Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress

The Towered City, or The Haunted Stream by Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)

CDA66511

Recording details: November 1990
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: May 1991
Total duration: 63 minutes 46 seconds

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Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

The Pilgrim's Progress

A Bunyan Sequence for three speakers, treble solo, chorus and orchestra; text and music adapted by Christopher Palmer

Sir John Gielgud (speaker), City of London Sinfonia, Matthew Best (conductor)

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		The Pilgrim's Progress arr. Christopher Palmer (1946-1995)
1		Prologue As I walked through the wildness of this world I lighted on a certain place [5'17] Richard Pasco (speaker)
2		The Kingdom Neighbours, wherefore are you come? [3'17] Richard Pasco (speaker)
3		The Gate What dost thou here, Christian? [2'59] Richard Pasco (speaker)
4		The Way Who is there? Whence come ye? [4'24] Richard Pasco (speaker)
5		The Shepherd I beheld then that he came to the foot of the hill Difficulty [3'40] Richard Pasco (speaker), Aidan Oliver (treble)
6		The Palace Beautiful Is thy strength so small? Fear not the lions [4'52] Richard Pasco (speaker), Ursula Howells (speaker)
7		Apollyon The next day they took him in to the armoury [5'03] Richard Pasco (speaker)
8		Vanity Fair The I heard sounds of merriment and junketing [6'11]
9		The Trial At last things came to an hubbub and great stir in the fair [7'19] Richard Pasco (speaker), Corydon Singers
10		Giant Despair But he that over-rules all things so wrought it about that Christian for that time escaped his tormentors [4'43] Richard Pasco (speaker)
11		The Delectable Mountains I went then, till I came to the Delectable Mountains [14'20] Richard Pasco (speaker), Ursula Howells (speaker), Corydon Singers
12		Epilogue Now, listener, I have told my dream to thee [1'41] Richard Pasco (speaker)

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