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100 Years of British Coronations

Coronation Anthems from Purcell to Handel

Add to my Calendar 22-10-2021 19:30 22-10-2021 21:30 36 100 Years of British Coronations A dazzling pageant of ceremonial music from Purcell’s ‘My Heart is Inditing’ to Handel’s blazing ‘Zadok the Priest', taking in lesser-known gems from Jeremiah Clarke, Henry Cooke, John Blow and William Boyce’s glorious ‘The King Shall Rejoice’, gleaming with trumpets. These were the resplendent works that accompanied the crowning of Kings and Queens, from the Restoration of Charles II to the coronation of George III. Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

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Sheldonian Theatre
Broad Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3AZ
England

Programme

Henry Cooke – Behold, O God, our defender
Henry Purcell – My Heart is Inditing, Z.30
John Blow – The Lord God is a Sun and a Shield
Jeremiah Clarke – Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem
William Croft – The Lord is a Sun and a Shield
George Frideric Handel – Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
George Frideric Handel – My Heart is Inditing, HWV 261
George Frideric Handel – Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, HWV 259
William Boyce – The King shall rejoice

Performers

Edward Higginbottom – Conductor

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Programme Note

A dazzling pageant of ceremonial music from Purcell’s ‘My Heart is Inditing’ to Handel’s blazing ‘Zadok the Priest', taking in lesser-known gems from Jeremiah Clarke, Henry Cooke, John Blow and William Boyce’s glorious ‘The King Shall Rejoice’, gleaming with trumpets. These were the resplendent works that accompanied the crowning of Kings and Queens, from the Restoration of Charles II to the coronation of George III.

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