Calling All Dawns

Original Instrumentation

Orchestra, Hand Percussion, Soloists and Chorus

Alternate Arrangements

Chamber Orchestration, Choir and Piano

Duration

47 min

Text

Various

Premiere and Commission Info

First performed at Waterford Union High School, Wisconsin, by the Waterford Union Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Derek Machan, January 9, 2011. Subsequent performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, NY by the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Chorus, and Cadogan Hall, London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

PROGRAM NOTES

Calling All Dawns is a song-cycle in three movements: day, night and dawn. Each movement corresponds to a different phase of life--life, death, and rebirth. There are songs of joy, mystery, and hardship, reflecting the complexity of our mortality. There are songs of the deepest, darkest sorrow to accompany us through death. And finally, there are songs of triumph and exultation that bring us roaring back to life, beginning the cycle anew.

REHEARSAL MATERIALS

AVAILABLE EDITIONS

STUDY SCORE

Complete transcription of the full orchestration featured on the album

3(3dPicc/AFl).3(3dEHrn).3(3dBCl).2+1/6.3.2+1.1/Timp+4+7/Pno(dCel)/Hrp/Strings
[Perc: GC, SusCym, Tam-tam, Ptti, Chimes, Vib, ThunderSheet, Rattle, Wdblk, Tri, MTree, BellTree, Odaiko, Chu-daiko, Uchiwa Taiko, Shime Taiko, Okedo, Japanese Singing Bowls, Surdo, Ashiko, Conga, Darabuka, Tabla, Nagara(s), Angklung, Chappa, Atarigane, Cajon, Pandeiro, Caixa, Agogos, Shkr, Caxixi, Samba Shaker, Finger Cym, WindChimes, Chan-chan (double finger cymbal), Ankle Bells, Elephant Bell Chain, Stones, Drum Kit, Drum Machine]
Optional: Shakuhachi, Zurna(s), Duduk, Mbira(s), Yangqin, Guitar

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FULL ORCHESTRATION

Most-commonly performed orchestration to approximate the sound of the album

2(1dPicc,2dAFl).2.2.2/4.3.2+1.1/Timp+5/Pno(dCel)/Hrp/Strings
[Perc: GC, SusCym x2, Tam-tam, Ptti, BellTree, Chimes, Glock, Rattle, Wdblk, Tri, Taiko, Surdo, Ashiko, Darabuka, Tabla, Chappa, Atarigane, Agogos, Shkr, Caxixi, Finger Cym, WindChimes, Chan-chan (double finger cymbal), MTree, Stones, opt. Drum Kit]

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CHAMBER ORCHESTRATION

Significantly reduced winds, brass, and percussion (revised April 2017)

1(dPicc).1.1.0/2.0.1+1.0/Timp+3/Pno(dCel)/Hrp/Strings
[Perc: GC, SD, Ptti, SusCym, Tam-tam, Chimes, Glock, MTree, BellTree, WindChimes, Tri, Shkr, Caxixi, Samba Shaker, Chan-chan (double finger cymbal), Rattle, Taiko, Surdo, Ashiko, Chappa, Darabuka, Tabla, opt. Drum Kit]

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