Whitman Songs
for Baritone and Orchestra
Text by Walt Whitman
1. Who Goes There?
2. At Ship’s Helm
3. We Two Boys Together Clinging
Instrumentation
Baritone Solo
Flute (dbl. Piccolo)
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
2 Horns in F
2 Trumpets in C
Tenor Trombone
Whitman Songs
for Baritone and Orchestra
Percussion
Anvil
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Medium Tam-Tam
Large Tam-Tam
Ship's Bell (E-flat)
Wind Machine
Chimes
Crotales
Tenor Drum
2 Triangles
Vibraslap
Harp
Piano
Strings
Duration: approx. 16’
Notes
COMPOSED: 1993/94
WORLD PREMIERE PIANO/VOCAL VERSION: Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, May 1998. Thomas Hampson, baritone, Michael Tilson Thomas, piano
WORLD PREMIERE OF THE ORCHESTRAL VERSION: San Francisco, September 1999 (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony)
2023/24 REVISED VERSION: Thomas Hampson, baritone; Michael Tilson Thomas conductor, New World Symphony.
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1. Who Goes There?
For Thomas Hampson
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