Details

Sherborne Abbey
Abbey Close
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 3LQ
England

Saturday 9th July 2022
7:30 PM

Programme

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – I Was Glad
George Frideric Handel – Hallelujah Chorus
George Frideric Handel – The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260
William Walton – Coronation Te Deum
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Mass in G minor
John Rutter – This is the Day
Paul Mealor – Ubi Caritas
Orlando Gibbons – O clap your hands together
John Blow – Behold, O God our defender
William Byrd – O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth, our Queen
William Child – O Lord, grant the King a long life
Benjamin Britten – The National Anthem

Performers

Paul Ellis – Conductor
Simon Clarkson – organ

Sherborne Chamber Choir

Programme Note

Music performed at Royal occasions across the centuries, including lots of familiar favourites such as Handel’s  Coronation Anthems and Parry’s I was glad, along with some less well known gems too.