Katherine Jenkins OBE has today (March 24) announced she'll be releasing new album 'Celebration' on April 22 via Decca Records.
Credit: David Venni
Paying tribute to Her Majesty The Queen on the year of her 90th birthday, the record will include songs such as 'Someone to Watch Over Me', which was the most popular song of the year in which the Queen was born.
A full rendition of the National Anthem will also be included, in its rarely-heard, three-verse form.
By request, Katherine this year will be performing at the Queen's birthday celebrations at Windsor Castle in May, before giving her own celebratory concert at the Royal Albert Hall in June.
The upcoming LP will be Katherine's first since having a baby and so some of the tracks will show off her motherly side, such as the album opener, 'This Mother's Heart'.
Commissioning this new song as a gift to the Queen, the singer will also be donating her album advance to The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust.
Full tracklisting for 'Celebration' is as follows:
- This Mother's Heart
- Land Of My Fathers
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- Heroes
- Jerusalem
- Amazing Grace
- I Vow To Thee My Country
- Abide With Me
- I Could Have Danced All Night
- Cwm Rhondda (Bread of Heaven - Wales Victorious)
- All Things Bright And Beautiful
- God Save The Queen (Three Verse)
- Ae Fond Kiss
- We'll Meet Again (feat. Vera Lynn)
- You'll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel)
- Sanctus (Elgar's 'Nimrod')
- Rule Britannia
- How Great Thou Art
- World In Union
- God Save The Queen (Standard Version/Single Verse)
Katherine will also be performing select shows across the UK, taking to the stage on the following dates:
- May 6 - Herrington Country Park, Sunderland
- June 10 - Upton House, Poole
- June 15 - Symphony Hall, Birmingham
- June 18 - Royal Albert Hall, London
- June 23 - Hampton Court, London
- July 5 - Carmen, Llangollen Eisteddfod Festival 2016
- July 21 - Chelmsford Racecourse
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