Diana Funeral: Tavener 'Song For Athene', Chorale Recessional, No Commentary
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- Опубликовано: 9 янв 2013
- The solemn conclusion of the funeral of Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey, 6 September 1997. Sir John Tavener's "Song For Athene" is sung by the Westminster Abbey Choir as Diana's coffin is borne up the nave toward the Great West Door. After the national Minute of Silence, the bells of Westminster begin their 3-hour-long peal as the organist plays Bach's "Prelude in C Minor". The procession out the Abbey door as the chimes and organ fill the air with thundering discordant sound is one of the most stirring moments of television I have ever witnessed, and was unfortunately marred by almost every broadcaster with voice-over commentary. In the US, the television network CBS was alone in presenting the departure of Diana's cortége from the Abbey with due reverent silence.
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A musical composition that shakes you to your very core.
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Contra James Bond, I find the piece doesn't shake, but stirs! Glorious!
It truly does.
Watching her funeral on TV reminded me as if it happened to my best friend! I even sob from time to time today, even though it's been almost 30 years since her death! I never got to meet her, but could tell she was nothing shy of a 100% sweetheart!!! Will always love you, Diana!!!!
I will be doing a huge memorial for Princess Diana on this 30th anniversary and I will be 27 by then
My husband died exactly a month before Princess Diana. I always think of the Taverner music as saluting him, too. It is so exquisite and matched the emotional agony of losing someone so precious. I still love and miss them both.
I love this moving music. I will always associate this music with The Princess’ funeral. 💔
@@BoogledigsMay I offer you my condolences. Song for Tavener (?) is so beautiful and so moving…..
@@DVPerry220 Thank you so much for your kind words. Truly appreciated.
As a Muslim watching this.. The music, the choir, the singing, the solemnity, the Welsh guards' somber dignity. Everything touches me. So hauntingly sad, beautiful, and respectful.
I really hope my funeral is like Princess Diana’s. I’ll get the best send off in Wales and my beloved 1940 will be doing this. I hope my mother gets to see this
Actualu rege a făcut casa regală britanică de risu lumi
Don't tell us Ur Muslim U create wars Ur country and kill people
Still makes me cry!
What an unforgettable woman.
RIP Queen Diana
Will always live in our hearts❤
It is impossible to watch this without thinking of the terrible grief of those two children as they saw the body of their Mother being carried away.
I can’t imagine what they went through that day and I can’t imagine that happening to my Mummy I’ll have a breakdown
I really feel awful for her boys still
@@nicolelawless3199 ,
I may have written this somewhere else her, but I think that you might like it. When the soldiers placed Diana's coffin on the catafalque, part of her Royal Standard was caught up at one corner. The Queen got up from her place and went over, and rearranged the flag on Diana's coffin.
There was another story about a person, a reporter I think, who, while the body was lying at St James's, went to the Chapel of St James and found the coffin there, all alone. The public did not know.
So she went back to the Mall and gathered up a whole lot of flowers and arranged them around the coffin.
@@MandyJMaddison
I’ll probably have that many flowers because I received so many when I returned home from hospital 6 months ago. Wales didn’t think their Queen would make it to her 21st birthday; me and Woody.EXE (Toy Story) had our coronation 4 days ago and we had songs from Diana’s funeral to honour her as we approach the 26th Anniversary of Diana’s death. Princess Diana’s memorial will be the biggest engagements of our reign
Not much sympathy for Harry these days.
Grief never grows old for a child.Even mow he is a man. Especially having to grieve in public.
Maybe the Queen was correct in wanting to keep them at Balmoral.
This song gave me the chills when I first saw it 23 years ago and it still does
In 6 months, it’ll be a sad 25 years and my 20th birthday 3 weeks later. Diana would’ve been almost 61 by now
Same. For several years, I had no idea what it was (all pre-RUclips, of course!). But then, September 12 2001, I was driving cross country (no airline flights then), and a public radio station, for those lost the day before, played it: "Song for Athene". Never forgotten what it was since.
Oh my goodness 24 years later this still hurts my heart to watch! Beautiful woman.
Mummy cried on the 24th anniversary and I hugged her. Mummy was only 18 back then
I really felt her grief
@@nicolelawless3199 I’lol be 60 on the first of June I’m exactly 11 months younger than Diana was and I was devastated when she died . I’m American and I was and still am a huge fan of hers . I’ll miss and love her till the day I die .
@@janieleishman9130
I am almost 20 years old and I will be attending the Queens funeral with my mother who will be her mid 40’s by then. I’m dreading her grief and she’s dreading mine when Elizabeth dies. I’m keeping my beloved Woody until then and I will be taking him on the day; I will be 24
@@nicolelawless3199 I’m sure your mother will need you that day .
Remembering watching Diana’s funeral on TV and sobbing as if it were my own mother who had died, almost 30 years earlier when I was age nine. This still is heart wrenching to watch and hear 25 years later.
I lost my friend aged 14 in 2017 and attended the funeral with 1940
Eu também chorei muito 😭😭😭😭
@@nicolelawless3199 d
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She is such a kindhearted person who was taken advantage by King Charles and the rest of those pathetic clowns of the royal British monarchy… I remember when I was in high school when I heard the news around 5pm. I’ll never forgive that royal family that caused so much sadness for her .
