@bdeparsia Both Her Majesty and her royal consort look inly pleased, a precious look while that of Princess Anne behind her is a wishful longing to sit on the throne, a When will get there look?
As a Brit, and an ex choirboy, living and working in America, I have to listen to this, from time to time, simply to re-connect with the part of me that is and always will be English.
Yes!!! St. Paul's Cathedral Choir is simply the best. I was a bit disappointed at the Westminster Abbey rendition of this majestic music at Prince William and Kate's wedding.
If King Charles III really becomes "Defender of Faiths" what will happen? Britain is mainly anglican, the crown in anglican, the church and the crown and the nation are glued together in one body! What, if that falls apart? End of it all?
No, I don't think it's Margaret Thatcher, but could be wrong if you definitively know that. It may look like her, but I don't see why she would be part of the ceremony, and not part of the guests, considering her health at the time, and that she hadn't been PM for some years. I agree with another here that it's a Lady in Waiting.
@alvinvaldeztamon I think that is the "Lady in waiting" Think of her as a personal aid to the Royals. She will be a member of the Palace Staff, there to provide assistance for The Royal Family...the Guy next to her is probably some sort of Butler.
@Durgesuth. I kindly beg to differ. I'm originally from Scotland, & our history is phenomenal!!! Still, we are both part of the GREATEST Kingdom in the world!!! Cheers... : )
If one compares the video of the coronation and this one, there is a significant absence of one thing. Ladies do not curtsey as she passes nor do the men bow their heads. I may have seen two or three older ladies curtsey at the Jubilee event.
Who was the organist? The finest musician of the occasion kept invisible! Or was the organist conducting musicians on the floor, and the sub-organist at the console? Whatever, he was still not included by the camera operators for even a glimpse. Naughty!
@jesusthroughmary Well, she used to for military events like Trooping the Colour, but she is probably considerably interested in her image and an old lady in uniform might not be all that popular vs a grandmotherly figure that she has adopted in recent times.
One of the most satisfying pieces of choral music ever written. I think I could literally live on this instead of bread and water for quite some time.
@amfortas1978 It's because he has just removed his hat, after arriving at the cathedral on horseback. So he is straightening his hair for the cameras!
Don'cha love those adorable collars like at 5:11. Like a cupcake paper with a head sticking out of it! And the music is incredible. I am using it in a brass and organ arrangement for a funeral recessional. Nothing better.
Nice to hear this with the brass and timpani. I love how, at 3:19, the camera cuts to the organ just so we can watch as it goes WHOMP. So much fun to sing—what a magnificent piece!
I am British but now live and work in America I never realized just how much I took all this for granted. Here, I try to appreciate things American but, the roots just don't go down as deep.
I sang this as a boy Soprano in Manchester Cathedral . If you don't like it , if it doesn't move you , then I feel sorry for you . You only need a soul to be complete
@tcook242008 Instead of insulting a great Introit sung at every Coronation in the 20th century, you could have pressed "stop". It's considered a choral masterpiece (although the boy's choir should have sung the "Vivat",) it is moving and stirs some people's souls. I take it you probably hate opera and orchestral music.
I'm sure it will be sung during HM's Jubilee. If you don't like the arrangement, perhaps you can have a choir composed of pop singers sing the hymn and Vivat.
@Kay346 no...it's not Maggie thatcher! Yeah i think it's the Duchess of Grafton too... although she looks really old here. She always turns up at these things - always at state opening of parliament etc. She's like the 'head' of all the ladies in waiting. I'm not an expert on these things by the way!! She's just quite well known in Bury-st-edmonds area - her home is Euston Hall - up the road from some relatives of mine (in MUCH smaller houses ha ha!)
I always loved attending Evensong at St Paul's whenever I was in London (which used to be quite often.) It's amazing to watch this video now and see where I always sat amidst this celebration for Britain's Sovereign Lady. God save the Queen!
That would be the verger or "virger," followed by the crucifer. The verger, with his or her wand, leads processions large and small throughout a service, even if it's just one person who's doing a reading, and makes sure everyone goes in the right direction and ends up in the right seat or location.
I was a professional bass in the Chapel Royal, St James´ and deputised at St Paul´s, which was hairy stuff. As you rightly say, "james56038", there´s no return and when you´re sometimes sightreading the truly modern stuff without a rehearsal, it´s every man for himself!!
Yes if you're agreeing with me Eurofrank1 the experience at St Paul's is challenging. I've deputised as well (from the Temple) and the effect is peculiar - no return at all, Dec and Can are miles apart, cohesiveness in the Quire is eerily absent but just down the Dome all is resolved. So you try and get used to it, but you never can. Strangely also, the more measured your intonation the better it becomes, which is normal, but more accentuated here. Any ideas why this is?
@warrenpaine In a school assembly once when I was about nine or something like that, they asked us if any of us could remember the name of the work by Elgar containing Land of Hope and Glory (can't remember why they were asking) and I stuck my hand up and said 'Pomp and Conspiracy', and for the life of me couldn't work out what all the raucous laughter from the teachers all the way round the hall was all about. I get the irony now XD
Why no bows/curtsies for the Queen as she passes by? Sign of the times when we no longer have sense of what is sacred. Hail England's last true Monarch.
No it's not, takes a while to get used to. Like singing in a cave with no return at all....in the choirstalls that is. How do you know it's "wonderful to sing in"???
The boys' voices are so pure. I don't want to underrate the sound of a mixed choir, but to hear this performed by an all-male choir has certainly changed my perception of this tune. The counter-tenors are also equally as moving.
Although I love this, I have yet to hear it as good as it was at the actual coronation. The initial "Vivats" were SHOUTED by boys from Westminster School. I only ever hear them being sung by the choir when this piece is performed today. It just doesn't sound the same. I recommend people search for the clip of the actual coronation. Like here the piece is performed as the Queen walks up the aisle.
His Royal Highness had just dismounted from riding the hot route to the cathedral on horseback with a heavy bearskin helmet "busby" pressing down on his brow.
He realizes, after a life devoted to serving his Mother, the Queen, and the British people, that ( at that moment ) every camera in the Cathedral would be aimed in his direction, and was attempting to look his best.
The text for this anthem is Psalm 122: verses 1-3 and 6 and 7.
These verses of Psalm 122 have been chanted or sung as the Sovereign processes up the aisle at the beginning of every Coronation since, at least, the Coronation of Richard II in the 13th Century as recorded in the Liber Regalis, perhaps longer.
The arrangement in this video dates from the Coronation of Edward VII in 1902. It has been sung at every Coronation since, and like Handel's anthems, seems now a permanent feature.
@cresta14: try and search for "marco frisina", a catholic priest and composer, his songs are just wonderful, and besides, @arkaney1: i am organist in germany and we have no restrictions in what we play in church, so there is no reason to be jealous of anglicans
Well, here's a guess. I was appointed assistant organist at my parish in Chicago in 1987 with big plans-only to be sternly instructed by the pastor to make sure than any music I played had to have been composed by a catholic! I quit on the spot.
I love this so much - can't stop playing it. Am trying to find the lyrics (not quite the right word for such majestic music but you know what I mean!) on line but not having much success. Can anyone help me?
Go to any Episcopal Cathedral and ask for the Choir Director, He should be able to get you the words and also if you like. Either that or you could simply look Psalm 54 in Scripture.
It's an extract from psalm 122: I was glad when they said unto me: we will go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city: that is at unity in itself. O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls: and plenteousness within thy palaces. Hope this is of some help. - Ophyclide
Can someone clue me in as to what are those medals around the choristers necks? Is there a website that I can find out about it? This is a total amazing video. I was slack-jawed at the end. Everything went full-tilt boogie with those b flats...phew such intensity.
When you look at the choir from the point of view of the congregation it is up one story and to the right. It is difficult to see unless you are where the choir is.
Words fail me! How can any musical production better this? I listen and watch it daily and it transports me into realms of absolute rapture. Pedants should forget the vivat/veevat debate. Just enjoy the moment and embrace the glory and joy of the occasion and of this magnificent masterpiece.
My 7-year-old son just sang this yesterday, though not quite like this! I will show him this video to see how it is meant to be performed. Reminds me of Handel's Zadok the Priest, which was also a coronation piece, I believe.
What a great sing, in one of the great Cathedrals of the world. John Scott's choir was in top form! I just wish English choirs would learn how to pronounce Latin correctly. "I" is not pronounced "eye" by "ee" such as in the word "vivat."
In point of fact this is not how it is generally sung. In classical Latin it would be pronounced 'weewat'. However, as you can imagine, this is not particularly pleasant to listen to. Hence, when sung, Latin is usually pronounced as Italian because of better consonants and vowel sounds.
Cathedrals are so beautiful. This cathedral is beautiful also. I cant wait to see the notre dom. :] I would eel so blessed to sing in a cathedral, i dont feel worthy enough of it though. It's so beautiful. This is very touching. :]
A thousand quickly passing mortal faces fill the serried ranks, but they march to the ancient tunes, in the ancient ways, and so in them live a thousand generations; even that which is lost is preserved in such things.
The monarchy links the English to their deep past in a way which their democracy never will. Long live the Queen, and Long Live the Crown!
