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Zadok the Priest:The Coronation Anthem
One of the last official acts of the reign of George I of Great Britain was to both naturalize George Frideric Handel as a British citizen and to commission Handel to write the coronation anthem for King George's son and successor, George II.
As 1727 drew to a close, Britain had been enduring a generation's worth of political and religious turmoil. The union of Scotland and England was still tenuous at best, with many Scots and English Catholics (Jacobites by name) still supporting the line of the deposed King James II. When George I (of the House of Hanover) assumed the throne in 1714, he was hardly popular -- he spoke German and not English -- many Jacobites rose against him and joined James in rebellion. The rebellion was put down, but anti-Hanoverian sentiments still ran strong.
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published: 26 Apr 2009
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Handel Coronation Anthems Harry Christophers The Sixteen
George Frideric Handel [Georg Friedrich Händel]
Coronation Anthems composed for the coronation of King George II
Harry Christophers conducts The Sixteen
00:00 Zadok the Priest HWV 258
05:40 Let thy hand be streghtned HWV 259
12:17 Alleluja
14:12 The King shall rejoice HWV 260
16:56 Exceeding glad shall he be
19:41 Glory and worship hast thou laid & Alleluja
24:57 My hearth is inditing HWV 261
27:37 King's daughters
30:30 Upon thy right hand
33:07 Kings shall be thy nursing father
published: 07 Nov 2018
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British Coronation Anthem: Zadok the Priest (Elizabeth II Version) [Platinum Jubilee Special]
NEW CHARLES III VERSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp9rbw_uWcs&ab_channel=DukeofCanada
"Zadok the Priest" is a British anthem that was composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Alongside "The King Shall Rejoice", "My Heart is Inditing" and "Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened", Zadok the Priest is one of Handel's Coronation Anthems. One of Handel's best-known works, Zadok the Priest has been sung prior to the anointing of the sovereign at the coronation of every British monarch since its composition and has become recognised as a British patriotic anthem.
FRANÇAIS : Zadok the Priest est un hymne de couronnement (Coronation Anthem) composé par Georg Friedrich Haendel, à partir d'un récit de l'Ancien Testament de la Bible (Sadoq était le nom du Grand P...
published: 05 Jun 2022
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Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759): 4 Anthems for the Coronation of George II
00:00 Anthem No. 1: Zadok the Priest
05:49 Anthem No. 2: The King shall rejoice
16:55 Anthem No. 3: My heart is inditing *
29:44 Anthem No. 4: Let thy hand be strengthened
37:10 Chorus: From the censer curling rise (from “Solomon”)
The Ambrosian Singers & Menuhin Festival Orchestra - Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
* with Susan Longfield, soprano; Aljreda Hodgson, contralto; Ian Partridge, tenor; Christopher Keyte, bass
On June 11, 1727, King George died at Osnabrück. On June 15th his son George II was proclaimed king. It must have been shortly after this that Handel was commissioned to compose four anthems for the Coronation ceremony that was to occur in Westminster Abbey on October 11. The earliest surviving announcement is a notice from London, published in the Norwich Mercury of Septemb...
published: 03 Aug 2021
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Zadok the Priest — Choir of Westminster Abbey
Handel's Coronation Anthem No. 1 (Zadok the Priest) for chorus & orchestra. HWV 258. Performed by the Choir of Westminster Abbey.
published: 14 Apr 2011
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Handel's Coronation Anthems live in concert (September 2018)
Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra in three of Handel's magnificent Coronation Anthems: "Zadok the Priest," "My heart is inditing," and "The King shall rejoice." Glover also provides commentary on the music from Westminster Abbey and her home in London. For more virtual content from Music of the Baroque, including an interview with Glover and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, visit baroque.org/virtual.
published: 09 Oct 2020
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Haendel : Zadok the Priest HWV 258 (Coronation Anthem)
Les Arts Florissants et les élèves du département Historical Performance de la Juilliard School 415 de New York interprètent Zadok the Priest HWV 258 de Haendel sous la direction de William Christie. En direct de la Grande Salle Pierre Boulez de la Philharmonie de Paris.
