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Sample Programmes: The English Baroque - Orchestra and Chorus
Sample Programmes
© Graham Lea-Cox, May 2006
From Purcell and Handel to Boyce and Arne Orchestral forces unless otherwise stated: 2202 2000 Drums Strings Continuo (Portative & Great Organ)
1. Coronation Music for the Hanoverian Kings of England
William Boyce
For the Coronation of George III, 1761:
The King Shall Rejoice
? The Lord is a Sun
George Frederic Handel
For the Coronation of George II, 1727:
To be chosen from:
Zadok the Priest
Let Thy Hand be Strengthened
The King Shall Rejoice
My Heart is Inditing
or a complete performance of:
George Frederic Handel
For the Coronation of George II, 1727:
Zadok the Priest
Let Thy Hand be Strengthened
The King Shall Rejoice
My Heart is Inditing
2. Music for the Church, Saints, Kings and Paupers.
Henry Purcell
An Ode on St. Cecilia's Day 1692
- 'Hail, Bright Cecilia'
or
An Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary, 1694
- 'Come, Come Ye Sons of Art'
(recorders; theorbo/harpsichord and bass viol continuo)
George Frederic Handel
For the Coronation of George II, 1727:
The King Shall Rejoice
My Heart is Inditing
William Boyce
O be Joyful in God all ye Lands
(Written for the Installation of the Duke of Newcastle as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1749)
or
Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (1755)
[c. 30']
(Written for the annual service of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy (Orphans), St. Paul's Cathedral)
Other Repertoire Suggestions:
George Frederic Handel
Foundling Hospital Anthem (1749)
'Blessed are they that considereth the poor'
{SSAT soloists, SATB Chorus}
William Boyce
The Souls of the Righteous - the "Funeral Anthem"
[approx 15]
{AT soloists, SATB chorus; 2001 2200 T Stgs Cont.}
(Written to console the Royal Family upon the death of George II)
Thomas Arne
Libera Me (Requiem) [approx 8']
{BTS soloists,SATB Chorus& orchestra;
(Arne, a Roman Catholic, wrote this in 1770 on the death of a friend)