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Peter Lea-Cox

Programmes of all concerts since 2003


March 2012: "The Luther Legacy: German music inspired by the Reformer"

Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue No 5 In D, from 'The Well-Tempered Clavier' BWV 850*
Johann Walther Motet: Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet
Adam Gumpelzhaimer Wir danken dir, Herr Gott Vater
Michael Praetorius Misericordia Domini
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in F from 'The Well-Tempered Clavier' BWV 856 *
Michael Praetorius Bleib bei uns, Herr
Johann Hermann Schein Motet: O Herr, ich bin dein Knecht
Andreas Hammerschmidt Herr, nun lässt du deinen Diener
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue No 44 in A minor, from 'The Well-Tempered Clavier' BWV 889*
Johann Michael Bach Motet: Das Blut, Jesu Christi
Michael Praetorius Chorale: Geuss sehr tief in mein Herz hinein
Johann Walther Das Lied Johannes Huss: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
Johann(es) Bach Motet: Unser Leben ist ein Schatten
Johann Sebastian Bach Chaconne, from Partita No 2 in D minor BWV 1004**
Adam Gumpelzhaimer O Jesu Christ, mein Herr und Gott
Johannes Eccard Motet: Im Garten leidet Christus Not
Reinhard Keiser Chorale and Chorus: O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid, from The Passion according to St Mark
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue No 21 in B flat, from 'The Well-Tempered Clavier' BWV 866*
Heinrich Schütz Motet: Cantate Domini canticum
Soloists: *Peter Lea-Cox (musical director, piano) **Paula Muldoon (violin)


November 2011: "Invitation au Voyage: A journey through five centuries of French music"

Claudin de Sermisy Benedic Anima Mea
Claudin de Sermisy Psalm CIII, 1-3
Claude Goudimel Domine, Quid Multiplicanti Sunt
Claude Goudimel Psalm III, 1-4
Jean Mouton Alleluia, Confitemini Domino
André Campra Paratum Cor Meum
André Campra Motet a voix seule, Livre Premier. Psalm CVIII, 1-4
Soloists: Stefanie Heichelheim (soprano), Jane Francis (continuo)
André Campra Quam Dilecta Tabernacula Tua
André Campra Psalm LXXXIV, 1-2
Marin Marais Pièces de Violes, Book IV, Paris 1717. Troisième Suite
Soloists: Jane Francis (viola da gamba), Peter Lea-Cox (continuo)
François Couperin Christo Resurgenti
Alexandre Boely Andante Con Moto
Soloist: Peter Lea-Cox (pianoforte)
Gabriel Fauré Tu Es Petrus
Soloist: Jim Wills (baritone)
Tantum Ergo Gabriel Fauré Sacramentum
Soloist: Stefanie Heichelheim (soprano)
Gabriel Fauré Ecce Fidelis Servus
Gabriel Fauré Automne & Spleen
Soloists: Jim Wills (baritone), Peter Lea-Cox (pianoforte)
Camille Saint-Saëns Messe de Requiem, op 54:Rex Tremendae Majestatis
Soloist: Ben Cooper (tenor)
Camille Saint-Saëns Messe de Requiem, op 54:Agnus Dei
Henri Duparc Extase
Henri Duparc L’Invitation Au Voyage
Soloists: Jim Wills (baritone), Peter Lea-Cox (pianoforte)
Camille Saint-Saëns Tantum Ergo Sacramentum
Camille Saint-Saëns Laudate Dominum
Camille Saint-Saëns Psalm CXVII


June 2011 “Glorious Summer: Voices of the Plantagenet Era”

William Cornysh Ave Maria, Mater Dei
William Cornysh Blow Thy Horne, Hunter
William Cornysh Hoyda, hoyda, jolly Rutterkin
William Cornysh Ah Robin, Gentle Robin
John Dunstable Descendi in ortum meum
John Dunstable Quam Pulcra Est
Robert Fayrfax I love, loved, and loved would I be
Robert Fayrfax Magnificat 'Regale'
William Cornysh Pleasure it is
William de Wycombe Welcome Summer


March 2011 “An ABC of Italian Music”

Felice Anerio Magnificat a 8 secundi toni
Giovanni Francesco Anerio Cantate Domino
Giovanni Croce In spiritu humilitatis
Claudio Casciolini Mass in A Minor
Giacomo Battistini Gaudeamus Omnes
Giovanni Battista Casali Improperium Expectavit
Luigi Cherubini Veni Jesu


November 2010 “Schumann and the German Romantics”

