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Thespis - Chorus Practice

Thespis
Photo: Mark Welker

Thespis
or The Gods Grown Old

Words by W. S. Gilbert
Music by Alan Riley Jones

(and Arthur Sullivan where indicated)
Copyright © Alan Riley Jones, all rights reserved.

The Durham Savoyards, Ltd., presented Thespis in a double-bill with
Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury, October 12-15, 2017, East Chapel Hill H.S. Auditorium, Chapel Hill, NC.

Using the Chorus Practice Materials

Act I

Pg
Ms
Selection Chorus
Time Tutti Soprano Alto Tenor Bass
1. Throughout the Night the Constellations Stars
12 28      • "Throughout the night, the constellations" 1:49
11 1      • (Full Length) 3:10
11 1      (Live - Durham Savoyards, Ltd.) 3:16   
5. Oh, Incident Unprecedented Olympians
30 75      • "They seem to be more like a 'Cook's Excursion.'" (1st chorus cue) 0:24
34 109      • "My lunar rays, unhappily, are mighty..." (2nd chorus cue) 0:44
23 1      • (Full Length) 2:36
23 1      (Live - Durham Savoyards, Ltd.) 2:51   
7. Climbing Over Rocky Mountain Thespians
47 17      • "Climbing over rocky mountain" (opening choral section) 0:52
53 77      • "Hail it as a true ally" (1st reply to solos) 0:15
56 105      • "Greet them gaily as they fly" (2nd reply to solos) 0:13
59 141      • "We'll be gods and make decrees" (3rd reply to solos) 0:15
60 152      • "Fill the cup and tread the measure" (ending choral section) 1:03
47 1      • (Full Length) 4:05
47 1      (Live - Durham Savoyards, Ltd.) 3:45   
8. I Once Knew a Chap Thespians
74 138      • "Or stopped all night in the middle of a tunnel" 1:18
81 222      • "He followed out his whim with vigor" 0:51
67 1      • (Full Length) 3:27
67 1      (Live - Durham Savoyards, Ltd.) 3:52   
10. Act I Finale
For Thespian Chorus
95 63      • "To mother earth to make a track" Thespians 0:36
100 105      • "'Tis mine the task" (1st stanza) / "By my fair rays" (2nd stanza) 0:26
104 136      • "When armies meet" (3rd stanza) / "From mere oblivion" (4th stanza) 0:26
107 159      • "Here's a pretty tale" (at Letter L) 0:32
110 183      • "We will go down below" (at Letter M) 0:27
114 207      • "Now to set the world in order" (at Letter O) 0:41
94 51      • (Thespians Section - Letter F to End) 4:50
For Olympian Chorus
108 167      • At Thespians' "Now to set the world in order" Olympians 0:18
110 183      • "We will go down below" 0:32
114 211      • At Thespians' "Jupiter's perplexity" 0:34
107 159      • (Olympians Section - Letter L to End) 1:35
For Both Choruses (Thespians and Olympians)
88 1      • (Full Length) Both 6:39
88 1      (Live - Durham Savoyards, Ltd.) 6:45   

Act II

Pg
Ms
Selection Chorus
Time Tutti Soprano Alto Tenor Bass
11. Of All Symposia Thespians
118 5      • "Of all symposia, the best by half" (beginning) 0:58
123 38      • "Of all symposia, the best by half" (ending) 0:35
118 1      • (Full Length) 2:44
118 1      (Live - Durham Savoyards, Ltd.) 2:43   
17. Act II Finale
For Thespian Chorus
172 34      • "I'm Jupiter!" / "I'm Mars!" / "I'm Apollo!" Thespians 1:12
174 63      • "Let us remain" 0:50
For Olympian Chorus
174 63      • At Thespians' "Let us remain" Olympians 0:48
For Both Choruses (Thespians and Olympians)
180 95      • "You shall all be eminent tragedians" Both 0:30
185 151      • "A highly complicated function" 0:26
167 1      • (Full Length) 5:37
167 1      (Live - Durham Savoyards, Ltd.) 5:58   
Lyrics by W. S. Gilbert, Music by Alan Riley Jones
Except #7, "Climbing Over Rocky Mountain," Music by Arthur Sullivan, arr. by Alan Riley Jones
Copyright © Alan Riley Jones, all rights reserved.


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