Orb and Sceptre [SEP] instrumentation
fanfare-like brass. A short, fast coda ends the piece in his usual very Elgarian style.
Arrangements.
'Orb and Sceptre' has been arranged for brass band by Eric Ball for organ by Sir William McKie, and in 2014 for Concert Band by Paul Noble.
to that of the Patriarch of Constantinople for the Byzantine Emperor, confirmed the imperial supremacy:
Next the Tsar received his sceptre and orb, given to him by the Metropolitan, who again invoked the Christian Trinity and then recited these words:
The coronation Crowning of the Tsaritsa-consort.
Once the Tsar had received the crown, sceptre and orb, he seated himself upon his throne holding the orb in his left hand, and the sceptre in his right. Summoning an aide, he divested himself of the sceptre and