DATE WRITTEN  

1953

DEDICATED TO  

The Worshipful Company of Musicians

COMMISSIONED BY  

The Worshipful Company of Musicians to mark the year of HM Queen Elizabeth's coronation

FIRST PERFORMANCE  

3 March 1954, Royal Albert Hall
Royal Choral Society with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent

NOTES  

Song of thanksgiving (Biblical - Isaiah; Psalms 29, 148)