Sample Programmes

The recordings marked * below are on Universal ‘Gaudeamus’ label and feature Graham Lea-Cox directing the Hanover Band with the following artists:  

Judith Howarth, Soprano; Patrick Burrowes, Andrew Johnson – Boy sopranos; Kathleen Kuhlmann, Mezzo-soprano; William Purefoy, Andrew Watts, counter-tenors; Christopher Josey, high-tenor; Charles Daniels, Timothy Robinson, Richard Edgar-Wilson, tenors; Stephen Varcoe, Bass-Baritone; David Thomas, Michael George, Bass;   Chorus: New College Choir, Oxford, Edward Higgenbottom, Director.

Programme 1  

[Boyce editions by Graham Lea-Cox]

 G. F. Handel    Coronation Anthem for George II: Zadok the Priest [est. 8 ‘ ] 0202 0300 t stgs cont: organ Chorus (SSAATBB)

Willliam Boyce    * Pindar’s Ode (1740) (Dublin version)  Gentle Lyre, begin the strain  [est. 48′ ]  BoySop, High Tenor, Bass Soloists; Chorus;  2202 0200 T Cont: Organ/Hps,Theorbo, Stgs [55432]

Willliam Boyce     * Ode for the New Year 1774 [est. 25 ‘ ] Boysop, Tenor, Bass soloists; Chorus: SATB;  2202 0200 T Stgs cont: Hpd; Theorbo

Programme 2

All Editions by Graham Lea-Cox.   Recorded & released in 2000: ** UNIVERSAL CD GAU 200

William Boyce    Ode to St. Cecilia (Lockman) (1739/40)  “See fam’d Apollo…”   [ est. 68 ‘ ] BoySop, Alto, HighTenor, Tenor, BassBar solos; SSATB chor;  2201 0200 – Kettle Drum – Cont. (Organ/Hps. Theorbo) – stgs [55432]

Programme 3  

All Editions by Graham Lea-Cox.  Recorded and released 1998 & 2001: * UNIVERSAL  CD GAU 176;   CD GAU 216 

Thomas Arne &  Thomas Linley Jnr  Cantatas for soprano / soprano duet and orchestra;  2101 2000 stgs cont Hpd, Theorbo

William Erskine   ** Periodical overture No. 17 in Eb (1766-70)  [ c. 9’ ]  0022-2000 stgs Hpd

Thomas Arne    ** Symphony No 4 in c minor (1767)  [ c.13 ‘ ]  2202 2000 hpd stgs [66432]

William Boyce    * The Secular Masque (1730-50)  [ c.55′ ]  Sop, Mezzo sop, 2 tenors, Bar & Bass. Chorus: ATB  2201 2100 T cont: Hpd, Theorbo, stgs

Programme 4 

All Editions by Graham Lea-Cox.

Thomas Arne  The Fairy Prince (early English Opera) (1771) A masque by Ben Jonson, adapted Colman based on Shakspeare:  BoySop, 2 Sops, Tenor, Chorus (SATB), 1202 2200 Timbrel, Carillons, Cont. Hpd, Theorbo stgs

Programme 5 

All Editions by Graham Lea-Cox.   Recorded and released in 2000, UNIVERSAL CD GAU 208 ]

William Boyce:   

Ode to St. Cecilia (Vidal) ( c.1740)  “The Charms of Harmony ….” [ est. 50 ‘ ]   BoySop, Alto, BassBar, solos; SATB chor;  1202 0200 – Kettle Drum – Cont. (Organ/Hps.; Theorbo) – stgs [55432]

Cantata: ‘David’s Lamentation over Saul and Jonathan’ (fp 1736)  [ est. 25 ‘ ] Alto, HighTenor, Tenor, Bass solos; SATB chor;  2202 0200 – Kettle Drum – Cont. (Organ; Theorbo) – stgs [55432]