MR OWEN ROUGHWOOD gave you a sense of his belief in the efficacy of stardust. That you may swim upon that tide of gold . Go, sweep her to'ards the Cave, and break her trance: Alle Darsteller, bis auf zwei Stuntleute, treten auf Rollschuhen auf, die Stuntleute fahren auf Inlineskates. She has the ability to emit blinding light from her hands and also the ability to fly. All. " Only You " is the love duet from Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Starlight Express. To dim their magical blue? Contents. É famoso pelos atores atuarem nos patins, com coreografia original de Arlene Phillips. Asked to dine – and stay the night! The critics who reported their view of the opening night, while praising the music and particular performers, remarked on the lack of substance to the story. The Organ Grinder: "Come Little Winds". Laugher: – "Laugh a little ev'ry day", 11. Unwumble deftly! The tide of stars is setting all our way, O children, open your eyes to me, .) The author was well served by his associates. Lighting and setting were admirably contrived; and the grouping of the little prologue scenes, where that kindly handsome giant of an organ-grinder (MR. CHARLES MOTT), with the superbly cut corduroys, sang so tunefully to as sweet a flock of little maids as one would wish to see, was particularly effective. Has need of You! The story appealed to Elgar because of its similarities to the private fantasy world of his own childhood which he had depicted in the music he wrote for "The Wand of Youth"; his first thought was to re-use that music, and he wove many reminiscences of it into the score. She weaves her magical Spell. In the lane or dingy street; Who will win? Flew up to the stars instead! . He begs Rusty to take his place. Whistle her dreams of straw across the sky For she fills you with light and with laughter, that sings away the half And sow earth's little gardens of unrest " Starlight Express " is the 'showstopper' number from the musical Starlight Express. Dandelions, daffodils, Grown-up folk may call 'em rotten, Nor how many tons you weigh 1 London 1.1 Voyd, 1984 - 1985 1.2 1985 - 1992 1.3 Lyndi Oliver, 1992 - 1995 1.4 Marissa Dunlop, 1995 1.5 Rebekka Gibbs, 1996 1.6 Stephanie Spellman, 1997 1.7 Danielle Harley, 1998 1.8 Amanda Valentine, 1999 1.9 Gabrielle Noble, 2000 1.10 Louise Jones, 2001 1.11 Press 2 Broadway 1987 2.1 Mary Ann Lamb, 1987 3 Japan/Australia Tours 3.1 Amanda Abbs, 1987 3.2 Leah-Sue Morland, … .) stars shine brightly! Many performers with the physical strength and creative acting skills have performed in both of Andrew Lloyd Webber's anthropomorphic musicals, and are also listed in the Starlight Express Wiki Database. Who squeezes the sponge when the salt tears flow Before the curtain opens, there is a short musical prelude, and the Organ Grinder sings the waltz-song "The Blue-Eyes Fairy". ( - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - -) The cure is stardust – which is sympathy. . Starlight Express. . Blow your best ! . We want you all - Who tip-toes along past the curtained folds . She has a lack of experience which is discovered throughout the events of the evening. From Fairyland, Gypsy, Lampman, come! Each mounted, each mounted on a star's reflected ray. It is now night-time and the children are awake. With their tiny nets of feather. . Just beyond the Haystack's shadow, Is somewhere thin! The Woman-of-the-Haystack is the mother of them all, borne on the winds. The music continues through the curtain rise on the first scene. . A golden flower, Most productions have involved the original creative team or their deputies. . ...The source of our life is hid with Beauty very, very far away. . When I caught the children dancing She is awfully tiny and shy to the sight, The Starlight Express is a children's play by Violet Pearn, based on the imaginative novel A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon Blackwood, with songs and incidental music written by the English composer Sir Edward Elgar in 1915. The production was announced in The Times, mentioning that the small orchestra pit of the theatre would be enlarged to accommodate a full orchestra. The musical tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine, Rusty, who races in a championship against modern engines in the hope of impressing a first-class carriage, Pearl. Have split the seams. Buttercups for posies! I couldn't guess if the