John Corigliano
POEM IN OCTOBER Poem by Dylan Thomas Chamber Version (1999)
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John Corigliano
POEM IN OCTOBER Poem by Dylan Thomas Chamber Version (1999)
POEM IN OCTOBER Š 1946 by New Directions
G. Schirmer, Inc. New York, NY
Instrumentation Flute Oboe Clarinet in B = Horn in F Harpsichord Tenor Strings
Duration: ca. 17 minutes
Poem in October It was my thirtieth year to heaven Woke to my hearing from harbour and neighbor wood And the mussel pooled and the heron priested shore the morning beckon With water praying and call of seagull and rook And the knock of sailing boats on the net webbed wall Myself to set foot that second In the still sleeping town and set forth. My birthday began with the water birds And the birds of the winged trees fly– my name Above the farms and the white horses and I rose in rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. High tide and the heron dived when I took the road Over the border and the gates Of the town closed as the town awoke. A springful of larks in a rolling Cloud and the roadside bushes brimming with whistling blackbirds And the sun of October summery on the hill’s shoulder, Here were fond climates and sweet singers suddenly Come in the morning where I wandered and listened To the rain wringing wind blow cold In the wood far away under me. Pale rain over the dwindling harbour And over the sea wet church the size of a snail With its horns through mist and the castle
Brown as owls but all the gardens Of spring and summer were blooming in the tall tales Beyond the border and under the lark full cloud. There I could marvel my birthday Away but the weather turned around. It turned away from the blithe country And down the other air and the blue altered sky Streamed again a wonder of summer With apples, pears and red currants And I saw in the turning so clearly a child’s Forgotten mornings when he walked with his mother Through the parables of sun light And the legend of the green chapels And the twice told fields of infancy That his tears burned my cheeks and his heart moved in mine. These were the woods the river and the sea where a boy in the listening Summertime of the dead whispered the truth of his joy To the trees and the stones and the fish in the tide. And the mystery sang alive Still in the water and singingbrids. And there could I marvel my birthday Away but the weather turned around. And the true Joy of the long dead child sang burning In the sun. It was my thirtieth Year to heaven stood there then in the summer noon Though the town below lay leaved with October blood. O may my heart’s truth still be sung On this high hill in a year’s turning.
Score in C
POEM IN OCTOBER Dylan Thomas
John Corigliano
= 144 Flute marc. Oboe marc. Clarinet in B marc. Horn in F
Harpsichord
Tenor
= 144 I Violin II
Viola
Violoncello
Contrabass
5 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
.
Hn. in F
gliss
Hpsd.
Tenor
I Vn. II
pizz.
Va.
pizz. Vc.
Cb. * Rehearsal letters in the published vocal score of Poem in October have been added to this full score. Measure numbers are not in the vocal score.
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arco
5
2
A 10
Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor 0 0 0
div.
I
Vn.
0 0 0
roughly
non div. div.
0
II (marc.) roughly
arco
0 0
0
Va. (marc.)
Vc.
pizz. Cb.
Moderato
Quasi recit.
= 96 ( = 48) B
17 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
5
5
5
5
5
5
(legato) Hpsd.
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
Tenor
It
was
my
Quasi recit.
thir tiethyear
to
hea
ven
woke
Moderato
I Vn. II
unis. Va.
Vc.
Cb.
to myhear ing
= 96 ( = 48)
from har bour and
3 rall.
24
C (slower)
3
Fl. 3 5
(legato) Ob. (white tone) Cl. in B 3
(legato)
3
Hn. in F 3
Hpsd.
3
Tenor
neigh bor wood
unis.
And the
5
Mus
sel pooled and the
he ron Priest ed shore,
the
morn
rall.
5
ing
(slower)
I (legato)
Vn.
unis.
5
5
5
5
div.
5 5
II
(legato) Va.
Vc. arco Cb.
Tempo I (Allegro
= 144)
poco pi첫 mosso
30 Fl.
Ob. stacc. Cl. in B stacc.
