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| Storm at Sea - Henry Moore |
In the third movement, The
Waves, the ‘whistling winds’ and the ‘liquid, uneven, emulous waves’ are
described by the full chorus. Here, Vaughan Williams vividly depicts the sea in
all its power and glory, portraying a ‘great vessel sailing’ and the waves
following in its wake.
The full text of Walt Whitman’s poem After the Sea-Ship was used by the composer. So here it is….
After the Sea-Ship
By Walt Whitman
After the sea-ship, after the whistling winds,
After the white-gray sails taut to their spars and ropes,
Below, a myriad myriad waves hastening, lifting up their necks,
Tending in ceaseless flow toward the track of the ship,
Waves of the ocean bubbling and gurgling, blithely prying,
Waves, undulating waves, liquid, uneven, emulous waves,
Toward that whirling current, laughing and buoyant, with curves,
Where the great vessel sailing and tacking displaced the surface,
Larger and smaller waves in the spread of the ocean yearnfully flowing,
The wake of the sea-ship after she passes, flashing and frolicsome
under the sun,
A motley procession with many a fleck of foam and many fragments,
Following the stately and rapid ship, in the wake following.
Southern Sinfonia perform Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony with Newbury Choral Society on Saturday 23rd June, for more information please visit our website.
After the white-gray sails taut to their spars and ropes,
Below, a myriad myriad waves hastening, lifting up their necks,
Tending in ceaseless flow toward the track of the ship,
Waves of the ocean bubbling and gurgling, blithely prying,
Waves, undulating waves, liquid, uneven, emulous waves,
Toward that whirling current, laughing and buoyant, with curves,
Where the great vessel sailing and tacking displaced the surface,
Larger and smaller waves in the spread of the ocean yearnfully flowing,
The wake of the sea-ship after she passes, flashing and frolicsome
under the sun,
A motley procession with many a fleck of foam and many fragments,
Following the stately and rapid ship, in the wake following.
Southern Sinfonia perform Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony with Newbury Choral Society on Saturday 23rd June, for more information please visit our website.
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