Music for Royal Weddings

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Helen OBrien

Music for Royal Weddings

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Update April 28: Music for the royal wedding confirmed

Parry March from The Birds

Parry I Was Glad

John Hughes Hymn: Guide me, O thouh great Redeemer

William Penfro Rowlands Hymn: Love divine, all loves excelling

Rutter This is the day which the Lord hath made

Mealor Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est

Parry Hymn: Jerusalem

The English National Anthem (arr Gordon Jacob)

Parry Blest Pair of Sirens

Stubbs Valiant and Brave

Walton Crown Imperial

Widor Toccata from Symphonie V

Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 5

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Helen OBrien

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More via Debrett's:

The music before the Service will begin with a selection of organ pieces: Fantasia in G (Pièce d'orgue à 5) by Johann Sebastian Bach, followed by Veni Creator Spiritus by the Master of The Queen's Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies; Prelude on St. Columba Op. 28 by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and Sonata for Organ Op. 28 (Allegro maestoso and Allegretto) by Edward Elgar.

Following this will be seven orchestral pieces:

Serenade for Strings in E minor Op. 20 (Allegro piacevole, Larghetto and Allegretto) by Edward Elgar

Courtly Dance V: Galliard from Gloriana (Symphonic Suite) Op. 53a no. 7 by Benjamin Britten

Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Farewell to Stromness by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring by Frederick Delius

Touch Her Soft Lips and Part from Henry V Suite by William Walton

Romance for String Orchestra Op. 11 by Gerald Finzi

Canzona from Organ Sonata in C minor by Percy Whitlock.


The Service will begin with a Fanfare by The State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry to mark the arrival of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. The Fanfare will be followed by three Processionals.

The Procession of The Queen: March from The Birds by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry.

Procession of the Clergy: Prelude on Rhosymedre by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Procession of the Bride: 'I was Glad' by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry.




Prince William and Miss Middleton have chosen three hymns for the Service:

'Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer', words by William Williams, translated by Peter Williams and others, and music by John Hughes.

'Love Divine All Love Excelling', words by Charles Wesley and music by William Penfro Rowlands.

'Jerusalem', by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, words by William Blake.



The Anthem, 'This is the day which the Lord hath made', has been composed specially for the occasion by John Rutter. It was commissioned by Westminster Abbey as a wedding present for Prince William and Miss Middleton and will be performed by both the Choir of Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal Choir. Mr. Rutter is a British composer, conductor, editor and arranger who specialises in choral music.

The Anthem will be followed by the Motet 'Ubi caritas' by Paul Mealor, a Welsh composer, who is currently Reader in Composition at The University of Aberdeen. Mr. Mealor's composing studio is on the Isle of Anglesey, where Prince William and Miss Middleton live. This version of 'Ubi caritas' was written on Anglesey and premiered at the University of St. Andrews in November 2010.

The National Anthem will be sung immediately before the Signing of the Registers.



During the Signing of the Registers, the choirs will sing 'Blest pair of Sirens', words by John Milton. from At a Solemn Musick, music by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry.

Following the Signing, there will be a Fanfare by the Fanfare Team from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force. The Fanfare, called Valiant and Brave, after the motto of No. 22 Squadron (Search and Rescue Force) was specially composed for this Service by Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs, Principal Director of Music in the Royal Air Force.

The Recessional, for the Procession of the Bride and Bridegroom, will be Crown Imperial by William Walton.



Toccata from Symphonie V by Charles-Marie Widor and Pomp and Circumstance March no. 5 by Edward Elgar will follow the Service.
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