5/5. Boyce's Cathedral Music, a three-volume compendium of British liturgical music ranging from the time of Tallis to his own day, remained in use well into the last century. Thomas Arne is remembered most for Rule, Britannia!
Donald Macleod tells the stories behind both of these works. Boyce John Cooper Deller Consort Oh, Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
Gary Cooper (organ), Choir of New College, Oxford, director Edward Higginbottom
Symphony No 4 in F Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
Arne The Masque of Alfred, Acts 1 and 3 Soloists, Philharmonia Baroque Chorale and Orchestra, conductor Nicholas McGegan Rptd Thu 12 midnight