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published: 17 Aug 2020
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Zadok The Priest - Queen's Elizabeth II coronation 1953
at Westminster abbey
published: 06 Feb 2019
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BBC Proms 2009 - Handel - Coronation Anthem, Semele & Organ Concerto
Prom 36
12.08.2009, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
Programme
George Frideric Handel
Solomon No. 41 Sinfonia: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Act 3
Coronation Anthem 'Let thy hand be strengthened'
Semele, HWV 58
Overture
Aria & chorus 'Endless pleasure, endless love' Act 1 Scene 4
Aria 'My racking thoughts' Act 3 Scene 2
Recitative & aria 'O ecstasy of happiness!...Myself I shall adore' Act 3 Scene 3
Coronation Anthem
'My heart is inditing'
'The king shall rejoice'
Salve regina, HWV 241 Proms premiere
Organ Concerto in F major, HWV 292, Op. 4, No.4 (original version with 'Alleluia' chorus) Proms premiere of this version
Coronation Anthem 'Zadok the Priest'
Performers
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Alastair Ross organ
The Sixteen
The Sixteen Orchestra
Harry Christophers conductor
published: 04 Apr 2021
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The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260
Seraphic Fire and the Sebastians perform G.F. Handel's "The King Shall Rejoice" from his "Coronation Anthems".
Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor
November 11, 2015
Trinity Wall Street, New York, NY
Seraphic Fire's Northeast performances are generously underwritten by an Anonymous Donor; Alicia Celorio, Do Unto Others Trust, Inc.; The Clinton Family Fund, Bruce and Martha Clinton; and the Meredyth Anne Dasburg Foundation.
For more information on Seraphic Fire, visit:
http://www.SeraphicFire.org
For more information on the Sebastians, visit:
http://www.sebastians.org
published: 02 Dec 2015
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Zadok the Priest:The Coronation Anthem
One of the last official acts of the reign of George I of Great Britain was to both naturalize George Frideric Handel as a British citizen and to commission Han...
One of the last official acts of the reign of George I of Great Britain was to both naturalize George Frideric Handel as a British citizen and to commission Handel to write the coronation anthem for King George's son and successor, George II.
As 1727 drew to a close, Britain had been enduring a generation's worth of political and religious turmoil. The union of Scotland and England was still tenuous at best, with many Scots and English Catholics (Jacobites by name) still supporting the line of the deposed King James II. When George I (of the House of Hanover) assumed the throne in 1714, he was hardly popular -- he spoke German and not English -- many Jacobites rose against him and joined James in rebellion. The rebellion was put down, but anti-Hanoverian sentiments still ran strong.
George I looked to the Old Testament for a parallel to his situation, and found one in 1 Kings. The Bible told how King David of Israel, while nearing death was facing his own succession crisis. After some deliberation, he chose his son Solomon as his heir, rather than Solomon's ambitious half-brother Adonijah. In a grand ceremony, David's most trusted advisors, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet, annointed Solomon as king. George feared another Jacobite uprising (which nonetheless came in 1745), and wanted to use the spectacle of his son's coronation to establish George II as the legitimate ruler in the public's eye.
Thus Handel was called upon to write an appropriately-grandiose set of anthems for the ceremony, and he didn't disappoint. Four anthems were sung that day: The King Shall Rejoice, Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, My Heart Is Inditing and Zadok the Priest, but it is the last that has endured.
Zadok the Priest was first sung during the annointing of George II during his coronation on 11 October 1727. It since has been sung at at every British coronation since 1727, the only anthem from Handel's four to endure the last three centuries. It is traditionally performed during the sovereign's anointing.
The anthem is anything but subtle. Regal, yes. Ambitious, yes. But subtle? I'm afraid not. It is played in four-four time, and at a slow tempo (about 60 beats per minute), picking up to ~80 bpm at the first "God save the king". The anthem is written in seven-part SSAATBB harmony, sung in the key of D flat. The libretto was adapted from a Latin antiphon, "Unxerunt Salomonem Sadoc sacerdos". The running time of the piece can vary between 5:15 and 5:45, depending on the arrangement and conductor.