Johannes Brahms Kyrie from Mass
Robert Schumann Agnus Dei from Mass in C minor, Opus 147
Anton Bruckner Salvum fac populum tuum
Anton Bruckner Tantum ergo
Johannes Brahms Motet : Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen
Max Reger Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit
Max Reger Schlachtgesang. Mit Gottes Hilf sei unser Fahrt!
Robert Schumann Zigeunerleben
Robert Schumann Zahnweh
Robert Schumann Die Capelle (Doppelcanon)
Robert Schumann Bänkelsänger Willie
Max Reger Unser lieben Frauen Traum
Max Reger Nachtlied. Die Nacht ist kommen


June 2010 “Peter Lea-Cox at 65”

Pietro Lecosaldi Jubilate in C - Psalm 100
Pietro Lecosaldi Nunc Dimittis in E minor
Peter Lea-Cox Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Peter Lea-Cox Vom Himmel hoch
Peter Lea-Cox Surrexit Dominus


March 2010 “Music of the English Baroque”

William Boyce Turn thee unto me, O Lord
William Boyce Save me, O God
William Croft Voluntary in A minor
Thomas Arne Where the bee sucks
Thomas Arne Blow, blow, thou winter wind
John Weldon In thee have I put my trust
William Croft Give the king thy judgments, O God
Maurice Greene Lord, let me know mine end
Maurice Greene Lord, how long wilt thou be angry
William Boyce Soprano solo and chorus from Ode to Charity’
William Boyce Awake with high enraptur’d strain


November 2009 "Purcell and Charpentier"

Purcell Behold now praise the Lord
Purcell I will give thanks unto the Lord
Purcell I was glad when they said unto me
Purcell Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem
Charpentier Cantata: In nativitatem Domini canticum


June 2009 "Franz Joseph Haydn bicentenary"

Hail, thou glorious sun (Summer: The Seasons)
Die Beredsamkeit
Aus dem Dankliede zu Gott
Die Warnung
Canons: A saying; The Shrew; To a greedy person
With power productive bless the land (Spring: The Seasons)
Endless praise to thee we sing (Spring: The Seasons)
Der Augenblick
Canons: The Humanitarian; Epitaph; Mr. Birdbrain to his Valet
Der Sturm
Canons: Certainty;The Proverb
Abendlied zu Gott


March 2009 “Bicentenary of Mendelssohn”

Psalm 100: Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt.
Lass', O Herr, mich Huelfe finden
Deines Kind's Gebet erhoere.
Mein Herz erhebet Gott, den Herrn
Herr, nun laessest du deinen Deiner in Frieden fahren
Herr, gedenke nicht unsrer Uebelthaten
Um unsrer Suenden willen hat sich Christus erniedriget
Mitten wir im Leben sind
Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen
Fruehlingsahnung
O sanfter suesser Hauch!
Fruehlingsfeier
Suesser, gold'ner Fruehlingstag!
Entflieh' mit mir
Es fiel ein Reif
Auf dem See


November 2008 "16th - 18th century Italian Music"

Francesco Soriano Regina Caeli
G.P. da Palestrina Ego Sum Panis Vivus
Felice Anerio Christus Factus Est
Claudio Monteverdi Te, Jesu Christe; Spernit Deus
Carlo Gesualdo O vos omnes
Domenico Scarlatti Mass for four voices Kyrie & Gloria
Alessandro Scarlatti Exultate Deo Ad Dominum dum tribularer
Padre G.B. Martini Dextera Domini; Populum humilem; Jerusalem surge
Giacomo Carissimi Plorate filii Israel


June 2008 "A Celebration of English Nature"

William Lawes Gather your rosebuds
William Horsley Come gentle zephyr
Henry Bishop Foresters, sound the cheerful horn
Robert Pearsall Purple glow the forest mountains
Benjamin Britten The succession of the four sweet months
Benjamin Britten The evening primrose
Benjamin Britten Ballad of green broom
Thomas Arne Which is the properest day to drink?
Ralph Vaughan Williams Linden lea
Ralph Vaughan Williams Sweet day
Ralph Vaughan Williams The sheep shearing
Ralph Vaughan Williams The turtle dove
Ralph Vaughan Williams The water mill
Ralph Vaughan Williams Four nights
Ralph Vaughan Williams Silent noon
Miriam Mackie The silver swan
Miriam Mackie Ash boughs
Peter Lea-Cox Hooraying in harvest
William Walton Under the greenwood tree
Arthur Sullivan When the budding bloom
Arthur Sullivan The long day closes
Folksong The ploughboy's dream

