Kevin Mallon - Polly

Pepusch' ballad opera Polly, composed in 1729 to John Gay' libretto as a sequel to their highly successful the Beggar' Opera, never reached the stage owing to government censorship. In 1777, Samuel Arnold completely renovated the score.

1) Overture
2) Act I: Air 1: Noel Hills: He That Weds (Ducat)
3) Act I: Air 2: Polwart on the Green: Observe the Statesman's Ways (Trapes)
4) Act I: Air 3: Dr Arnold: She Who Hath Felt a Real Pain By Cupid's Dart (Polly)
5) Act I: Air 4: Dr Arnold: Farewell Farewell Farewell All Hope of Bliss! (Polly)
6) Act I: Air 5: Dr Arnold: Despair Is All Folly (Trapes)
7) Act I: Air 6: Old Orpheus Tickl'd: When Billows Come Breaking on the Strand (Ducat)
8) Act I: Air 7: Christ-Church Bells: When a Woman Jealous Grows (Ducat Mrs. Ducat)
9) Act I: Air 8: Cheshire-Rounds: When Kings By Their Huffing (Damaris)
10) Act I: Air 9: Johnny Fa': The Crow or Daw (Polly)
11) Act I: Air 10: Bury Fair: How Can You Be So Teazing (Ducat Polly)
12) Act I: Air 11: March in Scipio: Brave Boys Prepare (Ducat Mrs. Ducat)
13) Act I: Air 12: Jig-It-O'Foot: Better to Doubt All That's Doing (Damaris)
14) Act I: Air 13: Dr Arnold: Aboard After Misses Most Husbands Will Roam (MRS Ducat)
15) Act I: Air 14: Tweedside: The Stag When Chas'd (Polly)
16) Entr'acte: Dances of the Pirates: I. March
17) Entr'acte: Dances of the Pirates: II. Hornpipe I
18) Entr'acte: Dances of the Pirates: III. Andante
19) Entr'acte: Dances of the Pirates: IV. Hornpipe II
20) Entr'acte: Dances of the Pirates: V. Allegro
21) Act II: Air 1: La Villanella: Why Did You Spare Him (Polly)
22) Act II: Dead March
23) Act II: Air 2: La Cavalliere: Patriots at First Declare (Culverin)
24) Act II: Air 3: Minuet: Cheer Up My Lads (Culverin)
25) Act II: Air 4: Dr Arnold: Shall I Not Be Bold When Honour Calls (Morano Jenny)
26) Act II: Air 5: Peggy's Mill: When Gold Is in Hand (Jenny)
27) Act II: Air 6: Dr Arnold: Woman's Like the Flatt'ring Ocean (Vanderbluff)
28) Act II: Air 7: The Boatman: Tho' Different Passions Rage By Turns (Morano)
29) Act II: Air 8: Hunt the Squirrel: The World Is Always Jarring (Polly)
30) Act II: Air 9: Dr Arnold: In Love and Life the Present Use (Jenny)
31) Act II: Air 10: Dr Arnold: We Never Blame the Forward Swain (Jenny Polly)
32) Act II: Air 11: Dr Arnold: The Body of the Brave May Be Taken (Cawwawkee)
33) Act II: Air 12: Excuse Me: Honour Calls Me (Morano)
34) Act II: Air 13: Ruben: Honour Plays (Jenny)
35) Act II: Air 14: The Marlborough: We the Sword of Valour (Morano)
36) Act III: Air 1: The Sportsmen Keep Hawks (Polly)
37) Act III: Air 2: O Saw Ye My Father: Love with Beauty Is Flying (Cawwawkee)
38) Act III: Air 3: Prince Eugene's March: When the Tyger Roams (Morano)
39) Act III: Air 4: Kate of Aberdeen: The Turtle Thus Upon the Spray (Cawwawkee)
40) Act III: Air 5: Dr Arnold: The Soldiers Who By Trade Must Dare (Morano)
41) Act III: Air 6: Shall Man in Arne's Abel: My Heart Forebodes (Polly)
42) Act III: Dances of the Indians: I. Allegro
43) Act III: Dances of the Indians: II. Andante
44) Act III: Dances of the Indians: III. Allegro
45) Act III: Dances of the Indians: IV. Andante
46) Act III: Dances of the Indians: V. Allegro
47) Act III: Air 7: The Temple: Justice Long Forbearing (Cawwawkee Indian Scout Polly Chorus)
48) Act III Appendix: What Man Can Virtue or Courage Repose (Ducat)
49) Act III Appendix: I Hate the Foolish Elf (Ducat)
50) Act III Appendix: Victory Is Ours (Polly Cawwawkee)