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