Ēriks Ešenvalds: Choral Anthology 2 – Sample by Edition Peters

choral anthology 2

for mixed choir (SATB)

M USICA

BALTICA

in collaboration with EP 72446

MUSICA BALTICA

ĒRIKS EŠENVALDS

Ēriks Ešenvalds

Choral Anthology 2 for mixed choir (SATB)

M USICA

BALTICA in collaboration with

EIGENTUM DES VERLEGERS

PETERS EDITION LTD A member of the Edition Peters Group FRANKFURT/M. · LEIPZIG · LONDON · NEW YORK

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CONTENTS Amazing Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Only in Sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 In my Little Picture Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Long Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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Veltīts Rīgas Jauniešu korim Kamēr... / Dedicated to the Riga Youth Choir Kamēr...

AMAZING GRACE Traditional American tune arranged by Ēriks Ešenvalds (*1977)

John Newton (1725-1807)

q » 54

# 3 & 4Œ

Soprano solo

Soprano II

Alto I

Alto II

Tenor I

# & 43

∑

# & 43

∑

# & 43

A - maz legatissimo

∑

ª 7 S. solo

S. I

S. II

A. I

A. II

T. I

T. II

B. I

B. II

# &  &

œ œ

wretch

Mm,

∑

# V 43 Œ

# & .

Mm,

.

. me,

π 

cœ

# .

.

cœ

. ∑ ∑

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sweet

the

cœ ∑ ∑

c c

sound

3 œœœ 4

That

saved

43  .

.

43  .

. 43

. 43 

Mm,

43 Œ

œ I

œ.

œ œ œ J

once

was



lost,

3 . 4

.

43  .

.

43  .

.

43  .

.

. 43

.

3 . 4

.

A - maz - ing!

∑ ∑

but

Mm,

A - maz - ing!

œ œ

.

A - maz - ing!



43  .

legatissimo

.

cœ

œ. œ

Mm,

.

# .

cœ

& .

legatissimo

.

cœ

.

∑

.

how

∑

cœ

& .

.



.

œ œ œœ 

grace,

Mm,

legatissimo

∑

ing

∑

legatissimo

# V 43

œ œ 



legatissimo

Tenor II

Semplice, limpido e con espressione

legatissimo

Mm,

3 4 43

Mm,

∑ ∑

legatissimo

π 

.

Mm,



Mm,

.

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6 13 S. solo

& œ.

now

S. I

S. II

A. I

A. II

T. I

T. II

B. I

B. II

# . & 

found,

œ œ 

Was

blind,

42  42 Œ

# & .

43  .

.

cœ œ

42 

# & .

3 4 .

.

cœ œ

2 4

3 4

# .

3 . 4

.

cœ œ

2  4

3 4

# . V 

. 43 

.

cœ œ

42 

?# œ 

. 43

.

œ œ

 42

?# œ 

cœ œ

43  .

42 

A - maz-ing!

q » 72

# 3 & 4 .

.

# 3 . & 4

.

# & 43 

# & 43  .

# & 43  . # p. V 43  # 3p V 4 .

grace!

? # 3 . 4

grace!

B. II

A - maz - ing

œ œ

that



taught

Mm, niente

œ ‰ Œ J



? # 43 .

grace!

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

.

A - maz-ing



heart

. .



œ œ

And

œ ‰ Œ J

fear,

. .

∑

Fears

œ œ



grace



.



∑ œ

#œ

niente

j œ ‰ Œ

œ œ

re -

∑ 

grace

∑

.

Grace

'Twas

fears

∑



Grace



∑ .

niente

∑

œ ‰ Œ J

j œ ‰ Œ

A - maz-ing

∑

fear, niente

A - maz-ing

cœ œ



.

. œ

niente

heart

.

A - maz-ing!

.



A - maz-ing

Mm,

grace!

B. I

grace!

T. II

cœ œ

42 œ

cœ œ

œ œ

.

see.

.

grace!

T. I

.

grace

A. II

now

c

43  .

grace!

A. I

but

grace!

S. II

œ œ 

# & .

.

. 43 

S. I

43 Œ

S. solo

j œ œ œ œ c .

∑

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Commissioned by the Salt Lake Vocal Artists / Salt Lake Choral Artists, Brady Allred, Conductor

STARS STARS

Commissioned by the Salt Lake Vocal Artists / Salt Lake Choral Artists, Brady Allred, Conductor

Sara Teasdale

S S

A A T T B B Glasses Glasses

## ##

»76–84

Espressivo e rubato q

# ∑ ∑ ∑ 76–84Ó & # 22Espressivo e rubato q» # ∑ Ó ∑ & # 22 ∑

Sara Teasdale

# 2 & # 2 # 2 & # 2 # V # 22 # V # 22 ? # # 22 ? ## # & # # & #

∑

∑ ∑

22 ∑ * 22 ww *p 22 ww p

w w

# Mm & # w # & # Mm w # Mm V #  # night V # 

∑

wwww wwww

.

