Product Description
This is the Live Recording of the Premiere Performance of William Hawley's oratorio Seattle, for Vocal Soloists, Women's Choir, Chorus, and Orchestra, 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).
Movement Timings:
1. Yonder Sky 00:00-7:23
2. There Was a Time 7:28-15:42
3. To Us The Ashes 15:46-20:40
4. Day and Night 20:45-27:32
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 Full Score of Seattle is also available for download on this site,
ASCAP https://williamhawley.net.
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