Judith Bingham; Unpredictable but Providential by Edition Peters

Contemporary Choral

judith bingham

Unpredictable but providential SATB a cappella

FRANKFURT/M • LEIPZIG • LONDON • NEW YORK www.editionpeters.com

EP 71185

dedicated to Stephen Wilkinson

Commissioned for the inaugural concert of the Britten Singers in April 1991

This score is a facsimile of the composerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manuscript, reflecting the state of editorial work and correction as of December 2007

JUDITH BINGHAM Unpredictable but providential The arrival of a few summer migrants (1992, revised 2007)

A cappella SATB Words by W.H. Auden

Spring with its thrusting leaves and jargling birds is here again * Willow warbler, wood warbler, chiff-chaff, black-cap, redstart, black redstart Spring with its thrusting leaves and jargling birds is here again * Nightjar, corncrake, ring ouzel, turtle dove Spring with its thrusting leaves and jargling birds is here again * Spotted fly-catcher, pied fly-catcher, house martin, sand martin, swift, swallow, hobby Spring with its thrusting leaves and jargling birds is here again * Nightingale, cuckoo

Duration c.3 minutes

* The italic words are by W.H. Auden, by permission of Faber and Faber.

Performance Note: A comb is needed for one singer.

dedicated to Stephen Wilkinson

Unpredictable but providential W.H.Auden

Vital and ebullient q = 89

ff    Soprano  

Spring,

     ff

Soprano

Spring,

spring,

   spring,

spring,

 

  

     Spring,



 

 

      Spring,



Bass

 

 

Spring,

Tenor

 

spring

    ff

Tenor

spring,

  

 

Spring,

Alto

 

    ff

Alto

 

ff     Spring,

ff    Bass   

Spring,

 

spring,

 

spring,

  spring,

 

spring,



spring,



  

  spring,

 

  spring,

Judith Bingham (1992, revised 2007)

3.0" 2.2.57 Hit 01



 

spring spring, with

 

 

its

 

spring, spring, with

its

      thrust - ing leaves,

thrust - ing leaves,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

spring, spring, with



 

its

 

spring, spring, with



its

 

spring, spring, with



its

 

spring, spring, with

its

and

     

 

thrust

  thrust

thrust

  thrust



its

 



  

 



  

 



ing

and

ing

leaves,

and

its

  

 

ing

and

leaves,

  

 



its

  and

   -

 

ing

leaves,





ing,

its

  and



its

  and



its



4                 S.  

jar

           jar

                 jar

       

          jar -

            jar      jar

   B.  

jarg -

 -





ling,



here

a - gain!

       is

here



a - gain!

  

            

    



  

       

   





gling birds

        -

gling birds

        -

 

gling birds

    



 

     jar

gling birds



            

   -

 

   -

 

         

         -

       

         

       

gling birds

here

    is

here

a - gain!



a - gain!

 

  

a - gain!

here



a - gain!

   

                  gling birds

a - gain!

here







a - gain!



                 f

wil - low,wil - low,wil - low,wil - low,wil - low,wil - low

warb

port

 

             

ler,

wil - low,wil - low,wil - low,wil - low,wil - low,wil - low

  roll rr            mp

Brrr

  

                  



Wood, wood,

   

wood,

war

  -

       

Brrr

roll rr

bler,

        Wood, wood,

wood,

     

Brrr



  S.    10

warb

port

  ler,

               p

wil - low, wil - low, wil - low, wil - low, wil - low, wil - low

 

ler,

 p                                   p   roll rr's Chiff - chaff,

warb

port

chiff -

chaff,

chiff -



chaff,



Brrr

              wood,

wood,

war

 divisi         

  -

bler,

        

Wood,

wood,

f            Black

       

Brrr

cap,



                 13

wil - low,wil - low,wil - low,wil - low,wil - low,wil - low

warb

port

 

Black    f                  

ler,

wil - low,wil - low,wil - low,wil - low,wil - low,wil -low

divisi

p                                                            p   p   roll rr's roll rr's Chiff - chaff, p  

chiff - chaff,

Chiff - chaff,

Brrr

 



war

chiff - chaff,

Brrr

                      divisi

  -

bler,

Wood, wood,

wood,

  A.     

