Sample Programmes: The 18th and 19th Century
Sample Programmes
{© Graham Lea-Cox. April 2006}
The Hanover Band / Graham Lea-Cox
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Programmes with orchestra and voices:
The recordings marked * below are on Sanctuary Classics '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]
[ * Recorded & released in 2001, Sanctuary Classics CD GAU 232 ]
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 ' ] 2202 0200 T Stgs cont: Hpd; Theorbo
Boysop, Tenor, Bass soloists; Chorus: SATB
Programme 2 [Edition by Graham Lea-Cox]
[ Recorded & released in 2000: Sanctuary Classics 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: * Sanctuary Classics CD GAU 176; ** Sanctuary Classics 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, Sanctuary Classics 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]
Programmes for Orchestra alone
The 'lost' Concertos and Symphonies of English composers and their contemporaries working in Eighteenth and Nineteenth century England
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The 18th Century:
Programme 6 (with forte piano) [All editions by Graham Lea-Cox]
[ * Recorded and released in 2001, Sanctuary Classics CD GAU 216 ]
William Smethergell * Symphony Op 5 No 2 in Bb [c. 12’]
0202 2000 stgs ftepno
JC Fisher Oboe Concerto No 1 in C major
0101 2000 stgs ftepno
CF Abel Violoncello (Viola da Gamba) Concerto in Bb (1758)
0000 0000 stgs cont. Hpd
C.F. Abel * Symphony Op 10 No 1 in E (1771) [ c. 10’ }
0202 2000 stgs ftepno
Thomas Linley Jnr Violin concerto (Prior to 1779)
0002 2000 stgs ftepno
Programme 7 (with harpsichord) [All editions by Graham Lea-Cox] [ * Recorded and released in 2001, Sanctuary Classics CD GAU 216 ]
Chosen from:
CF Abel: Sinfonie Concertante for Oboe, Violin, Violoncello and orch., K42
FH Barthelemon Concerto for 3 Violins, Tenor, Violoncello and ripieno strings, Op 3
JC Fisher Concerto for Oboe (or Flute) in Eb
0100 2000 stgs cont: Hpd.
Thomas Arne Symphony No. 3 in Eb (1760s?)
0202 2000 T stgs Hpd
John Collett * Symphony Op 2 No. 5 (1766) [ c. 13’ – 14’ ]
0202 2000 Stgs Hpd
Lord Kelly * Periodical Overture No 17 in Eb (1766-70) [ c. 9’ 15” ]
0022 2000 stgs Hpd
John Marsh * A Conversation Sinfonie for double orchestra [ c. 12’ 45” ]
1022 2000 stgs Hpd
The 19th Century:
Programme 8 (approx 75 minutes music) [Full Symphony Orchestra]
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Muzio Clementi Symphony No 4 in D (c1822)
(edited. John Walter Hill / Graham Lea-Cox)
[approx 30’] (First performed: London, Royal Philharmonic Society, 1822)
W. Sterndale Bennett Symphony in g (1864-7) Op 43
(edited Graham Lea-Cox)
[approx 33’] (First performed: London, Royal Philharmonic Society,1867)
coupled with either:
Samuel S. Wesley Symphony in c (c1832) in one movement.
(edited Richard Divall / Graham Lea-Cox)
[approx 11 mins] (First performed: London, Royal Philharmonic Society, 1833)
or:
A work by:
Mendelssohn, Schumann, Weber, or Schubert. - as performed at the Royal Phillharmonic Society concerts in London during the life of Clementi or Bennett.
Performance style and Orchestra Instruments:
* Performances specifically to explore 19th century orchestral stylistic performance practice;
* Orchestral instruments as close as possible to the original instruments used at the time of the premieres of the chosen works.
{© Graham Lea-Cox. April 2006}
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