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Paola Prestini/Rinde Eckert/Julian Crouch

Aging Magician



Aging Magician For Gus

Rinde Eckert

Paola Prestini

  Harold   

    

    

  

    

 

q=52

Glockenspiel

  

Choir

water, children playing, and toy sounds on soundscape

  

  Violin I  

    

    

q=52 con sordo

Violin II

Viola

 

  

p con sordo

p

 

          

 

    

 

    

 

p

 

     

  

 

       

 

    

    

 

      

 

    

 

      

 

p con sordo

p

Violoncello

       

 

con sordo

     p

p

p

p



glis

s.

mp

    

mf

p









 

     





p

p



mf

mf



mf

       

   Magician    9

Glock.

     

 

p

Vln. I

Vln. II

 

                             

 







p

 Vla.      p

Vc.

 

 



p

Copyright © Paola Prestini Publishing. 2012. ASCAP

 

mf

     


3

  Magician    11

Glock.

Choir

q=60

 

 

One of the "doctors" plays this glock on Harold, who has it around his neck resting on his chest

     

    

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 



                    Vln. I           q=60 senza sordo

Vln. II

    

p senza sordo





        p

senza sordo

 Vla.     



       

   



senza sordo        

Vc.

  Magician    15

Glock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 Vla.        Vc.

f

scal - pel clamp

       Vln. I      Vln. II

q=110

 

Choir

  

     

     

     

p

        

p

    

  

  f

             

 

 

     f

   

clamp clamp scal - pel

f

  

  

scal - pel clamp

scal - pel clamp

  

       

  

  

  

  

f

  

  

clamp clamp scal - pel

scal - pel clamp

 

q=110

f



f


 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

4

20

Magician

Glock.

  

                    

 

     

p

clamp clamp scal - pel

Choir

watch his le - vels

clamp clamp scal - pel

   Vln. I 

f

       

    

f

 

       

  

p

  

24

 

  f

 

   

f

 

he - mo- stat

          he - mo- stat

 arco           Vln. I   

pizz

pizz

arco

          

 Vla.   

 

Vc.

 

f

f

    

pizz       

mp

 

f pizz

 

  mp         

Vln. II

f

mp

 

  Magician   

Choir

 

  pizz                   

p

Glock.

 

clamp clamp scal - pel

mp

Vc.

we don't want to lose him be- fore we've be - gun!

pizz                              

Vln. II

Vla.

 

q=60

 

             

mf

watch his le - vels we don't want to lose him be- forewe've be- gun!

             

mf

                  mp f arco                   mp f arco          

watch his le - vels we don't want to lose him be- forewe've be- gun!

              



arco

mp arco

f



q=60

   

p

   

p

   

p

    p


5

Glock.



mp       

Choir

hold

 

on

hold

      mp

hold

on

on

hold

    

    

     

hold

         on

on

hold

    

Vla.

Vc.

    

        

on

        

              

   

   

mf



     mp

mf



   

f

scal - pel clamp

                      Vln. I     Vln. II

q=110

 

  

   

 

mp

     f

scal - pel clamp

q=110         

    

f





mf

mf

 

f

     f

  

 

f

Glock.

Choir



  

   

 

   

cla

 Vln. I 

Vc.

cla

 

mp scal pel

mp scal pel

   

    

 

   

   

clamp

       

 

        

 

clamp scal - pel

f

watch his le - vels



f

clamp scal - pel

       

  

clamp

scal - pel clamp

 

scal - pel clamp

        

Vln. II

Vla.

         

                

 

  

 

mf

mf


Choir

6

              

mp

          

we don't want to lose him be- fore we've be - gun!

  

 

he -

mo

  

stat

watch his le - vels

                     

f

mf

mp

clamp clamp scal - pel

mf

he -

mo

stat clamp clamp scal - pel

pizz  pizz arco                            Vln. I         f

Vln. II

              

 Vla.      Vc.

f pizz

 

f

 

   

f

  

  

 pizz       

 

  

 

 

 

f

pizz

    

mp

 

 

f

f

f

f

 Magician  

q=60

we don't want to lose him

 

f

f

    

    

we don't want to lose him be- fore we've be - gun!

mf

arco

be- fore we've be- gun!

          



f

f

    

Charon: Nothing. A body. Meat on a table. A story. An old story.

            

arco            Vln. I            mf f arco        Vln. II             mf f  arco     Vla.        Vc.

On tape Harold: Who is he?

f

Choir

            

q=60

p

p

p

              


7

    48

Magician

Choir

Charon: Something soon to be forgotten. Let’s go. We have a long way to travel. Harold: Venice. Charon: If you wish.

  

  

     Vln. I   Vln. II

Vla.

 

   

mp

  



mp

  

  



mp

Vc.

  

mp

mf

    

mf

  





     

  



  

  Magician   51

Choir

Stage begins to transform, the operating table becoming a kind of gondola (or treated like one, at least)

 



  Vln. I  Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

    

 

                 

          

 mf

     

pizz 3

3

3

f

 

         

f

mf

   

   


 



8

54

Magician

Glock.

 

Choir



 Vln. I 

Vc.

 

Vln. II

Vla.

Where do you want to go? Venice? Pareeeeee? New York! (kids shouting all fabulous cities)

 



 

 

  

    mf

 

pizz

mf

 

 

 



   

f

  

 

  



  

                       

  Magician  



56

Glock.

