ONDON, 6 September 1997 - A funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales was held at Westminster Abbey in London this morning. The ceremony included the following musical works.

Before the Service: Organ Music

The following were requested by Lady Sarah McCorquodale

Organ Sonata in C Minor, opus 65 No 2
I. Grave: Adagio

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
(1809-1847)

Prelude on the hymn tune 'Eventide'

Hubert Parry
(1848-1918)

Prelude on the hymn tune
'Rhosymedre' (Welsh hymn tune)

Ralph Vaughan Williams
(1872-1958)

Choral Prelude:
Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu
Christ, BWV 639

Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)

Elegy

George Thalben-Ball
(1896-1988)

Fantasia in C Minor, BWV 537

Johann Sebastian Bach

Adagio in G Minor

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
(1671-1751)

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor
("From the New World"),opus 95

Antonin Dvorak
(1841-1904)

Canon

Johann Pachelbel
(1653-1706)

Variation No 9 ("Nimrod") from Enigma Variations, opus 36

Edward Elgar
(1857-1934)

Prelude

William Harris
(1883-1973)

British National Anthem (sung as the cortege entered the Abbey)


Sentences

Choral Settings by William Croft (1678-1727)
Organist of Westminster Abbey 1708-27 and Henry Purcell (1659-95)
Organist of Westminster Abbey 1679-95


Hymns

I vow to thee my country

One of the Princess's favourite hymns

The King of love

A metrical version of Psalm 23

Make me a channel of Thy peace

Popular hymn. Martin Neary (Organist and Master of the Choristers) made a new arrangement for the service

Guide me O Thou Redeemer

Anthems and songs

Guiseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Requiem

An extract from Libera me. A favourite of the Princess

Sung by The BBC Singers
Soloist: Lynne Dawson, soprano

Candle in the Wind
Elton John (b 1947) and Bernie Taupin (b 1950)
Sung by Elton John with new words for this service by Bernie Taupin

The Londonderry Air ggggggggI would be true

John Tavener (b. 1944) ggggggggSong for Athene

Written in 1993 as a tribute to a young friend who was killed in a cycling accident. Tavener had heard Athene reading Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey. Words were drawn from Shakespeare's Hamlet and set with Alleluias. This work was sung as the cortege walked down the aisle towards the doors of Westminster Abbey. It was followed by the one minute national silence.

Organ music after the service