Diana's Funeral Music
BCronin556
Does anyone have a list of the hymns played at Princess Diana's Funeral?
I am particularly interested in the piece that was played as the casket was
being carried from the Abbey immediately before the moment of silence. I
thought it was tremendously beautiful.
Thank you very much in advance. (Please e-mail directly if this subject
matter is very inappropriate for this group)
Brendan Cronin
Paul Kintzele
BCronin556 (bcron...@aol.com) wrote:
: Does anyone have a list of the hymns played at Princess Diana's Funeral?
: I am particularly interested in the piece that was played as the casket was
: being carried from the Abbey immediately before the moment of silence. I
: thought it was tremendously beautiful.
That was John Tavener's beautiful "Song for Athene" (1993). Tavener
created the text for the piece by combining phrases from the Orthodox
liturgy and Shakespeare's _Hamlet_. According to the liner notes for a
disc that contains this piece and other choral works by Tavener (entitled
"Innocence"), he composed the piece for a young friend named Athene who
died in a cycling accident. Its use this morning was, I agree, very
moving.
Paul
Matt Friedman
BCronin556 wrote:
> Does anyone have a list of the hymns played at Princess Diana's Funeral?
> I am particularly interested in the piece that was played as the casket was
> being carried from the Abbey immediately before the moment of silence. I
> thought it was tremendously beautiful.
Me too.
I'm particularly interested in the hymn that immediately followed "God Save the
Queen," and the one that accompanied the exit of the Princess' coffin from the
Abbey.
Thanks.
MF
Haig Utidjian
Mr Brendan Cronin (bcron...@aol.com) asked:
>Does anyone have a list of the hymns played at Princess Diana's Funeral?
This morning's Sunday Times includes the Order of Service (which
Buckingham Palace requested the Press to publish as widely as possible).
The piece you mention was by John Tavener. I think nobody will
disagree that Dr Neary and the Choir of Westminster Abbey performed it
quite exquisitely. But I enclose the details of all the music,
including full texts of the hymns and related background information as it
appears in the Order of Service, below. In addition, I am sending you
by email the complete Order of Service (which also appears at
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/Sunday-Times/frontpage.html?1051587
although one needs to have registered to have access to the Times or
the Sunday Times) -- it is the least I can do.
>Thank you very much in advance. (Please e-mail directly if this subject
>matter is very inappropriate for this group)
It is not inappropriate in the slightest, good sir.
(I have used horizontal lines to mark excisions from the Order of
Service, where I have excluded the prayers and other extramusical information.)
With my very kind regards and best wishes,
Haig Utidjian
Funeral of Diana Princess of Wales
- Saturday 6 September 1997
11.00am
DURING the Procession of the Cortege from
Kensington Palace, the Tenor Bell is tolled every
minute.
The service is sung by the Choir of Westminster
Abbey, conducted by Martin Neary, Organist and
Master of the Choristers.
The organ is played by Martin Baker, Sub-Organist
of Westminster Abbey.
Music before the service, played by Stephen Le
Prevost, Assistant Organist, Westminster Abbey:
Second Movement (Grave) Organ Sonata, No.2
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47)
Prelude on the hymn tune Eventide Hubert Parry
(1848-1918)
Adagio in E Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Prelude on the hymn tune Rhosymedre Ralph
Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Choral Prelude: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ,
BWV639
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Elegy
George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987)
The Vaughan Williams, which is based on
Rhosymedre, a Welsh hymn tune, was selected by
Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Diana's sister.
Rhosymedre, near Wrexham, was the home of
Lance-Corporal Wayne Edwards, the first British
soldier to be killed in Bosnia, a war that deeply
upset the princess.
Martin Baker plays: Fantasia in C minor BWV537
Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio in G minor
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1751)
Slow movement, from the Ninth Symphony (From
the New World)
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Canon
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Nimrod, Variation 9 arranged from Variations on an
original theme (Enigma) Op.36
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Prelude William Harris (1883-1973)
Dvorak was also chosen by Lady Sarah to honour
her sister's love of the United States, where she
had considered living and had many friends. The
family's wish for simplicity ensured there were no
fanfares or orchestrated pieces in the service,
contrasting with the grandeur of Diana's wedding
in 1981.
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All sing the National Anthem.
God Save our Gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,,
God save the Queen.,
Send her victorious,,
Happy and Glorious,,
Long to reign over us:,
God Save the Queen.