children in the audience liked it. She'll make you forget that you're old. Sisters to the Hyades, They are toy trains. .) It was also the second … The weary world has rather lost its way! Head Gardener too, For ev'ry hour . It's a rock 'n' roll spectacular, a sporting event, and – at its heart – a simple, hopeful love story. Cats • Situated in the center of the region's unexplored dark zones, the station's large size caused its construction to cost a great effort and expense. . The treatment was discovered by the children of a poor author in a cheap Swiss pension and by "Cousin Henry" a successful business man of quite an unusual sort. The Pleiades call softly to Orion, Spring Awakening • In 1997, the 1990 Decca recording of 'The Starlight Express' was remastered. For my tunes are ne'er forgotten, Starlight Express is a bus that takes Chuck/Mandi/Custom Worker into Starlight City during the intro of Papa's Wingeria/HD/To Go!. Who hides in the hours To-morrow holds? And tell me your wonder thoughts, The "Sun Dance" and "Moths and Butterflies" music from the "Wand of Youth", The prelude includes a quotation from the "Fairy Pipers" of "The Wand of Youth". O children, open your arms to me, Organ Grinder (Baritone): "To the Children" – "O children, open your arms to me,", 2. März 1987 im Gershwin Theatre in New Y… The children identify with star constellations: Jane Anne the Pleiades, Jimbo the Pole Star, and Monkey with the Great and Little Bear. The narrator for the occasion was composer Michael Berkeley. (laughs) Hark! The exterior of the Starlight Express as seen in the Wingeria pack of Papa Louie Pals. That I'm lost in your fairy-lands; She would like to thank her Mum and Dranma for encouraging her to persue her dream. For the Big and Little Bear. The Musical Times thought well of her. The Sprites descend from the Starlight Express: they are the Organ Grinder, the Sweep who sweeps worries away, the Dustman with the stardust of sympathy, the Lamplighter who lights up hope (and the stars), the Head Gardener who makes things grow, the Tramp with instinctive simplicity, and the 'Laugher' who sings troubles into joy. The Lamplighter exits to tend "the fires that are going out round the world.". At the gift – of seven pence! On 6 December the two chosen singers, the Australian-born soprano Clytie Hine and baritone Charles Mott,[4] rehearsed with Elgar. In plainer words he wants to present you with a cure for "wumbledness": people who look at the black side of things, who think chiefly of themselves – those are the wumbled. There's a fairy that hides in the beautiful eyes Starlight Express. . In the little round hole where the eyeball lies "Starlight" is a song by English alternative rock band Muse from their fourth studio album Black Holes and Revelations. Starlight Express has been produced all over the world, from London and New York, to Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Of the shadow that Twilight lays? In April 1991 Starlight Express became the second longest running musical in London theatre history at that time. She was, I think, responsible more than any other for getting some of the mystery of the authentic Blackwood craft across to the audience. On 9 November 1915, Sir Edward Elgar was invited by Robin Legge, music critic of The Daily Telegraph, to write the music for a children's fantasy play to be produced at the Kingsway Theatre that Christmas. . Matilda • . . Starlight Express is a 1984 British musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. And on strips of windy weather bring the Day, And then if you'll let her, The jolly spontaneity of RONALD HAMMOND as young Bimbo was a pleasant thing, and ELSIE HALL, concealing less successfully her careful training in the part, prettily co-operated as his sister Monkey. ( Daddy's pattern, heart and brain ) And they laugh all my fancies to scorn, Starlight Express the Musical Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. Is blotted, and crumpled, and torn! ", 7. Stepped their guests as to a marriage - . Songs have been altered, added and deleted for different productions. Sprites come swiftly! And understand Free from ev'ry earthly care, Later productions have used additional songs with lyrics by Don Black, David Yazbek, Nick Coler and Lauren Aquilina, and with music by the composer’s son, Alastair Lloyd Webber.. Famously, the actors perform the entire show on roller skates.. . Seven by seven, 2.1 London (1984, 1992) 2.2 Broadway (1987) Wicked • His pattern's pouring through! Elgar agreed. . He's sleeping tightly ! In the comic series, she is known by her superhero alias, Starlight. For tears of trouble Starlight Express • . The Star of Bethlehem rises while the melody of the Christmas carol "The First Nowell" merges into the music. . ) Looking for info about the latest version of the show? Daddy enters, speaking through the "Starlight" music:.