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22.01.2023 - 22:05 / deadline.com
Details of King Charles III’s coronation in May were revealed Saturday by Buckingham Palace. Three days of celebrations are planned, including a concert featuring “global music icons and contemporary stars,” none of whom were named.
The concert will take place on Sunday, May 7 at Windsor Castle’s East Lawn on the day after the coronation, the latter a solemn religious affair. The music show will be part of celebrations across the UK, part of the so-called “Coronation Big Lunch.”
The concert attendees will be drawn from an audience composed of volunteers from the King and Queen Consort’s charity affiliations and those public members selected through a national ballot held by the BBC.
While specific performers were not noted, the Palace said the program will consist of a “world-class orchestra playing interpretations of musical favorites fronted by some of the world’s biggest entertainers, alongside performers from the world of dance…and a selection of spoken word sequences delivered by stars of stage and screen.”
Britain’s Refugee choirs, NHS choirs, LGBTQ+ singing groups and deaf signing choirs, will form “The Coronation Choir” and also perform at the concert, alongside “The Virtual Choir,” made up of singers from across the Commonwealth.
There will be an extra bank holiday on Monday, May 8. The public will be invited to volunteer to projects in their communities under the banner “The Big Help Out.”
“Everyone is invited to join in, on any day,” Michelle Donelan, UK Secretary for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, said in a statement. “Whether that is by hosting a special street party, watching the Coronation ceremony or spectacular concert on TV, or stepping forward during The Big Help Out to help causes that
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A big old concert will take place at Windsor Castle this May as part of the coronation of King Charles III, because you can’t coronate a new king without a proper sing song.Various bits of information have been released about the wider proceedings that will formally put a crown on the head of the new monarch of this here United Kingdom.The coronation itself will take place at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday 6 May, with a service that is likely to be somewhat shorter than the three hour ceremony that took place for the coronation of Elizabeth II back in 1953.The concert at Windsor Castle will be staged the following day, Sunday 7 May. Among other things there will be a laser and drone lightshow, plus a coronation choir featuring a diverse mix of singers recruited from amateur choirs across the country.Also on stage will be a number of “global music icons” yet to be confirmed.
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