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We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain
we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord
hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
(1 Timothy 6: 7; Job 1: 21) William Croft
(1678-1727) Organist of Westminster Abbey
(17-8-27)
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not
thy merciful ears unto our prayer; but spare us, Lord
most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and most
merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal,
suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death,
to fall from thee. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer)
Henry Purcell (1659-95) Organist of Westminster
Abbey 1679-95.
I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write,
From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord: even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their
labours. Revelation 14: 13. William Croft.
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All remain standing to sing:
THE HYMN
I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,
entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love:
the love that asks no question, the love that stands the
test,
that lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;
the love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
the love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.
And there's another country, I've heard of long ago,
most dear to them that love her, most great to them
that know;
we may not count her armies, we may not see her king;
her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;
and soul by soul and silently her shining bounds
increase,
and her ways are ways of gentleness and all her paths
are peace.
Cecil Spring-Rice (1859-1918) Thaxted. Gustav
Holst (1874-1934).
All sit.
The Holst music, by an English composer best
known for his suite The Planets, was requested by
the princess for her wedding at St Paul's
Cathedral.
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The BBC Singers, together with Lynne Dawson,
soprano, sing:
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna, in dieilla
tremenda quando coeli movendi sunt, et terra: dum
veneris judicare saeculum per ignem.
Tremens factus sum ego et timeo, dum discussio
venerit, atque ventura ira. Dies illa, dies irae,
calamitatis et miseriae, dies magna et amara valde.
Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine, et lux perpetua
luceat eis.
(Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death in that dread
day when the heavens and the earth shall be shaken,
and you will come to judge the world by fire. I
tremble in awe of the judgment and the coming wrath.
Day of wrath, day of calamity and woe, great and
exceeding bitter day. Rest eternal grant unto them, O
Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.)
Guiseppe Verdi (1813-1901) from The Requiem.
This is the concluding text from the requiem mass
which, with its powerful message of struggle and
reconciliation written by the agnostic Italian
composer, was a personal favourite of Diana's.
During her life she privately attended several
performances of this mass, along with requiems by
Fauré and Mozart.
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All stand to sing:
THE HYMN
The King of love my Shepherd is,
whose goodness faileth never;,
I nothing lack if I am his,
and he is mine for ever.,
Where streams of living water flow,
my ransomed soul he leadeth,,
and where the verdant pastures grow,
with food celestial feedeth.,
Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
, but yet in love he sought me,,
and on his shoulder gently laid,,
and home rejoicing brought me.,
In death's dark vale I fear no ill,
with thee, dear Lord, beside me;,
thy rod and staff my comfort still,,
thy cross before to guide me.,
Thou spread'st a table in my sight;,
thy unction grace bestoweth:,
and O what transport of delight,
from thy pure chalice floweth!,
And so through all the length of days,
thy goodness faileth never:,
good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise,
within thy house for ever.,
Dominus regit me.,
J B Dykes (1823-76) H W Baker (1821-77)
Psalm 23.
This gentle hymn was described by Erik Routley,
in his 1968 book The Musical Wesley's, as the
epitome of Victorian England.
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All remain seated. Elton John sings:
CANDLE IN THE WIND
Goodbye England's rose;,
may you ever grow in our hearts.,
You were the grace that placed itself,
where lives were torn apart.,
You called out to our country,,
and you whispered to those in pain.,
Now you belong to heaven,,
and the stars spell out your name.,
And it seems to me you lived your life,
like a candle in the wind:,
never fading with the sunset,
when the rain set in.,
And your footsteps will always fall here,,
along England's greenest hills;,
your candle's burned out long before,
your legend ever will.,
Loveliness we've lost;,
these empty days without your smile.,
This torch we'll always carry,
for our nation's golden child.,
And even though we try,,
the truth brings us to tears;,
all our words cannot express,
the joy you brought us through the years.,
Goodbye England's rose,,
from a country lost without your soul,,
who'll miss the wings of your compassion,
more than you'll ever know.
Bernie Taupin (b 1950) Elton John (b 1947)
This is a rewritten version of a 1974 pop hit first
written with Marilyn Monroe in mind.