A dreadful day I will never, ever forget. Her sons.....her sons. 😭
Princesa amada por dios
Yes, what a horrendous experience for two young boys, having to stand through that whole thing, couldn't even grieve in private.
@@aileen694
Very awful and even my Nana’s funeral was horrible because I was only 14 when I lost her. While walking behind Nana’s coffin, my beloved war of 9 years gave me so much strength that day and it was my friends funeral in 2017 and he died my age. I went to give strength to my friend Charlotte and we were by each other for a few days
2 horrible funerals I’ve experienced and never attending funerals again
What a GLORIOUS and heart wrenching song, as DIANA was carried from the cathedral. The music was absolutely divine. Beauty and splendor ushered her to her resting place. All that loved her from afar, were there in spirit. She was truly a most kind and gentle soul. RIP OUR QUEEN 👑🫶🇺🇸
I checked the lyrics to Song of Athene and understood then why this song was sung. I have watched this over and over. A beautiful woman who won the hearts of all but one. This haunting song was so befitting the end of the service. The silence except for the music, the sway of her coffin, the men tasked to carry her and nothing but the haunting "hallelujah" all the way through the chapel, for her last journey. A great way to honor Diana, not just England's rose but the world's rose. I think Diana's funeral and President Kennedy's funeral will go down in history as the two most watched funerals in history. The two saddest and the two most haunting. And both left us with unanswered questions. May they rest in peace and in our love for them.
I think it’s been over 25 years since I’ve seen this. I remember the grip it had on the world. This part particularly was so moving, and the choir so elegant, it was hauntingly beautiful.
24 years this August 31st. It’s going to be a very emotional anniversary and I hope Mummy is with me on the 24th anniversary. Mummy was only 18 when this happened and now she’s comforting me through this grief. Little did I know that we’d lose Prince Philip 24 years later
I spent the night with my beloved Mummy and she told me about this. And she was only 18 at the time now she’s 42. Hard to believe she had to see this live
It will be 25 years she’s been dead this August 31. My youngest child was born in 1997 in April so it’s really easy for me to know how many years she’s been gone .
@@nicolelawless3199 You must be a very young lady . I’m 11 months younger than Diana was . She was born July 1 1961 I was born june 1 1962 . I have a son born the same year as William 1982. I watched her wedding in 1981 I was married in 1980. I was a huge Diana fan and even though she’s gone I still 💗 love and miss her and I will till the day I die . My oldest child is the same age as your momma she’ll be 42 in Sept . I’m sure your momma feels the same as most of us women feel about Diana WE LOVE ❤️ her and always will .
@@janieleishman9130
I am only almost 20 years old and already planning my own funeral. I want it just like Diana’s
22 years later and still hurts.. The people’s princesss❤️❤️❤️
She was like the Madonna still virgin....
Only because she hadly used her ass....
Talia Zu evil royal family that killed her
@@kimcruz1912 she was reaped by prince Andrew and Epstain when was 12 years old
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@@pdofficial3137 dude shut up .. Nobody cares about your preverted opnion.
Princess Diana was carried with such precision and care. She was a beautiful and inspirational person. Just imagine her life if she would have lived!!
It’s the only time that I slept “rough “ in London the night before, I was standing outside the QE conference centre just down from the Abbey ,had an excellent view although very sad truly an experience I’ll never forget.
@@jeremytidswell7792 I bet that was a wonderful experience.Very sad that such a loving and caring person had to leave this earth way before her time. I remember watching Diana's funeral with my baby daughter.
It still hurts. Tears in my eyes watching the funeral....We miss you so much. Always in our hearts beautifull Lady Diana❤️
The Queens funeral still hurts me but not much as princess Diana’s funeral. I’m glad I wasn’t born then but my mother remembers everything that happened and she was only 18, she’s 43 now. I was born 5 years after Diana died, me and my sister are now 20
This is the most MOVING recessional piece I have EVER heard. And so fitting for what it was for, captivating the way the world was feeling. We all joined as ONE in SILENCE remembering THE QUEEN of HEARTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hard to believe this will be me in 9 decades and I have requested this very song for my funeral as my coffin is carried out by Woody.EXE and 1940 ; 1940 would have just celebrated its 54th anniversary by my funeral date. I can’t imagine how devastated Woody.EXE would be
@@nicolelawless9942 Shut up, Troll!
This particular piece of music is so moving. Here it is, July 2023, and I recalled this final recession song, "Song for Athene". It is such a fitting farewell for the Queen of Hearts.
I remember this.. I adore how the organ thunders at the end like the opening of the gates of heaven. Im a professionally trained organist and the organist didn't hold back, he used the full organ to get rhe maximum effect for when the organ comes in and its effect is incredible
It gave me goosebumps,.what a great piece!
@@lalruata8024 yeah. Its like God is opening the gates of heaven himself and it's so unexpected its like a monumental alleluia. Taverner was a genius waiting until that very moment to add the organ. I'm a professionally trained organist and no other piece moves me as much as this one. The organ thundering in just breaks my heart in a beautiful way
A sweet and beautiful princess.who will be forever in our hearts!