Choir

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

 



 

  

 



    

 

  

 

      

 

 

       


9

 Magician  

 

 

 

soundscape

57

Vln. I

   

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

  

   

  





  

 



 

      

 

                     



 

 

Harold’s mother was reliant on him for everything, compromised by a stroke, but still able to communicate. He was a captive of circumstance, fealty. He would die a slave, he thought, his invalid mother all he’d know of love, his duty, his only accomplishment, his pleasure taken in what he knew to be vain fantasies. Harold was a dreamer in the body of a realist. Just like a magician, Harold often thought, my sleeves full of doves, my hands precise, deceptive, my costume romantic, white tie and tails, a dozen pockets loaded with mute animals, scarves, playing cards, invisible thread, the hidden wonders of a man with no illusions.What we imagine looks something like a somewhat antiquated operating theater, the onlookers of which are a chorus of young people. Harold, our protagonist is on the table, his heart operation in progress. The operating theater becomes the locus of Harold’s out of body excursion, the chorus an extension of his mind, becoming alternately a kind of Charon (the ferryman of the dead from classical mythology) a train conductor, or Harold’s invalid mother, a church choir, or whatever abstraction serves him best as he makes his journey. And it is a kind of journey from the constraints of his life to the open fields of death or heaven, if you will. Harold’s story is somewhat tragic: from a young age, say twelve, he has had to take care of his invalid mother. He has taken care of her his entire life, any dreams he had for his future remaining dreams. So we are meditating here on both a lost childhood and the eclipse of one’s dreams. Harold wanted to be a magician. He became, however, a repairman of watches and clocks. In this liminal space between life and death, as Harold hovers, he takes a train ride to Coney Island, or rather an imagined Coney Island, a combination of the elements of his fascination with magicians, their artful deceptions: appearances and disappearances. We are at the beginning of our collaborative journey now. What you are seeing tonight is the suggestion of the path, a partial sketch.

  Magician   

 

  

 

 

 

 

59

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

       

q=86

q=86

  

p arco

 

p

 

 pizz

 

mf

  

mf





mp

mp

 


 

10

62

Magician

Vln. I

      p

Vla.

Vc.

gliss.

mp

 



           

         

           

   

mf

p

arco

 



mp

   

mf





 

mf

      

 

Vln. II

mf

     

pp

p

   

mf

 

mf

  Magician    66

Choir

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

  

  

          

p

6

   



  

mf

Vc.

 

 6

     6

      



 



6

  





   

mp

 

 

arco

 p

  p



  p

 

 

    

     

3

mp

 

mp

mf

 


11 69

Harmonica

Vln. I

Vln. II

  

 

3

 

mf

pizz

Vla.     

   

f pizz

Vc.

   f   f

      mf



 



 Harmonica        Vln. I  73

    

     f

Vln. II

f

Vla.

Vc.

     

Harmonica

Vla.

Vc.

6



 

    

   f

 

      

Who is that on the

       

ff

ff

   ff arco

      ff

   p

  p

  

p

 p

   

ta

     

 

  





mp



mp

   



      f             6 mp 6 s.     glis    



    

  



                  mp

-

ble?

Is it me or

   



  

some o - ther guy

   

p

 

f

  

   

  



     

f

p



    

f

    

   

 

f

mp

  Vln. I   Vln. II

6

  

arco

75

Magician

mp

   

  

f

 

     

mp



arco

 

 

  

mp pizz

  mf




              Magician 

                mp

80

some - one I

used to know?

   Vln. I 

Vla.

Vc.

 

  Magician  85

one

 Vln. I  Vln. II



Vla.

  

 





p

p



   



p arco

work - ing on?

   

arco



p

 



mp

mp

  

   

q=66



 

mp

-



 

pizz

mp

              I've



 

No

   

  

12

 

mf

 

p

  

mf

p



 

  

I've seen him be - fore

  

   

mf

Vc.

 

  

mf



 



q=66 mf

 

  

 

     



  

Who is that that they're

 

Vln. II

mf

mp

 

seen him

in some pho - to



   

    

  

  



mp



       


13

91     Harold  

graphs

    Choir

   

 



I've

pp



oo pp



seen

Vla.

Vc.

 

   

       

  

 

oo

 

        

   

 

 

 

 

I know that face of his from some

       

  

him be - fore

   

       

  

        

  

 

          Vln. I   Vln. II

  

 

         



 



 



 

    

-

 

   

 

  



 

      Harold   95

where

Choir

Vla.

Vc.

I've seen him

         

be - fore

so

long

     



   

    

    



   

    

 

       



  Vln. I   Vln. II

         



     

 



 

         mf 

     



     

mf

 

  

a - go

His

hands are like

  

 

 

        

     

  

 





 

 


  

        

101

Harold

mp

Some - one should of - fer him some kind

mine

Choir

of

 

 



  

   

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  



 mp

lux

q=86

f

 

ae

  

   

  

-

 

    mp

grant him e-

   

 

ter - na

                          f              

  

 

prayer

 

           

14

  

Vln. II

Vc.

q=86

             

 Vln. I 

Vla.

f



f

   

 

   Harold    107

 

       Choir

grant him e - ter - nal rest



and let per - pe - tual

 

    

    

   

       

  



lux

ae

let per - pe - tual light shine

 

  





       



 

              

mf

light shine on him

mf

and

 Vla.     Vc.

              

ter - nal rest grant him e - ter - nal rest

  Vln. I   Vln. II

    

   

on

him

    

-

ter

-

 grant

    

   

 



   


15

 Harold  110

   Choir

-



 Vln. I  

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.



na

him e - ter - nal rest

    



 

     

 

 

   

  

grant him

e - ter

grant him

rest

  

f

e - ter

f

               





grant him e - ter - nal

   

       

  

 

 

 

   



  

    

 

-

nal

 -

 rest

nal

 rest

           



    

mf

 

mf

 Harold  115

Choir

     

  

    

  

grant him

e - ter

grant him

e - ter

    Vln. I      Vln. II  Vla.

