SKU: ST.H332

ISBN 9790220212000.

CONT ENTS
O My Beloved Father (Puccini)
Softly awakes my heart (Saint-Saens)
The Anvil Chorus (Verdi)
The Doll's Song (Offenbach)
Sextet (Donizetti)
In the depths of the Holy Temple (Bizet)
Light as Air (Gounod).

SKU: ST.H331

ISBN 9790220211997.

CONT ENTS
Nessun Dorma (Puccini)
Toreador's Song (Bizet)
Largo (Handel)
Intermezzo (Mascagni)
Quartet (Verdi)
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Verdi)
Drinking Song (Verdi)
The Lament of Orpheus (Gluck).

SKU: ST.W227

ISBN 9790220223617.

The Gloria in Excelsis was written by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford for the coronation of HM King George V on 22 June 1911. It was an occasion of some note in the annals of British music, for Elgar's Coronation March and Parry's grand festival Te Deum were also heard for the first time that day. In addition, there was music by Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons and Sir John Stainer, as well as by the Master of the King's Music and organist of St George's Chapel, Windsor, Sir Walter Parratt.

It was published the following year as part of Stanford's Opus 128, the Festal Communion Service for voices and orchestra, which was also made available with the accompaniment arranged by the composer for organ. However, such was the popularity of the Gloria, a magnificent and wholly representative example of Stanford's genius for church music, that it soon became popular as a separate piece, either with organ or orchestral accompaniment, and it was included in the orders of service for the coronations of HM King George VI on 12 May 1937 and HM Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953.

Orchestral material is available on hire (ref. HL189).

SKU: ST.H297

ISBN 9790220206962.