From the Book - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Early years : 'An infant rais'd by thy command' (Saul)
London, 1710 : 'Populous cities please me then' (L'Allegro)
The final Stuart years : 'Cease, ruler of the day, to rise' (Hercules)
Hanover in London : 'From mighty kings he took the spoil' (Judas Maccabaeus)
The launch of the Royal Academy : 'Music spread thy voice around' (Solomon)
The fortunes of the Royal Academy : 'Ah! think what ills the jealous prove' (Hercules)
New beginnings : 'Now a different measure try' (Solomon)
New endings : 'Toss'd from thought to thought I rove' (Alexander Balus)
Defiance : 'All danger disdaining' (Deborah)
Recovery and reinvention : 'Strange reverse of human fate' (Alexander Balus)
Winding down : 'Great in wisdom, great in glory' (Judas Maccabaeus)
The final act : 'With honour let desert be crown'd' (Judas Maccabaeus)
