Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer who created the music for the blockbuster musicals ‘Cats’, ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ and ‘Evita’, wrote the hymn for the coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom by arranging a church music that encourages singers to make a ‘joyous noise’.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s work is one of twelve new pieces of music commissioned by King Charles III for the important ceremony to take place on May 6 at Westminster Abbey.

The English composer’s hymn includes lyrics adapted from Psalm 98 and has been specially arranged for the Abbey choir and church organ.

“I hope my anthem reflects this happy occasion,” Webber said in a statement released by Buckingham Palace.

What does the music… program include?

The program for the king’s coronation ceremony includes older music and new compositions, as King Charles III tries to combine traditional and modern elements that reflect the reality of modern Britain.

Music written by artists with roots in all four of the UK’s constituent countries, as well as the Commonwealth and foreign countries that have sent so many people to its shores, has been selected.

Also, Buckingham also announced that Charles asked for orthodox music, as a tribute to his father, Prince Philip, who was born on the Greek island of Corfu and passed away in 2021. It will be performed by a Byzantine Vocal Ensemble.

the coronation program will include works by William Byrd (1543-1623), Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759), Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Henry Walford Davies, (1869-1941), William Walton (1902-1983 ), Hubert Parry (1848-1918) and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), whose music has accompanied previous enthronements, along with a work by contemporary Welsh composer Carl Jenkins.