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In the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers present a celebration of music and royalty in all its splendour: from the music of the Tudor court to the 21st century, by way of Handel’s majestic Coronation Anthem, Elgar's ever-popular Pomp and Circumstance March, choral music by the current Master of the Queen’s Music Judith Weir and a specially commissioned new work by Cheryl Frances-Hoad.

Andrew McGregor and music historian Berta Joncus introduce this Prom from the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Broadcast programme:
Arthur Bliss - Jubilant Fanfare
George Frideric Handel - Zadok the Priest
King Henry VIII of England - Pastime with good company
John Ireland - Epic March
Judith Weir - I love all beauteous things
Cheryl Frances-Hoad - ‘Your Servant, Elizabeth’
Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers
´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth - conductor

(Photo: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra and conductor Barry Wordsworth performing at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms 2022. Credit: C.Christodoulou/´óÏó´«Ã½)