Bernard Labadie serves up Handel’s most overtly royal compositions in a program featuring La Chapelle de Québec and a roster of sublime soloists who will whisk you away to the British court to experience the pageantry of the royal fireworks and the coronation of a new king.
G.F. HANDEL
Zadok the Priest, HWV 258 (Coronation Anthem n° 1)
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
My Heart Is Inditing, HWV 261 (Coronation Anthem n° 4)
Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, HWV 259 (Coronation Anthem n° 2)
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74
The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260 (Coronation Anthem n° 3)