Description:
This brand new double album commemorates in music the life, times and passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Disc One features music from key moments of the Queens life and reign: her wedding, coronation, and jubilees; hymns and anthems heard at annual national events, such as Remembrance Sunday and the Last Night of the Proms; melodies reflecting the close tie between the monarchy and the armed services; and finally, songs and tunes beloved by each country of the Union.
Disc Two features music heard during the Funeral and Committal Services of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022, as well as three pieces from the preceding Services of Reflection, held in Edinburgh, Belfast and Cardiff. Music for royal occasions, celebratory as well as sombre, reflect at its heart a life of dedication and service.
Featuring performances from a range of artists include Kings College Choir, Freddie De Tommaso, Sir Bryn Terfel, the BBC Concert Orchestra, Vera Lynn, The Military Wives Choir, the London Symphony Orchestra, The Sixteen, the Band of the Coldstream Guards, the Band of the Royal Marines, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and many more.
Two world premiere recordings are featured a new setting of the Pie Jesu, to the melody of Nimord, from Elgars Enigma Variations, and Who Shall Separate Us?, a new anthem composed especially for the funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth.
CD1 - LIFE AND TIMES
1 The National Anthem (God Save The Queen, arr. Britten)
2 Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, March, Op 39 No 4
3 Bax: Fanfare for the Wedding of Princess Elizabeth
4 Goss: Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven
5 Traditional: The British Grenadiers
6 Elgar: Nimrod from Enigma Variations
7 (arr. Farrington as Pie Jesu for Chorus and Orchestra)
8 Scottish Medley
9 Parry: Jerusalem
10 Walton: Crown Imperial: A Coronation March
11 Parry: I Was Glad
12 Handel: Zadok the Priest
13 Williams: Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer
14 Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory
15 (arr. from Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1)
16 Danny Boy (Traditional)
17 Irish tune from County Derry - arr. Chris Hazell
18 Wiseman: Elizabeth II
19 Walford Davies: R.A.F. March Past
20 Russell: A Life On The Ocean Wave
21 Holst: I Vow to Thee, my Country
22 Sing Plymouth Military Wives
23 Well Meet Again Vera Lynn
CD2 FUNERAL, COMMITTAL AND
1 REFLECTION SERVICES
2 Croft: The Burial Service
3 Purcell: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets Of Our Hearts
4 The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended
5 The Lords My Shepherd
6 Parry: My Soul, There Is A Country
7 Vaughan Williams: O Taste and See
8 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
9 MacMillan: Who Shall Separate Us?
10 J.S. Bach: Fantasia in C minor, BWV 562
11 Walford Davies: Psalm 121
12 - I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
13 Kontakion for the Dead (Kyiv Melody)
14 Harris: Bring us, O Lord God
15 Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation
16 J.S. Bach: Praeludium
17 (Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546)
18 MacMillan: Mitte Manum Tuam
19 Stanford: Psalm 96
20 - O Sing Unto The Lord A New Song
21 Mealor: A Welsh Prayer
22 God Save The King
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