The Royal Wedding

Prince William & Catherine Middleton

29th April 2011

The music for the Royal Wedding has a largely British theme. The couple have put considerable thought into selecting the music, and their choices blend traditional music with some newly commissioned pieces.

To help you explore the music, below we link to recordings of the chosen pieces.

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Before the Service

J S Bach: Fantasia in G (Pièce d’orgue à 5), BWV572

Peter Maxwell Davies: Veni Creator Spiritus

Stanford: Prelude on St Columba, Op. 101 No. 6

Elgar: Organ Sonata No. 1, Op. 28

Elgar: Serenade for Strings, Op. 20

Britten: Galliard from Gloriana (Symphonic Suite), Op. 53a No. 7

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves

Peter Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness

Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Walton: Touch her soft lips and part from Henry V Suite

Finzi: Romance for string orchestra, Op. 11

Processional Music

Parry: March from The Birds

Vaughan Williams: Prelude on Rhosymedre

Parry: I was glad

Hymns

‘Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer’ (Cwm Rhondda), music by John Hughes, words by William Williams

‘Love Divine All Love Excelling’ (Blaenwern), music by William Penfro Rowlands, words by Charles Wesley

‘Jerusalem’, music by Hubert Hastings Parry, words by William Blake

The Anthem and Motet

John Rutter: This is the day which the Lord hath made (new composition)

Paul Mealor: Ubi caritas (new composition)

The Signing of the Registers and the Recessional

Parry: Blest pair of Sirens

Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs: Fanfare ‘Valiant and Brave’ (new composition)

Walton: Crown Imperial

Widor: Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5

The Royal Wedding

The Official Album

A unique memento of the most significant and anticipated event in Britain's modern history. Featuring every aspect of this incredible occasion, the album includes the music - old and new - the readings and blessings, and of course the exchange of vows between Prince William and Catherine Middleton - as they happen in the historic Abbey on the day itself.

This will be the only official, sanctioned recording of The Royal Wedding.

The music is provided by The Choir of Westminster Abbey, the London Chamber Orchestra, the State Trumpeters and the Trumpeters of the Central Band of the RAF.