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
beck
on
Tempo I (Allegro
with
= 144)
I unis.
Vn. II
non div. Va.
Vc.
Cb.
wa
ter
pray
poco pi첫 mosso
ing
and
4 D
36 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
call
of
pizz.
sea
gull
and
rook
And the
knock
of
unis., pizz.
div., arco
arco
I div., arco unis., pizz.
Vn.
pizz.
legato
arco
II
Va. legato
pizz. Vc.
pizz. Cb.
E rall.
43 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
sail
ing
boats
on the
rall. I Vn. II
Va.
arco Vc.
arco Cb.
net
webbed
wall
My
5 Molto meno mosso ( = 80)
Tempo I (Allegro
= 144)
50 Fl. (serenely) Ob. (white sound) Cl. in B
Hn. in F 3:5
3:5
3:5
3:5
Hpsd.
Tenor
self
to set forth,that
se
cond
in
the
still
sleep
ing
town
Molto meno mosso ( = 80)
and
set
forth
Tempo I (Allegro
= 144)
solo I Vn.
(serenely) II
Va.
Vc. pizz. Cb.
F 56 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
arco gliss.
gliss.
gliss.
gliss.
tutti, pizz.
0 0 0
I
arco Vn.
marc. pizz. gliss.
gliss.
gliss.
gliss.
0 0 0
II
marc. Va. gliss. Vc.
(pizz.) Cb.
6
G 63
(
= )
(
= )
Fl. secco
Ob. secco
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
1
Hpsd.
Tenor
I
Vn.
II
Va.
pizz.
pizz.
arco
arco
Vc.
pizz.
arco Cb.
H Moderato (
= 96
= )
71 Fl. 3
3
legato
5
legato Ob. 3 3
3
Cl. in B 3 3
legato Hn. in F
3 5
5
5
5
legato
Hpsd.
5
5 3
3
5 3
5 3
3
3
Tenor
My birth day
Moderato (
= )
be
gan
with the wa ter birds
and the birds of the winged trees
fly ing my
name
A
= 96 5
5
I legato
Vn.
5
II legato Va.
pizz. Vc.
Cb.
5
5
5
7 I
76
rall.
Fl.
Ob. 3
3
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
bove
the farms and the
white
hor
ses
and
I
Rose
in rain
div.
rall.
y
al sord.
I Vn.
5
3
5
II
Va.
arco Vc. arco Cb.
Adagio
= 69
81 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
solo (rubato)
sim.
Hpsd.
Tenor
Au
tumn
Adagio
andwalked a
broad
in
a
sho
wer of
All
my
days
= 69
I Vn.
al sord. II con sord.
al sord. Va. al sord. Vc. al sord. Cb.
con sord.
8 J 87
poco pi첫 mosso
Fl.
Ob. solo Cl. in B
sub. open Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
high
tide
and the her on dived
when
I
took
the
road
o
ver the
bor
der,
poco pi첫 mosso unis., con sord.
IV sul tasto
con sord.
Vn.
pizz.
II
pizz. Va.
Vc. con sord. Cb.
93
K Moderato
rall.
= 84
Fl. with simplicity (solo) Ob. with simplicity Cl. in B
with simplicity
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
and the gates
of the town
closed
As the town
A
woke
ord. (con sord.)
rall.
Moderato
= 84
I Vn.
arco II
arco Va.
pizz. Vc.
pizz. Cb.
ss.
gli
. iss
. iss
gli
gl
gl
ss.
I
9 100
rall.
solo
Fl. sub. (solo) Ob. sub. Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
rall. I Vn. II
Va.
Vc.
Cb.
L 107
a tempo
(non rit.)
Fl.
(solo) Ob. (solo) Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
a tempo
(non rit.)
(con sord.) I dolce (con sord.)
Vn.
espr.
