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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

• 00:00

  George Frideric Handel

  Trumpet Fanfare from The Recognition, from the Coronation of King George II

  Performer: The King’s Consort

  • Hyperion CDA67286.
  • 10.
• 00:00

  The King’s Consort

  God Save The King from The Recognition, from the Coronation of King George II

  • Hyperion CDA67286.
  • 9.
• 00:00

  George Frideric Handel

  Zadok the Priest

  Performer: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, The Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Stephen Cleobury

  • Hyperion CDA67286.
  • 16.
• 00:04

  n/a

  Tolling Bell of Westminster Abbey

  • Hyperion CDA67286.
  • 1.

• Simon Chandler

  Extract from the diary of Samuel Pepys

• 00:07

  From: A Collection of several old airs composed for Coronations, Weddings and other Solemn events during the reigns of Henry III, Henry IV and Louis VIII: compiled by Philidor the Elder

  Gavotte en suite from A Concert performed for Louis XIII in 1627 by the 24 violins and the

  Performer: Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall (director)

  • Alia Vox AV92824.
  • 19.
• 00:08

  Sir Ernest Bullock

  Fanfare at the Putting on of the Crown from the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

  Performer: Massed trumpeters from the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall

  • EMI 5665822.
  • 22.
• 00:08

  The Archbishop of Canterbury

  The Putting on of the Crown from The Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II

  • EMI 5665822.
  • 23.
• 00:09

  Queen Elizabeth I

  Extract from Elizabeth II's Coronation Speech

  • EMI 5665822.
  • 18.
• 00:09

  William Walton

  Crown Imperial

  Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.

  Performer: Martin Baker (organ), The English Chamber Orchestra, Martin Neary (conductor)

  • Cantoris CSACD3050.
  • 16.

• Simon Chandler

  Extract from Shakespeare’s Henry V, Act 3, scene 1

• 00:13

  Gustav Holst

  Mars (The Bringer of War) From The Planets – Suite, op.32

  Performer: LPO, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

  • LPO LPO-0047.
  • 1.
• 00:20

  Benjamin Britten

  Coranto from Gloriana, Act II, scene iii

  Performer: Josephine Barstow (Elizabeth I), Orchestra and chorus of WNO, Sir Charles Mackerras

  • Argo 440213-2.

• Samantha Bond

  Extract from Schiller’s Mary Stuart

• 00:22

  Gaetano Donizetti

  Morta al mondo, e morta al trono: & Va, preparati, furente: from Maria Stuarda

  Performer: Edita Gruberova (Mary Stuart), Carmen Oprisanu (Elizabeth I), Octavio Arevalo (Leicester), Marcin Bronikowski (Cecil), Duccio Dal Monte (Talbot), Chorus of the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Marcello Viotti (conductor)

  • Nightingale Classics NC190209-2.
• 00:27

  Henry Purcell

  Drum Processional from Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary

  Performer: Benedict Hoffnung (tenor drum)

  • EMI Classics 3444382.
  • 24.

• Samantha Bond

  Extract from the last letter of Mary, Queen of Scots

• 00:29

  Thomas Tallis

  Spem in Alium

  Performer: The Tallis Scholars

  • Argo 425199-2.
  • 1.

• Samantha Bond

  The Execution of King Charles by Andrew Marvell

• 00:36

  Trad/Thomason tracts, arr. John Sothcott

  A Crown for Cromwell – A Coffin for Charles – A Pit for the People

  Performer: Ray Attfield (baritone), Derek Harrison (counter tenor), Rosemary Harrison (soprano), St George’s Canzona, John Sothcott (director)

  • ASV CDQS6130.
  • 25.
• 00:41

  Henry Purcell

  Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary

  Performer: Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury (director)

  • EMI Classics 3444382.
  • 25 & 26.

• Samantha Bond

  Our Widowed Queen by Christina Rossetti

• 00:43

  Felix Mendelssohn

  Lied Ohne Worte in E, Op. 30 No. 3

  Performer: Glen Gould (piano)

  • Sony 88697420722-26.

• Simon Chandler

  Extract from The Death of King Arthur by Tennyson

• 00:48

  Gace Brulé

  A la doucour de la bele seson

  Performer: Margaret Philpot (alto), Christopher Page (conductor)

  • HYPERION CDA66336.
  • 3.

• Samantha Bond

  A Remembered Queen by Siegfried Sasoon

• 00:50

  Marin Marais

  Les Voix Humaine

  Performer: Spectre de la Rose

  • NAXOS 8.553081.
  • 11.

• Simon Chandler

  Extract from Henry IV part ii by William Shakespeare

• 00:53

  MG Improvisation

  Taksim

  Performer: Hakan Gungor (kanun), Jordi Savall (viol), Yurdal Tokcan (oud), Derya Turkan (Istanbul kemence), Murat Salim Tokac (tanbur)

  • Alia Vox AVSA 9870.
  • 1.

• Simon Chandler

  Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

• Samantha Bond

  Queen Djenira by Walter de la Mare

• 00:56

  Alexander Borodin

  Polvtsian Dances and Chorus

  Performer: Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)

  • Philips 442 537-2.

• Simon Chandler

  The Statue of Our Queen by Henry Lawson

• 01:07

  Gilbert & Sullivan - Extract from The Pirates of Penzance, finale

  Performer: Simon Masterton Smith (Sergeant of the Police), Chorus and Orchestra of the D’Oyly Carte Opera

• 01:09

  Arne arr. Sargent

  Rule Britannia

  Performer: Anne Collins (contralto), Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, RLPO, Sir Charles Groves (conductor)

  • Classics for Pleasure CD-CFP4567.
  • 13.

• Samantha Bond

  Extract from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

• 01:13

  Arne arr. Sargent

  Rule Britannia

  Performer: Anne Collins (contralto), Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, RLPO, Sir Charles Groves (conductor)

  • Classics for Pleasure CD-CFP4567.
  • 13.