioned by Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals for the new Evelina Children's Hospital, you'll be weeping away happily before you've got to the end of the first page . . . Not easy, but no doubt a popular choice.

Bob Chilcott has become one of the world's most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative. He has been involved in choral music most of his life he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King's Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres. As well as being a full-time composer he is also a highly acclaimed choral conductor. He has been privileged to conduct many choirs all over the world. He is Principal Guest Conductor of The BBC Singers and in 2019 he was appointed Principal Conductor of Birmingham University Singers. His music has been widely recorded by many choirs and groups including The King's Singers, Tenebrae, and The BBC Singers.