Adapted from the Arthurian legends, Pendragon is a perfect showcase for Britain's National Youth Music Theatre, rich in young and uncomplicated talent. With music by Peter Allwood, and book and lyrics by Peter Allwood, Joanna Horton, Jeremy James Taylor and Frank Whately, the composers have focused on the difficulties and life's complexities faced by Arthur Pendragon in his journey from boy to man, despite the guidance of his mentor, the Merlin. There is action, the confronting of one's destiny, and the forces which threaten to overwhelm, explored through a drama full of movement, mystery and music.
Pendragon was first staged by The National Youth Music Theatre company at Horsham Arts Centre in 1994, following creative work-shops with members of the original cast. It was then performed at the Edinburgh Festival the same year where the show won the Scotsman Fringe First Award and the Hamada Edinburgh Festival Award. Pendragon has since been seen in Taipei, Hong Kong, London, New York and has just finished a week in Exeter and a week in Porthcurno before returning to London's Peacock Theatre for a short season in October this year.
TRACKLIST:
CD One:
1. Sae-Draca - Company
2. Pendragon Calls - Company
3. Scene Two: The Court Of Uther - Company
4. My Little Child, My Brother / Send Her To The Nunnery - Katie Wilson, Matt Katon, Men
5. Scene Three: The Forest - Matt Katon, Men
6. Time Passing - Matt Katon
7. Adam Lay Y-Bounden / Deo Gracias - Katie Wilson, Susan Dale, Charlotte Hoare, Girls
8. Magnificat - Rebecca Lock, Katie Wilson, Matt Katon, Chorus
9. I've Tried To Say I Want Their Comfort - Katie Wilson
10. Scene Six: The Merlin's Cell - Matt Katon, Daniel Allwood
11. I Don't Want To Grow Up / Let Me Go - Daniel Allwood, Matt Katon, James Hoare, Tom Chambers
12. King Pellinore's Tale - Tom Chambers, James Hoare, Daniel Allwood
13. Scene Seven: The Apple Tree / Morgan's Temptation - Katie Wilson, Daniel Allwood, James Hoare
14. Scene Eight: The Woods / Kelemon - Daniel Allwood, James Hoare, Boys
15. The Falcon - Matt Katon, Chorus
16. Scene Ten: The Forest - Katie Wilson, Daniel Allwood, Matt Katon, Chorus
17. Morgan's Curse - Katie Wilson, Daniel Allwood, Andrew Hewitt, Matt Katon
18. For Years I've Given You A Light - Matt Katon, Andrew Hewitt
19. A Call To Arms - Company
20. Scene Eleven: The Court Of King Uther - Nick Saich, Shula Keyte, Matt Katon, Company
21. The Battle - Nick Saich, Company
CD Two:
1. The Sword In The Stone - Company
2. Time Passing / Scene Thirteen: The Castle Of King Leodegraunce - Rebecca Lock, Charlotte Hoare, Girls
3. I Hear The Wind Blow Coldly - Rebecca Lock, Reuben Jones
4. The Lake Of Avalon - Rebecca Lock, Reuben Jones, Charlotte Hoare, Madeleine Worrall, Ladies
5. Scene Fifteen: The Court Of King Arthur / Coronation Fanfare - Katie Wilson, Matt Katon, Company
6. In Every Vision - Andrew Hewitt, Rebecca Lock, Katie Wilson, Matt Katon, Company
7. Scene Sixteen: The Castle Of Caerleon / Time Passing (Reprise) - Rebecca Lock, Katie Wilson, Matt Katon, Charlotte Hoare, Nick Saich
8. How My Fear Haunts Me Still - Rebecca Lock
9. Pendragon's Quest - Andrew Hewitt, Tom Chambers, Company
10. Scene Eighteen: At Caerleon - Rebecca Lock, Andrew Hewitt, Katie Wilson, Christian Coulson, Nick Saich, Men
11. Nay Had The Apple Taken Been - Rebecca Lock, Nick Saich, Katie Wilson, Girls
12. Lost! - Andrew Hewitt, Company
13. On The Falcon - Andrew Hewitt, Matt Katon
14. Sae-Draca (Reprise) - Katie Wilson, Andrew Hewitt, Company
15. On The Moss - Madeleine Worrall, Andrew Hewitt, Ladies
16. Sae-Draca (Reprise) - Andrew Hewitt, Katie Wilson, Company
17. Pendragon's Return - Andrew Hewitt, Katie Wilson, Matt Katon, Rebecca Lock, Charlotte Hoare, James Hoare
18. Finale Act Two - Rebecca Lock, Andrew Hewitt, Madeleine Worrall, Company