“I Vow to Thee, My Country”

This poignantly beautiful patriotic hymn was born when a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice was set to the music from the “Jupiter” movement of Holst’s major spinetingling orchestral suite The Planets. It is popularly sung at Remembrance Day services; and has been performed at the funerals of Winston Churchill and Margaret Tchatcher, among others. In 2019, it was voted as UK’S sixth favourite hymn in a poll by BBC’S Songs of Praise.