The performance was part of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations
Handel’s 1727 anthem Zadok the Priest was composed for the coronation of King George II. Since then it has been performed at every UK coronation, up to and including that of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
In 2002 it was performed once again, at the 2002 ‘Prom at the Palace’ marking the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. In this performance, Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus.
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Ahead of the coronation this weekend, take a look at some of the new monarch’s classical highlights
The documentary showcases the ensemble’s journey and mission to spotlight globally diverse music
The student ensemble performs Edward Elgar’s Nimrod as a tribute to the late monarch
The cellist appears alongside the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and its music director Stuart Malina
Philharmonia musicians perform one of Finland’s most popular Christmas carols, Jean Sibelius’s Julvisa
Double bassist Théotime Voisin and pianist Maurice van Schoonhoven perform an arrangement of the popular opera overture in a tribute to the bel canto tradition
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