William Walton - Crown Imperial - Coronation March
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2008
- Crown Imperial is an orchestral march by William Walton, commissioned for the coronation of King George VI in Westminster Abbey in 1937.
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I have played this piece at Orchestra (on the viola) and it is very heart on sleeve, which goes down very well with me. What a bass line and incredible major sixth chords. The best thing about it is the middle section with the violas playing the tune. By the way, both my parents were alive when this was composed (my mother less than a year old) so in their formative years!
I first heard this earlier today on my local classical music station and instantly adored it!
Yes, it was composed at the time of the coronation of George VI (the date had originally been set for the coronation of Edward VIII before he abdicated). The BBC commissioned the piece for their coverage -- it was not used at the coronation itself. It's a great piece for orchestra or band and add the organ at the end.
"Crown Imperial" is my most favorite music.
I think this is the noblest march in the world.
A cheeky-faced teenager, I played trombone, It drove me forward by its power. I stand proud.
I have played it on the viola in my early thirties with great gusto. Heart on sleeve and lump in throat, especially with the violas playing the tune! Bliss!!!
This music is magnificent.
I discovered this piece from my parents record collection and it gave me chills when I first heard it. It still does to this day.
“Gave you the chills” love it! For my parents who were in their twenties when it was composed, it was something new, and maybe took awhile to appreciate. But for for us baby boomers it was WW2 British powerful and sooo poignant.
ohhh man.. i'm having graduation flashbacks...i played this every year of college graduation.. and then it was my turn to hear it!
Absolutely amazing piece of music we're gonna play it in NCO i cant wait
Love this for its true feeling of a genuinely royal procession. Something about this piece feels so big and eternal. Yale uses it for its' graduation ceremonies instead of the usual Pomp and Circumstance. It was written for the Coronation of King George the Sixth. But that is about all I know about it. I've always felt that this piece goes Elgar one better. Thrilling music!
My all-time favorite of the "royalty" music theme. Thank you and cheerio!
Grand ,Stately and yet still cool go out and find Adventure music ,,I Love it ! Thank You for posting this awesome piece !!!!
The 27th Lancers (from Revere, Massachusetts)played this as their "off-the-line" in 1976. It completely blew me away, and has been one of my favorite marches since. It's a tremendous piece.
Just magnificent.
I was playng this in our wind orchestra.
I played the horn.
My dear music!
William Walton was an absolute genius and should be ranked in the top tier of composers. Sure, he is well respected and still gets a fair amount of play, but his style has landed him on the periphery of the perennial greats. Not in my book, though. He's top shelf all the way. Brilliant!
By Jove, yes. The heart on sleeve nature of his royal music is very moving and the viola tune in the middle section is my favourite part. Not forgetting the moving bass line and incredible major sixths!
Fantastic!
One of my favorites, along with Pomp and Curcumstance by Elgar. and of course Enigma Variations, by the above mentioned brilliant man.
Modern, a little cinematic - used as the theme for "Heathrow - Britain's Busiest Airport"
xD my band is playing this.
No No. Correction: My band is TRYING to play this.
The brass parts in this March are a bear in terms of endurance.
In marching band, we're actually playing The Rakes of Mallow. So you have this upbeat cheery irish jig with all these bagpipes and color guard dancers and suddenly it gets faster and faster and faster and BAM! Crown Imperial! We actuaally play a much faster variation on the ending which is a huge contrast from the false sense of security section that is the Rakes of Mallow.
We're gonna get the audience really good!
we just playe this with NCO AMAZING PIECE OF MUSIC i luved it its such a thrill to play
As a trombonist, I remember this to be a real punch in the face at the end!
It is really nice to play...
I am playing this in my orchestra
I play viola and we have the tune (FIRST TIME EVER) at 1:58!!!
woooo!!!
Snap, Chloe. I well remember playing this at Orchestra (on the viola) in my early thirties. Now 52, I look back with pride and heart on sleeve at that achievement. Best part of the whole piece, complete with stirring bass line and incredible major sixths!
If only he got to know how loved his piece was🇦🇺!
Oh, my friend, if there's one Elgar piece we know, it's Pomp and Circumstance. We play it at all of our graduation ceremonies.
Not bad for a bloke from Oldham :) What a genius
Most popular Mp3 sites - it's a well known piece of classical music. There should be more than 1 recording, so choose your orchestra - listen to the preview. Napster, iTunes, Amazon Mp3 Download should all have this.
Carolina Crown 2017
Just played this yesterday. 1st Trumpet. Quite tricky but an interesting piece. :)
listen to my favourite! "pomp and circumstance" march number 4, there are words applicable to it see if you can get hold of them
I used to play this on my dad's old grama phone playing the old 78, as a kid without knowing that Walton was born only a fifteen minute walk away from where I lived.
Walton was an exact contemporary of my Grandad Cooper, and lived less than a year longer. By which time I would have been in second year at senior school, not yet thirteen!
Word.
ok I just have to say this,
We too are playing this for Full Orchestra, and, as we live in the USA, at the regal middle section I always think: "how very British"... if anyone takes that as an insult, well im sorry.
And please don't start bashing on America
Reminds me of The Santa Clara Vanguard Drum Corps....from the '70's
Does anybody know where I can get an mp3 of this piece?
It's so fantastic...
this one's a lip killer for horns and i wish it wasnt cus its really fun
@smashbrosfan13 Did you get tjhe arrangement with fffff in?
you can convert youtube vid to mp3 with a special program
We're playing this in my high school concert band... a slightly different arrangement, of course.
We had this on a set of 78's : each side gave you about 2 minutes before you had to flip over, or put on the next disc .....
You must have different arrangement than I have. Mine is arranged by David Stone and I don't see a "maestoso" part. Who is yours arranged by?
@TheWickedNorth Um... Would you mind giving me a copy as well? I have the same problem as the user above: Brilliant piece, but can't find it anywhere...
Thanks very much, in any case, for putting this up.
Does anyone know who performed this piece?
who is it arranged by???
Rule Britannia: Last Night of the Proms
by Paul Daniel
I bet John Williams was inspired by this to compose the coronation march
Ray B something. My copy cut off the rest of the last name. :[
Hear hear
lucky!
:)))
Can you please send me this to?
Heathrow: Britiains busiest airport
@phsyxx message me your email address..
I just performed this with an orchestra. Quite depressed after hearing this though cos our version was nowhere near as good!
I played this piece two decades ago on the viola in an orchestra concert and it was incredible. Phenomenal major sixths and a archetypal Walton bass line. Having perfect pitch does help, admittedly. The tune is in C major (middle section Ab).
Message me your email address, Ill send you it..
HAHAHAHAHAH YES
@ronaldosucks1 I bet they all " Singh " along to this lol
I wish I could have had this as a processional instead of Elgar's overdone "Pomp and Circumstance"