Händel ist in Halle an der Saale geboren. Er und Johann Sebastian Bach waren die größten Komponisten des Barock. Sie sind sich nie begegnet. Aber ich habe an Bachs Grab in der Leipziger Thomaskirche schon gestanden.
@@rivenoak Danke, das habe ich auch schon gelesen. Aber leider liegt die Westminster Abbey außerhalb meiner Reichweite. Ich würde mir die gerne mal anschauen.
The people singing and performing in the orchestra must have been so moved to perform this on this occasion. Once in a lifetime opportunity. I was holding my breath, but it all went off without a hitch
Not to be a stickler, but I can’t help but cringe a little at 1:12. I’ve heard this happen so many times before in middle or high school bands, but for a coronation, dang that’s bad…
You can see what happens behind the panel at the King in the episode of the Crown where you can see the beloved Queen Elisabeth's coronation: he receive some drops of the sacred oil on the head, heart and mouth or sth similar
The king forgot to save his first wifey. What a sham and mockery of ceremonial bullocks at the expense of common laborers taxes. Camilla has bloodstained hands and heart. Bunch of pompous fake characters dressed Hollywood style. 😅
@@johncorrall1739 The US is an extension of the UK/British empire and the eternal search for freedom and self- government whether my fellow countrymen know it or not. The British monarchy is something very special and something that most Americans will never understand, but that's ok. Americans are different. And the monarchy we descended from is still an inspiration- even though many try to deny it.
@@panthercreek60 Yes. The principles are the same, even though several broke away and wanted independence and a differing form of Government. The principle of coming to serve, not be served, is something that should still inspire other forms of leadership (and Presidents!). Although that sadly seems increasingly lost in this modern day and age, all around the world. With love to our American cousins. xx
Zadok the Priest and Nathan the Prophet anointed Solomon King. And all the people rejoic'd, and said: "God save The King, long live The King, may The King live for ever! Amen, Hallelujah!"
The most moving part of the coronation. Majestic. I can’t imagine what the King must feel like during this; humbling himself before God & entering into a lifelong pact with Him. What a commitment to make. I’d take this over an inauguration any day. Much love from Texas!
As an American, this display of humility, a king wearing plain clothes and humbly kneeling surrounded by priests, is deeply moving. I truly believe that Charles will be a remarkable king. I realize that it takes a lot of courage to be publicly invested. I'm not sure I'd be able to go through with something like that. Thank you very much for posting!
The symbolism of him being stripped down to a simple shirt and then robed in splendor was breathtaking. It brought tears to my eyes. I'm a Roman Catholic and I found the whole service very inspiring, even the Archbishop's homily. I pray the two factions will reunite into one church again.
Did you say that the king who, not more than 10 minutes later, was wearing silk robes and a crown worth millions of dollars with stolen diamonds and jewels was showing humility?
@@kyberbricks3781 I said that the symbolism was impressive. He could be sincere or he could be the biggest hypicrite in history. I have no way to know which.
Zadok The Priest was composed by Handel specifically for the Coronation of George II in 1727 & has been used ever since. Handel went on to take British Citizenship & is buried within Westminster Abbey itself. How he must love hearing this still being played nearly 300 years later!
да,тот самый король Великобритании с богатой и древней культурой из Ганновера, которому писал композитор из Тюрингии.😁 Что действительно является британской культурой - кровожадная колонизация и оккупация.👍
@@heinzfass2564 Lol mate, you're a Russian. I don't think you have any right to be lecturing other countries for being involved in imperialism and violent conquest. The UK de-colonised in the 1960's. Meanwhile your country is still engaging in imperialistic campaigns to this day.
It is so special that in these times where everything is always caught by some camera there is still this sacred place and event of anointing the king that we aren’t allowed to see it.
@@I.AM.JUPITER tradition and culture are what humanity uphold - this ‘belief system’ are to give people a basis for growth and self exploration. We can explore our own fear of the unknown knowing there is always going to be an institution that will forever be the one constant in our lives. It allows people to explore new territories of every aspect of our very own existence. If it didn’t work we would have got rid of the monarchy a hell of a long time ago.
@@koreographydanceclub lmao. This is a sacred moment. There was also more than enough time to enjoy the king today. And well a monarchy also lives from its mysteries…
I am not a religious person, but this coronation moved me to tears and left me proud to be a British subject, with Charles as My Monarch. God Save The King.
Nowt better at Pomp and Ceremony than the Brits - and yet those daft anti-monarchists want to get rid of the one thing we're good at because we've done it for over 1000 years! Mental fools lol. God Save the King indeed!
I was exactly the same.that day.....was so incredible to watch....tears in my eyes and chest bursting with pride to be an englishman and the historical sense of occasion . Watching now all these months later.
Without a doubt, the best version of this I have EVER heard - and I've sung it with a few awesome groups. But this was truly 'divine'. Kudos to the musicians and singers who made this (and the Parry) so amazing.
@@arianaalioth Right? Its sad I knew more than the talking heads. They knew Zadok the Priest was going to be played, introduce at be quiet. At one point Guthrie said his gold robe was the oldest regalia -but no age. Wtf
@@arianaalioththank you for taking an interest in our traditions. I know that your nation is free of our monarchy but we still hold it dear as part of our national identity and so many Americans talk poorly of it I appreciate you being respectful of it 🇬🇧 ❤️ 🇺🇸
"The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes" Sir Thomas Beecham. I only watched the coronation for this bit, what a glorious noise!
Was born in England bought to new Zealand as a child now eighty one I cried watching this just beautiful I love the royals and miss the UK although don't remember much but still feel british❤❤❤
@@hellfirepictures There is an umlaut above the a. Whether he dropped it after becoming a naturalised Brit, I’m not sure. In Germany his name is still written with the umlaut.
