SONGS OF WAR AND PEACE
• Composed by Ted Ricketts (ASCAP)
• Duration: ~22:30
Commissioned by the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park and premiered in Orlando, Florida November 3, 2024.
- Beat! Beat! Drums (based on a poem by Walt Whitman)
- Suicide in the Trenches (based on a poem by Siegfried Sassoon)
- War is Kind (based on a poem by Stephen Crane)
- Reconciliation (based on a poem by Walt Whitman)
- You are the Light of the World/Dona Nobis Pacem (lyrics by Ted Ricketts, Sherilyn Draper, and Sarah Moore)
Instrumentation
2 Flutes (2nd doubles piccolo)
2 Oboes
2 Bb Clarinets
2 Bassoons (2nd doubles contra)
4 French Horns
3 Trumpets
3 Trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass)
1 Tuba
4 Percussion
1 Timpani
1 Harp
Strings (minimum 9 Violin 1, 8 Violin 2, 6 Viola, 6 Cello, 3 Arco bass)
SATB Choir
SONGS OF WAR AND PEACE
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Download the Songs of War and Peace Album Booklet
Listen to the Insights and Sounds podcast interview
with composer Ted Ricketts, where he explores the themes
and inspirations behind his Choral Symphony, Songs of War and Peace.
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