Relayed to Daventry
In the Second Part we hear The Soul of Gerontius (Tenor), Guardian Angel (Mezzo-Soprano), The Angel of the Agony (Bass), and Demons, Angelicals, and Souls (Chorus). It opens with a brief Introduction, and then follow:-
Soul of Gerontius: 'I went to sleep; and now I am refreshed'.
Angel: 'My work is done, my task is o'er'.
Dialogue, Angel and Soul: 'All hail, my child and brother, hail!'
Demons: 'Lowborn clods of brute earth'.
Angel: 'It is the restless panting of their being'.
Demons: 'The mind bold and independent'.
Dialogue, Soul and Angel: 'I see not those false spirits'.
Angelicals: 'Glory to Him'.
Angel: 'They sing of thy approaching agony'.
Soul: 'But hark! a grand mysterious harmony!'
Angel: 'And now the threshold, as we traverse it, utters aloud its grand responsive chant'.
Angelicals: 'Praise to the Holiest in the height'.
Dialogue, Angel and Soul: 'Thy judgment now is near'.
Angel of the Agony: 'Jesu! by that shuddering dread which fell on Thee'.
Voices on Earth: 'Be merciful, be gracious. spare him. Lord'.
Angel: 'Praise to His Name'.
Soul: 'Take me away'.
Souls in Purgatory: 'Lord, Thou hast been our refuge'.
Angel: 'Softly and gently, dearly ransomed soul... I now enfold thee'.
Souls: 'Lord, Thou hast been our refuge'.
Angelicals: 'Praise to the Holiest'.