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  Thomas Hunt Boy Soprano Soloist 
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Thomas Hunt Tom Hunt (now a Bass) was born in Stroud and was Head Chorister at St. John's College Cambridge under Dr. George Guest. Trained by Hervey Alan and Lyndon van der Pump, he later became a graduate and prizewinner of The Royal College of Music.

He now enjoys an active concert career and has regular association with many leading professional choirs, including The Academy of Ancient Music, The Sixteen, St. Paul's Cathedral, The City of London Sinfonia and Worcester Cathedral. He has performed in major music festivals in England and Wales, with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford and the Barbican and the English National Opera at the Aldeburgh Festival.

He has made many commercial recordings and can be heard frequently on radio - most recently with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in Music From Worcestershire conducted by his father, Donald Hunt.

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Featured Recordings Compact | Full
Thomas Hunt - English and Italian Duets
English and Italian Duets (Abbey LPB 715, LP) 1972
Featuring Paul Dutton   Thomas Hunt   Leeds Parish Church Choir  
  1.   Laudamus Te (Vivaldi)  
  2.   O Bone Jesu (Dering)  
  3.   Gaudent in Coelis (Dering)  
  4.   Hodie Simon Petrus (Carissimi)  
  5.   Blessed are those (Greene)  
  6.   Salmo Quarantesimo-Primo (Marcello)  
  7.   The Souls of the Righteous (Nares)  
no cover
Palestrina: Missa Assumpta Est Maria (Argo ZRG 690, LP) 1971
Featuring Thomas Hunt   Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge  
George Guest, conductor
  1.   Missa Assumpta Est Maria  
  2.   Missa Brevis for Four Voices  
Other Recordings Compact | Full
Thomas Hunt - Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles
Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles (Griffin GCCD 4040, CD) April 2003
Featuring Robin Blaze   Jeremy Bowyer   Andrew Brough   Dara Carroll   Michael Criswell   Peter Davey   James Davis   Paul Dutton   Michael Ginn   Thomas Hunt   Daniel Ludford-Thomas   Christopher Smith   Andrew Wicks  
Compiled by Stephen Beet, Donald Hunt, Roger Fisher and Andrew Johnson for the record label Griffin. Includes a 16 page booklet with full biographical notes & pictures.

Harry Mudd, executive producer of Abbey Records and the associated Alpha Label, made an enourmous impact with his standalone recordings of choirs and boy soprano soloists in particular. This recording includes highlights from some of these soloists on CD for the first time.
  1.   Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams)   Soloist: Andrew Wicks
  2.   I will give my love an apple   Soloist: Paul Dutton
  3.   Alleluya (Mozart)   Soloist: Andrew Wicks
  4.   O for the wings of a dove (Mendelssohn)   Soloist: Michael Ginn with the Choir of the Temple Church, London
  5.   Lark in the clear air (Trad)   Soloist: Dara Carroll
  6.    Der Musensohn (Schubert)   Soloist: Andrew Wicks
  7.    Orpheus with his lute (Sullivan)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
  8.   Laudamus te (Vivaldi)   Soloists: Thomas Hunt and Paul Dutton
  9.   Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live (Handel) (L)   Soloist: Jeremy Bowyer
10.   Shepherd's Song (Elgar)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
11.   Pie Jesu (Faure)   Soloist: Dara Carroll
12.   Skye Boat Song (Trad)   Soloist: Dara Carroll
13.   Let us wander not unseen (Purcell)   Soloists: Andrew Brough and Christopher Smith
14.   Fear no more the heat o' the sun (Quilter)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
15.   A grateful heart (Plumstead)   Soloist: Daniel Ludford-Thomas
16.   A song of wisdom (Stanford)   Soloist: Daniel Ludford-Thomas
17.   Be not afraid (Schutz)   Soloist: Michael Criswell
18.   Harke, harke, the Lark (Trad.)   Soloist: Michael Criswell
19.   Agnus Dei (Mozart)   Soloist: James Davis
20.   En Priere (Faure)   Soloist: Peter Davey
21.   Evening Hymn (Purcell)   Soloist: Peter Davey
22.   Drop, drop slow tears (Gibbons)   Soloist: Robin Blaze
23.   I got me flowers (Vaughan Williams)   Soloist: Robin Blaze
24.   I know that my redeemer liveth (Handel)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
Available at   Abergavenny Music
Available at   Amazon UK
Available at   Griffin & Co Ltd
Thomas Hunt - World Of Boy Soprano
World Of Boy Soprano (PolyGram K.K. (London) POCL 4373, CD) 1996
Featuring Jonathon Bond   Haberdashers Aske's School Choir   James Hopkins   Thomas Hunt   Robert King   Werner Perch   Saul Quirke   Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge   Michael Turner   Patirzio Veronelli   Anthony Way   Westminster Cathedral Choir   Die Wiener Sängerknaben  
Japanese Compilation CD of music on the Decca Label from 1951-1996.