The official website of The British Monarchy
http://www.royal.gov.uk
*Correction in the Timeline*
Charles II's father King Charles I was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War. The English Parliament did not proclaim Charles II as king, and instead passed a statute that made any such proclamation unlawful. England entered the period known to history as the English Interregnum or the English Commonwealth and the country was a de facto republic, led by Oliver Cromwell. The Parliament of Scotland, however, proclaimed Charles II king on 5 February 1649 in Edinburgh. He was crowned King of Scotland at Scone on 1 January 1651. Following his defeat by Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, Charles fled to mainland Europe and spent the next nine years in exile in France, the United Provinces and the Spanish Netherlands.
A political crisis following the death of Cromwell in 1658 resulted in Charles being invited to return and assume the throne in what became known as the Restoration. Charles II arrived on English soil on 27 May 1660 and entered London on his 30th birthday, 29 May 1660. After 1660, all legal documents were dated as if Charles had succeeded his father in 1649. Charles was crowned King of England and Ireland at Westminster Abbey on 23 April 1661 and reigned until 1685.
https://wn.com/Zadok_The_Priest_The_Coronation_Anthem
One of the last official acts of the reign of George I of Great Britain was to both naturalize George Frideric Handel as a British citizen and to commission Handel to write the coronation anthem for King George's son and successor, George II.
As 1727 drew to a close, Britain had been enduring a generation's worth of political and religious turmoil. The union of Scotland and England was still tenuous at best, with many Scots and English Catholics (Jacobites by name) still supporting the line of the deposed King James II. When George I (of the House of Hanover) assumed the throne in 1714, he was hardly popular -- he spoke German and not English -- many Jacobites rose against him and joined James in rebellion. The rebellion was put down, but anti-Hanoverian sentiments still ran strong.
George I looked to the Old Testament for a parallel to his situation, and found one in 1 Kings. The Bible told how King David of Israel, while nearing death was facing his own succession crisis. After some deliberation, he chose his son Solomon as his heir, rather than Solomon's ambitious half-brother Adonijah. In a grand ceremony, David's most trusted advisors, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet, annointed Solomon as king. George feared another Jacobite uprising (which nonetheless came in 1745), and wanted to use the spectacle of his son's coronation to establish George II as the legitimate ruler in the public's eye.
Thus Handel was called upon to write an appropriately-grandiose set of anthems for the ceremony, and he didn't disappoint. Four anthems were sung that day: The King Shall Rejoice, Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, My Heart Is Inditing and Zadok the Priest, but it is the last that has endured.
Zadok the Priest was first sung during the annointing of George II during his coronation on 11 October 1727. It since has been sung at at every British coronation since 1727, the only anthem from Handel's four to endure the last three centuries. It is traditionally performed during the sovereign's anointing.
The anthem is anything but subtle. Regal, yes. Ambitious, yes. But subtle? I'm afraid not. It is played in four-four time, and at a slow tempo (about 60 beats per minute), picking up to ~80 bpm at the first "God save the king". The anthem is written in seven-part SSAATBB harmony, sung in the key of D flat. The libretto was adapted from a Latin antiphon, "Unxerunt Salomonem Sadoc sacerdos". The running time of the piece can vary between 5:15 and 5:45, depending on the arrangement and conductor.
The official website of The British Monarchy
http://www.royal.gov.uk
*Correction in the Timeline*
Charles II's father King Charles I was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War. The English Parliament did not proclaim Charles II as king, and instead passed a statute that made any such proclamation unlawful. England entered the period known to history as the English Interregnum or the English Commonwealth and the country was a de facto republic, led by Oliver Cromwell. The Parliament of Scotland, however, proclaimed Charles II king on 5 February 1649 in Edinburgh. He was crowned King of Scotland at Scone on 1 January 1651. Following his defeat by Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, Charles fled to mainland Europe and spent the next nine years in exile in France, the United Provinces and the Spanish Netherlands.
