Tan Dun TEA: A MIRROR OF SOUL full score

TAN DUN

TEA (Opera in 3 acts) Libretto: Tan Dun, Xu Ying

G. Schirmer, Inc. New York, NY

TAN DUN

TEA (Opera in 3 acts) Libretto: Tan Dun, Xu Ying Translation: Diana Liao

commissioned by Suntory Hall, Japan for the New Century

World Premiere Performances: Suntory Hall (22-24 October 2002, Tokyo)

co-produced with The Netherlands Opera and Het Muziektheater Amsterdam (6-16 January 2003, Amsterdam) and the Shanghai Grand Theater (August 2003, Shanghai)

To Mr. Keizo Saji, founder of Suntory Hall for building invisible bridges between cultures

Š 2002 G. Schirmer, Inc. New York, NY

CAST OF CHARACTERS Seikyo

Baritone (Japanese Monk)

(discovery/philosophy)

Lan

Soprano (Chinese Princess/ Puppet Monk)

(love)

Prince

Tenor (Chinese Prince/ Puppet Monkey King)

(anger)

Emperor

Bass (Father of Lan/ Shadow)

(tradition/culture)

Lu

Contralto (Shadow/ Ritualist/ Daughter of Tea Sage Luyu)

(tea/messenger for spirit)

Monks chanting

Bass-Baritone Chorus

(religion)

Three Percussionists

Water, Paper, Ceramic Instruments

(nature)

Orchestra

(drama)

Act I: Water, Fire Scene 1 .......................................................................................................................1 Scene 2 .....................................................................................................................22 (intermission) Act II: Paper ........................................................................................................ 111 Act III: Ceramic, Stones..................................................................................... 150

Duration: 2 hours

Instrumentation Bass Flute / doubling Piccolo (the Bass Flute must be amplified) Bass Clarinet / doubling Eb Clarinet 2 Trumpets in C 2 Trombones 3 Percussionists (concert version) or 6 Percussionists (opera theatre version): I:

Water Basin (20-24 inches) for water sounds (must be amplified) Thin Paper Sheets (for whistling and other sounds) Paper Screen (for waving) Waterphone (played with a bow) Ceramic Bells (any 5 randomly-pitched flower pots, arranged from small to large, played with mallets) (all Ceramic Bells must be amplified) Water Shaker Water Gong (with superball) 2 Water-Patting Drums (use cups or glasses to pat the water’s surface)

I A:

Tubular Chimes Large Chinese Cymbals (Crash: 8-10 inches) Thin Cymbal (placed on the head of the Timpani) 2 Timpani

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Slapstick II:

Water Basin (20-24 inches) for water sounds (must be amplified) Thin Paper Sheets (for whistling and other sounds) Paper Screen (for waving) Waterphone (played with a bow) Ceramic Drum (must be amplified with contact microphone) Water Gong (with superball) 2 Water-Patting Drums (use cups or glasses to pat the water’s surface) Water Strainer

II A: Slapstick Small Chinese Cymbals (Crash: 4-6 inches) Large Chinese Cymbals (Crash: 8-10 inches) 2 Timpani (shared with III A player)

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10 Nipple Gong Set (Shared with III A player)

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Water Basin (20-24 inches) for water sounds (must be amplified) Thin Paper Sheets (for whistling and other sounds) Paper Screen (for waving) Waterphone (played with a bow) Ceramic Bells (any 5 randomly-pitched flower pots, arranged from small to large, played with mallets) (all Ceramic Bells must be amplified) Water Shaker Water Gong (with superball) 2 Water-Patting Drums (use cups or glasses to pat the water’s surface)

III A: Slapstick Small Chinese Cymbals (Crash: 4-6 inches) 2 Timpani (shared with II A player) 10 Nipple Gong Set (Shared with II A player)

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Contralto

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Soprano

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Tenor

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Baritone

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Bass-Baritone Chorus (each chorus member also plays stones and paper) BassBaritone    Chorus Strings

(Maximum: 10. 10. 8. 8. 6) (Minimum: 8. 8. 6. 6. 3)

N. B. Contralto also plays a Tibetan singing bowl (pitched in A, D or E). A demonstration video made by Tan Dun on how to prepare and perform the water, paper, and ceramic instruments is available from G. Schirmer.

