On October 7, 1991, “EMI Classics” label released “Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio”, a live album by Paul McCartney and Carl Davis. It was recorded in June 1991, at “Liverpool Cathedral” in Liverpool, England, and was produced by John Fraser. The album was released to commemorate the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s 150th anniversary.

Personnel:

• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir – chorus
• Liverpool Cathedral Choiristers – chorus
• Carl Davis – conductor
• Ian Tracey – conductor
• Kiri Te Kanawa – soprano: Mary Dee
• Jerry Hadley – tenor: Shanty
• Sally Burgess – mezzo-soprano: Miss Inkley, Chief Mourner, Nurse
• Willard White – bass: Headmaster, Preacher, Mr. Dingle
• Jeremy Budd – treble: Boy soloist

Track listing:

All pieces by Paul McCartney and Carl Davis.

Movement I – War

1. Andante (Orchestra)
2. Non Nobis Solum
3. The Air Raid Siren Slices Through… (Shanty)
4. Oh Will It All End Here? (Shanty)
5. Mother and Father Holding Their Child

Movement II – School

1. We’re Here in School Today to Get a Perfect Education
2. Walk in Single File Out of the Classroom (Headmaster)
3. Settle Down
4. Kept in Confusion (Shanty)
5. I’ll Always Be Here (Mary Dee)
6. Boys, This Is Your Teacher (Headmaster, Miss Inkley)
7. Tres Conejos (Miss Inkley, Headmaster, Shanty)
8. Not for Ourselves (Headmaster, Miss Inkley, Shanty)

Movement III – Crypt

1. And So It Was That I Had Grown (Shanty)
2. Dance
3. I Used to Come Here When This Place Was a Crypt (Shanty, Preacher)
4. Here Now (Shanty)
5. I’ll Always Be Here (Mary Dee, Shanty)
6. Now’s the Time to Tell Him (Mary Dee, Shanty)

Movement IV – Father

1. Andante Lamentoso
2. O Father, You Have Given… (Chief Mourner)
3. (Ah)
4. Hey, Wait a Minute (Shanty)
5. Father, Father, Father (Shanty, Chief Mourner)

Movement V – Wedding

1. Andante Amoroso – I Know I Should Be Glad of This (Shanty, Mary Dee)
2. Father, Hear Our Humble Voices (Preacher)
3. Hosanna, Hosanna (Mary Dee, Shanty)

Movement VI – Work

1. Allegro Energico
2. Working Women at the Top (Mary Dee)
3. Violin Solo
4. Did I Sign the Letter… (Mary Dee)
5. Tempo I
6. When You Ask a Working Man (Shanty, Mr. Dingle)
7. Let’s Find Ourselves a Little Hostelry (Mr. Dingle)

Movement VII – Crises

1. Allegro Molto
2. The World You’re Coming Into (Mary Dee)
3. Tempo I
4. Where’s My Dinner? (Shanty, Mary Dee)
5. Let’s Not Argue (Shanty, Mary Dee)
6. I’m Not a Slave (Mary Dee, Shanty)
7. Right! That’s It! (Mary Dee)
8. Stop. Wait.
9. Do You Know Who You Are… (Nurse)
10. Ghosts of the Past Left Behind (Nurse, Shanty, Mary Dee)
11. Do We Live in a World… (Mary Dee, Nurse, Shanty)

Movement VIII – Peace

1. And So It Was That You Were Born (Shanty)
2. God Is Good
3. What People Want Is a Family Life (Preacher)
4. Dad’s in the Garden (Nurse, Mary Dee, Preacher, Shanty)
5. So on and on the Story Goes (Mary Dee, Shanty)