Handel with care

YOU would think that Britain's favourite choirmaster might be running out of ways to form a new singing group.

- BY EMMA BULLIMORE

He's worked with everyone from military wives to sulky teenagers, and each time he manages to create a sound that is greater than the sum of its parts.

This Easter, Gareth is challenging eight keen singers – people with decent voices but no classical training - to take on a choral masterpiece, which happens to be one of his personal favourites.