Prom 73: Handel 鈥� Coronation Anthems

8 Sep 2016, Royal Albert Hall

22:15 Thu 8 Sep 2016 Next Event

Proms 2016 Prom 73

22:15 Thu 8 Sep 2016 Royal Albert Hall

In this Late Night Prom, Richard Egarr conducts the Academy of Ancient Music in Handel鈥檚 glorious Coronation Anthems 鈥� the most famous of which is 鈥榋adok the Priest鈥�.

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- - George Frideric Handel
  - Coronation Anthem 鈥榋adok the Priest鈥�(6 mins)
  - Coronation Anthem 'My heart is inditing'(12 mins)
- - Georg Muffat
  - Armonico tributo 鈥� Sonata No. 5 in G major(22 mins)
- - George Frideric Handel
  - Coronation Anthem 'Let thy hand be strengthened'(8 mins)
- - Johann Sebastian Bach
  - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 鈥� Air (arr. L. Stokowski)(5 mins)
- - Henry Purcell
  - Dido and Aeneas 鈥� 鈥榃hen I am laid in earth鈥� (Dido鈥檚 Lament)(5 mins)
- - George Frideric Handel
  - Coronation Anthem 'The king shall rejoice'(11 mins)

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Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr
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On 11 October 1727, George II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. The House of Hanover鈥檚 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鈥檚 chancel.

The Academy of Ancient Music returns to the Proms to fill the Royal Albert Hall with all the regal splendour of Handel鈥檚 Coronation Anthems and with Leopold Stokowski鈥檚 equally grandiose upholstering of music by Bach and Purcell.

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