Воссоздание церемонии коронации короля Георга II, дирижирует Роберт Кинг

George II's 1727 coronation at Westminster Abbey was a truly magnificent event, full of sumptuous pomp set off by music of equal splendor and elegance. The young king-to-be charged Handel, the celebrated opera composer and recently naturalized British citizen, to write the music for the grand ceremony. His artistic efforts produced an impressive result: four coronation anthems for the enthronement (“Let thy hand be strengthened”), the unction (“Zadok the Priest”), the consecration (“The King shall rejoice”) and the Queen’s coronation (“My heart is Inditing”). The ceremony also intermingled fanfares and processions of drums and trumpets with an anthem by Child, plainchant settings by Blow, an antiphon by Purcell, a Te Deum by Gibbons, and Litanies by Tallis.

Reconstruction of King George II’s 1727 coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, designed and premiered by Robert King. Photo: © Conrad Allain