"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Gidon Saks, Hallé, Matthew Hargreaves, Robert Johnston, Andrew Burden, Christopher Maltman, Ashley Holland, Christopher Gillet, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Manchester Boys Choir, Northern Voices, Russell Smythe
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Martyn Hill, Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Nortthern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Kent Nagano
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Christopher Gillet, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, William Dazeley, Andrew Burden, Hallé
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Christopher Maltman, Ashley Holland, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Northern Voices, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Hampson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Kent Nagano
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Hallé, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir
"Don't like the french!" (Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Vere)
"Oh, that's nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Martyn Hill, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Gillet, Northern Voices, Christopher Maltman
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Northern Voices, Christopher Gillet, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Andrew Burden, Kent Nagano
"I don't like the look of the mist" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Claggart)
"Deck ahoy!" (Maintop, Bosun, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere, Donald, Red Whiskers, Dansker, Billy, seamen, powder monkeys)
Richard Van Allas, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Manchester Boys Choir, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston, Kent Nagano, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Hallé, Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston, Russell Smythe, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Gidon Saks
"There are you again, Master at Arms" (Vere, Claggart, First Lieutenant)
"Nay, nay, you're mistaken" (Vere, Claggart, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Simon Wilding
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Simon Wilding, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Russell Smythe
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Hallé
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices