On June 27,1743, the British army and its allies were victorious over the French at the Battle of Dettingen. King George II, who had commanded his troops at this event (which would be the last time a British monarch would personally led his troops into battle) declared there would be a victory celebration. He appointed a day of public thanksgiving and commissioned George Frederick Handel, who was at that time "Composer of the Musick to the Chapel Royal", to write a Te Deum. Handel hastily got to composing and in less than three weeks, was finished. The Dettingen Te Deum premiered on November 27, 1743 in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace in London with the victorious King George II in attendance.
The finale of this work is a chorus of gratitude, "O Lord in Thee Have I Trusted", sung here by the Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble.
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