Winter’s Child Excerpt Two Music by Ellen Reid Libretto by Amanda Jane Shank Story by Ellen Reid, Julianne Just and Amy Tofte Presented at The Industry’s FIRST TAKE Christopher Rountree, Conductor Singers: Maria Elena Altany, Peabody Southwell, Stephanie Aston, Jessica Aszodi, Ariel Downs, Leslie Ann Leytham, Jessica Mirshak, Kirsten Wiest Nick Tipp, Audio &Recording Engineer
Excerpt 2 Starts Here
In Time 434
B. Cl.
Flug.
B. Tbn.
Vib.
Chim.
Vln.
Db.
mp
mp
You smell
like
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cool
like
p mp
Gongs
mf
very scratchy and chaotic
rain.
p
expand this pattern to more dissonant and scratchy sounds
rain.
cool
p
rain.
f
arco
cool
like
rain.
cool
p
Chimes
like
no vibrato pp
very slight vibrato
no vibrato pp
Vc.
Vla.
p
ppp
no vibrato
Vln.
S 3, 4
ppp
S 1, 2
p
ppp
S. 5, 6
Gongs.
Child
mp
Pno.
q = 90
Tbn. 1
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72
441
B. Cl.
Flug.
q = 125
mp
f
Flugelhorn
ff
f
flutter
p
Tbn. 1
Trombone
flutter
p
B. Tbn.
Piano
mp
f
flutter
f
stop!
(= h)
Gongs.
Cym.
Tom-t.
B. D.
Child
Vln.
mf
bowed
p
Electronics
Vln.
Bass Drum mp
3
extreme sul pont bending toward and away from the pitch microtonally up and down frantically
Terr -
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extreme sul pont
Vc.
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vings
p
let resonate ff
scratch tone devoid of pitch
more bow pressure
more bow pressure
scratch tone devoid of pitch
more bow pressure
more bow pressure
ff
normal
Double Bass
ff
normal
scratch tone devoid of pitch
normal
Violoncello
ff
more bow pressure
normal
pp
let resonate
pp
normal
p
Db.
pp
cra
pp
extreme sul pont bending toward and away from the pitch microtonally up and down frantically
pp bending toward and away from the pitch microtonally up and down frantically
Vla.
mf
3
Terr - i - ble cra- vings
f
Tom-toms
f
Electr.
ff
ff
scratch tone devoid of pitch
ff
scratch tone devoid of pitch
ff
B. Cl.
Flug.
mf
B. Tbn.
Electr.
Vib.
Child
p
p
p
f p
3
Vln.
mf
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mf
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3
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p
3
Db.
pp
normal
mf
f
breathe when you need to and reenter loudly and freely (splat tone okay!)
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3
f
gliss.
3
ff
ff
f
with hard rubber mallets
3
ff ff f 3
ppp fp
fp
powerful vibrato
gliss.
gliss.
cra
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gliss.
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scratch tone devoid of pitch
scratch tone devoid of pitch
p
Terr - i - ble
p
breathe when you need to and reenter loudly and freely (splat tone okay!)
Terrible_Terrible
normal
pp
f
mf
mf
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mf
normal Vla.
vings
mf
normal
Vln.
vings
3
vings
mp
vings
mp
pp
f
mp
bowed
cra
S. 5, 6
3
3
Vibraphone
cra
S 3, 4
Terr - i - ble cra
S 1, 2
Tom-t.
Cym.
B. D.
f
p
Tbn. 1
73
breathe when you need to and reenter loudly and freely
448
scratch tone devoid of pitch
p scratch tone devoid of pitch
p scratch tone devoid of pitch
p
normal
ff
3
normal
ff
3
normal
ff
3
normal
3
ff
normal
ff
3
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B. Cl.
Flug.
Tbn. 1
B. Tbn.
Electr.
Vib.
Tom-t.
B. D.
Child
q = 90
f f
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mp
mp
mp
powerful vibrato
vings.
fff S 1, 2
What
S. 5, 6
Vln.
Vla.
Vc.
S 5, 6
sul pont
sul pont
mine
What
is
What
is
mine.
sul pont
p
mine
p
p
p
sul pont
normal
sul pont
normal
p
is
fff powerful vibrato
Vln.
Db.
S 3, 4
fff powerful vibrato S 3, 4
S 1, 2
p
459
Flug.
f
Tbn. 1
(=q) (messy unpitched half valve gliss with articulation)
gliss.
Vib.
B. D.
Child
f
mp
(=q) (messy unpitched gliss with articulation) gliss.
(=q) (messy unpitched gliss with articulation) gliss.
mf
p
Vln.
mf
gliss.
Vla.
more bow pressure
more bow pressure
more bow pressure
Vc.
more bow pressure
more bow pressure
mf
gliss.
mf
gliss.
scratch tone
p
normal
normal
scratch tone
normal
sul pont moltissimo (so close that you occasionally lose the pitch)
sul pont moltissimo (so close that you occasionally lose the pitch)
p
f
scratch tone
p
p
f
scratch tone
p
wait
f
scratch tone
thing?
wait
some
wait
We
Vln.
Db.
You need
We
S. 5, 6
We
S 3, 4
Yours?