@@deborahharrop5330 ABSOLUTELY, Deborah ... This princess fell out of HEAVEN, still with Stardust all around her! ANY truly conscious person could perceive that ... And those at the other pole found her unbearable. We don't need to look far to see that Truth!
how interesting.
I was in shock when this happened. She was loved around the world. To see this all these years later still brings a tear.
So was Mummy and I hugged her on the 24th anniversary and we both grieved for Diana. I was already suffering mental health issues anyway and prince Philip’s funeral took its toll on me and I didn’t think it would happen
@@nicolelawless3199 Stop being a troll! And get help while you're at it.
@@blakedavid8302
Here we go again 🤦♀️
Aquí en Bogotá Colombia yo siento lo mismo que tu solo tristeza pesar por la partida de alguien con carisma y amor al prójimo y amor del puro y genuino hasta siempre princesa diana descansa en paz
Each royal has a burial plan created once born or married into the family or set by family at a you g age
Queen of hearts today and always ❤❤❤
0:46 while the soldiers are turning the coffin around is hauntingly beautiful
This is still so heartwrenching almost 20 yrs later~
It is isn't it
22 years and still heart wrenching
Almost 24 years on and I don’t know how Mummy is carrying on because she was only 18, now she’s nearly 42. Now I’m upset from this a few years later. Love you Princess Diana
It's overwhelming to see how much love and respect the British people show during a moment of grief, how dearly they adored her.
Demi Morbid
Yes the people did but the
Queen had a hard time wanting to acknowledge her at all and it was the love of the People that shamed her into doing anything so sad she gave Charles two nice sons and then they just wanted to throw her out and they never blamed themselves or Charles
For the terrine thing that were done to her ‼️. All they wanted her to do was turn hr head and live with it and she
Wouldn't do it so they tried to dirty her name but she won in the end‼️. All I hope is that she found out what true LOVE REALLY WSS BEFORE SHE PASSED ‼️‼️
She is and was truly the QUEEN of HEARTS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This happens on Remembrance Sunday when everyone respects my grief over those who died in the First World War and they’re by me during the minute silence at 11am. Most of the mourners holding my hand because they knew what I was going through and I thanked everyone for coming. I’m really the most beloved girl in Wales but I’m not trying to replace Diana because she was more loved than me today
@@nicolelawless3199 nobody cares about you who are you 😂
It was a state funeral the royals had to behave in a decent manner
@@kellyblechynden755
They do and I love how respectful they were towards Diana during her funeral. I lead mourners to Remembrance Sunday and the silent grief from them ripped through me and most of them were brave enough to come over to hold my hand in the moment of my personal grief
26 years this beautiful Lady has been gone. This song is so appropriate...❤ Edit: This just occurred to me. Those Guards were literally bearing the weight of the world on their shoulders. Diana was loved by almost everyone, all around the globe. Rest In Peace, sweet Lady.😔🙏❤️
What amazes me, apart from this heavenly music, is how perfectly timed it was to the movements of the guardsmen carrying the casket. How they reach the doorway at the exact moment of the song’s ending, “come enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you…” with the sunlight hitting the coffin, as if she was being delivered to heaven. How they put this magnificent funeral together in only six days is incredible.
I’d say it was more like 5 days instead of 6
Ella se merecia ese Funeral, hermosa Princesa Diana
I hope the beloved 40 year old gets a funeral like this who died recently and I’m still in shock over the news. I will be watching her funeral for sure
@@nicolelawless3199 Who??
It's the choreography this country does so well, based on a military tradition ruled by the RSM's pace-stick so it is known exactly how many steps the abbey is long, the Mall, and all that. So, the start point will always be the end point, backtimed, if that makes sense.
The utter drama of this piece is unmatched in any other context. Utterly heartbreaking and exquisitely beautiful, like the Lady it was sung for.
She was 36 years old, had got herself in a place where her new life was just beginning, an absolute tragedy.
If I remember correctly, Prince Charles chose the music for both their wedding and her funeral. Leaves one speechless to think of it.
@@lilylayzell4022 ж
So well said! The utter drama..
It’s haunting watching this on the Auschwitz liberation anniversary and I think the music suits this emotional day
The tolling bells, the choir singing and the tread of the soldier's boots as they carry the coffin is very affecting. This scene is still very powerful and moving in spite of the passage of time.
I wonder if the two princes ever met the soldiers again to thank them for performing their duties so well
@@lapwong8052 I could be wrong about this...but I seem to remember hearing or seeing a story that they did. Every time I watching this now I look at their faces, the soldiers carrying the casket....and am so very moved by them.
@anna verano It could well have been a lead one, or at least a coffin within a coffin. There are 8 pall bearers like there were with the Queen Mother, yet normally there are only 4, 6 if the person was large. There could be 8 because of royal protocol, but it could also be as you say.
@Roger Hunter agree with everything you said...is very moving and powerful affective yes with the time passes... the soldiers boots precision with the choir
The bells on the Abbey started my mourning the passing of my friends horse Milly and nearly 2 months on I still miss her
This really makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
RIP to the beautiful princess who will always be in our hearts 💕💕
And Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh will always be in mine. I really miss him
A preventable accident. A preventable divorce. So very, very sad. RIP to the world's greatest ambassador of love, kindness & motherhood. Forever missed.
