‎Berkeley, Ruth world premier production, Charles Mackerras by Eric Crozier

Announcer

Una Hale, April Cantelo, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Sir Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley

0:24

Introduction by Lord Harewood

Una Hale, Sir Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, April Cantelo, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group

3:08

Prelude

Thomas Hemsley, Sir Peter Pears, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Una Hale, April Cantelo

1:53

“Once more I see your green and golden hills, O Judah”

Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Thomas Hemsley, Sir Peter Pears, Una Hale, April Cantelo

3:29

“Turn back, my daughters”

Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Sir Peter Pears, April Cantelo, Una Hale, Thomas Hemsley

1:28

“Almighty Father, let my cry come unto Thee”

Una Hale, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Thomas Hemsley, Sir Peter Pears, April Cantelo

2:40

“Ah, must I leave thee? Must we part?”

Sir Peter Pears, April Cantelo, Thomas Hemsley, Una Hale, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group

3:17

“Wither thou goest, I will go”

Sir Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, April Cantelo, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Una Hale

2:30

“See! Is this Naomi?”

Thomas Hemsley, Sir Peter Pears, Una Hale, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, April Cantelo

1:39

“Now, call me not Naomi, call me Mara”

Thomas Hemsley, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Una Hale, April Cantelo, Sir Peter Pears

3:00

“Where, O where is Naomi?”

Una Hale, Thomas Hemsley, April Cantelo, Sir Peter Pears, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group

2:49

Introduction to Scene 2 by Lord Harewood

Thomas Hemsley, April Cantelo, Una Hale, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Sir Peter Pears

1:23

“Gold grows the barley on hillside and valley”

Thomas Hemsley, Una Hale, April Cantelo, Sir Peter Pears, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group

1:56

“Greetings, men of Judah”

Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Una Hale, Sir Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, April Cantelo

1:00

“The scattered ear of corn”

Sir Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, April Cantelo, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Una Hale

1:53

“Come, let us go forth together”

April Cantelo, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Thomas Hemsley, Una Hale, Sir Peter Pears

2:55

“Stay, men of Judah”

Una Hale, Thomas Hemsley, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, April Cantelo, Sir Peter Pears

2:03

“I had no wish to anger them”

Sir Peter Pears, April Cantelo, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Una Hale, Thomas Hemsley

2:42

“Ah, let not anger fill your eyes!”

Thomas Hemsley, Una Hale, Sir Peter Pears, April Cantelo, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group

2:46

“Whence cometh this to me”

Una Hale, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Thomas Hemsley, Sir Peter Pears, April Cantelo

3:47

“The scatter’d ear of corn”

Thomas Hemsley, Una Hale, April Cantelo, Sir Peter Pears, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group

2:28

“Introduction to Scene 3 by Lord Harewood”

Una Hale, Anna Pollak, Sir Peter Pears, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, April Cantelo, Thomas Hemsley

2:22

“Opening...This is the place! Come daughter”

April Cantelo, Una Hale, Thomas Hemsley, Sir Peter Pears, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group

2:09

“Fear not, beloved Ruth”

April Cantelo, Thomas Hemsley, Una Hale, Sir Peter Pears, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group

2:36

“Golden ripe the barley grows”

April Cantelo, Thomas Hemsley, Sir Peter Pears, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Una Hale

1:23

“Lord of the harvest, what are thy commands?”

Una Hale, Sir Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, April Cantelo

1:54

“Winter time is the time to plough”

Thomas Hemsley, Sir Peter Pears, Una Hale, April Cantelo, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group

4:38

“Across the field the long slow line of reapers goes a-reaping”

Thomas Hemsley, Una Hale, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Sir Peter Pears, April Cantelo

2:42

“Dance, come dance, dance within the bring”

April Cantelo, Thomas Hemsley, Una Hale, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Sir Peter Pears

1:26

“O clap your hands, all ye people!”

Thomas Hemsley, Una Hale, April Cantelo, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Sir Peter Pears

3:17

“Go now, my daughter”

April Cantelo, Thomas Hemsley, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Una Hale, Sir Peter Pears

1:44

“Master!”

Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Thomas Hemsley, Una Hale, Sir Peter Pears, April Cantelo

1:39

“Thou comest in the stillness of the night”

April Cantelo, Thomas Hemsley, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Una Hale, Sir Peter Pears

4:22

“Lo, my beloved, my soul’s delight, to thee I give my hand”

Sir Peter Pears, Una Hale, April Cantelo, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Thomas Hemsley

3:23

“Behold this maid”

Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Thomas Hemsley, Sir Peter Pears, Una Hale, April Cantelo

3:14

“Rejoice, O Israel, rejoice”

Thomas Hemsley, Una Hale, April Cantelo, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group, Sir Peter Pears

2:34

Announcer"

Thomas Hemsley, Una Hale, April Cantelo, Sir Peter Pears, Anna Pollak, Chorus and Orchestra of The English Opera Group

0:47

Lennox Berkeley

Composer
Thomas Hemsley

Baritone
Sir Charles Mackerras

Conductor
Lennox Berkeley

Conductor
Anna Pollak

Mezzo-Soprano

Berkeley, Ruth world premier production, Charles Mackerras

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