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The End of Knowing

for soprano, baritone and wind ensemble
texts by Seamus Heaney, Alfred Noyes, Joseph Brodsky, Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Chidiock Tichborne, Theodore Worozbyt and James Joyce
soprano, baritone and wind ensemble
Edition: Performance material

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The End of Knowing is a song-symphony for soprano and baritone and wind ensemble, commissioned by a consortium of 27 Bands across the United States.The work is a dramatic meditation on the nexus of religion, politics and the fragile human condition. It uses the poetry of Seamus Heaney, Alfred Noyes, Joseph Brodsky, Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Chidiock Tichborne, Theodore Worozbyt and James Joyce. It will receive its world premiere on September 25th 2014 by the Michigan State University Wind Symphony, Kevin Sedatole conducting, with Lindsay Kesselman and Benjamin Park as soloists. Robert Beaser

Orchestral Cast

pic.2(2.afl).2.ca.Ebcl.3.bcl.cbcl.2.cbsn.ssax.asax.tsax.barsax-4.3.2.btbn.2euph.1-timp(5 drums).7perc(glsp, xyl, vib, mar (5 octave), crot (full chromatic set), chimes, 3sus cym, crash, 2sizz cym, 2Chinese cym, hi hat, 3tam-t, sizz tam-t, tibetan singing bowl, 4nipple gongs, thunder sheet, 3wdbl, 3tempbl, 2log drums, cow bell, anvil, ratchet, tri, lg metal merengue guiro, cabassa, sleigh bells, finger cym, shaker, marac, sandpaper blocks, vibraslap, slapstick, flexitone, 2tamb, slide whistle, police whistle, metal wind chimes, wood wind chimes, 2s.d, ten d, field drum, 2bng, 3timb, 2cong, med tom-t, lg tom-t, b.d, 3r.toms)-hp.pno/synthesizer-db 

Content

I Follower
II Slumber Song
III A Martial Law Carol
IV A Dream
V Tichborne's Elegy
VI An Experiment
VII A Flower

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Title:
The End of Knowing
for soprano, baritone and wind ensemble
texts by Seamus Heaney, Alfred Noyes, Joseph Brodsky, Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Chidiock Tichborne, Theodore Worozbyt and James Joyce
Language:
English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Helicon Music Corporation
Year of composition:
2014
Duration:
27 ′
World Premiere:
September 25, 2014 · East Lansing, MI (USA)
Michigan State University, Wharton Center
Lindsay Kesselman, soprano; Benjamin Park, baritone · Conductor: Kevin Sedatole · Michigan State University Band

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by a consortium of 27 bands across the United States
Series:

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Product number:
LSHM 50337
Delivery rights:
Worldwide

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  • The End of Knowing
    Conductor: Thomas Verrier
    Orchestra: Vanderbilt University
    March 31, 2017 | Nashville, TN (United States of America) , Ingram Hall
  • The End of Knowing
    Conductor: Jaime Nix
    Orchestra: Columbus State University Wind Ensemble
    March 26, 2015 | Nashville, TN (United States of America) , Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Laura Turner Hall
  • The End of Knowing
    Conductor: Kevin Sedatole
    Orchestra: Michigan State University Band
    September 25, 2014 | East Lansing, MI (United States of America) , Michigan State University, Wharton Center — World Premiere
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