Peter Grimes: Passacaglia

Benjamin Britten: Passacaglia from Act II of Peter Grimes, followed by Grimes s dialogue with the boy Interlude IV Passacaglia Scene 2 (Grimess hut is an upturned boat. It is on the whole shipshape, though bare and forbidding. Ropes coiled, nets, kegs and casks furnish the place. It is lighted by a skylight. There are two doors, one back center opens on the cliff, the other, downstage, opens on the road. The boy staggers into the room as if thrust from behind. Peter follows, in a towering