Vc.



  

 

-

 -

rest

 

nal

  



 

rest

    



 

nal

 

 

 

 

 

            

mf

  

 



 

 

 

 

 

  



mp

 


    121

Harold

16

q=96

   Choir

    

out of time p

   

  

   

   

hear

  

hear

q=96    Vln. I  

our prayers

p

 

our prayers

 

      

 mf

hear our prayers

hear

  

   

hear our prayers

our

mf

 

hear

 

hear

 

mp

mp

mp

back in time

 

    

prayers hear our prayers

ourprayers hear our prayers

   

 

 

Vln. II

 

    

 

 

Vla.

  

    

 

 

Vc.

 

 

 

 

 



 

     Harold  129

my prayers

   Choir



 

hear

hear our prayers

   

hear our prayers

 Vln. I 

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

 

mp

     my prayers



 

mf   

mf

 

our

   

 

hear

         

 

hear

hear



mf

our

    

 

  my prayers

 prayers

 

prayers

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

my prayers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


17

   Harold   135

Choir

   mf                un - less e - ter - nal rest is

  

  Vln. I  

Vc.

  mp

not what Ha - rold wants

Some

    

  

  

 

  

 





f

-

thing

     

f





f

-

some - thing bet - ter out there



f

mf

There might be

  

Vln. II

Vla.



mp









mp

mp

mp

  Harold  138

 

    Choir



 Vln. I  

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.



    

more

 

 

fun

would

 

 

   

    

   

    

 mf

   

 

mf

  

  

mf

mf

f      f

make Ha - rold laugh

 

some - thing

      

What

 



some - thing

 

   

 

a

a

bit

bit

    

 more

 more

f

    f

    f

     f

 

 

  

  

  

   

fun

fun

  

        

  

some

some

       


18 Magician: One thinks, Mother will improve and I’ll be on a plane. Away in an instant, my life forgotten in a moment. On a plane to Venice or Paree, one thinks of this in the middle of one’s life, as one takes ones place in line, as one buys ones groceries, as one feeds one’s mother, even as one talks to her of one’s day, the details of one’s day, the boring details of a day spent calling to these strangers, asking them to come closer, asking them to be amazed: My magician. My magician isn’t just sleight of hand, no. You’ll be astonished. This is not just sleight of hand, but art, the highest art.

  Harold   143

Choir

   

   

thing

Vc.

gears





and

wheels

and

 



gears

 

mf

 

 

mf

 

 

 

Vla.

Vc.

  

mf

6

6

   p



 

 

  

 

   f

 

f

  

f

     

6

6

   

 

p

  

 

q=80           Vln. I     

Vln. II

   

147 q=80

  

wheels

  Harold  

p

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 with

    Vln. I  

Vla.

 with

thing

Vln. II

 

 



     

6

6

   p

6

  

  


19

 Harold   148

 

          Vln. I         6 6 p          Vln. II            6 6 p         Vla.                 6 6 p            Vc.  6

  Harold    149

mp

 

 

         Vln. I             6 mp mp  6          Vln. II           mp 6 mp 6 6           Vla.             mp 6  6             Vc.        6

mp

  Harold    151

6

                  

6

           Vln. I       6 6 mp           Vln. II      Vla.

Vc.

      

mp

6

  6          mp

6

   mp

6

 



6



 


 

20

152

Harold

         Vln. I        6 6 mp          Vln. II        6 6 mp          Vla.        Vc.

6

mp

        

6

   mp

6

6



 Harold  

 

 

 

 



 

 

153

Snap 1

Snap 2

 Vln. I  

          

mf

Vln. II

 

6

Vc.

6

6

 

     6

 

mf

6



  

 

  

 

 

       

 

            

mf

6

     

 



mf Vla.   

 

6

  



mf

 6

mf

6

 


21 One doesn’t think of one’s childhood when one is living it, no matter how constrained one’s circumstances. If one is confined to one’s apartment, feeding one’s mother, one reads, one takes oneself off to a quiet corner while mother watches her favorite programs, one reads Treasure Island, and Huckleberry Finn, and The Three Musketeers, and one reads about Houdini, one imagines oneself upside down, suspended 80, 100, 200 ft. above the pavement, freeing oneself from the straight jacket while the astonished crowd marvels, or one is under the ice with less than a minute to pick the locks, unchain oneself and swim to the surface, find the hole again and emerge to the cries of the assembled throng, their mittens muffling the applause, the vapor rising as they gasp, a cloud of disbelief, awe, and wonder rising above their delighted eyes. My father knew him, Houdini, shook his head once at Coney Island, right after the escape from the water tank, the glass tank, Houdini chained upside down. My father worked that show as a boy. He held the towel for Houdini, and Houdini thanked him, shook his hand, my father. He told me that day we went to Coney Island, showed me the spot where Houdini did his trick, showed me where he had stood with the towel ready, “son”, he said, “stand here. Now you’re exactly where Houdini stood when he jumped down from the top of the tank, when I would hand him the towel, and he would thank me and shake my hand. You’re Houdini right now, son. How’s it feel?” And I said it felt great, and he picked me up and put me on his shoulders and we ran, careening down the midway, dodging the pedestrians.One remembers one’s father often, one reminds one’s mother when she loses track, one tells the stories one has. How he walked, how he sang, what he said of his life, how he smoked, the way he held the cigarette, how he looked the day before he died, one recalls this to one’s mother.But one saves some things for oneself. One keeps some things as treasures, not to be shared.That day at Coney Island, when one is placed by one’s father on a sacred spot and told something magical, when one is hoisted on one’s father’s shoulders, running down the midway.Then the train ride home, when a tired boy falls asleep on his father’s lap and dreams of miraculous escapes, while one’s father hums a tune, sings softly as his son sleeps, on the train after a day at Coney Island, just the two of them, and the ghost of Houdini. And the wheels of the train go round and round, and one is sleeping on the lap of one’s father, and one’s father is singing softly

