Orchestral Works, Volume 9
ARNOLD BAX
(1883-1953)
The Truth About the Russian Dancers
46:36
Titles of sections taken from the full score and the text of J.M. Barrie's play
Part One
23:04
1
1.
Overture. Vivace -
4:10
2
2.
Entry of Karissima -
1:15
Moderato: violin solo - Rather fast valse tempo
3
3.
Karissima plays golf -
3:02
Moderato delicato
4
4.
Karissima and Lady Vere -
1:36
Moderato - Lento
5
5.
The Walking Lesson -
1:12
Valse tempo (with great swing)
6
6.
Lord Vere tells his mother of his love for Karissima -
0:18
Vivace
7
7.
Karissima appeals for love -
0:28
Andante: violin solo
8
8.
Karissima droops pathetically -
1:02
Tempo moderato - Piangendo: clarinet solo
9
9.
Karissima's dance of joy -
0:42
Vivo - Allegretto scherzando
10
10.
The Wedding Ceremony -
1:37
11
11.
Dance: corps de Ballet -
1:18
12
12.
The Wedding Service -
2:52
13
13.
A Wild Night - The Maestro -
1:54
Allegro molto
14
14.
The Clock strikes Twelve -
0:17
15
15.
Lord Vere pleads for a child -
0:40
Molto moderato expressivo
16
16.
Karissima and Lord Vere go off in gay delight
0:36
Rather fast valse tempo
Part Two
23:28
17
17.
Dance of Motherhood -
6:16
Lento expressivo
18
18.
The Funeral of Karissima -
5:34
Andante
19
19.
Child's Dance -
2:16
Allegretto vivace
20
20.
Karissima's Farewell -
5:57
Poco lento - Plaintivo - Lento - Andante
21
21.
Finale. Allegro vivace
3:23
From Dusk till Dawn
20:25
22
1.
Prelude: Summer Night at the Window -
2:07
Slow and quiet
23
2.
The Wind Dances in the Garden -
1:47
Moderato
24
3.
Molto più lento: Midnight Strikes -
0:38
25
4.
The Awakening -
1:35
26
5.
The Flower's Dance -
1:27
Gay and Lively
27
6.
The Dancer and the Clown -
1:32
Allegretto
28
7.
The Wind Dances through the Room -
1:11
Moderato
29
8.
Più lento: The Clock strikes One -
0:16
30
9.
The Flowers Dance Again -
3:11
Valse tempo (rather languorous)
31
10.
Più lento: The Clock strikes Two -
0:16
32
11.
The Dancer falls weeping into the Clown's arms -
0:12
Moderate pace: passionately
33
12.
The Clown thrusts her aside and scolds her -
0:09
Allegro
34
13.
They quarrel -
0:37
Tempo of the dance
35
14.
The Wind -
1:15
Violent and boisterous
36
15.
The Dancer humbly draws the Clown's attention to the sad fate of his rival -
0:59
Quite slowly: cello solo
37
16.
The Dancer turns back to the Clown -
0:50
Andante con moto: oboe solo
38
17.
Dawn -
0:27
Moderato
39
18.
The Clock strikes Three -
0:16
40
19.
Everything is still, a sad silence reigns -
0:52
Lento
41
20.
The Wind blows the Dancer into the Clown's stiff arms
0:39
Allegro vivace
Bryden Thomson
5 & 6 March 1990