Synopsis ACT 1: Water, Fire Scene 1 Japan, in ancient times. Inside a temple in Kyoto. Silence. A tea garden. Floating paper as set, as shadow screens, as musical instruments. Layers of paper with deconstructed video images. Paper costumes. Water music wafts in, with shadow voice sending a message of rebirth. The Japanese tea ceremony continues. It is bitter and silent. High monk Seikyo raises an empty teapot, passes an empty bowl, and with obvious relish, savors empty tea ritualistically: one sip, two, then half. Chanting monks ask why he savors the tea from emptiness. Seikyo, a Prince by birth, replies that ten years ago he became a monk because of his bitter love … Scene 2 Ten years earlier. ChangAn, ancient capital of China. Scenes of family bliss inside the palace. Deconstructed images of the palace are reflected on paper screens. Beautiful Lan (the Princess) and her brother (the Prince) are performing for their father (the Emperor) a shadow-puppet opera from within The Monkey King, the most frequently performed opera set to the Chinese legend “Buddha Passion.” Seikyo enters, interrupting the puppet show. The Emperor receives him with surprise. They speak of fond memories from the past. Seikyo expresses his wish to marry Lan. But the Emperor is hesitant, and asks Seikyo to recite a couplet of tea poems. The Prince angrily expresses his disapproval: “no one breaks the family and takes Lan away!” However, Seikyo’s excellence at reciting poetry leads the Emperor to give his consent to the marriage. A Chinese tea ceremony begins. It is lively and colorful. The Ritualist announces that a Persian Prince has arrived, and is offering a thousand horses in exchange for one book. Curious, the Emperor asks what book would demand such a price. The Book of Tea, the Ritualist replies; thousands of treasured secrets -- fire crosses water, Ying and Yang, lines map the inner spaces of body and mind -- fill this book of wisdom. When the Emperor inquires as to who has the book, the Prince reluctantly retrieves it from his silk sleeve. Reading the Book of Tea inspires the Emperor; Seikyo, on the other hand, doubts that this book is the same one shown him by its writer, Tea Sage Luyu, with whom he had studied tea in the South: “The book is a fraud!” Angry and jealous, the Prince challenges Seikyo; he vows to sacrifice his own life if Seikyo can produce and show him the “real” Book of Tea. Seikyo likewise promises to end his life if he is proven wrong. “Once you’ve given your oath, a thousand horses cannot retrieve it,” shout Seikyo and the Prince. Lan weeps with fear and grief as she watches her beloved and her loved one seal their fates.

ACT 2: Paper Bare flesh. Video close-ups on floating paper screens. Sensual rendition of body and silhouette, echoing nature’s undulating terrain: a sensuous and erotic tea dream. Paper, as musical instrument and visual set, sends a message of wind. Seikyo, accompanied by Princess Lan, travels to the South in search of the real Book of Tea, which he hopes Luyu will show them. He prays that sun and moon dispel the mist of grief: “then Prince appeased, Princess at ease.” Lan acquaints Seikyo with a legend about how tea was invented thousands of years ago, and introduces the popular use of double meanings in the making of Chinese tea: rubbing the…. oolong, dark dragon, rises. squeezing the.… moli, jasmine flower, opens. pressing the…. loonching, dragon well, overflows. While making love, they sing: “in tea mind, the woman made life art, the man made art life…” Inner emotional turmoil contrasts sharply with the seemingly serene, external landscape. Naked shadows behind the paper screen chant and have tea bath.

ACT 3: Ceramic, Stones The music of ceramics and stones sends a message of fate. In the South, Lu, the daughter of the Tea Sage, offers a tea ceremony in shamanistic ritual style and announces the death of Luyu, her father. Seikyo and Lan arrive, too late, during the ceremony. However, Lu’s ritual mask consents to give them the Book of Tea, but only on one condition: that they vow to spread its wisdom around the world, and to do so with an ambition tempered by love; this will also break the curse of Seikyo and the Prince’s dispute. Lu presents Seikyo and Lan with the real Book of Tea. As they read it, trembling with excitement, the Prince bursts in and grabs the book from Lan. A deadly fight erupts between Seikyo and the Prince. But it is Lan who is mortally wounded; she is stabbed when she attempts to stop the duel. Covered in blood, Lan raises the empty teapot, passes the empty tea bowls, and drinks the tea of emptiness: “to die for the one I love by the one who loves…” Griefstricken, the Emperor sings farewell to his daughter with a quote from the puppet opera Lan and her brother once performed for him: “without you, life is a living death….” The atmosphere is ghostly. Lu repeats Lan’s last words in Taoist double meaning: “after this tea, home – ” The Prince kneels before Seikyo, and gives him his sword, proclaiming: “with me it began, with me it shall end.” Instead of killing the Prince, however, Seikyo slices off his own hair … The chanting of monks returns: though bowl is empty, scent glows…… though shadow is gone, dream grows…… Water music wafts in again, bearing the endless message of rebirth. In a Japanese tea garden, high monk Seikyo raises the empty teapot, passes the empty tea bowls, and savors with obvious relish the empty tea: one sip, two, then half. In the bitter silence, Seikyo sings once more: “savoring tea is the hardest…”

-- Tan Dun

TEA

Act I: Water, Fire Bass Flute (Piccolo)

Bass Clarinet in Bb (Eb Clarinet)

2 Trumpets in C

2 Trombones

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Tan Dun

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sf

      

                      

water drips (with palms)

    













    

mf















Cb Ab























sf

   

sf

    sf









(violently throw collected water into water basin, then "water drips")

 

sf

(collect the water with two hands)

 

(collect the water with two hands)



Hp. I



   

(collect the water with two hands)



p

(violently throw collected water into water basin, then "water drips")



  

sf

 

 

ppp

mf







 











Hp. II

  Cont.

 

Bar.

B-Bar. Chorus

Vn. I







 mp









 mf





    

scent



p



 



  



 

ppp

 

fp





 

f

q

q

 







(s)

glows,

 







































































Vn. II

Va.

Vc.

Db.



B# Ab







15



















 







 











 











 

 













con sord.



 













con sord.

  23

Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I







 

 



       (throw collected water into water basin)

Perc. II

Perc. III

  



Hp. I

Hp. II

 



 



 



   

  Cont.



Vn. I

Vn. II

Va.

Vc.

Db.





Bar.

B-Bar. Chorus







 







 

 



 

 











f



 









  



       

   

sf

   

sf

f

   

sf

f





   

p Ab > A§



ppp



























f



sfff







 p

Ab > A§

       

f

























sfff





 

 



 

     

 

     

though sha - dow



is gone,

 



 

sfp





 





 ppp





dream

 

 

















 

















 

















 















   23

f

 

     

mf

pp



f







  







5

gliss.



     





pp

ppp

mp



 



mp

(fade out when chorus comes in)

p





(fade out when chorus comes in)

p

sf





(fade out when chorus comes in)





gliss.















6

   31

Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I



pp



 

 

 







   ppp







gliss.  

f

  





  gliss.

f

 



ppp



f





ppp

ppp

  

 

 



 

 

  f

gliss.





 

ppp



gliss.

 



       

    

mf













  





  





  









mp

mp

































sf

sf

sf

Gb>G§

Hp. I

       Gb>G§

    







mp

 Db Ab

 

gliss.















  

mp

  Cont.











Bar.

 



mp

dream



 

  

  

  



 



 



grows...

 









 

fp

f

q

q





 







(s)

 







































































Vn. II

Va.

Vc.

Db.

p

Bb>B#



Vn. I

   





Hp. II

B-Bar. Chorus



gliss. gliss.



gliss.

mp



 

mp

       

 

     p

 

ppp







ppp



Perc. II

Perc. III







31



















   39

Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I

   p

gliss.



 

 

 







 

 







 





 

 

 













 

 

 













    













ppp

   

sf





 

    

















  



sf





 







 

 







 

 

 







 

 

 







 

 

 













Ab>A§

       mf

sfff

 











 



 



39



 

 



 

 

con sord.



Vc.

sf



 

   

(fade out)

 

[Seikyo]



      mf

do - zo!

 

(please!)







 



 

 

 B



ppp

p



 



 



   

 

 

 

con sord.





ppp

p

 

con sord.



 





ppp

   

    p

 

con sord.





ppp

 

ppp

  p

 p

  p





p           

sf

sf How?



Va.

ppp

sf

 

        



 

Vn. II

      

   

sf

ppp

gliss.





  

ppp

Ab>A§





Bar.

gliss.



 



Db>D§

mf



ppp

p

  

p

Cont.



sf

 



 

  

ppp







 



AbCbB§

Hp. II

Db.

p



 

  

Vn. I





Hp. I

B-Bar. Chorus







Perc. II

Perc. III

gliss.

7

B

p the bowl is emp

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

ppp

ppp

ppp

ppp

ppp

 



































 





















































Perc. II



















Perc. III



































8

47

Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I

Hp. I







F§ C§

5







5





5























































 



































p





5





Hp. II

Cont.

Bar.

 



     

mp

the heart

B-Bar. Chorus

           ty,

Vn. I

Vn. II

Va.

Vc.

Db.

            47

 





feels,

      the





  

mp

bowl





ppp

 



ppp





fills!

