G. F. Handel: Te Deum in D Major "Queen Caroline" (King's Consort et al.)

G. F. Handel: Te Deum in D Major "Queen Caroline"

James Bowman, alto
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Michael George, bass
Choir of New College, Oxford
King's Consort
Robert King, director

Enoch Seeman: Portrait of Queen Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach as Princess of Wales (1720s)

Alto, Tenor, Bass & Chorus:
We praise thee O God;
We acknowledge thee to be the Lordl.
All the earth doth worship thee,
The Father everlasting.
To thee all angels cry aloud,
The heaens and all the powers therein.
To thee Cherubin and Serpahim continually cry:
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God of Sabaoth,
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory.

Tenor solo - Chorus - Bass solo:
The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee;
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee;
The noble army of Martyrs praise thee,
The holy church throughout all the world
Doth acknowledge thee,
The Father of an infinite majesty,
Thine honourable, true and only Son,
Also the Holy Ghost the Comforter.
Thou art the King of glory, O Christ,
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.

Alto & chorus:
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man,
Thou did'st not abhor the Virgin's womb.
When thou had'st overcome the sharpness of death,
Thou did'st open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God
In the glory of the Father.
We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge.
We therefore pray thee help thy servants,
Whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Make them to be number'd with thy Saints in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save thy people and bless thy heritage.
Govern them and lift them up for ever.

Chorus:
Day by day we magnify thee,
And we worship thy name for ever world without end.

Alto:
Vouchsave, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us,
O Lord let thy mercy lighten upon us
As our trust is in thee.

Chorus:
O Lord, in thee have I trusted;
Let me never be confounded.

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• New College Choir

[a1b2y25z26]

Thank-you for the chance to hear that piece. In 50 years of listening to Handel,I've never before heard this. Is this the same as the Funeral Ode on the Occasion of the Death of Queen Caroline [ 1737 ] ? I think it must be. The book,the text, seems to be very close to that of the Dettingen Te Deum [ 1743 ] . Nice to have a chance to hear some Handel that I've never before heard.

[TiaEdwina]

@a1b2y25z26 Glad you like it! It is nicely concise and festive. As for Queen Caroline, it's the same queen, but a different piece. The words are (or should be) identical to those of the Dettingen Te Deum. The Te Deum is a standard liturgical text, so any piece with that title will have the same words (allowing for historical idiom). I think this is a dandy piece which should be heard more often!

[HandelStarwars]

This is wonderful! I did not realize that Handel wrote music to Te Deum. In English no less! By far my favorite version of this song.