Lyrics A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee for Thy Sunny Beams" - Owen Brannigan feat. Helen Watts, Thomas Hemsley, John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
Sweet
moon,
I
thank
thee
for
thy
sunny
beams
I
thank
thee,
moon,
for
shining
now
so
bright
But
there
a
spite
and
mournful
night
What
dreadful
goings
here
eyes
do
you
see?
How
can
it
be?
Oh,
pity
dark
Oh
dear,
thy
mantle
good
was
stained
with
blood
Ah,
frowns
ye
furious
fairies
Oh,
fairies,
come,
come,
come
fair
and
just
Where's
trust
gone
cruel
and
unjust?
Beshrew
my
heart,
but
I
catch
him
afire
Or
if
a
lizard
is
the
lion's
prey,
set
Some
lion
by
my
fire
before
me,
dear
Which
beast
do
know
which
more
so
fair
as
day?
Oh,
fairies,
come,
come,
come
soon
and
crown
The
path
of
villain
thus,
thus,
thus,
thus,
thus,
thus,
thus,
oh
Shh,
shh,
shh
Now
I
lie
dead
Now
I
might
fled
My
soul
is
in
the
sky
Come
lose
thy
light
Moon
take
thy
flight
Now
die,
die,
die,
die,
die
With
the
help
of
a
surgeon
he
might
yet
recover
and
prove
an
ass
Here
Thisbe
comes
and
her
passion
in
the
play
I
hope
she
will
be
brief
1 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: Introduction: The Wood
2 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XV - Scene 8: Miles
3 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation II - Scene 3: The Letter
4 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "My Gentle Robin, See'st Thou This Sweet Sight?"
5 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XII - Scene 5: Quint
6 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Be Kind and Courteous to This Gentleman"
7 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Come, Now a Roundel and a Fairy Song"
8 The Turn of the Screw, Op.54: Interlude: Variation X - Scene 3: Miss Jessel
9 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Epilogue: Is It All?"
10 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "She Sleeps As a Rose"
11 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Are We All Met?"
12 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VII - Scene 8: At Night
13 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present"
14 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "The Prosperity of the Etruscans"
15 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Interlude: Here in This Scene"
16 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "It Is an Axiom Among Kings"
17 Death in Venice, Op. 88: Overture: Venice
18 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Now the Hungry Lion Roars"
19 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Hey There, Hey There, You!"
20 Death in Venice, Op. 88: Children's Games: "Adziu, Adziu"
21 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "O Wall, Fur Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans"
22 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Mysterious Gondola"
23 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "My Mind Beats On"
24 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Who Reaches Heaven First"
25 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Puppet? Why So?"
26 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "There Is Indeed in Every Artist's Nature"
27 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XIII - Scene 6: The Piano
28 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VIII - Scene 1: Colloquy and So- Lioquy
29 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Collatinus Is Politically Astute"
30 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VI - Scene 7: The Lake
31 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Within This Frail Crucible of Light"
32 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Prologue
33 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Theme - Scene 1: The Journey
34 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation III - Scene 4: The Tower
35 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball"
36 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "We Are Delighted to Greet the Signore"
37 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "My Horse! My Horse! Tarquinius Does Not Wait"
38 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "You Ladies, You Whose Gentle Hearts Do Fear"
39 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation I - Scene 2: The Welcome
40 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation IV - Scene 5: The Window
41 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation IX - Scene 2: The Bells
42 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Gentles, Perchange You Wonder At This Show"
43 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "I See Their Knavery"
44 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Naturally, Signore, I Understand"
45 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "You Were Right"
46 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Oh! What a Lovely Day!"
47 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Have You Sent to Bottom's House?"
48 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "This Dead Hand Lets Fall"
49 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation V - Scene 6: The Lesson
50 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Ah, Serenissima!"
51 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XI - Scene 4: The Bedroom
52 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Aou'! Stagando, Aou'"
53 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "How Now, Mad Spirit?"
54 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XIV - Scene 7: Flora
55 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: 'There Goes a Happy Man!'
56 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!"
57 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake"
58 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Up and Down, Up and Down"
59 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Hail, Mortal, Hail!"
60 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee for Thy Sunny Beams"
61 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Flower of This Purple Dye"
62 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "In This Same Interlude It Doth Befall"
63 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "I Have a Reas'nable Good Ear in Music"
64 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "O Grim-look'd Night, O Night With Hue So Black"
65 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Come, Your Bergomask"
66 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Now, Fair Hippolyta"
67 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "This Is Thy Negligence"
68 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Asleep, My Love?"
69 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Tarquinius does not dare
70 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Here the thirsty evening
71 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart
72 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Oberon Is Passing Fell and Wrath"
73 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Well, Go Thy Way"
74 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "How Now My Love?"
75 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Be It On Lion, Bear, or Wolf, or Bull"
76 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Welcome Wanderer!"
77 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Is All Our Company Her?"
78 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring in the Wood"
79 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Through the Forest Have I Gone"
80 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Stay, Though Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius"
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