A Glorious Day – 16 November 2024, St Mary of the Angels, Wellington

A concert of music from Restoration London, in collaboration with The Tudor Consort

God spake sometime in vissions (Coronation anthem for James II) – JOHN BLOW

A Song on St Cæcelia’s Day 1691 (“The glorious day is come”) – JOHN BLOW

Smile, smile again twice happy morn (Birthday ode for Charles II) – PELHAM HUMFREY

Queen’s Birth-day Song 1691 (“Welcome glorious morn;” a Birthday Ode for Queen Mary) – HENRY PURCELL

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Music Director of The Tudor Consort: Michael StewartArtistic & Musical Director of The Queen’s Closet: Gordon Lehany
  • Violin: Gordon Lehany, Henry Nicholson, Thomas Bedggood, Antonia Grant
  • Viola: Sára Kadas, Donald Maurice
  • Cello: Jane Young, Tomos Christie
  • Trumpet: Chris Woolley, Andrew Weir
  • Timpani: Ben Whitton
  • Hoboy: Sharon Lehany, Rebecca Grimwood
  • Tenor hoboy: Luka Reardon
  • Bassoon: Craig Bradfield
  • Recorder: Gordon Lehany, Luka Reardon
  • Keyboards: Michael Stewart
  • Guitar: Peter Maunder
  • Archlute: Jonathan Le Cocq
  • Soprano: Erin King, Jane McKinlay, Melanie Newfield, Anna Sedcole, Rebecca Stanton
  • Alto: Andrea Cochrane, Emma Drysdale, Toby Gee (Countertenor), Helene Page, Kassandra Wang
  • Tenor: John Beaglehole, Philip Roderick, Herbert Zielinski
  • Bass: Joshua Jamieson, Frazer MacDiarmid, Matthew Painter, Keith Small

With special thanks to:

The New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī