Arctic Explorations
Arctic Explorations
Solo Soprano (2), Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, and Baritone Voices, SATB Chorus, and Chamber Ensemble clarinet/bass clarinet, amplified guitar, banjo, violin, viola, contrabass, perc (1)
Words and Music by Michael Dellaira, with additional music by Nuka Alice Lund.
Commissioned and developed by Nancy Manocherian's The Cell Theatre, and New Amsterdam Singers, with support from New York State Council on the Arts.
Premiere is scheduled for March 9-10, 2024 in New York City by the New Amsterdam Singers.
Movements: Prelude: Sullualuk (The Northwest Passage), Scene 1: Maggie Fox and the Spirit-Circle, Scene 2: Lady Jane, Scene 3: The Expedition, Scene 4: Love Letters -- Interlude 1, Scene 5: In the Ice, Scene 6: Love Letters -- Interlude 2, Scene 7: Siarnaq, Scene 8: Natural Laws, Scene 9: Christmas, Scene 10: Sir John - Died in Her Majesty's Service, Scene 11: The Escape, Scene 12: New York, Scene 13: Spirit World, Postlude: Sullualuk
Authored (or revised): 2023
Published: 2023
Text source: "Arctic Explorations" by Elisha Kent Kane (Childs & Peterson, Philadelphia, 1856) Letters from Lady Jane Franklin Letters between Elisha Kent Kane and Margaret Fox, published in The Love Life of Dr. Kane (Carleton, New York, 1866) Singular Revelations by Eliab W. Capron and Henry D. Barron (Finn & Rockwell, Auburn, 1850) The Congressional Record, January, 1850 Hymn "In Christ there is no East or West"_x009d_, words by John Oxenham, music by McKee, 1908. Sea shanties: "Whisky Johnny", "Boston Come-All-Ye"
Duration (minutes): 55
First performance: March 9, 2024, Theater at St. Jean's New York.
Book format: Piano-vocal score
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