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}. She must get in: . . Will Rusty, the simple steam shunter, ever win the heart of the beautiful new girl Pearl? ( Sprinkle with the golden, golden ) The grown up folk are a wearisome folk, Cousin Henry is Orion. That deep tremendous thunder Laugh a little ev'ry day My secret's double, And the book of their childhood is torn! O children, I pray you speak low to me, Ev'ry loving gentle thought Organ Grinder: "The Blue-Eyes Fairy" – "There's a fairy that hides", 3. The North Wind too, Our sweetest dust Oh! When the children came to listen, Now I am a Constellation, 1. As that night in leafy June, It was first produced in 1984 in London's West End and has been produced all over the world since then – it's been running in Germany for 30 years and counting! Characters They're not just any trains: they race, love, and create rivalries – but they're all the offspring of a child's dream! Take your seats for the world championship railroad race. And, over-hearing, Carrie • And they bring the scent of musk: The Lion King • They fall asleep. . . Who plays in its outer courts? You can but try! AC/DC is Electra the Electric Engine's show-stopping introduction number. ( With your softest, sweetest golden dust! ) Who draws up the blinds when the sun peeps in? You all must draw your deepest breath and longest, So, if such a child you should chance to see, Laugher (Soprano): "The Laugher's Song" – "I'm ev'rywhere", 5. It is not known who conducted the orchestra. It was first produced in 1984 in London's West End and has been produced all over the world since then – it's been running in Germany for 30 years and counting! Starlight Express é um musical de rock por Andrew Lloyd Webber (música) e Richard Stilgoe (letras), com revisões posteriores por Don Black, David Yazbek, Alistair Lloyd Webber e Nick Coler. The universal solvent of despair, The Sprites hide. She agrees, or has agreed, to race with Rusty without any apparent understanding of how seriously everyone else takes race partners: "But Pearl, you said you'd go with me / That was ages ago!" Just remember that some things that are facts and some things are opinion. . ) There is the Dance of the Pleiades as the curtain falls. https://starlightexpressmusical.fandom.com/wiki/Starlight_Express_the_Musical_Wiki?oldid=47820. . Starlight Express ist ein Song aus der einundzwanzigsten Folge der dritten Staffel, And the winner is..., und wird von The Portland Scale Blazers bei den Nationals gesungen. Jane Anne & Cousin Henry, duet: "Hearts must be soft-shiny dressed" – "Dustman, Laugher, Tramp and busy Sweep", From the Christmas Carol The First Nowell. The play was The Starlight Express, an adaptation of a novel by Algernon Blackwood called A Prisoner in Fairyland, by Blackwood and Violet Pearn. Jane Anne and Cousin Henry (Organ Grinder): JA ( rest – - – - – -. 1 Generic Song List; 2 Songs by Production. The scene is concluded by an Entr’acte "In the Forest". Our real continuous life is spiritual. The stone is rolled away from the Star-cave. Who brushes the fringe of their lace-veined lids? Annie was born with her abilities and accidentally permanently blinded her parents and the doctors present upon birth. Oh! They're all soft-shiny now . Organ Grinder: "The Dawn" – "They're all soft-shiny now", 13. . Es basiert auf den Railway Series von Wilbert Vere Awdry und der Geschichte The Little Engine That Could von Watty Piper. So we've had to streamline the show a little, though the story and the dream are the same. Japanese. How they danced about the meadow Rocky Horror • the eyes must be blue, And my heart leapt out of prison They laugh all my fancies to scorn. Incidental music, including the "Dance of the Pleides" and "Fairy Pipers" from "The Wand of Youth". Who fastens them down at night? Gallery. The reasons for the failure were inappropriate design of the characters and scenery by Henry Wilson (who had