Benjamin Britten: Song Cycles, Sinfonia da Requiem, Four Sea Interludes

I. Fanfare

IIIa. Phrase

IV. Royauté

VI. Interlude

VIII. Parade

Prologue (horn solo)

2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake)

4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century)

6. Sonnet: O soft embalmer of the still midnight (John Keats)

On a poet's lips I slept (Shelley)

Encinctured with a twine of leaves (Coleridge) (Thelma Owen, harp)

But that night when on my bed I lay (Wordsworth) (David Corkhill, timpani)

What is more gentle than a wind in summer? (Keats) (William Bennett, flute; Thea King, clarinet)

First movement: Boisterous Bourrée

Third movement: Sentimental Sarabande

I. Lacrymosa (Andante ben misurato) -

III. Requiem aeternam (Andante molto tranquillo)

Dawn

Moonlight

Allegro maestoso e largamente (full orchestra - woodwind - brass - strings - percussion - full orchestra)

Variation A: Presto (flutes & piccolo)

Variation B: Lento (oboes)

Variation D: Allegro con marcia (bassoons)

Variation F: Meno mosso (violas)

Variation H: Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro (double basses)

Variation J: L'istesso tempo (horns)

Variation L: Allegro pomposo (trombones & tuba)

Allegro molto - Con slancio (L'istesso tempo) (full orchestra)