For those unable to attend in person...

If you were one of the millions across the world watching the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Thanksgiving Service on the television today you will (like me) have missed the full musical treat those attending the service at St. Paul's Cathedral would have heard. The music, some of it transcribed for organ or for military band, was much as you would expect - lots of British music and a few German classics  There were some pleasing (French) surprises though.

Below you will find a list of the pieces performed at St. Paul's today & links to as many of the original versions of the pieces performed as I can lay my hands on - plus some unoriginal versions! (Sorry for those I can't link to). There is some magnificent music here:

Music before the Service
Toccata and Fugue (The Wanderer) … … … … C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)
Organ Sonata in E flat … … … … … … … … Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
Rhosymedre… … … … … … … … … Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Adagio in E from Three Pieces for Organ … … … … Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo… … … …  George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)
Ave verum corpus (Op. 1, No 2) … … … … … … … Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre from 
Gellert Leider (Op. 48, No 4)… …… … … Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Let us rejoice… … … …… …… … … Anon arr. Philip Sparke (b.1951)
Wachet auf from St Paul (Op. 36) … … … … … Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
Rêverie (1890)… … … … … …… … … … … Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Toccata and Fugue in F (BWV 540) … … Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Fantaisie in E flat (1857) … … … … … … Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Overture to St Paul (Op. 36) … … … … … … … Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
arr. W. T. Best (1826-97)
Chorale Prelude on ‘Dundee’ … … … … … … C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)

The Service
Te Deum in G… …… … … Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Hymn: All people that on earth do dwell, Old Hundredth…  ... … … Genevan Psalter (1551)
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people: Chant… … … … Alan Gray (1855-1935)
Anthem: O thou the central orb of righteous love… …… … … Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Hymn: O Praise ye the Lord! (Laudate Dominum)… …… … … C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)
Anthem: Lord of wisdom, Lord of truth… …… … … Will Todd (b.1970)
Hymn: Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda)… …… … trans. Peter Williams (1727-96) and others John Hughes (1873-1932), arr. Simon Johnson (b.1975)
National Anthem… …… … …. ... arr Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)

Music after the Service
Orb and Sceptre (1953) … … … … … … … … … William Walton (1902-83)
Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 … … … … … Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
War March of the Priests from Athalie (Op. 74) … Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
La Réjouissance from Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749)… … George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)
Imperial March (1897) … … … … … … … … … Edward Elgar (1857-1934)