A collection that includes some of the liveliest and most attractive orchestral music by any 18th-century English composer - edited by a 20th-century composer who pioneered a reappraisal of Boyce's achievement.
Most of the pieces are drawn from New Year and Royal Birthday Odes.
Performing material for rental is available for eight of the Overtures.
First published in 1957.
Overture: Ode for His Majesty’s Birthday, 1755
Overture: Ode for His Majesty’s Birthday, 1758
Overture: Ode for His Majesty’s Birthday, 1768
Overture: Ode for His Majesty’s Birthday, 1769
Overture: Ode for His Majesty’s Birthday, 1770
Overture: Ode for His Majesty’s Birthday, 1771
Overture: Ode for His Majesty’s Birthday, 1772
Overture: Ode for His Majesty’s Birthday, 1775
Overture: Ode for the New Year, 1758
Overture: Ode for the New Year, 1760
Overture: Ode for the New Year, 1770
Overture: Ode for the New Year, 1771
Overture: Ode for the New Year, 1772
Overture: Ode for the New Year, 1777
Overture: Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day (Vidal)
Overture: Part II, St. Cecilia Ode (Lockman)
Overture: Peleus and Thetis