WILLIAM WALTON (1902-1983)

Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario

39:12

Arranged by Christopher Palmer

1

I

Prelude

3:15

2

II

i. Fanfare -

0:56

3

ii. Soliloquy

2:35

4

III

The Ghost

3:16

5

IV

Hamlet and Ophelia

7:55

6

V

The Question -

2:20

7

'To be or not to be'

3:08

The Mousetrap

8

i. The Players -

0:46

9

ii. Entry of the Court -

0:49

10

iii. The Play

3:56

11

VII

Ophelia's Death

2:42

12

VIII

i. Retribution -

1:58

13

ii. Threnody

2:13

14

IX

Finale (Funeral March)

3:13

Sir John Gielgud speaker

As You Like It

12:34

A Poem for Orchestra after Shakespeare

Arranged by Christopher Palmer

15

I

Prelude -

2:52

16

II

Moonlight -

2:39

17

III

'Under the Greenwood Tree' -

1:56

18

IV

The Fountain -

3:11

19

V

Wedding Procession

1:55

Catherine Bott soprano

Sir Neville Marriner

8-11 November 1989