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Muhly, Nico The Adulteress
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O God, you are my God, I seek you,
Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;
my soul thirsts for you;
all day long foes oppress me;
my flesh faints for you,
my enemies trample on me all day long,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
for many fight against me. They stir up strife, they lurk, they watch my steps.
Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
So I will bless you as long as I live;
for in you my soul takes refuge;
I will lift up my hands and call on your name. —FROM PSALM 63 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, they said to him, ‘Teacher, this woman
in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, until the destroying storms pass by. For you have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, so that I may walk before God in the light of life. —FROM PSALM 56
was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?’ They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
The Adulteress was commissioned by Carnegie Hall.
When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up
The world premiere was given by
and said to them, ‘Let anyone among you who is without
Jessica Rivera and Maryanne Kim
sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’ And once again he
in Weill Recital Hall
bent down and wrote on the ground.
Carnegie Hall, New York City on March 13, 2009."
When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus straightened up and said to her, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ She said, ‘No one, sir.’ And Jesus said, ‘Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.’ Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.’ —FROM THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
for Jessica Rivera
The Adulteress
Freely q = 86 f
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sempre sf l.v.
my
soul
thirsts for you;
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5
G 4
5 5 5 5 5
4 5 5 B
G
3
Nico Muhly (2008)
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my
flesh
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faints
for
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in
a dry
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4
land
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where there
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Copyright © 2008 by St. Rose Music Publishing and Chester Music Limited.
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down
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0
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55 55
90
G 5:
5:
teach
sempre mp
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to them,
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G 4 5 5 5 5 5 B B
4 B
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throw
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5
B:
at
her.’
0
B:
BB :: BB ::
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4
p cresc.
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on
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B
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226 (cresc.)
G 5
4
B: -
= 55
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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p cresc.
221
4
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5 heard
5 = 4 it,
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they
went
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5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
16
q = ca. 96
300
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5 a
-
5 B :
0
' gain.’
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5
0
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305
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to
them
311
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of
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5 5
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am
the
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0
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5
4 = 5 5 5: B
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5 5
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5
but
will
have
the
dark - ness
5 5
5 5
G
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327
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5 B :
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of
55
5 5
'
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life.’
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5 5
G
BI
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55
55
BB
5
5 :: 5
q = 104 sempre pp
sempre pp
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light
light
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4
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BBB
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332
21 382 q = 144
G
G 4
0
5:
5 B
in
the
5 5
5 B: shad ow
5 5:
of your
B
wings
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4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 = 5 5 387
G 4
B
5 I
G 55 5 5
5 5 5
5:
will
take
B:
ref
-
5 -
-
' uge;
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5
= 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
391
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4
5:
5 un
-
til
5 5 5 5
= 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 '
'
5 5
5
the
de - stroy
-
55 55 E555 555 5 5 E5 5
555 = 5
= 55E!5555 G 55 55 = 55 55 = 5 5 5 5
-
ing
555 555 E555 555 555 = 555 555 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 sempre cresc. = 5 5 5 5 = 5 5 = 5 5 E 5 5 5 = 5 5 5 5 5 = 5 5 5 5 5 5 E5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 395
G
'
B
storms
G = E555 555 5 5 = 5 5 5 5
pass
555 5 5 5
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by.
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B
5 For
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