"Although this is a Christian anthem, the biblical part is in English. The Latin part is secular. "
Vivat Regina or Long live the Queen is based, as is much of the coronation, on biblical texts, in this case 2 Chronicles 23:11 'hen they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said, "Long live the king!"', as is the idea of a fanfare precedint the acclamation.
Music like this is so beautiful...i don't know how any other genre can compare to classical/orchestal/choral music of this caliber...within 10 seconds of a song you are immersed in thoughts of life, the world, and God
It's called a dipthong in choral singing and in English pronunciation...It means "bent/bended tongue," and it's necessary to connect the long "I" vowel of "Vie" to the short "I" vowel of "Vit..."
Your tongue literally has to "bend" to accomodate the upper dental arch as juxtaposed against the lower lip, to form the "V".
Otherwise, you get "Vi--EEEE---Vit," and you can't tune the middle syllable "EEEE"
Actually, over the centuries the Brits developed their own pronunciation of Latin, quite different to that of the Italianate pronunciation used in the Catholic Church, or the reconstructed "classical" used in universities.
It is most evident in the law - where "sine die" is not "see-nay dee-eh" but "sigh-knee die" where "die" rhymes with "lie".
I was told once that King George I - who knew no English, being German himself - decided to preside over cabinet meetings in Latin, but found he could not understand the ministers' weird English pronunciation, so he had the PM preside and deliver him a written report - an important development constitutionally. I don't know whether this is fact or just a good story, though!
This may be something to do with Schoolboy Latin versus Church Latin.
In Church Latin, it would be VEE-vaat
In Schoolboy Latin, it would be WHY-wat
Traditionally in England, sacred songs (i.e. biblical and liturgical Latin) have been sung with the ecclesiastical pronunciation, whereas secular stuff (e.g. school songs, mottos, debates, speeches, etc.) used the Schoolboy pronunciation.
Although this is a Christian anthem, the biblical part is in English. The Latin part is secular.
of all our recent british composers i do think Sir Hubert Parry gets it absolutely right.
apparently he was a very kind man. it shows.
his music both understands and transcends the human condition. his entire production is of such nobilty and dignity, yet humility as in the beautifull 'dear lord and father of mankind'.
personally, i prefer 'i was glad' with just the organ.
the trumpets and drums seem to overly magnify it too much.
Just think of all the other nations that came out of England. God Bless the Queen!
davlber221 1 day ago
Nice, but too loud...
witste 1 week ago
Can't wait til the Diamond Jubilee!!!!
hortulanus94 3 weeks ago 2
@Durgesuth quite a lot of history of exploitation and imposition.
roi5674 1 month ago
I love the Queen's face while their sing the vivat section. One has to wonder what is going through her mind!
bdeparsia 2 months ago
@bdeparsia Both Her Majesty and her royal consort look inly pleased, a precious look while that of Princess Anne behind her is a wishful longing to sit on the throne, a When will get there look?
rags015 2 months ago
People sure love to beleave what they see. Love the choir music, realy speaks to me.
deathcard2 2 months ago
As a Brit, and an ex choirboy, living and working in America, I have to listen to this, from time to time, simply to re-connect with the part of me that is and always will be English.
awakeamericanow 4 months ago 6
This has to be the best recording of the piece I've ever heard. Shame it wasn't this great at Kate and William's wedding.
Gotta love the Tenor at 0:20 XD
Smoldymort 5 months ago 4
@Smoldymort
I just CAN NOT get enough of the sound of the Tenor at 0:20, it´s just, I dont know, awesome..
LinkwitzRiley 4 months ago 3
@Smoldymort
Yes!!! St. Paul's Cathedral Choir is simply the best. I was a bit disappointed at the Westminster Abbey rendition of this majestic music at Prince William and Kate's wedding.
rsoriani 3 months ago
i work here!!!! :)
xaranas 5 months ago
vivat regina elizabetha!!!
TheAnglopride 6 months ago 3
1. Masonic Incantation: Psalm 122
1.I was glad when they said unto me : We will go into the house of the Lord.
2.Our feet shall stand in thy gates : O Jerusalem.
3.Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at unity in itself.
6.O pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper that love thee.
7.Peace be within thy walls : and plenteousness within thy palaces.
bulgeland4 6 months ago
If King Charles III really becomes "Defender of Faiths" what will happen? Britain is mainly anglican, the crown in anglican, the church and the crown and the nation are glued together in one body! What, if that falls apart? End of it all?
Rotebuehl1 6 months ago
@Rotebuehl1
AFAIK the regal name will be "George VII." He can choose from his 4 names Charles Philip Arthur George.
rivenoak 3 months ago
Its Baroness Thatcher, former Prime Minister.