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All stand to sing:
THE HYMN
Make me a channel of your peace:,
where there is hatred let me bring your,
love,,
where there is injury, your pardon, Lord,,
and where there's doubt, true faith in you:,
O Master grant that I may never seek,
so much to be consoled as to console;,
to be understood as to understand,,
to be loved, as to love with all my soul!,
Make me a channel of your peace:,
where there's despair in life let me bring,
hope,,
where there is darkness, only light,,
and where there's sadness, ever joy:,
(repeat chorus),
Make me a channel of your peace:,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,,
in giving ourselves that we receive,,
and in dying that we're born to eternal,
life.,
(repeat chorus),
Make me a channel of your peace:,
where there is hatred let me bring your,
love,,
where there is injury, your pardon, Lord,,
and where there's doubt, true faith in you.,
Sebastian Temple. St Francis of Assisi
translated by Sebastian Temple.
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All remain seated.
The choristers sing:
I would be true, for there are those that trust me.
I would be pure, for there are those that care.
I would be strong, for there is much to suffer.
I would be brave, for there is much to dare.
I would be friend of all, the foe, the friendless.
I would be giving, and forget the gift,
I would be humble, for I know my weakness,
I would look up, laugh, love and live.
Air from County Derry in G Petrie: The Ancient
Music of Ireland (1853) Howard Arnold Walter.
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All stand to sing:
THE HYMN
Guide me, O thou great Redeemer,,
pilgrim through this barren land;,
I am weak, but thou art mighty;,
hold me with thy powerful hand: bread of heaven,,
feed me now and ever more.,
Open now the crystal fountain,
whence the healing stream doth flow;,
let the fiery cloudy pillar,
lead me all my journey through,
: strong deliverer,,
be thou still my strength and shield.,
When I tread the verge of Jordan,,
bid my anxious fears subside;,
death of death, and hell's destruction,,
land me safe on Canaan's side:,
songs and praises,
I will ever give to thee.
Cwm Rhondda. John Hughes (1873-1932)
W Williams (1717-91) translated by P Williams
(1727-96) and others.
Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer is the anthem
of the crowds at Cardiff Arms Park, where the
Princess of Wales was patron of the Welsh Rugby
Union and had visited the stadium with her sons.
The tune, composed in the last century by John
Hughes, was named Cwm Rhondda after the
mining valley in south Wales. It became popular
during the first world war when Welsh soldiers
sang it to boost their spirits. The Dean supported
the choice of hymn as a rousing climax of the
service.
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All remain standing as the cortege leaves the church,
during which the choir sings:
Alleluia. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
Remember me O lord, when you come into your
kingdom.
Give rest O Lord to your handmaid, who has fallen
asleep.
The choir of saints have found the well- spring of life,
and door of paradise. Life: a shadow and a dream.
Weeping at the grave creates the song: Alleluia.
Come, enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for
you.
John Tavener (b 1944) extracts from William
Shakespeare: Hamlet and the Orthodox Funeral
Service.
At the west end of the church the cortege halts for the
minute's silence, observed by the nation.
The half-muffled bells of the Abbey church are rung.
All remain standing as the processions move to the
west end of the church.
Music after the service:
Prelude in C minor BWV 546. Johann Sebastian Bach
Maestoso, from Symphonie No 3. Camille
Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
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http://www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/hu/hu.html
HankM219
>BCronin556 wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have a list of the hymns played at Princess Diana's Funeral?
This brings to mind a question posed on a talk radio station in my area:
What music would you like performed at your funeral, and who would you like
to have perform it?
I suppose I could come up with a long list, but one piece I'd like is
Schumann/Liszt "Widmung," and it would be nice if Evgeny Kissin could show
up to play it.
Henry Maurer, Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
hank...@aol.com
Roy Parrish
Haig Utidjian <h...@eng.cam.ac.uk> wrote in article
<5ut8ei$c5g$1...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>...
>
> Mr Brendan Cronin (bcron...@aol.com) asked:
>
> >Does anyone have a list of the hymns played at Princess Diana's Funeral?
>
> This morning's Sunday Times includes the Order of Service (which
> Buckingham Palace requested the Press to publish as widely as possible).
>
> The piece you mention was by John Tavener.
I must agree how beautiful and moving this piece was. Thanks for the words,
they were so appropriate. Do you or maybe Paul Kintzele ( or anyone else
for that matter) have details of available recordings?
Also does anyone know the publisher of the score?
Roy Parrish.
