Product Description
William Hawley's oratorio Seattle, for Vocal Soloists, Women's Choir, Chorus, and Orchestra was commissioned by the Seattle Choral Company, Fred Coleman, Director, and premiered by them, with Juliana Rambaldi, Soprano, Carolyn Gronlund, Mezzo-Soprano, Wesley Rogers, Tenor, William Rhodes, Bass, and The Seattle Choral Company Chorus and Orchestra, Fred Coleman, Conductor, in Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington, on November 4, 2001. The work is a four-movement setting of Chief Seattle's 1854 Treaty Oration in the English translation of Dr. Henry Smith. Total duration: 40 minutes.
Soloists:
Soprano
Mezzo-Soprano
Tenor
Bass
Women's Choir:
SSA
Large Chorus:
SSAATTBB
Orchestra:
3 Flutes (Third doubles Piccolo)
2 Oboes
English Horn
3 Clarinets in Bb (Third doubles Bass Clarinet in Bb)
2 Bassoons
Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F
2 Trumpets in Bb
2 Trombones
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
2 Percussion (Bass Drum, Triangle, Large Suspended Cymbal)
Harp
Strings
(Contrabasses with low C required)
This is the Full Orchestral Score in the Composer's Edition (113 pp.), with full libretto in the front matter, including score page references for each section and movement. The audio sample consists of excerpts from the first, third, and final movements of the live recording of the World Premiere Performance in Benaroya Hall, including the opening and closing sections of the work. The Live Recording of the Premiere Performance of Seattle is also available for download on this site.
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