II dolce (con sord.) Va. dolce arco (con sord.) Vc. dolce arco (con sord.) Cb. dolce
espr.
10 M
114
(
=
)
(
=
)
Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
solo Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
A
spring
ful
of
larks
in
a roll
ing cloud
and the road
side
bush es brim ming
I legatissimo
Vn. II
legatissimo
Va.
pizz. 0 0
arco
Vc.
pizz.
arco
Cb.
rall. poco a poco N
121 (
=
)
Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
with whist ling black
(
=
birds
And the
sun
of
Oc
to
ber
sum me ry
rall. poco a poco
)
I Vn. II
Va. 0
div. Vc.
Cb.
on the hill’s shoul der
11 Adagio
= 69
O
127 Fl. solo Ob. solo Cl. in B as from a distance
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor 3
here were fond cli mates
Adagio
and sweet
sing ers
sud den ly
come
in the morn
ing where I
wan dered and
lis
tened to the
= 69 via sord.
I
Vn.
via sord. II
via sord. Va.
via sord. Vc.
Cb.
Lento
134 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
rain wring ing
wind blow cold
in the wood far a way
Lento
un der me *solo, senza sord.
I legatissimo *solo, senza sord.
Vn. II
legatissimo Va.
Vc.
Cb. *Optional solo through measure 146.
12 139 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
I Vn. II
Va.
Vc.
Cb.
P 145 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
pale al sord. I Vn. al sord. II *solo, senza sord. Va. legatissimo *solo, senza sord. Vc. legatissimo Cb. *Optional solo through measure 151.
rain
o ver the
dwin dling har bour
And
o
ver
the
13 Q
150 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
sea wet church the
size
of
a
snail
with its horns through mist
And the cas tle (tutti) con sord.
I (tutti) con sord.
Vn. II
con sord.
al sord. Va.
al sord. Vc.
Cb.
R accel.
( = 54)
157 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
without dragging Tenor
brown as
owls
but
( = 54) I Vn. II
(tutti) Va. (tutti) con sord. Vc. (con sord.) Cb.
All
the gar
dens
of spring and
sum
mer
accel.
14 Adagio
= 69
165 Fl. 3
cresc.
solo Ob.
cresc. Cl. in B
cresc.
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
3
Tenor
were bloom
Adagio
ing
in the tall
tales
be yond the bor
der
and
un der the
3
cresc.
3
cresc.
Lark full
cloud
there could
I mar vel
= 69 senza sord.
I Vn.
senza sord. II senza sord. via sord.
Va. 3
cresc.
senza sord. via sord. Vc.
cresc. senza sord.
via sord. Cb.
S
172
poco pi첫 mosso
Fl. sub. Ob. sub. Cl. in B sub.
Hn. in F sub. non arp.
Hpsd.
3
Tenor
My birth day
a
way
but the wea ther turned a
round.
poco pi첫 mosso I sub. Vn. II sub. Va. sub. Vc. sub. Cb. sub.
15 T
181
(
=
)
rall.
a tempo (misterioso)
Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
(
=
)
rall.
a tempo (misterioso)
I Vn. II
pizz.
arco
pizz.
arco
pizz.
arco
sole
Va. legato 0 0
non div.
Vc.
Cb.
188
U accel.
Fl.
cresc.
legato Ob.
legato, cresc. Cl. in B
cresc. gl .
legato
Hn. in F legato, cresc.
Hpsd.
Tenor non div.
accel.
0 0
I
non div.
Vn.
0 0
II non div. 0 0
Va.
cresc. Vc.
cresc. Cb.
cresc.
cresc.
cresc.
16 V
Tempo I (Allegro
198
= 144)
ord.
fltg.
fltg.
Fl. marc. Ob.
Cl. in B marc.
Hn. in F dim. poco a poco solo
poco marc.
