Handel's Coronation Anthems performed for the King
Handel's Coronation Anthems, recorded live in the presence of His Majesty King Charles III at St James's Spanish Place, London.
French baroque music specialists Le Concert Spirituel celebrate Handel's music for royalty in a concert recorded live in the presence of His Majesty King Charles III at St James's Spanish Place, London.
A fanfare and a performance of the national anthem by baritone Roderick Williams precedes a range of Handelian royal repertoire - from the Coronation Anthems, composed for the coronation of George II in 1726, to the Te Deum celebrating George's victory over the French at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743.
Handel's great festal music is now so indelibly associated with great state occasions that it's easy to forget that the German composer only became a citizen of these isles quite late in life. A great favourite of George I, one of the king's last acts before his death in 1727 was to sign an "Act of naturalisation of George Frideric H盲ndel and others." So H盲ndel became Handel and responded with his first commission as a newly naturalised British subject by writing - at breakneck speed - the music for the coronation of George II of Great Britain and Queen Caroline.
This performance comes from the church of St James's Spanish Place, whose majestic neo-Gothic interior and soaring ceilings make it ideally suited for large-scale early music performances presented by its near neighbour, Wigmore Hall.
Presented by Ian Skelly
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum HWV283
Handel: The king shall rejoice HWV260
Handel: Let thy hand be strengthened HWV259
Handel: My heart is inditing HWV261
Handel: Zadok the priest HWV258
Le Concert Spirituel
Herv茅 Niquet, conductor
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Music Played
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Le Concert Spirituel & Herv茅 Niquet
Royal Fanfare and National Anthem
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George Frideric Handel
Dettingen Te Deum
Performer: Le Concert Spirituel. Performer: Herv茅 Niquet. -
Judith Weir
Brighter Visions Shine Afar
Performer: Coronation Orchestra. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. -
George Frideric Handel
The King Shall Rejoice
Performer: Le Concert Spirituel. Performer: Herv茅 Niquet. -
George Frideric Handel
Let thy hand be strengthened
Performer: Le Concert Spirituel. Performer: Herv茅 Niquet. -
George Frideric Handel
My Heart is Inditing
Performer: Le Concert Spirituel. Performer: Herv茅 Niquet. -
George Frideric Handel
Zadok the Priest
Performer: Le Concert Spirituel. Performer: Herv茅 Niquet. -
Robert Schumann
Fantasie in C major, Op 17
Performer: Tom Borrow. -
Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.- Phillips.
Broadcast
- Thu 8 Jun 2023 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3