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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.
Act I |
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Pg |
Ms |
Selection | Chorus |
Time | Tutti | Soprano | Alto | Tenor | Bass | ||
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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 |
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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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