More Information About Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale:Coronation and Victory

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<p>Handel: Zadok the Priest
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum
Purcell: My Beloved Spake
Purcell: Chaconny in G
Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord Alway</p> <p>Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Kai Wessel, countertenor
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Nathaniel Watson, baritone
Philharmonia Chorale, Bruce Lamott, director</p> <p>When Handel composed his setting of Zadok the Priest for the coronation of King George II in 1727, he had no idea that it would end up being performed at every English coronation since. The Dettingen Te Deum, which Handel wrote to celebrate King George II’s dramatic victory over the French at Dettingen in 1743, is no less rousing and majestic.  PBO features the Philharmonia Chorale in these two pieces, as well as in beloved anthems written for the English Chapel Royal by Henry Purcell.  From the dramatic to the intimate, this truly is music fit for the king!</p>

About the Ticket Supplier: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra has been dedicated to historically-informed performance of Baroque, Classical and early-Romantic music on original instruments since its inception in 1981.

Under the leadership of Nicholas McGegan, its Music Director since 1985, Philharmonia has become "an ensemble for early music as fine as any in the world today" (Los Angeles Times). The Orchestra performs a subscription season in four cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is regularly heard on tour in the United States and internationally. In addition to Mr. McGegan, the Orchestra has welcomed eminent guest conductors to its podium including William Christie, Andrew Parrott, Jordi Savall, Gustav Leonhardt, Monica Huggett and Stanley Ritchie.