Be transported back in time to the long-lost Chapel Royal in the Tudor palace of Whitehall during the reigns of Charles II and James II, with the organ and soloists, the string consort and the royal family placed in a gallery and the choir in the choir stalls below.

LB features the symphony anthem, King Charles’s favourite type of church music, with its kaleidoscopic contrasts between soloists, strings and the choir. They range from the dramatic ‘When the son of man shall come in his glory’ by Matthew Locke and Pelham Humfrey’s profound ‘By the waters of Babylon’, written in the 1660s, to Henry Purcell’s masterpiece ‘O sing unto the Lord’, written for James II just before he fled the country in 1688.

There will also be music by Purcell’s teacher John Blow and the countertenor William Turner, a favourite court singer. To mark Charles III’s coronation LD include the original setting of ‘Zadok the priest’ by Henry Lawes and Purcell’s superb ‘I was glad’, composed for Charles II in 1661 and James II in 1685.

How To Get Your Tickets

1. Book your desired number of tickets and await an email confirming your order

2. You will then receive a confirmation email from Tickets for Good

3. Collect your tickets from the venue's box office before the performance - please state your full name on arrival. Please note that the box office closes 15 minutes before the performance starts, so tickets not collected by then will no longer be valid and you will not be able to attend the performance

Additional Information

As we are not the event organisers, we recommend that you check http://www.leedsbaroque.org/concerts.html for event-specific information. We will endeavour to pass on any updates, including scheduling changes and cancellations, as soon as we receive them but cannot guarantee this.