    Harold              155

(coney island tune)

Take

Snap 1

me out

  

to

Con - ey

 Snap 2   

is - land

      

Take

me to

the

 

fair

 

 

p

tikitikiti

     

mp

 Harold   160

Snap 1

Snap 2

 

  



 

                 

tikitikiti

tikitikiti

mp



                                 

Choir





p

        boom cha!

p

        boom cha!

      

 

      

 

boom cha!

boom cha!


 

22

165

Harold

Snap 1

Snap 2

   

Choir

Vln. I

  

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

     

        

 

      

     

    

    

mp

Ha - rold get mp

Ha - rold get

      

     

     

           

            

on the sub- way

on the sub- way

  

we know where

we know where

  

     you need to go

      you need to go


23

  Harold     Take me

  

where the

lights are

   

 

  

169 improvising....

Snap 1

Snap 2

    

 

  

   

bright - er

where

         

Vln. II

you'll see doves

    

mu - sic

 

mf

  

 

you'll find your

 

dreams

mf

     

end - less



plays

 

          

  

 

    

streams of silk hand -ker -chiefs

         

end - less

streams of silk hand -ker -chiefs

            

pizz

mp col legno

    mp

Vc.

the

you'll see doves you'll find tricksyou'll find dreams

Choir

Vla.

   

          

               

Vln. I



 

 

      









 

 


  

24

173

Harold

Snap 1

Snap 2



 

where



Vla.

Vc.

sic plays

  

            

  

bbon

   

and

bbon

and

3

eigh -teen thou -sand in - vi - si - ble birds -

         3

eigh -teen thou -sand in - vi - si - ble birds -



mf



 

 

  

       

        

 

 

  

  

        

        

 

    

 

pizz

   

        

mf

mf

-

            

  

Vln. II

mu

four hun -dred yards of mul - ti co lored ri

Vln. I

the

    

four hun -dred yards of mul - ti co lored ri

Choir

  


25

 Harold  

 

 

 

 

178

Snap 1

Snap 2

Choir



3         

in - vi - si - ble

    Vln. I

  

3

 

in - vi - si - ble

 

 



  

 

 

  

birds

 

 

 

  

 

    

 

          

 

  

birds

   

         

                                Vla.                                     

Vln. II

Vc.

184

Snap 1

                                 

f

 

Life

      is fine

on

    



Co - ney is - land

      



day - light ne - ver stops

                              

  

p

Snap 2

                              

  

p

     Choir

Vln. I

Vln. II

       

 

 

pizz

  Harold   

 

      

     

     

   

      

     

     

   

boom cha!

boom cha!

boom cha!

boom cha!

boom cha!

boom cha!

mp

    

Ha - rold get mp

    

Ha - rold get

Vla.

  

Vc.

 


 

26

189

Harold

Snap 1

Snap 2

   

Choir

Vln. I

  

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

     

       

     

     

    

on the sub- way



we know where

  

    

we know where

      

     

         

on the sub- way

     

     

you need to go

  

   

you need to go

  

  

      you'll see doves

   

you'll see doves

ma - gic


27

 Harold  193

Snap 1

Snap 2

Choir

Vln. I

Vc.

   

  

    

  

           

Vln. II

Vla.

hats

     

     

      

you'll find your

dreams

 

dreams

 

you'll find your



   

     

p

    

    

boom cha! p

boom cha!

 

               

    

    

boom cha!

boom cha!

   

boom

   

boom

 

 

 

 


    197

Harold

Snap 1

Snap 2

q=52

  

       

Choir

  

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

 

 

 

 

cha!

 

pp

   

        

shhhh

cha!

 

 

arco

pp

shhhh

  

  

 

  

arco shhhh

arco

shhhh

 

  

shhhh

 

 

shhhh

shhhh

 

shhhh

arco out of time q=52

  Vln. I  

28

q=66

  

 

 

q=66 in time

shhhh

  

pp

  

shhhh

  

shhhh

  

shhhh

  pp



  shhhh

 shhhh


29

 Harold  200

   Vln. I 

Vla.



    

Vln. II

 

 

  

  

pp



 

 

  

6

 

 

 

ord            

 

6

p

 

sul pont

 

6



 

            pp

 

    

sul pont

 

Vc.

 

pp

6

 Harold  203

    Vln. I 

Glock.

Vln. II

Vla.

    

    



  

 

 

   p

   6

 



   



6



    mp



     mp     

pizz 3

   

 

                

sul pont

ord.

Vc.

mf

 

 

mf

arco

3

 p

mp

  

6

        mp

6




30

  Harold   207

I could have been, you know

 

  Vln. I   

p

     Vla.    pizz

mf 3

   Harold  

Vc.

 

   mp

 

arco

  ord 

 

           

 

3

mf

  

mp



 

mp arco

3

mf

mp

I had the hands they said. I had these steady hands. They said I could be another Blackstone, or Houdini, said I had the hands. Without the right hands, they said…

  

  

pizz

mf pizz

 3

mp



 

mp



       

mf 3

   Vln. I  

Vla.



  

      

210

Vln. II



pizz

  

Vc.

