– Beethoven's Funeral Marches No 2 and 3 These two pieces pieces are far more mournful and placid. Funeral March No 3 was played by the band of the Grenadier Guards at Philip's ceremonial royal funeral at Windsor Castle.
Funeral marches were played during the processions by bands, including HM Royal Marines. The list of funeral marches to be played includes those by Mendelssohn and Chopin, plus Beethoven's three B flat minor Funeral Marches.
Mendelssohn, Funeral March (1843) performed at the procession for Queen Elizabeth II - YouTube. Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) from Lieder ohne Worte, Book 5, op. 62, no. 3 (1843) Arr.
Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven (hymn)
The Lord's My Shepherd
As part of this, the Queen listed her ten favourite pieces of music. Two hymns featured in this list. One was 'Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven' mentioned above: the other was 'The Lord's My Shepherd'.
The Russian Kontakion of the Departed | Committal Service for HM The Queen Elizabeth II - YouTube.
Pipe Major Paul Burns, the Sovereign's Piper of the Royal Regiment of Scotland at the time of her death, performed the traditional Lament 'Sleep, dearie, sleep' as the congregation stood at the end of the service in London's Westminster Abbey.
The Band and Bugles of the Rifles and The Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas will be the first band that everyone will see and hear as they lead the Queen's coffin on its final journey through London, from Whitehall to Wellington Arch.
While standing guard by the Queen's coffin as it lies in state inside Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster, a member of the royal guard collapsed and police rushed to his side.
According to People, only royals that are “working members of royal family who hold military rank” were permitted to wear their uniforms at the funeral.
Jack Burnell-Williams, 18-year-old Guardsman who marched behind the late Queen Elizabeth II's coffin during her official funeral procession, was discovered dead at London barracks.
Supposedly they are the only instrument that can be heard in Heaven. A piper and the sound of the bagpipes helps to direct departed souls towards Heaven's Gates. The walking away symbolizes the piper leading the departed to the Hereafter, yet stopping short of the Gate through which the piper cannot pass.
As The Queen's Committal Service comes to a close, Her Majesty's Piper plays a lament. The moving moments were especially symbolic given the Queen started most days with the sound of bagpipes. As something of an alarm clock, the piper would play at 9 a.m. for 15 minutes for the monarch wherever she was in residence.
The hymns that the Queen chose for her funeral are “The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended”, which is typically performed at Evensong, “The Lord's My Shepherd” and “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”.
The Day Thou Gavest
the darkness falls at thy behest; to thee our morning hymns ascended, thy praise shall sanctify our rest. The first hymn to be sung at the State funeral, The Day Thou Gavest is one of the nation's favourite hymns for funerals, with a message about God's eternal love and life after death.
Coronation March - Bax
As the congregation left the service, and the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II processed out of Westminster Abbey, a new piece by Arnold Bax was performed for the first time, between two of Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance Marches.
Going Home is a famous tune played on the bagpipes at both military and civilian funerals.
For most of her reign, the Queen was roused by the sound of bagpipes played beneath her window – at all her residences around the country. The Piper to the Sovereign for decades acted as a personal alarm clock, playing for 15 minutes each morning, as well as on state occasions.
The UK's reigning monarch has had their own personal piper since Queen Victoria created the position back in 1843. Queen Elizabeth II had 17 pipe majors over the course of her lengthy reign, with the musicians performing for her majesty outside of her window each morning at 9 a.m.
The earlier procession, from Westminster Hall, to the sound of bagpipes and with Big Ben tolling, took around eight minutes. Leading it was around 200 pipers and drummers of Scottish and Irish Regiments, the Brigade of Gurkhas and RAF.
A witness has said her seven-year-old niece was pushed aside by a man who grabbed the Queen's coffin as it lay in state. Tracey Holland said Darci Holland was “grabbed out of the way”, though the police detained the man “in two seconds”.
Queen buried beside husband
At the end of the final hymn, the King placed a flag - the Queen's company camp colour of the Grenadier Guards - on the coffin. The coffin was lowered into the Royal Vault, before the Queen's piper played a lament as he walked away, in a symbolic gesture.
The eight pallbearers who carried the late Queen's coffin have been recognised by King Charles III in a special Royal honours list.
The Duke of Sussex served in the Army for a decade and did two tours of Afghanistan but will not be allowed to adorn the military uniform because he is no longer a working Royal. The same rules applied when Charles' youngest son and Prince Andrew wore morning suits for the Elizabeth II's funeral last September.