TheCoastguard01 7 months ago
@TheCoastguard01
No, I don't think it's Margaret Thatcher, but could be wrong if you definitively know that. It may look like her, but I don't see why she would be part of the ceremony, and not part of the guests, considering her health at the time, and that she hadn't been PM for some years. I agree with another here that it's a Lady in Waiting.
sforbb1 5 months ago
STILL TH E FIRST AND LAST GREATEST OOMPH!!
WHICH rightly BLESSES OUR U.K. QUEEN.
DEO GRATIAS
byronds777 7 months ago
love the crescendo
joshmarler470 8 months ago
May I know, who is the lady at Prince Charles's back- the one wearing white silk, i think?
alvinvaldeztamon 8 months ago
@alvinvaldeztamon i was wondering the same thing.
SECCCC07 8 months ago
@alvinvaldeztamon I think that is the "Lady in waiting" Think of her as a personal aid to the Royals. She will be a member of the Palace Staff, there to provide assistance for The Royal Family...the Guy next to her is probably some sort of Butler.
pulvaris 8 months ago
The music of Parry is an inspiration for all ages. I remember when Emerson, Lake and Palmer performed their version of Parry's Jerusalem.
pookerville 9 months ago
One powerful majestic piece of music.
finchany18 9 months ago
Long live Queen Elizabeth II!
phen2206 9 months ago
@Durgesuth. I kindly beg to differ. I'm originally from Scotland, & our history is phenomenal!!! Still, we are both part of the GREATEST Kingdom in the world!!! Cheers... : )
yellowrose2612 9 months ago 8
@yellowrose2612
We must always remember that we are ONE kingdom, made up of 4 united nations under the Crown.
EuroHulk 7 months ago
If one compares the video of the coronation and this one, there is a significant absence of one thing. Ladies do not curtsey as she passes nor do the men bow their heads. I may have seen two or three older ladies curtsey at the Jubilee event.
JustJim70118 9 months ago
@JustJim70118 Odd. You would think everybody in the church would know better. They were all there by invitation and must know protocol.
jesusthroughmary 9 months ago
Who was the organist? The finest musician of the occasion kept invisible! Or was the organist conducting musicians on the floor, and the sub-organist at the console? Whatever, he was still not included by the camera operators for even a glimpse. Naughty!
peteacher52 9 months ago 2
Why does everyone else (including The Princess Royal) wear military uniforms, but Her Majesty doesn't?
jesusthroughmary 9 months ago
@jesusthroughmary Well, she used to for military events like Trooping the Colour, but she is probably considerably interested in her image and an old lady in uniform might not be all that popular vs a grandmotherly figure that she has adopted in recent times.
brianjca 9 months ago
This is the best version I have heard so far!
thepianomaster1000 9 months ago
One of the most satisfying pieces of choral music ever written. I think I could literally live on this instead of bread and water for quite some time.
Deedee5858 9 months ago 3
you see william and harry at 4:00
CarolineLovesHugs18 9 months ago 3
really great music.
(but why the Prince of Wales kept rubbing his face? not a very nice scene)
amfortas1978 9 months ago
@amfortas1978 It's because he has just removed his hat, after arriving at the cathedral on horseback. So he is straightening his hair for the cameras!
NickGreenwood100 9 months ago
vivat regina elisabeta
TheHaruhiTV 9 months ago
England is still the worlds greatest country...just the sheer amount of history is staggering
Durgesuth 10 months ago 30
@Durgesuth Not necessarily a very proud history though, is it? I shouldn't like to think so.
cuthsman 2 months ago
We might not be the richest or the most powerful nation on earth anymore but no-one could tell me we don't have the finest Head of State.
taxiride1 10 months ago 4
Can I join your choir?? :)
asmithtenor 10 months ago
unbelievable video
guyej 10 months ago
oh smashing! Angelic choir.
May the sprit of Diana be with WIlliam and Kate on their wedding day
garycalgary 10 months ago 3
Looking for music from the royal wedding? It's on the playlist at the RoyalWeddingMusic channel. Isn't this such a glorious piece?
RoyalWeddingMusic 10 months ago 5
this is the song that Kate middleton will walk down the aisle too tomorrow!!!
phineas117 10 months ago 2
what's a jubilee? i always thought it was a hard drinking session... life phail xD
PantherFiction 10 months ago
Don'cha love those adorable collars like at 5:11. Like a cupcake paper with a head sticking out of it! And the music is incredible. I am using it in a brass and organ arrangement for a funeral recessional. Nothing better.
virginiaorganbuilder 10 months ago
Nice to hear this with the brass and timpani. I love how, at 3:19, the camera cuts to the organ just so we can watch as it goes WHOMP. So much fun to sing—what a magnificent piece!
