The show is directed by Michael Grandage with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.Īfter coming up with his coronation score, Lloyd Webber set about orchestrating it to include short opening and closing fanfare played by the Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Airforce. It’s currently housing a production of the Disney musical Frozen, starring Samantha Barks, Emily Lane, Djavan van de Fliert, Craig Gallivan and Oliver Ormson. There I was, auditioning, really, for the sovereign,” he told Deadline at a small, highly privileged gathering in his private office adjoining the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, which is owned by his LW Theatres organisation.Īndrew Lloyd Webber in his private office in Covent Garden Baz Bamigboye/Deadline “That’s when I thought I’d blown it but I played him that early score and got this amazing reaction. “I sat down at the piano and tried to sing it,” he laughed. The court composer admitted that he was “incredibly nervous” when it came time to perform it in the King’s presence. “I had a slight advantage having composed an anthem or two before and my father wrote some choral pieces,” he added, referring to his father William Lloyd Webber, a classical and modern music composer and organist. I got lucky and composed it in maybe a day,” he said. Sometimes they take days and this one didn’t. “Once I found the text it was simple, really. “We chatted away and we talked about the Book of Solomon and I had an idea of using Psalm 98, the one that goes ‘ Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord, the King,’ because it has a message that’s highly appropriate.” He explained how he met with the King months ago to discuss options for the historic anthem. “In all honesty,” said Lloyd Webber, “the King said the music gave him goosebumps and tears.” Let’s say it made an impact on the King,” said Lloyd Webber who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1992 and ennobled as Lord Lloyd Webber five years later. There was “some evidence” of a “tear in the King’s eye” as he played Make A Joyful Noise on the piano. “I mean, he could have said that he hated it and I would have had to have started it all over again,” Lloyd Webber joked. The musical theatre giant was specially commissioned to compose the anthem for their majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Buckingham Palace Silent On Prince Harry & Meghan Paparazzi Car Chase NYPD Confirm Incident, But Play Down Drama
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