A 300 year old piece of music, performed at a ceremony which has lasted over 1,000 years, in an Abbey which is over 700 years old - and people still claim the UK has no culture.
On a religious site in use since at least 960, possibly 604, and maybe even the second century ad, using a throne that's 723 years old, a crown made from St Edward's original crown used 1020 years ago, and a coronation service that was first used 1050 years ago - performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury since 1066!
Those people probably say the UK have no culture because they don’t realize that almost everything they do is a result of UK culture (depending on where they live)
I was absentmindedly watching it sitting on the couch following the proceedings a bit but when this came on; even I-an atheist- sat up and got chills. Not because it is a beautiful, rousing piece of music. But because it was a moment most profound and historical(I am a romantic!). The meaning behind it, the significance and the deeply personal and heavy moment for Charles. I can understand the need to be shielded as you basically surrender your entire being to reign in the name of your deity/philosophy. And it's just a great piece of music. My first introduction to it was as the theme for the Champions' League😄 Took me years to find out it was a bit more than that.
Full Lyrics: Zadok the priest And Nathan the prophet Anointed Solomon king And all the people Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced And all the people Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced And all the people Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced and said God save the king Long live the king God save the king May the king live forever Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen Amen, amen, alleluia, amen God save the king Long live the king May the king live forever Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen May the king live May the king live For ever, for ever, for ever, Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen Alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen, amen Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, amen Long live the king God save the king Long live the king May the king live May the king live For ever, for ever, for ever, Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen Alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen, amen Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, amen
The acoustics in this church are fantastic. Of course, when considering the composition was written to be performed here it is not surprising and a testament to Handel's genius as a composer.
To add to this sublime moment is the knowledge (if you've toured the Abbey) that the composer Handel is buried only yards away from the chancel where the anointing took place. A memorial sculpture of him above his tomb has him holding the music from his most famous oratorio "Messiah". The choir and orchestra gave a piece of Handel's magic to the world in this performance of a coronation anthem.
In 2013 I was received the ordination to catholic priest. One day after I celebrated my first mass in my home church, where I grew up. When the service entered the church choir sung Zadok the priest. It was the perfect moment at this weekend!
I've performed Zadok the priest before, and the energy while performing was the best thing in the world. I'm in the states, so I can't imagine how powerful it is being from England and being in the choir singing this amazing piece during the Coronation. I'm getting all the flashbacks listening to this. It sounded exactly like this when I performed of shat I remember. The fact I was alive while this happened holds a special place in my heart.
It couldn't have sounded 'exactly' the same due to the differences in singing styles between British and American choirs. You guys 'warble' with the vibrato (which quite genuinely is like nails on chalkboards for me). We don't. Give it another listen and see. Maybe I'm wrong and your choir was trained in the British/European style but I've yet to come across one in the US that was lol.
As an American, I got the chance to perform this piece with a Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra last year. It is incredible to see it performed at this once in a lifetime historic event. The place where it was intended to be performed.
@@Jdksejejxnxndnd welcome to the global internet friend. I am just expressing my appreciation for the peace and where it has been performed. If you do not like it, keep scrolling.
The fact that this single place, this institution (Westminster Abbey) has maintained its original function (place of coronation) for almost a thousand years (since 1066) is what's remarkable. Everywhere else had seen kingdoms rise and fall and eventually abolished, but the English (now British) kept at it, coronating in this place, without fail. That's what makes the place and the event so steeped in history. The ghost of every English/British king and queen since Edward the Confessor is there.
Un morceau extraordinaire pour un moment extraordinaire ! L'onction du Roi est un moment très émouvant, ce qu'Haendel a su remarquablement mettre en valeur. Dieu garde le Roi !
Bach said: ""[Handel] is the only person I would wish to see before I die, and the only person I would wish to be, were I not Bach." And Beethoven said, "WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU."
And that's a great compliment coming from Beethoven, who, while walking down the middle of a road, refused to move to the side when the Queen's chariot came up behind, and instead made them slow down for him, and who said to Prince Lichnowsky, "Prince, what you are, you are through chance and birth; what I am, I am through my own labor. There are many princes and there will continue to be thousands more, but there is only one Beethoven."
I doubt that very much. Pretty much all musicians agree that Bach is and was the greatest composer ever. Händel is genius in the affect he creates in the listener. Bach, however, is genius in basically every aspect. Emotion, affect, harmony, melody, inventiveness, improvisation, formal structure....his music is as if a mathematical genius decided to turn mathematics into music and it was accidentally beautiful. The only thing is that Bach's music isn't beautiful by accident but by purpose. Because he was genius. Also, as a musicologist, great composers are always said to have said something and it rarely ever is true. People also claim Mozart and Beethoven met and said xyz about each other, when in truth they never met even once.
@@TolkienladyWell, no surprise. Beethoven admired Napoleon. He initially dedicated his third symphony to him and then, when he heard what Napoleon did to the people, erased his inscription again. However, many musicologist think all of his symphonies from the third one onward actually have revolutionary character. I wouldn't agree with it, but the seventh, fourth and third certainly do. You can already see enlightened ideas of rebellious bourgeoisie in Mozart's work (Figaro). Beethoven came later and he certainly was a child of his time.
The music is so great. It’s like the kingship is emerging from a foggy chaos, ready to restore order and itself. The holiness of the crown hovers over the chaos. It’s beautiful to be part of a tradition. It’s history relived. If this stops it would be a great loss.
At 3.45 the smile on the young lady singing following all those semi quavers is fantastic. How proud she must feel. We can never lose music in our schools. Awesome piece of music, awesome musicianship from everyone involved and a special historical occasion.
