Symphony no. 1 "A Sea Symphony": I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships

~ Work

Relationships

lyricist:Walt Whitman (19th c. American poet, essayist, and journalist)
composer:Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1903 until 1909)
part of:Symphony no. 1 "A Sea Symphony" (order: 1)
parts:1. Symphony no. 1, "A Sea Symphony": Ia. A Song for All Seas, All Ships: Behold, the sea itself
2. Symphony no. 1, "A Sea Symphony": Ib. A Song for All Seas, All Ships: Today a rude brief recitative
3. Symphony no. 1, "A Sea Symphony": Ic. A Song for All Seas, All Ships: Flaunt out, O sea, your separate flags of nations!
4. Symphony no. 1, "A Sea Symphony": Id. A Song for All Seas, All Ships: Token of all brave captains
5. Symphony no. 1, "A Sea Symphony": Ie. A Song for All Seas, All Ships: A pennant universal

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1965-09-22Symphony no. 1 “A Sea Symphony”: A Song for All Seas, All ShipsBBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, Elaine Blighton, John Cameron, Christchurch Harmonic Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent18:33
1970-02-09 – 1970-02-16Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony": I. A Song for All Seas, All ShipsHeather Harper, London Symphony Chorus, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn19:13
1989-06-19 – 1989-06-20A Sea Symphony: A Song for all Seas, all ShipsSimon Joly, Yvonne Kenny, London Symphony Chorus, Brian Rayner Cook, Roderick Elms, London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson20:10
1994-02-19A Sea Symphony: I. A Song for All Seas, All ShipsliveThomas Peck, Linda Hohenfeld, James Michael McGuire, Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin18:25
1994-02Symphony no. 1 “A Sea Symphony”: I. A Song for All Seas, All ShipsBBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis19:03
2001-09-10A Sea Symphony: A Song for All Seas, All ShipsBBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin18:19
2001-11-10 – 2001-11-11Symphony no. 1 "A Sea Symphony": I. A Song for All Seas, All ShipsAtlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano17:33
2014-03-29A Sea Symphony: I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships (Moderato maestoso)liveAd Solem, Katherine Broderick, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Roderick Williams, Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder20:20
2017-10-14 – 2017-10-15Symphony no. 1 “A Sea Symphony”: A Song for All Seas, All Ships (Moderato maestoso)BBC Symphony Chorus, Marcus Farnsworth, Elizabeth Llewellyn, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins19:19
2017-11-09 – 2017-11-11A Sea Symphony (Symphony no. 1): I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships.Sarah Fox, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Mark Stone, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze17:42
2022-05-08A Sea Symphony: I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships. Moderato maestosoliveDennis Russell Davies, MDR-Sinfonieorchester, MDR-Rundfunkchor20:16
A Sea Symphony: I. A song for all seas, all shipsLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult19:17
A Sea Symphony: I. A Song for all Seas, all ShipsRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley19:52
A Sea Symphony: I. A Song for All Seas, All ShipsAustralian Intervarsity Choral Festival Choir17:20
A Song for All Seas, All Ships from A Sea Symphony (excerpt)partialRobert Spano / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra andChorus3:12
A Song for All Seas, All Ships from A Sea Symphony (excerpt)(5.1 mix)partialRobert Spano / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra andChorus3:12
Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony": I. A Song for All Seas, All ShipsBayerisches Symphonieorchester, Hansjörg Albrecht17:42
Symphony No. 1 “A Sea Symphony”: I. A Song for All Seas, All ShipsLondon Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox19:07
Symphony no. 1: I. Song for all Seas, all ShipsBournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel18:29