The Tigers

Composed 1917-19, orchestrated 1921-22 (six orchestral movements - see also Derived works below) and 1928-29.
New orchestration of prologue 1969 - unfinished.
Originally known as The Grotesques.
Vocal score published 1932.
Full score lost; rediscovered 1977, following publicity and offer of reward by the Havergal Brian Society.

Prologue and Act I
Columbine (soprano)
Toy seller (soprano)
Lady 1 (soprano)
Lady 2 (soprano)
Costerwoman (mezzo)
Sweetmeat seller (alto)
Dude 1 (alto)
Dude 2 (alto)
Old clothes seller (tenor)
Pantalon (tenor)
Clergyman 1 (tenor)
Clergyman 2 (tenor)
Man on elephant (tenor)
Artist (tenor)
Billposterer (baritone)
Coster 1 (baritone)
Coster 3 (baritone)
Policeman 1 (baritone)
Policeman 2 (baritone)
Policeman 3 (baritone)
Policeman 4 (baritone)
Policeman 5 (baritone)
Clergyman 3 (baritone)
Clergyman 4 (baritone)
Elephant keeper (baritone)
Crier (baritone)
Gentleman 1 (baritone)
Gentleman 2 (baritone)
Fruitseller (bass)
Coster 2 (Henry) (bass)
Clergyman 5 (bass)
Clergyman 6 (bass)
Colonel Sir John Stout (bass)
Regimental sergeant major (bass)
_Acts II and III _
Lady Stout (soprano)
Mrs Pamela Freebody (soprano)
Mrs Curzon (mezzo)
Bishop (tenor)
Police sergeant (tenor)
Cook 1 (tenor)
Cook 2 (tenor)
Man in plusfours (tenor)
Red Indian (baritone)
Napoleon (baritone)
Alexander the Great (bass)
Colonel Sir John Stout (bass)
Police sergeant (bass)
Regimental sergeant major (bass)
The Tigers (TTBB chorus)
Crowds etc (SATB choruses)
3 flutes (2 also piccolos), 3 oboes (1 also cor anglais), 3 clarinets (1 also Eb clar, 1 also bass clar), 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 6 horns, 4 trumpets, bugle in C, 4 trombones, 5 tubas, euphonium, timpani (3 players), cymbal, bass drum, side drum, long drum, triangle, tambourine, tamtam, thunder machine, whip, sleigh bells, town crier's bell, police bell, ship's siren, telephone bell, police whistle, motor horn, fire bells, tubular bells in Bb, C, D, Eb, xylophone, glockenspiel, celesta, harmonica, 2 vibraphones, tubaphone, 2 harps, organ, strings
offstage (Act III, sc2): 2 or more piccolos, 4 or more flutes, 3 or more side drums, bass drum

Prologue
  Scene 1: Hampstead Heath [502 bars]
  Scene 2: as before at night (leading to Pantalon and Columbine) [425 bars]
Act I
  Scene 1: ‘Drop curtain suggesting row of houses in a street’
  Scene 2: ‘Approach to a large railway station’
Act II
  Scene 1: Midnight [367 bars]
  Scene 2: Military parade ground [155 bars]
  Scene 3: Woodland scenery; time – noon–sunshine [487 bars]
  Scene 4: Promenade and dance [209 bars]
  Scene 5: Military parade ground [125 bars]
Act III
  Ballet (on a cathedral tower): 1 Gargoyles [152 bars]
  2 Lacryma (Tears of sorrow) [249 bars]
  Scene 1: Night; interior of a police station [197 bars]
  Scene 2: Approach to a stone river bridge [483 bars]
  Scene 3: Mont Duresco in background [134 bars]
  Finale: Scene as before; time – midnight. ‘The design of this finale is an approach from dead silence to mad tumult’ [214 bars]

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