Act One

- Act I(I) To The Children

- Act I(I) In The Village Of Bourcelles In The Swiss Alps

- Act I(I) Just Then A Lamplighter

- Act I(I) At That Time, Henry Had Told Him About The Old Railway

- Act I(I) The Mother Of Them All

- Act I(I) Oh! But Im Forgetting The Most Important One Of All.

- Act I(I) They Were Always Eager To Hear His Poetry

- Act I(I) And Suddenly A New, Enormous Thing Stirred In Their Father's Heart

- Act I(I) As Though On Cue

- Act I(I) To The Children That's Odd, Said Mother

- Act I(I) Gold And Had Put It On For Warmth Against The Cool Evening Air

- Act I(I) Before Them Stood An Extremely Dishevelled Figure Holding A Suitcase

- Act I(I) As Daddy Took Charge Of The Luggage

- Act I(I) We Want To Tell You Something

- Act I(I) All The Rules I Swear To Keep

- Act I(I) Are You Sure You Have Everything You Need

Act Two

- Act Ii(I) The Blue-Eyed Fairy

- Act Ii(I) They Found A Clearing With The Open Sky Above Them

- Act Ii(I) Henry Explained That The Pleiades Had Been Attendants Upon Artemis

- Act Ii(I) The Sun Has Gone

- Act Ii(I) The Sun Has Gone Now, Cats Are Curious Creatures, And Riquette...

- Act Ii(I) Turning Towards The Open Window

- Act Ii(I) At Length Jinny Came Out Of The Cave And Came Over To Them

- Act Ii(I) Then There's Madame Jequier And Dear Miss Waghorn

- Act Ii(I) Could It Be

- Act Ii(I) And With That The First Passenger Hurried By Them

- Act Ii(I) The Sweep

- Act Ii(I) Then A Fantastic, Light, Twirling Creature

- Act Ii(I) I'm Everywhere

- Act Ii(I) And The Shabby Tramp, Playing His Barrel Organ

- Act Ii(I) Well, Let's See Now

- Act Ii(I) Wake Up, You Little Night Winds

- Act Ii(I) Dance Of The Winds

- Act Ii(I) But Where's Cousin Henry

- Act Ii(I) Im Everywhere Ah! Anyone Gazing Skywards At That Moment

- Act Ii(I) Sun Dance

- Act Ii(Ii) Madame Jequiers Constant Anxiety

- Act Ii(Ii) Dandelions, Daffodils

- Act Ii(Ii) In Her Attic Chamber Above

- Act Ii(Ii) Henry Turned To The Children

- Act Ii(Iii) At The Citadelle

- Act Ii(Iii) O, Stars Shine Brightly

- Act Ii(Iii) The Sprites Had Almost Finished Their Task

- Act Ii(Iii) The Sprites Flitted Out, Back To The Starlight Express

- Act Ii(Iii) Dawn Song

- Act Iii(I) My Old Tunes

- Act Iii(I) Dandelions, Daffodils

- Act Iii(I) Miss Waghorn, Whose Confusion Of Mind

- Act Iii(I) My Main Idea Is This

- Act Iii(I) Then Mother Spoke

- Act Iii(I) A Few Days Later Henry Left To Return To London

- Act Iii(Ii) It Was Late Evening On The Day Of His Arrival

- Act Iii(Ii) And Suddenly He Remembered An Extraordinary Conversation

- Act Iii(Ii) Sympathy - Hearts Must Be Soft-Shiny Dressed

- Act Iii(Ii) Jinny Said, With Her Characteristic Gravity



Composer (1857-1934) Sir Edward Elgar

Solo soprano (Laugher/Jane Anne) Elin Manahan Thomas

Solo baritone (Organ-grinder/Gardener) Roderick Williams

Solo narrator Simon Callow

Composer (1883-1968) Clive Carey

Orchestra Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Conductor Sir Andrew Davis