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- Tarik O'Regan
Coronation Agnus Dei (2023)
- Novello & Co Ltd (World)
Commissioned on behalf of The King by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster for the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla
First performed on Saturday 6th May 2023 at Westminster Abbey by the combined forces of the Choirs of Westminster Abbey and His Majesty’s Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, choristers from Methodist College Belfast and Truro Cathedral Choir, and an octet from the Monteverdi Choir, conducted by Andrew Nethsingha with organist Peter Holder.
- SATB; org
- SATB; str
- SATB
- 2 min 30 s
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Reviews
The Agnus Dei by Tarik O’Regan, an ethereal and exquisitely worked setting, is worthy to stand alongside O taste and see, the communion anthem composed by Vaughan Williams for the 1953 Coronation.
But of the new compositions, only the unfurling melodic lines and understated beauty of Tarik O’Regan’s Agnus Dei exceeded the blandly forgettable.
The last of the new pieces, Tarik O'Regan’s setting of the Greek prayer the Agnus Dei, was the most successful. It had the reflective note tinged with the diverse musical influences that the King was hoping for, but it was rooted in something simple anyone could register immediately – a melodic phrase with a modal tinge that could have been Arab or eastern European.
I loved Tarik O’Regan’s Agnus Dei... – bringing a welcome degree of aural mysticism into the service.
Discography
The Coronation of King Charles III
- LabelDecca
- Catalogue Number5528383
- ConductorAndrew Nethsingha / Antonio Pappano
- SoloistBryn Terfel, bass-baritone
- Released25th May 2023