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--Bildmuseet 1984-dec.
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--Vårdskolans aula 1988-06-02
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--Ögonblicksteatern 1989-04-26
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Umelodica - a vocal ensemble created and conducted 1984-1989 by Örjan Larsson

Polly - a Ballad Opera
by John Gay from 1729 played by Umelodica and David Kettlewell in Febr. 1988.

Files for rehersal and evaluation. Most MP3-files has a Swedish-spoken libretto to introduce the singing-theme:

ACT I
Songtitle Melody Singer(s) Time
text
Time
music
Time
total
NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Ouverture The Beggars Opera Christoffer Pepusch Instr. . 3:32 3:32 . . . MP3
Air 1 The manners of the Great affect The disappointed Widow Trapes 0:10 0:34 0:44 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 2 What can wealth The Irish ground Trapes & Mr. Ducat 0:26 1:48 2:14 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 3 Noel Hills He that weds in beauty Mr. Ducat 0:19 0:44 1:03 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 4 My conscince is of courtly mold Sweetheart, think upon me Flimsy 0:15 0:35 0:50 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 5 In pimps and politicians 'Twas finding a furlong Trapes 0:15 0:50 1:05 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 6 She who has felt a real pain Sortez des vos retraites Polly . 1:20 1:20 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 7 Farewell, farewell, all hope of bliss O Waly, Waly, up the bank Polly 0:12 1:01 1:13 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 8 Despair is all folly O, Jenny come tye me Trapes 0:22 0:51 1:13 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Bourree Mattstädt Instr. . 0:35 0:35 . . . MP3
Air 9 I will have my humours Red House Mrs. Ducat 0:07 0:42 0:49 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 10 When billows come breaking on the strand Old Orpheus tickl'd Mr. Ducat 0:16 0:43 0:59 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 11 When a woman jealous grows Christ Church Bells Mr. & Mrs. Ducat 0:16 0:56 1:12 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 12 When kings by their huffing Cheshire-rounds Damaris 0:13 0:34 0:47 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Aria Signor Heinrich Instr. . 0:47 0:47 . . . MP3
Air 13 The crow or daw thro' all the year The bush a boon traquair Polly 0:16 1:20 1:36 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 14 How can you be so teasing Bury Fair Mr. Ducat & Polly 0:15 0:38 0:53 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 15 Maids like courtiers must be woo'd Bobbing Joan Mr. Ducat 0:09 0:33 0:42 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 16 Can I toil or hunger fear A Swain long tortur'd with Disdain Polly 0:06 0:59 1:05 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 17 Brave boys prepere March in Scipio - David Kettelwell Mr. & Mrs Ducat, Maids, Choir 0:36 2:00 2:36 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 17 Brave boys prepere March in Scipio Mr. & Mrs Ducat, Maids . 1:44 1:44 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 18 Better to doubt All that's doing Jig-it-o'Foot Damaris 0:16 0:26 0:42 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 19 Abroad after misses most husbands will roam Trumpet Minuet Mrs. Ducat 0:16 0:41 0:57 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 20 Love now is nought but art Polwart on the Green Damaris 0:06 0:49 0:55 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 21 As pilgrims thro' devotion St. Martin's Lane Polly, Damaris, Mrs. Ducat 0:44 4:11 4:55 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
ACT II
Songtitle Melody Singer(s) Time
text
Time
music
Time
total
NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Menuett Jean Philippe Rameau Instr. . 2:25 2:25 . . . MP3
Air 22 Why did you spare him La Villanella Polly . 0:51 0:51 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 23 Sleep, O sleep Dead March in Coriolanus Polly 0:04 2:21 2:25 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 24 Of all the sins that are money-supplying Three Sheep-skins Cutlace 0:16 0:48 1:04 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 25 By women won We're all undone Rigadoon Laguerre 0:34 0:50 1:24 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 26 Woman's like the flatt'ring ocean Ton hummeur est Catharine Hacker 0:08 0:38 0:46 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 27 I hate those cowards tribes Ye nymphes and sylvan gods Polly 0:36 0:32 1:08 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 28 Cheer up my lads, let push on the fray Minuet Culverin et al. 0:06 1:25 1:31 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
All in the garden green trad. folkmusic Instr. . 1:05 1:05 . . . MP3
Air 29 When I'm great, and flush of treasure Mirleton Morano 0:16 0:44 1:00 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 30 Shall I not be bold when honour calls Sawny was tall, and of noble race Morano & Jenny 0:17 0:49 1:06 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 31 How many men have found the skill Northen Nancy Jenny 0:36 0:33 1:09 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 32 Fine women are devils, compleat in their way Amante fuggite cadente belta Vanderbluff 0:21 0:46 1:07 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 33 Tho' different passions rage by turns Since all the world's turn'd upside down Morano . 