LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Twelve newly commissioned items of music will play on the coronation of Britain’s King Charles at Westminster Abbey this Could, together with Greek Orthodox music, Buckingham Palace mentioned, with the 18th century “Zadok the Priest” additionally to be featured.
Six orchestral commissions, 5 choral commissions and one organ fee have been composed for the event, the palace mentioned on Saturday, together with a brand new Coronation Anthem by musical theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber.
“A spread of musical kinds and performers mix custom, heritage and ceremony with new musical voices of right this moment, reflecting The King’s life-long love and assist of music and the humanities,” the palace mentioned in an announcement.
It additionally mentioned Charles requested Greek Orthodox music, which may be traced again to the Byzantine interval, to be featured within the service in tribute to his father, Prince Philip, who was born on the Greek island of Corfu. He died in 2021.
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Fanfares might be performed by The State Trumpeters of the Family Cavalry and The Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Air Drive, the palace mentioned.
One of many liturgical sections of the ceremony can even be carried out in Welsh to mirror Charles’s “long-standing and deeply held relationship and affiliation with Wales,” in response to the assertion.
Music by classical composers together with George Frideric Handel, Edward Elgar, Hubert Parry and Ralph Vaughan Williams, a few of which has traditionally featured within the service for 400 years, might be included within the programme, together with the music of residing Welsh composer Karl Jenkins.
Music by Elgar, Parry, and Williams have been additionally carried out on the crowning of Charles’s late mom, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1953.
Handel’s coronation anthem “Zadok the Priest,” which was composed for the coronation of King George II in 1727, might be performed on the ceremony, the palace mentioned.
“I’ve scored it for the Westminster Abbey choir and organ, the ceremonial brass and orchestra. I hope my anthem displays this joyful event,” composer Lloyd Webber mentioned of his coronation anthem within the assertion.
Reporting by Muvija M and Michael Holden; Enhancing by Kate Holton and David Holmes
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