Composer: Fahad SiadatDetailsFormat: Mixed Choir - 5 voices or moreVoicing: SAATBBAccompaniment: unaccompaniedNotation: standard & non-standard elementsNon-standard Notational Elements: Non-standard vocal timbre notation/Timbre effectsPerformance Length: 8:30 Study Scores & Audio FilesStudy Score & Audio Order Printed ScoresPublisher: http://seeadot.com Texts & TranslationsLanguage(s): EnglishText Source: ComposerText: The vast sea Black waves Green foam And Gabriel with His mercy and joy The sea, the sea The passing sea Black waves, green foam Sea foam yearning Green foam yearning Black sky churning And Gabriel with His mercy and joy Programming AidsPerformance Difficulty: moderateDescriptive Terms: mysteriouswatermythiccrypticmelancholyAllow Excerpts: Composition is a single movementComposer’s Notes: This work is intended to be performed by a solo sextet with a countertenor singing the second alto part. The Vast Sea is a product of my recent listening and was deeply influenced by Stockhausen’s masterpiece for sextet, Stimmung, lyrics from flamenco songs, and the Sardinian Tenores di Oniferi. The abstract narrative is a sort of sailor’s tale. The first movement is the swift motion of the ship across the waves and an invocation to Gabriel to show them mercy on their journey. The second movement (entirely sung with tongue tremolo) is the ocean at night, and the last movement is a sea storm. I’ve left ambiguous how the sailors fare at the end of the storm when it finally breaks. Additional InformationDate of Completion: December, 2016Date of First Performance: Wednesday, February 15, 2017Premier Performance Data: Hex & C3LA (Alex Grobarchuk, cond), California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA
