RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The Pilgrim`s Progress

130:32

Libretto: Ralph Vaughan Williams after John Bunyan`s allegory with interpolations from the Bible and verse by Ursula Vaughan Williams

1

Prologue: Bunyan in Prison

3:43

Act I

2

Scene 1: The Pilgrim meets Evangelist

10:38

3

Scene 2: The House Beautiful

14:38

4

Nocturne (Intermezzo)

8:26

Act II

5

Scene 1: The Arming of the Pilgrim

9:26

6

Scene 2: The Pilgrim meets Apollyon

13:47

Act III

Scene 1: Vanity Fair

7

Chorus of Traders: 'Buy! What will ye buy!'

7:23

8

Pilgrim: 'I buy the truth!'

11:17

9

Scene 2: The Pilgrim in Prison

11:32

Act IV

10

Scene 1: The Pilgrim meets Mister By-Ends

11:21

11

Entr`acte

2:42

Scene 2: The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains

12

First Shepherd: 'Who so dwelleth. . .'

8:15

13

Voice of a Bird: 'The Lord is my Shepherd'

10:24

14

Scene 3: The Pilgrim reaches the End of his Journey

3:35

15

Epilogue

3:19

Gerald Finley baritone - The Pilgrim

Peter Coleman-Wright baritone - John Bunyan

Jeremy White bass - Evangelist

Richard Coxon tenor

Roderick Williams bass

Gideon Saks bass

Francis Egerton tenor

Rebecca Evans soprano

Susan Gritton soprano

Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano

Anne-Marie Owens mezzo-soprano

Mark Padmore tenor

Robert Hayward baritone

Adrian Thompson tenor

Richard Hickox

5-7 & 9 November 1997