Berkeley: The One Act Operas - Dinner Engagement, Cataway, & Ruth

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Lyrita
Release Date
October 1, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BERKELEY, LENNOX
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 2021
    • UPC
      5020926214423
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      REAM2144
    • LABEL
      Lyrita
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Scene 1: Salt, pepper, olive oil (The Earl of Dunmow, The Countess of Dunmow, Errand Boy, Mrs. Kneebone)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Orchestra

      Performer: Norman Lumsden, Marjorie Westbury, Pamela Bowden, Derek Williamson, John Wilson

      Conductor: Maurice Handford

    2. Scene 1: No servants! (Mrs. Kneebone, The Countess of Dunmow, The Earl of Dunmow)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Orchestra

      Performer: Pamela Bowden, Marjorie Westbury, Norman Lumsden, John Wilson

      Conductor: Maurice Handford

    3. Scene 1: Mother, please can I help? (Susan, The Countess of Dunmow, Mrs. Kneebone, The Earl of Dunmow)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Orchestra

      Performer: Cynthia Glover, Marjorie Westbury, Pamela Bowden, Norman Lumsden, John Wilson

      Conductor: Maurice Handford

    4. Scene 1: We saw him last … (The Countess of Dunmow, The Earl of Dunmow, Susan)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Orchestra

      Performer: Marjorie Westbury, Norman Lumsden, Cynthia Glover, John Wilson

      Conductor: Maurice Handford

    5. Scene 1: Missis Kneebone … the green cookery book (The Countess of Dunmow, Mrs. Kneebone, The Earl of Dunmow, Susan, Errand Boy)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Orchestra

      Performer: Marjorie Westbury, Pamela Bowden, Norman Lumsden, Cynthia Glover, Edward Darling, John Wilson

      Conductor: Maurice Handford

    6. Scene 2: So this, dear Lady Dunmow, is your drawing room (Grand Duchess of Monteblanco, The Countess of Dunmow, Prince Philippe, The Earl of Dunmow)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Orchestra

      Performer: Johanna Peters, Marjorie Westbury, Edward Darling, Norman Lumsden, John Wilson

      Conductor: Maurice Handford

    7. Scene 2: Forgive my curiosity, but is your servant that young girl …? (Prince Philippe, The Earl of Dunmow, The Countess of Dunmow, The Grand Duchess of Monteblanco)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Orchestra

      Performer: Edward Darling, Norman Lumsden, Marjorie Westbury, Johanna Peters, Cynthia Glover, John Wilson

      Conductor: Maurice Handford

    8. Scene 2: Sir, will you join us? (The Countess of Dunmow, Prince Philippe, The Earl of Dunmow, The Grand Duchess of Monteblanco, Susan)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Orchestra

      Performer: Marjorie Westbury, Edward Darling, Norman Lumsden, Johanna Peters, Cynthia Glover, John Wilson

      Conductor: Maurice Handford

    9. Scene 2: But if you are the Dunmow's daughter? (Prince Philippe, Susan)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Orchestra

      Performer: Edward Darling, Cynthia Glover, John Wilson

      Conductor: Maurice Handford

    10. Scene 2: And now, shall we go into the garden? (Prince Philippe, Susan)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Orchestra

      Performer: Edward Darling, Cynthia Glover, John Wilson

      Conductor: Maurice Handford

    11. Scene 2: Kiss her at once! (The Grand Duchess of Monteblanco, Prince Philippe, Susan, The Earl of Dunmow, The Countess of Dunmow, Errand Boy)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Orchestra

      Performer: Johanna Peters, Edward Darling, Cynthia Glover, Norman Lumsden, Marjorie Westbury, Derek Williamson, Pamela Bowden, John Wilson

      Conductor: Maurice Handford

    12. Scene 2: My Lords, Ladies, Duchess and gentlemen! (Mrs. Kneebone, Prince Philippe, Susan)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Orchestra

