Peter Auty Peter Auty Peter Robert Auty (born 1969) is an English operatic tenor who has worked with most of the major opera companies in Britain and a number of companies in continental Europe. Auty is a former choirboy who sang at St Paul's Cathedral. At the age of 13, he sang "Walking in the Air", the theme song to the 1982 animated film "The Snowman". Some people thought Aled Jones was the original singer, but his version was a cover of the song released as a single in 1985. Auty's version, which was recorded especially for "The Snowman", had been released
Aled Jones as well as on Welsh radio (BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru) and television (S4C). In 2006 he joined the BBC, taking over from Don Maclean on "Good Morning Sunday" on BBC Radio 2 and "The Choir" on BBC Radio 3. He is also a presenter of "Friday Night is Music Night", and has also been a regular stand-in presenter for Sarah Kennedy and Ken Bruce on Radio 2. Jones also presents other programmes for BBC Radio, such as "Choir of the Year" and "Young Chorister of the Year". On 4 February 2013 it was announced that Aled would be