Albert and Victoria: the Coburg Connection: Celebrating the 200th birthdays of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Cadogan Hall, London on Saturday 25th May 2019

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Albert and Victoria: the Coburg Connection

Celebrating the 200th birthdays of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Add to my Calendar 25-05-2019 19:30 25-05-2019 21:30 36 Albert and Victoria: the Coburg Connection The 200th birthdays of both Queen Victoria (24 May) and her visionary consort Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (26 August), will be celebrated in 2019. To celebrate this historic double anniversary, the Royal Choral Society (the choir named by Queen Victoria herself in 1888) will join forces with the orchestra from Albert’s home town, the Coburg Philharmonic Orchestra, in a performance of some of the royal couple’s favourite music. Both were accomplished pianists and singers and Albert was also a composer. They were friends of Mendelssohn and he played for them at Buckingham Palace and even arranged his music for their piano duets. Royal Choral Society Music Director Richard Cooke will conduct Mendelssohn’s great ‘Hymn of Praise’ (Lobgesang) and Coburg Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director Roland Kluttig will conduct Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 ‘Reformation’. The concert will begin with the popular Hör mein Bitten (Hear my Prayer/O for the Wings of a Dove), and an enchanting work composed by Prince Albert, the vocal serenade Ständchen. Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England

Saturday 25th May 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Felix Mendelssohn – Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang), Op.52
Prince Consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha – Standchen (Serenade)
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony no.5 in D minor 'Reformation', Op.107
Felix Mendelssohn – Hear My Prayer, WoO 15

Performers

Richard Cooke – Conductor
Roland Kluttig – Conductor
Laura Incko – soprano
Peter Aisher – Tenor
Francesca Paratore – soprano

Royal Choral Society
Coburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Programme Note

The 200th birthdays of both Queen Victoria (24 May) and her visionary consort Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (26 August), will be celebrated in 2019.

To celebrate this historic double anniversary, the Royal Choral Society (the choir named by Queen Victoria herself in 1888) will join forces with the orchestra from Albert’s home town, the Coburg Philharmonic Orchestra, in a performance of some of the royal couple’s favourite music. Both were accomplished pianists and singers and Albert was also a composer. They were friends of Mendelssohn and he played for them at Buckingham Palace and even arranged his music for their piano duets.

Royal Choral Society Music Director Richard Cooke will conduct Mendelssohn’s great ‘Hymn of Praise’ (Lobgesang) and Coburg Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director Roland Kluttig will conduct Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 ‘Reformation’. The concert will begin with the popular Hör mein Bitten (Hear my Prayer/O for the Wings of a Dove), and an enchanting work composed by Prince Albert, the vocal serenade Ständchen.

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