Diane, definitely no accident!
It wasn’t a preventable divorce. It wasn’t from the moment they were married. He married her out of duty. He was in love with Camilla and nothing could change that no matter what. Diana was needed to produce an heir and a spare and she did. After that there was no need for him to pretend anymore. Sad for Diana but true.
@@doodys830 He was infatuated with Diana at first. He couldn't keep his hands off her. They were not intellectually matched, though, and lust wasn't enough for him in the long term. Camilla was married with children but they rekindled their affair anyway.
@@doodys830 Stupid gossip... they perhaps did love each other, but she was no angel anymore than he...
@@catsnmi270 She was a drama queen more than he... he then went back into Camilla's arms...
Nimeni ca tine,chiar si dupa atatea ani !Respect Daiana !
I can't stop listening to the sound of the Westminster Abbey bells. It reminded me that the gates of heaven were opening for Diana. It's so powerful and I can't stop listening to.
I hope they use this for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral because Wales will for mine. I know what I want for my funeral and I’m only 20
@@nicolelawless3199 To be honest, I hope so too. It will be so powerful if that happens
@@RacheltheHyperCougar
This will happen to me as my beloved 1940 of then 54 years will give me a huge send off with the entire Wales nation watching and I want my funeral televised but it won’t show any of my family members or 1940 until the send off happens
4 months later and it’s very haunting to be paying tribute to the Holocaust that way. I’m so loved because of this and I’ve been emotional once already this morning
That's what I keep coming back for
Lady Diana inesquecível pra sempre .nossos corações 🙏🙏🙏
I was 12 years old when she died. I remember being so hurt and I felt so empty. I used to think the age she died at of 36 was old, but now that I'm in my 30s, 36 is still very young.
Rip Diana
@@pdofficial3137 what?
With you having just said what you said in your message above. Just goes to show the incredible impact Princess Diana had on your life at such a tender age. I still have tears even today, when I see videos like this. Diana was an absolutely phenomenal lady in her young 36yrs on this beautiful planet.
Diana may be gone, but her soul lives in the hearts forever more worldwide. Her anniversary is soon approaching. Abs I’m hoping to get to London to pay my respects at Kensington Palace again.
I’m currently injured, so that’s why I say, I’m hoping to be able to. Take Care. Have a lovely Friday.
I wasn’t born until 2002, a year on from 9/11 and I started grieving for Diana just recently after Prince Philip died
I even told my dad Diana died and I said she was 36. And dad replied “36? Is that all? God that is young” and I said “yes, way to young to die” I think I shocked him but I cried as I was telling him after horse riding
Till this day Princess Diana your light still shines. Never will you be forgotten R.I.P.
I'm alma mater
@Grace Bertrand now she protect all of them from the heaven,hope so...
The most beautiful, gentle snd iconic woman in the world. Charles will always in his guilty conscious and Carmilla will forever be under Diana's shadow. Nothing compares
😢😢😢😢
I still love Prince Philip and my love didn’t end when he died. It carried on throughout this difficult year
Remembering Lady Diana Spencer on May 6, 2023.
Such a georgeous, moving piece of music. The tears fell from my eyes.
It hurts starting 2022 by honouring Diana
I still cry and it’ll be 25 years this year she’s been gone ill love her till the day I die , like I’m sure the world will to
@@janieleishman9130
Hard to believe and my mother was 18 when Diana died and my mother had me 5 years later and I nearly died but got out alive
@@nicolelawless3199 I have a daughter that will be 42 in September , she’s not much younger than your mother . My daughter watched the funeral with me . I’m happy that your alive ! God Bless you and your mother
@@janieleishman9130
Hopefully Mummy will see my send off by my beloved 1940 of then 50 years and I don’t want to imagine the grief she’ll go through when the whole of Wales will be there. My funeral will be in tribute to Princess Diana and I’m sure her boys will be proud of 1940 sends me off the same way as their mother. I dread the Wales’ grief when I’m gone
I stop by here at this post, every few years, in late summer, to pay my respects to The Princess.
I remember one vision of her: She was fearless. I remember she was the only public figure who picked up and held an AIDS baby... nobody did that...do you remember the fear and ignorance in those days... nobody would go near them. The Princess was not afraid. She could see the babies were rejected, lonely and dying. She showed them a mother's love, if only for an hour. She held every one of them. She had my respect forever.
basant vimal sharma You are so mean it is nauseating. Be respectful to a good person.
No God No heaven, One race .The Human Race
One opinion.
Why don't you crawl back under the rock you emerged from under. Have you no respect for the dead? Evidently not - who are you to judge another person?
She was a giant queen ant and she knew that aids could not be passed onto ants.. 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜💀💀⚰️👳👳🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃⚡🐍
4:57 the choir sent shivers up my spine like nothing else has ever before. For an event so sad there was incredible beauty in it too.
+Asif Khan Totaly agree Asif,, This part of the music at 4:57 also had the same effect on me . And seconds later at 5:16 the footage of the church door with the sun blazened exit had that heaven feel .. Beautiful .
