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Winthrop

Composer
Anhalt István
Original / Hungarian title
Winthrop
Foreign language / English title
Winthrop
Subtitle
A musical pageant in two parts
Year of composition
1983
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
S., A., 2 T., Bar., B. - children´s choir, mixed choir (S-Ms-A-T-Bar-B) - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), ob. (anche c.ing.), 5 cl., 2 fg. (II anche cfg.), sax.s., sax.a. - 2 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., tuba - perc. (3 esec.) - pf., arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
135 min
Movements, parts
Part I:
1. Pilgrimage and discovery
2. Young John
3. John & Margaret
4. Famous Brittany
5. Call & response

Part II:
6. Covenant and lesson (The voyage)
7. Boston...a city
8. A Crisis
9. Interlude
10. Stocktaking
Text
ANHALT, István
Language
English
Premiere information
6 September 1986, Centre in the Square, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; Glyn Evans (T.), Theodore Baerg (Bar.), Giulio Kukurugya (B.), Martin Chalmers (T.), Carol Ann Feldstein (Ms.), Rosemarie Landry (S.), Elmer Iseler Singers, Stratford Boys´ Choir, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Raffi Armenian (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Canadian Music Centre, MV 7110 A596wi
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Remarks, other info
Events and commentaries related to the life and times of John Winthrop, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Co. at their emigration to New England and several times thereafter