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Prom 10: Music for Royal Occasions

Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers with conductor Barry Wordsworth. Music by Handel, Walton and a new piece by Cheryl Frances-Hoad in this jubilee year.

Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Barry Wordsworth conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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.

Presented by Georgia Mann, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Bliss: Jubilant Fanfare
Handel: Coronation Anthem No.1: Zadok the Priest
Walton: Orb and Sceptre
Elgar: O hearken thou*Β§
Harris, arr. Manners: The Windsor Dances
Henry VIII: Pastime good companie*
Britten: Courtly Dances from Gloriana
Parry: I was glad

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Interval: David Owen Norris joins Georgia Mann to reflect on music's role in the construction of royalty, how it intersects with our notions about monarchy, and the accompaniment it has provided for ceremonial events over the centuries. Plus Keelan Carew pops in to share a few of his Proms highlights so far.

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 (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Commission; first performance)
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra
Conductor Barry Wordsworth
Chorus master Martin Fitzpatrick

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Arthur Bliss

    Jubilant Fanfare

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • William Walton

    Orb and Sceptre

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Coronation Anthem No 1: Zadok the Priest

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • William Walton

    Orb and Sceptre

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • Edward Elgar

    O hearken thou

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • William Henry Harris

    The Windsor Dances

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • King Henry VIII of England

    Pastime With Good Companie

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Courtly Dances (from Gloriana)

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • Hubert Parry

    I was glad

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • John Ireland

    Epic March

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • Judith Weir

    I love all beauteous things

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • William Byrd

    O Lord, let thy servant Elizabeth, our Queen

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite No 1 (excerpts)

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silence and Music

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Your Servant, Elizabeth

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance No 4

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Serenade for Wind

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
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Broadcast

  • Fri 22 Jul 2022 19:30

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