Good Friday 1663
Westbrook Music Theatre
Libretto - Helen Simpson
Music - Mike Westbrook
Produced by Jon Hiseman
Cover painting by Kate Westbrook
1. Sermon I
Song for Myrtilla
The Song of Wifely Loathing
2. Sermon II
The Song of Female Ignorance
3. Sermon III
4. Country Pleasures [listen below]
5. Sermon IV
The Carnation Dew
The Vanitas Song
6. Sermon V
7. Love Duet
8. Song of the Morning After
Sermon VI
The Letter Reading Song
9. My Dull Eyes Weep [listen below]
Sermon VII
The Wedding
10. The Asinine Nuptial Ballad
Four Poster Lament
11. Sermon VIII
Psalm 116
12. Belinda's Last Song
Prayer
Simon Grant sings Parson Snakepeace
Kate Westbrook sings:
Belinda,
Four Choir Boys,
Squire Clodpole (married to Belinda),
Sir Portly Spatchcock (Belinda's Father),
Aunt Champflower (sister to Sir Portly Spatchcock),
Celadon,
Rhodophil,
Female Singer,
Assorted Villagers and Wedding Guests,
Babies,
Assorted Farm Animals
Musicians:
John Alley - keyboards
Chris Biscoe - piccolo / flute / soprano / alto & baritone saxophones
Anthony Kerr - simmonds K A T
Mike Westbrook - additional keyboards
Barbara Thompson - recorder
Jon Hiseman - sequencer programming / percussion
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Westbrook Music published by Metisse Music
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Track Listing
Personnel
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Catania - Live in Sicily 1992
Starcross Bridge
Earth Felt The Wound
Love and Understanding
Goose Sauce
Selected Recordings
Paintbox Jane
Says The Duke 2022
London Bridge Live in Zűrich 1990
the piano and me
Says The Duke 2020
Band Of Bands
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