The Pilgrim’s Progress

~ Opera

Annotation

Libretto by Ralph Vaughan Williams after John Bunyan’s allegory with interpolations from the Bible and verse by Ursula Vaughan Williams.

Annotation last modified on 2014-01-16 21:30 UTC.

Relationships

additional composer:Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
premiered at:Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1951-04-26)
download score for free:imslp: The Pilgrim's Progress (Vaughan Williams, Ralph) [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/composition/mc0002387641 [info]
Wikidata:Q7757107 [info]
parts:1. The Pilgrim’s Progress: Prologue. Bunyan in Prison (Bunyan, Pilgrim)
2. The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act I (act)
3. The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act II (act)
4. The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act III (act)
5. The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV (act)
6. The Pilgrim’s Progress: Epilogue (Bunyan)
is the basis for:Seven Songs from "The Pilgrim's Progress"

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1975-10-16The Pilgrim’s Progress: “And now Farewell”, “I will Kneel and Give Thanks to God”, “Peace be to Thee”partialBBC Northern Singers, Delyth Jones, Elsa Kendal, Robin Leggate, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves3:10
1975-10-16The Pilgrim’s Progress: “And their Original had Been the Dunghill”partialBBC Northern Singers, Delyth Jones, Elsa Kendal, Robin Leggate, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves1:51
1975-10-16The Pilgrim’s Progress: “Here I will Spill thy Soul”partialBBC Northern Singers, Delyth Jones, Elsa Kendal, Robin Leggate, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves2:21
1975-10-16The Pilgrim’s Progress: “I’m Sure it Fared Far Otherwise With Me”, Burnt to Ashes, AlleluiapartialBBC Northern Singers, Delyth Jones, Elsa Kendal, Robin Leggate, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves6:01
1975-10-16The Pilgrim’s Progress: “The Owner Thereof was Giant Despair”, “Welcome to the Delectable Mountains”, “And That Mysterious Be”partialBBC Northern Singers, Delyth Jones, Elsa Kendal, Robin Leggate, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves5:04
1975-10-16The Pilgrim’s Progress: “They Shall not Overflow Thee”, “All the Days of Eternity”, “Marriage Supper of the Lamb”partialBBC Northern Singers, Delyth Jones, Elsa Kendal, Robin Leggate, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves4:26
1975-10-16The Pilgrim’s Progress: PreludepartialBBC Northern Singers, Delyth Jones, Elsa Kendal, Robin Leggate, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves3:15