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Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia Orchestra

Diamond Jubilee celebration

Tuesday 5 June 2012

Edward Gardner

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5 June 2012, 3:00pm

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William Walton: Coronation March, Crown Imperial
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto
Interval
Gustav Holst: The Planets

Philharmonia Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor
Natalie Clein cello
Philharmonia Voices

An afternoon of great English music in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, opening with Walton's Crown Imperial March, performed at the coronations of King George VII and HM Queen Elizabeth II.

This afternoon of great English music has been put together in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Holst wrote his Planets Suite after being introduced to astrology by a friend. Premièred in September1918 it came to be defined with the nation's collective emotional outpouring in the wake of the First World War, with the theme to Jupiter being re-written as the patriotic hymn I Vow to Thee My Country.
Elgar's Cello Concerto has similar overtones, an elegy for the loss of the England that he loved.

The concert opens, appropriately, with Walton's Crown Imperial March, first performed at the coronation of King George VII in 1937, and subsequently at the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

Please note - the date for this concert has changed to 3pm on Tuesday 5 June. It was originally scheduled for Sunday 3 June.

All original tickets for the concert on 3 June remain valid for this rescheduled performance. However, if the new date of 5 June is unsuitable please call Customer Relations before Friday 20 April on 020 7960 4250 between 09.30am and 5.30pm, or email customerrelations@southbankcentre.co.uk

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5 June 2012, 3:00pm

Royal Festival Hall