Albums
This is the Day
Music on royal occasions
The Cambridge Singers
Aurora Orchestra
John Rutter
COLCD136
This new album recollects and celebrates some of the choral music heard on royal occasions during the lifetime of HM Elizabeth II. The music chosen reflects the personal choices and commissions by the Royal Family for weddings, funerals, and anniversaries.
Featuring John Rutter’s celebratory royal wedding anthem This is the day, written for the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in 2011. Newly orchestrated specially for this recording, it reminds us of the event that captivated the attention of the nation last year.
The CD also includes a new arrangement for unaccompanied choir of the much-loved Air from County Derry to the text I would be true, and an orchestration of Schubert’s beautiful Psalm 23 - The Lord is my Shepherd by John Rutter for this recording.
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| Listing | Track | Composer | Length | Listen | ||
| 01. | This is the Day | John Rutter | 04:28 | |||
| 02. | Laudate Dominum | W.A. Mozart | 04:05 | |||
| 03. | Psalm 23 | Franz Schubert | 05:09 | |||
| 04. | How lovely is thy dwelling place | Johannes Brahms | 05:32 | |||
| 05. | The spirit of the Lord is upon me | Edward Elgar | 07:42 | |||
| 06. | We wait for thy loving kindness | William McKie | 03:04 | |||
| 07. | Ubi caritas | Paul Mealor | 03:58 | |||
| 08. | Ubi caritas | Maurice Duruflé | 02:34 | |||
| 09. | Holy is the true light | William Harris | 01:58 | |||
| 10. | Song for Athene | John Tavener | 05:47 | |||
| 11. | These Three | Richard Rodney Bennett | 05:30 | |||
| 12. | Set me as a seal upon thine heart | William Walton | 03:20 | |||
| 13. | God be in my head | H. Walford Davies | 01:42 | |||
| 14. | I would be true | arr. Rutter | 03:02 | |||
| 15. | Touch her soft lips and part | William Walton | 01:39 | |||
| 16. | Choral Dances from Gloriana | 1. Time | Benjamin Britten | 01:30 | |||
| 17. | Choral Dances from Gloriana | 2. Concord | Benjamin Britten | 02:09 | |||
| 18. | Choral Dances from Gloriana | 3. Time and Concord | Benjamin Britten | 01:19 | |||
| 19. | Choral Dances from Gloriana | 4. Country Girls | Benjamin Britten | 01:05 | |||
| 20. | Choral Dances from Gloriana | 5. Rustics and Fishermen | Benjamin Britten | 00:56 | |||
| 21. | Choral Dances from Gloriana | 6. Final Dance of Homage | Benjamin Britten | 02:29 | |||
| 22. | Let the bright seraphim and Let their celestial concerts all unite | G.F. Handel | 06:12 |
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