This is just perfection! Was in London for coronation on the mall. Watched this back the next day (as obviously I missed it live lol).. and this part brought tears to my eyes.
The last time that a king was crowned in the UK was for George VI on May 12, 1937. After his daughter, Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II, the words were never changed because this piece by GF Handel is about King Solomon. “God save the King!” may have sounded out of place, but it remained a favorite of the Queen and was used often at royal events.
The late Queen Elizabeth loved this piece of music and always insisted it be sung at the Royal Maundy Service even though it is known as a coronation anthem.
@@voaniopalm3209 Exactly “Long live the King! God save the King! May the King live for ever.” The chorus sings this about the biblical King Solomon. The same sentiments would have also applied to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
🤣🤣🤣 I don't think Her Maj would've had the stones to go changing the words in the Bible! The song is about King Solomon - she'd have to have been brazen indeed to demand that it be rewritten for her!
@@strictly2leftfeet yep, I saw the Queen at a Royal Maundy when I was younger. She used this as her formal entrance music, coming up the nave just as it hit the beginning of the choral part, surrounded by the Yeoman of the Guard. It was *glorious*.
After 70 years of glorious Elizabethan era, the waiting is finally over. We got to hear & witness this masterpiece being performed again marking the beginning of the Carolean era. God bless the King & his family
Carolean Era. New word. Thanks from America! In 2017, I once found myself alone in that section of Westminster where the Cosmati floor was uncovered for some reason. I could not resist; removed my shoes and stood upon it to the center. I swear I could hear the singing. I was fast for I knew that to be caught would likely mean immediate deportation after a good ass whipping by the entire guard and probably the Queen herself - but not too fast. I enjoyed it.
Major ASMR chills down my spine. The Hallowing is truly a magnificent moment. When the song starts and they start unbuttoning his red jacket, my heart couldnt contain myself. Quelle magnifique!
Without a question, the most important symbolic moment in modern time in the western world. I love when the soldiers look down not to interfere with the private moment with God, that the new king has.
I had the privilege to be there in the crowds as the carriages went by and they played this live over the speaker system. Will never forget it. God save the king
0:59 i love it when the music modulates to the minor key, the canopy guards start to bow their head down ready for the private anointing moment, everything rly suits the scene🥹
God save the King... and long live to our King... and his queen.... a 1000 years of history in a time when we are losing everyday history.... my grandfather told me when he stormed the beaches in WWII it was not for the government... but for the King... He was from a Welsh mining family and they fought for the crown.... it says something.... we fight for our country... not the politicians who are only out for themselves... so thank you to our Monarchy.....
There's no way the Queen or the King would not live long when Zadok and Priest is being sung at Coronation Service. Zadok the priest is a powerful prayer on its own.
Thank you for posting this video. I was watching ABC News with Micheal Strahan and the other blabbermouth commentators and was offended by their constant jabbering during King Charles' anointing and the playing/singing of Zadok The Priest. American media is so uncultured!
It's deliberate and political/cultural. On NBC the Today lady person host deliberately mispronounced vestment as VEST-A-MENT. They jabbered on as if this was a Hollywood red carpet affair and not a pious religious service. The corner offices of the American networks are occupied almost exclusively by persons (AHEM) unfamiliar with Christian worship, and to be blunt sometimes hostile to it. On ABC the ex-American football player host thought this anthem was one of the "new" musical compositions. They talked over it, like it was nothing. You can't make this up, sad to say.
A really really superb Handel anthem... The long introduction gives great calm and slow build up. I chose Zadok the Priest to be the piece of music played as my dear mother was carried in her flower covered wicker work coffin from my house. She lay in the drawing room, the front door was open and the undertaker and his men waited silently outside in the garden as the introduction was played and then entered an lifted her on their shoulders as the choir joins with the opening choir chant "God save the King," and carried her from the house to travel for her service at the 800 year old Christchurch Priory.
I do not shed tears, since I am Chilean and it is a distant event, but so much history and tradition is overwhelming with that masterpiece by Handel in the background.
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!! CNN skipped over it, and the BBC TALKED DURING IT!!! The gaul. I have been trying to find a narrator free version. Thank you!
Out of a very emotional day, this is the part that got to me the most 🥹😭 Our King looked very vulnerable imo, when he was stripped of his robes. Absolutely exquisite ceremony. Huge shout out to Johnnie, The King’s Equerry, for doing such a sterling job throughout the day, in such a calm, dignified manner. He’s also a fine looking man ☺️ GSTK 👑🏴🇬🇧❤️
This was what I was looking forward to seeing the most. It’s an awesome song, I actually blasted it while I was driving in the days before the coronation to get pumped up for it, and I might still do it!😂 God Save the King! 👑
The harmonic build up of tension in ths intro is a work of genius…I hope Charles enjoyed it. He had been waiting a long time. The soldiers like at HM The Queen’s funeral were perfect too.
Good Morning Majesty KING CHARLES, huge support, on this day of december 12,2024 excellent moment of collection, help me alminghty god protect me from any evil caring person around me, god Bless AMEN 👑🙏🇬🇧❤️
Yes!!!! AWESOME!!!! I've been waiting to see this for real for two decades. I sang this in high school when I was 18, and again in college when I was 27. SO AWESOME to see it at a real coronation. Best part!
I feel so Lucky to have witnessed this magnificent piece at the event for which It Was Written, The Anointing of the King of UK. Something I will remember forever
Happy to see this video! I did see this on TV here in Canada this past May, but my enjoyment of this segment of the Coronation was spoiled by the TV commentators describing what was going on here! Anyway, you can't have a Coronation without "Zadok the Priest!"