0:47 0:47 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 34 The world is always jarring Hunt the Squirrel Polly 0:14 1:12 1:26 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 35 In love and life the present use Young Damon once the loveliest swain Jenny 0:12 1:06 1:18 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 36 We never blame the forward swain Cathrine Ogye Jenny & Polly 0:16 0:44 1:00 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 37 My heart is by love forsaken Roger a Coverly Jenny 0:32 0:34 1:06 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 38 By halves no friend Baccus m'a dit Morano 0:20 0:33 0:53 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 39 If husbands sit unsteady Health to Betty Jenny 0:22 0:33 0:55 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 40 The body brave may be taken Cappe de bonne Esperance Cawwawkee 0:24 0:45 1:09 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 41For you sacrifice your fame When bright Aurelia tripp'd the plain Cawwawkee 0:20 0:33 0:53 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 42 When gold is in hand Peggy's Mill Jenny, Choir 0:16 1:45 2:01 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 43 Honour calls me from thy arms Excuse me Morano 0:32 1:01 1:33 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 44 Honour plays a bubble's part Ruben Jenny 0:28 1:00 1:28 NWC MIDI PDF) MP3
Air 45 When ambition's ten years toils Troy Town Vanderbluff 0:23 0:46 1:09 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 46 Despair leads to battle We've cheated the Parson Morano, Jenny, Vanderbluff, Sailor 0:22 0:32 0:54 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Sarabande Grave Francois Couperin Harpsichord . 1:44 1:44 . . . MP3
Air 47 Virtue's treasure T'amo tanto Cawwawkee & Polly 0:33 3:24 3:57 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 48 The sportman keep hawks, and their quarry they gain Down in the meadow Polly 0:28 0:38 1:06 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
ACT III
Songtitle Melody Singer(s) Time
text
Time
music
Time
total
NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Sinfonia Boscaresia, La Suavissima Marco Uccellini Instr. . 2:03 2:03 . . . MP3
Air 49 What man can on virtue or courage repose There was an old man, and he liv'd Mr. Ducat . 0:17 0:17 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 50 Love with beauty is flying Iris la plus charmante
- David Kettelwell
Cawwawkee & All 0:15 1:58 2:13 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 50 Love with beauty is flying Iris la plus charmante Cawwawkee & All . 0:56 0:56 NWC MIDI PDF .
Le Vezinet Jean Philippe Rameau Harpsichord . 4:00 4:00 . . . MP3
March Signor Heinrich Harpsichord . 0:47 0:47 . . . MP3
Air 51 When horns with cheerful sound There was a Jovial Beggar
- David Kettelwell
Pirates . 1:15 1:15 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 51 When horns with cheerful sound There was a Jovial Beggar Pirates . 0:36 0:36 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 52 By bolder steps we win the race To the fair ladies Morano & pyrates . 0:27 0:27 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 53 When the tiger roams Prince Eugene's march Morano, Vanderbluff, Pyrate 0:16 0:56 1:12 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 54 We the sword of justice drawing The marlborough Cawwawkee . 1:50 1:50 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 55 Know then, war's my pleasure Les rats (Pohetohe), All 0:22 0:39 1:01 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 56 How faulties does the nymph appear Mad Robin Mr. Ducat 0:25 0:46 1:21 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Preludio Giovanni Bononcini Instr. . 2:53 2:53 . . . MP3
Air 57 As sits the sad turtle alone on the spray Thro' the wood laddy Cawwawkee 0:18 1:47 2:05 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 58 Victory is ours Clasp'd in my dear Melinda's arms
- David Kettelwell
Polly, Cawwawkee, All 0:08 0:54 1:02 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 58 Victory is ours Clasp'd in my dear Melinda's arms Polly, Cawwawkee . 0:30 0:30 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 59 The soldiers who by trade must dare Parson upon Dorothy Morano 0:13 0:48 1:01 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 60 When right or wrong's decided The collier has a daughter Morano . 0:54 0:54 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 61 The crimes are judg'd like fornication Mad Moll Morano 0:39 1:54 2:33 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 62 All friedship is a mutual debt Prince George Polly & Cawwawkee . 1:03 1:03 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 63 Can words the pain express Blithe Jockey young and gay Polly . 1:11 1:11 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 64 The modest lilly, like the maid In the fields of frost and snow Polly . 1:04 1:04 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 65 Whilst i gaze in fond desiring Whilst I gaze on Chloe Cawwawkee . 1:16 1:16 NWC MIDI PDF .
Air 66 The sex we find The Jamaica Jenny 0:12 0:31 0:43 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 67 The stag, when chas'd all the long day Tweed Side Polly 0:26 1:33 1:59 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 68 My heart forbodes he's dead One Evening as I lay Polly 0:11 1:30 1:41 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 69 Why that languish Buff-coat Cawwawkee & Polly 0:13 1:09 1:22 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 70 Frail is ambition An Italian Balad - David Kettelwell Polly 0:15 2:04 2:19 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 70 Frail is ambition An Italian Balad Polly . 0:46 0:46 NWC MIDI PDF
Air 71 Justice long forbearing The temple - David Kettelwell Indian 1, 2 & 3, All 0:25 6:57 7:22 NWC MIDI PDF MP3
Air 71 Justice long forbearing The temple Indian 1, 2 & 3, All . 1:35 1:35 NWC MIDI PDF .

Live-recording (AB-stereo) from the last performance 28 Febr. 1988 at Mimerskolans aula in Umeå. Recorded with a Hi-Fi stereo VHS recorder (JVC HR-D725E). Microphones: Primo UEC-14 (electret with cardioid characteristics). Sampling with Tascam US-122 (24bits 44.1kHz USB). Converted to MP3 with a Lame coder (128kbit/s, 44.1kHz, stereo, constant bit rate, highest quality). Digital conversion and editing: DELL Inspiron 8600 (PP02X) with Wavelab 4.0. Recording and production Göran Westling.



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