The King shall rejoice

Suffolk Villages Festival

The King shall rejoice:

Coronation music from Charles II to George III, music by Handel, Purcell and contemporaries

Performed by:

Psalmody and Friends, Essex Baroque Orchestra directed by Peter Holman

Shortly after Charles III’s coronation we bring you all the finest music written for Coronation services between Charles II (1661) and George III (1761), including four of the greatest anthems ever written: John Blow’s ‘God spake sometime in visions’, Henry Purcell’s ‘My heart is inditing’, and Handel’s ‘Zadok the priest’ and ‘My heart is inditing’. There will also be anthems by Henry Lawes (the original setting of Zadok the priest) and William Boyce. As befits the special occasion, Psalmody is augmented for the glorious eight­part choral writing and the orchestra features three trumpets, timpani, oboes, bassoons, strings and organ.