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1 Kings 2:1-3:28 – King Solomon 

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Brad

The four anthems The King Shall Rejoice, My Heart is Inditing, Let thy Hand be Strengthened, and Zadok the Priest were composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727, and are thus known as the Coronation Anthems. Zadok the Priest has been sung at every British … Continue reading →

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2 Samuel 11:1 – 12:25 – David and Bathsheba

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Brad

  Romeo and Juliet, is an orchestral work composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is styled an Overture-Fantasy, and is based on Shakespeare’s play of the same name. Like other composers such as Berlioz and Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky was deeply inspired … Continue reading →

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2 Samuel 5:1-7:29 – King David 

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Brad

Fanfare for the Common Man is a musical work by American composer Aaron Copland. The piece was written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under conductor Eugene Goossens. It was inspired in part by a famous speech made earlier in the same year where vice president Henry A. Wallace proclaimed … Continue reading →

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