So unglaublich erhebend! ❤❤❤ Gänsehaut!!! Overwhelming! The whole coronation procedure as well as this overwhelming music ❤❤❤ Thank you for uploading! ❤ GOD SAVE THE KING!! 👑🇬🇧
We were all waiting for this to be sung.
I did, I could not wait - but listening back I’m more overwhelmed than at the live event -it’s overwhelming!!!!!!!
Definitely
Exactly
Goosebumps.
Hard.
As a football fan yes.😂
Old Handel certainly knew how to stir the emotions. Genius.
Indeed! Totally agree!
It sold his music and made him a rich man!
Händel ist in Halle an der Saale geboren. Er und Johann Sebastian Bach waren die größten Komponisten des Barock. Sie sind sich nie begegnet. Aber ich habe an Bachs Grab in der Leipziger Thomaskirche schon gestanden.
@@gastgast967 Händel liegt quasi umme Ecke der Könige weil in der Abtei begraben
@@rivenoak Danke, das habe ich auch schon gelesen. Aber leider liegt die Westminster Abbey außerhalb meiner Reichweite. Ich würde mir die gerne mal anschauen.
It's difficult to Handel your emotions with this masterpiece.
Are you here all week?😊
I'd give you a good Haydn for that pun.
I bet that joke was on your to do-Lizst
@@david9243 Well it was on my Chopin list yes.
Get out!(no please; stay and keep the puns coming)🤣 I all Mozart myself.
It's amazing to think the composer laid to rest in same building his music is being played 300 years later.
Yes it’s incredible and more so to hear the music played for its original purpose.
The people singing and performing in the orchestra must have been so moved to perform this on this occasion. Once in a lifetime opportunity. I was holding my breath, but it all went off without a hitch
Yup. I waited 28 years to hear this in an event. Beautiful song
At Charles age, probably not a once in a lifetime event
@@jon8304Charles and four of his mother’s cousins witnessed her coronation back in 1953.
Not to be a stickler, but I can’t help but cringe a little at 1:12. I’ve heard this happen so many times before in middle or high school bands, but for a coronation, dang that’s bad…
@@aceofspades8634What happened?
There's nothing more regal than Zadok the Priest. 👍
don't forget Nathan the Prophet
I fully agree Andee Barratt, immortal magnificent!!
Handel’s choruses have that regal quality that other composers generally lack.
Let us also not forget Solomon whom they anointed as king.
Let us not forget everybody who rejoiced either.
This was the only part of the Coronation I wanted to watch. Handel was a master composer.
You can see what happens behind the panel at the King in the episode of the Crown where you can see the beloved Queen Elisabeth's coronation: he receive some drops of the sacred oil on the head, heart and mouth or sth similar
Agree !
I felt the same way Figaro Zadok, to hear this immortal magnificent music by Handel i so 💕 love.
Thanks God they used it!!
Haendel will be played at our wedding.
@@jobotmang great choice and taste. Congrats! and all my best!
This! Stupendous! I have now lived it in real time, a true day of days.
God Save the King!!
The king forgot to save his first wifey. What a sham and mockery of ceremonial bullocks at the expense of common laborers taxes. Camilla has bloodstained hands and heart. Bunch of pompous fake characters dressed Hollywood style. 😅
May he be as gracious in his reign as his mother was before him.
Long live the King.
From Alabama.
God bless and preserve our kinsmen,throughout the diaspora.
Amen 🙏 🙏 🙏
@@johncorrall1739
The US is an extension of the UK/British empire and the eternal search for freedom and self- government whether my fellow countrymen know it or not.
The British monarchy is something very special and something that most Americans will never understand, but that's ok.
Americans are different. And the monarchy we descended from is still an inspiration- even though many try to deny it.
Thank you from the UK, King Charles will be a wonderful King.
@@panthercreek60 Yes. The principles are the same, even though several broke away and wanted independence and a differing form of Government.
The principle of coming to serve, not be served, is something that should still inspire other forms of leadership (and Presidents!). Although that sadly seems increasingly lost in this modern day and age, all around the world.
With love to our American cousins. xx
Zadok the Priest and Nathan the Prophet anointed Solomon King.
And all the people rejoic'd, and said:
"God save The King, long live The King, may The King live for ever!
Amen, Hallelujah!"
Was that Soloman who had 400 wives?!
@@redstar7292 I think it was 600
@@JaneAustenAteMyCat totally not a solo man that's for sure 😂
@@redstar7292 1000
Thank you. Now I understand the significance. I have read the passage in the Bible, but never made the connection.
The most moving part of the coronation. Majestic. I can’t imagine what the King must feel like during this; humbling himself before God & entering into a lifelong pact with Him. What a commitment to make. I’d take this over an inauguration any day. Much love from Texas!
As an American, this display of humility, a king wearing plain clothes and humbly kneeling surrounded by priests, is deeply moving. I truly believe that Charles will be a remarkable king. I realize that it takes a lot of courage to be publicly invested. I'm not sure I'd be able to go through with something like that. Thank you very much for posting!
The symbolism of him being stripped down to a simple shirt and then robed in splendor was breathtaking. It brought tears to my eyes. I'm a Roman Catholic and I found the whole service very inspiring, even the Archbishop's homily. I pray the two factions will reunite into one church again.
Heavy the head that wears the crown
as a Russian, I agree with you.
Did you say that the king who, not more than 10 minutes later, was wearing silk robes and a crown worth millions of dollars with stolen diamonds and jewels was showing humility?
@@kyberbricks3781 I said that the symbolism was impressive. He could be sincere or he could be the biggest hypicrite in history. I have no way to know which.
Zadok The Priest was composed by Handel specifically for the Coronation of George II in 1727 & has been used ever since. Handel went on to take British Citizenship & is buried within Westminster Abbey itself. How he must love hearing this still being played nearly 300 years later!
