As we anticipate His Majesty King Charles’ crowning this coming weekend, Yarlung celebrates its deep connections with Britain.
King Charles commissioned British, American, Algerian composer Tarik O’Regan to write the Agnus Dei for a reflective moment during the service for Saturday’s coronation festivities in Westminster Abbey. Tarik’s piece mixes Arabic and Irish sounds in this sublime moment in the Anglican mass.
Tarik O’Regan is best known to Yarlung fans as composer for the albums All Things Common and Nostos.
To put Tarik’s music and this wonderful honor in perspective, music performed at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation on June 2nd in 1953, was written by Purcell, Handel, William Walton, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells and of course Elgar (Pomp and Circumstance).
And last June 2nd, 2022, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II honored Yarlung’s Special Advisor Harry Bicket with Order of the British Empire in recognition of his outstanding contributions in music as part of the Queen’s 70th Jubilee.