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Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74: VIII. Soli and Chorus. "The day that gave great Anna birth" by Choir Of King's College, Cambridge album cover

Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74: VIII. Soli and Chorus. "The day that gave great Anna birth"

by Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

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About "Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74: VIII. Soli and Chorus. "The day that gave great Anna birth"" by Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

Handel’s birthday ode for Queen Anne bursts with regal swagger, the chorus declaring 'The day that gave great Anna birth' like a trumpet fanfare. Under the pomp, a flicker of mortal anxiety—power celebrated, yet time’s shadow looms.