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George Frideric Handel's 'Zadok the Priest' from his Coronation Anthem HWV258, performed by the Academy of Ancient Music and Choir of the AAM, conducted by Music Director Richard Egarr and recorded live at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
Composed for the coronation of King George II on 11 October 1727, Handel's 𝘡𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 (HWV 258) stands alongside 'The King Shall Rejoice', 'My Heart is Inditing' and 'Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened' as one of the composer's Coronation Anthems. One of Handel's best-known works, 𝘡𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 has been performed prior to the anointing of the sovereign at the coronation of every British monarch since its composition and is universally recognised as a staple of British patriotic music. The words have been used, in some form, in every English or British coronation for more than 1,000 years.
Fun fact: English composer Tony Britten rearranged 'Zadok the Priest' in 1992 as the basis for the UEFA Champions League Anthem, now enshrined as one of the best-known sports songs in the world!
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00:00:00 Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon king
00:01:47 And all the people rejoiced and said:
00:02:35 God save the King! Long live the King! God save the King! May the King live for ever. Amen. Hallelujah.

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@TheTradge 5 лет назад

Not gonna lie, I was brought here by the comedy dub, but I’m so glad I’ve now heard this magical performance!

@AcademyofAncientMusic 5 лет назад

No hard feelings - we're glad you've heard both versions!

@michealtaylor7745 4 года назад

I loved it as I do whenever I hear it. So very rousing & uplifting.

@albertojarabo4433 2 года назад

@@AcademyofAncientMusic The question here is... Who has done the comedy version? 😂

@niklasriemenschneider4197 Год назад

@@albertojarabo4433 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CWtvbXmWqz4.html most likely this one

@jdryak 7 лет назад

For such a small corpus of voices, the sound is not only magnificent, but stunningly crisp and rich!

@michealtaylor7745 4 года назад

Couldn't agree with you more. Fabulous, like many times more ppl were singing. Very uplifting.

@gordonsmith8899 4 года назад

@@michealtaylor7745 More authentic too

@brendangarvin7787 3 года назад

Handel always sounds best with a small choir and orchestra.

@p3deep 2 года назад

@@brendangarvin7787 Yes I agree.

@ricardoredondosanchez5323 Год назад

Yes,It,'s true

@OUTBOUND184 3 года назад

I'm here because of the sheer glory of Handel. No other reason.

@AcademyofAncientMusic 3 года назад

This is what we love to hear ;)

@hornalicious 2 года назад

Hahaha! Yes! But I had seen the original before the shred happened. I'm so sad because I miss performing and have played Zadok a number of times over the years.

@hornalicious 2 года назад

Covid sucks......normally I would be doing a lot of summer gigs right now....instead, stuck at home....sneaking to play in a park with a group now and then

@davidevans3227 Год назад

i'm here because it's really good music..

@LadyofSarbath 8 лет назад

When the voices come in for the first time, all is right with the world.

@Haberkuk164 4 года назад

It's fantastic that you can crack up at the shreds version and still enjoy the beauty of this stunning, wonderful original performance. Just perfect...

@MartyMusic777 4 года назад

That choral entrance was like a bolt of lightning - what a great performance.

@coloraturaElise 2 года назад

The men's singing of the 16th notes has to be the best I've EVER heard anywhere.....bravi!!

@loganfruchtman953 Год назад

1:20 when the choir first comes in such a goosebumping moment

@philippegambet7826 10 лет назад

Magnifique, bravo les trompettes naturelles !

@jpa244 7 лет назад

Exacte! Jamais essayé, peut être un jour...

@james_loney 4 года назад

How I pine for the days again when we can sit together in the hundreds and sometimes in the thousands in great musical halls and hear this kind of music! OMG covid has been so cruel to all of us and we miss each other already, although most of us in the concert halls never had a chance to meet and mingle....

@michaelf7093 3 года назад

Sadly, the Maundy service where this is played in the presence of the Queen was canceled this year, for this very reason.

@hornalicious 2 года назад

Agreed, I miss performing so much ...I feel like someone ripped my heart out of my chest and trampled all over it 😭 I normally do a few Last Night of the Proms concerts every spring.....I long for playing this again!

@hornalicious 2 года назад

@@michaelf7093 sad 😔

@elizabethsmith1803 2 года назад

As someone who has no family, lockdown and covid restrictions have destroyed my life. All I have left is work and I will never forgive the fearful.

