TREMAIN, R.: Music and Silence (Abridged)

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1. Narrator: A lamp is lit. - 04:59
2. Then his majesty stands up and moves… - 04:49
3. Kirsten Munk, Consort of King Christian IV of Denmark… - 04:56
4. Narrator: Denmark is a watery kingdom. - 04:58
5. It is snowing at Rosenborg. - 06:07
6. The child Christian, after his baptism… - 06:46
7. Kirsten: One birthday gift I have not mentioned… - 02:58
8. Narrator: Peter Claire and Jens Ingemann return… - 04:51
9. Although it is only 10 o'clock in the morning… - 05:25
10. Lament of Countess O Fingal from her notebook… - 05:32
11. Narrator: Emilia was born in Jutland. - 07:03
12. Countess: I must now mention my four children… - 07:26
13. Narrator: Only high-born children were sent… - 08:39
14. Kirsten: The King has gone away. - 04:38

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1. Kirsten (cont.): Today - a day of sudden sun… - 05:40
2. Narrator: Now, with Emilia gone, Magdalena Tilsen rules… - 03:38
3. Countess: While I and the children were staying… - 04:55
4. Kirsten: Since the King's departure into Norway… - 02:42
5. Countess: On the day that Peter Claire arrived… - 05:56
6. Narrator: The convoy has arrived in the icy valleys… - 06:29
7. Letter from Johann Tilsen to Emilia Tilsen - 01:39
8. Kirsten: Oh, Lord, but Men do Vex me… - 04:52
9. Narrator: The golden plaits are gone. - 05:52
10. Countess: One day, in high summer, Johnnie announced… - 03:29
11. Narrator: Towards the end of June… - 05:40
12. Sir Mark Langton Smythe, as is the custom… - 05:14
13. King Christian had waited nine years to be crowned. - 07:29
14. Kirsten: I declare that no time in my life… - 05:40
15. Narrator: Peter Claire walks alone in the streets… - 05:34
16. Countess: Johnnie O'Fingal returned from Dublin… - 03:37

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1. The Thoughts of Marcus Tilsen, Aged Four and a Half… - 02:52
2. Narrator: On her journey to Jutland… - 06:32
3. Kirsten: The success of my announcement to the King… - 03:57
4. Narrator: Emilia Tilsen stands in the cellar… - 05:47
5. When he wakes… - 04:19
6. Letter from Countess O'Fingal to Peter Claire - 01:54
7. Kirsten: How I do loathe and detest musical performances! - 04:58
8. Narrator: Dowager Queen Sofie stares at her own face… - 06:25
9. In the night that follows this afternoon… - 05:38
10. And then she hits him. - 04:59
11. Kirsten: We are at Boller in my mother's house. - 02:45
12. Marcus: My father says 'Now you have a new sister…' - 00:39
13. Letter from Countess O'Fingal to Peter Claire - 01:38
14. Narrator: The lane is bright with sunshine… - 03:12
15. While the summer lasted… - 08:10
16. Vibeke Kruse has begun to lose weight. - 08:34
17. Kirsten: In this miserable November… - 03:03
18. Narrator: The spirit of mutiny among the musicians… - 04:03

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1. Narrator (cont.): George Middleton's submission… - 06:46
2. Kirsten: My baby has been christened Dorothea… - 07:04
3. The King arrives at Kronborg early in the morning… - 08:59
4. Marcus: I went into the forest… - 01:28
5. Narrator: Johann Tilsen and his sons search for Marcus… - 05:41
6. Kirsten: We spent Christmas in darkness. - 05:31
7. Narrator: Mr. George Middleton is giving a party… - 07:12
8. Francesca and her father look at Peter Claire… - 08:33
9. Dowager Queen Sofie is in her cellar. - 04:42
10. As the cold of January deepens… - 05:58
11. While Signor Ponti consults… - 08:45
12. Ingmar was sent away. - 07:36

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1. Narrator (cont.): It had always been true of Marcus… - 08:53
2. It used to happen when Christian was a boy… - 05:00
3. Kirsten: March has come in and the snow… - 04:29
4. Narrator: On a morning in March 1630… - 04:03
5. Countess: We have arrived in a land of forests. - 06:06
6. Narrator: No sooner is baby Ulla weaned… - 05:27
7. Kirsten: I am alone. - 02:02
8. Narrator: The date of Charlotte Claire's wedding… - 04:30
9. King Christian is trying to pray. - 07:46
10. On a bright morning, Peter Claire hears the noise… - 07:56
11. 'No one knows', says Johann Tilsen to the doctor… - 04:31
12. April arrives. - 05:29
13. Ellen Marsvin finds the former Woman of the Torso… - 07:26
14. With the death of Magdalena… - 05:48

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1. Narrator (cont.): Somehow the men contrive it… - 02:40
2. The dream is familiar to King Christian… - 06:54
3. Vibeke watches the steady burning of the candle… - 07:55
4. As April comes in… - 07:45
5. A few nights before the court removes itself… - 04:23
6. Now, a ship called the Sankt Nicolai is lying becalmed… - 04:46
7. Kirsten: I have given away my baby, Dorothea. - 05:44
8. It appeared that as the coach passed through… - 04:24
9. Narrator: On the first day of May… - 04:10
10. Peter Claire stares at the room. - 06:07
11. Kirsten: I find myself turning the word Slave over and over… - 05:59
12. Narrator: Emilia has her pot of poison now, white as snow. - 07:14
13. In the night, Marcus wakes his sister and says… - 06:54
14. Kirsten: Last night I had a dream. - 04:01

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