The Long LineThe Long Line

Ralph Vaughan Williams

The Poisoned Kiss

Movements

  1. Overture

Act I

  1. No. 10. Duet. Amaryllus: "I know we see..." - "Blue larkspur in a garden"
  2. No. 11. Ensemble. Dispacus: "Who's in my forest?" - "North wind, south wind" - Tormentilla: "Angelica?" - Amaryllus and Gallanthus: "O come to our arms"
  3. No. 12. Song. Tormentilla: "O who would be..."
  4. No. 13. Finale. Dipsacus: "All is ready!"
  5. No. 2. Opening Chorus: "Secret are the sounds..."
  6. No. 3. Scena. Gallanthus: "What"s that?"
  7. No. 4. Scena. Angelica: "Day is dawning"
  8. No. 5. Duet. Gallaanthus: "It"s really time..."
  9. No. 6. Ensemble. Hob, Lob and Gob: "Here we come..."
  10. No. 7. Duet and Chorus. Dipsacus: "I"m a sorcerer bold"
  11. No. 8. Duet. Amaryllus: "It"s true I"m inclined..."
  12. No. 9. Ensemble. Tormentilla: "Hush, lovely cobra" - Amaryllus: "Desist, lest you die!"

Act II

  1. No. 14. Introduction
  2. No. 15. Chorus: "Here we come"
  3. No. 16. Song and Chorus. Angelica and flower girls: "By all the powers..."
  4. No. 17. Trio. Lob: "Ho there!"
  5. No. 18. Duet. Angelica: "It does not appear..."
  6. No. 19. Trio. Third Medium: "If you want to escape"
  7. No. 20. Chorus: "Tormentilla! Tormentilla!"
  8. No. 21. Song and Duet. Tormentilla: "There was..."
  9. No. 22. Ensemble. Amaryllus: "Twas here it bade..."
  10. No. 23. Serenade. Amaryllus: "Dear love, behold..."
  11. No. 24. Duet. Tormentilla: "Sleeping or waking" - "You must not kiss me"
  12. No. 26. Finale. Tormentilla: "Too dark for me..."

Act III

  1. No. 27. Introduction
  2. No. 28. Trio. Mediums: "Behold our mystic..."
  3. No. 29. Ensemble. Empress: "Monstrous vision!"
  4. No. 30. Ballad. Empress: "When I was young..."
  5. No. 31.Ensemble. Empress: "You can leave us"
  6. No. 32. Duet. Tormentilla: "Is my love alive?" - Empress: "Love breaks all rules..."
  7. No. 33. Invocation. Empress: "Imps and Demons"
  8. No. 34. Ensemble. Empress: "Come, O gentle powers"
  9. No. 35. Duet. Empress: "Can you, can you remember"
  10. No. 36. Quartet. All: "Love in a hut..."
  11. No. 37. Sextet. First Medium: "Horrid monster!"
  12. No. 38. Duet. Gallanthus: "It"s the proper thing to do"
  13. No. 39. Finale. Chorus: "Love has conquered!"

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