 The Northampton Bach Choir celebrate the accession of Queen Elizabeth II with a programme of music including Handel’s Four Coronations Anthems. This joyful and exhilarating set of anthems were written for the coronation of King George II on 11th October 1727, and possibly the most well know of them all, Zadok the Priest, has been sung at every coronation since that time. J S Bach’s Cantata No.147 includes the chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, and Ian Schofield’s festive setting of the Te Deum using a similar orchestration to that of Handel’s anthems, sets the hymn of thanksgiving, interpolated with beautifully related texts in English by Thomas Campion and others. It was commissioned by the Portsmouth Choral Union and first performed by them in 2002 under the direction of Jonathan Willcocks.
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Timings:
Saturday 25th February 2012 7.30p.m.
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St. Matthews Church, Kettering Road,
Kingsley, Northampton, NN1 4RY Click to Find Us
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Handel Four Coronation Anthems
Bach Cantata No.147
Ian Schofield Te Deum | Tickets:
Prices are £15 (£12 senior citizens) and £5 students
(all unreserved seating)
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Northampton Bach Choir
with Madrigalis, the senior choir of Northampton School for Girls, directed by Julie Shaw
conducted by Lee Dunleavy National Festival Orchestra
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Northampton Bach Choir Box Office
c/o 28 The Glebe
Badby
Northamptonshire
NN11 3AZ |
| 01327 871973 |
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St. Giles Music
16 St. Giles Terrace,
Northampton,
NN1 2BN |
| 01604 250905 |
| Tickets:
Prices are £15 (£12 senior citizens) and £5 students
(all unreserved seating)
Limited availability on the door
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