Very true Mr. Bird. One of the most melodious, avant-garde composers of the 17th century.
How would he know? He’s dead!
@@hamburgerhamburgerv2 how do you know where his spirit is, you’re not dead?
да,тот самый король Великобритании с богатой и древней культурой из Ганновера, которому писал композитор из Тюрингии.😁 Что действительно является британской культурой - кровожадная колонизация и оккупация.👍
@@heinzfass2564 Lol mate, you're a Russian. I don't think you have any right to be lecturing other countries for being involved in imperialism and violent conquest. The UK de-colonised in the 1960's. Meanwhile your country is still engaging in imperialistic campaigns to this day.
It is so special that in these times where everything is always caught by some camera there is still this sacred place and event of anointing the king that we aren’t allowed to see it.
That was my thought at the time too
@@I.AM.JUPITER tradition and culture are what humanity uphold - this ‘belief system’ are to give people a basis for growth and self exploration. We can explore our own fear of the unknown knowing there is always going to be an institution that will forever be the one constant in our lives. It allows people to explore new territories of every aspect of our very own existence. If it didn’t work we would have got rid of the monarchy a hell of a long time ago.
Sanctum Sanctorum. The Holy of Holies. קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים Mysterium fidei!!!
We bloomin paid for it we should get to see it
@@koreographydanceclub lmao. This is a sacred moment. There was also more than enough time to enjoy the king today. And well a monarchy also lives from its mysteries…
I am not a religious person, but this coronation moved me to tears and left me proud to be a British subject, with Charles as My Monarch. God Save The King.
You are a theatre person. It is great theatre. Like watching Carmen or The Phantom of the Opera
Nowt better at Pomp and Ceremony than the Brits - and yet those daft anti-monarchists want to get rid of the one thing we're good at because we've done it for over 1000 years! Mental fools lol.
God Save the King indeed!
@@greggrimer1428 I think the British Monarchy has lasted far longer than Phantom of the Opera...🙄
I was exactly the same.that day.....was so incredible to watch....tears in my eyes and chest bursting with pride to be an englishman and the historical sense of occasion . Watching now all these months later.
When the trumpets make their entrance with the choir.... What a glorious moment 🥲
Absolutely divine! ❤️
THE MUSIC WAS EPIC. GOD SAVE THE KING .
The choir, organist and orchestra did not disappoint on this one
So lovely to hear it at a coronation where it was meant to be sung
Champions League still hits differently
Wonderful, watched it live, when the chorus started it was like the whole of Westminster Abbey was taken aback with emotion, so powerful
What an amazing piece of music and history. Proud to be British, god save the king
I was chatting with a friend watching the coronation when this hymn came in- we stopped in our tracks and were glue to the screen with goosebumps
Without a doubt, the best version of this I have EVER heard - and I've sung it with a few awesome groups. But this was truly 'divine'. Kudos to the musicians and singers who made this (and the Parry) so amazing.
Thank you. American broadcast felt the need to speak over part of this.
I knew better than to watch an AMERICAN. Roadcast! Cus im American! They think everything has to have idle chatter over it
@@arianaalioth Right? Its sad I knew more than the talking heads. They knew Zadok the Priest was going to be played, introduce at be quiet. At one point Guthrie said his gold robe was the oldest regalia -but no age. Wtf
For future reference, all Royal events are screened live on The Royal's youtube channel - without commentators.
@@hellfirepictures Thank You.
@@arianaalioththank you for taking an interest in our traditions. I know that your nation is free of our monarchy but we still hold it dear as part of our national identity and so many Americans talk poorly of it I appreciate you being respectful of it 🇬🇧 ❤️ 🇺🇸
So glad this is posted. The hosts on the NBC news channel here in the US talked over this amazing music!! 🙄🙄🙄
OMG that is philistinism at its peak
BBC did the same. Talked over the start.
@@deldia Swedish public television didn't thankfully but they did talk over some other important parts like the coronation oath. Very unprofessional.
This happened in Spain too
@@deldia They did but at least it was relevant, and then they shut up for the best bits.
Was eagerly waiting for the anoiting of our King. He looked so vulnerable. Stunning piece of music from Handel.
"The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes" Sir Thomas Beecham. I only watched the coronation for this bit, what a glorious noise!
There were even more beautiful ones.
I was expecting this music! For me is the most beautiful piece oh Haendel!
Erm... We love music. 😊
English don’t like Music, ?
@@giannimaximilian.bennett6124 Your "tongue-in-cheek" detector is broken.
Was born in England bought to new Zealand as a child now eighty one I cried watching this just beautiful I love the royals and miss the UK although don't remember much but still feel british❤❤❤
My family rang the bells for the King in our fourteenth century village church, roots run deep.
Home is where the heart is ❤
HM is the King of New Zealand as well as the United Kingdom and 11 other Commonwealth Realms.
No hay palabras
I loved this part. I'm not religious but this music is beautiful and incredibly uplifting. Händel was a genius.
H-a-ndel. No umlaut (?). You can tell, cos Handel wrote his signature without.
Don't forget Gustov Holst. His music is extraordinary.
@@hellfirepictures There is an umlaut above the a. Whether he dropped it after becoming a naturalised Brit, I’m not sure. In Germany his name is still written with the umlaut.
@@hellfirepictures He would be pronounced "Haendel" or "Hendel" in English. His name was Händel.
The best of Zadok the Priest I have heard so far, God bless the King
A 300 year old piece of music, performed at a ceremony which has lasted over 1,000 years, in an Abbey which is over 700 years old - and people still claim the UK has no culture.
