Haydn and the Earl of Abingdon
Songs and Chamber Music
NAXOS 8.570523 2008

Café Mozart (Windsor)
Derek McCulloch
Sophie Bevan
Rachel Elliott
Rogers Covey-Crump
Jenny Thomas
Edwina Smith
Oliver Sändig
Michael Sanderson
Ian Gammie
Katharine May 		proprietor
soprano
soprano
tenor
flute, recorder
flute
violin
violin
bass viol, guitar
harpsichord, square piano
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Church & State
01 Utrum horum mavis, accipe
(A merry land / A fig for these Whigs)		 Soprano (SB), tenor, 2 flutes, 2 violins, harpsichord, bass viol 2.35
02 The Effects of gaming Tenor, violin (OS), harpsichord, bass viol 1.21
03 The Subversion of Parties Tenor. soprano (RE), recorder, guitar 1.33
04 The Sailor's Song (Haydn) Tenor, square piano [Hob XXVIa:31] 2.24
05 The Political Rationalist Tenor, recorder, guitar 4.13

Haydn: 'Forster' Trio No.4 In G major
06
07
08		 Adagio
Scherzo Allegro
Finale Presto		 Tenor, recorder, guitar 3.10
1.18
1.38

Shakespeare Prologue
09 Trachten will ich nicht auf Erden (Haydn) Tenor, square piano [Hob XXVIa:39] 4.17
10 She never told her love (Haydn) Soprano (RE), square piano [Hob XXVIa: 34] 3.02

Earl of Abingdon: Country Dances
11
12
13
14		 Fops Alley
Bella Donna
April Showers
Hop Tops		 2 flutes, bass viol 0.55
1.04
1.04
0.39

Earl of Abingdon: Birds and Bees
15 The Happy Cage Tenor, soprano (SB), sopranino, guitar 2.13
16 The Wanton Bee Tenor, soprano (SB), violin (OS), 2 flutes, harpsichord, bass viol 2.28
17
The Wakefull Nightingale Soprano (SB), sopranino, 2 flutes, 2 violins, harpsichord, bass viol 1.53

Haydn: English Trio No.2 In G major
on a theme by the Earl of Abingdon [Hob IV, 2]
18 [Theme & Variations] Andante-Allegro (Catch: RC-C.DMc.MS); 2 f1utes, bass viol 4.17

The love-sick Heart
19 The Force of Love Soprano (SB), tenor, 2 flutes, 2 violins, harpsichord, bass viol 2.17
20 Platonick Love Tenor, guitar 2.24
21 Gegenliebe (Haydn) Soprano (RE), guitar [Hob XXVIa: I 6] 2.47
22 The love-sick Maid Soprano (SB), 2 flutes, 2 violins, harpsichord, bass viol 1.54

Earl of Abingdon: Country Dances and a Minuet (1789)
23
24
25		 Lady Charlotte Berties Capricio
Lady Charlotte Berties Delight
Lady Jane Aston's Minuet		 Flute (JT), violin (OS), bass viol 0.37
0.40
1.06

Haydn: English Trio No.1 In C major
26
27
28		 Allegro moderato
Andante
Finale Vivace		 2 flutes, bass viol [Hob IV: 1] 4.04
2.22
2.18

Shakespeare Epilogue
29 The Spirit's Song (Haydn) Soprano (RE), square piano {Hob XXVIa:4I] 5.17
30 When icicles hang on the wall (Haydn) Tenor, violin (OS), square piano, bass viol [Hob XXXI: 180] 1.35
Total playing time 68.09

Recorded in 2007 at Temple Dinsley Hall by kind permission of the Governors of
The Princess Helena College.
Producer and Booklet notes - Dr Derek McCulloch.
Engineer - Anthony Philpot.
Manuscripts edited by Ian Gammie & Dr Derek McCulloch.

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon (1740-1799)

Willoughby Bertie, Fourth Earl of Abingdon, was among the leading English musical amateurs in late 18th century London, a composer himself and a noted patron. He was particularly associated with Haydn's two visits to London in the 1790s, occasions reflected in some of the music included in this recording, works by Haydn and by the Earl himself.