![]() ![]() Here are all the pieces of music performed by the coronation choir during the service. King Charles Arrives At Westminster Abbey For Coronation What music was played during the service? The choir followed, followed by the King and Queen. Vaughan Williams: Prelude on ‘Rhosymedre’Īfter the music, the faith leaders, representatives of the Commonwealth realms and ecumenical leaders were invited to process into the Abbey.Handel: ‘Care selve’ from Atalanta (soloist: Pretty Yende).Handel: ‘Oh, had I Jubal’s lyre’ from Joshua (soloist: Pretty Yende).Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon.John Rutter (soloists: Jason Edward and Matthew Williams) Patrick Doyle: ‘King Charles III Coronation March’.The Coronation Orchestra played film composer Patrick Doyle’s ceremonial march, filled with Celtic influence and plenty of pageantry, as the final pre-service commission before the King and Queen’s procession into the Abbey. Next followed an organ commission played by the assistant organist, ‘Voices of the World’, combining traditional melodies from the Commonwealth. William Byrd ‘O Lord, Make Thy Servant Charles’, sung by The Sixteen Read more: Soprano sings King’s favourite hymn ‘Be Thou my Vision’ in historic chapel Nigel Hess, Roderick Williams, Shirley J Thompson: ‘Be Thou my Vision - Triptych for Orchestra’.Their individual musical responses to the Irish hymn ‘ Be Thou my Vision’, including a musical cryptogram of His Majesty’s name, were woven together into a single work: Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleevesīased on one of His Majesty’s favourite hymns, this next commission came from a trio of composers, Hess, Williams and Thompson.South African soprano Pretty Yende stepped forward to sing a new commission: Sir Karl Jenkins: ‘Tros y Garreg’ (‘Crossing the Stone’).The orchestra was joined by Royal harpist Alis Huws for a new arrangement of a Welsh folk song set by Sir Karl Jenkins, commissioned by the then Prince of Wales over two decades ago: Bryn Terfel sings at Westminster Abbey coronation ![]()
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