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Music Fit for a King and a Nation

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Richard Morrison explores the sumptuous showcase of British music at King Charles III's coronation in May last year, in a post-pandemic climate faced with financial challenges.

Music journalist Richard Morrison begins his six-part series exploring the state of classical music in the UK by starting with the Coronation of King Charles III in May 2023. Both in the lead-up to the coronation, and the ceremony itself, King Charles oversaw a sumptuous showcase of British music. Richard Morrison asks what the carefully-programmed coronation music tells us about both the identity and the state of British music now, and particularly in a post-pandemic climate, played out against the Cost of Living Crisis and cries for financial help from all corners of the music industry. With music from Purcell to Judith Weir and James MacMillan.

Throughout the series, Richard talks to some of the main players on the British music scene today, including Nicola Benedetti, Martyn Brabbins, Evelyn Glennie, Darren Henley, Gavin Higgins, Sam Lee, James MacMillan, Stephen Maddock, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, Gillian Moore, Chi-chi Nwanoku, David Pickard and Judith Weir.

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Sat 6 Apr 2024 13:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Rondeau from Abedelazar

    Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Hyperion.
    • 00602448800145.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Choir: The Choir of His Majesty's Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. Choir: Choristers from Truro Cathedral Choir. Choir: Choristers from Chapel Choir of Methodist College Belfast. Choir: Octet from the Monteverdi Choir. Director: Andrew Nethsingha. Performer: Peter Holder. Orchestra: Coronation Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.
    • 4859080.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude on 3 Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Ensemble: Tredegar Band.
    • ALBION.
    • ALBCD052.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D major

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Kashnikov.
    • Onyx.
    • ONYX4206.

  • Judith Weir

    Like as the Hart

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.

  • James MacMillan

    Who Shall Separate Us

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Director: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDA68420.

  • James MacMillan

    From Ayrshire

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: James MacMillan.
    • DECCA.
    • 5604021.

  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • LPO.
    • LPO0047.

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