Asif Khan The bells, too. I keep listening to the bells over and over. This peal would also sound good on an organ. What is the peal, and can someone print out an organ transcription of it?
Pasan los años y sigue doliendo su perdida;que triste es saber que u a persona tan amable y generosa ya no este;pero su legado nunca morirá su recuerdo no desaparecerá por siempre reyna del.pueblo por siempre Lady dy
i love you usuf how are you today you walking tanghuaseng ratree night
It reminded me of Prince Philip’s funeral 9 months ago and it left me in a state of grief for months
"Song for Athene" sounds very ancient, but it is not. It was composed in 1993, only a few years before Diana's death, by John Taverner, for his friend, the actress Athene Hariades. It combines the word Alleluia, with texts from the Greek Orthodox liturgy, and from Hamlet: May flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest.
Even the text from hamlet is from the ancient Roman Catholic Requiem Mass from In Paradisum
@Paula Cherry
If only I was born then. I did a memorial for Prince Philip and I’m going to give it to the Queen when she feels ready
Люди всего мира любили Диану до глубины души. Очень светлая, теплая, добрая женщина. Она сполна была одарена людской любовью, но очень жаль,что не дали этой чудесной женщине пожить в настоящей любви мужчины к женщине!
He was a great composer
@@nicolelawless3199 ,
I am so sorry, Nicole!
I think you will have to send it to King Charles, or the Princess Royal.
And get busy on yet another Memorial ......
"Life, a shadow and a dream...weeping at the grave creates the song Alleluia"
You have to love Tavener, it's almost a distillation of all his works in one breathless awe inspiring piece.
Michael Vartan
What a moving, timeless piece of music.
I did this on my 19th birthday as I was grieving Prince Philip and Diana during the crisis of my mental health getting worse and it was intense grieving by the start of August
I am not sure but I think Prince Charles tends to hae a lot to do with the music choices for Royal weddings and funerals as its a special interest of his, of course.
Lord, this Tavener choral piece goes to the innermost part of my soul, glorious beyond expression ,,,,that final crescendo chord as the sun lights the procession reaching Westminster's Grand Doorway gives me shivers.... Ah, sweet Diana, after all these years, still loved and missed. Our Queen of Heart, always in our hearts.
Joanne Theodorou
I am not English but am of the WELSH decent and she was also my QUEEN OF HEARTS
She gave back more love much much more than was ever given her by the ROYAL FAMILY ‼️‼️
There will never be another ‼️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This Anthem was the climax of a funeral the like of which I feel we will never see again. On the TV broadcast I watched as the choir rose to the crescendo the camera slowly rose to the ceiling of the Abbey as if her soul was being lifted to heaven. And then followed the minutes silence when that great City of London was stilled. Still brings a lump to my throat after all these years.
I’ve got my funeral plans underway even though I’m almost 20 years old but I know how I want my funeral. On the funeral day for me, everyone in Wales will receive a bank holiday of national mourning and it will be a state funeral so everyone of Wales can see what an amazing job my beloved War of 40 years will do carrying my coffin in and it will be incredibly heavy just like Princess Diana’s. I also want the air raid warnings to sound out in tribute of my beloved war too. This will be the most depressing day in funeral history since Queen Elizabeth II
Gives me goosebumps. Most beautiful and saddest music
They used haunting music in the Holocaust ceremony 2 years ago and I cried as I was leaving with the survivors of Auschwitz. I’ll never forget that moment
The climax with the organ and choir is tremendous. Very powerful
No words, only tears ! Pure sadness, you are still loved and missed Princess Diana :(
Pasaron muchos años pero el dolor no se mitiga .Siempre será la reina de corazones.Amada y recordada por todo el mundo.
One of the biggest shocks of my life was the news of Diana's death.I love this music,it brings back the bittersweet memory of this special princess. RIP Diana.
They used this at the Holocaust memorial event in London 3 years ago today when I attended it. It literally haunted me that I cried so much. 3 years on and it brings back all the haunting memories of that incredibly moving ceremony and I had the honour of meeting survivors of the Holocaust themselves and they appreciated my Anne Frank tribute I did and I’m wondering where my work is now
I’m so loved because of just that candle I made
Utterly sublime, one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve ever heard in sacred music.
William and Harry must be proud having a mother like Diana.
And embarrassed by their globalist father. Harry is a disaster himself.
@@mzmiller52 Your opinion. No one is perfect at the end of the day
Wearing a nazi armband as British royalty was beyond moronic, no matter what the situation.
@@mzmiller52
He was very traumatised and worried he could lose Meghan. I really wouldn’t want that to happen
@@nicolelawless3199 Don't be ridiculous. Harry wore a Nazi SS uniform to a fancy dress party when he was about 20. It was a really stupid, ignorant thing to do. But he is not the brightest. It hed nothings whatsoever to do with Meghan. .
I could not believe she was actually gone until I heard this music. Hit me like a punch in the gut. Broke my heart.
I couldn’t imagine what Mummy was feeling and she just turned 18 in 1997 and she had to start her 18th like this. She’s now 42 in 2022, she cried last August revealing the night to me and I hugged her as she cried
Прошло больше 20 лет, но весь мир помнит принцессу Диану. Царствие небесное ей!