    

f red - start,

war

f              

         red - start,

wood,

Wood, wood,

bler,

     

Black - cap,

Brrr



    S.    16

warb

port

  ler,

     

Black      f                  divisi

wil - low, wil - low, wil - low, wil - low, wil - low, wil - low

Black -

 A.       f

wood,

cap,





wood,



chiff -

Brrr

                  wood,

 

war

   

start,

   -

bler,

chaff,

chiff -

chaff,



 Red start,                    Wood,

wood,

wood, wood,

f            Black -

Brrr



ler,

                       Chiff - chaff, p  

Red -

warb

port

cap,



Black    f               S.   divisi

wil - low, wil - low, wil - low, wil - low, wil - low, wil - low

       

 

 

Chiff - chaff, p  





chiff -

 

chaff,

 

 

chiff -



 



Spring,

 

chaff,

 

  





Spring,



 

spring spring, with its

 

  

spring spring, with its

Brrr

Red

     

warb

start,

red

   -

ler,

start,

red

start!

      wood,

wood,



  

 



 Spring,



  Spring,



  Spring,



 





Spring,

Brrr

  

 

spring,



      

spring, spring, with its

wood,

     

  Spring,

 

Spring,



 

spring,











spring,



spring



spring,



spring



spring,

 spring,



 spring



 spring

      

spring, spring, with its



  

spring spring with its





  

spring spring with its

    

 

spring spring with its

       spring spring with its

                       S. 

               

thrust

jang

ing

leaves, and its

ing leaves,

jang

      jarg

ing leaves,

and its

jarg

                    thrust ing leaves, and its jarg -

                    thrust ing leaves, and its jarg                 thrust

ing

         B.  thrust

ing,

leaves, and its

jarg

    



     -

and its jang - ling,

ling birds

here

a - gain!

- ling birds

here

                  



                  



ling birds

- ling birds

here

a - gain!

here

a - gain!

- ling birds

here

- ling birds

here

jarg

ling birds

here

jarg

ling birds

here









a - gain!

sf                    jang - ling



a - gain!

sf                 ling,



a - gain!

                  -



a - gain!

                 



        -

               

    

                           thrust

leaves, and its

                    thrust

ing

                          thrust





a - gain!



    26





Comb, played by (any)one person



   

Churrr (dry rolled rr) sf

  

gloomily gliss.





Night

 B.  



     Churrr

gliss.

 gliss.  Night

ring ou - zel,

gliss.



 

  mf

 





Roo

 

     



tack, ring ou - zel,

 



 

  

  

Churrr sf





 



coo,



gliss.



ring ou - zel,

 

       



  

coo,

gliss.



Night

tack,



jar,





 -



 sf     Churrr   

tur

ring ou - zel,

 

tle dove,





gliss.

tack, tack, tack,

 

corn - crake,



gliss.

            

 

gliss.



jar, tack, ring - ou - zel,

ring - ou - zel,

tack,

               corn - crake,        

 

 

Churrr

 

roo

gliss.



tack, tack, tack, ring ou - zel,





ou - zel,



Night



    

jar,





gliss.



sf Churrr

jar,

ring ou - zel,

roo



         

coo,

         

Roo



Churrr

gliss.

Night

    

tack, tack, tack, tack, ring

 



Night

Churrr sf



     sf

 



jar,

         



 













Churrr

espress.

 



Night

    



   

    

jar,

corn - crake,



sf Churrr



  divisi f            Corn- crake,          



      



tack, tack, tack,

(comb)





jar,

         



gloomily

  

Corn - crake,

 

 

nasal

7 tack, tack, tack, tack, ring ou - zel,

 -

    coo,



tur



  

Churrr sf







tle









dove,

 Night



gliss. -