The Boatswain’s Mate
Music by Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) | Libretto by Ethel Smyth, after W.W. Jacobs
Mrs Waters | Nadine Benjamin
Harry Benn | Edward Lee
Ned Travers | Jeremy Huw Williams
Policeman | Simon Wilding
The Man | Ted Schmitz
Mary Ann | Rebecca Louise Dale
Chorus | Mark Nathan and other members of the cast
Lontano Ensemble
Conductor | Odaline de la Martinez
CD1
1 | Overture, The Boatswain’s Mate
2 | When rocked on the billows
3 | As I was saying
4 | It’s a strange thing
5 | O what a cruel word
6 | Well, old cock!
7 | Interlude – The Keeper
8 | The very man I’ve been looking for
9 | A friend and I
10 | If you’ve quite done
11 | That’s the plan is it?
12 | At 2.30 sharp
13 | Well, Mr Benn
14 | Suppose you mean to do a given thing
15 | What if I were young again
16 | O Mary I try to forget you
CD 2
1 | If those cats don’t wake her
2 | A rickety stair
3 | I thought I heard a noise
4 | Murder, murder!
5 | I’d not have missed that
6 | Well, I’m sure
7 | There, that’s done / When the sun is setting
8 | A wrinkle!
The Boatswain’s Mate (recorded 1916)
Music by Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) | Libretto by Ethem Smyth, after W.W. Jacobs
National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor | Ethel Smyth
9 | Overture
10 | When rocked on the billows
11 | The Keeper
12 | A friend and I
13 | Contrariness
14 | What if I were young again
15 | Oh dear if I had known
16 | The first thing to do
17 | When the sun is setting
The Wreckers (recorded 1930)
National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor | Ethel Smyth
18 | Overture to The Wreckers