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Gawain --- 1996
68 page booklet contains liner notes, synopsis in English, French & German. English libretto- no translation.
Tracklist
Act 1
Overture
The Story Begins 'Night after night'
The Court 'They tire me.'
Three Riddles 'There was a man.'
Arthur's Response 'How can I eat?
Door Knock, Prophesies and Threats 'This is the hour of legacy or loss.'
Mystery of the Open Door
Another Riddle 'Something stranger than charity'
Door Knock, Prophesies and Threats 'Now is the hour of legacy or loss'
Entrance of the Green Knight 'Now I shall test his strength
The Green Knight Rides into the Court
The Green Knight's Challenge 'Which of you is king?'
The Court's Reaction, Gawain Accepts the Challenge 'God's Name'
The Raising of the Axe
Time Frozen (Reprise; Prophesies; Riddles; Door Knock) 'This is the moment...'
Gawain Decapitates The Green Knight 'God's Name!
The Severed Head Instructs Gawain 'My Title is Knight of the Green Chapel.'
The Green Knight Rides Off
The Court's Reaction 'It's nothing.'
Duet: Prophesies and Threats 'Now that you've seen its face.'
Tableaux of the Turning of the Seasons and Gawain's Preparation...
Tableau I: Winter: Day
Tableau I: Winter:Night...
Tableau II: Spring: Day
Tableau II: Spring: Night.
Tableau III: Summer: Day
Tableau III: Summer: Night...
Tableau IV: Autumn: Day
Tableau IV: Autumn: Night..
Tableau V: Winter: Day
Tableau V: Winter: Night...
Tableau V: Coda...
Act 2
Morgan Le Fay's Prediction 'Now with a single step.'
The Journey
Glimpse 'Soon...what you most love.'
The Journey Continues
A Glimpse of the Future 'Soon...what you want, you'll have.'
The Journey Continues
A Glimpse of the Future 'Soon you'll see its face.'
The Journey Continues
A Glimpse of the Future 'This is the hour of vanity or choice.'
The Journey Continues
Castle de Hautdesert 'Welcome,welcome, welcome.'
Dance Aria 'Now we shall learn.'
Bertilak de Hautdesert's Welcome and Gawain's Foreboding 'This house is yours.'
The First Lullaby 'Lie down without fear of the dark.
The First Hunt and Temptation
An Aside from Morgan Le Fay (1) 'A gift he must not refuse.'
Bertilak de Hautdesert's Return (1)
The Second Lullaby 'Lie down without fear of the dark'
The Second Hunt and Temptation
An Aside From Morgan Le Fay (2
Bertilak de Hautdesert's Return (2) 'Here's your trophy.'
The Third Lullaby 'Lie down without fear of the dark.
The Third Hunt and Temptation
An Aside From Morgan Le Fay (3)
: Bertilak de Hautdesert's Return (3) 'I hunted all day.'
Prophesies and Threats
The Green Chapel 'Fear of Death.'
Gawain Faces Death 'Now I acquit myself.'
Gawain's Reprieve 'The first blow.'
The Journey Back Begins
The Court (Riddles and Prophesies) 'Arthur-join us.'
Gawain's Return
Gawain's Epilogue 'I left this place.'
Coda 'Now at the year's dead end.'