The White Island (1985)
The Bell-man - Upon Time - His Letanie to the Holy Spirit - The goodnesse of his God - The white island: or the place of the Blest
... to John Oliver and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus ...
Martino, Donald James (1931-2005) [ USA ]
Edition
Published by
Dantalian Inc.
[USA]
, 1986
Ref. :
DSE303a
(84 p.)
Type of material:
Full score
Copyright :
Donald Martino
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
20th century
(1980-1989)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Cantata
Mood of the piece:
chromatism
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Instrumentation:
Chamber orchestra
(17 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Flute (1) ; Oboe (1) ; Clarinet (1) ; Contrabass clarinet (1) ; Bass Clarinet (1) ; Bassoon (1) ; Contrabassoon (1) ; Horn (1) ; Trumpet (1) ; Tenor trombone (1) ; Bass trombone (1) ; Percussion (2) ; Piano (1) ; Celesta (1) ; Violin (2) ; Viola (1) ; Cello (1) ; Bass (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
chromatic
Duration:
25.0 min.
Number of verses:
26
Origin:
USA
Biblical references:
Numbers
Source of text:
His Noble Numbers ( religious poetic writings)
Data about the life of the work:
A great spiritual work that traces the Soul's agonizing journey to eternal bliss. Called by the San Francisco Examiner "serenely beautiful" 1985 Boston Symphony Centennial commission
