The music touchingly includes music composed for or performed at other important ceremonies in the history of the British royal family, including Princess Diana's wedding and funeral, a few coronations.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_William_and_Catherine_Middleton#Music
PRELUDE: works by -
as well as the following British or English composers:
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies ("Veni Creator Spiritus" and "Farewell to Stromness")
BRIDAL PROCESSIONAL:
"I Was Glad", composed by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, from Psalm 122 for the crowning of Prince William's great-great-great grandfather, Edward VII, at Westminster Abbey in 1902.[98]
SERVICE:
Service hymns sung by the congregants & guests:
Service hymns sung by the congregants & guests:
"Guide me, O Thou Great Redeemer" sung to the tune "Cwm Rhondda". The hymn, originally written in Welsh by 18th-century Methodist preacher William Williams, had been sung at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.
"Love Divine, All Loves Excelling", were by Charles Wesley and its tune – Blaenwern – was composed by William Penfro Rowlands, during the1904–1905 Welsh Revival. This hymn was sung at the Prince of Wales's 2005 marriage to the Duchess of Cornwall.
"Jerusalem", based on the poem by William Blake and set to music by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry.[99]
Choral compositions:
Paul Mealor's Ubi Caritas et Amor as the motet
"This is the day which the Lord hath made" consisting of words chosen from the Psalms, a specially commissioned anthem, by John Rutter (one of the very greatest living composers, perhaps the most famous living British composer of choral music)
Paul Mealor's Ubi Caritas et Amor as the motet
"This is the day which the Lord hath made" consisting of words chosen from the Psalms, a specially commissioned anthem, by John Rutter (one of the very greatest living composers, perhaps the most famous living British composer of choral music)
As the royal couple signed the wedding registers:
Parry's Blest Pair of Sirens
Valiant and Brave, composed by Fanfare ensemble leader Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs's. Preux et audacieux (which translates from French as "Valiant and Brave") is the motto of 22 Squadron, in which Prince William was serving as a search and rescue pilot at RAF Valley in North Wales.
Parry's Blest Pair of Sirens
Valiant and Brave, composed by Fanfare ensemble leader Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs's. Preux et audacieux (which translates from French as "Valiant and Brave") is the motto of 22 Squadron, in which Prince William was serving as a search and rescue pilot at RAF Valley in North Wales.
RECESSIONAL: I happen to love this piece!!!!
The orchestral march "Crown Imperial" by William Walton, composed for the coronation of George VI and which was also performed at Charles and Diana's wedding.[103]
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