All the King's Music
Tom Service assesses the history of the post of master of the king's (or queen's) music.
Tom Service assesses the history of the masters of the king's (or queen's) music - a pantheon of 21 names, some brilliant, some average, some really rather forgettable. What have the incumbents done with their time in the post, and how has the role changed in recent years? And how do they compare with their equivalents in literature, the poets laureate?
With literary historian Oliver Tearle.
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Edward Elgar
Pomp and circumstance marches Op.39 - no.2 in A minor
Conductor: Andrew Davis. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.- SONY.
- SB2K63247.
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Arthur Bliss
Welcome the Queen - march Op.78
Conductor: Arthur Bliss. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.- DECCA ELOQUENCE.
- 480 6025.
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Arnold Bax
Coronation march
Conductor: Malcolm Sargent. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.- DECCA.
- 00028947308027.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
An Orkney wedding, with sunrise for orchestra and bagpipes
Conductor: Ben Gernon. Performer: Robert Jordan. Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- Linn.
- CKD534.
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Malcolm Williamson
A Procession of palms for choir and organ
Conductor: Alan Williams. Performer: Mastersingers.- CARLTON CLASSICS.
- DHX0914.
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Judith Weir
I love all beauteous things for chorus
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Performer: Richard Pearce. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. -
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Nicholas Lanier
NICHOLAS LANIER: The House Measure
Performer: Fine Arts Brass Ensemble.- NIMBUS.
- NI 5546.
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Arthur Bliss
Eight Fanfares: III. Fanfare for the Princess Anne
Performer: Onyx Brass.- CHANDOS.
- 1030186.
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Anthony Holborne
Jast, or Clerke's galliard HPM.1.31 for viols
Performer: David Miller.- CHANDOS.
- CHAN0682.
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Nicholas Lanier
Sweet Do Not Thus Destroy Me
Performer: English Ayres.- MP3.
- Download Only.
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Louis Grabu
Albion and Albanius [1685]: O Jealousy!
Performer: Bertrand Cuiller. Performer: Le CaravansΓ©rail. Performer: Rachel Redmond.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 2296DI.
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John Eccles
The Judgment of Paris, or The prize of music - Symphony for Mercury
Conductor: Christian Curnyn. Performer: David Hendry. Performer: Early Opera Company.- CHANDOS.
- CHAN-0759.
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Maurice Greene
Lord, let me know mine end for 2 trebles, chorus and organ
Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. Performer: New College Oxford Choir.- CRD Records.
- CRD3484.
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George Frideric Handel
Zadok the priest - coronation anthem no. 1 HWV.258
Performer: HervΓ© Niquet. Performer: Le Concert Spirituel.- ALPHA.
- ALPHA868.
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John Stanley
Voluntary in C major for trumpet and organ, arr. Steele-Perkins & Cleobury
Performer: Anthony Newman. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Performer: English Chamber Orchestra.- SONY.
- SK66244.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness, arr. T Walker for guitar
Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.- NAXOS.
- 8.557040.
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William Shield
Rosina - Act 2 "Light as thistledown"
Conductor: Granville Jones. Performer: Joan Sutherland. Performer: Philomusica of London.- DECCA.
- 4783243.
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Prince Albert
Melody in F major for violin and piano
Performer: Iona Brown. Performer: Jennifer Partridge.- Decca Eloquence.
- 4802091.
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Edward Elgar
Imperial march Op.32 for orchestra
Conductor: Adrian Boult. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.- EMI.
- 563164.
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William Walton
Crown imperial - coronation march for orchestra
Conductor: Sir Charles Groves. Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- EMI.
- 5672222.
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Arthur Bliss
Eight Fanfares: III. Fanfare for the Princess Anne
Performer: Onyx Brass.- CHANDOS.
- 1030186.
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Arthur Bliss
Welcome the Queen - march Op.78
Conductor: Arthur Bliss. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.- DECCA ELOQUENCE.
- 480 6025.
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John Tavener
Song for Athene for chorus
Conductor: Martin Neary. Performer: Choir of Westminster Abbey.- SONY.
- SK66613.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Fantasia on a ground and 2 pavans for ensemble [after Purcell's Fantazia Z.731 & Pavans Z.748 & 750]
Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies. Performer: The Fires of London.- UNICORN.
- KANCHANA-UKCD 2044.
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Judith Weir
I love all beauteous things for chorus
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Performer: Richard Pearce. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. -
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Nicholas Lanier
NICHOLAS LANIER: The House Measure
Performer: Fine Arts Brass Ensemble.- NIMBUS.
- NI 5546.
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