TheRealmsOfGold 11 months ago 2
Oh this is GLORIOUS. Thank heaven Parry chose to finish in Bb major. Those final choir passages would just not be right in other key!
longeaton34 11 months ago
I am British but now live and work in America I never realized just how much I took all this for granted. Here, I try to appreciate things American but, the roots just don't go down as deep.
awakeamericanow 1 year ago 7
Well that was just amazing, I can't really say much more!
sailingforde04 1 year ago
Couldn't Princess Ann's trousers be replaced by a skirt??
priest008 1 year ago 2
@priest008 She was riding a horse two minutes before this, it wouldn't have been all that practical lol
TJJ5621 11 months ago
@priest008 Ceremonial dress - it can't and shouldn't be changed!
mattietuck 10 months ago 2
cool
JBber4everz 1 year ago
The tenor part is absolutely gorgeous.
brixduh 1 year ago 3
Vivat, Regina!
Vivat Regina Elizabetha!
Vivat! Vivat! Vivat!
pzcosta 1 year ago 27
Based on Psalm 122, a beautiful piece of Scripture. Read it and you will be blessed.
meenglish89 1 year ago 6
I LOVE this.
mtm197077 1 year ago 4
I sang this as a boy Soprano in Manchester Cathedral . If you don't like it , if it doesn't move you , then I feel sorry for you . You only need a soul to be complete
mrhearse777 1 year ago 8
Lord have mercy, you mean to tell me people really like this kind of music? Lord, my head hurts now.
tcook242008 1 year ago
@tcook242008 Instead of insulting a great Introit sung at every Coronation in the 20th century, you could have pressed "stop". It's considered a choral masterpiece (although the boy's choir should have sung the "Vivat",) it is moving and stirs some people's souls. I take it you probably hate opera and orchestral music.
I'm sure it will be sung during HM's Jubilee. If you don't like the arrangement, perhaps you can have a choir composed of pop singers sing the hymn and Vivat.
JustJim70118 11 months ago
@Kay346 no...it's not Maggie thatcher! Yeah i think it's the Duchess of Grafton too... although she looks really old here. She always turns up at these things - always at state opening of parliament etc. She's like the 'head' of all the ladies in waiting. I'm not an expert on these things by the way!! She's just quite well known in Bury-st-edmonds area - her home is Euston Hall - up the road from some relatives of mine (in MUCH smaller houses ha ha!)
brightonjonny81 1 year ago
Britain's last (and first) acceptable monarch. A very beautiful, very expensive, and thoroughly pointless thing.
dublincool86 1 year ago
@dublincool86 The opinion contained in your first sentence is interesting. It would be good to know your reasoning......!!??
pjdonagh 1 year ago
nothing like it
bonzo874 1 year ago
So true Warren!!
TheAWGemini 1 year ago
Oh to be John Scott. :-)
pianoandpipes 1 year ago 4
Parry's masterpiece, wonderfully done.
ArxVirtus 1 year ago 2
candid camera for Prince Charles at 0:19
ijewa 1 year ago
Ohh how I love being an Anglican!
ngarahard2010 1 year ago 5
At 2:00 who is the lady behind the Prince?. She's in the white dress, with black and white stripped hat
frater09 1 year ago
@frater09 Its Baroness Thatcher our past Prime Minister
Kay346 1 year ago
@frater09 She is the wife of the Lord Chamberlain
rguthi29 1 year ago
@frater09 It's not Lady Thatcher, nor is it the wife of the Lord Chamberlain. It's the Duchess of Grafton, who is The Queen's Mistress of the Robes.
thursbr 1 year ago
I always loved attending Evensong at St Paul's whenever I was in London (which used to be quite often.) It's amazing to watch this video now and see where I always sat amidst this celebration for Britain's Sovereign Lady. God save the Queen!
StMattofDurham 1 year ago 4
i once sang in this place, the echo is quite EPIC
youngergermanpope 2 years ago
The Queen looks so humble and yet so stately. Very inspiring.
God Save the Queen!
Long Live the Queen!
arathornion 2 years ago 6
Just look at that procession!!
irkibby 2 years ago 3
Check out the singer in the red jacket at 5:07 and how he rolls his eyes.
frater09 2 years ago 2
@frater09 Oh! send in the clowns.
Newsengineer 8 months ago
Britain has got to do something about streamlining and modernizing the dress uniform. They look awfully hot and heavy.
soulierinvestments 2 years ago
Thank you for posting this video. It is beautiful. Special Cathedral too
mollynolan1 2 years ago 9
The man who was at the very front of the procession, what would his title be and what is his job in the service?
octavebasse8 2 years ago
That would be the verger or "virger," followed by the crucifer. The verger, with his or her wand, leads processions large and small throughout a service, even if it's just one person who's doing a reading, and makes sure everyone goes in the right direction and ends up in the right seat or location.