 

what









Mas - ter













 

 

    

         

    

              

         

    









 

 









 

 









 











 

 









 

 



 



















 





























Perc. II











Perc. III











9

55

Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I





 Hp. I



5

 





5

 





5

 





5

 





5

 





5

 



5







5







5





f





5







5







p

f







5









5







5







5







p

f

 













 



















p

p

f

f

 



5



Hp. II

Cont.

(as"tr" from slow to fast)

     

Bar.

a

B-Bar. Chorus

Vn. I



f

bit - ter



si - lence...

 





  q 

sf

q



q

(ce)







sf

q

si

 q 

sf

-

lence



sfp

q

(ce)

  















 















 















 













 













Vn. II

Va.

Vc.

Db.



 

  

mf

 



55

 





 























 



































Perc. II













Perc. III













10 Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I

59





 5

Hp. I









5



5





5



5

mp 5

    



5



  

5

5

  5

  



 

5

5

F#



mf 5

  

  

  

5

5

f 5

  



  

5

  



















 















































 





p

 f

Hp. II

Cont.

Bar.

B-Bar. Chorus

Vn. I



q

    

Vn. II

 

Va.

Vc.



Db.





59

 

q

q

q









 













 



 













 



 



 













 



 



  













 



 



  







 







64

Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.



C

 







   p



 



11

        







 p



ppp

Tpt.

Tbn.

 







 



 









 



 









 





 



    



 



     



 



     



 



 



 









Perc. II









 

Perc. III









 

5

        

    



     

     p

Bb



3

3

   

3

3

3

mf

       3

3

3

3

      

    

      

         p

3

3

mf

mp

3

water gong (rub with superball)

3

p

3

3

p

 

3







 



 











 



 





Bar.





ppp

 



 to









 





 









 





 





 



Vn. II



Va.

  

Vc.

Db.

mp

  Cont.

Vn. I



3

mp

              mp

BbF#

Hp. II

      

3

mp

5

B-Bar. Chorus



   



Hp. I

a2



ppp

 

Perc. I





  

64

div.

ppp

div.

ppp

  

 



 



div.

ppp

div.

ppp

 

 



 



mp

 



mp  









to

see the





 



   



 



    



 



   



 



   

C

sound,

ppp

ppp

mp

hear the co - lor,

 

ppp



          





ppp

mp

      

 

ppp

 

on the bridge



ord.

mf



ppp

12 Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.





     

Perc. II



 

 mp



ppp

Db.

 



ppp



 



 



mp

ppp

   



 

 

ppp

 

ppp

mf





  

water gong

 



 







low water gong



ppp

 

 

(rub with superball)

p





  



p

mp

ppp

 

 

 p

  



   

p











 















 















 













 

 













 



 













 

 

 

ppp          to drink tea with Lan

Vc.



 



Bar.

Va.





Cont.

Vn. II

 

 

Hp. II

Vn. I



   



f p

 Hp. I

B-Bar. Chorus



mp

ppp

5

p





ppp

gliss.

3

ppp



   

 

mp



                       



   



ppp

 

mp

   



Perc. III



 







Perc. I

          71

not for

    

 

mp

mp

thirst,

         

but for feel - ing the warmth,

touch - ing

in - ner



 

 

 











 











 













 













    71





on the bridge





mf







ppp





mf

 



   



fp

f

 

f

 

 q q q  mf

q

(ce)



 







    







   





   





   



on the bridge

ord.

space...

 q

 

ppp

ppp

ppp

ppp

 

on the bridge

ord.





f

    79

Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I

  





  3         



6

mp

 







D







   

f















 































     







     







 



 







 







 





 

 















 















 









   



Cont.

Bar.



    

  





79

3



 



 



   

 







     

f







  

 



   



D



     

f





mf

do - zo!

     mp

   mp

senza sord. Non-div. sul G, C



   mp

senza sord. div.



pizz.



     mp     

mf

 



senza sord. Non-div. sul G, D



f

(please!)

senza sord. Non-div. sul D, A



f



p

5



  

Vc.

3

Lan?

   

Va.

5

               gliss.

   

Vn. II



mp

p

Db.

   



Hp. II

Vn. I







Hp. I

B-Bar. Chorus





 

  



f

(rub with superball)

Perc. III



mf

  

Perc. II

13

 

gliss.

mp                sf

who

gliss.

 

gliss.

 

gliss.

  

 

    

   mfp

 

gliss.

