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Handel - The Coronation of King George II (DVD) | Chateau de Versailles Spectacles CVS005

Handel - The Coronation of King George II (DVD)

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Label: Chateau de Versailles Spectacles

Cat No: CVS005

Barcode: 3770011431045

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 25th January 2019

Contents

Artists

The King’s Consort

Conductor

Robert King

Artists

The King’s Consort

Conductor

Robert King

About

The Coronation of King George II was a magnificent event, deploying great pomp and ceremonial, elevated by music of an equal splendour. Handel, the celebrated opera composer, was commissioned by the new king to compose the music for this grand ceremony which was due to be held at Westminster Abbey. His antiphons stood by ceremonial works by other composers such as Henry Purcell, John Blow, Thomas Tallis, John Farmer, Orlando Gibbons and William Child, intermingled with superb fanfares and processions of drums. The result is one of the most beautiful ceremonial works ever written for a coronation in England.

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