Utwory na płycie:

• Old King Cole - I. Introduction: Allegro moderato
• Old King Cole - II. Royal Fanfare. King enters, followed by two Varlets
• Old King Cole - III. King claps his hands. Everybody claps hands - Pipe Dance
• Old King Cole - IV. King claps his hands . Everybody claps hands. Enter large cook carrying a huge bowl - Bowl Dance
• Old King Cole - V. 1st Fiddler enters, dancing (Morris Dance: 'Go and 'list for a Tailor)
• Old King Cole - VI. King is bored and goes to sleep. Queen betrays a lively interest in 2nd Fiddler (Slow Dance: Folk Tune: 'A Bold Youn
• Old King Cole - VII. Entry of 3rd Fiddler followed by Grotesque and little boys ( Folk Tune: The Jolly Thresherman)
• Old King Cole - VIII. King comes down from his throne, inspects the Fiddlers, rejects 1st and 2nd, and awards prize to the 3rd. general
• Old King Cole - IX. 2nd Fiddler slowly moves across the stage, playing his tune
• The Running Set
• Job, A Masque for Dancing - Scene I. Introduction - Pastoral Dance - Satan's Appeal to God - Saraband of the Sons of God
• Job, A Masque for Dancing - Scene II. Satan's Dance of Triumph
• Job, A Masque for Dancing - Scene III. Minuet of the Sons of Job and their Wives - Minuet of the Sons and Daughters of Job
• Job, A Masque for Dancing - Scene IV. Job's Dream - Dance of Plague, Pestilence, Famine and Battle
• Job, A Masque for Dancing - Scene V. Dance of the Three Messsengers
• Job, A Masque for Dancing - Scene VI. Dance of Job's Comforters - Job's Curse - A Vision of Satan
• Job, A Masque for Dancing - Scene VII. Elihu's Dance of Beauty and Youth - Pavane of the Heavenly Host
• Job, A Masque for Dancing - Scene VIII: Pavane of the Sons of the Morning - Gaillard of the Sons of the Morning - Altar Dance and the Heavenly Pavan
• Job, A Masque for Dancing - Scene IX: Epilogue

Job, A Masque for Dancing:
Scene I. Introduction - Pastoral Dance - Satan's Appeal to God - Saraband of the Sons of God
Scene II. Satan's Dance of Triumph
Scene III. Minuet of the Sons of Job and their Wives - Minuet of the Sons and Daughters of Job
Scene IV. Job's Dream - Dance of Plague, Pestilence, Famine and Battle
Scene V. Dance of the Three Messsengers
Scene VI. Dance of Job's Comforters - Job's Curse - A Vision of Satan
Scene VII. Elihu's Dance of Beauty and Youth - Pavane of the Heavenly Host
Scene VIII:
Pavane of the Sons of the Morning - Gaillard of the Sons of the Morning - Altar Dance and the Heavenly Pavane
Scene IX:
Epilogue

Old King Cole, A Ballet for Orchestra:
I. Introduction:
Allegro moderato
II. Royal Fanfare. King enters, followed by two Varlets
III. King claps his hands. Everybody claps hands – Pipe Dance
IV. King claps his hands . Everybody claps hands. Enter large cook carrying a huge bowl – Bowl Dance
V. 1st Fiddler enters, dancing (Morris Dance:
‘Go and ‘list for a Tailor)
VI. King is bored and goes to sleep. Queen betrays a lively interest in 2nd Fiddler (Slow Dance:
Folk Tune:
‘A Bold Young Farmer’)
VII. Entry of 3rd Fiddler followed by Grotesque and little boys ( Folk Tune:
The Jolly Thresherman)
VIII. King comes down from his throne, inspects the Fiddlers, rejects 1st and 2nd, and awards prize to the 3rd. general Dance
IX. 2nd Fiddler slowly moves across the stage, playing his tune

The Running Set. Founded on Traditional Dance Tunes

Following on from their highly acclaimed cycle of the 9 Vaughan Williams symphonies, Andrew Manze and the RLPO have recorded a spectacular Job, taken from a live performance at the famed Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool. Also on this album is the orchestral ballet Old King Cole, a riot of orchestral colours with some beautiful passages for solo violin. The Running Set, based on traditional dance tunes completes this RVW dance themed programme. RVW’s inspiration for Job arose from William Blake’s illustrations for The Book of Job, a collection of water colours from 1805, and the later engravings from 1822. 1928 was the centenary of Blake’s death, and RVW attempted to interest Serge Diaghilev, the foremost artistic power in the world of ballet to take it up but to no avail. The work has since become a concert piece after a handful of staged performances in the early 1930s. The score is in 9 sections telling the story of Job. The music is notable for its dramatic contrasts. The music for God being powerful and majestic, that for Satan is powerfully dissonant with a violence that foreshadows music encountered in the 4th and 6th symphonies and the piano concerto. RVW had seen service in France in the First World War, and what he saw there undoubtedly coloured his musical language, and the horrors endured by Job are depicted in some of RVVs most driven and dissonant music.