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Baroque essentials
Ground bass, ritornello, fugue and dance: the Baroque in twelve works, from Purcell to Bach's Musical Offering.
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Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
This guide follows Handel’s Zadok the Priest, HWV 258 (1727) in one part.
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. Quiet string textures () build in layers until the whole orchestra, trumpets included, breaks in, and the choir takes over (A). Between that opening and the last section comes a dance-like passage (B) in 3/4 over dotted rhythms in the strings. In the final section (C) the 'God save the King' three times in chords, each followed by an with fast 'Amen' runs passed between the voices. A slow, Amen-style on '' ends the .
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Choral masterpieces
Choirs from Handel's coronation anthem to Ligeti's cloud of voices: masses, requiems and psalms, 1727 to 1966.
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