Eight Songs for a mad King - Roy Hart - the original singer

Eight Songs for a Mad King (text)

Track1 .The Sentry
Track2 The Country Walk
Track3 The Lady-in-Waiting
Track4 To be Sung on the Water
Track5 The Phantom Queen

Track6 The Counterfeit
Track7 Country Dance
Track8 The Review

Track9 Soul Portrait
This is an extract from the original demonstration tape sent by Roy Hart to Peter Maxwell-Davies; the result of which was this composition, the first piece of 'Music Theatre' ever written.

Music by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Words by Randolph Stow and George III

Performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London 22nd April 1969

Performance Note

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Back stage story and painting by Richard Armstrong

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