Herald AV Publications

HAVPCD232 – Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B.

	Disk Title	Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B.
		The State Funeral
	Soloists	David Thorne (Organ)
		The Revd Canon Gavin Kirk (Precentor)
	Choir	The Choir of Portsmouth Cathedral
	Conductor	David Price
	Location	Portsmouth Cathedral
	Date Recorded	February 1999
	Audio Tracks	31

The death of Nelson has become the central event of the Battle of Trafalgar. Even at the time it over-shadowed all other aspects of the great drama, and public mourning for Nelson completely eclipsed the rejoicing for what was, after all, one of the most decisive naval victories ever won. People who had never even met him grieved for him. There was a widespread sense of personal loss, and so the public grief for Nelson found its expression and release in an emotional public funeral. The ceremonies were spread over two days: a grand water-borne procession up the River Thames from Greenwich, where his coffin had lain in state; a huge and colourful procession through the streets of London; and finally a two-hour service in St Paul’s Cathedral, with stark, haunting words and glorious music.

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