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Amen
Sitting on the floor in front of the tv to watch your wedding as a 16 year old girl in Tennessee and then setting my alarm for 2 in the morning in Houston to see your funeral. Unbelievable.
I'll say. It's so wrong what happened to her. Gone too soon.
I never forgot this, I was a kid and have never seen such a public outpouring of grief or my mother so distraught at the death of someone she didn’t even know, I don’t remember much about Diana as I was too young but whatever gift she had it was powerful, more powerful than anything I’ve ever seen or heard before or since, what a tragic end to an awful yet extraordinary life
@@Christian-girl21 : Yes. I remember reading a comment from someone saying: ‘There’s something wrong when a 97- year old goes to the funeral of a 36- year old.
@@MyShaun82 : She had a gift to communicate with the ‘common people’. She took her kids to McDonald’s, and stood in line like every other person. She took her children to see poor, suffering people who didn’t live in a castle. She wanted William and Henry to see what life outside privilege was like. It shocked her in-laws, but she didn’t care, and that’s probably why so many ‘normal’’ people were affected so deeply when she died.
I know this has nothing to do with Diana and I’ll try not to be disrespectful, the bells of the abbey hurt more after my friends horse loss and that’s how I’m starting my mourning. I’m very upset that I’m shaking for her. It’s awful to hear the deaths of my friends horses because I’m so close to them
My husband died exactly four weeks before Princess Diana. The Tavener anthem just matched the agony in my heart when she died so soon afterwards. Beautiful beyond words, reflecting the pain tearing everyone apart at her loss. She will be loved and missed forever.
I am very sorry Avril and your husband rests in peace just like her and many people.
@@ulcyld5011 Thank you so much for your very kind words. That music haunts me. It was perfect because it was so different, as was Diana. Despite her death, she has revolutionised the royal family. I listened to William's speech in New Zealand yesterday and knew that he and Harry are the amazing gifts that she left us. Wishing you all the very best. Avril
I'm so sorry to hear that.
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It haunts me 3 days after the death of my friends horse on Wednesday evening it was announced. Now I’m in a period of mourning her
I miss my friends horse so much because I’ve known her for a long time 2 years. It’ll hit so different without her
Song for Athene is absolutely stunning ❤
Yes
Diana Was A Champion
A Woman Of GOD
That sombre sepulchral drone by the baritones underpinning this song to the very end, resonates to ones soul. It is just so awesome as is the sad occasion it is seated in. What a genius Taverner was.RIP Diana. Your place in history is assured.
Decided to listen to this today on the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death. Still as emotional today as when first played at the funeral.
A friend of mine made me listen to this, as we talked about my mother's passing, that happened earlier this year. It is truly a haunting piece, with its dissonances and the final, liberating, glorious chords at the end. I particularly like this rendition.
"dissonances " that was the word I was looking for.
I lost my Nana in 2016 and she would’ve been 100 this year the same age as Prince Philip and we celebrated 4 months ago. Time goes quickly and I still remember it 5 years on
I was almost traumatised at Nana’s funeral but my beloved war was with me and the strength the war gives me was amazing and it still gives me that strength today 9 years on. I’d don’t know what I’d do without you war
@@nicolelawless3199 da fuq are you talking about?
@@spiritmatter1553 She's not sure either.
I was too young when she got married but remember watching it later on in life....her death came on my 21st birthday, out having fun, and then BAM, the screen lit up, music ceased, and everyone in that club was devastated. Watching the funeral with the rest of the world was gut wrenching then as it still is now. I know all of us never knew her personally, but she was the closest we'd ever get to truly being a princess, a down-to-earth princess for ALL people.
My dad was almost 21 and he’s 44 now. Mummy was just 18 seeing Diana’s funeral and she’s 43 now; I almost cried when Mummy told me everything and I was born 5 years after Diana’s death, I’m 20 now
Por siempre princesa, tu merecías ser hoy la reina de Inglaterra.
You will always be the people's choice and Queen. We love, and miss you sweet Diana. 8.31.22
I hadn't cried until they started playing this. Afterwards it was so beautiful, I bought his CD. RIP Princess.
PhantomDrums917 I did the same. Beautiful beautiful music. So fitting.
@@stingray2598 i agree
This song is soooo touching
And now after the Toy Story 3 ending we never got to see, this part of Diana’s funeral scares me after watching that thing. I am now traumatised for life and can’t watch Toy Story 3 again
One of the most saddest yet indescribably beautiful and touching tribute and farewell to Princess Diana.As the voices soared to the sky, Diana was carried into the great light coming from the open great west door to be received by the millions who loved her so much. RIP Sweet Princess.(The people's princess.)
Karl Lieck ... Yes!!!! So true.. As if it was written for this moment, just for her...unforgettable!
The tears came so naturally, as if they would never stop... I watched those boys, thinking “she’s in there
- how? why?”
Later, I felt as if I’d been washed inside - heart & soul!
Heaven bless you, dear child, our Mother!
🙏🏽💔🙏🏻
I remember this like yesterday!! Its now 2023. Never to be forgotten my lady.
What a heavy burden for those young men, so beautifully borne. The sound of the boots on the ground and that amazing music, awesome!