Paul Kintzele
Roy Parrish (R.Pa...@btinternet.com) wrote:
: I must agree how beautiful and moving this piece was. Thanks for the words,
: they were so appropriate. Do you or maybe Paul Kintzele ( or anyone else
: for that matter) have details of available recordings?
You can find Tavener's "Song for Athene" as performed by Martin Neary and
the Westminster Abbey Choir (the very same group who sang at the funeral)
on a disc entitled "Innocence" (Sony Classical SK 66613).
Paul K.
Bruce Rodean
In article <19970907003...@ladder02.news.aol.com> BCronin556 (bcron...@aol.com) wrote:
> Does anyone have a list of the hymns played at Princess Diana's Funeral?
> I am particularly interested in the piece that was played as the casket was
> being carried from the Abbey immediately before the moment of silence. I
> thought it was tremendously beautiful.
I agree--I thought it was the musical highlight of the entire service.
I know others have identified the piece (Tavener), and I have put it on
the list of things to look for at the store in the future.
--
Bruce Rodean
rod...@fc.hp.com
Andrew Willett
On Sun, 07 Sep 1997 00:16:37 -0400, Matt Friedman <m...@total.net>
wrote:
>
>I'm particularly interested in the hymn that immediately followed "God Save the
>Queen," and the one that accompanied the exit of the Princess' coffin from the
>Abbey.
>
>Thanks.
>
>MF
What followed "God save the Queen" was not actually a hymn but
settings of the verses which are set down in the Book of Common Prayer
to be said or sung at the beginning of a funeral.
In order they are:
John 11:25-26 "I am the resurrection and the life..."
Job 19:25-27 "I know that my redeemer liveth.."
1 Timothy 6:7 and Job 1:21 "We brought nothing into this world.." "The
Lord gave and the lord hath taken away..."
According to the order of service these three settings were by William
Croft(1678-1727), organist at the abbey, as was the final verse,
Revelation 14:13 " I heard a voice from heaven...".
The fourth verse beginning "Thou knowest, Lord the secrets of our
hearts" is not biblical, but comes from the B of C P funeral service,
it is usually said at the graveside. The setting here was from William
Purcell's funeral music for Queen Mary,1695.
The Purcell has definitely been recorded several times, and I imagine
the Croft has as well- if not I'd bet thatit appears before long!
Andrew Willett
Elizabeth Hammons
Matt Friedman wrote:
>
> BCronin556 wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have a list of the hymns played at Princess Diana's Funeral?
> > I am particularly interested in the piece that was played as the casket was
> > being carried from the Abbey immediately before the moment of silence. I
> > thought it was tremendously beautiful.
>
>
> I'm particularly interested in the hymn that immediately followed "God Save the
> Queen," and the one that accompanied the exit of the Princess' coffin from the
> Abbey.
>
> Thanks.
>
> MF
For a complete listing of the order of service, including names and some
texts of the hymns,see the Monarchy Web Site at http://www.royal.gov.uk
Dmitry Yaitskov
hank...@aol.com (HankM219) writes:
<snip>
> This brings to mind a question posed on a talk radio station in my area:
> What music would you like performed at your funeral, and who would you like
> to have perform it?
The Beatles - Yesterday... And of course they should all show up,
including Lennon. Would make my day...
--
Cheers,
-Dima.
It's no surprise that things are so screwed up: everyone that knows how
to run a government is either driving taxicabs or cutting hair.
-- George Burns
Paul E Larson
In article <19970907141...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, hank...@aol.com (HankM219) wrote:
>>BCronin556 wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone have a list of the hymns played at Princess Diana's Funeral?
>
>What music would you like performed at your funeral, and who would you like
>to have perform it?
>
>Schumann/Liszt "Widmung," and it would be nice if Evgeny Kissin could show
>up to play it.
>
>Henry Maurer, Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
>hank...@aol.com
>
1 - The 2nd movement of Barber's Violin Concerto
2 - "Sing Sing Sing" from Benny Goodman's Carnegie Hall Concert of 1938
3 - Any Mel Torme
4 - Any Allison Kraus(Country/Bluegrass)
5 - at the end "Dumos Walker" by The Kentucky Headhunters(Country)
Paul
PGoldst515
My family is under instruction to play "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman
Greenbaum at my funeral - but only if I die before age 70.
