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Ship of State

Composers:
  • Hartke, Stephen
Detailed Instrumentation: Piano solo
Duration: 17
Description:

This one-movement chamber concerto by Stephen Hartke for piano and twenty players uses four sections, each bearing headings from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Building of the Ship.” The poem is a culmination on the metaphorical comparison of the perils and tribulations of government to that of a ship at sea in a storm. It was commissioned by Xak Bjerken, the Oberlin Sinfonietta, the University of Southern California Thornton Edge Ensemble, Ensemble X, June in Buffalo, and the Arizona State University Chamber Orchestra. Section titles: 1. “Hanging breathless” (Foundering), 2. “In spite of false lights on the shore” (Edgy, potentially explosive), 3. “The anchors of thy hope” (Gently – a rueful lullaby), 4. “What Workmen wrought” (Lively, resurgent)

Products:

  • X410117 / 286689 SHIP OF STATE SOLO PNO PART $23.95Buy Now
  • R01567 / 286696 SHIP OF STATE RENTAL SC/PTS RENTALBuy Now
  • X074044 / 286688 SHIP OF STATE FS $54.95Buy Now

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