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Queen Elizabeth II: Music Important in Her Life and in Her Departing

Music significant in Queen Elizabeth II's life

Music for her funeral

TWO NEW CHORAL PIECES:

"Like as the Hart," an unaccompanied musical setting of Psalm 42, by British composer and Master of the King’s Music, Judith Weir

Anthem, “Who Shall Separate Us From the Love Of Christ,” a setting of a text from the New Testament’s Epistle to the Romans by Scottish composer, James MacMillan

OTHER CHORAL MUSIC:

Anthem by Hubert Parry, 1848-1918, "My Soul, There Is a Country"

"O Taste and See How Gracious the Lord Is," a setting from Psalm 34, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958, which was composed for Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation
 

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC: 
The Last Post was sounded by the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry from the steps of the Lady Chapel, led by Trumpet Major Julian Sandford
 

The full order of service is available at this site:

https://www.royal.uk/sites/default/files/media/state_funeral_of_her_majesty_queen_elizabeth.pdf