Paul Goldstein
lanza
(Tavener), and I have put it on
> the list of things to look for at the store in the future.
>
> --
> Bruce Rodean
> rod...@fc.hp.com
Oh, I'm certain they'll have the entire funeral concert out on CD,
that's for sure! Whether live or prerecorded (i.e. by the same or
different artists) remains to be seen.
--
**********************************
We must laugh and we must sing,
We are blest by everything,
Everything we look upon is blest.
--YEATS, A Dialogue of Self & Soul
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lanza
Unfortunately, our Taiwan cable company cut off the NBC transmission
just as the casket was entering the cathedral, so I didn't get to see
the services inside. I'm certain there'll be a video out of the Elton
John performance, which I would like to see. But I have two more
questions re: the concert inside:
1. Were there any Black artists involved in this tribute (no political
agenda involved here, just curious)?
2. Was the complete Verdi Libera Me performed, or only a passage from
it?
lanza
This is really a very good thread & let's try to keep focus on this.
Actually, I've often thought of pieces of music in those terms: THAT's
something I'd like to have at my funeral. When I was five I thought of
"Three Blind Mice" as a great funereal accompaniment, but I've since
developed more sophisticated musical tastes.
Well, here goes:
1. Mozart's Masonic Funeral Music.
2. Sidney Bechet's "Creole Blues."
3. The slow movement from Beethoven's F major ("late") quartet.
4. The final movement from Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.
5. "Nessun Dorma."
And, after three days, the Hallelujah chorus. :)
Seriously, the performers? Well, at least one superstar. Probably
Pavarotti, but only on condition that he has to cancel a performance at
the Met to be there! :)
lanza
> 3 - Any Mel Torme
Did Torme ever record, "I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you"
by any chance? :)
T. J. Wood
Andrew Willett wrote:
>
>
> According to the order of service these three settings were by William
> Croft(1678-1727), organist at the abbey, as was the final verse,
> Revelation 14:13 " I heard a voice from heaven...".
>
> The fourth verse beginning "Thou knowest, Lord the secrets of our
> hearts" is not biblical, but comes from the B of C P funeral service,
> it is usually said at the graveside. The setting here was from William
> Purcell's funeral music for Queen Mary,1695.
>
> The Purcell has definitely been recorded several times, and I imagine
> the Croft has as well- if not I'd bet thatit appears before long!
That's "Henry" Purcell of course...his Funeral Sentences, together with
the pieces he wrote for Queen Mary's funeral, are some of the most
beautiful choral music ever composed, IMHO.
The Croft pieces (I believe) come from his Burial Service, which has
been recorded recently:
William Croft at St Paul's
Te Deum and Jubilate in D
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous
The Burial Service
ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CHOIR, THE PARLEY OF INSTRUMENTS / JOHN SCOTT
Hyperion Compact Disc CDA66606
--
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Thomas Wood
University of Illinois at Springfield
wo...@uis.edu
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Jamie Foster
HankM219 wrote:
> This brings to mind a question posed on a talk radio station in my
> area:
> What music would you like performed at your funeral, and who would you
> like
> to have perform it?
The natural thing seems to be to pick your favorites. Two organ pieces
come to mind (as favorites): Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, and
Carillon de Westminster (composer?).
Jamie
--
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http://www.jf2.com, Pismo Beach, CA
FAX: (805) 773-4288; office phone: (805) 773-0101
For every action, there's an equal and opposite criticism.
Ross Mandell
Even though I am not a Catholic I would like to have The Offertorium
from Verdi's requim played. I hope that I can live up to that honor
in my lifetime.
Max Bruch's Kol Nidre would also be a great honor.
The funeral march from the Beethoven 3 would also be quite an honor as
would Mozarts Masonic Funeral Music.
Bob Morrow
In article <34132e56...@nntp.netcom.net.uk>, awil...@netcomuk.co.uk (Andrew Willett) writes:
|t
|>
|> According to the order of service these three settings were by William
|> Croft(1678-1727), organist at the abbey, as was the final verse,
|> Revelation 14:13 " I heard a voice from heaven...".
|>
|> The Purcell has definitely been recorded several times, and I imagine
|> the Croft has as well- if not I'd bet thatit appears before long!
|
The complete "Burial Service" or "Burial Sentences" were recorded
King's College, Cambridge in the 60's. It is available on London
disc 430 092-2 which is titled "The World of King's". I don't know
if this available in the US but it can be found in Canada and the UK.