Who claims that? Are they blind?it’s the cornerstone of western civilisation
On a religious site in use since at least 960, possibly 604, and maybe even the second century ad, using a throne that's 723 years old, a crown made from St Edward's original crown used 1020 years ago, and a coronation service that was first used 1050 years ago - performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury since 1066!
Those people probably say the UK have no culture because they don’t realize that almost everything they do is a result of UK culture (depending on where they live)
The very miserable communists who say we have no culture themselves produce the bleakest ‘culture’ imaginable.
UK has cultural significance in bucket loads, but there’s a left-wing narrative that wants to eradicate this culture.
Our King, , by the Grace of God
Moment of absolute wonder. Speechless, as always, by Handel's genius.
Made me cry. God save the king. God save the Queen!
An incredible moment -- no one does it like the English monarchy and Handel. Everything is perfectly orchestrated and beautiful.
I was absentmindedly watching it sitting on the couch following the proceedings a bit but when this came on; even I-an atheist- sat up and got chills. Not because it is a beautiful, rousing piece of music. But because it was a moment most profound and historical(I am a romantic!). The meaning behind it, the significance and the deeply personal and heavy moment for Charles. I can understand the need to be shielded as you basically surrender your entire being to reign in the name of your deity/philosophy. And it's just a great piece of music. My first introduction to it was as the theme for the Champions' League😄 Took me years to find out it was a bit more than that.
Full Lyrics:
Zadok the priest
And Nathan the prophet
Anointed Solomon king
And all the people
Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced
And all the people
Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced
Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced
And all the people
Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced and said
God save the king
Long live the king
God save the king
May the king live forever
Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen
Amen, amen, alleluia, amen
God save the king
Long live the king
May the king live forever
Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen
May the king live
May the king live
For ever, for ever, for ever,
Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen
Alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen, amen
Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, amen
Long live the king
God save the king
Long live the king
May the king live
May the king live
For ever, for ever, for ever,
Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen
Alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen, amen
Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, amen
The acoustics in this church are fantastic. Of course, when considering the composition was written to be performed here it is not surprising and a testament to Handel's genius as a composer.
To add to this sublime moment is the knowledge (if you've toured the Abbey) that the composer Handel is buried only yards away from the chancel where the anointing took place. A memorial sculpture of him above his tomb has him holding the music from his most famous oratorio "Messiah". The choir and orchestra gave a piece of Handel's magic to the world in this performance of a coronation anthem.
I was waiting for this performance my entire life
In 2013 I was received the ordination to catholic priest. One day after I celebrated my first mass in my home church, where I grew up. When the service entered the church choir sung Zadok the priest. It was the perfect moment at this weekend!
Playing “Zadok the Priest anointed Solomon” really raises the King of England to a divine pedestal in a moment. 🤴🏻🇬🇧
I've performed Zadok the priest before, and the energy while performing was the best thing in the world. I'm in the states, so I can't imagine how powerful it is being from England and being in the choir singing this amazing piece during the Coronation. I'm getting all the flashbacks listening to this. It sounded exactly like this when I performed of shat I remember. The fact I was alive while this happened holds a special place in my heart.
Honestly it gives me joy ❤
It couldn't have sounded 'exactly' the same due to the differences in singing styles between British and American choirs. You guys 'warble' with the vibrato (which quite genuinely is like nails on chalkboards for me). We don't. Give it another listen and see. Maybe I'm wrong and your choir was trained in the British/European style but I've yet to come across one in the US that was lol.
Some of us are trained in America.
Same experience from Minnesota.
As an American, I got the chance to perform this piece with a Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra last year. It is incredible to see it performed at this once in a lifetime historic event. The place where it was intended to be performed.
OH MY ITS SO ANNOYING TO SEE COMMENTS FROM AMERICANS THST START WITH "AS AN AMERICAN" AAAAAA NOBODY CARES
@@Jdksejejxnxndnd welcome to the global internet friend. I am just expressing my appreciation for the peace and where it has been performed. If you do not like it, keep scrolling.
@@Jdksejejxnxndndobviously you do or else you wouldn't comment. 😂
Thank you for being respectful of our traditions 🇬🇧 ❤️ 🇺🇸 also well done to you for partaking in a skill that gives us all deep felt emotion
@@longforgotten4823take no notice unfortunately every country has these kinds of people, idiots
As a little island we do things bloody well 🤴🇬🇧
Indeed - well said.
The fact that this single place, this institution (Westminster Abbey) has maintained its original function (place of coronation) for almost a thousand years (since 1066) is what's remarkable. Everywhere else had seen kingdoms rise and fall and eventually abolished, but the English (now British) kept at it, coronating in this place, without fail. That's what makes the place and the event so steeped in history. The ghost of every English/British king and queen since Edward the Confessor is there.
Over 1000 years of practice!
Murdering, stealing, raping and colonising included😂
@@venomsucks ha ha ha ha ha this comment is so original and edgy ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha you are a comic genius ha ha ha ha ha
Un morceau extraordinaire pour un moment extraordinaire ! L'onction du Roi est un moment très émouvant, ce qu'Haendel a su remarquablement mettre en valeur. Dieu garde le Roi !
Vive la république anglaise!
Beethoven once said: Handel is the greatest composer to have ever lived, to him I bow one knee and kneel at his grave
Bach said: ""[Handel] is the only person I would wish to see before I die, and the only person I would wish to be, were I not Bach."
And Beethoven said, "WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU."
And that's a great compliment coming from Beethoven, who, while walking down the middle of a road, refused to move to the side when the Queen's chariot came up behind, and instead made them slow down for him, and who said to Prince Lichnowsky, "Prince, what you are, you are through chance and birth; what I am, I am through my own labor. There are many princes and there will continue to be thousands more, but there is only one Beethoven."
@@Tolkienlady What a knob then! Nobody has the right to be such an arrogant, conceited nitwit.
