begin to recess back into their graves. A gentle orchestral interlude depicting the light of dawn leads into the melodrama The Summer Wind's Wild Hunt, a narration about the morning wind, which flows into the mixed-choral conclusion Seht die Sonne! ("See the Sun!"). Part one Orchestral Prelude Nun dämpft die Dämm'rung (tenor = Waldemar) O, wenn des Mondes Strahlen (soprano = Tove) Ross! Mein Ross! (Waldemar) Sterne jubeln (Tove) So tanzen die Engel vor Gottes Thron nicht (Waldemar) Nun sag ich dir zum ersten Mal (Tove) Es ist Mitternachtszeit (Waldemar) Du sendest mir einen Liebesblick (Tove) Du wunderliche Tove! (Waldemar) Orchestral Interlude Tauben von Gurre! (mezzo-soprano = Wood Dove) Part two Herrgott, weißt du, was du tatest (Waldemar) Part three Erwacht, König Waldemars Mannen wert! (Waldemar) Deckel des Sarges klappert (bass-baritone = Peasant, men's chorus) Gegrüsst, o König (men's chorus = Waldemar's men) Mit Toves Stimme flüstert der Wald (Waldemar) Ein seltsamer Vogel ist so'n Aal (Klaus the Jester) Du strenger Richter droben (Waldemar) Der Hahn erhebt den Kopf zur Kraht (men's chorus) Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd / The Summer Wind's Wild Hunt Instrumentation Gurre-Lieder calls for exceptionally large orchestral and choral forces (approximately 150 instrumentalists and 200 singers): Woodwinds 4 Piccolos (doubling Fl. 5–8) 4 Flutes 3 Oboes 2 English Horns (doubling Ob. 4, 5) 3 Clarinets in B & A 2 E clarinets (doubling A Cl. 4, 5) 2 Bass clarinets (doubling A Cl. 6, 7) 3 Bassoons 2 Contrabassoons Brass 10 Horns (Hns. 7-10 doubling Wagner tubas in B and F) 6 Trumpets in F, B & C Bass trumpet in E Alto trombone 4 Tenor trombones Bass trombone Contrabass trombone Tuba Percussion 6 Timpani Tenor drum Snare drum Bass drum Cymbals Triangle Ratchet Large Iron Chains Tam-tam Glockenspiel Xylophone Keyboards Celesta Voices Narrator Soprano (Tove) Mezzo-soprano (Waldtaube) 2 Tenors (Waldemar & Klaus-Narr) Bass-baritone (Peasant) 3 4-part male choruses 8-part mixed choir Strings 4 Harps Violins I, II (20 for each section) Viola (16) Violoncello (16) Double bass (12) Recordings Leopold Stokowski (1932), with soloists Paul Althouse (Waldemar), Jeanette Vreeland (Tove), Rose Bampton (Wood Dove), Robert Betts (Klaus the Jester), Benjamin de Loache (Peasant), Abrasha Robofsky (Narrator) and choirs Princeton Glee Club, Fortnightly Club, Mendelssohn Club, Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus. Recorded live by RCA Victor at the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia, in two distinct versions with the same personnel, on 9 and 11 April 1932. Stokowski (1949)