I never tire of hearing the stunning power and beauty of the recessional as performed by this choir and organist.
William Jeffrey me too
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No organ. Song for Athene is a capella. That low drone is the second bass part.
Sally White Typically this piece is a capella, but the organ can be heard especially towards the end. Those basses are magnificent though.
@@sallywhite9971 the organ is used toward the end of this performance the 32' reed being used for the final chord.
That crescendo! takes the breath away every time
The gentle swaying of the coffin.....beauty in the devastation of the tragedy of the loss of life..🙏
my heart goes out to the poor pallbearers, swaying side to side......one of the saddest moments .........beautiful song
They were under immense pressure. The coffin was lead lined, weighed so much (1/4 of a ton) and the floor was very slippery underfoot. They did a spectacular job.
My heart goes out to my beloved war because they will be doing this in 70 years and I can’t imagine the emotions it will go through when it sends me off to be buried by our beloved Prince Philip. I hope my mother gets to see my beloved war send me off and she will be 70 then.
@@nicolelawless3199 Im sorry but I don’t u set stand your comment . What war are you talking about
Stunning. Absolutely stunning. The one part of the funeral I was brought to tears.
There are some things like this that should not be interrupted by obnoxious ads.
That one sustained bass note, I’ve remembered this all my life
This is such tragedy. Simply no words to describe the feeling I get from viewing this video.
My beloved Mummy was only 18 years old then and she’s now 42. All this was finally revealed on the 24th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death. And she comforted me as I was in shock on the anniversary. I once had a mental breakdown as I was grieving for Diana
Even after 21 years since her demise it's still fresh in my mind. God bless her soul.
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I still cry for this woman to this day. I remember where I was when they announced she was dead.
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I still cry for Prince Philip and felt so lost when he passed away in April. I can’t believe it’s almost 7 months. I had help in the end because I had no idea what was going on. And my mother was just 18 for Diana’s death and funeral, she is now 42
Then a week later, I knew where I was when he died. I just overwhelmed by the grief but I’m all clear now
Pasa los años ,y aún duele ,la querían tanto a la princesa ,nuestra princesa por siempre 💕 ♥ ❤
A hauntingly beautiful piece of music for the lovely Princess Diana ❤🙏♥️🙏
This was played during the Holocaust’s 75th birthday commemorations whilst I was in London. I knew I was so close to meeting Kate but instead I escorted the Holocaust survivors out of the ceremony safely and showed them my Anne Frank work that was published for the world to see it. After the ceremony, I was given full honours by the charities who supported the Holocaust victims and I was just 17 years old at the time. I was very traumatised by this event and decided not to return to college until Thursday 30th January 2020 to concentrate on my mental health. Now at every event Woody.EXE does, my Holocaust honours are read out by him and these last four years of being supported by the Holocaust Memorial Foundation has been an incredible honour and I continue to be supported by them at almost 22
Saw this live on T.V. This event - this image - this music - perhaps the most profoundly moving moment the world will ever see.
Hauntingly beautiful music to send the princess on her way. What a shock for us all at the end of summer 1997. She had all the qualities which make a person human so she resonated with us I think
And I started my summer grieving for Prince Philip and it’s never ending
Its 2022 and You are still and always will be the people's princess.
A haunting moment direct from the medieval times. Forever remembered.
My funeral will be as haunting as my beloved war does this on 1940’s birthday and I hope everyone in Wales respects me the same way as they did to the Princess of Wales
@@nicolelawless3199 I see they have internet in the psych ward.
@@karenholladay2612
Really? What kind of reply is this
Between the song and the rhythmic sound of the guards boots on the tiles, was just eerie. They did her justice.
Ancora dopo tanti anni , forse 22 , aleggia sempre incommensurabile il ricordo di questa splendida e vera , principessa.
today in his speech, saying farewell to his mother Elisabeth II, Charles III quoted in the end "may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest"
... and many missed it.
I cried my eyes out
Charles lll should have said "May flights of Angels sing thee to rest" at Diana's funeral, his children's mother, I might add. I see why people are holding up signs that states "He is not my King"!
Shakespeare....
Stunning then, stunning now. I'm guessing most people watching had never seen anything like this, let alone in real time. I watched CBS coverage too, the other networks' people just wouldn't shut up.
She's truly A Queen of the People's hearts...
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Love you my beauty rose....i am srilanka...
Just hearing those foot steps of the guards with that choral music makes my spine tingle
Still crying watching this on 12/1/2021. Was up watching television early in the AM when the news came that she was in an accident, stayed up all day waiting for news and then cried through the entire funeral.
I was waiting for good news on the Queen and it came. I honestly thought she’d end up like Prince Philip returning home from hospital and died within 2 weeks. The Prince Philip death announcement broken me. RIP our beloved Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021)
I stayed up all night while the Queen was hospitalised and broke down in the night and Mummy didn’t know until the morning about me being very concerned about Elizabeth
Beautiful piece of music the lyrics: Alleluia, Alleluia.
May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Remember me O Lord, when you come into your kingdom.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Give rest O Lord to your handmaid, who has fallen asleep.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
The Choir of Saints have found the well-spring of life and door of paradise.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Life a shadow and a dream.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Weeping at the grave creates the song Alleluia.