A political crisis following the death of Cromwell in 1658 resulted in Charles being invited to return and assume the throne in what became known as the Restoration. Charles II arrived on English soil on 27 May 1660 and entered London on his 30th birthday, 29 May 1660. After 1660, all legal documents were dated as if Charles had succeeded his father in 1649. Charles was crowned King of England and Ireland at Westminster Abbey on 23 April 1661 and reigned until 1685.
- published: 26 Apr 2009
- views: 4431365
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Handel Coronation Anthems Harry Christophers The Sixteen
George Frideric Handel [Georg Friedrich Händel]
Coronation Anthems composed for the coronation of King George II
Harry Christophers conducts The Sixteen
00:00 Z...
George Frideric Handel [Georg Friedrich Händel]
Coronation Anthems composed for the coronation of King George II
Harry Christophers conducts The Sixteen
00:00 Zadok the Priest HWV 258
05:40 Let thy hand be streghtned HWV 259
12:17 Alleluja
14:12 The King shall rejoice HWV 260
16:56 Exceeding glad shall he be
19:41 Glory and worship hast thou laid & Alleluja
24:57 My hearth is inditing HWV 261
27:37 King's daughters
30:30 Upon thy right hand
33:07 Kings shall be thy nursing father
https://wn.com/Handel_Coronation_Anthems_Harry_Christophers_The_Sixteen
George Frideric Handel [Georg Friedrich Händel]
Coronation Anthems composed for the coronation of King George II
Harry Christophers conducts The Sixteen
00:00 Zadok the Priest HWV 258
05:40 Let thy hand be streghtned HWV 259
12:17 Alleluja
14:12 The King shall rejoice HWV 260
16:56 Exceeding glad shall he be
19:41 Glory and worship hast thou laid & Alleluja
24:57 My hearth is inditing HWV 261
27:37 King's daughters
30:30 Upon thy right hand
33:07 Kings shall be thy nursing father
- published: 07 Nov 2018
- views: 126732
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British Coronation Anthem: Zadok the Priest (Elizabeth II Version) [Platinum Jubilee Special]
NEW CHARLES III VERSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp9rbw_uWcs&ab_channel=DukeofCanada
"Zadok the Priest" is a British anthem that was composed by George...
NEW CHARLES III VERSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp9rbw_uWcs&ab_channel=DukeofCanada
"Zadok the Priest" is a British anthem that was composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Alongside "The King Shall Rejoice", "My Heart is Inditing" and "Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened", Zadok the Priest is one of Handel's Coronation Anthems. One of Handel's best-known works, Zadok the Priest has been sung prior to the anointing of the sovereign at the coronation of every British monarch since its composition and has become recognised as a British patriotic anthem.
FRANÇAIS : Zadok the Priest est un hymne de couronnement (Coronation Anthem) composé par Georg Friedrich Haendel, à partir d'un récit de l'Ancien Testament de la Bible (Sadoq était le nom du Grand Prêtre du Temple de Salomon).
Il s'agit de l'un des quatre Coronation Anthems composés par Haendel pour le couronnement du roi George II de Grande-Bretagne en 17271. Depuis cette date, il est chanté lors de chaque cérémonie de couronnement britannique, traditionnellement lors de l'onction du souverain.
https://wn.com/British_Coronation_Anthem_Zadok_The_Priest_(Elizabeth_Ii_Version)_Platinum_Jubilee_Special
NEW CHARLES III VERSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp9rbw_uWcs&ab_channel=DukeofCanada
"Zadok the Priest" is a British anthem that was composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Alongside "The King Shall Rejoice", "My Heart is Inditing" and "Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened", Zadok the Priest is one of Handel's Coronation Anthems. One of Handel's best-known works, Zadok the Priest has been sung prior to the anointing of the sovereign at the coronation of every British monarch since its composition and has become recognised as a British patriotic anthem.
