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Pomp and circumstance: Music from the 1953 Coronation

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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 4 June 2013
Walton, Belshazzar's Feast
Handel, Zadok the Priest, HWV 258: God save the King
Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
Parry, I was glad
Walton, Coronation Te Deum
Walton, Orb and Sceptre, Coronation March
Elgar, Enigma Variations, Op.36: Nimrod
Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1 in D Major, Op.39
Hertfordshire Chorus
The Dessoff Symphonic Choir
London Orchestra da Camera
David Temple, Conductor
Ashley Riches, Baritone
Crouch End Festival Chorus Proves Chilling and Brilliant
A choral treat to savour: Verdi’s Requiem at the BBC Proms
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An exhilarating all-American Prom from Ryan Bancroft and BBC NOW
****1
Back with a bang: Verdi's Requiem opens the BBC Proms season
****1
Prom 66: John Luther Adams delivers a massive hymn to the land
*****
Parry's Judith superbly performed at the Royal Festival Hall
***11
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