Ode for St Cecilia's Day

Creators (2)

Composer

1. William Boyce English baroque composer

Librettist

1. John Lockman

Related Works (30)

Parts

1. No 1. Overture: I Vivace - Adagio - Allegro movement
2. No 1. Overture: II Gavot: Andante movement
3. No 1. Overture: III Minuetto allegro movement
4. No 3. Duet. Immortal Love, with tuneful lyres movement
5. No 5. Aria. What a tender, virtuous passion movement
6. No 6. Recitative. Hark the loud trumpet calls a youth to arms movement
7. No 7. Aria. The hero whom a fair one fires movement
8. No 8. Recitative. Ah! say, could Painting, could the weeping muse movement
9. No 9. Aria. What cruel pangs the lover feels movement
10. No 10. Recitative. Thus, whilst the Muse Love's boundless influence sings movement
11. No 12. Overture. Largo - Allegro movement
12. No 13. Chorus. Hail, Harmony! movement
13. No 14. Aria. Glorious Power, to thee we owe movement
14. No 15. Recitative. At Music's sacred name movement
15. No 16. Aria. With celestial glory crown'd movement
16. No 17. Recitatative. Mortals, in hymns of tuneful joy movement
17. No 18. Aria. Music, gently soothing Power movement
18. No 19. Recitative. Pleas'd the celestial visitant surveys movement
19. No 20. Duet. As nature with the sun revives movement
20. No 21. Aria. The captive, bound in rankling chains movement
21. No 22. Recitative. The melting theme transports each mortal breast movement
22. No 23. Aria. Music can the passions raise movement
23. No 24. Recitative. Now the ætherial lyrist sweeps the strings movement
24. No 25. Aria. Mortals, scorn the boasted Nine movement
25. No 26. Recitative. Leave transient joys, and raise the theme movement
26. Allegro. Thus will your hymns, like incense, rise movement
27. No 27. Chorus. Display His goodness, Hail His might movement
28. No 2. Chorus. See the fam'd Apollo and the Nine movement
29. No 4. Recitative. Aloft the strains melodious swiftly fly
30. No 11. Chorus. Sprung from Gods, immortal Love movement

Recordings (30)

1. No 1. Overture: III Minuetto allegro 1:40 partial by William Boyce (2000)
2. No 2. Chorus. See the fam'd Apollo and the Nine 3:20 partial by William Boyce (2000)
3. No 3. Duet. Immortal Love, with tuneful lyres 6:39 partial by William Boyce (2000)
4. No 4. Recitative. Alof the strains melodious swiftly fly 0:46 partial by William Boyce (2000)
5. No 5. Aria. What a tender, virtuous passion 3:16 partial by William Boyce (2000)
6. No 6. Recitative. Hark the loud trumpet calls a youth to arms 0:49 partial by William Boyce (2000)
7. No 7. Aria. The hero whom a fair one fires 4:47 partial by William Boyce (2000)
8. No 8. Recitative. Ah! say, could Painting, could the weeping muse 0:33 partial by William Boyce (2000)
9. No 9. Aria. What cruel pangs the lover feels 3:55 partial by William Boyce (2000)
10. No 10. Recitative. Thus, whilst the Muse Love's boundless influence sings 0:13 partial by William Boyce (2000)
11. No 11. Chorus. Spring from Gods, immortal Love 1:44 partial by William Boyce (2000)
12. No 12. Overture. Largo - Allegro 3:21 partial by William Boyce (2000)
13. No 13. Chorus. Hail, Harmony! 4:22 partial by William Boyce (2000)
14. No 14. Aria. Glorious Power, to thee we owe 1:26 partial by William Boyce (2000)
15. No 1. Overture: I Vivace - Adagio - Allegro 3:33 partial by William Boyce (2000)
16. No 1. Overture: II Gavot: Andante 1:37 partial by William Boyce (2000)
17. No 15. Recitative. At Music's sacred name 0:42 partial by William Boyce (2000)
18. No 16. Aria. With celestial glory crown'd 3:24 partial by William Boyce (2000)
19. No 17. Recitatative. Mortals, in hymns of tuneful joy 4:58 partial by William Boyce (2000)
20. No 18. Aria. Music, gently soothing Power 5:58 partial by William Boyce (2000)
21. No 19. Recitative. Pleas'd the celestial visitant surveys 0:47 partial by William Boyce (2000)
22. No 20. Duet. As nature with the sun revives 3:37 by William Boyce (2000)
23. No 21. Aria. The captive, bound in rankling chains 6:18 partial by William Boyce (2000)
24. No 22. Recitative. The melting theme transports each mortal breast 0:29 partial by William Boyce (2000)
25. No 23. Aria. Music can the passions raise 1:35 partial by William Boyce (2000)
26. No 24. Recitative. Now the ætherial lyrist sweeps the strings 0:14 partial by William Boyce (2000)
27. No 25. Aria. Mortals, scorn the boasted Nine 2:23 partial by William Boyce (2000)
28. No 26. Recitative. Leave transient joys, and raise the theme 1:32 partial by William Boyce (2000)
29. Allegro. Thus will your hymns, like incense, rise 0:23 partial by William Boyce (2000)
30. No 27. Chorus. Display His goodness, Hail His might 3:17 partial by William Boyce (2000)