    

  

 

gliss.



     mfp

 

gliss.

mfp

ppp

ppp

   

mfp

ppp



Lan,

     ppp

 

is

 f

    

gliss.

  ppp

   ppp

   ppp

   ppp



14 Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I

  86







   















   



























































 



     

f

























      fff     











    

   

     

f

  





  

ppp

 

 

  

p

 

 

 

  

p

 

 

 

 

  

pat water (with palms)

f

pat water (with palms)



f

pat water (with palms)

         

 



gliss.

sfp

f





















    







fff

   



    



   



fff

Hp. II

Bar.



fff

fff

Cont.



  







fff

p

Hp. I

B-Bar. Chorus



fff

ff

 

Perc. II

Perc. III



  

fff

   





































mf

mp

         



grow - ing

         

tea is -

f



hard,

 

pick - ing tea



  

(as "tr" from slow to fast)



      fff

is

hard -





er,

f

     

mp

 

sa -vor - ing tea





is

p      the hard - est!





  





  





  













Mas - ter?

Vn. I

    

Vn. II

 

Va.

  

 

Db.



 

86

gliss.

   fp

 

gliss.

 

 

gliss.

     fp     

ff

 

 

ppp

fp

fp

Vc.

 

 

gliss.

  

  

 

gliss.

 

  

 

gliss.



   

 

gliss.

ppp



ppp

ffp

   

  

   

   fffp

 

gliss.

  

  

 

gliss.



     fffp

 

gliss.

ppp

ppp

ffp

ffp

    

ppp

ffp

ppp

gliss.

  

   ppp

(Bartok Pizz.)





fff





 

gliss.

ppp

fffp

fffp

   

fff

ppp

ppp

  ppp



 







































 







































15

94

Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I





   



 

  



 

  

  

  



 

  

   



 

  



 

  

  

  



 

  

    



 

  



 

  

  

  



 

  





water drips

p

water drips

Perc. II

p

water drips

Perc. III

p



Fb Cb B§



      



p

Hp. I

p































p





p







 

























Bar.



p mp              

Prin - cess Lan













mp







   



f

mp





 



 G§ F§ B§





(fade out)



p



(fade out)



mf



pp



























and Prince Sei - kyo...





      

   

             



 



























































































Vn. II

Va.

Vc.

Db.



f

Gb B#

Cont.

Vn. I





Hp. II

B-Bar. Chorus



(fade out)



94

were you a

prince,

(ce) Mas - ter?

unis.



 p



 



p

E

 















 























Perc. II









Perc. III















16 Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I

103





 

C#











mp

Hp. I







       

         











      





















Hp. II

   p

 

        

  

Bar.

          mp

Cont.

mp

















it

B-Bar. Chorus





     



("tr" from slow to fast)





p

mf  





was







 

















Vn. II

Va.

Vc.

Db.





p





 





 





103

p





 

E

Vn. I



 











 







106

Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.





17



p





p





 

senza sord.





p

sord.  senza 



p



p



p









Perc. II









Perc. III









Perc. I

 





      (C §)



 

     

     C #

Hp. I

   

 





 





 

























         

 



 

       























 













 





















        

F#

Hp. II

  





















































































 

Bar.

p

 



 



ten





 

Va.

Vc.





mp







p











 





 





 





106















 



years





Vn. II

Db.





f

Vn. I



  Cont.

B-Bar. Chorus



18 Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I

   

 

109 



 





           





           





 





 

  

ffff

    

ffff

   

ffff





 

slap stick

 

ffff

                            water patting drum

 



(put the water strainer in the water basin)



Perc. II

F 

ffff

 



    

mp

Perc. III





ffff

 

 Hp. I

 

  

 



 

 Hp. II

 

slap stick





  









 



 





  









 



 





  









 



 





 







 

 



ffff

 

 

  

 



ffff

 

 



















[shadow fades in]

 





(overtone singng)



m> u-o-E-A-E-o-u-m>

Cont.





Bar.

B-Bar. Chorus

Vn. I







a -

go...



 

 

 





  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 



fff



Vn. II



fff

 

Va.

  

 

109

sfp

div.



fff

Db.

sfp

div.

fff

Vc.

sfp div.





  div.



(play Tibetan singing bowl)

 



gliss.

 







F unis. con sord. 

   



ppp

ppp

unis. con sord. 

   



   





   









gliss.

ppp

ppp gliss.

ppp gliss.

ppp

sfp

    

fff





 







































 







































19

113

Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I





water shaker (walk and dance to the percussion station)

             mp



Perc. II

Perc. III

mf water shaker (walk and dance to the percussion station)























































































            

mp

Hp. I

Hp. II

 





































Cont.

 Bar.



B-Bar. Chorus



Vn. I



  

Vn. II



Va.



Vc.

Db.





