Relayed from St. Lawrence Church, Whitchurch, Edgware
Stiles-Allen (soprano), Antonio Brosa (violin), John Ticehurst (harpsichord), Albert Howe (organ)

Albert Howe:
A tempo ordinario e staccato and Allegro from Organ Concerto in B flat, No. 2 (First Set ed. Albert Howe)

John Ticehurst:
Suite No.1 in A for harpsichord

Prelude (quasi Fantasia) Allemande, Courante and Gigue

Stiles-Allen:
Recit., Ye sacred Priests; Air, Farewell, ye limpid springs (Jephtha)
Ariosa

Recit., O worse than death indeed
Air, Angels ever bright and fair

Antonio Brosa and John Ticehurst:
Sonata in D
Andante Sostenuto, Allegro, Larghetto and Allegro - arr. Gustav Jensen

The significance of this relay of Handel's music from the beautiful little church at Whitchurch is its association with Handel himself. From 1718 to 1721 Handel held the post of Kapellmeister to the notorious Earl of Carnarvon - later to become Duke of Chandos - who had made a great fortune, questionably, as Paymaster-General. Carnarvon had spent a huge sum of money on his estate of Cannons, near Edgware, and had, in addition, restored the existing, nearby Church of St. Lawrence, employing Grinling Gibbons for the carvings, Italian artists for the mural paintings, presenting Communion plate, and rebuilding the organ. More association with the Church has probably been attributed to Handel than was actually the fact, for the great man, when not actually carrying out his duties as Kapellmeister at Cannons, to which, not only a theatre, but a private chapel with its own organ was attached, must have been busy in London.
The organ at St. Lawrence has been enlarged from time to time since Handel played on it, but the Grinling Gibbons carved case and some of the pipes are still as they were then, and the original keyboard has been preserved.