Hassan - complete incidental music

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 1: Prelude. Slow – Quietly but expressively

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 1: We are in old Baghdad (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scenes 1 & 2: Interlude between

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: Moonlight. The street of Felicity, by the fountain of the two pigeons, in from of the house

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: It is later that night (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: Serenade. Con moto moderato

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: The shutters open, and Yasmin appears (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: Melos. Hassan falls under the shadow of the fountain. The first light of dawn shines in the sky. Very quietly

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: Chorus behind the scenes. Not too slow

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: The first light of dawn shines in the sky (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: Prelude. With animation

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: The filthy, inanimate bulk of Hassan… (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: Fanfare preceding the Ballet (Gaily, outside)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 1, Dance of the Beggars. There enters the most awful selection of Eastern beggars the eye could imagine. Quick and vigorously

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: And then, after the Beggars (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 2, Chorus of Women. (Enter a band of fair and dusky beauties.) Quietly

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 3, Divertissement. Con moto

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: Rafi is then announced as The King of the Beggars (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 4, General Dance. Andante moderato – Allegro – Più mosso

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: Rafi is asked why he hates the Caliph so (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: Chorus of Beggars and Dancing Girls (from behind the scene, after the descent of the iron curtain). Comodo

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: This House of the Moving Walls… (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 2: The Street of Felicity. Very quietly

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 2: The SOS message has fallen from the balcony… (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 2: Music accompanying Ishak’s poem. Not too slow

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 2: Yasmin’s regard for Hassan has instantly shifted (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 1: Prelude. Moderato – Slower

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 1: Curtain

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 1: Hassan is installed at the Caliph’s Palace (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 1: Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Very quietly – Slow

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 1: The slaves inform Hassan that there is a beautiful lady… (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: The great Hall of the Palace. With vigour – Quieter

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: We are in the Great Hall of the Caliph’s Palace (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: Fanfares, in the great Hall of the Palace

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: As more and more people gather… (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: Entry of the Caliph. Pompously

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: The Caliph declares the trial of the beggars open (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: Fanfares

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: Then Rafi, King of the Beggars, is summoned (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 4 Scene 1: Prelude. Slow – Passionately

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 4 Scene 1: In the Palace’s dark vaults (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 4 Scenes 1 & 2: Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Slow and ponderously

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 4 Scene 2: Sunlight streams through the cell’s grating (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 1: Prelude. Quick – Slower, softer - Not too quick – Curtain. The Garden of the Caliph’s Palace, in front of a pavilion. Sunset. Quietly – Enter the Caliph with attendants as Hassan comes from his Pavilion

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 1: The song of the Muezzin at sunset

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 1: With another sunset approaching (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 1: The Procession of Protracted Death. March tempo

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 1: The long, dreadful execution ensues… (Narrator)

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 2: Prelude to the last scene. With flowing movement

Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 2: Closing Scene. Slow – (The Caravan recedes farther and farther into the distance.) – (Dying away in the distance)