Commissioned by the Central Bucks High School-West Choir (Dr. Joseph Ohrt, Conductor) for the cycle I Wonder... to texts by Charles Anthony Silvestri
Trees Breathing SSAATTBB (with brief S solo)
Kala Pierson 2019
Charles Anthony Silvestri 2019 The trees of the earth take one long breath, Slowly greening on the inhalation, Filling each leaf With Spring’s soft light; Until, full with Summer’s ripeness, They exhale, Blazing in the red and gold of Autumn fire, Ere they, like all things living, Fall into waiting sleep And wonder in the Winter’s silences.
slow, rubato q = 54 4
div. mp
° 3 & 4 œ˙™ œ bœ Ah
S
Ah
˙™ ˙™
˙™ ˙™
div. p poss.
T
B
& 43 & 43 ‹ ?3 ¢ 4
˙™ ˙™
˙™ ˙™
˙™ ˙™
p
mp
A
6
p
∑ ∑
b˙ ™
Ah
∑
p
œ ˙ ∑
˙™
mp
Œ Œ ‰ bœJ ˙ The
∑
mp
∑
∑
of the earth
take one long
∑
breath,
∑
∑
˙™
3
3
3
∑
˙™
∑
j j œ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ
œ bœ bœ n˙
trees
˙™
b˙ ™
div.
∑
Ah
ppp
• All breaths are notated — breathe only at rests (otherwise, stagger breathing). • All glisses are very pronounced and 'dug into.' All glisses last the full duration of the first note.
Text @ 2019 Charles A. Silvestri • Music © 2019 Kala Pierson (ASCAP; b. 1977) • kalapierson.com Contact welcome: kp@kalapierson.com • Info and resources for this piece: kalapierson.com/choral/trees
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2 S
8
° & <b>˙™ ˙™
˙™ ˙™
& ˙™
A
10
˙™ ˙™
˙™ ˙™
∑
Ah
& <b>œ ‹
T
‰ œj œ œ
slow - ly
p
fill - ing each
œœ œœ
leaf
with unis. mp
˙™ ˙™
œœ bœœ
˙˙
with
mp
œ bœ bœ bœ œ œ
green- ing on the in
-
3 œ bœ œ œj œ œ œ œ œ œ
˙ ˙
ha - la - tion,
œ œ
3
˙˙ ™™
‰
Ah
mp
j ? Œ ‰ œ œ bœ b˙ ™ ¢ <b>˙ ™ slow - ly
B
‰ 3 bbœœ œœ bœœ bb˙˙ ‰
Ϫ Ϫ
˙™ ˙™
ppp
unis. mp
-
green
green
-
-
-
˙™
-
-
-
-
-
unis.
ing,
b˙ ™
b˙ ™
ing,
Ah
mp
12
S
14
° n bœœ 3 œœ œœ3œœ œœ & J J
˙˙ ™™
j j3 & bœœ bœœ œœ œœ œœ
54 n˙™ ˙™
œœ bœœ
˙˙ ™™
j j ‰ bœœ œœ œœ ‰
45 b˙˙ ™™
œœ
˙˙ ™™
˙˙ ™™
j j ‰ œœ œœ œœ ‰
45 ˙˙ ™™
œœ
<b>˙ ™
˙™
‰ bœj œ œj ‰
45 b˙ ™
light,
3
spring's soft
& ‹
T
B
¢
?
div.
œ œ ‰ bœœJ œ œJ ‰
spring's soft
A
expansive q = 76
light,
mf
un - til,
mf
un - til,
mf
un - til,
mf
un - til,
full
full
full
full
with
œ
16 unis.
44 n-œ œ bœ bœ sum
œœ
44 b˙ ™ ˙™
œœ
44 ˙ ™ ˙™
œ
44 b˙ ™
with
with
with
sum
sum
-
-
-
mp
sum
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mer's
œœ
mer's
œœ
mer's
œ
mer's
18
° & b˙
mp
S
20
a tempo q = 54
43
˙
ripe -
3
div.
