Page 90 - RPS Awards 2023 Coverage Book

Ben said:
"It's one of central masterpieces of the choral repertoire, the fact that it is used
so often in films, TV shows and I've even heard it in a computer game, shows
how easy it is for people to respond to this work immediately and on a human
level that everyone can relate to."

Vocal soloists include the Opera North star soprano Lorna James, and
mezzo soprano, the Leeds-born Hannah Mason, who trained at English
National Opera, and has performed at the Royal Opera House Covent
Garden, Opera North and with the Skipton Building Society Camerata.

They're joined by Shipley-born tenor Joseph Doody, who has performed
with leading opera houses and festivals across the UK, and one of the
leading American basses of his generation, James Creswell, praised for his

magnificently rich vocals. The American started his career with the Los
Angeles Opera, moving to Germany as a soloist in Berlin, and is
performing the 2023 season at Opéra national de Paris and with the
English National Opera.

The programme includes the vocal classic Handel's Zadok the Priest, a
choral wall of sound, followed by the coronation anthem, The King Shall
Rejoice. Edward Elgar's Introduction and Allegro ends the first half of the
performance, which is a multi-layered symphonic poem for string

orchestra."