∑ ∑

∑

.

with

.

with

p œ . p A œ - lone, . pA - lone, œ . p A œ - lone, .

Œ Œ Œ

∑ ∑

- lone 

in œ the œ

wwww wwww

œ œ œ œ œ œ

a - lone

∑

ww ww

œ œ

in the

∑ ∑

pines a - round me

œa

œ œ

œ œ œ œ a - lone in the Ó Œ œ œ œ œ œ ∑ A - lone, ∑ a - lone ∑ in the

pines a - round me œ



∑

∑ ∑

wwww wwww

∑

P  P  spic  - œœy and œœ still, spic - y and P still, œ œ œœ œœ  P 

œœ œœ



P  P night  P night œ œ P night œ œ

Ēriks Ešenvalds Ēriksp Ešenvalds

œ œ   p on a dark œ œ  hill,  p on a dark hill, œ œ pœ œ 

œ œ pœ œ  night ∑on a dark  hill,  p In  the  ∑ p   the  ∑ In p In  the  ∑ ww wwww In the ww wwww on a

 and

still, ww



ww still, ww

and

still,

dark hill,

Ó Ó

p p

 p Mm Ó  p Mm Ó  p Mm Ó  p Mm Ó  p Mm  Ó p  Ó Mm Mm

with pines a - round me spic - y and still, and œ œ œœ œœ   . œ œ œ œ œ P p P with pines a - round me spic - y and still, and still,  œœ œœ   œœ œœ œ œ  ww ww P p P on hill, Mm spic y and still,   and  œœ œœa dark œ œ œ œ  ww  œ œ still, ww p P hill, night on a dark Mm spic - y and P still, ww œ œ œœ œœ still,  and  ? ##  œ œ  w   œ œ P   P pw ww  œ  and  on a dark hill, Mm spic y and still, œ œ œ ? # # night  œ œ  œ œ still, w   œ œ  w  w hill, wMm w w and still, w - y and wstill, # wnight w on a wdark w wspic ww Mm w wwww wwww wwww wwww & # ww # # www w wwww wwww wwww wwww ww w w w w ww w & w w w * Choose resonant glasses and use as little water to tune them as possible - the less water, the more resonant the sound. There must be some water, however,

as the glasses are played with wet fingertips. Every second singer plays a glass. The pitches of every glass-sound chord should be divided equally between the players. For bars 42-76 you may also add a few larger glass or Tibetan-type bowls with pitches D, E and A to add more lower sounds than the sounds produced by the glasses. Choose resonant glasses and use as little water to tune them as possible - the less water, the more resonant the sound. There must be some water, however, as the are played with wet fingertips. © glasses Copyright Musica Baltica 2011Every second singer plays a glass. The pitches of every glass-sound chord should be divided equally between the players. For bars 42-76 you may also add a few larger glass or Tibetan-type bowls with pitches D, E and A to add more lower sounds than the sounds produced by the glasses.

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## P ww &

P ww

p 

P ww

p 

P ww

p ww

p  

P w w

## P & w

## P w

p 

P w ? ## w

# ww & # ww P

# w & # w

P 

wwww

wwww ww

mist - y

# V # 

P œœ œœ œ œ 

? ##  

P œœ œœ 

# ww & # ww

to - paz and

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mist - y

and

p w Oh



p Œ œ



p Œ œ and

mist - y



heav - en, a



œ œ

heav - en, a

œ œ œ œ

heav-en full of

œ œ œ œ

heav-en full of



stars

wwww ww

œœ œœ 

o - ver my

 head,

œ œ œ œ œ œ 

o - ver my

head,



 

white and

wwww ww

Myr - i - ads with

w œ œ œ œ

beat -ing hearts of

fire

red;

œ œ œ

ea - ons can - not

vex or tire;

Myr - i - ads with

beat -ing hearts of

fire

vex or tire;

ea - ons can - not

œw œ œ œ red;

œ œ . œ . œ ww

red;

mist - y

red;

wwww ww

 

œ œ

the

œ œœ

the

w œ œ œ œ

œw œ œ œ w

w œ œ œ œ

œ œ œ œ w

∑

ww wwww ww

vex or tire;

wwww ww

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Commissioned by the University of Louisville Collegiate Chorale and Cardinal Singers. Conductor: Kent Hatteberg

ONLY IN SLEEP TIKAI MIEGĀ Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)

Solo

P bbb 3 œ b & bb 4 œ œ

On - ly in

» 80–86

Espressivo, con anima q

p bbb 3 b & b b 4  ..



sleep

see

 ..