March 2008 Homilius Johannespassion

Homilius Johannespassion (First UK performance)

November 2007 "Spanish and Portugese Music"

Guererro Canite tuba; Gloriose Confessor
Victoria Puero Hebraeorum; O Magnum Mysterium
Rivaflecha Anima mea
Carreira Tento de 8o tom
Cardoso Missa Filipina
Coelho Tento de 2o tom
Morales Magnificat Primi Toni "Anima mea"
Baseya Tiento partido de dos tiples 8o tono
Cabanilles Batalia Nr. 1 (Imperial)
Cristo Regina coeli
Morago Ave maris stella
Mestres Tocata Pastoril for oboe and continuo
Salazar Salve Regina

June 2007 "English Music"

Purcell I was glad; Remember not, Lord, our offences; O God, the King of Glory
Boyce Voluntary no. 1; Save me, O God
Arne Martin's Lane
S Wesley Voluntary Op. 6/6
Walmisley Nunc Dimittis
Elgar O happy eyes - Love; My love dwelt in a northern land; Carillon
Miriam Mackie Truth; May those who sow in tears
Barbara Honeyball A beautiful green golden scheme
David Arditti A New Wedding March
Peter Lea Cox, arr Scarborough Fair; Tiptoe through the tulips

March 2007 "German Music"

Senfl Deus in adjutorium
Praetorius Salve Rex noster
Tunder Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
Schuetz Ehre sei dir Christe
Schein Was betrübst du dich
Böehm Praeludium in d moll
Telemann Cantata Nr. 5
Zelenka Responsorio pro hebdomada sancta
Beethoven Rondo in C, Op 51/1
Mendelssohn Herr nun lässest di deinen Deiner
Brahms Ach Arme Welt; Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Handl Ecce quomodo

November 2006 "Italian Music"

Constantini Confitemini Domino
Palestrina Salve Regina; Jesu, Rex admirabilis; Pleni sunt coeli (Missa Sacerdotes Dimini)
Corelli Trio sonata in B flat, Op 2/5
A Scarlatti St Cecilia Mass
Sammartini Concerto in F for descant recorder, strings and continuo; Magnificat
Grazioli Sonata in F for violoncello and continuo

May 2006 "English and Russian Music"

Mozart Te deum laudamus; Church sonatas K144, K145, K212, K241
Helen Nattrass Hodie completi sunt; Alcuin's Night Prayer
W F Hutchinson Psalm 121
Chesnokov Let my prayer arise
Labinski We sing to thee
Rachmaninov The Cherubic Hymn
Bliss Birthday Song for a Royal Child; O give thanks unto the Lord
Elgar The Snow; Fly, singing bird, fly
Tchaikovsky O praise Him; We sing to Thee
Stravinsky Pater Noster
David Arditti Life of my life

March 2006 "English Music"

Byrd Venite Comedite
Shepherd In Manus Tuas
Tallis Sancte Deus
Morley Agnus Dei
Vaughan Williams Blake Songs; Lord, Thou has been our refuge
Martin Peerson O God, that no time doest despise; Lord, ever bridle my desires
Purcell Lord, How long will thou be angry; Early, O Lord
Handel He smote all the first-born of Egypt
Battishill O Lord, look down from heaven
Howells Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Bairstow Schertzo from sonata in E flat
Lea-Cox Miserere mei, Deus; Saviour, when in dust to you

November 2005: Italian Music

Constantini Confitemini Domino
Palestrina Salve Regina; Jesu, Rex admirabilis; Pleni sun coeli
Corelli Trio Sonata in B flat Op. 11/5
A. Scarlatti St Cecilia Mass
Sammartini Concerto in F for recorder, continuo and strings; Magnificat
Grazioli Sonata in F for cello and continuo

September 2005: Concert of new choral music in the 2005 All Ears Festival

Helen Nattrass Hodie, completi sunt; Alcuin's Night Prayer
Ann Wolff Backwater Windowscape; The Madman's Song
Bernard Hughes Two Swans
Clark Page At the Water's Edge
Matt Dungey Times Like These
W. F. Hutchinson Psalm 121
Kirsten Morrison Concluding Mortal
David Arditti Life of my life
Gabriel Jackson Salve, Regina

June 2005: "Eastern European Music"