been chosen and his work approved by Lena Ashwell), and the difficulty Pearn had in making something theatrical with her adaptation of the book. They collect our thoughts together, Later that year the three Organ Grinder's Songs were published by Elkin, with a piano accompaniment arranged by Julius Harrison. Elkin & Co. Ltd. London & New York, 1916, On 22 May 1918, Lance Corporal Charles James Mott, the successful singer in that first production of, In 1933 the conductor Joseph Lewis constructed from the score a 40-minute selection from, In September 1940 the Kingsway Theatre was damaged by fire in an air raid. Starlight Express German phonetics missing is a German songby Uwe Kröger. It is performed by the protagonist, Rusty, a young steam locomotive and his true love, the observation car, Pearl. . This wiki is here to collect all information and opinion on this unique show – from production information and casting notices to fan art and headcanons. The Organ Grinder: "The Blue-Eyes Fairy". This page was last edited on 10 February 2020, at 16:52. The introduction includes a violin and harp duet, and the "Little Bells" music from "The Wand of Youth". Ah! B. CLARENCE'S clever sympathetic hands. ( - – dust, With your softest, sweetest, . It's the spell of the Blue-Eyes Fairy. Their dreams CH( Hearts must be soft-shiny dressed ) The Sprites enter the cave and scatter stardust on the sleeping villagers. . No matter how tired or dull you be, Georgia says that being part of Starlight Express has been an amazing and unforgettable introduction into the world of professional musical theatre and considers herself privileged to have worked with such an inspirational cast and crew. 7. Of the children who treat her well; Wake up, you little Night Winds : Edit source History Talk (0) Comments Share. The curtain falls at the end of the scene. Still the children come to hear me Rusty, who wants to compete in the world championship railway races, has lost self belief because Greaseball and Electra have been … Standing ready and alight, West Side Story • At yourself, that is to say. Organ Grinder: "Come Little Winds" – "Wake up you little night winds", 6. Sheets of yaller roses, Ha-ha! The world now waking from her heavy sleep The baritone and composer Clive Carey had already started his own setting, but abandoned it when Elgar was commissioned.[2]. . SIR EDWARD ELGAR wove a delightfully patterned music of mysterious import through the queer tangle of the scenes and gave us an atmosphere loaded with the finest stardust. . Now go and blow the Haystack out of bed! The lyric "Our hopes and expectations, black holes and revelations" gives the album its title. In your garden of sweet surprise ! . Flutters to their happy feet; There is also a production in Bochum Germany which has been running for over 25 years and has been seen by an incredible fifteen million people. Jekyll & Hyde • The Introduction while the curtain rises includes "Moths and Butterflies" from "The Wand of Youth". Orion answering the Pleiades! The producer was to be Basil Dean: but since he had been called up for army service in France, he was replaced by the actress Lena Ashwell. . Annie • . The Phantom of the Opera • She always blows the strongest: Taking this as a sign from the Starlight Express, Poppa pairs up with Dustin – the only freight truck who will go with him – and races. The Cassette of the double album will take about one hour forty minutes before it bursts. . Starlight Express is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. And the path's swept clear! Les Misérables • Faced with an increased cost of living due to their disability, her parents were forced to give up custody of Annie to Vought. But her magic's past believing, . . Thick Mother of the Sprites - Starlight Express is written by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Richard Stilgoe (lyrics). But! Plan it, seed it. . It's race night! . Starlight Express is a musical unlike any other. Starlight Express is written by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) andRichard Stilgoe (lyrics). That, exiled over long, [5] It opened on 29 December 1915. With joy and trust - But the bigger children gave the piece a good welcome and called and acclaimed the shrinking author. At the rising of the moon! And the heart must be true, As nightly they have called these million years; . Hamilton • . No two productions of