Lennox Berkeley: Nelson - Opera in three acts / Howarth, The BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers

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Label
Lyrita
Release Date
June 4, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BERKELEY, LENNOX
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bbc Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Johnston, Harrhy, Howarth
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 04, 2021
    • UPC
      5020926239228
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SRCD2392
    • LABEL
      Lyrita
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I: Introduction: Mario! Sebastiano! Annibale! (Mrs. C.)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Elizabeth Bainbridge

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    2. Act I: Mercy, child, a carriage and pair (Mrs. C.)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Elizabeth Bainbridge

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    3. Act I: Victory O happy day (Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    4. Act I: Oh! With what wonder (Nelson)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Johnston

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    5. Act I: A strange little hero (Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    6. Act I: The wine waits (Sir W.)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Brian Rayner Cook

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    7. Act I: Very well, very well (M. Serafina)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mary Thomas

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    8. Act I: Choose between life and death (Emma)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Eiddwen Harrhy

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    9. Act I: You do well, my Lord (Sir W.)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Brian Rayner Cook

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    10. Act I: That is a man's music (Nelson)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Johnston

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    11. Act II Scene 1: Introduction: Another day (Lady N.)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Margaret Kingsley

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    12. Act II Scene 1: Welcome Ma'am (Nelson)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Johnston

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    13. Act II Scene 1: Indelicate presumption! (Emma)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Eiddwen Harrhy

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    14. Act II Scene 1: Nelson, why are you silent? (Lady N.)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Margaret Kingsley

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    15. Act II Scene 1: Lord Nelson! Emma! (Mrs C.)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Elizabeth Bainbridge

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    16. Act II Scene 2: Tell me Hardy, you knew Lord Nelson (Minto)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Eric Shilling

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    17. Act II Scene 2: You look very sombre, gentlemen (Nelson)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Johnston

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    18. Act II Scene 2: Leave me to reflect (Nelson)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Johnston

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    19. Act II Scene 2: Lord Nelson a messenger! (Mrs C.)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Elizabeth Bainbridge

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    20. Act III Scene 1: Introduction: Today the great ship sails (Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    21. Act III Scene 1: I had their huzzaz before (Nelson)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Johnston

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    22. Act III Scene 1: Are we safe hidden? (Emma)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Eiddwen Harrhy

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    23. Act III Scene 1: Now we pass into the future (Nelson)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Johnston

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    24. Act III Scene 1: Orchestral Interlude

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    25. Act III Scene 2: Out of it all, down below hatches (Sailor)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Harry Nicoll, Stephen Varcoe, Anthony Smith

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    26. Act III Scene 2: Make way there! (Sailors, Chorus)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Harry Nicoll, Stephen Varcoe, Anthony Smith

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    27. Act III Scene 2: Orchestral Interlude

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    28. Act III Scene 3: And so Ma'am, he died (Hardy)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Richard Angas

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth

    29. Act III Scene 3: Look, it is growing dark (Emma)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Eiddwen Harrhy

      Conductor: Elgar Howarth


The opera centres on the love affair of Horatio Nelson, and Emma, Lady Hamilton. Completed in 1951, it was first performed in full in 1954. The British Embassy in Naples is the scene of a birthday party for Nelson, arranged to celebrate his victory at the Nile. He appears with ‘the sadness of the world upon his lips’ and while the other guests are dancing, Nelson, with Emma Hamilton, the Ambassador’s wife, beside him, hears a servant foretell his future unhappiness. This releases the passionate feelings of the couple for each other and the conflict in their lives.