Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sir John in Love
Movements
Act I
- I. (Allegro vivace) What-hoa!
- II. How now, Master Shallow
- III. O heavens, this is Mistress Anne Page
- IV. Ahem...I had rather than forty shillings
- V. Weep eyes, break heart
- VI. Do but look on her eyes now
- VII. I see I cannot get thy father's love
- VIII. Vere is dat knave Rugby?
- IX. I will myself marry Anne Page
- X. Master Fenton, I'll be sworn she loves you
- XI. Back and side go bare
- XII. I spy entertainment in her
- XIII. Wilt thou revenge?
- XIV. Love my wife? I will be patient
- XV. When daisies pied and violets blue
Act II
- Scene I, I. (Allegro moderato e maestoso)
- Scene I, II. Thine own true knight
- Scene I, III. Ask me no reason why I love you
- Scene I, IV. Sigh no more, ladies
- Scene I, V. (Maestoso)
- Scene II, I. Bardolph, Bardolph, I say!
- Scene II, II. Give your worship good morrow
- Scene II, III. O that joy so soon should waste!
- Scene II, IV. There's one Master Brook below
- Scene II, V. I have long loved her
- Scene II, VI. The dew that lies on roses
- Scene II, VII. Vere is mine host of de Garter?
- Scene II, VIII. (Maestoso)
Act III
- Scene I, I. (Andante moderato)
- Scene I, II. Yet hear me speak
- Scene I, III. Beauty clear and fair
- Scene I, IV. Fair and fair and twice so fair
- Scene I, V. But listen, good mine host
- Scene I, VI. I mun be married a-Sunday
- Scene II, I. (Lento) When as we sat in Papylon
- Scene II, II. How now, Master Parson?
- Scene II, III. Peace, I say!
- Scene II, IV. When I was a bachelor
- Scene II, V. (Allegro)
- Scene III, I. What, John! What, Robert!
- Scene III, II. Alas, my love, you do me wrong
- Scene III, III. Have I caught my heavenly jewel
- Scene III, IV. Mistress Ford! Mistress Ford!
- Scene III, V. When I was a bachelor
- Scene III, VI. Nay, follow him, gentlemen
- Scene III, VII. Mistress Page!...Mistress Page!
Act IV
- Scene I, I. (Andante piacevole)
- Scene I, II. Pardon me, wife
- Scene I, III. There is an old tale goes
- Scene I, IV. Trib, fairies, trib...Round about in a fair ring-a
- Scene I, V. (Lento moderato) (Greensleeves)
- Scene II, I. (Vivace)
- Scene II, II. The Windsor bell hath struck twelve
- Scene II, III. Oo! Oo!...Fairies black, grey, green and white
- Scene II, IV. Dance of the fairies (Allegro pesante) - But stay! I smell a man of middle earth
- Scene II, V. Pinch him, pinch him black and blue
- Scene II, VI. (Moderato) - Nay, do not fly
- Scene II, VII. See the chariot at hand
- Scene II, VIII. Whether men do laugh or weep
- Scene II, IX. Dance (Presto)
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