By Karen Bate
SALISBURY, UK — IT is promised to be the greatest spectacle the River Thames has ever seen.
On Sunday, the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant will feature 1,000 boats, 20,000 eager participants and millions of cheering spectators.
And Ringwood composer, choral conductor and soloist Jeremy Avis will be hearing his four pieces, commissioned for the occasion, receive their world premiere on one of the 10 special musical barges, the Silver Bonito, which will carry the Jubilant Commonwealth Choir.
Mr Avis arranged of an old Welsh folk song, an African-inspired celebratory call, Scarborough Fair and a version of The Three Ravens by Thomas Ravenscroft.
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