@tritono666 3 года назад

This performance gives me the goosebumps every time I hear it

@Samplesurfer 3 года назад

The choir's opening is extremely good. Baroque pitch (A=415 Hz) helps a lot with more chest voice resonance. Despite it just being a half-tone lower. 20 singers is now even seen as a 'large choir' among a lot of Ancient Music specialists.

@herringsinthewood 2 года назад

That's interesting.

@michaelloew522 2 года назад

Not only does Baroque tuning help resonance of the voice, but also, (I am a cellist) it makes string instruments much more resonant as well.

@truthguard9286 4 года назад

Prince Charles has this as his ringtone!

@katzukemiyami5284 2 года назад

Please 🤦🤣

@stevek6432 4 года назад

don't hold a drink at 1:28 if you don't know when the choir come in

@carolmaciel2908 4 года назад

I was actually holding a drink hahah fortunately nothing happened

@averapurplegiraffe 3 года назад

this comment made me spit out my water laughing

@HobbyOrganist 3 года назад

It was definitely jarring with no warning!!

@rattywoof5259 4 года назад

Note that the intro was played pp throughout, as Handel originally marked it - so many conductors nowadays crescendo all the way through. Effective in its own way I suppose, but it doesn't half lessen the impact of the choral entry. I like it this way.

@Chris-hf2sl 2 месяца назад

Yes I agree. Anyone who doesn't know the piece and who is perhaps dozing off under the effect of the introduction, suddenly gets slammed with a wall of sound.

@BugzysEvilDeeds 4 года назад

I was just listening on my headphones, and playing a video game on my phone. Just about scared the crap outa me when the choir comes in!

@xenolalia 4 года назад

The balance here - both among the instruments and between the instruments and the choir - is impeccable. At no point do the sackbuts overpower the low strings or woodwinds, and the middle voices are always clearly audible. Period performance at its finest!

@ericholicky3797 3 года назад

This is the first version that I listen to where the text is so clearly understandable. Great job.

@dennisclary4441 Год назад

Amen Hallelujah,May the King live forever!

@antoineduchamp4931 Год назад

Heavens the precision and overall wallop of the first Choral entry made me sit up! they came in with the force of the Berlin Philharmonic on a day when they are in angry mood... I am sure Mr. Handel would have been delighted with this performance.

@blessingagbons9171 4 года назад

I knew the comedy version was too funny to be true 😂😂😂. This is great 😍

@patriciayeiser6405 3 года назад

What comedy version? This is is authentic Handel.

@blessingagbons9171 3 года назад

@@patriciayeiser6405 Yes. I saw a comedy version of this same video.

@r.r.5611 2 года назад

@@patriciayeiser6405 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CWtvbXmWqz4.html

@frillydaffodilly 10 месяцев назад

@@patriciayeiser6405just shut up you nasty old harridan.

@philomel0s 11 лет назад

This is definitely the best performance I have come across on any media: tempi spot on, balance brilliant, and choir is stunning. Well done AAM!

@ruperttmls7985 6 лет назад

Try Robert King in Hyperion, is better.

@expoers 7 лет назад

Handel! un genio!

@graemewebber9948 8 лет назад

Just wonderful - played with verve and sung with passion !

@rejanedelimamartins9367 Год назад

Nossaaaa que coisa mais linda!!! Uma perfeição de Deus.

@gavinpatience8897 7 лет назад

This must be one of the best versions online ; I am singing it in Shrewsbury Abbey within next fortnight. But the female singers here are stupendous . Look at the vigorous enjoyment . .

@conradsmith7548 6 лет назад

I'm actualy so impressed with the natural trumpet section. It is rare to hear that instrument sounding good.

@AindriasHirt 2 года назад

Baroque trumpets, not natural trumpets.

@manpiano09 11 лет назад

Superb performance, best ever! Thanks so much. Rejoice!

@Organintetnational 4 года назад

The AAM should make a reaction video, reviewing the parody version by the real musicians and singers. It surely will be a hit.

@patriciayeiser6405 3 года назад

Just get over yourself.

@mothball5425 Год назад

Better than the actual coronation - bravo!

@vicjones3992 Год назад

As ever you guys get the original tempo....just as if the great man was conducting.....bravo

@kateruane59 2 года назад

Lord have mercy! That was magnificent! Such musicians!

