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Above: Vaughan Williams in Bolzano, Northern Italy.
Bunyan
The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains

One Act. Libretto by John Bunyan. Later incorporated into The Pilgrim's Progress.

City of London Sinfonia, Conductor Matthew Best, Corydon Singers, Bryn Terfel (baritone).
©Hyperion

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YouTube clip: Corydon Singers, City of London Sinfonia conducted by Matthew Best
Pictured above left: John Bunyan

Falstaff

 

Sir John in Love

Four Acts. Libretto adapted from Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor.

The Sinfonia Chorus, Northern Sinfonia, Conductor Richard Hickox, Adrian Thompson, Stephen Loges, Stephen Varcoe, Daniel Norman, Henry Moss, Roderick Williams, Donald Maxwell, John Bowen, Richard Lloyd-Morgan, Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Susan Gritton, Laura Claycomb, Sarah Connolly, Mark Padmore, Adrian Thompsion, Mark Richardson, Anne-Marie Owens, Matthew Best.
©CHANDOS

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Act IV, Scene I. 'Pardon me, wife'
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Act IV, Scene 2. 'Stand not amazed'



YouTube clip: 1960. Elsie Morison sings as the disguised Anne Page; the Bach Choir, Jacques Orchestra conducted by Reginald Jacques.
Pictured above left: Falstaff by Robert Smirke (1752-1845)


Evelyn Sharp

 

The Poisoned Kiss

Three Acts. Libretto by Evelyn Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Stephen, Williams, Graham-Hall, Suart, Richardson, Davies, Gilchrist, Watson, Adrian Partington Singers, BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Richard Hickox.
©CHANDOS

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Synge

 

Riders to the Sea

One Act. Play by J. M. Synge set to music.

Northern Sinfonia, Conductor Richard Hickox.
©CHANDOS

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YouTube clip: Conductor Bryden Thomson, Dublin Radio Telefis Eireann Symphony Orchestra
Pictured above left: John Millington Syng

 

The Pilgrim's Progress

A Bunyan Sequence. Incidental music for a BBC production.

Sir John Gielgud, Richard Pasco, Ursula Howells, Aidan Oliver, Corydon Singers,
The City of London Sinfonia,
Conductor Matthew Best.

©Hyperion

For more information see Philharmonia page

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Prologue
Play The Way
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The Shepherd
Play The Palace Beautiful
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Apollyon
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The Delectable Mountains



YouTube clip: John Noble, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

Blake

 

Job - A Masque for Dancing

Founded on Blake's Illustrations for the 'Book of Job'.

The London Philharmonic, David Nolan (violin), Conductor Vernon Handley.
©EMI


For more information see Philharmonia page

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Scene I: Introduction
Play Scene 1: Saraband of the Sons of God
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Scene IV: Job's Dream
Play Scene VII: Pavane Sons of the Morning



YouTube clip: English Northern Philharmonia, conducted by David Lloyd-Jones
Pictured above left: William Blake

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