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Before the service, the tenor bell is tolled every minute for 96 minutes, reflecting each year of Queen Elizabeth II's life.

Coronation of Elizabeth II, coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon,” and “Possessions and other Territories.” The ceremony was presided over by the archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Francis Fisher, and took place on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey, London. Although Elizabeth had ascended the throne upon the death of her father, George VI, on February 6, 1952, her coronation took place more than a year later. This allowed for a period of mourning...

Coronation of Elizabeth II, coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon,” and “Possessions and other Territories.” The ceremony was presided over by the archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Francis Fisher, and took place on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey, London. Although Elizabeth had ascended the throne upon the death of her father, George VI, on February 6, 1952, her coronation took place more than a year later. This allowed for a period of mourning...

The Toronto of my youth was a city transitioning from what one wag labelled a "quaint Presbyterian backwater" - a city that used to chain down the park swings on Sundays so that nobody could play on them - to the multicultural, though unaffordable (!) metropolis that it is today. If Sundays were somewhat restrictive, even oppressive, they were also peaceful and contemplative. The best of Healey Willan's music reflects this aspect of repose. We will hear one of his numerous Missa Brevis, along with music by the 18th Century French composer, and by Jean Sibelius; a composer who even...

We pay tribute to the leading British organist, composer and choirmaster, who was publishing music right up until the end of his life