Winter's Vow (for a cappella SATB chorus) - Juhi Bansal by Juhi Bansal Music

WINTER’S VOW

music by Juhi Bansal, text by Julie Baber SATB a cappella

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Winter’s Vow

Written as an homage to the season, Winter’s Vow begins by evoking the stillness of a cold winter night. As the music grows to weaving lines and lush melodies, the singers’ voices paint a vision of a Christmas both secular and spiritual; where ice, wind, and a single shining star herald the coming of Spring.

Icy darkness of the night brought the star brought the light winter bows and seems to bring from the child from the king chilled and shining clear and bright to the Earth a vow of Spring

Julie Baber

Program note

      SopranoSOPRANOSoloALTOTENORBASSPiano (for rehearsal only) Icy h = 74 -80 With a haunting, pure tone oo n pp n oo n pp oo n pp n oo n pp pp n n pp h = 74 -80 With a haunting, pure tone n p S. SoloS.A.T.B.Pno. dark ness 8 126 n oo n pp n oo n oo n pp n oo n n pp n 8 12 pp p pp p n                 PureSolo,tone, no vibrato always p Words by Julie Baber Music by Juhi BansalWinter's Vow 4  (pure tone, no vibrato)  (pure tone, no vibrato)         4    n                                                                                                    

      S. SoloS.A.T.B.Pno. of thenight broughtthe 15 1913 oo pp n oo n pp pp n pp15 19 pp p S. SoloS.A.T.B.Pno. star broughtthelight 2320 n brought p thestar broughtthe n brought p thestar broughtthe star p star p n ( p ) 23    pp n  n pp            n    ord.  ord.                                                                                                                                               2

      S. SoloS.A.T.B.Pno. oh poco accel.27 31 26 light broughtthestar broughtthelight oh light broughtthestar broughtthelight I p cy light star light light star light ( p ) poco accel.27 31 S. SoloS.A.T.B.Pno. n 35 3932 n ppp oo darkness ofthenight,broughtthestar, broughtthelight, broughtthestar, 35 39    Slightly faster (h = 85-90)     Soli            Slightly faster (h = 85-90)       (in the background, like an echo)                                                                                                                                                3

      Pno.A.S.T.B. oo night p 43 47 41 broughtthelight, broughtthestar, broughtthelight, night oo ppp night p night p p p 43 47 ppp Pno.A.S.T.B. broughtthestar light,night broughtthestar light, 5148 broughtthestar light,night broughtthestar light, broughtthestarlight,-night broughtthestarlight, broughtthestarlight,-night broughtthestarlight, 51       (in the background, like an echo)                                                                                                                                                                                                         4

      Pno.A.S.T.B. oh p oh 55 59 oh p oh oh oh win p ter bows ( p ) 55 59 Pno.A.S.T.B. oh oh 65 6762 oh oh oh winter bows 65  Pure and icy, no vibrato Slightly faster, h = 90-95  Pure and icy, no vibrato     Tenor solo, no vibrato   Slightly faster, h = 90-95          (solo tenor)                                                                                                                                                                                                              5

      Pno.A.S.T.B. oh oh 71 7469 oh oh oh oh win p ter bows p win ter bows win p ter bows 74 Pno.A.S.T.B. oh 7976 oh oh oh win p ter bows, win p ter bows 79       tutti solo, no vibrato            tutti                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   6

      Pno.A.S.T.B. to mf the 83 87 to mf the win mf ter -bowsand seemstobring,tothechild, tothe win mf ter -bowsandseemsto bring, to the child, tothe mf 83 87 Pno.A.S.T.B. king,Chilled andshining-clearandbright ff91 90 king,Chilled andshining-clearandbright ff king,Chilled andshining-clearandbright ff king, Chilled andshining-clearandbright ff ff 91                           3 3          3 3             3 3          3 3         3        3  3                                                                                                                                                                                                                               7

      Pno.A.S.T.B. 97 101 aa f vow ofspring dim. to f theearth, aavow dim. 97 101 f dim. Pno.A.S.T.B. vow p ofspring vowofspring vowofspring Flowing, q = 130- 140 105 104 vow p ofspring vow ofspring vow p a vow of p avow of Flowing, q = 130- 140 105 p                             107            107                                                                                                                                                                              8

      Pno.A.S.T.B. vowofspring vowofspring 111110 ofspring vow ofspring vow ofspring spring vow ofspring, vow ofspring, spring vow ofspring vow ofspring 111 Pno.A.S.T.B. vow poco a poco cresc. ofspring vowofspring vowofspring 115 119 vow poco a poco cresc. ofspring vow ofspring vow vow poco a poco cresc. ofspring, vowofspring, vowof vow poco a poco cresc. ofspring vowofspring vowof poco a poco cresc. 115 119                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        9

      Pno.A.S.T.B. vowofspring vowofspring 123120 ofspring vow ofspring vow spring, vowofspring, vowof spring, vowofspring vowof 123 Pno.A.S.T.B. A f vowofspringoh p 125 128 124 ofspring A f vowofspring oh p spring, A f vowofspring vow p of spring A f vowofspringvow p of f p 125 128                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             10

      Pno.A.S.T.B. oh 132129 oh spring vowof spring vowof spring vowof spring vowofspring vowofspring vowof 132 Pno.A.S.T.B. oh cresc. oh 136 140 135 oh cresc. oh spring vow cresc. of spring vowof spring vowof spring vow cresc. ofspring vowofspring vowof cresc. 136 140                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                11

in the background, like an echo (stagger breathing)

      S. A. SoloA.T.B.Pno. f As before (h = 85-90)141 I p cy -darkness ofthenightf spring f oh spring f oh f p As before (h = 85-90) S. A. SoloA.T.B.Pno. ooo ppp 151 147 broughtthestar broughtthelight winter-bowsand ooo ppp ooo ppp 151      143      Solo, freely pure tone with no vibrato                       143        

   

  

in the background, like an echo (stagger breathing)

                                                                                                     12

      S. A. SoloA.T.B.Pno. 155153 seemstobring,tothechild totheking 155 S. A. SoloA.T.B.Pno. 159 163 chilled andshining-clearandbright totheearth 159 163                   3         3                                                                                          13

      S. A. SoloA.T.B.Pno. vow p ofspring, Slightly slower165 avow vow p ofspring, vow p ofspring, vow p ofspring, Slightly slower Pno.A.S.T.B. vowofspring, vow ofspringoh pp173171 vowofspring, vow ofspringoh pp vowofspring, vow ofspringoh pp vowofspring, vow ofspringoh pp 173 pp    169                    169                                                                                                                                                                      14