FRANÇAIS : Zadok the Priest est un hymne de couronnement (Coronation Anthem) composé par Georg Friedrich Haendel, à partir d'un récit de l'Ancien Testament de la Bible (Sadoq était le nom du Grand Prêtre du Temple de Salomon).
Il s'agit de l'un des quatre Coronation Anthems composés par Haendel pour le couronnement du roi George II de Grande-Bretagne en 17271. Depuis cette date, il est chanté lors de chaque cérémonie de couronnement britannique, traditionnellement lors de l'onction du souverain.
- published: 05 Jun 2022
- views: 126840
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Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759): 4 Anthems for the Coronation of George II
00:00 Anthem No. 1: Zadok the Priest
05:49 Anthem No. 2: The King shall rejoice
16:55 Anthem No. 3: My heart is inditing *
29:44 Anthem No. 4: Let thy hand be...
00:00 Anthem No. 1: Zadok the Priest
05:49 Anthem No. 2: The King shall rejoice
16:55 Anthem No. 3: My heart is inditing *
29:44 Anthem No. 4: Let thy hand be strengthened
37:10 Chorus: From the censer curling rise (from “Solomon”)
The Ambrosian Singers & Menuhin Festival Orchestra - Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
* with Susan Longfield, soprano; Aljreda Hodgson, contralto; Ian Partridge, tenor; Christopher Keyte, bass
On June 11, 1727, King George died at Osnabrück. On June 15th his son George II was proclaimed king. It must have been shortly after this that Handel was commissioned to compose four anthems for the Coronation ceremony that was to occur in Westminster Abbey on October 11. The earliest surviving announcement is a notice from London, published in the Norwich Mercury of September 16: “Mr. Hendel (sic), the famous Composer to the Opera, is appointed by the King to compose the Anthem at the Coronation which is to be sung in Westminster Abbey at the Grand Ceremony!’
Parker’s Penny Post announced on October 4th: “Mr. Hendle (sic) has composed the Musick for the Abbey at the Coronation, and the Italian voices, with above a Hundred of the best Musicians will perform; and the Whole is allowed by those Judges in Musick who have already heard it, to exceed any Thing heretofore of the same Kind: It will be rehearsed this Week, but the time will he kept private, lest the Crowd of People should be an obstruction to the Performers!’
Finally, the Norwich Gazette printed on October 14th, a mere three days after the ceremony, an account of the rehearsal of October 6th. There were, the Gazette informed its readers, “40 Voices, and about 100 Violins, Trumpets, Hautboys, Kettle-Drums, and Bass’s proportionable; besides an Organ, which was erected behind the Altar: And both the Musick and the Performers, were the Admiration of all the Audience!’
From English accounts of the Coronation, it would appear that only three of Handel’s four anthems were performed. German accounts, however, mention all four. Handel’s autographs give the names of the solo singers as Thomas Bell, John Church, John Freeman, Bernard Gates, Francis Hughes, Mr. Leigh, and Samuel Weeley. Chrysander deduced that altogether 47 singers took part, and since the Chapel Royal had only 36, the balance must have come from elsewhere, possibly, as the Penny Post suggested, from the Italian Opera. The organ was a new instrument, especially built for the occasion by Christopher Schrider, son-in-law of “Father” Smith and since 1708 his successor as organ builder to the English court.
Beethoven once said to a colleague: “Handel is the unequalled Master of all Masters! Go and learn to produce such great effects by such modest means!” He could not have chosen a better example of Handel’s unique capacity for matching the splendor of regal and state ceremonial with music that was unashamedly, unhesitatingly direct in style, yet never vacuous or bombastic in content. Zadok the Priest, which is both the shortest and most celebrated of the four anthems, is an object lesson in how to achieve supreme grandeur of effect with what appear to be the simplest of means. Significantly, it has been performed at the Coronation of every English monarch since George II. The two other anthems that also bask in the splendor of trumpets and drums display similar qualities. They are The King shall rejoice and My heart is inditing, the latter being the anthem for Queen Caroline, who was a patron of Handel as well as a staunch friend and supporter.
