Rappahannock County
A Theatrical Song Cycle About The Civil War
by Ricky Ian Gordon
English Horn - Sheet Music

Opera 2 Clarinets in Bb (2. doubling bass Clarinet in Bb), 2 S, 2 baritones, Flute (doubling Piccolo), Horn in F, Mezzo-soprano voice, Oboe (doubling English Horn), Timpani, Trombone, Trumpet in C (doubling Flugelhorn in Bb), bassoon, soprano voice, tenor voice

SKU: PR.411411310

A Theatrical Song Cycle About The Civil War. Composed by Ricky Ian Gordon. This edition: Piano-Vocal score. Perfect. Premiere: Harrison Opera House, Norfolk, Virginia; conducted by Rob Fisher. Opera. Score. With Standard notation. Composed 2010. Duration 1 hour, 25 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #411-41131. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.411411310).

ISBN 9781598064261. UPC: 680160607617. 9x12 inches. Libretto and Concept by Mark Campbell. Libretto and Concept by Mark Campbell.

Co-commissioned by the Virginia Arts Festival, Virginia Opera, the Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond, and Texas Performing Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, Rapahannock County pairs the outstanding and celebrated talents of composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Mark Campbell. Rappahannock County is a theatrical song cycle that captures key emotional, sociological, and historical moments in the Civil War. Much of the text was inspired by actual events and drawn from diaries, letters, and other accounts. The narrative follows the lines of history, from secession in 1861 to defeat in 1865, and is in five parts. Although the story is centered geographically in Virginia, its themes are universal to the Civil War. It is described as such by Wes Blomster of Opera Today: “The piece has the sense of a lens closing in on a spectrum of individuals and their feelings around slavery and morality in a profound and poignant way...’ The acclaim accorded Rappahannock County by the 2,200 people who packed Norfolk’s Harrison Opera House for the premiere made clear that Gordon and Campbell had achieved their goal.”.