 

   

p

  

Vln. II

 

 













 

 

  

              mf

 

    

 



    

f

 

   

    

 


31

 Harold 

213

Pno.

      Vln. I    

mf







    

   

  

  

 

 

f

 



  

 pizz

  

f

  

pizz

    mf f                                     Vla.  

Vln. II

f

Vc.

    

 



 

      

 

f

 Harold       Pno.   217

Vln. I

 

  

 

 

  

  

[going to clown sculpture and hitting a few notes]

  

  

  

 

Vc.

  

                                    

                                        Vla.    

Vln. II

 

 

         

          

f

     

     

         


Harold

q=72 f

     220

Come

       

    

be

on the board walk

a-

mazed

like a

 

  

Pno.

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

f

 

4

  

arco

  

4

       

 

like a child

at the

32

    

 4

         

   

  

  

arco                                   f

f

 



f arco

 

Stare

  



 

 

 



q=72

   

child

  

         f

   



   

arco

f

 223   Harold 

Pno.

lights

  

 

     

and the shapes



  Vln. I 

   

 

   

Vla.   

Vln. II

Vc.



4

Watch

   



 

the

ma - gi

 

-

 

cian

  dis - ap -



  4



  

mf

                        6 6 6 6 mf 

4


33

 Harold  225

Pno.



  

pear

from the

   





  

that he leaves

is

all

 

 his













  

 4

when

4

  Vln. I  Vln. II

stage

 

4



  

 4









6 6                                       Vla.               6 6 6 6 6 mf 6       Vc.   f 

f

227   Harold 

  Choir

Pno.

Vln. I



 

 

Vla.

Vc.

hat

and a cane

mp

Watch mp

    

 

Vln. II

   

  

Watch

 4

       

 



4

  

 

  

       

p

mp

mp



  mp 

         


 

34

229

Choir

Pno.

Vln. I

Vc.

ma

  the   

 ma  

  

    

Pno.

  

-

-

-



   

-

-

-

cian

  

 

 4

 4

    

 

 

 

   

      

mp

 

his

hands

don't

hands

don't

 

 

    

mf



 4

 

  p

 

 

 

his





   



cian

 

-

 

Vc.

 

-

   

Vla.   

gi



  Vln. I  Vln. II

-

Watch

 

gi

-

    



-

            

Watch

  

 

    

231



4

-



   Choir

the

Vln. II

Vla.

     

6

  6



 4

   

6

 

   

6

 


35

  

 

a

-

-

-

-

-

-

233

Choir

Pno.

look

look

a

   

 

Pno.

Vln. I

Vln. II

 

 

6





q=110 mp

 

   mp

 

   4





 look

4

 

4













6                        6

6

6

mp

    



no - thing to

mp

see

 

 

   

Don't look

 





6

6

Don't

back

Ha - rold

q=110 col legno

                              mp

 



               

 Vla.    Vc.

 

235



way

 

  Choir









6



 Vla.     Vc.

way

4

4

 

  Vln. I 

Vln. II

  

 

 

col legno

                 

mp

pizz

 

mp

pizz

    

mp

   




  

36

239

Choir

Pno.

Vln. I

Vc.



Get

on

board

     

the world is wai- ting



Get on board

       

the

   

world

is

mf



Don't

think

wait - ing

                                                                 

Vln. II

Vla.

 

 

mf

  



 

 

      

mf

   

   243

Choir

     

mf

when the fu - ture's so bright

      of the

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

past

Your

        

the fu - ture is full of light



    

past

is o

-

ver

Don't

 wor

-

  

ry

Ha - rold

                                                           

    

mp

     

mf

   

            

 

   

   


37

     





247

Choir

Vln. I

the past

 

is

   

fi-nished

We know

the

   

Let

 

us

                            arco

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

 

   

arcog pizz lis s.

         

f

Vln. I

It's just

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

mf

      

side





co - lored



pizz

      

arco

 

lights

 

 

arco

   mf

p



-

  

     

 

f

 

shine

    



f

 

  

pizz

   

blue

red

pizz

     

   

Ha

 

    

       

-

 

rold

 

  

   

arco

  

 gliss.

 

ord.

p

mf arco

    

 

ye - llow green

  



 

all the noise and

      

 

f

short

where

 

  

arco sul pont

 

ty

 

a

     

   

and the noise and laugh - ter

      

mf

 

the ci

     

just

     

mf

 

where the co- lored lights

the lights

Vln. II

Vc.

-

   

 Vln. I    

Vla.

out

 

  

 

     

254

Choir

ride

It's

be - yond the ri - ver

      

 

mf

   

mf

251

Choir

                     

 

way

take you there

mf

   

   


       257

laugh - ter

Choir

Ha

 

-

        

Ha

Ha rold -

can you hear the

    Vln. I  

Vln. II

Vla.

mu - sic

         

  

 

pizz

mf

get on the sub- way Ha- rold

3              

f

Ha - rold

 

get on the sub- way Ha- rold



col legno

 

mp

3          

mf

        

     

gliss.

3

arco

 

 

Vc.

can you see the lights

      

38

          f

mp

 

mf arco

   

3

  

 

mp

 

   260

          Ha

Choir



Vln. I

-

rold

get a-board the train

         Ha - rold

Ha

 

-

rold

           

Ha - rold

rold

this is not

  

        Ha

       Ha



a



dream

-

rold this

is

not

a

     

Ha - rold this

      

is

not

a

 

col legno

 

Vln. II

Vla.

mp

  arco

Vc.

 

       

 

col legno

mp

      

        

mp

  

      

mf

  

      


39

 Harold  263

Choir

Pno.

