Winter's Child Score (Excerpt 3)

Winter’s Child Excerpt Three 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

Third Excerpt Starts Here

561

q = 85

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 pp

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      pp

bass clarinet begins and bass trombone and echos quickly afterward

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gain

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flugel only

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trombone, bass tbn and bass cl

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gain

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not echoed

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pp

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flugel begins and trombone echos quickly afterward

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Winds

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97

q = 100

29

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time

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gain

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pp

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( =q ) superball on skins and bowed cymbal



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the third time Please_Please

 Please!

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  

S 3, 4

t

 

ppp

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S 5, 6

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q = 85



the third time Please_Please

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f

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gain

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f

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full vibrato

q = 100

 

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 Please!

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no vibrato

pp

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3

3

The se - cond time,

ppp

S 5, 6

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t

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f

mf

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fp

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mf

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fp

f

mp

p

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p

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f

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31

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day

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day

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day

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what is mine.

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n n n

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 

3

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                     one

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n

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  

full vibrato

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

p

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The third time I roared at her



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S 5, 6

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

mp

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key clicks

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S 3, 4

S 5, 6

  

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

S 1, 2



with increasing speed and intensity

3

mp

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

tapping on metal and key clicks



wilder and wilder

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bowed crotale, play once only

S 1, 2

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S 5, 6

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p

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violin and viola arco completely at your own time

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to

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solo voice minimal vibrato

      

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one voice

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p

p

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p

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

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a subtle low tapping and rumbling on skins and wood

our litt - le child

S 5, 6

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mp



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mp

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mp

S 1, 2

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electronics number

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electronics number

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cello and bass

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fp

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mf

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p



102

q = 110

589

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cello and bass

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violin 1

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violin 2

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said

gliss.

  I

said

I said

whispered 3

  



  p



 

My

daugh ters



 

My

daugh ters

   



 

I said I said My

daugh ters

5 ss. gli

 



     

 

f





 

f bass and cello





mp

 mp

  mp



sung 5

cello only

sung

sung

     daught - ers I said I   said      p  

 

whispered

 

q = 110

 

 



  

whispered

  

two voices

gliss.

  mp

two voices

3

5



mf





muh

muh muh muh muh

pp



Strings.

 

mf

tbn, bass tbn



f



S 3, 4







S 1, 2







Perc.



flugel and bass Clarinet





Electr.





  Pno.







  





  p

 



 

 

p

 f

 f

 



  



103q = 80

592







  

 

 

    pp

 

 

flugel

Winds

 



 



  Pno.



bass cl

pp

tbn







bass tbn









electronics number





37

Electr.























Perc.

   





   

f

 S 1, 2

(h ff ritard.......................................................

   ff

My

ff S 3, 4





My

ff

S 5, 6

 







    

daught - ers

s

s





daught - ers









  









 

3

s



 

s

s

  

daught - ers





Strings.

My



s

s





 





s

s s

  s

   s

 

s





muh



 

s s



)

ritard (cont.)................................................................ mp gliss.  

s

3



muh

 

5

 

s

s

s



muh



muh

muh

5

muh muh

muh

muh

muh My

mp

 

gliss. muh

muh

  

d daugh

 



3

My

mp

gliss. 

ppp weakly



ters



s

weakly ppp



 3

My





 













3

 

daugh - ters

 

s s

daugh - ters





 

s

 

+

 s

3





s

s

weakly ppp

5     

s

s

s

s

q = 80

594

104

Winds



 

 

 

 







 







 







 





 





 









Pno.







electronics number





38

Electr.









 









 







 



 







   

Perc.

   (q)

 

S 1, 2



muh

my

 

 

Strings.



 

glass wind chime p

   

S 3, 4

S 5, 6



  m m





 

daugh - ters s

3

  



s

my

muh





   

  

muh

muh

muh my

muh my

3

   

5

m

m

muh

 3

my





daugh - ters

  s



  

s

3

my

  

s s

muh muh my

3

 

    

daugh - ters



 



no vibrato p

My

 

no vibrato p

   

daugh - ters





My



3

wat -

3

wat -

no vibrato p

   

daugh - ters

My

3

wat -

     

er - y

flow - ers

in

their

      er - y

flow - ers

in

their

      er - y

flow - ers

in







 









 









 



their



Out of Time I1

105

597









  



















Winds

Pno.

Electr.

















Perc.

