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Ultimately, both songs were featured albeit with a reduced-capacity choir and orchestra. The BBC later reversed the decision, claiming the original move was due to the coronavirus social-distancing measures, and that they would now be sung. Further reporting hypothesised that the decision was made in light of renewed prominence for the Black Lives Matter movement, after the murder of George Floyd earlier in the summer, supporters of which accused the songs of glorifying colonialism and slavery. This break from tradition prompted outrage from some members of the public, the media and some politicians, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson who accused the BBC of "cringing embarrassment about our history". ĭuring the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the BBC announced a decision not to feature "Land of Hope and Glory" as well as " Rule, Britannia!" in the Last Night of the Proms running order. In an exception, for the 2001 Last Night concert following the September 11 attacks, the conductor Leonard Slatkin substituted a more serious programme, featuring Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings", but despite the success of this occasion, the now traditional pieces returned the following year. In some years, "Land of Hope and Glory" and the other favourites were left out of the programme but reinstated after press and public outrage. The Last Night of the Proms was broadcast annually on television from 1953 onwards, and Promenaders began dressing up outrageously and waving flags and banners during the climax of the evening. By then, audience participation in the second half of the programme had become a ritual, and from 1947 a boisterous 'tradition' was created by the conductor Malcolm Sargent, making "Land of Hope and Glory" part of a standard programme for the event. "Land of Hope and Glory" featured in the final concerts for 1928, 1929, 19. From 1927, the BBC began supporting the Proms, with radio broadcasts bringing the music to an increasingly wide audience. The two pieces were played one after another at the closing concerts in 1916, 19. It was played as "Land of Hope and Glory" in the last concert of the 1905 proms, and at the first and last concerts of the 1909 Proms, which also featured Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs. 1 was introduced as an orchestral piece (a year before the words were written), conducted by Henry Wood who later recollected "little did I think then that the lovely broad melody of the trio would one day develop into our second national anthem". The Proms began in 1895 in 1901 Elgar's newly composed 'Pomp and Circumstance' March No. God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.Ī pride that dares, and heeds not praise, God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet, Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? The following songs appear in both Lift Up Your Hearts and the Africian American Heritage Hymnal.Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, Nolan Williams Jr (arrangement) Charles Wesley (words) Ĭhris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Louie Giglio, Matt MaherĪfrican American Spiritual Melvin Costen (arr)Īlbert Dennis Tessier and Nolan Williams Jr (arr)Īfrican American Spiritual Nolan Williams Jr (arr)Īfrican American Spiritual Wendall Whalum Nolan Williams Jr (arrangement) Christopher Idle (words) Richard Smallwood Nolan Williams Jr (arr) I Love the Lord He Heard My Cry (refrain)Īfrican American Spiritual Melvin CostenĪfrican American Spiritual Harry T. Wyatt Tee Walker (arrangment) Glenn Burleigh (refrain) Elderkin (refrain and music) Charles Wesley (stanzas) The second list that appears farther down the page is a list of all the songs that appaer in both Lift Up Your Hearts and the Africian American Heritage Hymnal. The following songs originate from the African American community, or are composed, arranged, or written by African Americans.