Arthur Sullivan: Victoria And Merrie England (Complete Ballet) – Andrew Penny

Victoria and Merrie England (Ballett)
Introduction – Britannia asleep
Sacred march of the druids
Rites of the mistletoe – Britannia awakes
Festivities on the village green
Procession of mummers and revellers
Warriors’ dance (Historical quadrille)
Morrice dance
Mazurka (Knights and rose maidens)
Robin Hood and Maid Marian
Friar Tuck and the dragon
The two hobby horses
Six women morrice dancers
General dance
Solo variation – May queen
Maypole dance
Windsor Forest – Storm
Entrance of the hunters
Waltz of wood nymphs
Procession of the Yule log
Galop and dance of nymphs and hunters
Castle hall – Servants, players and guests
Procession of the boar’s head and roast beef
Comic pas de quatre (Fugue)
Drunken jester’s dance
Blind man’s buff
Entrance and procession of Father Christmas
Mistletoe dance
Tableau – Imperial march
English, Irish, Scottish and colonial troops – Military manoeuvres
Sailors’ hornpipe
Pas redoublé
Finale: Britannia – The Albert memorial – God save the Queen!

RTE Sinfonietta, Andrew Penny

Reference: 8555216
Barcode: 0747313521623
Length: 1:17:36
Label: Naxos