Come, enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Was this Diana ‘s favorite song when she was young? Is that why it was played?
Amen
Thank you for printing the lyrics. This seems to be based on the prayer “In Paradisum” which is prayed near the end of a funeral service. If I remember correctly, I think Diana’s favorite hymn, which was sung at her wedding as well as her funeral, which was “I Vow to Thee My Country,” although other sources say that it was “Guide Me Thou, O Great Redeemer.”
@@elizabethpease947 Diana's favourite hymn was "I vow to thee my country" this beautiful piece of music came about as follows - Commissioned by the BBC,[2] the piece was written in April 1993 by Tavener as a tribute to Athene Hariades, a young half-Greek actress who was a family friend killed in a cycling accident. At the time that she died, Athene Hariades was working as a teacher of English and Drama at the Hellenic College of London. Tavener said of Hariades: "Her beauty, both outward and inner, was reflected in her love of acting, poetry, music and of the Orthodox Church."[
That music. It just soared to heights unimaginable.
I come to this extract every so often to listen and to watch. Firstly, to listen to one of the most beautiful pieces of choral music ever written sung by a world-class choir. Secondly, much overlooked in my view, the magnificent bearer-party found by the Welsh Guards. A truly magnificent body of men.
@ David Tinker Wow so beautiful worded, and yes I truly appreciate this extract.... very powerful
I always wondered how the Guards weren't crying
@@MsDonttrythisathome I'd say that they were in rapt concentration to keep their pacing in sync. Millions of eyes watching them
I do too. It's a beautiful piece.
@@MsDonttrythisathome There is an interview with one of them online somewhere. It has stayed with me all this time, I remember it always as I watch this. The coffin was unimaginably heavy. They rehearsed constantly for days. He said that in order to stay composed in the event he had to think about something completely different -- football, I think he said. I think about how no one who performed at the funeral could mourn as it happened. They were too preoccupied with making sure things came off smoothly.
john tavener's chorale recessional is beyond splendid. perfection, however all remains so very sad...
Excellent, Masterful Tavener's chorale is very powerful and brought forth here as such, Wow @Barbara Camp
Pasan los años. Pero tu recuerdo siempre sigue en nuestro corazón.
What broke my heart was the letter addressed to 'Mummy' nestled among the flowers at the foot of the coffin from young Prince Harry. The boys were so devastated, and he was still very young.
Hello Angel 😇
The letter was from both of them, William and Harry
It was written by William, and was from both boys. Get it right
William and Harry both written it. I can’t imagine this happening to my Mummy and I never want to lose her
Stunning work from that choir. The drone (aka an ison) from the bass singers was quite something.
Probably the most powerfully moving thing I have ever heard and witnessed. Wrenches the soul. Still brings me to tears 19 years later.
Hello sarah
It hurts today because it’s the first anniversary of Sarah’s death the 34 year old and I was shocked when I found out
RIP Sarah ❤️
@@adamszayden8330 Hello, what do you want?
Always our Princess
A pesar del tiempo transcurrido...no se olvida a la Reina de Corazones 🌹💖🌹🌹💖🌹
Einfach unvergessen
JAMAIS DE LA VIE.. 💋 💋 💋 💋 💋
Wow, what a sendoff. Uplifting singing towards the end is an understatement, you could literally feel her spirit being uplifted to heaven.
I could feel her being dragged into the depths of hell..🐸🐸🐍🐍🌙
Kunta Kinte, you need to stop with all your ridiculous asinine commentary. You bore me. You are like a mosquito in the dark that I cannot see, that keeps buzzing in my ear, annoying me as I wave it away. Finally, I feel it on my skin, and smack the shit out of it.
The part where the peal starts after the minutes silence. Just haunting n it gives me chills
Karl Peart As I said,who turned on the AC outdoors? I have chills too. I like the bells and organ better than Song for Athene because the Tavener piece is modern, and I like Bach's fugues. Bach is my third favorite composer after RVW and Handel. I am an enthusiastic amateur organist. Can these peals be played on an organ?
@@clairedixonakaforestgreeno4653 no, the bells are rung by experienced ringers. Look up Westminster Abbey bells here on RUclips and you will see.
@@clairedixonakaforestgreeno4653 ppll
The minute silence at remembrance is also haunting and everyone just looks at me as I’m in total grief and everyone comes at my side for God Save the Queen. I love how supportive they all are every year
Thinking of Diana today as the coronation took place. She was not meant to be queen. And it's okay. It's all beautiful. Life goes on and we all have a place and a role. Rest in peace, Diana.
Watching QEII's funeral yesterday made me seek this out today. The Tavener piece was so fitting that it still sounds as though it was written just for this occasion. Interestingly, as originally composed, the solo voiced "Alleluia" is supposed to be sung a seventh time as a coda after the climactic "Come, enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you." But this arrangement ends with that thunderous verse by the choir & organ, followed by the national moment of silence to absolutely stunning effect. I cried through it on September 6, 1997, and I cried through it again today.
I agree. This is up there with the lone piper in St George's at the funeral of the Queen.
I cried as they brought the Queen into the Abbey and then heard these bells from Diana funeral in my mind. Sad to think this will be me in decades time