  

 

 

 

dream, this

dream, this

is

is

Vla.

Vc.

 

 

   

 

not...

not...

Hey f

what are you do - ing

Hey

what are you do - ing

  f

 

  

q=72

   

I'm

just

     

sit - ting here



   f

  

f

 

  

f

     

  

arco

    

     pizz

f



f

    

    



    

pizz





    

 



mf

putting on a conductor's hat f

 Vln. I       Vln. II

q=72

 

f arco

 

 

   

    

      

f

  


 

40

266

Harold

    

 



    

  

What are you hi -ding in this

What are you hi -ding in this

Vc.

 

 

bag

  

bag

       

   

   

       

     

       

   

Vla.  

   

That is - n't my bag

  Vln. I  Vln. II

   

   Choir

Pno.



mp

f

    

        

f

      

 

  

 

      

 

   



       

       pizz

f

 

  

    

 

  

 

  

   

        


41

  Harold   269

   

mf

You're mf

Choir

   

Pno.

You're

     I'm not

 

  

that ma -

 

gi - cian

  

that ma -

gi - cian

I've

I've



   

 

in

 

    



 

    



f

seen you

seen you

show

bus

mp

be- fore f

                                     

Vln. II

Vc.

-

       

mf

I know you show peo -ple

       

mf

 

I know you show peo -ple

be- fore

  

  Vln. I  

Vla.

 

 

  

 

 

 





     

 

mf

 

 



arco

f arco



f

mf

mf

 

pizz



  


     274

Harold

 

ness

 

42

mf

My

life's

not

 

 

 

 

 

Choir



 

   

  

   

 

    

f

   

  

                                          Vln. I   Pno.

                  Vla.      mf

Vln. II

Vc.



f

     

 

                mf pizz                 

  

f

 





 

 

       


43

   Harold   277

Glock.

  

  

Pno.

Vln. II

f

    

       

  Vln. I  

  

  

f

What

is

all

this

stuff?

What

is

all

 

 

     

 

      Vla.    Vc.

 f

     

mag - i - cal

  

Choir

   

mf

 f arco

 

this

 

     

stuff?

  

 

 

 

pizz

 

f

   


 



44

279

Harold

Glock.

  

Choir

Pno.

silk

  

streams of

silk

  

four hun - dred yards of mul - ti

co - lored ri -

hand - ker - chiefs

four hun - dred yards of mul - ti

co - lored ri -

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

          

hand - ker - chiefs

  

Vla.        Vc.

 

streams of

 

 Vln. I  Vln. II

            

 

 

     

 

  

arco

  

mf

   

   

 


45

 Harold  281

   

Choir

Pno.

bbon

   

 

 Vln. I  Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

bbon

 

    

  



arco

f

ff

 

and ff

 

and



  

f

   

3

    

birds

-

3

    

eigh - teen thou - sand in - vi - si - ble

This

is

f

eigh - teen thou - sand in - vi - si - ble

      

 



birds

 

 

  



 

  f

3

 

in - vi - si - ble

-

3

 

in - vi - si - ble



       

 

3

  

 

                    

 

  



f

 

  



  



     




  284

Harold

  

   Choir

not



pos - si - ble

birds

Vc.



   

 

Who

am

I?

 

 

 

                             Pno.                  Vln. I           Vln. II         Vla.

birds

  

p

 

  

 

         

  ff

  ff



  

46

       



  

     

ff

Priest: How long has it been since your last confession my son?Harold: Forgive me father, for I have sinned. It’s been too long since my last confessionOne wishes to be good. One wants to live according to the scriptures. But one’s imagination is beyond reason, beyond regulation. One wishes to fix one’s longing like one fixes a crazy watch, one wishes to fix one’s heart.One is tied to one’s mother, and there is no escaping that, Houdini couldn’t do it. One’s mother is not as simple as a locked chain or a straightjacket. One is bound to one’s mother as a boy, as a young man, in one’s middle age and on and on, because she is disabled but still strong, and one loves her, one aches for her, one hates, one wants her to die, one wants her to live, one loves her, one prays for some miracle, and still, day after day one goes to work, one sits at one’s workbench with those broken watches and clocks, the tiny wheels and springs, and one dreams of larger wheels, larger springs, somewhere where time is large, one’s heart is large, one is on the shoulders of one’s father, running down the midway, and one doesn’t want to escape. But here one is, living as one must, caring for one’s mother as one must, taking her to church as one must, feeding her as one must, helping her dress every morning as one must, going to work as one must, ruining one’s eyes, peering into the tiny works of the clock, its delicate little wheels, its absurdly small heart of springs and cogs. And they come to me broken, and I bring them back to life. They hum in my hands, the hands of a magician or a surgeon, and I dream as I must. And in my dream I am a child in a garden of large wheels and springs, I am the heart of the clock, I am the master of time, and so the world is eternal, for everything I touch springs to life in my hands. everything I touch sings in my hands, my young hands.Forgive father for I cannot stop dreaming of these things


47

  Harold   287

Choir

Vln. I

  

  

  

 

Vln. II

Vla.

    

Vc.

               

mp

  

mf

la mp

cri - mo - sa

la

cri - mo - sa

di

es

i - lla

la mf

-

-

cri

 

-

mo

 

-

sa

3  3    3  3  3                              

pp

pp

 



di

es

 pp

la

cri - mo

sa

di

es

3 3          

          mp



mp pizz 3

 

i

pizz

p

i - lla

3

p

3

mp

 mp

lla

3

3







 

  Harold  292

Choir

qua re - sur - get ex fa - vi - lla

  

arco   Vln. I  Vln. II

  p

  p

 p

hu - ic er - go pa - ce de - us

pi - e je - su do - mi - ne

do - na e - is re - qui - em

hu - ic er - go pa - ce de - us

pi - e je - su do - mi - ne

do - na e - is re - qui - em

                                

p arco

Vc.