  1.   Panis Angelicus (Franck)   Soloist Anthony Way (Treble)
  2.   Cradle Song (Brahms)   Soloist Anthony Way (Treble)
  3.   Ave Maria (Bach)   Soloist Anthony Way (Treble)
  4.   Love One Another (Wesley)   Soloists Anthony Way and James Hopkins (Trebles)
  5.   Pie Jesu (Faure)   Soloist Jonathon Bond (Treble)
  6.   Pie Jesu (Durufle)   Soloist Robert King (Treble)
  7.   Miserere (Allegri)   Soloist Saul Quirk (Treble) with the choir of Westminster Cathedral
  8.   Antiphon Missa Assumpta Est Maria   Soloist Thomas Hunt (Treble) with the choir of St John's College Cambridge
  9.   Kyrie from Missa Assumpta Est Maria (Palestrina)   Choir Of St Johns College Cambridge
10.   Antiphon from Missa Veni Sponsa Christi (Palestrina)   Soloist Michael Turner (Treble) with the Choir Of st John's Cambridge
11.   Kyrie from Missa Veni Sponsa Christi (Palestrina)   St Johns Cambridge
12.   Benedictus from Requiem (Mozart)   Soloists Werner Perch (Treble) and Hans Breitschopf (Bass) withchorus of Vienna Hofmusikkapelle
14.   Seid Uns Zum Zweitenmal Willkommen (Mozart)   Sung by the Vienna Boys Choir
15.   Avec La Garde Montante (Bizet)   Sung by Haberdashers Aske School Choir
Available at   PlusOne available from Mr S.Seiichi at Plusone Japan.
Thomas Hunt - Palestrina: Missa Assumpta est Maria, Missa Veni sponsa Christi
Palestrina: Missa Assumpta est Maria, Missa Veni sponsa Christi (Decca 433 678-2, CD) 1992
Featuring Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge   Thomas Hunt   Michael Turner  
Missa Assumpta est Maria; Missa Veni sponsa Christi; Magnificat VI toni.
Thomas Hunt, Michael Turner, John Tudhope, Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, Georg Guest, originally recorded 1968/1972.
  Fonoteca Municipal
Thomas Hunt - Christmas at Leeds Parish Church
Christmas at Leeds Parish Church (Abbey MVP 756, LP) 1977
Featuring Leeds Parish Church Choir   Paul Dutton   Thomas Hunt  
Recordings made in Leeds Parish Church from 1970 to 1972. Most likely a compilation/reissue of earlier recordings
