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Celebratory music live from Westminster Abbey begins Radio 3's coverage of the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla. His Majesty The King has personally shaped and selected the music for the occassion.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in programme of triumphant choral music and Sir Antonio Pappano will conduct the Coronation Orchestra in a programme including new pieces of music composed especially for the Coronation.

At His Majesty’s request, the Coronation Orchestra is made up of musicians from across the UK and Canada. They are drawn from eight orchestras of the former Prince of Wales’ Patronages: the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales, Regina Symphony Orchestra (Saskatchewan, Canada), English Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Opera House Orchestra and Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Soloists will include the soprano, Pretty Yende and the Royal Harpist, Alis Huws.

The newly commissioned pieces of music are by composers from across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. The first commission will be a short overture composed by Judith Weir, Master of The King’s Music, and there is also new music by Sarah Class, Nigel Hess, Roderick Williams, Shirley J Thompson, Iain Farrington and Patrick Doyle.

9.02am
JS Bach: Magnificat anima mea (opening chorus from Magnificat in D, BWV 243)
JS Bach: Ehre sei dir Gott, gesungen (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248)
JS Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (opening chorus of the Cantata for New Year’s Day, BWV 190)
Bruckner: Ecce sacerdos magnus
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Matthew Jorysz, organ
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

c.9.24am
JS Bach: Alla breve in D BWV 589
Matthew Jorysz (assistant organist, Westminster Abbey)

c.9.30am
Judith Weir: Brighter Visions Shine Afar (Alis Huws, harp)
Holst: Jupiter from the Planets (arr. Iain Farrington)
Karl Jenkins: Crossing the Stone (Alys Huws, harp)
Sarah Class: Sacred Fire (Pretty Yende, soprano)
Walton: Crown Imperial (arr. John Rutter) (Matthew Jorysz, organ)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Shirley Thompson/Nigel Hess/Roderick Williams: Be Thou my Vision - Triptych for Orchestra
Coronation Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor)

c.10.06am
Iain Farrington: Voices of the World
Matthew Jorysz (assistant organist, Westminster Abbey)

10.15am
Patrick Doyle: King Charles III Coronation March (Matthew Jorysz, organ)
Purcell: Trumpet Tune (arr. John Rutter)
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel: Oh, had I Jubal’s lyre, from Joshua (Pretty Yende, soprano)
Handel: Care selve, from Atalanta [2’45] (Pretty Yende, soprano)
Elgar: Nimrod (arr. Iain Farrington)
Coronation Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor)

10.37am
William Harris: Flourish for an occasion
Vaughan Williams: Rhosymedre (from Three Preludes founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes)
Improvisation
Peter Holder (sub-organist, Westminster Abbey)