The remaining anthem Let thy hand be strengthened, scored only for strings and oboes, is more restrained in character. The texts were selected by Handel himself from the Book of Kings and the Psalms. Handel prided himself on his knowledge of the Bible and is said to have declined the Bishop of London’s choice of words for the Coronation Anthems.
Handel made use of the music of the Coronation Anthems in several later works: of Zadok the Priest and My heart is inditing in Esther (1732); of The King shall rejoice and Let thy hand be strengthened in Deborah (1733); and of Zadok the Priest again in the Occasional Oratorio (1746).
The fifth and last piece featured in this recording, the chorus From the censer curling rise, is not a coronation an¬them as such, but it follows the same tradition. It is the opening number of Part II of Solomon, which was produced for the first time on March 17, 1746, at Covent Garden, and is a hymn of praise to King Solomon. With its unusually rich scoring and its antiphonal use of two four-part choruses, it creates an impression of tremendous opulence and splendor. The orchestra includes horns, bassoons, and divisi violas as well as oboes, trumpets, drums and the usual strings. The theme of the fugal central episode, incidentally, is taken from the second movement of Handel’s D major violin Sonata, Op. 1, No. 13.
Robin Golding
https://wn.com/Georg_Friedrich_Händel_(1685_1759)_4_Anthems_For_The_Coronation_Of_George_Ii
00:00 Anthem No. 1: Zadok the Priest
05:49 Anthem No. 2: The King shall rejoice
16:55 Anthem No. 3: My heart is inditing *
29:44 Anthem No. 4: Let thy hand be strengthened
37:10 Chorus: From the censer curling rise (from “Solomon”)
The Ambrosian Singers & Menuhin Festival Orchestra - Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
* with Susan Longfield, soprano; Aljreda Hodgson, contralto; Ian Partridge, tenor; Christopher Keyte, bass
On June 11, 1727, King George died at Osnabrück. On June 15th his son George II was proclaimed king. It must have been shortly after this that Handel was commissioned to compose four anthems for the Coronation ceremony that was to occur in Westminster Abbey on October 11. The earliest surviving announcement is a notice from London, published in the Norwich Mercury of September 16: “Mr. Hendel (sic), the famous Composer to the Opera, is appointed by the King to compose the Anthem at the Coronation which is to be sung in Westminster Abbey at the Grand Ceremony!’
Parker’s Penny Post announced on October 4th: “Mr. Hendle (sic) has composed the Musick for the Abbey at the Coronation, and the Italian voices, with above a Hundred of the best Musicians will perform; and the Whole is allowed by those Judges in Musick who have already heard it, to exceed any Thing heretofore of the same Kind: It will be rehearsed this Week, but the time will he kept private, lest the Crowd of People should be an obstruction to the Performers!’
Finally, the Norwich Gazette printed on October 14th, a mere three days after the ceremony, an account of the rehearsal of October 6th. There were, the Gazette informed its readers, “40 Voices, and about 100 Violins, Trumpets, Hautboys, Kettle-Drums, and Bass’s proportionable; besides an Organ, which was erected behind the Altar: And both the Musick and the Performers, were the Admiration of all the Audience!’
From English accounts of the Coronation, it would appear that only three of Handel’s four anthems were performed. German accounts, however, mention all four. Handel’s autographs give the names of the solo singers as Thomas Bell, John Church, John Freeman, Bernard Gates, Francis Hughes, Mr. Leigh, and Samuel Weeley. Chrysander deduced that altogether 47 singers took part, and since the Chapel Royal had only 36, the balance must have come from elsewhere, possibly, as the Penny Post suggested, from the Italian Opera. The organ was a new instrument, especially built for the occasion by Christopher Schrider, son-in-law of “Father” Smith and since 1708 his successor as organ builder to the English court.
