Prom 73: Handel - Coronation Anthems
Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London, Richard Egarr conducts the Academy of Ancient Music in Handel's Coronation Anthems as well as music by Muffat, Purcell and Bach.
Live at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Academy of Ancient Music and conductor Richard Egarr in Muffat, Purcell and JS Bach and Handel's Coronation Anthems.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Andrew McGregor
Handel: Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest; My Heart is Inditing
Georg Muffat: Armonico tributo - Sonata No. 5 in G major
Handel: Coronation Anthem: Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened
JS Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 - Air (arr. Stokowski)
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - 'When I am Laid in Earth' (Dido's Lament) (arr. Stokowski)
Handel: Coronation Anthem: The King Shall Rejoice
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr conductor
On 11 October 1727, George II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. The House of Hanover's favourite composer was the natural choice to provide the music. Handel wrote four majestic Coronation Anthems for the occasion, the most famous, Zadok the Priest, designed to unleash its blazing choral entry just as George stepped into the Abbey's chancel.
The Academy of Ancient Music returns to the Proms to fill the Royal Albert Hall with all the regal splendour of Handel's Coronation Anthems and with Leopold Stokowski's equally grandiose upholstering of music by Bach and Purcell.
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George Frideric Handel
Coronation Anthem 'Zadok the Priest'
Performer: Thurston Dart. Performer: John Langdon. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks. -
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George Frideric Handel
Coronation Anthem 'My heart is inditing'
Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Simon Preston. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. -
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Georg Muffat
Armonico tributo - Sonata No.5 in G major
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Richard Egarr. -
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George Frideric Handel
Coronation Anthem 'Let thy hand be strengthened'
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Richard Egarr. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 – Air (arr. L. Stokowski)
Conductor: Richard Egarr. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. -
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Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas – 'When I am laid in earth' (Dido's Lament) (arr. L. Stokowski)
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George Frideric Handel
Coronation Anthem 'The king shall rejoice'
Conductor: Richard Egarr. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
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- Thu 8 Sep 2016 22:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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