THE Queen’s funeral is taking place today and each element of the service has been carefully selected by the late Monarch.
The plans for her funeral included the order of service and music chosen to give the Queen one final goodbye.
1) What is My Soul, There is a Country about?
After the Sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, the choir in Westminster Abbey will sing the anthem My Soul, There is a Country.
The Queen is said to have chosen it as an “an anthem of great hope”, Buckingham Palace said.
It includes the lyrics…
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Leave then thy foolish ranges,
For none can thee secure,
But One who never changes,
Thy God, thy Life, thy Cure.
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2) Who wrote My Soul, There is a Country?
The song was composed by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, also known as Hubert Parry, who lived from 1848 to 1918.
It features in his Songs of Farewell, which is a set of six compositions by the British composer.
The choral pieces, created between 1916 and 1918, were among his last before his death.
3) What is Who Shall Separate us from the Love of Christ?
After the Commendation by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the choir will sing another anthem.
This will be a composition based on some carefully-selected verses from the Bible.
It features lyrics from Romans 8: 35a and 38b–end.
The choir will sing: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Alleluia! Amen.”
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4) Who wrote Who Shall Separate us from the Love of Christ?
Although the text comes from the Bible, the anthem music has been written by Sir James MacMillan CBE in honour of this Service.
The Scottish composer is one of today's most performed composers, with his choral and orchestral music played by the most renowned orchestras around the world.
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