A Service to Celebrate the 60TH Anniversary of The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Westminster Abbey, Tuesday 4th June 2013

THE ANTHEM commissioned for this service by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster
through the generosity of many who sang as choristers at The Queen's Coronation on 2nd June 1953
Bob Chilcott - The King shall rejoice
Bob Chilcott (b 1955)
anonymous, adapted from Psalm 21, as set by William Byrd (c 1540--1623)


The service is sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey and the Choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, conducted by James O'Donnell, Organist and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey.
The Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Welsh Guards are directed by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Barnwell, Senior Director of Music, Household Division.
The organ is played by Martin Ford, Assistant Organist.