London philharmonic orchestra Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant – the official CD –

1952 – 2012 Music for the in 1978 as a morning greeting for BBC Radio 4 the Jacobite rebellion. Henry Wood’s Malcolm Arnold was in constant demand Thames Diamond listeners. It opens with clear echoes of Early arrangement, conceived for the centenary thanks to his Oscar-winning success. The one morning and Rule, Britannia!, and includes of the Battle of Trafalgar, remains an essential composer retreated from London to live Jubilee Pageant clever contrapuntal combinations of What component of the BBC Last Night of the in a village near Padstow in 1965. Padstow shall we do with the drunken sailor?, Greensleeves, Proms. Arne introduced London to what Lifeboat, created for brass band, dates from Men of Harlech and Scotland the Brave. became Britain’s National Anthem. His version his time in Cornwall. The Orchestra’s Percy Grainger gained global fame as of God Save the King played to packed houses performance pays tribute to the volunteer Londoners gathered by the Thames in April performer and composer. The Australian- in September 1745, its opening plea intensified crew of the RNLI’s Waterloo Bridge station. 1661 to watch a spectacular show for Charles born musician discovered the original folk by Bonnie Prince Charlie’s recent victory over Blackfriars Bridge stands as a monument II’s coronation. Musicians graced the Merry melody of Country Gardens in 1908 and the British army at Prestonpans. to Victorian confidence. The spirit of the age Monarch’s river pageant and returned to the adapted it for solo piano. Its orchestral Anyone searching for Britain’s Secret also informs Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations. water for many future royal events. Handel’s version will sound as the Orchestra passes Intelligence Service will find its headquarters The Nimrod variation, hallmarked by its noble famous Water Music, for instance, was probably the Royal Hospital Chelsea, site of the annual next to Vauxhall Bridge. The James Bond Theme dignity and nostalgia, is performed every first performed by the band that accompanied Chelsea Flower Show, and the exquisite is the Orchestra’s musical offering to Her November at the national Remembrance George I on a grand barge trip from Whitehall to Chelsea Physic Garden. Majesty’s Secret Service. The unmistakeable Sunday service at the Cenotaph. In 1902 Elgar Chelsea. The London Philharmonic Orchestra Gustav Holst’s The Planets includes one SIS Building, known to spies as Legoland, features was invited to set Arthur Benson’s Coronation continues the tradition on 3 June 2012 as of his finest inventions.Jupiter begins in prominently in the filmThe World Is Not Enough. Ode to celebrate Edward VII’s coronation. part of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. suitably jovial mood. The movement’s noble The Orchestra’s Thames journey passes The composer crowned the work with part Its musicians play works chosen for their central melody rescued its over-worked Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth II was of his Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, association with British history and London composer when he was invited to set ‘I vow crowned there on 2 June 1953 in a ceremony adapted to carry the words ‘Land of Hope landmarks. to thee, my country’. The adapted tune, accompanied by music old and new. William and Glory’. Timothy Walker, the Orchestra’s Chief published in Songs of Praise, has acquired Walton’s Orb and Sceptre was premièred Shakespeare worked by the Thames, at the Executive and Artistic Director, has created the status of a national hymn. at the coronation under the LPO’s chief Blackfriars Theatre to the north and the Globe an orchestral tribute fit for the Queen’s Workmen discovered Roman and Celtic conductor, Sir Adrian Boult. The Orchestra Theatre to the south. The playwright’s H e n r y V, Diamond Jubilee. ‘I looked at British ceremonial weapons while building Chelsea Bridge. plays another work of the 1950s, The Dam perhaps first performed at the Globe, helped music and works suitable for a summer’s The site was the scene of a fierce battle, Busters, as it glides past the Ministry of stiffen sinews of cinemagoers in 1944. afternoon,’ he recalls. ‘I realised that many perhaps between local tribes and Julius Defence and the Royal Air Force Memorial. Laurence Olivier’s epic film, introduced by compositions were connected with places Caesar’s army. ‘Greensleeves’ follows Eric Coates’s march commemorates the William Walton’s rousing Overture: The Globe along the Pageant’s route. There were times the chord progressions of the romanesca, heroic dam-busting mission undertaken Playhouse, contributed to the war effort. when I was stumped – Battersea Power a gentler Italian import. The Fantasia on by 617 Squadron. The movie was dedicated to the Commandos Station didn’t quite work for me! But I finally Greensleeves began life as part of Ralph London audiences caught the operetta and Airborne Troops of Great Britain – ‘the compiled a programme appropriate to the Vaughan Williams’s Shakespeare-inspired bug in the 1870s. Richard D’Oyly Carte spirit of whose ancestors it has been humbly Diamond Jubilee festivities.’ opera Sir John in Love. prolonged the condition after he established attempted to recapture’. The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Thomas Arne’s Rule, Britannia! was first the partnership between Gilbert and Sullivan Thames adventure begins at Albert Bridge, performed during an outdoor entertainment and created the Savoy Theatre to showcase © Andrew Stewart 2012 named for the consort of Queen Victoria. for Frederick, Prince of Wales. The piece, their work. The impresario launched HMS The UK Theme, a medley of tunes from revised for the stage in 1745, found favour Pinafore in May 1878 and presented its revival Britain’s home nations, was commissioned with London audiences concerned about at the Savoy Theatre a decade later. l

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The London Philharmonic Orchestra plays Elgar - £39.99 Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Enigma Variations, Sea Pictures; LPO-0002 Concertos for Violin and Cello Falstaff; The Sanguine Fan; Introduction and Allegro; Orchestral Miniatures and Marches Conducted by Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Landon Ronald, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Georg Solti, Sir Charles Mackerras, Vernon Handley (5-CD box set) ‘A five-CD box with enough recorded treasures to last a lifetime. Worth every penny.’ The Scotsman

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