George Frideric Händel (1685 † 1759)
Work: Coronation Anthem No.4 ''My heart is inditing'', HWV261
Libretto: Henry Purcell After Psalm 45: 1, 10, 12 and Isaiah 49:23.
First performance at 11 October 1727 in Westminster Abbey
Notes: For the Coronation of King George II and Queen Caroline
Performed during the coronation of the Queen.
01. My heart is inditing of a good matter
My heart is inditing of a good matter; I speak of the things which I have made unto the King.
02. Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women
Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women.
03. Upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in vesture of gold
Upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in vesture of gold; and the King shall have pleasure in thy beauty.
04. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers
Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nursing mothers.
Performer:
David Bates, (countertenor)
Elisabeth Franklin-Kitchen, (soprano)
Edward Lyon, (tenor)
Nicholas Warden, (bass)
Conduactor: Jeremy Summerly
Royal Academy Consort and Tallis Chamber Choir
