Roxanna panufnik
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for choir
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Two Poems by Wendy (SSATBB)
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Words by Wendy Cope
Score
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When conductor Paul Hiller asked me if I’d write a piece for The National Chamber Choir of Ireland, I was delighted at his suggestion of Wendy Cope texts. This will be the fourth collaboration between Wendy and I and although these poems were already written, Some Rules hadn’t yet been published.
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The words of the homeless hammer were inspired by the poet hearing Boulez’s Le Marteau san Maître (“The Hammer without a Master”). Wendy has drawn on their highly esoteric nature and so I’ve echoed this hazy elusiveness in the music. Musically, there is a hint of serialism in furious objects but I find the text rather sad and beautiful in second sight in Brockwell Park. When I read solitary beer-mat it immediately conjured the jollity of the music hall, so my music for this verse is an affectionate tribute to this genre.
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When I first read Some Rules, the reoccurrence of “Stop” and “Don’t” kept catching my eye – my ear was hearing a rhythmic ostinato (repeated pattern) of those words which, as a result, have become the backbone of this setting.
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This piece was commissioned for the Seminar on New Choral Music 2010 by the Cork International Choral Festival and The National Chamber Choir of Ireland, with funds provided by An Comhairle Ealaíon (The Arts Council). The National Chamber Choir will premiere this work at the festival on 30th April 2010, with conductor Paul Hillier. Roxanna Panufnik 12th February 2010
Commissioned for the Seminar on New Choral Music 2010 by the Cork International Choral Festival and The National Chamber Choir of Ireland, with funds provided by An Comhairle Ealaíon (The Arts Council). This work was premiered at the festival on 30 April 2010 by The National Chamber Choir, conductor Paul Hillier.
Duration: c. 5 minutes
CONTENTS
1. the homeless hammer
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I furious objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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II second sight in Brockwell Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 III solitary beer-mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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2. Some Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
This score reflects the state of editorial work and correction as at February 2010
the homeless hammer
Some Rules
I furious objects the sick umbrella underneath the council chamber and a cow in the washbasin I rage, a cushion in captivity the teapot will not break its bonds
Stop, if the car is going “clunk” Or if the sun has made you blind. Don’t answer emails when you’re drunk.
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Don’t live with thirty years of junk – Those precious things you’ll never find. Stop, if the car is going “clunk”.
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III solitary beer-mat the clock has lost its knitting, it needs a woman eyes in the paving-stones are weeping to see pink elephants in Norwood Road
Don’t hide your face with too much gunk, Especially if it’s old and lined. Don’t answer emails when you’re drunk.
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II second sight in Brockwell Park my toenails listen to the soggy grass mankind – a wind-tossed ice-cream wrapper life a melancholy bus I walk, I have these visions and they are really quite depressing
You fire off something fierce. You’re sunk. It’s irretrievable. It’s signed. You feel your spirits going “clunk”.
Don’t fall for an amusing hunk, However rich, unless he’s kind. Don’t answer emails when you’re drunk. In this respect, I’m like a monk: I need some rules to bear in mind. Stop, if the car is going “clunk”. Don’t answer emails when you’re drunk. Wendy Cope
Two Poems by Wendy Roxanna Panufnik
Wendy Cope
1. the homeless hammer I furious objects Deadly serious q=90
*) Sopranos 1&2
solo f
Haphazardly
(slightly hysterically)
sick
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Alto
solo
mp
3 tutti mf gravely
un - der - neath
coun - cil cham ber
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Tenors
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Basses 1&2
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the
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mp
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and a cow
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like a fading echo
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and a cow
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wash
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Edition Peters No. 72053 Music © Copyright 2010 by Hinrichsen Edition, Peters Edition Limited, London Text © Copyright by Wendy Cope. Reproduced by permission of the author.
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rage,
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tea - pot
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- pot
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the tea
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OPTIONAL: Recorded sound of distant waves crashing on rocks, slowly dying away....
II second sight in Brockwell Park No emotion - just let the harmony do the talking... breathing as discreet as poss - maybe staggered? 31 q=60
S.1&2
A.
to the sog - gy
grass
My toe-nails lis - ten to the sog - gy
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man - kind
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wrap - per life a mel
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40
S.1&2
man - kind
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grass
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toe - nails lis - ten
My
man - kind
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a wind -tossed wrap - per life a mel
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mp
T.
mp
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4
morendo
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III solitary beer-mat
(cheeky chappy pub song)
44 q=112
S.1&2
p
cha, cha, p T. cha, cha, p B.1&2 A.
cha, um - cha,
cha,
S.1&2
cha,
the
cha, um - cha,
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Um - cha, um - cha, um - cha, um - cha,
clock has lost its knit - ting,
it needs a wo man
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co
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cha, um - cha, cha, cha, cha, um - cha,
Um - cha, um - cha, um - cha, um - cha,
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eyes
cha,
cha,
cha, um - cha,
A.
cha,
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cha,
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cha,
cha,
cha, um - in
the pav ing-stones are weep - ing to
T. cha, cha, cha,um - cha, cha, cha, cha, um - cha, cha, cha, cha, um - cha, mp B.1&2
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Um - cha, um- cha, um - cha, um - cha, Um - cha, um - cha, um - cha, um - cha, Um - cha, um - cha, um - cha, um - cha,
S.1&2
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cha,
cha,
A.
cha, um - cha,
see pink el - e -phants
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B.1&2
cha,
cha,
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pink e - le - phants
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cha, um - cha,
Um - cha, um - cha, um - cha, um - cha,