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"Song for Athene", which has a performance time of about seven minutes, is an elegy consisting of the Hebrew word alleluia ("let us praise the Lord") sung monophonically six times as an introduction to texts excerpted and modified from the funeral service of the Eastern Orthodox Church and from Shakespeare's Hamlet (probably 1599–1601). [4]
"Sleep, Dearie, Sleep" was played at the end of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey. [4] The Queen's piper, Warrant Officer Class 1 (Pipe Major) Paul Burns, whose task was playing the bagpipes outside the Queen's window each morning to wake her up, performed the traditional lament.
– Beethoven’s Funeral March No 1. The stately, mournful piece was played at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral in April 2021, as well as the procession to the lying in state of the Queen Mother ...
The Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary comprises the March and Canzona Z. 780 [1] and the funeral sentence "Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts" Z. 58C. It was first performed at the funeral of Queen Mary II of England in March 1695. Purcell's setting of "Thou knowest, Lord" was performed at his own funeral in November of the same ...
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht (O Jesus Christ, light of my life), BWV 118, [a] is a sacred motet composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.It is known to have been performed at a funeral, and was possibly a generic work intended for funerals. [1]
The group performs a broad-ranging repertoire, from the music of the medieval period through to contemporary compositions of the present day. The Gesualdo Six was founded in Cambridge in 2014 for a performance of the Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday by Carlo Gesualdo , in the chapel of Trinity College .
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