Laurence Olivier Memorial Service Westminster Abbey 1989

Laurence Olivier Memorial Service Westminster Abbey October 20th 1989

More info and the full order of service can be found here:
https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abb...
https://www.westminster-abbey.org/med...

The Service is sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey, with London Brass
Jane Lister, harp
Andrew Lumsden, Sub-Organist of Westminster Abbey, organ
The arrangements of Sir William Walton's Coronation Te Deum and Crown Imperial are by Christopher Palmer.

The music is directed by Martin Neary, Organist and Master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey from 1988 until 1998.

Organ Music before the Service:

Sonata No. 3 in A.............Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Romanza from Christopher Columbus Suite ........Sir William Walton
Scherzo and Elegy from the music to Richard III .............Sir William Walton
Walton's Toye .................Herbert Howells
Passacaglia on the death of Falstaff from the music to Henry V ...............Sir William Walton
Nimrod from 'Enigma' Variations .......Sir Edward Elgar


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