Recently I had the good fortune to hear this wonderful work in the perfect location - The Temple Church, London a place which Handel himself frequented. What a stunning experience, can honestly say it was one of the most enjoyable music events I’ve ever been to.
I LOVE Harry Christophers' tempos! ... brisk! .. he moves them along and yet it never seems/appears to be rushed … wonderful legato singing from the ensemble …
A wonderful Anthem by a wonderful Choir and in some ways what Handel wanted , but look at the performance of Seraphic Fire , a smaller American choir which starts , as Handel wrote, with soloists and continues with a wonderful life enhancing and emphatic performance which has rubato that is just right.
Psalm 45 1. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 1. לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־ שֹׁ֭שַׁנִּים לִבְנֵי־ קֹ֑רַח מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל שִׁ֣יר יְדִידֹֽת׃ רָ֘חַ֤שׁ לִבִּ֨י ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר ט֗וֹב אֹמֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי מַעֲשַׂ֣י לְמֶ֑לֶךְ לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י עֵ֤ט ׀ סוֹפֵ֬ר מָהִֽיר׃ 1. 내 마음에서 좋은 말이 넘쳐 왕에 대하여 지은 것을 말하리니 내 혀는 필객의 붓과 같도다 10. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; 10. שִׁמְעִי־ בַ֣ת וּ֭רְאִי וְהַטִּ֣י אָזְנֵ֑ךְ וְשִׁכְחִ֥י עַ֝מֵּ֗ךְ וּבֵ֥ית אָבִֽיךְ׃ 10. 딸이여 듣고 생각하고 귀를 기울일찌어다 네 백성과 아비 집을 잊어버릴찌어다 12. And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. 12. וּבַֽת־ צֹ֨ר ׀ בְּ֭מִנְחָה פָּנַ֥יִךְ יְחַלּ֗וּ עֲשִׁ֣ירֵי עָֽם׃ 12. 두로의 딸이 예물을 드리고 백성 중 부한 자도 네 은혜를 구하리로다 Isaiah 49 23. And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. 23. וְהָי֨וּ מְלָכִ֜ים אֹֽמְנַ֗יִךְ וְשָׂרֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ מֵינִ֣יקֹתַ֔יִךְ אַפַּ֗יִם אֶ֚רֶץ יִשְׁתַּ֣חֲווּ לָ֔ךְ וַעֲפַ֥ר רַגְלַ֖יִךְ יְלַחֵ֑כוּ וְיָדַ֙עַתְּ֙ כִּֽי־ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־ יֵבֹ֖שׁוּ קוָֹֽי׃ ס 23. 열왕은 네 양부가 되며 왕비들은 네 유모가 될 것이며 그들이 얼굴을 땅에 대고 네게 절하고 네 발의 티끌을 핥을 것이니 네가 나를 여호와인줄 알리라 나를 바라는 자는 수치를 당하지 아니하리라 To God Alone Be All The Glory. Hallelujah. Amen.
The whole video is "Coronation Anthem No. 4" by George Frideric Handel, also known as "My heart is inditing." "My heart is inditing of a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made unto the King. Kings daughters were among thy honourable women Upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in vesture of gold and the King shall have pleasure in thy beauty. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers and queens thy nursing mothers."
Anybody know where/when this performance was? Looks like Royal Albert Hall. Was this a Proms? Did they perform the entire Coronation Anthems? "Zadok the Priest", et al.?
The Proms, or the BBC Proms, more formally known as the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London.
