All-time classical favourites from the first ever public concert held in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, hosted by Her Majesty the Queen.Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Mstislav Rostropovich, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, The London Adventist Chorale, Sir Thomas Allen, Julian Bliss, Ashley Wass, Roberto Bolle, Zenaida Yanowsky, The Band Of Her Majesty s Royal Marines, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Featuring Music by Walton, Handel, Bizet, Gershwin, Holst, Tchaikovsky, Rossini, German, Arnold, Puccini & Verdi.
PLUS: special performances from The Magnificent Ballroom and The Music Room of Buckingham Palace
WILLIAM WALTON (1902 1983)
Anniversary Fanfare)
The Band of Her Majesty s Royal Marines conducted by Col Richard Waterer OBE
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685 1759) )
Coronation Anthem Zadok the Priest
GEORGES BIZET (1838 1875) )
Carmen Micaela's aria Je dis que rien ne m epouvante )
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898 1937) )
Porgy and Bess Summertime
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) )
TRADITIONAL, ARRANGED BY KEN BURTON)
Two spirituals: Great getting-up morning and Jubilee Spiritual)
The London Adventist Chorale, Ken Burton (musical director)
ANDRE MESSAGER (1853 1929) )
Solo de Concours)
Julian Bliss (clarinet), Ashley Wass (piano)
GUSTAV HOLST (1874 1934) )
The Planets Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 1893) )
Swan Lake pas de deux of the Black Swan)
Roberto Bolle (Prince Siegfried), Zenaida Yanowsky (Odile)
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792 1868) )
The Barber of Seville Largo al Factotum)
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
EDWARD GERMAN (1862 1936) )
Merrie England The Yeomen of England )
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
MALCOLM ARNOLD (born 1921) )
The Nation s Dances)
Allegro con energico from Four Irish Dances Op. 126)
Allegretto from Scottish Dances Op. 59)
Vivace from Welsh Dances Op. 138)
Con brio from Scottish Dances Op. 59
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887 1959) )
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 Preludio (Modinha) )
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), the cellos of the London Symphony Orchestra (principal Moray Welsh)
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685 1759) )
Music for the Royal Fireworks)
Ouverture)
La Paix)
La Rejouissance)
Band of Her Majesty s Royal Marines
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 1924) )
Tosca Vissi d arte )
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) )
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 1924) )
Tosca E Lucevan le Stelle )
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 1901) )
La Traviata Brindisi)
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor)
EDWARD ELGAR (1857 1934) )
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1)
THOMAS ARNE (1710 1778) )
God save the Queen