.

 ..

Ēriks Ešenvalds

(*1977)

œ œ œ. ‰ œ œ œ

their fac - es,

chil-dren I

played with

‰ œj œ œ œ when I was a

œ . 

 ..

œ .

 ..

 ..

 ..

 .



p bb b b b 3 & b 4  ..

bb 3 V b b bb 4

b & b bbbb 

8 Solo

child,

∑



Lou - ise comes back

bb & b b b b  . œ bb & b b bb

∑

 ..

 .

œ œ œ œ

bb V b b b b  ..

 ..

P .

 ..

P  ..

∑

 . .

An - nie with

œ  .

œ œ œ. ‰ ring - lets

 ..

P  .

.

p .

œ œ œ. ‰ œ œ œ

braid - ed,

P  . .

..

œ œ

with her brown hair

 ..

? bb b b bb

p .

œ . 



 ..

. .

 . .

. .



unis.

 ..

 .

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bb & b b bb œ œ œ œ  .



bb & b b b b  ..

 ..

15 Solo

warm

and

wild.

œ . 

p bb b b & b b .

. œ . 

p ? bb b b  . b b .

 . .

come

F bb b b œ . V bb

come

F ? b b b b œœ .. bb

come

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On - ly in

sleep

 ..

P œ œ œ . œ œ œ .

j œ œ J

to them,

j œ œ œ œ J

to them,

œ 

who can

œ  who can

œ  œ 

who can

On - ly in



P œ œ.

know?

div.

Yet

œ œ œœ

œœ œ 

œœ œœ œ

œ œ 

œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ

Time is for - got - ten:

œ J

we played last

j œ œ

we played last

 ..

Yet

œ œ œ .

P œ. œ.

we played last

know?

Yet

 

Time is for - got - ten:

P unis. œ.

know?

Yet

 

Time is for - got - ten:

sleep

.

œœ

Time is for - got - ten,

œœ œœ 

P unis. œ.

know?

œ œ œ œ

œœ 

 ..

who can

to them,

P œ œ œ

œ J

j œ œœ œ J

œ œ

we played last

∑

 ..

sleep

œœ œ œ j œ œ

P  ..

∑

P œœ œœ œ œ

F bb b b  .. & bb F bb b b & b b œ.

. Ah

p bb V b b b b  ..

23 S



night

 .

unis.

what may have

œœ

what may have

œ œ

œœ

what may have

œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ a

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

night

œ œ œ

long



night

long

 

œ œ

 

œœ

long

night

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IN MY LITTLE PICTURE FRAME

IN MY LITTLE PICTURE FRAMEMusic by Renārs Kaupers

Lyrics by Imants Ziedonis (*1933)

(*1974)

English transl. by Ieva Lešinska-Geiber Lyrics by Imants and Elaine SingleyZiedonis Lloyd (*1933)

Arranged by Ēriks Ešenvalds Music by Renārs Kaupers (*1977)

» c ∑ Con amore q » 108–112 π

(*1974)

English transl.Con by Ieva Lešinska-Geiber amore q 108–112 π Lloyd and Elaine Singley # 2 soloists S and T 2 soloists S and T SI

SI S II

S II S III

S III AI

AI A II

A II T

T B

B Perc.

Perc.

# &# & # &# & # &# & # &# & # &# & # & # V # V ?#

c cŒ

∑j j∑ œ œ. œ. œ œ œ j baM baM baM baM pa j cŒ œ œ œ. . œ œ œ œ c œ œ  œ œ œ baM baMœ œ baM baM œ œ pa ba da ba c ba da œbaM œ ba da baM  œ c Œœ œ ‰ j j œ .œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ ba da baM ba da baM œ ba da ba ba da baM ba d ba daM cŒ Œ ‰ j j œ. œ œ œ œ œj c j œ œ j œ œ baœ daœ baMœ œ baœ œd baœ daMœ œ . c baj daM baj daM ba daM ba daM baj daM c œ œ œj œ œ œ œj œ œ œ œ. œ . daM baœ daM œ baœ daM œ baœ . daM ba daM ba baM baM baM baM c jbaM j œ ∑œ œ œ œ. c œ. ∑ c c

