The Beatitudes
Cantata for soprano & tenor soli, chorus & orchestra
Orchestral Prelude: A Troubled World Allegro violento
The Mount of Olives (words: Henry Vaughan) Andante
First and Second Beatitudes Andante
Easter (words: George Herbert) Vivo
I Got Me Flowers to Strew Thy Way (words: George Herbert) Andante sereno
Third Beatitude Largamente
The Lofty Looks of Man Shall be Humbled (words adapted from Isaiah II vv. 10-20) Allegro energico
Fourth Beatitude Tranquillo
The Call (words: George Herbert) With devotion
Orchestral Interlude Allegro violente
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Beatitudes Tranquillo
And Death Shall Have No Dominion (words: Dylan Thomas) Allegro
Ninth Beatitude Andante
Voices of the Mob Molto vivo
Epilogue: O Blessed Jesu (words: Jeremy Taylor) Molto tranquillo

Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Arthur Bliss (conductor)
BBC Home Service broadcast, 25.05.62, from the Coventry Theatre, Coventry

Introduction and Allegro
Arthur Bliss (conductor)
Recorded 23-24.11.55, Kingsway Hall, London
Cat. no. LXT5170; Mat. no. ARL2949
Recording producer: James Walker

Suite from Things to Come
Stereo recording
i Ballet
ii Attack
iii Pestilence
iv Reconstruction
v Machines
vi March

Arthur Bliss (conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded 17.06.57, Walthamstow Town Hall, London
Cat. no. SDD255; Mat. no. ZAL9601
Recording producer: James Walker

Pastoral
Lie Strewn the White Flocks
Introduction Assai sostenuto tranquillo Con moto moderato
i Shepherd's Holyday (words: Ben Jonson)
ii A Hymn to Pan (words: John Fletcher) Allegrissimo
iii Pan's Saraband Sostenuto Gareth Morris (flute)
iv Pan and Echo (words: Poliziano trans Geoffrey Dunlop) Gareth Morris (flute) Moderato
v The Naiads' Music (words: Robert Nichols) Allegretto leggiero
vi The Pigeon Song (words: Robert Nichols) Gareth Morris (flute) Andante moderato
vii The Song of the Reapers (words: Theocritus trans Andrew Lang) Allegro deciso
viii Finale The Shepherd's Night Song (words: Robert Nichols) Andante sostenuto Pi lento

Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano)
Gareth Morris (flute)
Henry Taylor (timpani)
Reginald Jacques (conductor)
Jacques String Orchestra
BBC Chorus
Recorded 10.01.51
Cat. no. AX565-8; Mat. no. AR15733-40

A Colour Symphony op.24
i Purple (Andante maestoso)
ii Red (Allegro vivace)
iii Blue (Gently flowing)
iv Green (Moderato)
Arthur Bliss (conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded 23-24.11.55, Kingsway Hall, London
Cat. no. LXT5170; Mat. no. ARL2948-9
Recording producer: James Walker

March: The Phoenix (In Honour of France)
Constant Lambert (conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Recorded 29.03.46
Cat. no. C3518; Mat. no. 2EA10957-8

Mono recordings unless otherwise stated