Coronation Bank Holiday Special
Episode m001lkl3, broadcast at Monday 8th May 2023, 7:00pm.
“On Coronation Bank Holiday, a mixtape that includes some of His Majesty King Charles III’s favourite recordings, as chosen by him for BBC Radio 3’s Private Passions in 2019 (Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C with Jacqueline du Pré) and for a programme with the Hospital Broadcasting Association in 2021 (Charles Trenet’s La Mer, Miriam Makeba’s Click Song, and Old Blind Dogs' Bennachie). There’s also music composed for coronations down the ages, from George II in 1727 (Handel’s Coronation Anthem ‘The King shall Rejoice’) to Elizabeth II in 1953 (Herbert Howells’ ‘Behold O God our Defender’), plus Elgar's own recording of his Pomp and Circumstance March no. 4. Producer: Roger Short”
Track listing
- 0:00 – The King shall rejoice - Coronation Anthem No 3, HWV 260 (track , Handel - Coronation Anthems)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Choir Choir of New College Oxford
- Orchestra Academy of Ancient Music
- Conductor Edward Higginbottom
- 2:35 – La Mer (track 1, Les Plus Grandes Chansons Du Siecle CD2)
- Performer Charles Trenet
- Conductor Albert Lasry
- Orchestra Orchestra & Choir
- 5:54 – O taste and see (track 11, Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr)
- Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Choir Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
- Director Andrew Nethsingha
- Singer Thomas Mullock
- 7:26 – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1: III. Allegro molto (track 3, The Very Best of Jacqueline du Pré)
- Composer Joseph Haydn
- Conductor Daniel Barenboim
- 16:50 – The Click Song (Live) (track 10, Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (Live))
- Performer Milton Okun
- Performer Miriam Makeba and The Belafonte Singers
- Performer Miriam Makeba
- Performer The Belafonte Singers
- 16:55 – Behold, O God our defender
- Composer Herbert Howells
- Conductor Stephen Layton
- Performer Eleanor Kornas
- Choir Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
- 20:18 – Bennachie (track , New Tricks)
- Performer Old Blind Dogs
- 23:04 – Pomp and Circumstance March in A minor, Op.39 No.2
- Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Edward Elgar
- 27:19 – Coronation Anthem No. 3, HWV260 'The King Shall Rejoice' - final section 'Glory and Worship' and Alleluia
- Ensemble The Sixteen
- Conductor Harry Christophers
- Composer George Frideric Handel