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Music of the Week: Feb. 11, 2022: G.F. Händel – Zadok the Priest – Organ Solo
Supporting the theme of “Sovereignty” in the 2021 Annual Wrap Up and this week’s report by John Titus, Georg Friedrich Händel’s coronation music comes to mind.
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet declare Solomon king of ancient Israel, and Solomon proceeds to build the temple, symbol of the presence of the Divine in human affairs. Ultimately, the king crowned in this anthem is not a worldly monarch but elevated humanity through Solomon and the Christ.
Originally composed for chorus and orchestra, Jonathan Scott here performs a unique solo arrangement for the pipe organ.
Brothers and international performers Jonathan and Tom Scott are highly skilled classical keyboard artists from the UK.
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All praise and glory to God in the highest!
I am saddened to see this piece being performed in an empty church. So many in the world will never know the glorious and magnificent sounds from this instrument. And to also know (and maybe in error) that fewer and fewer are able to play the pipe organ and how this seems to be the way of the church (at least the main denominational churches where most of these pipe organs originate).
In addition, I have a mother in her eighties now, who for many years played the pipe organ. And one of the special memories as a kid was listening to Handel’s Messiah.
I am saddened to see this piece being performed in an empty church. So many in the world will never know the glorious and magnificent sounds from this instrument. And to also know (and maybe in error) that fewer and fewer are able to play the pipe organ and how this seems to be the way of the church (at least the main denominational churches where most of these pipe organs originate).
In addition, I have a mother in her eighties now, who for many years played the pipe organ. And one of the special memories as a kid was listening to Handel’s Messiah.
All praise and glory to God in the highest!
I am saddened to see this piece being performed in an empty church. So many in the world will never know the glorious and magnificent sounds from this instrument. And to also know (and maybe in error) that fewer and fewer are able to play the pipe organ and how this seems to be the way of the church (at least the main denominational churches where most of these pipe organs originate).
In addition, I have a mother in her eighties now, who for many years played the pipe organ. And one of the special memories as a kid was listening to Handel’s Messiah.
Thank you for sharing! Simply marvelous!
Perfectly beautiful!