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- Alan Hovhaness
And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229 No. 1 (1970)
(for orchestra and electronics)- C.F. Peters Corporation (World)
- 3(III:pic).2.0+2bb-cl.2/0+4f-hn.0+3bb-tpt.3.1/timp.4perc/2hp/tp/str
- 12 min
- 18th January 2025, Gendron Franco Performing Arts, Lewiston, ME, United States of America
- 19th January 2025, Orion Performing Arts Center, Topsham, ME, United States of America
Programme Note
This compositon incorporates segments of actual whale songs. The first segment contains the edited song of one whale, recorded off St. David, Bermuda, by Frank Watlington (Columbia University Geophysical Field Station in Bermuda).
The second segment contains material recorded by Dr. Roger S. Payne near Bermuda in the spring of 1969.
Segment three consists of certain notes recorded by Mr. Watlington which have been artificially slowed down to one-fourth normal speed; thus the pitch is lowered four octaves.
The final segment contains some of the lowest sounds produced by humpbacks.
We should like to accknowledge the kind cooperation of the New York Zoological Society in granting us permission to reproduce the tapes for performances of this work.