Smyth: The Prison

The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner communes with his Soul "I awoke in the middle of the night"

James Blachly

The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: Voices sing of immortality "We are full of immortality"

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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner asks the secret of emancipation "I was alone with sorrow"

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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: His Soul (echosed by Voices) replies "There is no secret"

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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: He asks in what shape emancipation will come (Who are our saviours?) "Will it return to me w

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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Voices reply "Others are elsewhere, under other names"

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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: Orchestral Interlude. The first glimmer of Dawn

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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner understands his own immortality "In the faint grey morning I hear"

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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Chorale Prelude in the Prison Chapel (The Prisoner awakes)

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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: His Soul tells him the end of the struggle is at hand "The struggle is over. the time has co

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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: He hears his guests (the elements of his personality) moving to depart "I hear them overhead

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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Pastorale. Sunset calm.

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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: He disbands his ego "I disband myself"

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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Voices sing (in Greek mode) the indestructibility of human passions "The laughter we have la

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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Death calls him (The Last Post) - Gloring, he obeys the summons "For years you have been con

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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: His farewell, his triumph, his peace "This is no leavetaking"

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