Peter Grimes: Now the Great Bear ( Jon Vickers)

Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes Now the Great Bear Jon Vickers (tenor) as Peter Heather Harper, soprano (Peter) Now the great Bear and Pleiades where earth moves Are drawing up the clouds of human grief Breathing solemnity in the deep night. Who can decipher In storm or starlight The written character of a friendly fate As the sky turns, the world for us to change But if the horoscope s bewildering Like a flashing turmoil of a shoal of herring, Who can turn skies back and begin