Selection of Old English Airs arr. Lane Wilson , orch. Hely-Hutchinson
DR. WILLIAM BOYCE, in turn composer to the Chapel Royal, conductor of the Three Choirs Festival, and Master of the King's Musick, was born in London in 1710. In his day he was one of the foremost English composers, writing music for the Church, stage pieces, and masques. The eight symphonies which have come down to us have been recently edited by Constant Lambert.
SIR HENRY BISHOP was a very busy man in the London operatic world at the beginning of the last century. He composed a number of operas himself, adapted an even greater number of European operas for the English stage, helped to form the Royal Philharmonic Society, and is now remembered by two or three songs—' My pretty Jane ', ' Lo, here the gentle Lark ', and ' Home. Sweet Home '.