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Hassan, DCW 8 Act 1
01. Britten Sinfonia "Prelude. Slow - Quietly but expressively"
02. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'We are in old Baghdad'"
03. Britten Sinfonia "Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2"
04. Britten Sinfonia "Scene 2. Moonlight. The street of Felicity, by the fountain of the two pigeons, in from of the house"
05. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'It is later that night'"
06. Britten Sinfonia "Serenade. Con moto moderato"
07. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'The shutters open, and Yasmin appears'"
08. Britten Sinfonia "Melos. Hassan falls under the shadow of the fountain. The first light of dawn shines in the sky. Very quietly"
09. Britten Sinfonia "Chorus behind the scenes. Not too slow"
10. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'The first light of dawn shines in the sky'"
Hassan, DCW 8 Act 2
11. Britten Sinfonia "Prelude. With animation"
12. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'The filthy, inanimate bulk of Hassan...'"
13. Britten Sinfonia "Fanfare preceding the Ballet (Gaily, outside)"
14. Britten Sinfonia "No. 1, Dance of the Beggars. There enters the most awful selection of Eastern beggars the eye could imagine. Quick and v"
15. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'And then, after the Beggars'"
16. Britten Sinfonia "No. 2, Chorus of Women. (Enter a band of fair and dusky beauties.) Quietly"
17. Britten Sinfonia "No. 3, Divertissement. Con moto"
18. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'Rafi is then announced as The King of the Beggars'"
19. Britten Sinfonia "No. 4, General Dance. Andante moderato - Allegro - Pi? mosso"
20. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'Rafi is asked why he hates the Caliph so'"
21. Britten Sinfonia "Chorus of Beggars and Dancing Girls (from behind the scene, after the descent of the iron curtain). Comodo"
22. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'This House of the Moving Walls...'"
23. Britten Sinfonia "Scene 2. The Street of Felicity. Very quietly"
24. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'The SOS message has fallen from the balcony...'"
25. Britten Sinfonia "Music accompanying Ishak's poem. Not too slow"
26. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'Yasmin's regard for Hassan has instantly shifted'"
Hassan, DCW 8 Act 3
27. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Prelude. Moderato - Slower"
28. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Scene 1. Curtain"
29. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Narrator: 'Hassan is installed at the Caliph's Palace'"
30. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Very quietly - Slow"
31. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Narrator: 'The slaves inform Hassan that there is a beautiful lady."
32. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Scene 2. The great Hall of the Palace. With vigour - Quieter"
33. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Narrator: 'We are in the Great Hall of the Caliph's Palace'"
34. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Fanfares, in the great Hall of the Palace"
35. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Narrator: 'As more and more people gather...'"
36. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Entry of the Caliph. Pompously"
37. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Narrator: 'The Caliph declares the trial of the beggars open'"
38. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Fanfares"
39. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Narrator: 'Then Rafi, King of the Beggars, is summoned'"
Hassan, DCW 8 Act 4
40. Britten Sinfonia "Prelude. Slow - Passionately"
41. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'In the Palace's dark vaults'"
42. Britten Sinfonia "Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Slow and ponderously"
43. Britten Sinfonia "Narrator: 'Sunlight streams through the cell's grating'"
Hassan, DCW 8 Act 5
44. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Prelude. Quick - Slower, softer - Not too quick - Curtain. The Garden of the Caliph's Palace, in front of a pavilion. Su"
45. Britten Sinfonia Voices "The song of the Muezzin at sunset"
46. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Narrator: 'With another sunset approaching'"
47. Britten Sinfonia Voices "The Procession of Protracted Death. March tempo"
48. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Narrator: 'The long, dreadful execution ensues...'"
49. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Prelude to the last scene. With flowing movement"
50. Britten Sinfonia Voices "Closing Scene. Slow - (The Caravan recedes farther and farther into the distance.) - (Dying away in the distance)"
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| Beschreibung: | Although he had initially declined the commission, Delius was persuaded to write the incidental music for Hassan by the actor and director Basil Dean in July 1920, for performances he was planning for His Majesty's Theatre, London, the following year. Much of the music was drafted within a few weeks, and the score would eventually prove one of the greatest successes of Delius's career. Dean's plans for the project encountered significant obstacles and delays, however, and he had to commission additional music from Delius to cover the production's complex scene changes. The London première eventually took place on 20 September 1923 and was a critical sensation. Flecker's play is a sinuous double-narrative that intertwines the twin stories of the lovelorn but worldly-wise Hassan, confectioner at the court of the cruel and vindictive Caliph Haroun al Rashid (called Haroun ar Rashid in Flecker's play), and the young lovers Pervaneh and Rafi, caught up in the aftermath of a failed uprising and condemned to a terrifying and brutally protracted death. In tone and setting, Flecker's text drew on nineteenth-century English translations of One Thousand and One Nights as well as other heavily fictionalized accounts and travel literature. Very much a product of the racial and class-based attitudes of it's time, the play revels in imaginary scenes of a despotic Eastern court and it's gruesomely barbaric practices., Runningtime: 00:00:00, Labelcode CHN20296.2 |
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