Cheers,
Bob
Colin Rosenthal
On Mon, 08 Sep 1997 13:53:19 +0800,
lanza <la...@mail.ncku.edu.tw> wrote:
>
>(Tavener), and I have put it on
>> the list of things to look for at the store in the future.
>
>Oh, I'm certain they'll have the entire funeral concert out on CD,
>that's for sure! Whether live or prerecorded (i.e. by the same or
>different artists) remains to be seen.
Despite my cynicism about the whole Di-mania thing I have to admit that
you can't beat the Anglicans when it comes to music.
--
Colin Rosenthal
High Altitude Observatory
Boulder, Colorado
rose...@hao.ucar.edu
S. Alan Schweitzer
Sibelius' Tapiola
Matt Friedman
Colin Rosenthal wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Sep 1997 13:53:19 +0800,
> lanza <la...@mail.ncku.edu.tw> wrote:
> >
> >(Tavener), and I have put it on
> >> the list of things to look for at the store in the future.
>
> >
> >Oh, I'm certain they'll have the entire funeral concert out on CD,
> >that's for sure! Whether live or prerecorded (i.e. by the same or
> >different artists) remains to be seen.
>
> Despite my cynicism about the whole Di-mania thing I have to admit that
> you can't beat the Anglicans when it comes to music.
Except Tavener isn't even an Anglican... he's Greek Orthodox. Go figure.
MF
Terrymelin
I've always thought I'd want selection from Faure's Requiem and the hymn
Jerusalem by Parry.
Terry Ellsworth
Eugene Herron
Colin Rosenthal wrote:
>
> On Mon, 08 Sep 1997 13:53:19 +0800,
> lanza <la...@mail.ncku.edu.tw> wrote:
> >
> >(Tavener), and I have put it on
> >> the list of things to look for at the store in the future.
>
> >
> >Oh, I'm certain they'll have the entire funeral concert out on CD,
> >that's for sure! Whether live or prerecorded (i.e. by the same or
> >different artists) remains to be seen.
>
> Despite my cynicism about the whole Di-mania thing I have to admit that
> you can't beat the Anglicans when it comes to music.
I hate to disagree, but the Lutherans in Liepzig around 1740 could
probably beat the Anglicans. However the music was quite good anyhow at
Diana's funeral.
Herron
drgonzopipeline.com
rose...@asp.hao.ucar.edu (Colin Rosenthal) wrote:
>Despite my cynicism about the whole Di-mania thing I have to admit that
>you can't beat the Anglicans when it comes to music.
Overheard in an East Village restaurant yesterday: "those Brits... the
pomp and pageantry, and that great music... they know how to put the 'fun'
in 'fun'eral!"
Doctor Gonzo
Robert John Guttke
Great fun... pity that someone has to die.
lanza
The PUrcell is easily available on an inexpensive Naxos recording:
*Full Anthems & Organ Music / Music on the Death of Queen Mary
NAXOS/8.553129
Theodore Slotkin
HankM219 wrote:
>
> > This brings to mind a question posed on a talk radio station in my
> > area:
> > What music would you like performed at your funeral, and who would you
> > like
> > to have perform it?
Mahler #10, first movement. Life's trials and tribulations, ending in
total resignation.
Ted Slotkin
Deryk Barker
Eugene Herron (ghe...@westol.com) wrote:
: Colin Rosenthal wrote:
: >
: > On Mon, 08 Sep 1997 13:53:19 +0800,
: > lanza <la...@mail.ncku.edu.tw> wrote:
: > >
: > >(Tavener), and I have put it on
: > >> the list of things to look for at the store in the future.
: >
: > >
: > >Oh, I'm certain they'll have the entire funeral concert out on CD,
: > >that's for sure! Whether live or prerecorded (i.e. by the same or
: > >different artists) remains to be seen.
: > Despite my cynicism about the whole Di-mania thing I have to admit that
: > you can't beat the Anglicans when it comes to music.
: I hate to disagree, but the Lutherans in Liepzig around 1740 could
: probably beat the Anglicans. However the music was quite good anyhow at
: Diana's funeral.
Well he *did* use the present tense.
Also, as Phillip Herreweghe (I htink it was) pointed out in a recent
gramophone interview, the English church has the only choral tradition
unbroken for four centuries. (Although I presume there was a brief gap
during the Commonwealth of my old college compatriot Oliver Cromwell).
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Ilkka Soini
Paul Kintzele wrote
>That was John Tavener's beautiful "Song for Athene" (1993). Tavener
>created the text for the piece by combining phrases from the Orthodox
>liturgy and Shakespeare's _Hamlet_.
To be exact, those phrases are from the orthodox funeral service, not the
liturgy.
Ilkka Soini
MD
Vantaa, Finland
Alain DAGHER
Deryk Barker (dba...@ccins.camosun.bc.ca) wrote:
: Also, as Phillip Herreweghe (I htink it was) pointed out in a recent
: gramophone interview, the English church has the only choral tradition
: unbroken for four centuries. (Although I presume there was a brief gap
: during the Commonwealth of my old college compatriot Oliver Cromwell).
Really? What about Italy? Haven't the Italians had choral church music
since the time of Palestrina? (I don't know - I'm just asking.)
--
Regards,
"De la musique avant toute chose"
Alain Dagher, M.D.
Montreal Neurological Institute -Paul Verlaine
Colin Rosenthal
On Mon, 08 Sep 1997 23:59:57 -0400,
Eugene Herron <ghe...@westol.com> wrote:
>Colin Rosenthal wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 08 Sep 1997 13:53:19 +0800,
>> lanza <la...@mail.ncku.edu.tw> wrote:
>> >
>> >(Tavener), and I have put it on
>> >> the list of things to look for at the store in the future.
>>
>> >
>> >Oh, I'm certain they'll have the entire funeral concert out on CD,
>> >that's for sure! Whether live or prerecorded (i.e. by the same or
>> >different artists) remains to be seen.
>>
>> Despite my cynicism about the whole Di-mania thing I have to admit that
>> you can't beat the Anglicans when it comes to music.
>
> I hate to disagree, but the Lutherans in Liepzig around 1740 could
>probably beat the Anglicans. However the music was quite good anyhow at
>Diana's funeral.
Quite so, I'm sure, but I was talking about the present, not historically.
John-Michael Albert
> Really? What about Italy? Haven't the Italians had choral church music
> since the time of Palestrina? (I don't know - I'm just asking.)
But have you ever heard them during the annual Midnight Service at
Christmas? Even with allowance for bad miking, they're absolutely
wretched. The only evidence that we have for their great tradition is
the music written for them. Otherwise, it's the English choral
tradition hands down.
jma
Dave Zechman
And the requests I get for funerals are usually limited to "Amazing
grace" and the Malotte "Lord's Prayer!" And they wonder why we don't
want to sing/play these pieces too often in worship services. Time to
find a more upscale church job--or leave California and move to
Britain.
Dave
Richard Schultz
HankM219 (hank...@aol.com) wrote:
: This brings to mind a question posed on a talk radio station in my area:
: What music would you like performed at your funeral, and who would you like
: to have perform it?
(1) "Heiliger Dankesang" movement from Beethoven's Op. 132 string quartet
(2) Last two movements of the Faure Requiem
(3) "Geistliches Lied," Op. 30, by Johannes Brahms
(4) Last movement of Das Lied von der Erde
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Jim Harper
Who was the composer and what was the name of the choral piece sung as
Diana's casket was carried to the catafalque in Westminster Abbey?
Colin Rosenthal
On 14 Sep 1997 15:13:06 GMT,
>HankM219 (hank...@aol.com) wrote:
>
>: This brings to mind a question posed on a talk radio station in my area:
>: What music would you like performed at your funeral, and who would you like
>: to have perform it?
Two possible answers spring to mind
1) I don't give a toss since I won't be there to hear it
or
2) My great-great grand-daughter reprising her recent best-selling
performance of my great-grandson's magnificent and much-admired
"Requiem for the 22nd Century".
Robert John Guttke
On 15 Sep 1997 17:09:41 GMT, rose...@asp.hao.ucar.edu (Colin
Rosenthal) wrote:
Hm, sounds like toe tappin' music to me!
