King Charles discovered a particular method to honor his late father Prince Philip on his coronation day.
Because the Could 6 ceremony approaches, Buckingham Palace continues to launch particulars concerning the massive day, this week saying that an authentic composition honoring the Duke of Edinburgh will likely be performed at Westminster Abbey
on the monarch’s request. The palace mentioned in a press release, “His Majesty The King has personally commissioned the brand new music and formed and chosen the musical program for the Service On the request of His Majesty, in tribute to his late father His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Greek Orthodox music will even function within the Service carried out by the Byzantine Chant Ensemble.” Philip, who died in April 2021 at age 99, was born in Greece and baptized within the Greek Orthodox church. When he married Queen Elizabeth in November 1947, he transformed to Anglican as his new spouse was supreme governor of the Church of England.
The palace beforehand mentioned that the coronation will merge each conventional spiritual parts and fashionable facets to create a ceremony distinctive to the brand new king. “The Coronation will mirror the monarch’s function right now and look in the direction of the longer term whereas being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry,” they mentioned in a earlier assertion. So as to add that modern angle, King Charles has commissioned 12 new items of music to be carried out by artists from all through the UK and Commonwealth. It’s going to additionally function a brand new Coronation Anthem written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the legendary musical composer behind smash hits similar to Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. Webber mentioned in a press release, “I’m extremely honoured to have been requested to compose a brand new anthem for The Coronation. My anthem consists of phrases barely tailored from Psalm 98. I’ve scored it for the Westminster Abbey choir and organ, the ceremonial brass and orchestra. I hope my anthem displays this joyful event.” The coronation service will likely be sung by The Choir of Westminster Abbey and The Choir of His Majesty’s Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, together with choristers from the Chapel Choir of Methodist School, Belfast and Truro Cathedral Choir. The Ascension Choir will even carry out, as will The King’s Students of Westminster College.
It is clear that music will play an necessary function within the coronation as King Charles and his spouse, Queen Consort Camilla, additionally just lately launched a royal playlist. Earlier this month, the Division for Digital, Tradition, Media, and Sport debuted the brand new coronation web site full of all the knowledge the general public may want concerning the forthcoming ceremony, in addition to a two-hour “Coronation Celebration Playlist” on Spotify. The 27-song record begins with The Beatles’ “Come Collectively” and goes on to function predominately British bands and artists, together with Coldplay, David Bowie, Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, George Ezra, Harry Types, Queen, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Sam Ryder, the Spice Women, The Kinks, The Who and Tom Jones. The playlist additionally appropriately ends with the track “King” by Years & Years.
The coronation weekend will even conclude with the Coronation Live performance broadcast reside from Windsor Citadel in celebration of the brand new king. The lineup of performers has but to be introduced, however in line with the web site, iconic places throughout the UK will likely be lit up utilizing projections, lasers, drone shows, and illuminations. Tickets to the live performance will even be given away to the general public through nationwide poll and the night will even be attended by volunteers from among the king and queen consort’s favourite charities.
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