Hpsd.
dim. poco a poco
Tenor
Tempo I (Allegro
= 144)
8va
8va
8va
I Vn. sul pont. . iss
.
gl
. iss
iss
gl
gl
II
gli
ss. 8va
sul pont.
ord.
s.
glis
glis
Va.
s.
pizz. arco Vc.
pizz. pizz. ord. Cb.
Moderato
rall.
201
= 96
Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F (dim.) 5
5
Hpsd.
5
(dim.)
5 3
3
Tenor
It
turned
a
from the blithe coun
Moderato
rall.
loco
way
1 solo
= 96 3
3
try
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
I Vn.
1 solo
ord.
8va
unis. Va.
ss.
gli
glis
s.
pizz. Vc.
Cb.
3
3 3
II
3
3 3
3
17 W
ord.
204
rall. 3
3
3
3
Fl.
5
Ob. 3
3 3
3 3 3
3
5
3
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Hpsd.
5
5 3
5
Tenor 3
and down
the o ther air
and the blue
al
tered
sky
rall. 3
3 3
3 3
3
3 3
tutti
3
I 3
sim. tutti, unis.
Vn. 3
3 3
II
3
3
3
3 3
5
3 3
sim.
5
5
5
Va.
arco Vc.
Cb.
207
Adagio
= 69
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
Fl.
Ob. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
5 5
Hpsd.
Tenor
streamed
Adagio I Vn. II
Va.
Vc.
Cb.
a
gain
= 69
a
Won
der
of
Sum
mer
3
5
18 X
Poco più mosso
accel.
210
= 80
Fl. solo Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
with ap
ples pears
and red cur
rants
And
I
saw
in the turn ing so
Poco più mosso
accel.
= 80
I Vn. II
Va.
Vc.
Cb.
215 Fl. solo Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
clear
ly
A child’s for
got
ten
Morn ingsWhen he
walked
with
his mo
ther
through the pa ra bles of
solo I Vn. II
Va.
Vc.
Cb.
Y Pi첫 mosso
19
= ca. 96
219 Fl. lontano
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
lontano
Hpsd.
Tenor
sun
light
and
Pi첫 mosso
the
le
gends
of
the
= ca. 96
I Vn. II
Va.
Vc.
Cb.
accel. poco a poco 222 Fl. cresc. poco a poco Ob. cresc. poco a poco Cl. in B cresc. poco a poco
Hn. in F cresc. poco a poco
Hpsd.
cresc. poco a poco
Tenor
cha
pels
accel. poco a poco tutti I cresc. poco a poco Vn. II cresc. poco a poco Va. 0
cresc. poco a poco Vc. cresc. poco a poco
Cb. cresc. poco a poco
Z
green
20 225
(accel.)
Fl. (cresc.) Ob. (cresc.) Cl. in B (cresc.)
Hn. in F (cresc.)
(cresc.)
Hpsd.
Tenor
(accel.) I (cresc.)
Vn. II
(cresc.) Va. (cresc.) Vc. (cresc.) Cb. (cresc.)
= ca. 160
(accel.)
quasi fluttertongue
228 Fl.
3
(cresc.)
3
3
12
10
Ob. (cresc.) Cl. in B (cresc.) open Hn. in F 3
19:16
Hpsd.
6
(cresc.)
Tenor
(accel.)
= ca. 160
I
5 5
(cresc.) Vn. II 5
(cresc.)
5
Va. (cresc.)
3
Vc. (cresc.)
3
Cb. 5 5
AA Lento
21 = 54
230 Fl. intensely Ob. intensely Cl. in B intensely
Hn. in F intensely
Hpsd.
Tenor
Lento
= 54
full bows
non div.
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
I intensely, sost. Vn.
full bows, non div.
0 0
II intensely, sost. full bows Va. intensely, sost. full bows Vc. intensely, sost. full bows Cb. intensely, sost.
BB 237 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
intensely Tenor
And the twice
I Vn.
non div. II
Va.
Vc.