S 1, 2
p
p
mp
p mp
mp
mp
f
B. Tbn.
75
sul pont moltissimo (so close that you occasionally lose the pitch) To To Vla.
p
sul pont moltissimo (so close that you occasionally lose the pitch) normal
f
normal
f
mp
sul pont moltissimo (so close that you occasionally lose the pitch)
mp
q = 115
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463
B. Cl.
Flug.
p
Child
ff
Trombone
ff
mp
mp
Bass Trombone p
B. D.
Flugelhorn
p
Tom-t.
Tbn. 1
B. Tbn.
ff
ff
mp
ff
ff
ff
mp
(on rim)
Tom-toms
ppp
f
instruments can overtake voices
fp
fff
ff
Child
What are you ask ing me?
p no vibrato
What
is
S 3, 4
p
Vln.
p no vibrato
What
is
mine
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mine
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ff
mp
ff
fff normal
fff
fff
very low scratch tone normal
mp
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very low normal scratch tone
very low scratch tone
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very low scratch tone
ff
Violoncello
mp
-
normal very low scratch tone
ff
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ff
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Viola
Vc.
Vla.
Db.
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normal
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normal
What
AH
is
fff
mine
no vibrato
What
S. 5, 6
f
fp here fff f
f with great frantic despiration
S 1, 2
mf
mp
fff
normal
fff
471
B. Cl.
fp
Flug.
mp
mp
Tbn. 1
mp
B. Tbn.
Pno.
Tom-t.
B. D.
Child
ff
ff
fp
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fp glis
need
to
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staccato
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do?
mf
instruments can overtake voices f here
f
S 1, 2
3
ff
3
Show
me
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fff
ff
3
f
3
f
3
3 ff (on rim) 3
Piano
do
S 1, 2
ff
3
f
my
3 3
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ff
fate,
AH
mf
S 3, 4
S 3, 4 -
S. 5, 6
Vln.
Vln.
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more bow pressure
fp
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fp
Db.
fp
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S 5, 6
fp
fp
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more bow pressure
scratch tone
ff
scratch tone
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mf scratch tone
fff
- AH
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scratch tone
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normal
normal
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3
ff more bow pressure
Vla.
scratch tone
ff more bow pressure
more bow pressure
scratch tone
ff
scratch tone
ff
normal
3 3
3
3 3 3 3
normal
scratch tone
normal
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476
B. Cl.
Flug.
Tbn. 1
B. Tbn.
Piano
Electr.
f
Tom-t.
f
B. D.
3
mf
mf
3
3
mp
q = 80
mf
f
3
3
ritard.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. mf with deep need and longing
Child
Vln.
Vln.
Vc.
Db.
.
me.
mf
Vla.
gliss
show
mf
Show
me
my fate,
f
mf
3
f
mf
3
mf
mf ff
f
mp
he
lp me to
see.
B. Tbn.
Vib.
Child
Vln.
Vc.
Db.
Vib.
Child
Vln.
p
pleading
Le
ann
pp
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a
Le
p
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ann
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a
p
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Vibraphone
Out of Time I1
pp
pp
with metal rod
p
ppp
Vln.
Come
back,
pp
Vc.
Vla.
pp
pp
pp
pp
Db.
with soft yarn mallets
484
Piano
B. Cl.
79
481
The rain outside Child's window becomes a sea of flowers raining down. She is amazed, delighted, a little scared. Leanna begins to leave.
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80
485
Piano
Vib.
Child
Vln.
Vla.
Vc.
Piano
S 1, 2
as quiet as possible and still sung
Come
back,
Vln.
Db.
Move to next section once all strings on in a unison
II 1 486
gently
Come_back
gently S 3, 4
Come_back
S. 5, 6
Vln.
Vla.
Vc.
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Come_back
ppp
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gently
ppp
Vln.
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ppp
488
B. Cl.
In the privacy of her own room, Mama is still bent in prayer. The Lake begins to pour into Child's bedroom, overwhelming her, sweeping her deeper into her dream.A moment of silence, stillness.
II 2
81
gently, half spoken half whispered
gliss.
Come_back
p
gently, half spoken half whispered
Flug.
gliss.
Come_back
p
Tbn. 1
gently, half spoken half whispered
gliss.
Come_back
B. Tbn.
Piano
Vib.
p gently, half spoken half whispered
gliss.
Come_back
gently, half spoken half whispered
gliss.
p Come_back
gently, half spoken half whispered
gliss.
Come_back
p
gently, half spoken half whispered
Chim.
gliss.
Come_back
B. D.
S 1, 2
p
gently, half spoken half whispered mp
gliss.
Come_back
p
gliss.
Come_back
mp
S 3, 4
-Come_back -
S. 5, 6
Vln.
gliss. -
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gently, Spoken
gliss.
Come_back
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gently, half spoken half whispered
Vln.
gliss.
Come_back
p
Vla.
gently, half spoken half whispered
gliss.
Come_back
p
gently, half spoken half whispered
Vc.
p
Db.
Come_back
gliss.
gently, half spoken half whispered
Come_back
gliss.
82 A moment of silence, stillness.
III
B. Cl.
Flug.
Tbn. 1
B. Tbn.
Piano
Electr.
Vib.
Chim.
B. D. S 1, 2
S 3, 4
493
CHILD alone with THE LAKE. CHILD has lost her sense of place and can no longer recognize her bedroom, only THE LAKE surrounds her.
15
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S. 5, 6
Vln.
Vln.
Vc.
Db.
gl iss
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Vla.
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