  1.   Christians Awake (Wainwright)  
  2.   Shepherd's Pipe Carol (Rutter)  
  3.   The little road to Bethlehem   Soloist: Paul Dutton
  4.   In the Bleak mid-winter (Holst)  
  5.   Rise up, Shepherd  
  6.   Mary had a baby  
  7.   Wassail Song   Soloists: Dutton and Hunt
  8.   While Shepherds watched their flocks  
  9.   Ding, dong merrily on high  
10.   It came upon a midnight clear  
11.   Coventry Carol  
12.   The holly and the ivy  
13.   I sing of a maiden   Soloists: Dutton and Hunt
14.   We three kings  
15.   Away in a manger  
16.   Silent night   Soloist: Paul Dutton
Thomas Hunt - Popular Christmas Carols, Vol 2
Popular Christmas Carols, Vol 2 (Abbey XMS 727, LP) 1972
Featuring Leeds Parish Church Choir   Paul Dutton   Thomas Hunt  
  1.   Ding, dong merrily on high (French Trad.)  
  2.   Christmas Bells (Donald Hunt)   Treble soloists: Paul Dutton and Thomas Hunt
  3.   Christians, awake (John Wainwright)  
  4.   I wonder as I wander (Appalachian carol)   Treble Solo: Paul Dutton
  5.   Rise up, shepherd Spiritual   arr. Sebastian Brown
Tenor Solo: Brian Wilson
  6.   Mary had a baby (Spiritual)   arr. Sir Malcolm Sargent
  7.   Deck the hall (Welsh)   arr. Donald Hunt
  8.   Wassail Song (Yorkshire Trad.)   Treble soloists: Paul Dutton and Thomas Hunt
  9.   While shepherds watched their flocks (Yorkshire Trad.)  
10.   We three Kings of Orient are (Hopkins)   Soloists: Brian Wilson (tenor), Donald Holmes and John Wilson (basses)
11.   It came upon the midnight clear (Malcolm Williamson)  
12.   I sing of a maiden (Patrick Hadley)  
13.   The holly and the ivy (John Gardner)  
14.   In the bleak midwinter (Gustav Holst)  
15.   Dormi Jesu and Bululalow (Richard Rodney Bennett)  
16.   O come, all ye faithful (J. Wade)   arr. David Willcocks
17.   Silent Night (Franz Gruber)   arr. Donald Hunt
Treble Solo: Paul Dutton
Recordings after Voice Change / Recordings as an Adult Compact | Full
Thomas Hunt - Cathedral Anthems by Samuel Sebastian Wesley - 1
Cathedral Anthems by Samuel Sebastian Wesley - 1 (Hyperion CDA 66446, CD) 1991
Featuring Worcester Cathedral Choir   Thomas Blunt   William Carslake   Richard Powell   Thomas Hunt (non-treble)  
Donald Hunt. With Jonathan Milton and Stephen Shellard altos. Thomas Hunt sings Bass aria.
  1.   Blessed be the God and Father   Treble soloist: Thomas Blunt
  2.   Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace  
  3.   Let us lift up our heart with our hands   Quartet: Richard Powell, treble; Jonathan Milton, alto; Trevor Owen, tenor; Ian Bell, Bass; Thomas Hunt, bass aria.
  4.   ...Thou, O Lord God, art the thing  
  5.   ...Thou Judge of quick and dead  
  6.   ...O may we thus insure  
  7.   Ascribe unto the Lord   Treble soloists: William Carslake, Thomas Blunt
  8.   ...O worship the Lord  
  9.   ...As for the Gods of Heaven  
10.   ...The Lord hath been mindful of us  
11.   Cast me not Away  
12.   The Wilderness   Treble soloist: William Carslake
13.   ...Say to them of a fearful heart  
14.   ...For the wilderness shall waters break out  
15.   ...And the ransom'd of the Lord  
16.   ...And sorrow and sighing shall flee away  
Thomas Hunt - Cathedral Anthems by Samuel Sebastian Wesley - 2
Cathedral Anthems by Samuel Sebastian Wesley - 2 (Hyperion CDA 66469, CD) 1991
Featuring Worcester Cathedral Choir   Thomas Blunt   William Carslake   James Gommersall   Benjamin Ryder   Thomas Hunt (non-treble)  
Donald Hunt.
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