Plinthfoot 2 years ago
@octavebasse8
A verger
robinsoncobb 2 years ago
Super Brass musicians "
noelcavo 2 years ago
a bishop and a queen ... real-life chess !
3NUNS 2 years ago 6
Do you think anyone had to pay the obscenely high visitors' fee to get in?
Philacav 2 years ago
The Queen doesnt carry money, so no. But eleven quid.... bloody hell!!!!
irkibby 2 years ago
I was a professional bass in the Chapel Royal, St James´ and deputised at St Paul´s, which was hairy stuff. As you rightly say, "james56038", there´s no return and when you´re sometimes sightreading the truly modern stuff without a rehearsal, it´s every man for himself!!
Eurofrank1 2 years ago
Yes if you're agreeing with me Eurofrank1 the experience at St Paul's is challenging. I've deputised as well (from the Temple) and the effect is peculiar - no return at all, Dec and Can are miles apart, cohesiveness in the Quire is eerily absent but just down the Dome all is resolved. So you try and get used to it, but you never can. Strangely also, the more measured your intonation the better it becomes, which is normal, but more accentuated here. Any ideas why this is?
ds1868 2 years ago
What a glorious and wonderful tradition! Can't wait to see you in 2010!
Ourumov20 2 years ago 4
Nobody does pomp and circumstance like the English.
warrenpaine 2 years ago 168
Sorry thought she was the Queen of the United Kingdom not just England
Dominicw92 2 years ago 10
God bless England!
MegaLol54 2 years ago 12
@warrenpaine
This ? No. ;)
Wait for the real occasion it was written for: approx. 3 hours of splendor awaits and nothing beats a coronation in merry old england. :-)
Sadly, without QE2 then....
rivenoak 1 year ago
@warrenpaine So true. Love it.
mktejeda 10 months ago
@warrenpaine
as does Prince Charles with his arranging his sideburns and hair at the beginning of the video...
EutuveX 8 months ago
@warrenpaine In a school assembly once when I was about nine or something like that, they asked us if any of us could remember the name of the work by Elgar containing Land of Hope and Glory (can't remember why they were asking) and I stuck my hand up and said 'Pomp and Conspiracy', and for the life of me couldn't work out what all the raucous laughter from the teachers all the way round the hall was all about. I get the irony now XD
wahaya2 4 months ago
England is strong because she is filled with tradition.
Ascaidh 2 years ago 10
Why no bows/curtsies for the Queen as she passes by? Sign of the times when we no longer have sense of what is sacred. Hail England's last true Monarch.
gray70 2 years ago 7
i agree.. :D
Admiral317 2 years ago 3
How moving to see Her Majesty process to the same anthem as she did for her coronation, long live the Queen!!
Rattywotin 2 years ago 102
I love this anthem!
and st pauls cathedral is wonderful to sing in!
alisonhicks1 2 years ago 10
No it's not, takes a while to get used to. Like singing in a cave with no return at all....in the choirstalls that is. How do you know it's "wonderful to sing in"???
ds1868 2 years ago
It is wonderful to sing in. I know, I've sung in it.
james56038 2 years ago 4
St Pauls...A beautiful Cathedral indeed.
Naim14082 2 years ago 5
even with its masonic check flooring
pianohbc 2 years ago
holy cow!
The boys' voices are so pure. I don't want to underrate the sound of a mixed choir, but to hear this performed by an all-male choir has certainly changed my perception of this tune. The counter-tenors are also equally as moving.
Beautiful overall!
bigcal21 2 years ago 11
Although I love this, I have yet to hear it as good as it was at the actual coronation. The initial "Vivats" were SHOUTED by boys from Westminster School. I only ever hear them being sung by the choir when this piece is performed today. It just doesn't sound the same. I recommend people search for the clip of the actual coronation. Like here the piece is performed as the Queen walks up the aisle.
candpman 2 years ago
what does "Vivat" mean? i assume it means "long live" or something to that effect...not sure tho.
kensingtonpalace 2 years ago
"long live" is pretty standard anglicization, I believe... literally it's "May he/she live"
vidiegoquam 2 years ago 3
I have been in St Paul's Cahedral!
Is so beautiful :)
Thanks for this vid!
Folklorica 2 years ago 2
ROFL. Charles fixing his hair the moment the camera hits him. Pompous git. XD
Aniretak205 2 years ago
Very small and mean spirited comment.
His Royal Highness had just dismounted from riding the hot route to the cathedral on horseback with a heavy bearskin helmet "busby" pressing down on his brow.
He realizes, after a life devoted to serving his Mother, the Queen, and the British people, that ( at that moment ) every camera in the Cathedral would be aimed in his direction, and was attempting to look his best.
Not a pompous "git" at all.
A dignified and human man.
anglicansag 2 years ago 13
Not a 'Busby', just a bearskin. A 'Busby' is a different shaped hat as worn by The Royal Horse Artillery and Hussar Regiments.
hawkmoon03111951 2 years ago
What are the lyrics to the coronation anthem?
likojib 2 years ago
The text for this anthem is Psalm 122: verses 1-3 and 6 and 7.
These verses of Psalm 122 have been chanted or sung as the Sovereign processes up the aisle at the beginning of every Coronation since, at least, the Coronation of Richard II in the 13th Century as recorded in the Liber Regalis, perhaps longer.
The arrangement in this video dates from the Coronation of Edward VII in 1902. It has been sung at every Coronation since, and like Handel's anthems, seems now a permanent feature.
anglicansag 2 years ago
This piece kicks ass all over the place. It is so beautiful
frater09 2 years ago 2
@cresta14: try and search for "marco frisina", a catholic priest and composer, his songs are just wonderful, and besides, @arkaney1: i am organist in germany and we have no restrictions in what we play in church, so there is no reason to be jealous of anglicans
gflash1983 2 years ago
Wonderfull, I love the queen Elizabeth 2
pertencoacristo 2 years ago 3
I just wonder how we Catholics dont have this kind of music quality...instead amateur guitarist...
congratulations!!!
cresta14 2 years ago 6
Well, here's a guess. I was appointed assistant organist at my parish in Chicago in 1987 with big plans-only to be sternly instructed by the pastor to make sure than any music I played had to have been composed by a catholic! I quit on the spot.
arkaney1 2 years ago 3
I love this so much - can't stop playing it. Am trying to find the lyrics (not quite the right word for such majestic music but you know what I mean!) on line but not having much success. Can anyone help me?
Landrovergirl100 2 years ago 3
Go to any Episcopal Cathedral and ask for the Choir Director, He should be able to get you the words and also if you like. Either that or you could simply look Psalm 54 in Scripture.
dcgess 2 years ago
It is taken from Psalms 121...or 122 depending on your version.
Gutsy9 2 years ago
Thanks. I've always wondered about that as well. Is it word for word?
JBenjamin82 2 years ago
OPHYCLIDE 2 years ago 4
Utterly, utterly beautiful. Thank you for posting and sharing it with us.
Landrovergirl100 2 years ago
LOVE THE VIVATS !!!!!!!!!!!
Only heard at the Coronation and Jubilees !!!!!!
anglicansag 2 years ago
Stunning pageantry, glorious sound and a marvel of evocative textures. An exceptional tour on a rather regal occasion.
FromHolbergsTime 2 years ago 4
Can someone clue me in as to what are those medals around the choristers necks? Is there a website that I can find out about it? This is a total amazing video. I was slack-jawed at the end. Everything went full-tilt boogie with those b flats...phew such intensity.
frater09 2 years ago 3
Search for Royal School of Church music badges. I hope this helps you.
oldgattonian2 2 years ago
The medals are senior and head chorister medals.
After sometime in cathedral choirs you become a senior and to show that you are a senior you have a medal.
The Head Chorister medal is for the head chorister (a tape of head boy)
I hope this helps
robllanfair 2 years ago
I wonder what the Queen thinks of all this.
EvilManProductions 2 years ago 2
Sir Hubert Parry /1848-1918/. This setting was writting in 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.
kosatev 2 years ago
I especially love the moment at 1:04 when the processional cross is lifted up. Reminds us that the queen is also the defender of the faith.
bobareebop 2 years ago 5
OMG! this song makes my cry every tim! truely beautiful!
trezr40 2 years ago 3
another we are singing XD always makes me grin like a loon (: TOP Bb
xxAbixx1809 2 years ago
Is Prince Philip walking alongside the Queen? I thought he always walks two paces behind her? Thanks for a glorious video.
galakatz 2 years ago
3:52 > The Princess Royal attended this service in a full-scale MILITARY uniform?
soulierinvestments 2 years ago
Where is the console of the organ?
bastiorgel 2 years ago
When you look at the choir from the point of view of the congregation it is up one story and to the right. It is difficult to see unless you are where the choir is.
radketim 2 years ago
im assuming theres a camera link, that shows the conductor?
youngergermanpope 2 years ago
Words fail me! How can any musical production better this? I listen and watch it daily and it transports me into realms of absolute rapture. Pedants should forget the vivat/veevat debate. Just enjoy the moment and embrace the glory and joy of the occasion and of this magnificent masterpiece.
487888 2 years ago 14
I think I love you....................
anglicansag 2 years ago 2
My 7-year-old son just sang this yesterday, though not quite like this! I will show him this video to see how it is meant to be performed. Reminds me of Handel's Zadok the Priest, which was also a coronation piece, I believe.
