Charles Darwin - To Love the Earth
A muscal-dramatic presentation of the life of Charles Darwin. This consists principally of Darwin's own words from his publications, letters and autobiography, and letters of Emma and his friends.
There are two versions of this dramatic presentation:
A Staged production and an unstaged Concert version.
The Concert version is an abbreviated from the complete production. It eliminates the years prior to the Beagle voyage and Darwin's conflict with his father, it also eliminates the courting years between Charles and Emma, and the death of their daughter, Annie. It also has fewer singing roles than the complete production. It lasts about 90 minutes, where the complete production is slightly over 2 hours.
CAST:
Singing Roles: Charles Darwin (tenor), William Darwin (Baritone), John Henslow (tenor), Caroline Darwin (contralto), Emma Wedgwood (soprano), small chorus (offstage).
Speaking roles: Captain Robert FitzRoy, Jos. Wedgwood, Joseph Hooker, Alfred Russel Wallace, Fanny Darwin, Offstage voices
Instrumental Ensemble: Piano, Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello
Staged, full version:
Charles Darwin - To Love the Earth - Full Score
Charles Darwin - To Love the Earth - Piano Vocal Score
Charles Darwin - To Love the Earth - choral score
Concert version:
Concert Version: Charles Darwin - To Love the Earth - Full Score
Concert Version: Charles Darwin - To Love the Earth - Piano Vocal Score
Concert Version: Charles Darwin - To Love the Earth - choral score
The script and all instrumental parts are available for download HERE.
(All sound files are electronic versions.)
The Beagle
InterludeIndividual pieces from "Charles Darwin - To Love the Earth" available separately:
A Multitude of Beings
for Tenor Solo and Piano And From the Summit for
SATB chorus and Piano
The Elegance of the Grasses
for Tenor Solo and Piano I Began to Understand
for Tenor Solo and Piano
I Heard the Most Pitiable Moans for Tenor
Solo and Piano If You Could See
What I Have Seen for Tenor Solo and SSA Chorus with Piano
It Was As If in the
Night for SATB chorus and Piano The Long-Continued
Accumulation for SATB chorus and Piano Pain for
Tenor Solo and Piano
We Saw the Sun Rise
for SATB chorus and Piano
What Strange
Pleasure This Excites in Me for Tenor Solo and Piano With All These
Exalted Powers for Tenor Solo and Piano