A week ago, May 6, saw the Coronations of King Charles III & Queen Camilla in Westminster Abbey. Out of necessity, some of the music played was arranged (by Iain Farrington or John Rutter), skilfully, to accommodate the reduced forces. Here are seven pieces from last week recorded as written – Elgar, Handel, Holst, Parry, Vaughan Williams and Walton.
Parry, I was Glad, conducted by Philip Ledger; HMV.
Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’. St Louis Symphony/Leonard Slatkin; Telarc.
Walton, Crown Imperial (for the 1937 Coronation), recorded here in the mid-1970s by the LPO and Boult in its original version (Walton revised it) that Boult conducted in 1937, as he did Walton’s Orb and Sceptre at the 1953 Coronation.
Walton, Coronation Te Deum. Louis Frémaux’s CBSO recording for HMV.
Is there a bit of a hint here Col concerning the quality of the new commissions which I thought generally poor?
You are playing our heritage after all.
Few of the new works will receive such treatment at the next coronation.
Is there a bit of a hint here Col concerning the quality of the new commissions which I thought generally poor?
You are playing our heritage after all.
Few of the new works will receive such treatment at the next coronation.
Not at all, Edward … although I think some of the new ones missed my attention or didn’t register, but I did like Patrick Doyle’s piece.