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(Henry Kimball Hadley)
The writing of this symphonic/tone poem for orchestra,
based on Ocean Ode by Louis K. Anspacher, began in 1920 and was completed in the
October of 1921.
Henry Hadley explained that he had taken certain
stanzas from Ocean Ode and, used
them in a different order to how they appear in the poem. The result was a
piece of music which portrays all the different moods of the ocean from
calm to tumultuous. It has a
recurring “motto” throughout and contains an Introduction, the
first part is an Allegro, the middle has a “sea sprite motif”
and the third is serene with a finale of the motto to complete the piece.
The work had it’s
premiere at New York’s
Carnegie Hall on 17th November
1921 when the composer conducted the New York
Philharmonic. It has since been
performed by many orchestras and recorded by the National Symphony
Orchestra of Ukraine.
National
Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine recordings
Naxos 8.559064 (CD: Henry
Kimball Hadley: Symphony No. 4
in D minor, Op. 64; The Ocean, Op. 99; The Culprit Fay, Op. 62)
The Ocean (Henry Kimball Hadley)
Conductor – John McLaughlin
Williams
Sources:
- CD
Liner Notes – Hadley: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor , The Ocean
Op.99, The Culprit Fay Op.62
- http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.559064
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kimball_Hadley#Symphonic_Poems
- http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/291408.html
- http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=3643
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