Choral Extravaganza

Zadok the Priest is a British anthem which was composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Zadok the Priest is one of Handel`s best-known works and has been sung prior to the anointing of the sovereign at the coronation of every British monarch since its composition.  

Joseph Haydn`s - Nelson Mass

It has said that this mass "is arguably Haydn's greatest single composition". Written in 1798, it is one of the six late masses by Haydn for the Esterházy family. The late sacred works of Haydn are regarded as masterworks, influenced by the experience of his London symphonies. They highlight the soloists and chorus while allowing the orchestra to play a prominent role. 

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Christmas Carol

​Fantasia on Christmas Carols was composed in 1912 by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams for baritone, chorus, and orchestra. First performed at the 1912 Three Choirs Festival at Hereford Cathedral, the work is a single movement of roughly twelve minutes which consists of the English folk carols "The Truth sent from Above", "Come all ye worthy Gentlemen" and "On Christmas night all Angels Sing" (i.e. the Sussex carol), all folk songs collected in southern England by Vaughan Williams and his friend Cecil Sharp a few years earlier. These are interposed with brief orchestral quotations from other carols, such as The First Nowell. 

Vivaldi - Concerto for two trumpets.

​Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major, by Antonio Vivaldi, is one of the few solo works of the early 1700s to feature brass instruments. It is the only such piece by Vivaldi.

The rarity of Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets stems from the difficulties inherent in the Baroque trumpet. At the time, trumpets were natural, or valveless. The instrument’s range was quite restricted, and much depended on the performer’s lip control, as with the modern bugle.