Music for the Diamond Jubilee

ANON

1

Bow Bells

0:26

Recorded in 1926 and broadcast in wartime as a symbol of hope and freedom

ARTHUR BLISS

2

Fanfare for a Distinguished Occasion

0:24

Trumpeters of the Black Watch at Edinburgh Castle

ERIC COATES

3

Calling All Workers

2:59

Signature tune to the wartime radio programme Music While You Work

ANON

4

Wartime broadcast by Princess Elizabeth & Princess Margaret

4:11

recorded in 1940 with introduction by Derek McCulloch

A.A. MILNE/FRASER-SIMSON

5

They're Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace

2:26

vocal Ann Stephens. rec. November 1941

MASCHWITZ/SHERWIN

6

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

3:06

vocal Anne Lenner with Carroll Gibbons, rec. 1940

A. SAFRONI

7

Imperial Echoes

1:37

signature tune to BBC Radio Newsreel

ANON

8

Dedication Speech by Princess Elizabeth

0:42

Rec. Cape Town, South Africa 1947

CHARLES WILLIAMS

9

Girls in Grey

2:36

signature tune to BBC TV Newsreel

ANON

10

BBC engagement announcement of Prince Philip & Princess Elizabeth

0:38

BBC news report by Ronald Fletcher, 10th July 1947

BAX & MENDELSSOHN

11

Fanfare & Wedding March

2:21

Royal Wedding 20.11.1947

ELLESEIN/LIEBOWITZ/SMALL

12

Wedding Samba

2:53

vocal Edmundo Ros, rec. 1949

ANON

13

George VI Christmas message 1951

0:51

Pre-recorded owing to ill health

ERIC COATES

14

Knightsbridge

4:15

signature tune to BBC Radio In Town Tonight based in London

ANON

15

George VI death announcement

0:27

BBC news report by John Snagge, 6th February 1952

ALBERT W. KETELBEY

16

State Procession (Buckingham Palace)

3:07

1st movement from Cockney Suite

CALLAGHAN

17

Fanfare & Proclamation of Elizabeth as Queen

1:33

Garter King of Arms (George Bellew) St James' Palace, London 8.2.52

JAMIESON/LEON

18

In a Golden Coach

3:17

vocal Billy Cotton, Doreen Stephens & Chorus, rec. Feb 1953

HANDEL

19

Zadok the Priest (excerpt)

4:36

rec. live at the Coronation, 2.6.1953

ANON

20

Queen's Coronation speech

1:03

Coronation Day, 2.6.1953

PARRY

21

Vivat Regina (excerpt)

1:03

vocal Westminster Abbey choir, rec. live at the Coronation

CHARLES WILLIAMS

22

Devil's Galop

2:48

signature tune to BBC Radion Dick Barton, Special Agent

ARR. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

23

Old 100th

0:40

vocal Westminster Abbey Choir, Silver Jubilee 1935

ROBERT FARNON

24

Westminster Waltz

3:19

signature tune to BBC Radio In Town Tonight in 1950s

BENSON/ELGAR

25

Land of Hope & Glory

1:17

chorus and orchestra

HAYDN WOOD

26

Horse Guards, Whitehall

3:11

3rd movement of London Landmarks Suite

EUGENE GOOSSENS

27

Mrs Dale's Diary

0:30

harp interlude by Marie Goossens

WILLIAM WALTON

28

Ord & Sceptre

3:33

composed specially for the 1953 Coronation

WALFORD DAVIES

29

God be in My Head

1:23

vocal Westminster Abbey choir, Silver Jubilee 1935 (also sung at royal weddings)

NOEL GAY/GRAHAM

30

The Queen's Horses

2:40

Billy Cotton, vocal Alan Breeze and the Bandits, rec. Aug 1953

ANON

31

Big Ben chimes (including pedestrians, road traffic & clock mechanism!)

0:38

32

National Anthem

2:19

rec. Coronation Day 2.6.1953