113

















unis. con sord.





   

 



unis. con sord.

   

 



is emp - ty,







           scent

glows,

 

sfp

(s)

 







 

  

  

  

  

 



 







 

  

  

  

  

 











 

  

  

  

  

 











 

  

  

  

  

 











 

  

  

  

  

 

ppp





 





con sord.





mf



though bowl

 

ppp





20 Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I

 

















 











122





















































 

Perc. II

Perc. III

G

p

 







































































Hp. I

Hp. II

  Cont.



Vn. I

































Bar.

B-Bar. Chorus







          

Vn. II



Va.

Vc.



Db.





122

  

 



    



     

though shad - ow

is



gone,

 

 



 



dream



   dream



     



grows.















G 





























































































































    

 



























 

































130

Bs. Fl.

Bs. Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I





Perc. III

    

(at percussion station)

 



Perc. II

Piu mosso (q = 76)



 

 





water strainer





     

(at percussion station)

 

 



 

 F#

Hp. I























C#





Cont.



Vn. I











(fade out)



   

Vc.



Db.





130

f













































senza sord.





senza sord.

(put down bow)



senza sord.



senza sord.



  

Va.

mp

(fade out)



  

Vn. II

             

                     





Bar.

B-Bar. Chorus

f

p

Hp. II



                                                

p

 

p

f

 





fp

(s)











 



  ppp





Piu mosso (q = 76)

ppp













ppp









ppp









(put down bow)



(put down bow)

ppp



senza sord.

attacca

    

21

22 Piccolo

Clarinet in Eb

2 Trumpets in C

2 Trombones

Percussion I

Scene II

Allegretto (q = 76)    







             

 









  











 









































Percussion II



Percussion III





          

           

    

f

Harp I

 





         

       



     

  

      



mp

  

                                     mf

Harp II

f

                                        

Soprano

  











 











  











 











 











 





















 











 





Contralto

Tenor

Baritone

Bass

Bass-Baritone Chorus

Violin I



  

Violin II

Viola

Allegretto (q = 76)

mf

pizz.

p

                                        

Violoncello

p

Double bass

              pizz.



 

p

mf











  

23

6

Picc.

Eb Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.





               

    



 





 

p

                



      

  

con sord.





              

        

mf



    

   mf

con sord.





mf

    mf



mp

        

 

        

           

    

mp



mf













Perc. II













Perc. III













Perc. I

  Hp. I

   

Hp. II

Sop.





         

f



                                

                       

            

                     

            

f









 











  











 











 











 











  











 











Bar.

Bs.



Vn. II

                             mf                            

Va.

Vc.

mf

Db.

                  



Ten.

Vn. I



      

  

Cont.

B-Bar. Chorus





 

6







    pizz.

mf

                  



    

       

   

   

   

    

                  

 

  

   

     

  

   

   

       

24 Picc.

        11

 pp

f

Eb Cl.

      

 pp

f

Tpt.

         f

Tbn.

Perc. I



pp











































        

f









Chinese Large Cymb.



mp







mf



f

 gliss.                   

Chinese Large Cymb.





mp



gliss.          



f

mf

Chinese Small Gong        



mf

mf







mp









 











 











 











  











 











  











 











 











 











Bar.

Bs.



   

                        

                 

    

      



                        

                 

    

      



2

1

1

mf

  

Vn. II

2

      

1

1

mf

(pick up bow)

Va.



f

(pick up bow)        

Vc.

2

1

1

2

1

3

1

1

3

3

1

3

1

1

1

1

3

3

1

1

1

1

1

sf

                                     sfp mf

1

sf

fff

























f

Db.



      

11

f



    

fff

2

1

       

                                     sfp mf

2

1

       

f



Ten.

           fff         fff

 

Cont.

Vn. I





Hp. II

B-Bar. Chorus





Hp. I

Sop.

pp

          

Perc. II

Perc. III

 



  











  











  











 























Perc. II













Perc. III













25

16

Picc.

Eb Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I





              

                

         

f

Hp. I

 





            

       

      

  

               mp              mp

        





                                                           f

Hp. II

f

                                        

Sop.

Monk]   [Puppet   

Cont.

Ten.

Bar.

Bs.

B-Bar. Chorus

Vn. I











Ha

Ho

Ha

Ho

mf dolce.















  











 











 











 



























gliss.

 

gliss.

 

Va.

ppp

 

   

Vn. II



(

ppp

(

ppp

                                                              arco

ppp

mp

                                            arco

Vc.

ppp

Db.



 

16

mp











26 Picc.

Eb Cl.