Cb.
told
fields
of
In
fan
cy
that his
tears
burned my cheeks And his
heart
Moved in
22 CC
244 Fl.
Ob. sub. Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
Mine
these were the woods 1 solo
non div. I
sub. rich non div.
Vn.
1 solo
II sub. rich 1 sola Va. sub.
rich 1 solo Vc.
sub.
rich Cb. rich
250 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
(sempre
)
3
Tenor
the
ri
ver and sea
where a
boy
in the
tutti, sul tasto I tutti, sul tasto
Vn. II
tutte, sul tasto Va.
tutti, sul tasto Vc.
Cb.
lis tening sum mer time
of the
dead
whis
pered
DD
23
Faster
poco accel.
257 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
the
truth
of
his
Joy
to the trees
and the stones
Faster
poco accel. ord. I ord.
Vn. II
ord. Va. ord. Vc.
Cb.
EE
Molto pi첫 mosso
= 184
rall.
265 Fl. marc. Ob.
Cl. in B marc.
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
3
Tenor
and thefish in the
tide
and the
Molto pi첫 mosso
= 184
my
stery sang
a live
still
in the wa ter
and sing ing
rall.
I Vn. II
non div. Va.
gliss.
gliss.
gl.
gl.
gliss.
Vc.
gliss.
gliss.
gl.
gl. gliss.
Cb.
gliss.
gliss.
gl.
gl. gliss.
24 FF Tempo I
= 144 (Allegro)
272 Fl. roughly Ob.
gl .
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
Birds
Tempo I
= 144 (Allegro)
I non div.
Vn. II
non div. Va.
Vc.
Cb.
GG
278 Fl.
Ob. secco
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
0 0 0
I
Vn.
0 0 0
roughly 0
II
roughly
pizz.
arco 0
Va.
pizz.
arco 5
Vc.
Cb.
0 0
25 (
285
=
HH
)
rall.
Fl. secco
Ob. white tone Cl. in B sub. open Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
And there div.
(
=
)
could I
mar vel
my
rall.
unis.
I sub. Vn. div.
unis.
0
II sub. (non div.) Va. sub.
Vc. sub.
Cb. sub.
Moderato 294
3
= 96
I I rall.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Fl. legato
Ob. 3 3
Cl. in B 3
legato
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
3
3
Tenor
birth
day
Moderato
A
= 96
way
but the
wea
ther
turned
a
round
And
the
rall.
I serenely
Vn. II
serenely Va.
Vc.
Cb.
26 Lento
= 54
(non accel.)
299 Fl.
Ob. non cresc.
quasi solo Cl. in B
Hn. in F non cresc.
Hpsd.
Tenor
true
Lento
Joy,
of
the
long dead child sang burn
ing
in
= 54
the
sun
(non accel.)
I non cresc.
Vn. II
non cresc. Va. non cresc. Vc. non cresc. Cb. non cresc.
JJ Lento
Quasi recit. (slowly)
304
= 54
Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
(
poss.)
with little expression
Tenor
It
was my
thir tieth
year
to
hea
ven
Quasi recit. (slowly) al sord.
Stood there then
Lento
*
1st stand, con sord.
I Vn.
div.
al sord.
1st stand, con sord.
II
div. Va.
Vc.
Cb.
*Ossia:
= 54
unis.
27 311 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
in
the sum mer
noon
though the town be
low
lay
leaved
in
Oc
to
ber
I Vn. II
Va.
Vc.
Cb.
KK
317 Fl.
semplice
Ob. semplice Cl. in B semplice
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
with simplicity Tenor
O may my
heart’s
truth
still be sung
I Vn. II 1 sola Va. semplice al sord. Vc.
Cb.
al sord.
blood
28 LL
324 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
on
this
high
hill
in
a
year’s
turn
ing
tutti (con sord.) I Vn.
tutti (con sord.) II tutte, con sord.
Va.
con sord. Vc.
Cb.
330 Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B
Hn. in F
Hpsd.
Tenor
I Vn. II
Va.
Vc.
div. Cb.