The Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002. The text for this anthem "I Was Glad" is Psalm 122, which has been chanted or sung as the Sovereign processes up the aisle at the beginning of every Coronation since, at least, the Coronation of Richard II in the 13th Century as recorded in the Liber Regalis.
The arrangement in this video dates from the Coronation of Edward VII in 1902. It has been sung at every Coronation since, and like Handel's anthems, seems now a permanent feature to this glorious ritual.
The beginning is truly glorious as the camera scans upwards the interior vaulted dome of the cathedral, and then the choir kicks in...truly electrifying...the hairs on the back of my neck literally stood up.
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