Tpt.

                       p mf



               



21

   

  



p

mf





              mp

Tbn.



 















            

       

mf



    

  

mp



  

   

         

 

         mf

         mf

 

    

mp



mf













Perc. II













Perc. III













 











 











Perc. I

Hp. I

 

                                                         

Hp. II

                                

Sop.

  











 











  



[Puppet Monkey King] mf dolce.

 











 













 













  











 











Cont.

Ten.

Bar.

Bs.

B-Bar. Chorus

Vn. I



Vn. II









Ha

Ho

Ha

Ho



ppp



                                                                

Va.

                                

Vc.

Db.







 

21







    pizz.

mf

   



   

   



   

     

 

   

        mp 26

Picc.

 pp

sf

Eb Cl.

Tpt.



     



          mp

pp

sf mp

 

pp

sf



Tbn.

Perc. I

            mp 















































        

Chinese Large Cymb.





mf

f

  gliss.                          

Chinese Large Cymb.





        

gliss.          



          fff         fff



f

mf

Chinese Small Gong        





mf





mp

 











 











 











 



















































    

Bar.



mf

 

Ten.



mp

  

Cont.



mp



Hp. II



sf



Hp. I

Sop.

pp



Perc. II

Perc. III



27

     f

[Emperor]

              fff

mf

Bs.



fff

              

gliss.

Ha Ho Ha Ho Ha Ho Ha Ho

                fff

mf

B-Bar. Chorus

Ha Ho



fff

Vn. I

  

Vn. II

Va.

Vc.

Db.



           f           f

Ha Ho Ha Ho

gliss.

Ha Ho

fff

mf

Ha Ho Ha Ho

1

1

1

   

gliss.

Ha



   

gliss.

Ha

 

 











 











      

26

   

Ha

Ho

fff

   

Ha

Ho

  

fff

Ha

  

fff

Ha









Ho

                                   mp  fff                                      mp fff                                   mp

fff

                              arco

(pick up bow)

Ho

fff

2



Ho

fff

                                      mp

2



Ho

fff

Ha Ho Ha Ho

                                      sf                                       sf 1



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Ha Ho Ha Ho

              

Ha Ho Ha Ho Ha Ho Ha Ho

   

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mf

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mp

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   

28 Picc.

          

    

         

   

31 A

mf

Eb Cl.



mf

  

          

      

         

 



               



               mp

     

 

mp

































Perc. II













Perc. III









Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I



 



Hp. I





mp

   mp







 







from the ve-ry depth of



A   

my

  

heart,

      what a bit - ter









31

now

           

they say

they say





f     





 sf   

they say



































  



     



pizz.

 





p







                            

pizz.

p

     f



    f

             

mf

mf

 

plea - sure!



                                p 

      





   

    

p

Db.



they say

Bs.

Vc.



             

 

Va.

      

        

                            

  

Vn. II

 

  

             

 

Bar.

 

     

                

f dolce           

Ten.

Vn. I



f

Cont.

B-Bar. Chorus



 

Hp. II

Sop.







              





                  

  

36

Picc.

Eb Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

                      

 



 

mf

  

mf mp









   









   

p

p

                     mf





     mp

  

                                         mp

   

  29         mf           mf

 





mf













Perc. II













Perc. III









Perc. I

Hp. I

Sop.

Vn. I



 











         

                   

               

                   



    

Va.

Vc.

Db.



mp



 

Vn. II

  



Bs.

B-Bar. Chorus







       

    

there is true

in

  

   

Bar.





 

Ten.



mp

  

Cont.



 

  Hp. II



f

Su - tra

pa - ra - dise.









  





     



sky

      where

      

earth

meets

sky.

        sky sky









































          arco

f











        arco

f

                

                   

               

                   

 

36











30 Picc.

        



       



41

sf mp

Eb Cl.

Tpt.



sf mp

          mp

Perc. III

Sop.









 





































 

Vn. II

Db.



Chinese Small Gong        





mf





mp





 











 











 

























 

 





       







  

 

where

meets sky.

earth



 



























1

1

3

1

3

1

1

         3

1

1

       sf        3

1

1

 

sf

 











 











 











       

    





2

41

 



1

1

     

       

f



                                                                                               

Vc.

f

mf





Va.





2

Vn. I

 gliss.                   

 

Bs.

B-Bar. Chorus



f

mf

 

Bar.

mf

gliss.          



       fff         fff

Chinese Large Cymb.



sky

Ten.



mp

      

Cont.

        

Chinese Large Cymb.

mp



Hp. II



sf



Hp. I



pp



Perc. II



pp

           mp 



pp



Perc. I



pp

sf

Tbn.



