O Praise the Lord with One Consent HWV 254: Vocal score: 9 (Chandos Anthem)

O Praise the Lord with One Consent was composed in 1718 while Handel was residing in Cannons Park. Like the other Chandos Anthems it was comissioned by the Earl of Carnarvon James Brydges subsequently named First Duke of Chandos. The anthem was first performed that year under the composers direction ay St. Lawrences Church in Cannons Park. The text is taken from Psalms 117 135 and 148 in Nahum Tate and Nicolas Bradys 1696 New Versions of the Psalms. This complete vocal and pano score edited by Max Seiffert with a piano reduction by Karl Pasler is an unabridged reprint of the score first issued by Breitkopf & Hartel Leipzig ca.1900. Matching orchestral parts and full score are now also available from Serenissima Music (95139).