CLASSICAL IPR | 88.7 FM Interlochen | 94.7 FM Traverse City | 88.5 FM Mackinaw City
IPR NEWS | 91.5 FM Traverse City | 90.1 FM Harbor Springs/Petoskey | 89.7 FM Manistee/Ludington
Coronations are full of joyous music to celebrate the crowning of a new monarch, and coronation anthems are a key part of the ceremony.
Before kings and queens can wear the crown, there are grand ceremonies called coronations.
At these events, monarchs are crowned and are officially put into power.
Coronations are occasions full of joyous music to celebrate the new monarch, and coronation anthems are a key part of the ceremony.
Learn about the coronation anthems written for British monarchs during the 20th century.
Plus, we'll tell you about the scandals and mishaps from different coronation ceremonies, including a mysterious missing composer and a music director who messed up the choir's entrance.
Listen weekdays at 7:40 a.m. and 3:20 p.m. or on demand below!
James Edward Ellam, Underwood & Underwood albumen stereoscopic card, 1902
/
National Portrait Gallery
The Crowned King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Coronation Robes, on their return from Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, London
Kids Commute - Coronation Anthem Week! Monday: I Was Glad (Sir Hubert Parry)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
John Benjamin Stone (1838–1914)
/
Wikimedia Commons
First photographs of a coronation ever taken. 22 June 1911. King George V and Queen Mary occupying their chairs of estate on the south side of the altar during that part of the coronation service which precedes the anointing. On the left, the bearers of the four swords. On either side of the King and Queen, the supporting bishops.
Kids Commute - CORONATION ANTHEM WEEK! Tuesday: O Hearken Thou (Sir Edward Elgar)
Northern Sinfonia of England and London Symphony Chorus/Richard Hickox
Kids Commute - CORONATION ANTHEM WEEK! Wednesday: Festival Te Deum (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, English String Orchestra/Stephen Darlington
Kids Commute - CORONATION ANTHEM WEEK! Thursday: Coronation Te Deum (Sir William Walton)
Choirs of Salisbury, Winchester and Chichester Cathedrals/London Philharmonic/Sir Georg Solti