S 1, 2

 







 

Strings.











in

their

blood

-



blood



















 blood

S 5, 6



an intuition of impending destruction

blood,

S 3, 4







in

their





in

their







blood



106



I2

601 The inescapable march of fate



Winds

 





 

ebbing and flowing, but growing joining into the pulse of the electronics landing on, near, pulling to and from B, C and C# not unlike grunting occasionally, break from the pulse and push beyond electronics p





f

ebbing and flowing, but growing

 



 



Pno.

joining into the pulse of the electronics on unpitched scrapes scratches

Electr.



Perc.

incessant and powerful

 

p



ff

The inescapable march of fate

   





 





 

 S 1, 2

 





joining into the pulse of the electronics on metalic unpitched and low drums incessant and powerful moans, scrapes and rolls p

The inescapable march of fate

 

building......

ff

  building......

building......



 

S 3, 4





 

S 5, 6





 



 



The inescapable march of fate

 ebbing and flowing, but growing



Strings.

 

joining into the pulse of the electronics landing on, near, pulling to and from B, C and C# not unlike grunting (in your low registers) and wailing (in your high registers) occasionally, break from the pulse and call out beyond the electronics p





ebbing and flowing, but growing

f

 



In Time

602

107

q = 100

 

Winds















  

    















 

Perc.

    

broken

 

   









 



















 























  





confrontation

mp



fff



glis

s.



mp

             

You will one day

fff

ss. gli

You_You







re turn what is mine You will

fff full force full vibrato

You_YouYou _You



             

full force full vibrato

You will one day

s.   lis  g      

     

                  



             

You will one day





 







re -

turn





re -

turn





re -

turn



one day



re turn what is mine You will

full force full vibrato



begin to break from the pulse







one day



re turn what is mine You will







one day



  



mp





 

broken

 









what







is





what



    





what







mine





is

fff

mine

 is





mine

In Time

q =  

Strings.





You_You _You

S 5, 6

 



   

S 3, 4

 

begin to break from the pulse

moaning scraping and rolling keeping the pulse

S 1, 2

 



  continue keeping the pulse in the same way (the specific rhythm should and may vary)

 

broken

begin to break from the pulse and the pitches

 

 

Electr.



  continue keeping the pulse in the same way (the specific rhythm should and may vary)

Pno.



100















  

 To Vln. 1 To Perc.

  continue keeping the pulse in the same way (the specific rhythm should and may vary)





begin to break from the pulse and the pitches

 

   



 broken

 

 

612



109 The smoke clears

II

Flugel, Tbn, B Tbn: Finish all playing by this point



Winds



Bass Clarinet: wind down solo







The smoke clears



 Fade quickly



Pno.



electronics number





40

 Electr.







The smoke clears



Fade and ease (after the piano, before the violins)



Percussion.



 S 1, 2



The smoke clears

  

S 3, 4

S 5, 6



 

II The smoke clears





Strings.

Violins: Fade and ease. Longer bows. Less Harsh.



Cello: wind down solo



 Bass, Viola: finish all playing by this point



110

613

Winds



III 1





 





 



 



 

silence











Pno.

III 2

 

electronics number



41

silence

 Electr.



 





 







Percussion.

 

 



 

Ruin.

 



 



 

S 3, 4

S 5, 6

 

silence



S 1, 2





III 1



III 2 

 

 violin 1 only, very still, no vibrato



Strings







silence



p



   

111



In Time

615

 

Winds

q = 90









 











  





















 

Pno.

 







 p

Electr.









  









 









Percussion.

 





    

p

trombone

bass tbn, bass cl



          

          

 





   

                        

   



          mp

pp

  







3                    

minimal vibrato mp

S 1, 2

Hun - gry hand - fuls fall ing

un - ea - ten a - round

S 3, 4

3                   

Hun - gry hand - fuls fall ing

un - ea - ten a - round

S 5, 6

3                   

Hun - gry hand - fuls fall ing



un - ea - ten a - round

She ran home in fear,

daugh - ter

born

She ran home in fear,

to a fourth

daugh - ter

born

             

her feet.

She ran home in fear,

to a fourth

daugh - ter

born

    

wild and un- sa- tis-

    

wild and un- sa- tis-

    

wild and un- sa- tis-

In Time

 

q = 90







violin 1 only

Strings

to a fourth

             

her feet.

minimal vibrato mp

pp

             

her feet.

minimal vibrato mp

   





                  p

3



violin 1 and 2



       





 

  

cello only

  





    p



    

  



 

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mp cello and bass

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

41

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pp completely at your own pace

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42

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no vibrato completely at your own pace

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sung pp

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ppp

(=h + e)

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S 5, 6

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S 1, 2

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