Magnificat anima mea from Magnificat in D BWV 243 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Įhre sei dir, Gott, gesungen from Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 Johann Sebastian Bach The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists perform The Coronation Brass Ensemble is conducted by Paul Wynne Griffiths. The Byzantine Chant Ensemble is directed by Dr Alexander Lingas. The Ascension Choir is directed by Abimbola Amoako-Gyampah. The King's Scholars of Westminster School are directed by Tim Garrard, Director of Music. The fanfares at The Recognition and The Homage were composed for this service by Dr Christopher Robinson CVO CBE. The Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Air Force are conducted by Wing Commander Piers Morrell OBE MVO, Principal Director of Music, Royal Air Force. The State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry are led by Trumpet Major Julian Sandford. The Coronation Orchestra is conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano. The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists are conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE. The organ is played by Peter Holder, Sub-Organist, Westminster Abbey. The music during the service is directed by Andrew Nethsingha, Organist and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey.

The service is sung by the Choirs of Westminster Abbey and His Majesty's Chapel Royal, St James's Palace (Director of Music: Joseph McHardy), with choristers from Methodist College, Belfast (Director of Music: Ruth McCartney), and Truro Cathedral Choir (Director of Music until April 2023: Christopher Gray), and an octet from the Monteverdi Choir. The service is conducted by The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan. Today we pray for our King, and pray with him, for a nation united and rejoicing in its diversity, and, ultimately, for a world healed and reconciled in the eternal banquet of the saints in heaven. It has been and still is an occasion for prayer. Throughout the changing centuries, the Coronation Service has held together hopes both for our immediate and our eternal destinies. Here's the order of service in full: THE CORONATION SERVICE The ceremony begins at 11am, but King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla will begin their procession to the abbey from Buckingham Palace at around 10:20am. READ MORE: Live updates of King Charles Coronation, times, route and guests Tens of millions are expected to watch the royal spectacle on television across the world and now the order of service has been released, so people can follow along at home. Prince William will play a key part in the ceremony as he swears allegiance to his father, but Prince Harry will have no formal role in the service and will instead just be part of the congregation. King Charles III's Coronation takes place today, with over 2,000 people expected in the congregation at Westminster Abbey.

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