THE Ebor Singers will celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in style on Saturday in York Minster with a concert featuring music sung at her coronation.

This will include Vaughan Williams’s All People That On Earth Do Dwell, written specifically for that service, and Parry’s I Was Glad, first performed in 1902 for Edward VII’s coronation but now established as a favourite at Royal coronations and weddings, including Prince William and Katie Middleton’s ceremony last year.

The 7.30pm concert also will include Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, possibly the most widely loved of the many settings of the Requiem mass.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to perform this music in a different context,” says Paul Gameson, the York choir’s founder and director. “For instance, Parry’s I Was Glad is well loved by choirs and choral societies, but it is rarely performed with the cries of ‘Vivat regina’ – traditionally shouted by the monarch’s subjects, but transformed by Parry into a rousing chorus fanfare.

“We’ll also perform some musical surprises, including a choral version of Land Of Hope And Glory, taken from Elgar’s1902 Coronation Ode, which will be a great treat for singers and audience.”

• Tickets may be purchased on the door or in advance from the York Minster box office on 0844 939 0015.