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The perfect Classical Jubilee mixtape

A musical mix to celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee.

A musical mix to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee including music by Handel, William Walton and Orlando Gibbons, favourites from the Queen's 1953 Coronation. We'll also hear excerpts from Malcolm Arnold's Homage to the Queen ballet suite and Britten's Gloriana opera, both commissioned in honour of the Queen's Coronation.

A few years ago the Queen was asked about her favourite pieces of music. Fred Astaire's Cheek to Cheek was one of her choices and she also enjoys music by Duke Ellington - after meeting Ellington in 1958, Ellington outlined the movements of his Queen's Suite. He sent it privately to the Queen and it was only issued commercially after his death.

Produced by Calantha Bonnissent

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 2 Jun 2022 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest HWV.258

    Ensemble: Apollo's Singers. Orchestra: Apollo鈥檚 Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • Handel: Dixit Dominus, Zadok the Priest, Ode for Queen Anne: Apollo's Fire, Sorr.
    • Avie.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    O clap your hands; God is gone up

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Voces 8: A Choral Taspestry.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Homage to the Queen Suite, Op. 42 - Prelude and Opening Scene

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Duke Ellington

    The Single Petal of a Rose (The Queen's Suite)

    Performer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Jimmy Woode.
    • Duke Ellington: The Ellington Suites.
    • PABLO.
    • 005.

  • William Byrd

    O Lord, make they servant Elizabeth

    Choir: Queen's Six.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Courtly Dances: March & Coranto (Gloriana Suite Op.53a)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Benjamin Britten: Works for Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.

  • Irving Berlin

    Cheek to Cheek

    Performer: Fred Astaire. Orchestra: Leo Reisman and His Orchestra.
    • Verve.

  • William Walton

    Crown Imperial

    Music Arranger: Joseph Kreines. Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass. Conductor: Jay Friedman.
    • Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live.
    • CSOR.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Jun 2022 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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