Singing sensations the Kings Langley Community Choir has recorded with the BBC as part of a nationwide project.

About 50 members of the choir turned out in force on Wednesday evening to sing Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus”, at Watford Boys School, in Rickmansworth Road.

Recording as part of a national scheme, Sing Hallelujah, which encourages people to find their voice and discover the joy of singing, the project also marks the 250th anniversary of Handel’s death.

Choir member Eddie Dillon said: “All I can say about the evening is that it was an uplifting experience.

“Before we got started we were treated to a ‘this is how it can sound’, where four members of the BBC Chorus accompanied by six members of the BBC Concert Orchestra belted out an amazing rendition of Hallelujah Chorus.

“Everyone in the hall was absolutely stunned.

“We all sat there afterwards thinking, how on earth were we to follow that?

“But with the amazing skills of conductor Tim Murray from the BBC Concert Orchestra coaching us all through a few warm-up numbers, bit by bit we worked our way through and in the end we delivered what can best be described as a thundering Hertfordshire version of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus.”

Aside from the Kings Langley Community Choir, there were three other Hertfordshire choirs involved - Watford School of Music Soul Singers, Watford Palace Theatre Community Choir and Gospel Arts Manna Community Gospel Choir.

They were joined by seven members of the BBC Concert Orchestra, four BBC Singers and conductor Tim Murray.

Verity Standen, 24, musical director of the Kings Langley Community Choir, said: “It was a great honour for our choir to be asked to be part of this.

“We hadn’t performed or even practised this piece of music before, so it was hugely exciting.”

To listen to the Kings Langley Community Choir’s recording visit the Sing Hallelujah website bbc.co.uk/sing/hallelujah