MICHAEL TIPPETT

King Priam

127:32

Act I

43:39

1

Prelude

1:29

Scene 1

2

Hecuba: What is it, Nurse?

3:44

3

Priam: Old man of Troy, you're welcome

2:25

4

Hecuba: Than am I no longer mother to this child

1:33

5

Priam: A father and a King

1:53

6

Priam: The Queen is right

1:18

7

First Interlude -

2:52

Nurse, Old Man: Thus shall a story begin

Scene 2

8

1st Huntsman: The bull is away over there

2:20

9

Paris: They have taken my bull

1:58

10

Hector: Father, he's a shepherd boy

1:49

11

Priam: So I'd hoped it might be

5:03

12

Second Interlude -

4:41

Nurse, Young Guard, Old Man:

Ah, but life, life is a bitter charade

Scene 3

13

Helen, Paris: Ah, ah . . .

5:15

14

Hermes: Divine go-between, that's who I am

2:11

15

Paris: Lady Athene, if I honour you . . .

0:53

16

Paris: Lady Hera, if I honour you . . .

2:07

17

Paris: Aphrodite, if I honour you . . .

2:08

Act II

24:56

Scene 1

18

Hector: So you've given up fighting!

3:41

19

Priam: So Trojans honour Menelaus . . .

1:23

20

First Interlude -

1:33

Old Man: Hermes, Hermes, with the winged feet come quick!

Scene 2

21

Achilles: O rich-soiled land

5:27

22

Achilles: Why are you weeping, Patroclus?

4:56

23

Second Interlude -

1:35

Old Man: O, O, what a threat to Troy

Scene 3

24

Hermes: A hero in Achilles' armour . . .

1:23

25

Hector: All Trojans, all fought bravely

4:58

Act III

Scene 1

26

Serving Woman: Lady Andromache, should we not light the fire?

4:51

27

Hecuba: Daughter Andromache, you must go out . . .

2:14

28

Andromache: Did you hear?

1:23

29

Helen: Let her rave

4:40

30

Hecuba: O that my ears should hear impiety so gross!

3:48

31

Andromache: Now you shall go

1:47

32

First Interlude -

1:40

Serving Women: No . . . No . . . No . . . We have it from the runner

Scene 2

33

Priam: What is happening?

3:47

34

Young Guard: A crime

4:06

35

Nurse: The soul will answer from where the pain is quickest

5:27

36

Second Interlude

3:03

Scene 3

37

Achilles: Priam! Here! What is this?

1:50

38

Priam: I clasp your knees, Achilles

1:14

39

Achilles: Old man, I am touched

3:36

40

Third Interlude -

4:34

Scene 4

41

Paris: Where is my father, where is Priam?

1:13

42

Chorus: Ah, ah! Ah, ah!

2:34

43

Chorus: Ah, ha, ha, ha

1:43

44

Chorus: Ah, ah!

5:19

Ann Murray soprano

Heather Harper soprano

Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano

Norman Bailey bass

Philip Langridge tenor

Robert Tear tenor

Stephen Roberts bass

Thomas Allen baritone

Yvonne Minton soprano

David Atherton

November 1980