Coronation Celebration!: Royal Choral Society 150th Anniversary Concert at Royal Albert Hall, London on Sunday 7th May 2023

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Coronation Celebration!

Royal Choral Society 150th Anniversary Concert

Add to my Calendar 07-05-2023 14:30 07-05-2023 16:30 36 Coronation Celebration! Music fit for a king! On coronation weekend, join the Royal Choral Society for a choral music extravaganza as it celebrates the crowning of our new king and marks the choir’s own 150th anniversary. If you sing, then you’ll be able join in Beltissimo for Parry’s coronation anthem I Was Glad, together with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the mighty 9,999-pipe organ, all under the baton of the choir’s Music Director, Richard Cooke and presented by author and broadcaster Zeb Soanes. Since its inaugural concert in the Hall on 8 May 1872, the Royal Choral Society – named by Queen Victoria herself – has been conducted by some of the world’s greatest composers, including Verdi, Dvořák and Elgar. This celebratory afternoon concert will showcase the highlights of their choral repertoire, alongside music by Handel, Mozart, Coleridge-Taylor, Rachmaninoff and Panufnik, plus a few surprises along the way. Parry’s I Was Glad will bring the concert to a glorious finale, with a choir on stage and in the auditorium of more than 1000 voices. After the Covid woes, let’s celebrate our new king, revel in the sheer joy of singing and raise the roof of London’s favourite venue! Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England

Sunday 7th May 2023
2:30 PM

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – I Was Glad
Roxanna Panufnik – A Cradle Song
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – The Song of Hiawatha: excerpts
Antonin Dvorak – Stabat Mater: 'Eia mater, fons amoris'
Gustav Holst – The Hymn of Jesus, Op.37
George Frideric Handel – Hallelujah Chorus
Edward Elgar – The Dream of Gerontius: 'Praise to the Holiest'
Giuseppe Verdi – Requiem: Dies irae
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ave verum corpus, K.618

Performers

Richard Cooke – Conductor
Zeb Soanes – Presenter

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Programme Note

Music fit for a king! On coronation weekend, join the Royal Choral Society for a choral music extravaganza as it celebrates the crowning of our new king and marks the choir’s own 150th anniversary. If you sing, then you’ll be able join in Beltissimo for Parry’s coronation anthem I Was Glad, together with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the mighty 9,999-pipe organ, all under the baton of the choir’s Music Director, Richard Cooke and presented by author and broadcaster Zeb Soanes.

Since its inaugural concert in the Hall on 8 May 1872, the Royal Choral Society – named by Queen Victoria herself – has been conducted by some of the world’s greatest composers, including Verdi, Dvořák and Elgar. This celebratory afternoon concert will showcase the highlights of their choral repertoire, alongside music by Handel, Mozart, Coleridge-Taylor, Rachmaninoff and Panufnik, plus a few surprises along the way. Parry’s I Was Glad will bring the concert to a glorious finale, with a choir on stage and in the auditorium of more than 1000 voices.

After the Covid woes, let’s celebrate our new king, revel in the sheer joy of singing and raise the roof of London’s favourite venue!

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