Delius: Hassan - complete incidental music

Prelude. Slow – Quietly but expressively

We are in old Baghdad (Narrator)

Interlude between

It is later that night (Narrator)

Serenade. Con moto moderato

The shutters open, and Yasmin appears (Narrator)

Melos. Hassan falls under the shadow of the fountain. The first light of dawn shines in the sky. Ver

The first light of dawn shines in the sky (Narrator)

Prelude. With animation

The filthy, inanimate bulk of Hassan… (Narrator)

Fanfare preceding the Ballet (Gaily, outside)

No. 1, Dance of the Beggars. There enters the most awful selection of Eastern beggars the eye could

And then, after the Beggars (Narrator)

No. 2, Chorus of Women. (Enter a band of fair and dusky beauties.) Quietly

Rafi is then announced as The King of the Beggars (Narrator)

No. 4, General Dance. Andante moderato – Allegro – Più mosso

Rafi is asked why he hates the Caliph so (Narrator)

Chorus of Beggars and Dancing Girls (from behind the scene, after the descent of the iron curtain).

This House of the Moving Walls… (Narrator)

The Street of Felicity. Very quietly

The SOS message has fallen from the balcony… (Narrator)

Music accompanying Ishak's poem. Not too slow

Yasmin's regard for Hassan has instantly shifted (Narrator)

Prelude. Moderato – Slower

Hassan is installed at the Caliph's Palace (Narrator)

Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Very quietly – Slow

The slaves inform Hassan that there is a beautiful lady… (Narrator)

The great Hall of the Palace. With vigour – Quieter

We are in the Great Hall of the Caliph's Palace (Narrator)

Fanfares, in the great Hall of the Palace

As more and more people gather… (Narrator)

Entry of the Caliph. Pompously

The Caliph declares the trial of the beggars open (Narrator)

Fanfares

Then Rafi, King of the Beggars, is summoned (Narrator)

Prelude. Slow – Passionately

in the Palace's dark vaults (Narrator)

Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Slow and ponderously

Sunlight streams through the cell's grating (Narrator)

Prelude. Quick – Slower, softer - Not too quick – Curtain. The Garden of the Caliph's Palace, in fro

With another sunset approaching (Narrator)

The Procession of Protracted Death. March tempo

The long, dreadful execution ensues… (Narrator)

Prelude to the last scene. With flowing movement