78 œ bœœ œœ œœ bœœ bœœj 43 bb˙˙ ‰ > J
∑
ness,
& b˙˙
A
43
˙˙
ripe -
ness,
& ˙˙ ‹
T
˙˙
ripe -
B
¢
?
œœ œ
au - tumn fire,
zing in the red
and
gold
of
au - tumn fire,
of
au -tumn fire,
bla-zing in the red
and
gold
zing in the red
and
gold
of
au - tumn fire,
and gold > j œ bœ œ bœ 3 bb˙ œ œ œ 4 ˙ J ‰ >J
of
au - tumn fire,
b˙
ripe -
legatiss. mp
bœ bœ J bœ 43 ‰
˙
ness,
they
5 & 4 <b>˙
ppp
5 & 4 <b>˙ ‹ ppp
43 ˙˙ ™™
˙˙ unis.
Œ ‰ bœj œ bœ 43
ppp ppp
B
¢
gold
of
unis.
Œ Ó
p
mp
ere
b˙
pp
like p
43 Ó 34 b˙ ™
45 ˙˙ ™™
˙˙
‰ bœJ
like
Œ
˙˙ ™™
‰ j bœ bœj œj bœ œ 45 œ œ Œ Ó bœ 3
all
things liv
b˙ ™ all
-
˙˙ ∑
ing,
45 ˙™
bœ- bœ b˙ ™
54 ˙™
˙
mp
p
Ó
things,
p
Ah
∑
Œ
œ
26
3
they,
45
au - tumn fire,
43 ˙ ™
˙˙ ™™
ppp
? 45
and
Ϫ
78 ˙
[unis.]
p
T
ex - hale,
the red
- œ œ bœ bœ œ ˙ - -
24
° 5 p & 4 <b>˙˙ ™™
A
∑
œœ œœ
in the red
78 Œ Œ
ness,
p
22
S
43
45
of
div. mp
- œœ œ b˙ - -
gold
78 œ bœœ œœ œœ œœ bœœj 43 b˙˙ ‰ > J
∑
45
and
div. mp
- œ œ ˙ b˙ - -
bla- zing in the red
∑
˙™
∑
∑
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˙™
∑
˙
45
4 S
30
28
expansive q = 80
° & <b>˙˙ ™™
[ poco rit. ... ]
˙˙ ™™
˙˙
˙˙ ™™
˙˙
p
A
& n˙ ™
nœ bœ
n˙ ™ p
nœ bœ
fall
in - to
fall
& ‹
T
B
¢
in - to
? <b>˙ ™
∑
˙
wait
-
sleep,
œ bœ bœ b˙ wait - ing
sleep,
wait - ing
sleep,
˙
SOLO
° Ów n˙ & w
S
ing,
˙™ ˙™
T
B
44 w p
Ah
œ Œ ˙
44 w w
[ rit. as desired ... ]
˙w b˙ w
Ó™ œœw bœ bœ bœœ œ 45 ˙ œ œ Œ bœ œ bœœ œœ - 3 through the
A
Ah
38
breathe.
Œ Ó œw b ˙ œ ˙™ b˙ w w w w w
bœ ˙
Ah
36
mp
-
p
p
(solo is rubato — a dream outside time)
green
44 œ œ ˙
œ Œ œ ˙
Ah
34
Œ
ppp
œ œ œ ˙ ˙™ ˙ p poss.
32
and won - der
œ
œ œ œ ˙
œ bœ bœ b˙ ∑
˙
nœ œœ 44 w w œœ Œ bœ ppp
˙™
œ ˙
ing
˙˙
win - ter's
si
-
len - ces.
& w
w
w
w
w
w
45 Œ bœ œ bœœ œœ - -
& w ‹
w
w
w
w
w
45 Œ œœ œœ
? w ¢ w
w w
w w
w w
w w
w w
45 ˙˙
si
si
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-
˙™ ˙™
len - ces.
œœ -
œœ -
len - ces.