                                     mp fff                                    mp  fff                                      mp fff                                   mp fff                                              mp

fff

   46

Picc.

Eb Cl.



   



  



 

 

  





sf

mf

sf

 

        

 

 sf

mf

  



 31               



            

f

f

  











 























Perc. II













Perc. III









Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I













mf

 



f           

 

will you

  

Bs.

Vc.

Db.



     

swear,

my

  

mon - key,

















     



 f   

you swear

 



you swear

 

 

Mas - ter,

 

Bar.

Va.



        

     

                                           

Ten.

Vn. II

   

   

f

Cont.

Vn. I



   

       

                                         

Hp. II

B-Bar. Chorus

          

   

f

Hp. I

   mf

          

Sop.





            I swear

I





swear































   



  



   

pizz.



   



f

f pizz.

  



  



f

f

  



  





  mp



 

 

mp

 

 

 

 

  



f

  



f

                                                                    p

mf

p

mf

                                                  46



  

pizz.

f



   f



  





    f



32 Picc.

                 



51

p

p

Eb Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

                



mf







   

 p







   

 p

mf

           





mf

mp

 



p

p

   





        





                                      mf       

 

p



mf

p













Perc. II













Perc. III













 











 











Perc. I

Hp. I

  Hp. II

                                 

                                   

   

dolce

mp

Sop.

you

Cont.

Ten.

er

leave

me

til

I

 find

the true

Su

-

tra?





  











































   

  

    

 

   

  

  

    

 





  





  



  





 

arco

p

Va.

Vc.

Db.

 



p

Vn. II





arco

Vn. I

-

 





    



Bs.

B-Bar. Chorus

nerv

 

    

 

 

Bar.

  

 

 

3



3



3



                                                                                                        51













  











  



















33

56

Picc.

Eb Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I

  

                     

Perc. III









Sop.

Ten.



 gliss.                   f

f

mf

Chinese Small Gong        



mf

 

mp

       



  

         

       



          

         

       



f

f











 











  





















fff

Ha HoHa Ho Ha Ho Ha Ho fff mf

                



gliss.

Ho

fff

gliss.

Ha HoHa Ho Ha Ho Ha Ho



              

Ha



Ha HoHa Ho Ha Ho Ha Ho fff mf

                  

Ha



fff

mf

fff

Ho





          

         



         

          

         

56

f

Ha



   

gliss.

Ha

 

Ho

fff

 

Ho

fff

   

Ha

Ho

fff

   

Ha

Ho

                      f

p

f

p

                     

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

p



p

ppp







p

mp

mp

mp

mp

    

mp

36

  



 

  



72

Picc.

Eb Cl.

Tpt.

Perc. I







 







 

 

 







 

 

 





 







 

 

 







  



    

mp

Small Chinese Cymb.





        gliss.

 

Hp. I

Hp. II



gliss.

f

 



 

 



   

Vn. I



   

Va.

 

Vc.



  

  

72

      f

  







f

f



f





  

gliss.

 

f

 

 

 







 

 

 



 









 





 









 





 



with - out

 



 



 

you

life

is

liv - ing

you

life

  



         

 

   mp



 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

mp

mp

mp

mp

    sfp   

sfp

   sfp     sfp     sfp

   

liv - ing





mf                     

mf     

is



ff















death.

 

 

death.





f  mf         with - out

 mf        





 



f

        mf

Ha Ho Ha Ho Ha Ho Ha Ho

   

Vn. II

Db.





f





Bs.

gliss.                 

f





 

Bar.



 





     3     

Ten.



gliss.



f

 

Cont.

gliss.              

f

     



  



                 f

f

B-Bar. Chorus

 

 

Perc. II

Sop.





Small Chinese Cymb.

Perc. III

A tempo (q = 76)

 

    mp

Tbn.

Andante (q = 66)

Andante (q = 66)

  

(Laughing + clapping)

 





   

with - out

 



  

with - out

  



f

    

  ff                  



 

Ha

mf



Ha Ho Ha Ho Ha Ho Ha Ho

Andante (q = 66)



A tempo (q = 76)





    

 

   

Andante (q = 66)

    con sord.

mp







    

  







     





 







    













    







con sord.

mp

    







 

A tempo (q = 76)

    







 

78

Picc.

Eb Cl.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Perc. I

     





ppp



 





 



 











 



 







gliss.                

mp



 



f



gliss.                   

f





   







 



 



  







 



 



   















  

















   



f



you

life

  

 f

 life



   

mov - ing - ly you