baM

?# c & c &

baM

∑ ∑

SI S II

S II S III

S III AI

AI A II

A II T

baM

∑ ∑

∑

∑ j œ œ. j baM ra baM œ Œ œ œ œ. œ œ ‰ j j œ. œ œ baM ra baM daM ba da baM œ œ ‰ j j œ. œ œ œ baœ daœ baMœ œ daM œ ba da baM ba da œ œ œ œ œ œ j œba. da baMœ œ baœ da baM baM baM j œj. œ œj œœ œ œ œ œbaM œ baM baM ba daM ba daM ba da j j œ œ œ ∑œ œ œ œ

ba daM ba daM

∑ ∑

∑∑

∑

# . œ. & Œ œ Jœ œ 5 # . œ. & # Œ œœ Jœœ œ  & œ œ œ œ # & # Œœ œ ‰œ j œj œ .œ œ œ & œ œ œœ # j . œ œ & # Œj ‰ œjj œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ # & # œj œ œjj œ œ œ œj œ œ & œ. œ œ œ œ œ. # j j & # œ. œ œ œ œ œ. ∑ V # ∑ ©V Copyright Musica Baltica 2011

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baM

∑∑

∑

ba da

j∑ œ œ œ baM baM baM j œ. œ œ œŒ œ œœ œ baMœ baM baM ba da ba daM Œ œ œœ œ  œ œ œ ba da ba daMœ baM ba da baM  œ œ œ j œ œ.  da baM baM ba baM jbaM œœ œ . œ j œ . œ œ baM baM ba da ba daM œ œ œ œj œ . ∑ œ.

ba da

œ ‰ œj j œ‰ œ

œ œ. œ. œ J J œ œ. œ. œ Jj œ . œ œ œJ œ œ j . œ œœ œœ œ  œ œœ œ  œœ j œ œ œ œ. j œœ œ œ œœ œ . œ œ œ

∑

œ .. Œ

∑

œ Œ

j œ œ. j œ œ. œ

.. Œ œ .. œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ .. œ .. œŒ œ ‰œ j œj œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ .. Œ ‰ j j œ . œ œ j .. j œj œ œ  œ œ œ œ œ œ j . œj j œ . ... œj œ œjj œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ j j . j œ ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ ∑ œ œ . ... Óœ . œ œ œ œ œ ∑

œ œ

∑ ∑

ba daM

∑∑

∑

(*1977)

∑

∑∑

∑

œ œ œœ Œ J œ œ œœ J œ œ œ Œœ œ œœ œ œ œ œŒ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ j œ œ. œ. j œ œ. œj. œ  œ j œ œ ∑

Arranged by Ēriks Ešenvalds

.. Ó

œ œ œ œ

In my lit - tle It’s a qui - et In my lit - tle It’s a qui - et 2/28/2013 2:49:57 PM

# j & # œ. œj & œ. œ # &#  &  # &# œ œœ & œ œ œœ # œ &# œ œ & œ œ œ # œ &# j & œj œ . # œ œ.  V# œ œ  œ frame V pic œ -ture

10 SI SI S II S II S III S III AI AI A II A II T T

œ œœ Œ œ œ œœ Œ œ œœ œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œj œœ œ Œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œœ œ jœ. j œj œ . œj œ œ. œ. œ j j  œj œ œj  œœ œ Œ Ó Œ Ó

af - ter - noon, picture frame af - ter - noon,

# &# & # &# & # &# & # &# & # &# & # V# V

15 SI SI S II S II S III S III AI AI A II A II T T

Perc. Perc.

& &

Œ Œ œ œ

œ œ

‰ ‰ œ œ œœ œ œ œ. œ. j œj œ œ œ Ó Ó

œ Jœ J j œj œ œ œ

œ. œ.

j œj œ . œ œ.

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choral anthology 2

For me, harmony is most important – how it flows and becomes a new harmony. The melodic line is secondary. Perhaps this is because my ear is trained primarily to perceive harmonies. Nevertheless I don’t want to write simple music . . . it is important for me to create sounds that I truly feel. I conclude that I am constantly changing, searching for new paths, but absolutely not, once having found them, massproducing them. Ēriks Ešenvalds

ĒRIKS EŠENVALDS

Born in 1977 in Priekule, Latvia, Ēriks Ešenvalds studied composition with Selga Mence at the Latvian Academy of Music. He has continued his studies with Michael Finnissy, Trevor Wishart, Richard Ayres and Jonathan Harvey, amongst others. For 2011–2013, he holds the position of Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

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