HASSAN
(Play with music)
Composer: Frederick
Delius
Lyricist: James Elroy Flecker
Opened: September 20, 1923, His Majesty’s Theatre,
London
Performances: Unknown
Note: An unknown selection appears on 45/EMI P-SEL 1700 (Jan Van Der Gucht and the Royal Opera Choir with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham).
Bacchanale:
1. 78/HMV C-1135 (His
Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy Fletcher)
Ballet - Dance Of The Beggars Of
Baghdad:
1. Delius: Eventyr;
Arabesque; Hassan; Koanga, CD/Sony 87966 (orchestra conducted by
Thomas Beecham)
2. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by
Vernon Handley)
The Beggar’s Song:
1. 78/HMV C-1135 (George
Baker and Chorus with His Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra conducted
by Percy Fletcher)
Chorus Behind The Scene:
1. Delius: Eventyr;
Arabesque; Hassan; Koanga, CD/Sony 87966 (orchestra conducted by
Thomas Beecham)
2. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by
Vernon Handley)
Chorus Of Beggards And Dancing Girls:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
Chorus Of Women:
1. Delius: Eventyr;
Arabesque; Hassan; Koanga, CD/Sony 87966 (orchestra conducted by
Thomas Beecham)
2. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by
Vernon Handley)
Curtain:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
Divertissement:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
Entrance Of Soldiers:
1. 78/HMV C-1134 (His
Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy Fletcher)
2. Delius: Eventyr; Arabesque; Hassan; Koanga, CD/Sony 87966
(orchestra conducted by Thomas Beecham) (as “Chorus Of
Soldiers”)
Entry Of Beauties:
1. 78/HMV C-1135 (Female
Chorus with His Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy
Fletcher)
Fanfare Preceding The Ballet:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
Fanfares - Entry Of The Caliph:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
The Garden Of The Caliph’s Palace:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
General Dance:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
The Great Hall Of The Palace:
1. Delius: Eventyr;
Arabesque; Hassan; Koanga, CD/Sony 87966 (orchestra conducted by
Thomas Beecham)
2. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by
Vernon Handley)
Hassan Falls Under The Shadow Of The
Fountain:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
Interludes Between Act 1, Scenes 1
and 2:
1. Delius: Eventyr;
Arabesque; Hassan; Koanga, CD/Sony 87966 (orchestra conducted by
Thomas Beecham)
2. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by
Vernon Handley)
Interludes Between Act 3, Scenes 1 and
2:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
Interludes Between Act 4, Scenes 1
and 2:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
Intermezzo:
1. Frederick Delius,
CD/Testament 1014 (Benno Moiseiwitsch)
Moonlight - The Streeet Of Felicity
By The Fountain Of The Two Pigeons:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
Music Accompanying Ishak’s Poem:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
Prelude To Act 1:
1. 78/HMV C-1134 (His
Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy Fletcher)
2. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by
Vernon Handley)
Prelude To Act 2:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767
(Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
Prelude To Act 3:
1. Delius:
Eventyr; Arabesque; Hassan; Koanga, CD/Sony 87966 (orchestra
conducted by Thomas Beecham)
2. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by
Vernon Handley)
Prelude To Act 4:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth
Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
Prelude To Act 5:
1. 78/HMV C-1134 (His
Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy Fletcher)
2. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by
Vernon Handley)
Prelude To The Last Scene:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
Procession Of Protracted Death:
1. 78/HMV C-1134 (His
Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy Fletcher)
2. Delius: Eventyr; Arabesque; Hassan; Koanga, CD/Sony 87966
(orchestra conducted by Thomas Beecham)
3. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by
Vernon Handley)
Serenade:
1. 78/HMV C-1135 (H.
Farrar with His Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy
Fletcher)
2. 78/Victor 11-8644 (The Hall Orchestra conducted by Constant
Lambert) (unverified)
3. Frederickk Delius, CD/Testament 1014 (Benno Moiseiwitsch)
4. Delius: Eventyr; Arabesque; Hassan; Koanga, CD/Sony 87966
(orchestra conducted by Thomas Beecham) (two renditions)
5. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by
Vernon Handley) (two renditions)
Short Interlude:
1. Delius: Eventyr;
Arabesque; Hassan; Koanga, CD/Sony 87966 (orchestra conducted by
Thomas Beecham)
The Street Of Felicity:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
The War Song Of The Saracens:
1. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Vernon Handley)
We Take The Golden Road To Samarkand
(Closing Scene):
1. 78/HMV C-1135 (Chorus
with His Majesty’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy
Fletcher)
2. Delius: Eventyr; Arabesque; Hassan; Koanga, CD/Sony 87966
(orchestra conducted by Thomas Beecham)
3. Hassan, CD/EMI 764767 (Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by
Vernon Handley)
Unrecorded Material:
The Song Of The Muezzin At
Sunset
Sunset