The order was published this morning:
His Majesty The King has appointed Ms Errollyn Wallen CBE as Master of the King’s Music; the first appointment to this role of his reign.
Wallen, 66, succeeds Dame Judith Weir who has held the role since July 2014. The appointment is in the monarch’s gift, delivered upon advice of the usual establishment committees.
She is an impeccable choice. Belize born, Errollyn Wallen composed works to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden and Diamond Jubilees. She will fulfil the role admirably, and assuredly with greater verve than such ill-chosen predecessors as Walford Davies, Arnold Bax and Arthur Bliss. We send her the warmest congratulations.
Still, one wishes the King had cast the net a little wider than his suited and botted committees. Maybe next time he will ask slippedisc.com. Our immediate recommendations would be Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sandé and Laura Mvula. Now that would be the day.
Wallen is known best for her radical Proms take on Hubert Parry’s Jerusalem.
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