The Funeral Connection
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The funeral procession of Queen Victoria in 1901
It began as music to accompany a horse-drawn coffin through the city streets—but over the years, composers have used it in a variety of settings, from serious to comic.
In the next hour, music to die for--funeral marches for a real queen, a fictional prince, a puppet, a parrot, and more.
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FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Mendelssohn : A Midsummer Night’s Dream [for Fanfare & Funeral March} |
London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn |
EMI CDC 7471632 |
0724357498128 |
| Purcell: Funeral & Sacred Music |
Baroque Brass Of London, Timothy Brown |
Brilliant Classics 99790 |
5028421997902 |
| Purcell: Music for Queen Mary |
Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury |
EMI Classics 094634443821 |
094634443821 |
| Berlioz: Grande Symphonie Funebre |
London Symphony Orchestra, John Alldis Choir; Colin Davis |
Philips 456 143-2 |
028945614328 |
| Kodaly Conducts Kodaly |
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltan Kodaly |
Deutsche Grammophon DG 427 408-2 |
028942740822 |
| Tortelier's French Bonbons [for Gounod’s Funeral March of the Marionette] |
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier |
Chandos CHAN 9765 |
095115976524 |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 1 |
Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti |
EMI CDE5749632 |
0724357496322 |
| Chopin Complete Edition |
Pollini |
DG 4778445 |
028947784456 |
| Rossini: La Gazza Ladra |
London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry |
Chandos CHAN 3097 |
095115309728 |
| Lewenthal Complete RCA and Columbia Recordings [for Alkan’s Funeral for a Dead Parrot] |
Metropolitan Opera Studio Ensemble |
Sony Classical
19075853642 |
190758536422 |
| Beethoven: Sonatas |
Barenboim |
DG 4631272 |
028941960221 |
| Walton : Scenes from Shakespeare |
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
CHAN 7041 |
095115704127 |
| Grieg: Complete Music for Piano, Vol. 4 |
Eva Knardahl |
BIS BISCD107 |
7318590001073 |
| Grieg: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2 [for Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak, op.73] |
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset |
Naxos 8.557854 |
0747313285426 |
4:00 p.m.
Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, Op.61: Fanfare And Funeral March
4:01 p.m.
H. Purcell
Purcell
Funeral Sentences (for the funeral of Queen Mary), Z. 27: Funeral March
Baroque Brass of London
4:03 p.m.
King's College Choir
Purcell
March
Academy of Ancient Music
4:04 p.m.
London Symphony Orchestra
Hector Berlioz
Grande Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15: 1. Marche funèbre (Moderato un poco lento)
London Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor
4:17 p.m.
Kodaly
Kodaly
Hary Janos: Funeral March
Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin; Ferrenc Fricsay, conductor
4:20 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Funeral March of a Marionette
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
4:25 p.m.
Riccardo Muti
Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major ('Titan'): III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
Philadelphia Orchestra; Muti, conductor
4:29 p.m.
Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, Op.61: Fanfare And Funeral March
4:30 p.m.
Chopin
Chopin
Funeral March
Maurizio Pollini
4:33 p.m.
Rossini
Rossini
'Bitter torment burns within you' Funera March from La Gazza Ladra
Philharmonia Orchestra; David Parry, conductor Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
4:36 p.m.
Charles Alkan
Charles Alkan
Funeral March for a Dead Parrot
; Raymond Lewenthal, conductor Metropolitan Opera Studio
4:45 p.m.
L.V. Beethoven
Beethoven
Sonata No. 12, 3rd mvmt: Funeral March on the Death of a Hero
Daniel Barenboim
4:46 p.m.
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Walton
Hamlet - A Shakespeare Scenario: IX Finale (Funeral March)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:50 p.m.
E. Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Funeral March
Knardahl
4:50 p.m.
E. Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor orchestration: Johan Halvorsen
