--- title: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Announce Music for Royal Wedding description: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced the music they'll be playing when they tie the knot this spring at the royal wedding. canonical: https://time.com/5252314/royal-wedding-music-2018/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-24T15:12:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:24.776Z og:title: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Announce Music for Royal Wedding og:description: Here's how to listen to it og:url: https://time.com/5252314/royal-wedding-music-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta34edad7291925b0/69892e82fb4eac206a8966d9/royal-wedding-music-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: BRITAIN-CRIME-POLICE-RACISM-ROYALS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Announce Music for Royal Wedding twitter:description: Here's how to listen to it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta34edad7291925b0/69892e82fb4eac206a8966d9/royal-wedding-music-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have Announced the Official Music Lineup for Their Wedding > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 24, 2018 3:12 PM UTC  Britain's Prince Harry (R) and his US fiancee Meghan Markle arrive to attend a memorial service at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square in London, on April 23, 2018, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. - Prince Harry will attended a memorial on Monday marking the 25th anniversary of the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence in a killing that triggered far-reaching changes to British attitudes and policing. The prince and his fiancee Meghan Markle joined Stephen's mother Doreen Lawrence, who campaigned tirelessly for justice after her son was brutally stabbed to death at a bus stop on April 22, 1993\. (Photo by Victoria Jones / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read VICTORIA JONES/AFP/Getty Images) Britain's Prince Harry (R) and his US fiancee Meghan Markle arrive to attend a memorial service at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square in London, on April 23, 2018, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. - Prince Harry will attended a memorial on Monday marking the 25th anniversary of the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence in a killing that triggered far-reaching changes to British attitudes and policing. The prince and his fiancee Meghan Markle joined Stephen's mother Doreen Lawrence, who campaigned tirelessly for justice after her son was brutally stabbed to death at a bus stop on April 22, 1993\. (Photo by Victoria Jones / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read VICTORIA JONES/AFP/Getty Images) VICTORIA JONES—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 24, 2018 3:12 PM UTC With less than a month to go until [Prince Harry](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5239433/prince-harry/) and [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/4694568/meghan-markle-period-stigma/) tie the knot on May 19 at St. George’s Chapel for [the royal wedding](http://time.com/5039393/royal-wedding-2018-details/), the happy couple has revealed all of the music that they will be playing for their wedding service. According to the Kensington Palace official Twitter account, the music will consist of choral groups, soloists, and musicians performing “a number of well-known hymns and choral works.” [Meet the 19-Year-Old Cellist Who Just Got Booked to Play the Royal Wedding](http://time.com/money/5252291/meet-the-19-year-old-cellist-who-just-got-booked-to-play-the-royal-wedding/) The musical programming for the day will be under the direction of James Vivian, the director of music at St. George’s Chapel. Selected performers included [19-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason](http://time.com/money/5252291/meet-the-19-year-old-cellist-who-just-got-booked-to-play-the-royal-wedding/), a Royal Academy of Music student who won the 2016 BBC Young Musician title, Karen Gibson and The Kingdom Choir, a gospel group, and an orchestra made up of musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the English Chamber Orchestra and the Philharmonia. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/988765256058134528) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/988765262202769409) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/988765264673206273) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/988765266892001281) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/988769851782172673) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5252314/royal-wedding-music-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5252314/royal-wedding-music-2018/"},"headline":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have Announced the Official Music Lineup for Their Wedding","datePublished":"2018-04-24T15:12:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:24.776Z","description":"Here's how to listen to it","url":"https://time.com/5252314/royal-wedding-music-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta34edad7291925b0/69892e82fb4eac206a8966d9/royal-wedding-music-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta34edad7291925b0/69892e82fb4eac206a8966d9/royal-wedding-music-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-CRIME-POLICE-RACISM-ROYALS","caption":"BRITAIN-CRIME-POLICE-RACISM-ROYALS","creditText":"VICTORIA JONES—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5252314/royal-wedding-music-2018/","name":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have Announced the Official Music Lineup for Their Wedding"}}]}] ```