                                   

qua re - sur - get ex fa - vi - lla

Vla.







 





 

  



mp

 

mp

 p

 p


 

 

48

296

Harold

Choir



        do - na

      do - na

e - is

     Vln. I     

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

mf

e - is





3



re - qui - em

la

3

 la

 



 



3

       

mf

sa





mf





mf

    

3

p



sa

3

cri - mo

mf

3     

3

cri - mo

3





      

 

       



3

3

f

  Harold  299

Choir

  

3

di

 

3

 



3

 



3

  Vln. I 

Vla.

Vc.

mp

li

di

Vln. II





es

     i

es

  





i

 

-



           3

3

lla

-

-

be

 



-

-

-

lla



  

-



3

la

   

mf

  

pizz 3

    mf

3

cri

-

pizz

3

mf



  

mo

3

3



3

  sa

3

  

  

  

   3


49

  Harold  ra

-

    Choir

 

-

-

  

3

es

  

3

  



lla

3

3

la

 



 



   

3

  

3

cri - mo

   

3

  

3

cri - mo

 



mf

3

  sa

3

  sa











arco

  



life

arco

3

Vc.

 

what have I done with my

i

     

me

f

 3   3

la

3

 Vln. I  

Vla.

di

Vln. II



301

mf

   3   3       Harold  303

what have I done with my

Choir

  

di

 

di

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

3

    

    

  

3

es

3

  

es

life

3

li

 3      i

   i

   



 -

-

lla

be

-

-



ra

3

la

  

3

me

 

pizz 3

  3  3  3  3  3             cri - mo





3

sa



di

es

      

3

3

3



i

lla

 



   3 pizz mf arco               

-

 

 

lla

-

 



  


 



50

306

Choir

Vln. I

 

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

f

la

  

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

  

cri

la

mo - sa

 -

cri

-

 



ah

   

3

ah

cri

   

ah

-



 mf 



3

     mf

3

ah

mo

  

3

   

f

   

3

 

 

3



la

mp 3

       

3

  

f

   

mo - sa



3

  

Vln. I

3

           3 3 f 3    arco

308

Choir

         

 

-

sa

    

 

mf





3


51

 Harold  311

   Choir

f

      

                 mp

Vc.

        

 

ha!

      



ha!

          

ha!

ha!

 

pizz

 

Vln. II

Vla.

      

ha!

f

ha!

Vln. I

 

 

                                      f pizz                                  

 

 

f

  

mp

 

 

  Harold  314

  Choir

Vln. I

Vc.

      

ha!



 quan

 -

do

      

ha!

coe

-

 li

   

Vln. II

Vla.

                 ha!

mo

ha!

-

ven

-

 di



sunt

 

et

                                              

f




          316

Harold

3

52

        3

3

what have I donewith my life?

   Choir

 

  

ha!

te

Vln. I

what have I done with my life?

      

      

ha!

  

rra

     

ha!

Vla.

Vc.

 

   

f

           

            

       

 

f

3

ha!

   

f

 

        

 

 

     

 

mf

Vln. II

3



3

  f Harold  318

li

Choir

Vln. I

-

-

ber

          ha!

 

ha!

  

 

   f

Vln. II

arco

-

ra

quan

me

        

 

  -

do

qaun

coe

-

 

-

be



mo - ven





do

 



li

li

-



coe

-

- di

-

  sunt et

li

                                                      Vla.    arco

                       pizz

Vc.

f






53

321   Harold 

ra

te



  Vln. I 

me

     Choir



      

rra

ha!

 li

 -

be

 -



ra

-

te

ha!

pizz       



      



                                

Vln. II

Vc.

      

pizz

Vla.

 

f

           



                pizz

               

 Harold  323

Choir

3 3        

what have I done with my life?

          

 

ha!

li

         ha!

li

-

Vc.



 

-

be

-

 -

                     arco                  Vln. II                   Vla.   Vln. I



-

be

-

ra

ra

-

me



-

me

                    

       

arco

      3

3


54

3 3          

325

Harold

q=72

what have I done with my life?

   Choir

do

 

do

   Vln. I   

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

   

li

mi

-

-

-

be

-

-

ra

  

 -

  



ne

 

mi



ne

                 p       

q=72 arco

 

                                 p

 

  







  Harold  327

 Vln. I  Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

 me

 li

-

-

be

 -

ra



me

 

 

 







 

p

arco

                    

 

pizz

f

 

p


55

 Harold  330

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

  



  

 

 



   3  Harold   

Pno.

gliss.



child

if

I

 

on - ly

could

 

 



 

with the

   

   

  

   



 



   

I could see

p

 

  Vln. I   Vln. II

a

If

333

eyes of

mp

 

  3  



 

   see

    p     

 



   like that

mf

  



 

 

  

  

mp

with

       

Vla.

   

 



 

Vc.

   

  

 

arco

mp

p


         Harold  

337

   

 

  

    

        

  

        

  

with the eyes of a child

mf

 

mf

  

    mf

Vc.

   mf

mp

    

 

    



mf

Vla.

 

 



p

child



3

child

hood en- ded be fore it be

3               

mf

Our child- hood end - ed en- ded be fore it be

 

 

mf

 

   

  



mf



p

mf

mf

p

 

mf

p

             our

mf

        Vln. I   Vln. II

I was ne- ver a

with the eyes of a child

Choir

Pno.

