Musical commissions for the big Coronation confirmed
completemusicupdate.comYour good buddies the Windsors have announced details of twelve newly commissioned pieces of music that will be performed during the Coronation of King Charles III later this year.
And don’t worry, they haven’t accidentally commissioned anything from Dizzee Rascal, so this all should be fine.Among the new music that will be played as the King becomes, well, the King, are six orchestral commissions, five choral commissions and one organ commission.
Together, we are told, they encompass “a range of musical styles” and reflect “the King’s life-long love and support of music and the arts”.More specifically, there’ll be a new Coronation Anthem by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a Coronation March by Patrick Doyle, and a new piece of organ music “embracing musical themes from countries across the Commonwealth” by Iain FarringtonPlus other new works by Sarah Class, Nigel Hess, Paul Mealor, Tarik O’Regan, Roxanna Panufnik, Shirley J Thompson, Judith Weir, Roderick Williams and Debbie Wiseman.Says Lloyd Webber: “I am incredibly honoured to have been asked to compose a new anthem for the Coronation.
My anthem includes words slightly adapted from Psalm 98. I have scored it for the Westminster Abbey choir and organ, the ceremonial brass and orchestra.
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