Bernard Herrmann: Moby Dick (excerpts)

Excerpts from BERNARD HERRMANN’s cantata of MOBY DICK. The complete work will be performed April 9 and 10, 2011, with John Kendall Bailey conducting the American Philharmonic-Sonoma County and soloists Jason Detwiler as Ahab and Brian Thorsett as Ishmael. This will be the west coast premiere of the piece, and the first performances in the USA since the original world premiere in 1940 by the New York Philharmonic with Sir John Barbirolli conducting. Composed in 1937-38, M