Music for Two Elizabeths

Gloriana, music for two Elizabeths, on this week's Choral Showcase. For Elizabeth I, music of William Byrd and Thomas Tallis; and for Elizabeth II, whose Platinum Jubilee is celebrated this weekend, music composed for her 1953 coronation by Benjamin Britten and William Walton.

Show Notes

William Byrd: O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth

  • The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor

Thomas Tallis: Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter

  • The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits

  • Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano; Henry Herford, baritone
  • Guildford Choral Society
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

Benjamin Britten: Choral Dances from Gloriana

  • RIAS Chamber Choir; Justin Doyle, director

William Walton: A Queen's Fanfare/Coronation Te Deum

  • The Wallace Collection
  • James Vivian, organ
  • Polyphony
  • Stephen Layton, conductor