Peter Grimes (1945)
Plays: 16400
opera in three acts and a prologue
They Listen to Money (complete) - What Harbour Shelters Peace? (opening)
Duration: 01 mins 57 secs
Philip Langridge / Alan Opie / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox
(p) & © 1996 Chandos Records Ltd
Chandos 9447/8
Peter: They listen to money,
These Borough gossips.
I have my visions,
Fiery visions.
They call me dreamer,
They scoff at my dreams
And my ambition,
But I know a way
To answer the Borough;
I'll win them over.
Balstrode: With the new prentice?
Peter: We'll sail together.
These Borough gossips
Listen to money
Only to money:
I'll fish the sea dry,
Sell the good catches -
That wealthy merchant
Grimes will set up
Household and shop.
You will all see it!
I'll marry Ellen!
Balstrode: Man - go and ask her.
Without your booty,
She'll have you now.
Peter: No - not for pity!...
Balstrode: Then the old tragedy
Is in store:
New start with new prentice
Just as before.
Peter: What Peter Grimes decides
Is his affair.
Balstrode: You fool, man, fool!
Peter: Are you my conscience?
Balstrode: Might as well
Try shout the wind down as to tell
The obvious truth.
Peter: Take your advice -
Put it where your money is.
Balstrode: The storm is here. O come away.
Peter: The storm is here and I shall stay.
What harbour shelters peace,
Away from tidal waves, away from storms?
What harbour can embrace
Terrors and tragedies?
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