Birtwistle: Gawain

Act 1
1-1 Overture
1-2 The Story Begins 'Night after night'
1-3 The Court 'They tire me.'
1-4 Three Riddles 'There was a man.'
1-5 Arthur's Response 'How can I eat?
1-6 Door Knock, Prophesies and Threats 'This is the hour of legacy or loss.'
1-7 Mystery of the Open Door
1-8 Another Riddle 'Something stranger than charity'
1-9 Door Knock, Prophesies and Threats 'Now is the hour of legacy or loss'
1-10 Entrance of the Green Knight 'Now I shall test his strength
1-11 The Green Knight Rides into the Court
1-12 The Green Knight's Challenge 'Which of you is king?'
1-13 The Court's Reaction, Gawain Accepts the Challenge 'God's Name'
1-14 The Raising of the Axe
1-15 Time Frozen (Reprise; Prophesies; Riddles; Door Knock) 'This is the moment...'
1-16 Gawain Decapitates The Green Knight 'God's Name!
1-17 The Severed Head Instructs Gawain 'My Title is Knight of the Green Chapel.'
1-18 The Green Knight Rides Off
1-19 The Court's Reaction 'It's nothing.'
1-20 Duet: Prophesies and Threats 'Now that you've seen its face.'
Tableaux of the Turning of the Seasons and Gawain's Preparation...
1-21 Tableau I: Winter: Day
1-22 Tableau I: Winter:Night...
1-23 Tableau II: Spring: Day
1-24 Tableau II: Spring: Night.
1-25 Tableau III: Summer: Day
1-26 Tableau III: Summer: Night...
1-27 Tableau IV: Autumn: Day
1-28 Tableau IV: Autumn: Night..
1-29 Tableau V: Winter: Day
1-30 Tableau V: Winter: Night...
1-31 Tableau V: Coda...
Act 2
2-1 Morgan Le Fay's Prediction 'Now with a single step.'
2-2 The Journey
2-3 Glimpse 'Soon...what you most love.'
2-4 The Journey Continues
2-5 A Glimpse of the Future 'Soon...what you want, you'll have.'
2-6 The Journey Continues
2-7 A Glimpse of the Future 'Soon you'll see its face.'
2-8 The Journey Continues
2-9 A Glimpse of the Future 'This is the hour of vanity or choice.'
2-10 The Journey Continues
2-11 Castle de Hautdesert 'Welcome,welcome, welcome.'
2-12 Dance Aria 'Now we shall learn.'
2-13 Bertilak de Hautdesert's Welcome and Gawain's Foreboding 'This house is yours.'
2-14 The First Lullaby 'Lie down without fear of the dark.
2-15 The First Hunt and Temptation
2-16 An Aside from Morgan Le Fay (1) 'A gift he must not refuse.'
2-17 Bertilak de Hautdesert's Return (1)
2-18 The Second Lullaby 'Lie down without fear of the dark'
2-19 The Second Hunt and Temptation
2-20 An Aside From Morgan Le Fay (2
2-21 Bertilak de Hautdesert's Return (2) 'Here's your trophy.'
2-22 The Third Lullaby 'Lie down without fear of the dark.
2-23 The Third Hunt and Temptation
2-24 An Aside From Morgan Le Fay (3)
2-25 : Bertilak de Hautdesert's Return (3) 'I hunted all day.'
2-26 Prophesies and Threats
2-27 The Green Chapel 'Fear of Death.'
2-28 Gawain Faces Death 'Now I acquit myself.'
2-29 Gawain's Reprieve 'The first blow.'
2-30 The Journey Back Begins
2-31 The Court (Riddles and Prophesies) 'Arthur-join us.'
2-32 Gawain's Return
2-33 Gawain's Epilogue 'I left this place.'
2-34 Coda 'Now at the year's dead end.'