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Music for Royal Occasions

Another chance to hear a Prom from earlier this year featuring music for royal occasions. BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers with conductor Barry Wordsworth.

Another chance to hear a Prom from earlier this year featuring music for royal occasions: Barry Wordsworth conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers in music linked with royalty, featuring works by Bliss, Britten and Byrd, through Handel, to Vaughan Williams, Elgar and several Masters of the Queen's Music. There's a brand new piece written specially for this event by Cheryl Frances-Hoad.

Bliss: Jubilant Fanfare
Handel: Coronation Anthem No.1: Zadok the Priest
Walton: Orb and Sceptre
Elgar: O hearken thou
Harris arr. Manners: The Windsor Dances
Henry VIII: Pastime with good companie
Britten: Courtly Dances from Gloriana
Parry: I was glad
Ireland: Epic March
Judith Weir: I love all beauteous things
Byrd: O Lord, let thy servant Elizabeth, our Queen
Handel: Water Music (excerpts)
Vaughan Williams: Silence and Music
Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Your Servant, Elizabeth (BBC Commission; first performance)
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

BBC Singers
BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor Barry Wordsworth
Chorus master Martin Fitzpatrick

Presenter John Shea

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 Sep 2022 19:30
BBC Radio 3

Music Played

  • Arthur Bliss

    Fanfare

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Anthem No 1: Zadok the Priest

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • William Walton

    Orb and Sceptre

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • Edward Elgar

    O Hearken Thou

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • William Henry Harris

    The Windsor Dances

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • King Henry VIII of England

    Pastime with Good Companie

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Courtly Dances (Gloriana)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • Hubert Parry

    I was Glad

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Judith Weir

    I Love all Beauteous Things

    Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music (excerpts)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silence and Music

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Your Servant, Elizabeth

    Performer: Richard Pearce. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Choir: BBC Singers. Singer: Rebecca Lea. Singer: Benjamin Durrant.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 4

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • Herbert Howells

    Requiem: Salvator mundi

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM.

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 Sep 2022 19:30
    BBC Radio 3