I doubt that very much. Pretty much all musicians agree that Bach is and was the greatest composer ever. Händel is genius in the affect he creates in the listener. Bach, however, is genius in basically every aspect. Emotion, affect, harmony, melody, inventiveness, improvisation, formal structure....his music is as if a mathematical genius decided to turn mathematics into music and it was accidentally beautiful. The only thing is that Bach's music isn't beautiful by accident but by purpose. Because he was genius. Also, as a musicologist, great composers are always said to have said something and it rarely ever is true. People also claim Mozart and Beethoven met and said xyz about each other, when in truth they never met even once.
@@TolkienladyWell, no surprise. Beethoven admired Napoleon. He initially dedicated his third symphony to him and then, when he heard what Napoleon did to the people, erased his inscription again. However, many musicologist think all of his symphonies from the third one onward actually have revolutionary character. I wouldn't agree with it, but the seventh, fourth and third certainly do. You can already see enlightened ideas of rebellious bourgeoisie in Mozart's work (Figaro). Beethoven came later and he certainly was a child of his time.
Thank you for posting this! American here and the commentator on the network I was watching was yammering away as the choir began singing. Idiot!
@@PADARM I'll check that out. PBS carried the BBC coverage but for some reason my DVR only got the first hour. Thanks!
The music is so great. It’s like the kingship is emerging from a foggy chaos, ready to restore order and itself. The holiness of the crown hovers over the chaos. It’s beautiful to be part of a tradition. It’s history relived. If this stops it would be a great loss.
At 3.45 the smile on the young lady singing following all those semi quavers is fantastic. How proud she must feel. We can never lose music in our schools. Awesome piece of music, awesome musicianship from everyone involved and a special historical occasion.
Agreed.
The most beautiful hymn played exactly when and where it was written for. Soul stirring and divinity incarnate, and that's from a non religious pleb.
This is just perfection! Was in London for coronation on the mall. Watched this back the next day (as obviously I missed it live lol).. and this part brought tears to my eyes.
Love this piece of music, timeless and gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. ❤
Hi Julia 👋🏻
The last time that a king was crowned in the UK was for George VI on May 12, 1937. After his daughter, Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II, the words were never changed because this piece by GF Handel is about King Solomon. “God save the King!” may have sounded out of place, but it remained a favorite of the Queen and was used often at royal events.
The late Queen Elizabeth loved this piece of music and always insisted it be sung at the Royal Maundy Service even though it is known as a coronation anthem.
Because "the King" here refers to King Solomon. This song is based on a bible passage
@@voaniopalm3209 Exactly
“Long live the King! God save the King!
May the King live for ever.”
The chorus sings this about the biblical King Solomon. The same sentiments would have also applied to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
🤣🤣🤣 I don't think Her Maj would've had the stones to go changing the words in the Bible! The song is about King Solomon - she'd have to have been brazen indeed to demand that it be rewritten for her!
@@strictly2leftfeet yep, I saw the Queen at a Royal Maundy when I was younger. She used this as her formal entrance music, coming up the nave just as it hit the beginning of the choral part, surrounded by the Yeoman of the Guard. It was *glorious*.
Just beautiful and so emotional, moved to tears.
Epitome of culture.
"The west has no culture"
Not culture. Civilization.
There is a another "Neeraj" that I'm so desperately trying to get hold of but keeps rejecting me..
Visually, musically and emotionally this part of the ceremony was particularly powerful and magnificent.
When it comes to epic music, Georg Friedrich Händel is unbeatable. Also the performance is marvelous.
After 70 years of glorious Elizabethan era, the waiting is finally over. We got to hear & witness this masterpiece being performed again marking the beginning of the Carolean era. God bless the King & his family
Carolean Era. New word. Thanks from America!
In 2017, I once found myself alone in that section of Westminster where the Cosmati floor was uncovered for some reason.
I could not resist; removed my shoes and stood upon it to the center. I swear I could hear the singing.
I was fast for I knew that to be caught would likely mean immediate deportation after a good ass whipping by the entire guard and probably the Queen herself - but not too fast.
I enjoyed it.
Major ASMR chills down my spine. The Hallowing is truly a magnificent moment. When the song starts and they start unbuttoning his red jacket, my heart couldnt contain myself. Quelle magnifique!
I was welling up from the moment the first hymn kicked in “I was glad”
Just Epic.
What an historic, emotional & Glorious Day!
I waited with bated breath for this moment!
Without a question, the most important symbolic moment in modern time in the western world. I love when the soldiers look down not to interfere with the private moment with God, that the new king has.
There’s only one true setting for this masterpiece. The first time in 70 years…!
I loved this, soul stirring music.
Also enjoyed 'I was glad'.
Hi Dawn 👋🏻
Handel has played a starring role at every British coronation since 1727. He was a genius and it is fitting that he lies buried in the abbey.
Hi Glen 👋🏻
How are you?
@@LarryRobert-sg1gm go away scammer, no one is interested
I had the privilege to be there in the crowds as the carriages went by and they played this live over the speaker system. Will never forget it. God save the king
Wow ... what a magnificent choir
Handel's "Zadok the Priest" and Parry's "I was glad" were the only reasons I tuned in. Fantastic music, couldn't resist singing along.
Those were the two highlights, for sure, but I thought the music throughout was stunning. Credit to all the musicians and singers involved!
Händel is buried in the Abbey. I am sure he was happy to hear his music at the coronation.
I expect George Frederick Handel was sitting in Heaven and listening to this rendition of his music.
0:59 i love it when the music modulates to the minor key, the canopy guards start to bow their head down ready for the private anointing moment, everything rly suits the scene🥹
God save the King... and long live to our King... and his queen.... a 1000 years of history in a time when we are losing everyday history.... my grandfather told me when he stormed the beaches in WWII it was not for the government... but for the King... He was from a Welsh mining family and they fought for the crown.... it says something.... we fight for our country... not the politicians who are only out for themselves... so thank you to our Monarchy.....
Superbly expressed. God save the King! 👑🇬🇧
What a lovely sentiment
There's no way the Queen or the King would not live long when Zadok and Priest is being sung at Coronation Service. Zadok the priest is a powerful prayer on its own.
George VII didn't live long...
@@DS9TREK we will see about that, G7 will be, if any, the second monarch *after* Charles ;)
G6 was king for less than 16 years
Charles has already lived long. Everything after this is a bonus.
@@DS9TREKThere hasn’t been a George VII yet. Dumbo.
Fabulous! I woke earlier for this moment! Long live the King!
Best music ever for coronations.
One of my favourite composers, Handel. Such a fitting and glorious anthem for the coronation. Very stirring.
Thank you for posting this video. I was watching ABC News with Micheal Strahan and the other blabbermouth commentators and was offended by their constant jabbering during King Charles' anointing and the playing/singing of Zadok The Priest. American media is so uncultured!
I noticed the same with CNN's coverage..i thought some of their comments were disrespectful. I just watched cos that was the only Hd channel i had..
That is exactly why I watched BBC streaming. American newscasters so often have verbal diarrhea. Clueless and classless.
It's deliberate and political/cultural. On NBC the Today lady person host deliberately mispronounced vestment as VEST-A-MENT. They jabbered on as if this was a Hollywood red carpet affair and not a pious religious service. The corner offices of the American networks are occupied almost exclusively by persons (AHEM) unfamiliar with Christian worship, and to be blunt sometimes hostile to it. On ABC the ex-American football player host thought this anthem was one of the "new" musical compositions. They talked over it, like it was nothing. You can't make this up, sad to say.
I'm so glad I'm not the only American upset by that. This is a church service, not the Super Bowl. Sometimes no commentary is needed.
You weren't the only one. I wanted them to shut up for this part. I think MSNBC coverage was better.
One word: GLORIOUS
I love these traditions, very beautiful
A really really superb Handel anthem...
The long introduction gives great calm and slow build up.
I chose Zadok the Priest to be the piece of music played as my dear mother was carried in her flower covered wicker work coffin from my house. She lay in the drawing room, the front door was open and the undertaker and his men waited silently outside in the garden as the introduction was played and then entered an lifted her on their shoulders as the choir joins with the opening choir chant "God save the King," and carried her from the house to travel for her service at the 800 year old Christchurch Priory.
This brought tears to my eyes - a middle aged male Brit x
I do not shed tears, since I am Chilean and it is a distant event, but so much history and tradition is overwhelming with that masterpiece by Handel in the background.
This brought tears to my eyes a middle aged Brit woman! and every time since!
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!! CNN skipped over it, and the BBC TALKED DURING IT!!! The gaul. I have been trying to find a narrator free version. Thank you!
Out of a very emotional day, this is the part that got to me the most 🥹😭 Our King looked very vulnerable imo, when he was stripped of his robes. Absolutely exquisite ceremony.
Huge shout out to Johnnie, The King’s Equerry, for doing such a sterling job throughout the day, in such a calm, dignified manner. He’s also a fine looking man ☺️ GSTK 👑🏴🇬🇧❤️
Hi Karen
It was a good comment till you started objectifying the poor guy. Be better!
Brilliant performance of the great music! Bravo and thanks a lot!🙏👏👏👏
My absolute favourite part of the Coronation. It seemed so intimate and so stirring. Just wow!! ❤🇬🇧❤
Love the intro, beautiful to listen all the way til the end.❤
I looked forward to this so much. I wasn't disappointed.
This was what I was looking forward to seeing the most. It’s an awesome song, I actually blasted it while I was driving in the days before the coronation to get pumped up for it, and I might still do it!😂
God Save the King! 👑
The harmonic build up of tension in ths intro is a work of genius…I hope Charles enjoyed it. He had been waiting a long time. The soldiers like at HM The Queen’s funeral were perfect too.
Good Morning Majesty KING CHARLES, huge support, on this day of december 12,2024 excellent moment of collection, help me alminghty god protect me from any evil caring person around me, god Bless AMEN 👑🙏🇬🇧❤️
Yes!!!! AWESOME!!!! I've been waiting to see this for real for two decades. I sang this in high school when I was 18, and again in college when I was 27. SO AWESOME to see it at a real coronation. Best part!
I thought the Archbishop of Canterbury did a marvellous job. 😊
2:58 I can see a glimpse of the anointing behind the screen.
Unbelievable. The angelic and the majestic. So powerful but calming. Beautiful
I feel so Lucky to have witnessed this magnificent piece at the event for which It Was Written, The Anointing of the King of UK. Something I will remember forever
Agreed. (PS - King of the United Kingdom. :) )
The last King of England was William III who was crowned in 1672. How old are you? 😱
@@DS9TREK Sorry, my bad
Happy to see this video! I did see this on TV here in Canada this past May, but my enjoyment of this segment of the Coronation was spoiled by the TV commentators describing what was going on here! Anyway, you can't have a Coronation without "Zadok the Priest!"
*2:41*
This is where the music goes from awesome to *EPIC* in less than a second!
This is totally magnificent! Tugs at the heart strings and soul stirring to say the least!!
So unglaublich erhebend! ❤❤❤ Gänsehaut!!! Overwhelming! The whole coronation procedure as well as this overwhelming music ❤❤❤
Thank you for uploading! ❤ GOD SAVE THE KING!! 👑🇬🇧
magnificent music!