Beethoven once said to a colleague: “Handel is the unequalled Master of all Masters! Go and learn to produce such great effects by such modest means!” He could not have chosen a better example of Handel’s unique capacity for matching the splendor of regal and state ceremonial with music that was unashamedly, unhesitatingly direct in style, yet never vacuous or bombastic in content. Zadok the Priest, which is both the shortest and most celebrated of the four anthems, is an object lesson in how to achieve supreme grandeur of effect with what appear to be the simplest of means. Significantly, it has been performed at the Coronation of every English monarch since George II. The two other anthems that also bask in the splendor of trumpets and drums display similar qualities. They are The King shall rejoice and My heart is inditing, the latter being the anthem for Queen Caroline, who was a patron of Handel as well as a staunch friend and supporter.
The remaining anthem Let thy hand be strengthened, scored only for strings and oboes, is more restrained in character. The texts were selected by Handel himself from the Book of Kings and the Psalms. Handel prided himself on his knowledge of the Bible and is said to have declined the Bishop of London’s choice of words for the Coronation Anthems.
Handel made use of the music of the Coronation Anthems in several later works: of Zadok the Priest and My heart is inditing in Esther (1732); of The King shall rejoice and Let thy hand be strengthened in Deborah (1733); and of Zadok the Priest again in the Occasional Oratorio (1746).
The fifth and last piece featured in this recording, the chorus From the censer curling rise, is not a coronation an¬them as such, but it follows the same tradition. It is the opening number of Part II of Solomon, which was produced for the first time on March 17, 1746, at Covent Garden, and is a hymn of praise to King Solomon. With its unusually rich scoring and its antiphonal use of two four-part choruses, it creates an impression of tremendous opulence and splendor. The orchestra includes horns, bassoons, and divisi violas as well as oboes, trumpets, drums and the usual strings. The theme of the fugal central episode, incidentally, is taken from the second movement of Handel’s D major violin Sonata, Op. 1, No. 13.
Robin Golding
- published: 03 Aug 2021
- views: 53742
5:28
Zadok the Priest — Choir of Westminster Abbey
Handel's Coronation Anthem No. 1 (Zadok the Priest) for chorus & orchestra. HWV 258. Performed by the Choir of Westminster Abbey.
Handel's Coronation Anthem No. 1 (Zadok the Priest) for chorus & orchestra. HWV 258. Performed by the Choir of Westminster Abbey.
https://wn.com/Zadok_The_Priest_—_Choir_Of_Westminster_Abbey
Handel's Coronation Anthem No. 1 (Zadok the Priest) for chorus & orchestra. HWV 258. Performed by the Choir of Westminster Abbey.
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 6097943
41:35
Handel's Coronation Anthems live in concert (September 2018)
Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra in three of Handel's magnificent Coronation Anthems: "Zadok the Priest," "My heart is inditing," a...
Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra in three of Handel's magnificent Coronation Anthems: "Zadok the Priest," "My heart is inditing," and "The King shall rejoice." Glover also provides commentary on the music from Westminster Abbey and her home in London. For more virtual content from Music of the Baroque, including an interview with Glover and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, visit baroque.org/virtual.
https://wn.com/Handel's_Coronation_Anthems_Live_In_Concert_(September_2018)
Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra in three of Handel's magnificent Coronation Anthems: "Zadok the Priest," "My heart is inditing," and "The King shall rejoice." Glover also provides commentary on the music from Westminster Abbey and her home in London. For more virtual content from Music of the Baroque, including an interview with Glover and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, visit baroque.org/virtual.
- published: 09 Oct 2020
- views: 7292
4:57
Haendel : Zadok the Priest HWV 258 (Coronation Anthem)
Les Arts Florissants et les élèves du département Historical Performance de la Juilliard School 415 de New York interprètent Zadok the Priest HWV 258 de Haendel...
Les Arts Florissants et les élèves du département Historical Performance de la Juilliard School 415 de New York interprètent Zadok the Priest HWV 258 de Haendel sous la direction de William Christie. En direct de la Grande Salle Pierre Boulez de la Philharmonie de Paris.
