"ORB AND SCEPTRE" Music for the coronation service.
Sunday June 30th 7.30pm Exeter College Chapel.
The Cherwell SIngers
This June sees the sixtieth anniversary of the coronation, and to mark this
the Cherwell Singers presents the second of a pair of concerts consisting
of music from royal services.
In the first half of the concert four "full anthems" written specifically
for four coronations from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries will be
performed with strings. For the coronation of James II comes Purcell's "My
heart is inditing, for that of George I "The Lord is a sun and a shield" by
Croft, Handel's "Let thy hand be strengthened" for George II and Boyce's
"The King shall rejoice" for George III. All of these works take advantage
of the lavish musical resources available at coronations, and are part of
the rich musical heritage bequeathed to us through monarchical patronage.
In the second half of the concert we include three pieces written for the
coronation of 1953 from leading English composers of the time, showing that
the tradition of royal patronage is alive and well. The major works
here are the coronation march "Orb and sceptre"( with which we have chosen
to name this concert) , and the Coronation Te Deum, both by William Walton.
Organist Steven Grahl will be playing for both of these, and the organ in
Exeter College Chapel is triumphant enough to recreate the pomp and majesty
required. We do hope you can join us for this anniversary concert.
Further details and booking at
http://www.cherwellsingers.org/concerts/2013/orb-and-sceptre-music-coronati…
James Brown