EvilManProductions 2 years ago
What a great sing, in one of the great Cathedrals of the world. John Scott's choir was in top form! I just wish English choirs would learn how to pronounce Latin correctly. "I" is not pronounced "eye" by "ee" such as in the word "vivat."
sierracanon 2 years ago
In point of fact this is not how it is generally sung. In classical Latin it would be pronounced 'weewat'. However, as you can imagine, this is not particularly pleasant to listen to. Hence, when sung, Latin is usually pronounced as Italian because of better consonants and vowel sounds.
morris9409 2 years ago 5
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Bachaelder 2 years ago
What a pleasure to have seen/heard this video. Many thanks!
1Brian11 2 years ago 4
I ball every time i go to a cathedral concert.
Cathedrals are so beautiful. This cathedral is beautiful also. I cant wait to see the notre dom. :] I would eel so blessed to sing in a cathedral, i dont feel worthy enough of it though. It's so beautiful. This is very touching. :]
Thankyou for sharing this experience with me. :]
xdelixcroutonx 3 years ago
I love stuff like this.
A thousand quickly passing mortal faces fill the serried ranks, but they march to the ancient tunes, in the ancient ways, and so in them live a thousand generations; even that which is lost is preserved in such things.
The monarchy links the English to their deep past in a way which their democracy never will. Long live the Queen, and Long Live the Crown!
NihilNominis 3 years ago 9
"Although this is a Christian anthem, the biblical part is in English. The Latin part is secular. "
Vivat Regina or Long live the Queen is based, as is much of the coronation, on biblical texts, in this case 2 Chronicles 23:11 'hen they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said, "Long live the king!"', as is the idea of a fanfare precedint the acclamation.
raffles78 3 years ago
Let us all pray for the peace of Jeruselum.
pipeup1 3 years ago 6
Music like this is so beautiful...i don't know how any other genre can compare to classical/orchestal/choral music of this caliber...within 10 seconds of a song you are immersed in thoughts of life, the world, and God
thexfactor56 3 years ago 17
Someday someone must explain to me why the Brits pronounce the word "vivat" as "Veye-Vatt."
Not that we in the US sing that section at all. Still.
matthearn 3 years ago
It's called a dipthong in choral singing and in English pronunciation...It means "bent/bended tongue," and it's necessary to connect the long "I" vowel of "Vie" to the short "I" vowel of "Vit..."
Your tongue literally has to "bend" to accomodate the upper dental arch as juxtaposed against the lower lip, to form the "V".
Otherwise, you get "Vi--EEEE---Vit," and you can't tune the middle syllable "EEEE"
Martin
mogemoets 3 years ago 4
Actually, over the centuries the Brits developed their own pronunciation of Latin, quite different to that of the Italianate pronunciation used in the Catholic Church, or the reconstructed "classical" used in universities.
It is most evident in the law - where "sine die" is not "see-nay dee-eh" but "sigh-knee die" where "die" rhymes with "lie".
wally5555 3 years ago 2
I was told once that King George I - who knew no English, being German himself - decided to preside over cabinet meetings in Latin, but found he could not understand the ministers' weird English pronunciation, so he had the PM preside and deliver him a written report - an important development constitutionally. I don't know whether this is fact or just a good story, though!
wally5555 3 years ago
This may be something to do with Schoolboy Latin versus Church Latin.
In Church Latin, it would be VEE-vaat
In Schoolboy Latin, it would be WHY-wat
Traditionally in England, sacred songs (i.e. biblical and liturgical Latin) have been sung with the ecclesiastical pronunciation, whereas secular stuff (e.g. school songs, mottos, debates, speeches, etc.) used the Schoolboy pronunciation.
Although this is a Christian anthem, the biblical part is in English. The Latin part is secular.
grumblywumpus 3 years ago
Its quite amazing. Thanks for this magnificent piece of music.
KR2C 3 years ago 5
Wonderful. Magnificent and majestic, perfect for Her Majesty
KR2C 3 years ago 4
Magnificent Coronation Anthem written for the ultimately postponed Coronation of His Majesty Edward VII in 1902, and sung at every Coronation since.
LOVE THE VIVATS !!!!!!!
anglicansag 3 years ago 4
some thoughtful and profound comments here.
of all our recent british composers i do think Sir Hubert Parry gets it absolutely right.
apparently he was a very kind man. it shows.
his music both understands and transcends the human condition. his entire production is of such nobilty and dignity, yet humility as in the beautifull 'dear lord and father of mankind'.
personally, i prefer 'i was glad' with just the organ.
the trumpets and drums seem to overly magnify it too much.
2ndbaronet 3 years ago 4