Starlight Express have ever been the same. Both Blackwood and Elgar had expressed misgivings about the design, and Blackwood had considered using his right to object and get a new artist. It's the spell of her own sweet weaving. On what a difficult rail our author was occasionally driving his express you may judge, when he makes this excellent but not particularly fragile British type exclaim "I am melting down in dew". ( For the rising of the star.) ( With your softest, sweetest ) Organ Grinder: "My Old Tunes" – "My old tunes are rather broken", 10. You will suddenly find that you're young again, The songs were, On 26 September 1946, two of the Organ Grinder's songs (, In 1974–1975, a complete recording was made by, In December 1990 some of the songs were recorded by, A 1992 Koss Classics release of lesser-known works by Elgar, performed by the. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The Song (first at the words "eyes; Let me sleep a moment") includes self-quotations of "The Little Bells" music from "The Wand of Youth". The children lie asleep; now let them out, The Starlight Express: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project, Julius Harrison (1885–1863), composer and conductor, Juliette Mylo was a French actress and playwright, with successful adaptations of popular plays at the, International Music Score Library Project, The Starlight Express, Op. "Children, come, it's time for bed" 13. After a short prelude which includes part of the "March" from "The Wand of Youth", The Organ Grinder sings "My Old Tunes". (A Lotta Locomotion original version intro) "You and me go steaming together / til someon… . . In 1984 Richard Adams provided a 'performing narrative' to accompany a performance of Elgar's score in the Netherlands. The final scene is the Pine forest by night, before the Star Cave. And tell me your visions too. They'll listen to my song . . . . . . The world has need of you! The novelist turned playwright wishes to make you see that "the Earth's forgotten it's a Star". Something Rotten! Or with such a child to play, . Capered lightly as a feather On 18–19 February 1916, a selection of the songs and music were given an acoustic recording at the, In December 1935, four of the songs were recorded at the HMV Studios, Hayes, by The Gramophone Company. Oh, think Beauty, But he so evidently has something to say, and the saying is so gallantly attempted, that he must emphatically be credited with something done – something well done really. The full verse, for reference: Cargo Ship: Technically, all the relationships in the show. Das Original stammt aus dem Musical Starlight Express aus dem Jahr 1984. The Starlight Express is a children's play by Violet Pearn,[1] based on the imaginative novel A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon Blackwood, with songs and incidental music written by the English composer Sir Edward Elgar in 1915. He worked on it enthusiastically, and in just over a month had produced over 300 pages of score – songs and incidental music – in time for the rehearsals. It was released on 4 September 2006 in the United Kingdom as the second single from Black Holes and Revelations. Who sleeps in your Yesterdays? Jane Anne (Soprano): "Sunrise Song" (or "Dawn Song") – "We shall meet the morning spiders", 8. Bring just a little token The sun has gone; The flippant hearer has always to be inhibiting irreverent speculations occasioned by such speeches. The curtain rises. The part of Daddy, the congested author who was either "going to light the world or burst" was in O. And whirl her canvas skirts about her head - ( For the rising of the star.). We shall meet the morning spiders, [6] It ran for only one month, closing on 29 January 1916. The song peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. The Starlight Express, a 1915 play by Violet Pearn and Algernon Blackwood with music by Edward Elgar Disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Starlight Express . Starlight Express been rewritten a lot since it was first performed. Starlight Express ist ein Musical mit der Musik von Andrew Lloyd Webber und Texten von Richard Stilgoe. But I'm looked for when it's dusk! Pearl is young, naive and innocent, and also very new to the railway. Let your hair fall over my eyes; The Sprites appear and Night falls. 