Jubilee anthem featuring soprano Lesley Garrett will be released to mark Queen’s 70 years on the throne – EIIR: The Platinum Record will be released on monarch’s 96th birthday in April
- EIIR: The Platinum Record will mark the monarch’s historic Accession Day
- It features soprano Lesley Garrett and West End baritone star Rodney Earl Clarke
- First track, The Four British Nations, features state trumpets and chants
- The second, We Thank You From Our Hearts, calls Queen ‘mother of this nation’
A new Jubilee anthem has been composed in honour of the Queen’s 70 years on the throne.
EIIR: The Platinum Record, which was announced to mark the monarch’s historic Accession Day, will be released on the Queen’s 96th birthday in April.
The two-part composition features renowned soprano Lesley Garrett and West End baritone star Rodney Earl Clarke, along with the London Community Gospel Choir.
The first track, The Four British Nations, by composer Olga Thomas, is an Elgar-inspired creation featuring state trumpets, and chants and shouts of Vivat, Regina, and Elizabetha.
The second is titled We Thank You From Our Hearts and heralds the monarch as the ‘mother of this nation’.
Rodney Earl Clarke, Lesley Garrett, Thomas Mace-Archer-Mills with Olga Thomas (front left) and Anton van der Mere (front right)
A new Jubilee anthem has been composed in honour of the Queen’s 70 years on the throne and will be released next year
Lesley Garrett said: ‘There has never been a greater need for a song to unite us all than now.
‘Covid and its chaotic aftermath has touched every one of us, throughout the Commonwealth and the wider world.
‘For 70 years our Queen has been there, the one sure and steadfast rock in our unpredictable world.’
It features sounds from around the world including Caribbean steel drums and the didgeridoo of Australia, as well as Hindi, Maori, and Swahili chants referencing the Queen.
It was composed by Anton van der Mere, who also wrote the lyrics with the founder of the British Monarchists Society, Thomas Mace-Archer-Mills.
The anthem, which was commissioned by the society as part of its year-long celebration of the Jubilee, will be available on all digital download and streaming platforms from April 21.
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