The Order of Service can be downloaded for free in two electronic formats, page-turning Ceros PDF (using Flash) and an iBook compatible with Apple products, which can be downloaded from the Apple iBookstore. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n“On the day of the wedding, 150,000 copies of the programme will be sold by 60 Explorer Scouts and 80 Cadets (supervised by adults) for \u00a32 per copy at locations in Green Park, Hyde Park, St James\u2019s Park and Trafalgar Square. Profits from the sale of the Official Programme will go to benefit The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry. “<\/p>\n
MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL WEDDING SERVICE:<\/p>\n
During the wedding service, the music the couple have chosen will be largely British mixing traditional with some newly commissioned pieces. Before the Service, there will be a selection of organ pieces: Fantasia in G (Pi\u00e8ce d\u2019orgue \u00e0 5)<\/em> by Johann Sebastian Bach, followed by Veni Creator Spiritus <\/em>by the Master of The Queen\u2019s Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies; Prelude on St. Columba Op. 28 <\/em>by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and Sonata for Organ Op. 28 (Allegro maestoso and Allegretto) <\/em>by Edward Elgar.<\/p>\nAfter which, there will be seven orchestral pieces:<\/p>\n
\n- Serenade for Strings in E minor Op. 20 (Allegro piacevole, Larghetto and Allegretto) <\/em>by Edward Elgar<\/li>\n
- Courtly Dance V: Galliard <\/em>from Gloriana (Symphonic Suite) Op. 53a no. 7<\/em> by Benjamin Britten<\/li>\n
- Fantasia on Greensleeves<\/em> by Ralph Vaughan Williams<\/li>\n
- Farewell to Stromness<\/em> by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies<\/li>\n
- On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring <\/em>by Frederick Delius<\/li>\n
- Touch Her Soft Lips and Part <\/em>from Henry V Suite <\/em>by William Walton<\/li>\n
- Romance for String Orchestra Op. 11 <\/em>by Gerald Finzi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Three of these pieces \u2013 Farewell to Stromness, Touch Her Soft Lips and Part <\/em>and Romance for String Orchestra Op. 11<\/em> and <\/strong>Canzona <\/em>from Organ Sonata in C minor <\/em>by Percy Whitlock.<\/p>\nProcessional Music<\/strong><\/p>\nThe opening of the Service will begin with a Fanfare by The State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry to mark the arrival of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. \u00a0The Fanfare will be followed by three Processionals. \u00a0For the Procession of The Queen, Prince William and Miss Middleton have chosen March<\/em> from The Birds<\/em> by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry. \u00a0Prelude on Rhosymedre<\/em> by Ralph Vaughan Williams will accompany the Procession of the Clergy, and was chosen for its Welsh echoes.\u00a0 The Couple have selected \u2018I was Glad\u2019, also by Parry, for the Procession of the Bride.<\/p>\nHymns<\/strong><\/p>\nThere will be three hymns for the Service:<\/p>\n
\n- Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer\u2019, words by William Williams, translated by Peter Williams and others, and music by John Hughes.<\/li>\n
- Love Divine All Love Excelling\u2019, words by Charles Wesley and music by William Penfro Rowlands.<\/li>\n
- Jerusalem, by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, words by William Blake. \u00a0All three hymns have been chosen because they are favourites of the Couple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Anthem and Motet<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Anthem, \u2018This is the day which the Lord hath made\u2019, composed especially for the occasion by John Rutter and is a gift to Prince Williams and Miss Kate Middleton from Westminster Abbey. It will be performed by both the Choir of Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal Choir. \u00a0Mr Rutter is a British composer, conductor, editor and arranger who specialises in choral music.<\/p>\n
The Anthem will be followed by the Motet \u2018Ubi caritas\u2019 by Paul Mealor, a Welsh composer, who is currently Reader in Composition at The University of Aberdeen.<\/p>\n
The National Anthem will be sung before the Signing of the Registers.<\/p>\n
The Signing of the Registers and the Recessional<\/strong><\/p>\n‘Blest pair of Sirens\u2019, will be sung during the Signing of the Registers, words by John Milton from At a Solemn Musick<\/em>, music by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry.<\/p>\nA Fanfare by the Fanfare Team from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force will be played Following the Signing of the Registers. The Fanfare, called Valiant and Brave<\/em>, after the motto of No. 22 Squadron (Search and Rescue Force) was specially composed for this Service by Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs, Principal Director of Music in the Royal Air Force.<\/p>\nThe Recessional, for the Procession of the Bride and Bridegroom, will be Crown Imperial<\/em> by William Walton.\u00a0 Toccata<\/em> from Symphonie V <\/em> by Charles-Marie Widor and Pomp and Circumstance March no. 5 <\/em>by Edward Elgar will follow the Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With just a day before the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the final preparations are taking place. Following a rehearsal at Westminster Abbey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-invitations-stationery","category-the-royal-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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