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Les Arts Florissants et les élèves du département Historical Performance de la Juilliard School 415 de New York interprètent Zadok the Priest HWV 258 de Haendel sous la direction de William Christie. En direct de la Grande Salle Pierre Boulez de la Philharmonie de Paris.
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- published: 17 Aug 2020
- views: 106703
1:26:32
BBC Proms 2009 - Handel - Coronation Anthem, Semele & Organ Concerto
Prom 36
12.08.2009, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
Programme
George Frideric Handel
Solomon No. 41 Sinfonia: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Act 3
Coronation Anthem '...
Prom 36
12.08.2009, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
Programme
George Frideric Handel
Solomon No. 41 Sinfonia: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Act 3
Coronation Anthem 'Let thy hand be strengthened'
Semele, HWV 58
Overture
Aria & chorus 'Endless pleasure, endless love' Act 1 Scene 4
Aria 'My racking thoughts' Act 3 Scene 2
Recitative & aria 'O ecstasy of happiness!...Myself I shall adore' Act 3 Scene 3
Coronation Anthem
'My heart is inditing'
'The king shall rejoice'
Salve regina, HWV 241 Proms premiere
Organ Concerto in F major, HWV 292, Op. 4, No.4 (original version with 'Alleluia' chorus) Proms premiere of this version
Coronation Anthem 'Zadok the Priest'
Performers
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Alastair Ross organ
The Sixteen
The Sixteen Orchestra
Harry Christophers conductor
https://wn.com/BBC_Proms_2009_Handel_Coronation_Anthem,_Semele_Organ_Concerto
Prom 36
12.08.2009, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
Programme
George Frideric Handel
Solomon No. 41 Sinfonia: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Act 3
Coronation Anthem 'Let thy hand be strengthened'
Semele, HWV 58
Overture
Aria & chorus 'Endless pleasure, endless love' Act 1 Scene 4
Aria 'My racking thoughts' Act 3 Scene 2
Recitative & aria 'O ecstasy of happiness!...Myself I shall adore' Act 3 Scene 3
Coronation Anthem
'My heart is inditing'
'The king shall rejoice'
Salve regina, HWV 241 Proms premiere
Organ Concerto in F major, HWV 292, Op. 4, No.4 (original version with 'Alleluia' chorus) Proms premiere of this version
Coronation Anthem 'Zadok the Priest'
Performers
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Alastair Ross organ
The Sixteen
The Sixteen Orchestra
Harry Christophers conductor
- published: 04 Apr 2021
- views: 4095
11:10
The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260
Seraphic Fire and the Sebastians perform G.F. Handel's "The King Shall Rejoice" from his "Coronation Anthems".
Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor
November 11, 20...
Seraphic Fire and the Sebastians perform G.F. Handel's "The King Shall Rejoice" from his "Coronation Anthems".
Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor
November 11, 2015
Trinity Wall Street, New York, NY
Seraphic Fire's Northeast performances are generously underwritten by an Anonymous Donor; Alicia Celorio, Do Unto Others Trust, Inc.; The Clinton Family Fund, Bruce and Martha Clinton; and the Meredyth Anne Dasburg Foundation.
For more information on Seraphic Fire, visit:
http://www.SeraphicFire.org
For more information on the Sebastians, visit:
http://www.sebastians.org
https://wn.com/The_King_Shall_Rejoice,_Hwv_260
Seraphic Fire and the Sebastians perform G.F. Handel's "The King Shall Rejoice" from his "Coronation Anthems".
Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor
November 11, 2015
Trinity Wall Street, New York, NY
Seraphic Fire's Northeast performances are generously underwritten by an Anonymous Donor; Alicia Celorio, Do Unto Others Trust, Inc.; The Clinton Family Fund, Bruce and Martha Clinton; and the Meredyth Anne Dasburg Foundation.
For more information on Seraphic Fire, visit:
http://www.SeraphicFire.org
For more information on the Sebastians, visit:
http://www.sebastians.org
- published: 02 Dec 2015
- views: 348406