Two of Handel's Coronation Anthems appear in commemoration of the anniversary of the ascension of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne of Great Britain on June 2, 1953. Also, a short selection from Elgar's "Enigma" Variations in observance of his birthday, June 2, 1857.
Fanfare I (CD: Praise the Lord) (Gerre Hancock, organ) Alan Hovahness: Symphony No. 50 ("Mount St. Helens") (CD: Hovhaness: (Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwartz) Symphony Nos. 50 & 22) Domenico Dragonetti: Concerto in A major for double (CD: Virtuoso bass and orchestra Double-bass Concertos) (Gary Karr, double-bass; Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Uros Lajovic) Capel Bond: Affettuoso from Concerto No. 6 in B flat (CD: The English (Sally Jackson, bassoon; The Parley Orpheus, Vol. 1) of Instruments; Roy Goodman) Phillip Phile / Traditional: The president's march / Ça ira (CD: Early (Hesperus) American Roots)
George Frideric Handel: Zadok the priest (CD: Handel: (Choir of Westminster Abbey; The Coronation Anthems) English Concert; Simon Presion) J. S. Bach: Der Geisst hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf (CD: J. S. Bach: (Choir of Trinity College, The Six Motets) Cambridge; Richard Marlow) Arthur Bliss: The world is charged with the grandeur of God (CD: Bliss: (The Finzi Singers; The Finzi Choral Works) Wind Ensemble; Paul Spicer) James Scott: Grace & beauty rag (CD: Teasin': (Rudolph Palmer, piano; Parlor Songs) Magic Circle Ensemble) Snyder: Wild cherries rag (CD: Teasin': (Rudolph Palmer, piano; Parlor Songs) Magic Circle Ensemble) Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5 (CD: Canteloube: Songs (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; of the Auvergne, Vol. Lynn Harrell, etc., cellos;) 2) Béla Bartók: Four Slovak Folksongs (CD: Westminster (The Westminster Choir; Choir at Spoleto Joseph Flummerfelt) Festival, USA)
Alec Wyton: Fanfare (CD: Choral and Organ (Marilyn Keiser, organ) Music of Alec Wyton) Nicolas de Grigny: Veni Creator (CD: Le livre d'orgue: (Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, organ; Monks Vol. 2: Les hymnes) of the Abbey of Pierre-qui-vire) Edward Elgar: Variations on an original theme ("Enigma") (CD: Elgar: Enigma Nimrod (A. J. Jaeger) Variations, Falstaff, Finale: E.D.U. (the composer) etc.) (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle) George Frideric Handel: My heart is inditing (CD: Handel: (Choir of Westminster Abbey; The Coronation Anthems) English Concert; Simon Presion) Wait till the sun shines (CD: Teasin': (Julianne Baird, soprano; Rudolph Parlor Songs) Palmer, piano; Magic Circle Ensemble) Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret: Hé! Beyla-z-y dau (CD: Canteloube: Songs fé of the Auvergne, Vol. (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; English 2) Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate)
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