Music for a new King at Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury on Saturday 24th June 2023

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

Music for a new King

Part of the Vivace Chorus Season

Add to my Calendar 24-06-2023 19:30 24-06-2023 21:30 36 Music for a new King Handel's four Coronation Anthems were composed for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Probably the best-known of them is Zadok the Priest, setting a Biblical text used at every coronation since that of King Edgar in 973. Parry's well-known anthem I was glad was written for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. It provides a link to Salisbury Musical Society in that the organist at its first performance was Sir Walter Alcock, later organist here in Salisbury and founder of the choir. Parry's ode Blest Pair of Sirens was written to celebrate the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. This anthem has a text by the 17th century poet John Milton, unlike all the other pieces in the concert which are settings of texts from the Bible. Elgar's setting of Psalm 48, Great is the Lord, was not specifically composed for a royal occasion but rather for the “foundation or commemoration of a church, or for general use” and thus takes its place in this celebratory concert. Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Salisbury Cathedral
33 The Close
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 2EJ
England

Saturday 24th June 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Coronation Anthems, HWV 258-261
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Blest Pair of Sirens
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – I Was Glad
Edward Elgar – Great is the Lord, Op.67

Performers

Richard Hooper – Bass
John Challenger – Conductor

Salisbury Musical Society
Salisbury Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

Handel's four Coronation Anthems were composed for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Probably the best-known of them is Zadok the Priest, setting a Biblical text used at every coronation since that of King Edgar in 973.

Parry's well-known anthem I was glad was written for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. It provides a link to Salisbury Musical Society in that the organist at its first performance was Sir Walter Alcock, later organist here in Salisbury and founder of the choir. Parry's ode Blest Pair of Sirens was written to celebrate the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. This anthem has a text by the 17th century poet John Milton, unlike all the other pieces in the concert which are settings of texts from the Bible.

Elgar's setting of Psalm 48, Great is the Lord, was not specifically composed for a royal occasion but rather for the “foundation or commemoration of a church, or for general use” and thus takes its place in this celebratory concert.

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