Zelenka Magnificat in D
Zimmerman Fuga super "Alleluia paschale"
Haydn Die Harmonie in der Ehe, Alles hat seine Ziet, Der Greis, Dei Beredsamkeit
Hummel Prelude and Fugue in C minor
Liszt Ave Maria, Ave Verum
Stravinsky Ave Maria
Kodaly Prelude to Pangue Lingua
Dvorak Why do sweet songs, Down in the forest
Bartok Four Slovak Folk Songs
Htawiezka Chorale Prelude Pan Bog jest obecny
Brahms Die Wollust in der Maien, In stiller Nacht, Der englische Jäger, Abscheildslied

March 2005: "Vaughan Williams and Tudor Music"

Weelkes Hosanna to the Son of David; Now every tree
Farrant Call to remembrance
Byrd Justorum animae
Gibbons Fantasia of four parts
Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor; Toccata for St David's Day
Tomkins When David heard
Tallis Salvator Mundi
Mundy O Lord, the maker
Ranish Sonata IX
Bennet Weep, O mine eyes
Dowland Wilt, thou, unkind
Campian Never weather-beaten sail
Dering Dear love, be not unkind
Farmer Fair Phyllis I saw
Wilbye Adieu sweet Amarillis
Farnaby Pearce did dance

December 2004: "German Advent Music"

Anon Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen
Hassler Dixit Maria
Isaac Ecce Virgo Concipies
Becker Trio Sonata in A
Regnart Prope est Dominus
Praetorius Omnis Mundus Jocendetur
Tunder Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
Buxtehude Erhalt uns, Herr
Anon Jesu, mienes Herzens Freunde
Anon Jauchzet ihr Himmel
J. S. Bach Bist du bei mir
J. Bernhard Bach Overture in D
J. S. Bach Cantata no. 61
Franz Tunder Wachet Auf

June 2004: "English Music"

Purcell Ode on St Cecilia's Day 1692
Parry Songs of Farewell (extracts)
David Arditti Two poems by Sir Philip Sidney (First performance)
Stanford Fantasia and toccata in D
Barbara Honeyball Isaiah's Vision
Britten Rejoice in the Lamb

March 2004: "16th and 17th century Spanish Music"

Victoria Requiem "Officium Defunctorum"
Vila Tiento
Bruna Pange Lingia
Esquivel Ergo sum panis vivus
Guerrero Gloriose confessor
Morales Peccantem me quotidie
Padilla Tristis est anima mea, Versa est in luctum
Menalt Tiento partido de mano izquierda
Morales Simile est regnum
Ortiz Janitor caeli
Rivafrecha Anima mea

November 2003: "Sacred and Secular Italian Music"

Pitoni Cantate Domino
Durante Christe Eleison
Crivelli Agnus Dei
Bononcini Per la gloria d'adoravi
Marcello If il mio bel foco
Ingegneri In Monte Oliveti
Marenzio Tribus miraculis
Soriano Regina coeli
Frescobaldi Capriccio
Palestrina Loquebantur variis Apostoli, Salvator mundi
Carissimi Plorate filii Israel
Monteverdi Se tu mi lassi, Rimante in pace
Caldara Comme raggio di sol
Pergolesi Se tu m'ami, se sospiri
Gesualdo Io tacero, Invan dunque o crudele
Caccini Amailli, mia bella
A. Scarlatti Gia il sole da Gange
Marenzio Disi a l'amata mia
A. Gabrielli Occhi sereni

June 2003: "The Seasons"

Monteverdi O Primevera
Jannequin A ce joli mois
Morley April is in my mistress' face
Hilton Now is the summer springing
Vaughan Williams Folk-songs of the Four Seasons (extracts)
Bartok Spring
Bach Spring comes laughing
Trad. Spring has now unwrapped the flowers, Thanksgiving Carol, Green growth the holly
Moeran Songs of Springtime (extracts)
Elgar As torrents in summer
Dunhill The summer night
Boismortier L'Eté
Arcadelt L'hiver sera l'eté variable
Praetorius Der winter ist ein strenger gast
Hindemith En Hiver
Rutter It was a lover and his lass

March 2003: "25th anniversary concert"

A composite mass made up from sections from masses by Josquin, Monteverdi and Machaut.
Poulenc Timor et Tremor
Purcell Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes
Toch Geographical Fugue
Randall Thompson Alleluia
Schütz Cantate Domino
Stravinsky Ave Maria
David Arditti Two poems by Sir Philip Sidney (First performance)
Miriam Mackie The Silver Swan and The Ecstatic
Guererro Ave, Virgo sanctissima
Marenzio O Rex gloriae
Palestrina Super flumina Babylonis
Handel The lord is my shepherd
Haydn Pro peccatissuae gentis
Dupré Ave Maria
Britten Pan

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