Edited by Ian BartlettScored for soprano and tenor soloists SATB chorus and orchestra the serenata Solomon is an outstanding example of the 18th-century pastoral genre at its most poetically rich and distinctive. At one time second only to the Messiah in popularity it deserves equivalent notice today as a masterpiece of the English baroque and as a profuse flowering of Boyce's exceptional talents. Performing material is available for rental.First published in 1996.
