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FULL DETTINGEN TE DEUM (Handel) Halle 2009 Felix Plock

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  • Published by: DW Classical Music  
  • Date Published: 2022  
  • Format: Streaming
  • Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
  • Subtitles: nosubs  
  • Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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The Dettingen Te Deum is a sacred choral work in the tradition of English choral music. Handel wrote a total of five “Te Deum” compositions – this is the last. It was written to give thanks for the victory of King George II’s troops at the Battle of Dettingen. The world premiere took place at St James’s Palace in London following the King’s glorious return in November 1743. The text – a Christian hymn of praise – is derived from the “Book of Common Prayer” from 1662.

George Frideric Handel was born in 1685 in Halle an der Saale and baptized in the Marktkirche or Market Church. After many successful musical years in Germany and Italy, after 1710 he was a regular visitor to London, where he composed many pieces for the royal court. Awarded citizenship in 1727, he’s regarded today as Britain’s most important and influential composer of the Baroque period. Until his death in the year 1759, he wrote a total of 42 operas and 25 oratorios.

This performance of the “Dettingen Te Deum” in the Marktkirche in Halle took place as part of celebrations to mark the 250th anniversary of the death of the famous Baroque composer George Frideric Handel. The event brought together the MDR Rundfunkchor, the Hallenser Madrigalisten, the Händelfestspielchor and the Halle Opera Chorus. They were accompanied by The English Concert and the Händelfestspielorchester. As well as the “Dettingen Te Deum”, the ensembles also repeated the entire program of the “Handel Commemoration Concert”, performed in 1784 at London’s Westminster Abbey in honor of the great musician, who had died 25 years previously.

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