Saturday, 10 June 2023, 4pm
Sunday, 11 June 2023, 7pm
St Ambrose Church, Woodend
Woodend Winter Arts Festival
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Coronation Anthems
- The king shall rejoice HWV 260
- My heart is inditing HWV 261
- Let thy right hand be strengthened HWV 259
- Zadok the Priest HWV 258
Dettingen Te Deum HWV 283
Michael Strasser, bass
Ensemble Gombert & Accademia Arcadia directed by John O’Donnell
ENSEMBLE GOMBERT
Soprano
Katherine Lieschke; Carol Veldhoven; Victoria Brown; Fiona Seers; Sarah Harris; Deborah Summerbell; Nina Pereira; Claerwen Jones
Alto
Lesley Salvestrin-Collins; Leonie Tonkin; Emma Warburton; Cailin Howarth; Hamish Madden; Claudia Funder; Niki Ebacioni
Tenor
Abhishek Purty; Tim van Nooten; Vaughan McAlley; Michael Stephens
Bass
Michael Strasser; Chetan Anthony Noronha; Nicholas Tolhurst; Thomas Bell; Mike Ormerod; Mark Thawley
ACCADEMIA ARCADIA
Trumpet Tristram Williams; Louisa Trewartha; Jeffry Segal
Timpani Guy du Blêt
Oboe Adam Masters; Stephen Robinson
Bassoon Ben Hoadley
Violin 1 Lucinda Moon (Leader); Tim Willis; Stephanie Eldridge;
Violin 2 Lizzy Welsh; Arun Patterson; Meredith Thomas
Viola Dovi Hanner; Kerryn Coulter
Cello Josephine Vains; Edwina Cordingley
Violone Laura Vaughan
Organ Jacqueline Ogeil
The four Coronation Anthems are among Handel’s most cherished choral works. They were composed for performance in Westminster Abbey at King George II’s coronation on 11 October 1727, and Zadok the Priest has been sung at every coronation of a British monarch since that time. The Dettingen Te Deum, composed to celebrate British victory in the Battle of Dettingen in 1743, is a lesser-known work, but powerful and highly festive, certainly a worthy companion to the Coronation Anthems.