The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla

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The recording has to be mixed, mastered (balancing the sonic elements) and finalised from our truck outside the Abbey. He started writing about music as Arts Editor of an Oxford University student newspaper and has continued ever since, serving as Arts Editor on various magazines. We’re the go-to place where Brits come,” said manager Iain Anderson, 43, who oversaw the proceedings.

The Official Album of The Coronation: The Complete Recording

Originally, the list had 28 tracks, but Dizzee Rascal was dropped after those responsible learned that the rapper is currently on appeal after a conviction for assaulting his ex-fiancée. Kirsty Young will anchor the live coverage for BBC TV and BBC iPlayer and Clara Amfo and Jordan Banjo will be backstage with the artists. Recording producer Anna Barry and her team, including the supportive BBC, must have scaled unprecedented heights to bring off this occasion. The Westminster Abbey Choir was augmented by the girl choiristers from the Chapel Choir of the Methodist College, Belfast, and Truro Cathedral Choir, adding their voices to the soaring descants of traditional hymns and the eight newly composed anthems. This brilliantly disciplined group under Wing Commander Piers Morrell step to the fore in The Recognition, playing a set of glittering Fanfares newly composed by Christopher Robinson.The fifth Fanfare, marking the moment of Homage, culminates in a spectacular cymbal crash, following some colourful interplay between players. Sir Antonio Pappano, Music Director for the Royal Opera House, will be conducting the Coronation Orchestra which comprises a bespoke collection of musicians drawn from orchestras of The former Prince of Wales’ Patronages including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. A physical version will be released on May 15, with a special deluxe collector’s CD and vinyl out later in the year. It will be exclusively recorded at Westminster Abbey and released by Decca Records, with an official photograph from the day as the cover art.

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It is with the greatest honour and privilege that I am contributing to the glorious Coronation of His Majesty, King Charles III. Since the winning country will not be able to host the event because of the war,the popular music competitionwill be thereforeheld in the UK this year. The Agnus Dei by Tarik O’Regan, an ethereal and exquisitely worked setting, is worthy to stand alongside O taste and see, the communion anthem composed by Vaughan Williams for the 1953 Coronation.

Take Thatplayed for Queen Elizabeth a few times over the years, but this event is special even for the former boy band. Jessie Young began her 300-mile journey on Tuesday and joined hundreds of other well-wishers who arrived early to secure a coveted spot on The Mall. Leading British soloists, bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel, soprano Pretty Yende and baritone, Roderick Williams, performed at the coronation. There were also several newly commissioned works in the service, celebrating leading British composers, alongside great anthems and organ works by Byrd, Elgar and Parry. The day after the coronation ceremony, the royal family hosts a big concert event in the garden of Windsor Castle, featuring live music from pop stars like Lionel Richie and Katy Perry, both ambassadors for various of the king's foundations and charities.

Coronation celebrations Charles and Camilla crowned in historic Coronation celebrations

Framed by the traditional with the modern, this divine ceremony will represent inclusivity and diversity in their varied manifestations. Twelve newly commissioned pieces of music will be performed at The Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May 2023, showcasing musical talent from across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5, could be seen enjoying the Coronation by waving to the crowds and watching the flypast from the Buckingham Palace balcony. Music by Purcell and Gibbons, both organists at Westminster Abbey, and Latin rites from Tallis and his pupil Byrd – a Catholic who served under the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I – are reminders of where we’ve come from, with King Charles declaring ‘I am a faithful Protestant’ and, for the first time at a coronation, pledging to serve every faith and belief. The Official Album of the Coronation, to take place on Saturday 6 May 2023, will include all music and spoken word from the global event and will feature an official photograph from the day as cover art.

Italian maestro Sir Antonio Pappano, who is music director at the Royal Opera House, conducted the Coronation Orchestra, a blend of musicians from orchestras of the former Prince of Wales’ Patronages including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Opera House Orchestra and Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Never before has a complete recording been made available to global audiences to stream and download on the same day. And where else would international royalty, world leaders and 100 overseas heads of state get an opportunity to meet Ant and Dec?