@VittelSquare 7 лет назад

Who've seen the shred ?

@rattywoof5259 3 года назад

Never heard of it.

@rubyonsad4880 3 года назад

Climon i did. It was soo hilarious.

@quaver1239 4 года назад

Delightful. Every word and every note ringingly clear. One expects nothing less from the AAM! Thank you.

@patriciayeiser6405 Год назад

Christopher Hogwood, that ultimate Handelian, would b proud.

@orangejuiceman Год назад

I never expected to see this actual performance of Zadok the Priest

@margottpiedrahernandez8284 3 года назад

Qué magnífica interpretación. Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@eliseeake4992 4 года назад

Bravo sublime God is the king

@derekjarman5156 Год назад

I last heard this officially in 1952, sung by a much larger choir and orchestra. Looking forward to hearing it again in Westminster Abbey later this year.

@samstockbridge3989 Год назад

Timeless ❤

@DanielOJacobsccyiglobal 11 лет назад

Those violins realy know how to make you weep. handel you are my soul's desire!

@kennorichie 3 года назад

THE CHAMPIONS!!!

@genekwagmyrsingh9433 3 года назад

I'm surprised there aren't more comments like this.

@sammyal-doory5841 Год назад

Great piece, great group!

@xenolalia 4 года назад

Beautiful messa di voce coming out of the trill at 2:15.

@17Mechin 10 лет назад

belle recherche de sonorité, un équilibre de tempo et une énergie convaincante

@rpbristol 5 лет назад

Wonderful and I sang along with it, of course!

@clariannemedina9202 Год назад

Amen! Jesus is King forever. 👑

@kadancelionheart 3 года назад

mighty and majestic

@ameenrapma 11 лет назад

Fabulous. Very stirring and inspiring. I love it.

@BellEndBrass 3 года назад

Brilliant!

@gerhardusvanrooyen6663 Год назад

Absolutely outstanding! thank you for sharing this video with me and many others.

@karlklein1730 4 года назад

Superb!

@arkady0177 5 лет назад

We all know why you’re here

@jorklind 5 лет назад

I think I may have seen this before the shred...but it's incredible because it's exactly what I've been thinking for years watching classical music videos.

@quaver1239 4 года назад

What is “the shred”, please? It sounds like something done by King Henry VIII, but obviously isn’t.

@quaver1239 4 года назад

Seriously. Please can someone tell me what “the shred” is??? Please?! I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is the “comedy” version? All I know is that this is the Academy of Ancient Music playing Händel.

@florkkonrad9331 4 года назад

@@quaver1239 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CWtvbXmWqz4.html ;)

@mikeottawa8158 4 года назад

it aLL reads Like a monty python fLyng circus joke

@hudsonbailey674 6 лет назад

Bellissimo! This is high art.

@HighTen_Melanie 9 лет назад

Heavenly music

@robbicu 3 года назад

I want to take the principal cello player home and play duets with him.

@arlenehensley6753 Год назад

Fantastic!

@SamTheSerpent 7 лет назад

Gives me goose bumps. Superb

@annieandkatie3131 6 лет назад

The shred is brilliant 😆

@mcbocfilms3599 2 года назад

So peaceful to the mind🥰💫 ❤️ my Son Orion Opoku send me this link.💯⚡🙌🙌

@AyratMuxametov 4 года назад

Hallelujah, Amen 🙏

@olpetkop9042 3 года назад

Bravissimo!

@williamwimbourne856 3 года назад

Quite magnificent!

@crystalinabacteria3430 2 года назад

I was bought here after I went to my daughter's graduation. Wearing masks but feeling so proud. They played this as they unveiled the black curtain to reveal the graduans of 2021. They all managed to graduate through the pandemic. Tears of joy stream down my face 😭♥️ it was my first time in a public setting after caring for my dad

@angryjalapeno 7 лет назад

This sounds better in an abbey or cathedral with good reverb as it makes those high notes brighter.

@andrewwigglesworth3030 2 года назад

Birmingham Symphony Hall (that is Birmingham UK) has world class acoustics. It's one of the finest concert halls anywhere.

@mrb.5610 2 года назад

Presumably Westminster Abbey for 'optimal acoustics' as that's where it was written to be performed in .... Although it always makes me think of St Paul's Cathedral !

