16 May 2023

Make a Joyful Noise: coronation anthem

For the recent coronation of King Charles III, Andrew Lloyd Webber was commissioned to compose an anthem. Here it is below: a sung version of Psalm 98 from the venerable King James version of the Bible:


2 comments:

Unknown said...

It was positively joyful to listen to and altogether "New" Sung with gusto, lively and enthusiastically. Certainly much more fitting than today's contemporary, I would almost say, mindless 7-11, (Seven words repeated eleven times) Mantras passing for worship? Today.

Anonymous said...

Yes a wonderful new setting of Psalm 98, let's not be critical though of many of our brothers and sisters who write songs for us today