'I hope my anthem reflects this joyful occasion,' Webber said in a statement distributed by Buckingham Palace.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer who created the scores for blockbuster musicals such as Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and Evita, has written the anthem for King Charles III's coronation, adapting a piece of church music that encourages singers to make a"joyful noise."
The program for the king's coronation ceremony includes older music and new compositions as the palace seeks to blend traditional and modern elements that reflect the realities of modern Britain. New pieces were composed by artists with roots in all four of the United Kingdom's constituent nations, as well as in the Commonwealth and foreign countries that have sent so many people to its shores.
"The decision to combine old and new reflects the cultural breadth of the age in which we live,'' said Andrew Nethsingha, the organist and master of choristers at Westminster Abbey.
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