• Composition: 1952–3
• First Public Performance: 2 June 1953. Westminster Abbey, London. Coronation Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult conductor.
• Duration: About 7 minutes
• Dedication: To Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
• Craggs Catalogue Number: C59
• Instrumentation: 3 flutes (third doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 3 clarinets (third doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, 3 percussion (side drum, bass drum, cymbals, tambourine) – harp – organ (optional) – strings
• Manuscript: Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 628. Autograph full score. 31 pages.
• Publication: Oxford University Press. Score and parts are available on hire.
• Arrangements:
Arranged for reduced orchestra, by Roy Douglas.
Instrumentation: 2 flutes (second doubling piccolo), 1 or 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 or 2 bassoons – 2 or 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba (optional) – timpani, 2 to 4 percussion – harp – strings
Alternate instrumentation: Piano – strings
Publication: Oxford University Press. Piano/conductor score, 1953, 019 3683032 (discontinued). Score and parts are available on hire.
Arranged for military band, by Norman Richardson.
Publication: Boosey and Hawkes. Score, 1953, QMB 188, and parts. Discontinued.
Arranged for piano solo, by Roy Douglas.
Publication: Oxford University Press. Score, 1953, 019 3739216. Discontinued.
Arranged for organ solo, by Sir William McKie.
Publication: Oxford University Press. Score, 1953, 019 3758733.
Arranged for brass band, by Eric Ball.
Instrumentation: Soprano cornet, 8 cornets, flugelhorn, 3 horns, 2 baritone horns, 2 trombones, bass trombone, 2 euphonium, 2 bass horns in B-flat, 2 bass horns in E-flat – timpani, percussion (side drum)
Publication: Oxford University Press. Score, 1979, 019 368537X. Set of parts, 019 3685388.
Arranged for organ solo, by Robert Gower.
Publication: Oxford University Press. Included in A Walton Organ Album, 1996, 019 3758709. [Purchase online from SheetMusicPlus.com: A Walton Organ Album]
Recordings:
| Orchestra | Conductor | Year | Compact Disc | Timing |
| London Symphony Orchestra | Sir Malcolm Sargent | 1953 | London 425 662-2 | 7’27” |
| Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Sir Charles Groves | 1969 | EMI Classics 67222 | 7’12” |
| City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Louis Frémaux | 1976 | EMI Classics 64201 | 6’50” |
| Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | David Hill | 1991 | Decca 467 613-2 | 7’36” |
| The Philharmonia | Sir David Willcocks | 1991 | Chandos CHAN 8998 | 7’04” |
| Robert Gower organ [arr. Gower] | n/a | 1996 | Priory PRCD 591 | 8’09” |
| English Northern Philharmonia | Paul Daniel | 2001 | Naxos 8.555869 | 7’20” |
| The Band of the Scots Guards [arr. Richardson] | Major R. J. Owen | 2002 | SRC 107 | 7’24” |