      Performer: Pamela Bowden, Edward Darling, Cynthia Glover, John Wilson

      Conductor: Maurice Handford

    13. Scene 1: Once more I see your green and golden hills, O Judah! (Naomi, Ruth, Orpah)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ronald Harvi, Alfreda Hodgson, Soo Bee Lee

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    14. Scene 1: See! Is this Naomi!? (Naomi, Ruth, Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Elizabeth Robinson, Alfreda Hodgson

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    15. Scene 2: Gold grows the barley … (Head Reaper, Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ronald Harvi, Thomas Hemsley

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    16. Scene 2: Who is this approaching? (Head Reaper, Ruth, Boaz, Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Hemsley, Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    17. Scene 2: Let me beg you to forgive your countrymen (Ruth, Boaz, Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    18. Scene 3: This is the place! Come, daughter (Naomi, Ruth, Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ronald Harvi, Elizabeth Robinson, Alfreda Hodgson

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    19. Scene 3: Golden ripe the barley grows (Head Reaper, Boaz, Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Hemsley, Peter Pears

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    20. Scene 3: Farewell, bright Summer (Boaz, Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Pears

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    21. Scene 3: Come now, my daughter (Naomi, Ruth, Boaz)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Elizabeth Robinson, Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    22. Scene 3: Ho there, my people! (Boaz, Ruth, Naomi, Head Reaper, Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Pears, Alfreda Hodgson, Elizabeth Robinson, Thomas Hemsley

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    23. Scene 1: Great God, Poseidon! (Odysseus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Geoffrey Chard

      Conductor: Meredith Davies

    24. Scene 2: Before the morning of my life … (Nausicaa, Queen Arete)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Patricia Clark, Jean Allister

      Conductor: Meredith Davies

    25. Scene 3: Blow softly, wind! (Nausicaa, Praxinoe, Briseis, Ismene)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Patricia Clark, Patricia Blans, Verity Ann Bates

      Conductor: Meredith Davies

    26. Scene 3: A man? A beast? A God? (Nausicaa, Praxinoe, Briseis, Ismene, Odysseus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark, Patricia Blans, Verity Ann Bates

      Conductor: Meredith Davies

    27. Scene 3: Sir, do not misunderstand me … (Nausicaa, Praxinoe, Briseis, Ismene, Odysseus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark, Patricia Blans, Verity Ann Bates

      Conductor: Meredith Davies

    28. Orchestral Interlude

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Meredith Davies

    29. Scene 4: Drink deep, drink slow (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: James Atkins, Jean Allister, Malcolm Rivers, Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark

      Conductor: Meredith Davies

    30. Scene 4: We observe that our shipwrecked stranger… (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: James Atkins, Jean Allister, Malcolm Rivers, Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark

      Conductor: Meredith Davies

    31. Scene 4: I will sing you a song of the shore (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: James Atkins, Jean Allister, Malcolm Rivers, Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark

      Conductor: Meredith Davies

    32. Scene 4: What shall I sing to my Lord the stranger (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: James Atkins, Jean Allister, Malcolm Rivers, Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark

      Conductor: Meredith Davies

    33. Scene 4: My Lord, why do you weep? (Nausicaa, Odysseus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark

      Conductor: Meredith Davies

    34. Scene 4: Farewell Odysseus (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa, Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: English Opera Group Choir, English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: James Atkins, Jean Allister, Malcolm Rivers, Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark

      Conductor: Meredith Davies


Berkeley’s first opera, Nelson, was put on at Sadler’s Wells in 1954. The others were performed by the English Opera Group which had been founded by the young Benjamin Britten, Joan Cross, Eric Crozier and Peter Pears in 1946. In the same year as the Nelson premiere Berkeley’s first one-acter, A Dinner Engagement, featured at Aldeburgh. Aldeburgh was also the scene of Ruth in 1956 and Castaway in 1967. Each work inhabits its own world, and each finds Berkeley’s musical imagination delivering new sounds to match the drama.