@tombrydson781 9 месяцев назад

Very moving

@relodinge 5 лет назад

almost heavenly, closely divine.....Power and Dignity

@angryface7135 8 лет назад

ZADOK THE PRIEST AND NATHAN THE PROPHET ANOINTED SOLOMON KING!

@anghinetti 6 лет назад

Angry Face: Who's Solomon King?

@lucasdeabrielle7375 5 лет назад

@@anghinetti he's from the Bible

@krystalharwood5240 5 лет назад

@@anghinetti he means king solomon

@KevinElamMusic 4 года назад

No he doesn't mean King Solomon. He means precisely what he said: Zadok & Nathan anointed (made) Solomon a King.

@angelisjoy4591 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic performance!

@vonzigle 6 лет назад

Love those trumpets! 🤩

@carwashslayer4235 9 месяцев назад

I love 1:47 I sing that often to myself.

@GenociderF65 11 лет назад

Magnífico trabajo.

@heckken 9 лет назад

Que emocionante es esto !!

@MaraMcTavish 8 лет назад

Magnificent! :D

@AindriasHirt 2 года назад

An excellent performance. Do a search for this on "Zadok" and "shreds" for a great deal of fun.

@augustoresende9196 4 года назад

Uau, it is amazing!

@felixchansa3731 6 лет назад

excellent performance

@bult15 7 лет назад

I agree with all the comments about the conductor's outfit. What was he thinking? Magnificent trumpets!

@patriciayeiser6405 4 года назад

I miss the traditional b/w formal attire. Now they all dress like de-frocked priests. But it might be more comfortable. First-rate performance.

@patriciayeiser6405 3 года назад

You doubtless would have criticized whatever Handel wore when he conducted it. Pay attention to the music.

@normanchristie4524 3 года назад

@@patriciayeiser6405 Merging into the background. ....

@pauldavies8535 2 года назад

@@patriciayeiser6405 just like you did in your other comment you stupid old bag

@GeraintJones 2 года назад

Wow. Just wow.

@JoseFernandez-yq8kn Год назад

perfeccion absoluta !

@paolachiappori7374 3 года назад

Che dire senza parole

@MilesLinklater 10 лет назад

Great tempos and really powerful entrance by the choir (though I think they could use less vibrato in their sound). One of the better versions I've heard.

12 лет назад

Wonderful! :-)

@mattiafioravanti8475 7 лет назад

A truly marvellous rendition. The only very wrong thing is the director's shirt.

@JFroTheMusician 7 лет назад

Mattia Fioravanti Its all personal taste, but mao shirts and jackets are becoming popular in the music scene.

@mjarail 7 лет назад

It makes the wearer look like a Maitre 'D at a pretentious Chinese restaurant.

@tulsatombob2769 7 лет назад

Actually, you are correct. The Conductors main gig is Head Maitre'D at some uppity overpriced Mandarin restaurant on the Upper East Side. He had to rush over to Conduct this performance and didn't have a clean change of shirts. Hey, it works for me.....he looks kinda groovy.

@stevewhelan3725 7 лет назад

mjarail perhaps he's likes a number 69.

@ThreadBomb 5 лет назад

It's not a flattering top. He should just wear a black T-shirt.

@corc1130 10 лет назад

god this is f'ing amazing

@nickdryad 4 года назад

Christopher Hogwood’s legacy. What great musician he was. This is tremendous performance.

@patriciayeiser6405 3 года назад

Mr Egarr was Hogwood's choice to take over. He has done wonderful things with AAM.

@nickdryad 3 года назад

Patricia Yeiser I never knew that. I worked with Christopher Hogwood on two occasion. He was a man of supreme talent.

@patriciayeiser6405 Год назад

@@nickdryad AAM will be 50 years old in September 2023. Can you believe it?

@nickdryad Год назад

@@patriciayeiser6405 That’s an achievement worth celebrating. I hope there are some concerts to celebrate.

@kofonekanem276 7 лет назад

Hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha.. The shreds brought me here.. It's so hard connecting anything at all!!!!

@archiebald4717 Год назад

Not too shabby!

@missmitra.a96 Год назад

God save The King❤

@mareeds 11 лет назад

I concur.

@dennispearson871 Год назад

This is the Very Best Period Instrument Performance of Zadok I Have Ever Heard !!! IF This is what it sounded Like for George The 2nd , We MUST Bring The Period Instruments BACK !!!!!....

@patriciayeiser6405 Год назад

THey have been back in Britain for some years .