Peter
The Ride of the Valkyries!
drgonzopipeline.com
Jim Harper <har...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>Who was the composer and what was the name of the choral piece sung as
>Diana's casket was carried to the catafalque in Westminster Abbey?
see http://www.pipeline.com/~drgonzo/FAQ/3.htm for the full answer
Doctor Gonzo
David Bluestone
There is a jolly overture to Resnicek's opera "Donna Diana". Had it been
played at the funeral, it might have speeded things up a bit.
David
vincent_vega_
> : This brings to mind a question posed on a talk radio station in my
area:
> : What music would you like performed at your funeral, and who would you
like
> : to have perform it?
>
> (2) Last two movements of the Faure Requiem
> (3) "Geistliches Lied," Op. 30, by Johannes Brahms
> (4) Last movement of Das Lied von der Erde
>
> -----
> Richard Schultz sch...@ashur.cc.biu.ac.il
the beethoven's marcia funebra (from the 12th sonata) was played at his
funerals.
well i think i would be very proud to be "funeraled" with beethoven's
marcia !
:)
vincent_vega_ (jean....@wanadoo.fr)
Juillet
Re Princess Diana's funeral music, the "Alleluia" --
Hmmm -- I'm new to this board so I'd guess this was
probably asked a lot a while ago, but am not going to
look. It's "Song for Athene" by the contemporary
English composer, John Tavener. He has written
a lot of choral religious works, influenced by his
Greek Orthodox faith. It's included on a Sony disc
of his music titled "Innocence", I think.
Eugene Z Xia
hank...@aol.com (HankM219) writes:
> This brings to mind a question posed on a talk radio station in my area:
> What music would you like performed at your funeral, and who would you like
> to have perform it?
Third movement of Beethoven's OP 132 or the slow movement of OP 135.
Eugene
Crysania
Eugene Z Xia wrote:
>
> hank...@aol.com (HankM219) writes:
>
> > What music would you like performed at your funeral, and who would you like
> > to have perform it?
>
The first movement ("Gandalf") of Johann de Meij's Symphony No. 1 "Lord
of the Rings". I don't care who performs it, as long as it's a good
wind ensemble ("Lord of the Rings" is a symphony for wind ensemble, not
orchestra).
Jim Blackie
Peter wrote:
> The Ride of the Valkyries!
How about " Fanfare for the Common Man? " --both regal in sound and
humble in title. Should get some good talk going by my friends and
detractors.
--
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{ Alexandria, The Old Dominion | and any fool will mind it. " }
{ email: jbla...@bigfoot.com | }
{ phone: YES | - Henry David Thoreau }
Gddecker
Steffe's arrangement for orchestra and chorus of The Battle Hymn of the
Republic. Truly moving, especially Mr Steffe's setting of the verse
beginning, "In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was born across the
see............"
Geoffrey Decker
HenryFogel
I've always said that I would like the soprano aria "The Sun Goeth Down"
from Elgar's "The Kingdom." Truly ethereal.
Henry Fogel
Caius Marcius
Liszt's Totentanz - always leave 'em laughing as you say goodbye, say
I.
- CMC
Jim Haynes
Rocky's "Symphonic Dances"
Paul Bossi
I want John Tesh playing Godowski's transcriptions of the Chopin Etudes.
Eugene Z Xia wrote:
> hank...@aol.com (HankM219) writes:
>
> > This brings to mind a question posed on a talk radio station in my area:
> > What music would you like performed at your funeral, and who would you like
> > to have perform it?
>
D.G. Porter
Cage's Atlas Eclipticalis or the Concert for Piano and Orchestra!!!
Colin Rosenthal
On 22 Sep 1997 19:27:00 -0700,
>I want John Tesh playing Godowski's transcriptions of the Chopin Etudes.
And you're leaving all your money to the local animal shelter, right?
Andrea Julian
Jim Harper wrote:
>
> Who was the composer and what was the name of the choral piece sung as
> Diana's casket was carried to the catafalque in Westminster Abbey?
For a complete description of all the music, go to
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/diana.htm
Andrea
N9647B
>
>This week is supposed to see the release of the live recording of the
>funeral.
I saw it at a local TOWER Records store for $13.99/CD, $7.99/tape. The
enclosed booklet contains the complete text of all prayers, hymns, Candle in
the Wind '97, etc... with some interesting notes on why certain pieces were
selected for the service. The record company London/Polygram label has
pledged all profits from this recording to the Diana, Princess of Wales
Memorial Fund. So if you don't care to buy Elton John's single, this is a
nice alternative.