78 by Sir Edward Elgar, Elgar Society page: The Starlight Express, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Starlight_Express&oldid=940116040, Pages incorrectly using the quote template, Articles with International Music Score Library Project links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Jane Anne ("Jinny", their eldest daughter, aged 17), Monkey (their youngest daughter, aged 12), Cousin Henry ("Henry Rogers", cousin of Daddy), Miss Waghorn and three other retired Governesses, a sequence in Jane Anne's song at the end of Act II Scene 2, "The Blue-Eyes Fairy" (Organ-Grinder's Song), Organ Grinder's Songs, piano accompaniment arranged by Julius Harrison, pub. But my tunes are still entrancing . . There is incidental music but there are no songs in this act, which has only one scene. Long ago, that leafy June, ( With your softest, sweetest best. ) The show has been produced over the world from the USA to Japan and Australia. The tide of stars is setting all one way, With the Sprites beneath the moon! Are really tears of laughter gone astray. Curiously, Clytie Hine, 'The Laugher', gets no mention. The bodily life uses what it can bring over from this enormous under-running sea of universal consciousness where we are all together, splendid, free, untamed; where thinking is creation, and where we see and know each other face to face... 10. The quicker the better While from out a railway carriage, Love, Laughter, Courage, Hope, and all the. 1 Background ; 2 Synopsis ; 3 Characters ; 4 Musical numbers ; 5 Production history ; 6 Notable cast members ; 7 Awards and nominations ; 8 Recordings ; 9 References ; 10 External links Will it be diesel? stars shine brightly! I laugh, 5. . Wikis are group projects, so please jump in! The little play has beautiful moments – and that is to say a great deal. The Organ-Grinder sings the Curfew Song. For the grown-up folk are a troublesome folk, The reviewer, the drama critic Joseph Thorp, used to sign himself "T". Accidental Innuendo: In the "Lotta Locomotion" number, Buffy (the buffet car) invites the audience to "come and bite my burgers." ( Hearts must be soft-shiny dressed . Before the song, he has been told by the old steam engine Poppa of a magical locomotive, named the Starlight Express, who will aid him in need. This idea, with many many changes made, ended up evolving into Starlight Express, whose first version premiered in London in 1984. All are welcome, but don't confuse them! Their hearts are dusted . ) You can even add information about a production of Starlight Express that you're involved with. "Starlight Express in the theatre runs to about two hours twenty minutes. . The curtain closes for the Entr’acte which is the "Blue-Eyes Fairy" Waltz, and this is followed by the "Dance of the Pleiades". Ah! Laugher: "Tears and Laughter" – "Oh! Review from the weekly magazine "Punch", 5 January 1916. Let me sleep a moment – and then awake The Starlight Express is a vehicle in the Jem animated series. Rent • And they come from far away, ( far. And cover my eyes with your hands. After a short musical overture, the Organ grinder appears in front of the curtain and sings "To the Children". . While the busy Pleiades, And the child must be better than gold! Groundhog Day • Who trims their innocent light? Then you sprinkle the precious stuff on people and they become miracles of content and unselfishness (The fact that life isn't in the very least like that is a thing you have just got to make yourself forget for three hours or so). It would be uncandid to pretend that Mr. ALGERNON BLACKWOOD gets everything he has to say in The Starlight Express safely across the footlights – those fateful barriers that trap so many excellent intentions. She was raised by foster parents and attended several superhero pageants as a child. ( Dust, that comes from very ) Madame Jequier rejoices because Cousin Henry has secretly paid all the debts of her pension. . . (laughs) and so forth. You have to get out into the cave where the starlight is stored, gather it – with the help of the Organ Grinder, who loves all children and sings his cheery way to the stars; and the Gardener who makes good things grow and picks up all the weeds; and the Lamplighter who lights up heads and hearts and stars impartially; and the Sweep, who sweeps away all blacks and blues over the edge of the world; and the Dustman, with his sack of Dream Dust that is Star Dust (or isn't it?)
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