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Charles III Coronation Music Guide

King Charles III and Queen Camilla [source: Wikipedia]
King Charles III and Queen Camilla [source: Wikipedia]

The Coronation of King Charles II on May 6th 2023 was an occasion dripping with magnificent music, both familiar and newly composed. In a lavish ceremony lasting over two hours the crack team of musicians provided all the pomp, gravitas and emotion that the ancient Coronation rite demands.

Here is the ultimate chronological guide to the music played on that day, complete with links to recordings of the newer works and the sheet music to those familiar classics, so you can play through the Coronation music yourself.


Bach - Magnificat anima mea
from Magnificat In D Major, BWV 243

Bach - Magnificat


Bach - Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen
from Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium) BWV 248

Bach - Christmas Oratorio


Bach - Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied, from New Year Cantata BWV 190

Bach - Singet dem Herrn



Bruckner - Ecce Sacerdos Magnus

Bruckner - Ecce Sacerdos Magnus



Bach - Alla Breve In D Major, BWV 589

Bach - Alla Breve



Judith Weir - Brighter visions shine afar




Holst - Jupiter From The Planets

Holst - Jupiter From The Planets



Karl Jenkins - Crossing the Stone/Tros y Garreg




Sarah Class - Sacred Fire




Walton - Crown Imperial




Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves

Greensleeves


Nigel Hess, Roderick Williams, Shirley Thompson - Be Though my vision; Triptych for Orchestra

Be Thou My Vision



Iain Farrigton - Voices of the World




Patrick Doyle - Coronation March




Henry Purcell - Trumpet Tune

Henry Purcell - Trumpet Tune



Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon

Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba



Handel - Oh, had I Jubal’s lyre from Joshua

Handel - Oh, had I Jubal’s lyre



Handel - Care selve from Atalanta

Handel - Care selve



Elgar - Nimrod

Elgar - Nimrod



William Harris - Flourish for an Occasion




Ralph Vaughan Williams - Prelude on ‘Rhosymedre’




Hubert Parry - I was Glad

Parry - I was Glad



Paul Mealor - Kyrie eleison




Byrd - Prevent Us, O Lord

Byrd - Prevent Us, O Lord



Byrd - Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Byrd - Gloria



Debbie Wiseman - Alleluia, Alleluia




Come, Holy Ghost (Hymn)

Come, Holy Ghost



Handel - Zadok the Priest

Handel - Zadok the Priest



Richard Strauss - Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare




Weelkes - O Lord, grant the king a long life

Weelkes - O Lord



Confortare - Henry Walford Davies




Lloyd Webber - Make a Joyful Noise




Purcell - Christ is Made the Sure Foundation (Hymn)

Christ is Made the Sure Foundation



Roxanna Panufnik - Sanctus




Tarik O’Regan - Agnus Dei




Orlando Gibbons - Amen

Gibbons - Amen



Praise My Soul (Hymn)

Praise My Soul



William Boyce - The King Shall Rejoice




William Walton - Coronation Te Deum




God Save the King

God Save the King



Elgar - March ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ No 4

Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance No 4



Parry - March from The Birds

Parry - The Birds



Parry - Chorale Fantasia on ‘The Old Hundredth’

Parry - The Old Hundredth



Byrd - Earl of Oxford’s March

Byrd - Earl of Oxford