         3

the eyes of a child mf

56

mp

 

mf





    

 

     


57

   Harold   341

Choir

Pno.

Vln. I

mf

 

  

My

child - hood

 

3

en - ded

be - fore

it

 

be

 gan

   

 

 

    

 

 

gan

gan

 

     

      

mf

    

 

   

Vln. II

mf

mf

  

Vc.

  

 

  

 

mf

  

  

mf

mp

  

  

   

    

       

 

  

mf

Vla.

   

  

 q=76

 Harold  344

 

 

Vln. II

6

Vla.

Vc.

 

          6

6

 

6

        

6

p

6

             

           p

 

p

6

p

          

q=76         Vln. I    p



6

p

6

6

6

        6

p

6

6

  p

6

  


58

 Harold  346

    Vln. I    p

6

 

Vln. II



   

Vc.

 6

    

            6

p Vla.

6

6



     



      

mp

            p 6         

  

mp

6

p

 Harold  348

6

6

          Vln. I      6 6 p          Vln. II       Vla.

Vc.

p

  

6

6

   

 Harold  349

p

  

6

         Vln. I        6 6   mp       Vln. II         6 6 mp         Vla.          Vc.

  

6

mp

 

 

6

6

   mp

6

  


59

 Harold  350

 Vln. I  

Vla.

Vc.

           6 mp 6           

 

Vln. II

   

mp

 6

  

 

 



mp

  

 

                mp 6           

6

mp

66

mp

6

6

 

 

 

       

mf

  Harold  353

 

 

 

 

Choir



Pno.

Vln. I

Vln. II

 

mf

 

 



who

  

The

eyes of

A

mf

 





  

 

mf

   

   



 

 

  

 

  



mf

mf

 

     

  

 

 

     

                   Vla.       Vc.

   mf



  



 

a

 

      



     

 

child's

 

child

   

 

       





   

eyes of

 

are

 

mf

The

   

       


    

Harold

you

    Choir

Pno.

 

 eyes

see the world as a wheel

    

mf

  





mf



 



    

mf

      

  

           

and mf

death is

and

death is

  

 

            

   

death is

 

mf

        

      

 

  

death is

 

     

       

 

  

 

 

    

 

them

mf



as it wheels a - round

   

 Vla.     Vc.

do - ing here?



      

see the world

  

  Vln. I   Vln. II

what am I

          

60

      

358



   


61

 Harold  362

Choir

Pno.

Vln. I



f



              part of our



 

 

 

     

 

   

jour - ney

   

         Vla.             

 mf

you see

me

Do

you hear

me

 

   

             

Vln. II

Vc.

Do



    

 

jour - ney

            part of our

  

 

    

   



 

     

 

  

  



   

mf

     

mf


  368

Harold

 

 

62

 

mf

Pno.

Vln. II

Vc.





the

wheels

of

the

train

mf





wheels

of

the

train

 

 

 

the

mf

 

 

   

     

 mf

 

  

 







 Vln. I 

Vla.

 

 



 

  

 

 

    

   

 



Choir



  

 







          

  

    



 


63

 Harold  372

These

 

Choir

Pno.

mf



 

    mp

go

 

 



mf



we





see

you



and

round

 

 

 

 

 

   



  these

            Vln. I             Vln. II          Vla.    Vc.

voices

round

        







 

 

  

         

     



      

  

 

  

  


       Harold 

64

376

voi

  

Choir

Pno.



 

 Vln. I  Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

ces

mp

mf

     





we

   

hear

         

 

 

 

 

    

you

    

 

  

   

  

        

   

   

    

 





mf

  

 

mp



 


65

   Harold 

mp

379

 

 

re - cog - nize

  

  

do p

    mp

 

 

        Vln. I  Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.



    

me

p

Choir

Pno.



you



    

do

       



mp

 

  

 

 

 

re - cog - nize

  

   

see

us

  

you

 

p

   

   

see

 

   

   

  

 

 

 

     

 

 

  

me

 

   



 

q=86

 

 

   

 

 

us

 

     

q=86

 

 p

    



p

   p


 

66

386

Harold

Choir

Pno.

 



 

                        Vln. I                      Vln. II                       Vla.     p

Vc.

 

 Harold  391

Choir

Pno.





playing instrument

 





    

 Vla.     Vc.

 Vln. I  Vln. II

              

   

    

 

 

 

                      

  

   

   

 

  

  



p

     


67

 Harold  397

Choir

Pno.

 



     Vln. I  Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.



 

 

 







p

6

          

6

pp

 

6

         p



          

p

   

p

mp

Bird soundscape enters

6

6

6

6


 

68

402

Harold

Choir

Pno.

 



 Vln. I  Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

   

 



6

 



 p

 

  

  

      

6

   p

6

p       

6

6

6

 

 

    


69

 Harold  403

Choir

Pno.

 



       Vln. I        p

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.



   

6

    6



p

p

6

      6

       6

6

    p

6

        6

mp

  

    



  6

 

mp

  

 

mp


 

70

406

Harold

Elec.

Vln. I

Vln. II

  

mf

   



  

 

mf

 

  

    

 

    

  

   

     

                  

  

   

half sul pont Gliss up and down D

 

     mf

mf half sul pont Gliss up and down D

   Vla.     Vc.

  

  

Elec

half sul pont Gliss up and down D

     mf

  mf

 

 


71

 Harold  407

Elec.

 

Elec

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

   

 

    

    

 

                                 

 

       

     

  

  

  

      

      

  

 

        

           


  Harold   408

 

Elec.

 

Elec

Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

                                        

     

72



    

 

 

 

 

            

     



 

                 

  

 

    






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