Do Not Enter (2019)

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Program Notes

WhileonatriptoViennaItravelledtolocationswhereBeethovenwasreportedlyinspired towritehisSixthSymphony(thePastoral).Ithoughttomyselfthatonecouldseehowall thisbeautifulnaturewouldinspiresuchawonderfullyoptimisticpieceofmusic.ButIwondered whatwouldhavehappenedifoneday,whilehewasononeofhiswalks,hecameuponapath leadingintothewoodswithasignthatproclaimed Do Not Enter.ItbeingBeethoven,Idoubt thatwouldhavestoppedhim.But,thiswasnotthekindofplacethatwouldinspireaworkwith thesubtitle"Pastoral."No,nono...thiswasafardarkerandmoremysteriouslandscape.One couldonlyimaginewhatwouldhavecomefromtheMaster'spenhadthisbeenhisinspiration. Now,theinspirationwasmine.

1. Strange Wanderings

        Piano            Creepy                             L.H.       4                       L.H. Tuba                   5                       7                          L.H.                               L.H.                              
      10                                                                                                                                                               13                                                                                                                       16                                                                                                                                                                 2
         19                                                                                                    rit. rit.                          A Tempo 21                                                                24                                                                                       3
            27                                     cantabile                                                                                              30                                                                                                                        33                                                                              4
                                               35   L.H.                                       L.H.               37                3 3 3 3                                 33 3 3 3                                                 39                             3 3 3 3               marcato                                33 3 3 3                                        5
              41                              3 3 3 3                                    3 3 333 3                                                43                                             3 5 3 5                                                          45                                                                         6
            47                                     cantabile                                                                                                  50                                                                                                       poco rit. poco rit.                                                         53   A Tempo                                      poco rit. poco rit. 7
               A Tempo 55                          8

2. Midnight Walk

      Piano                        Adagio assai                        simile                                              5                                                                                   8                                                             9                            simile    11                                                                                                         9
   14                                                                              dim. dim.                                             17                                                                                                       20                                                                                                             23                                                                                                            10
               26                                                                                                                   29                                                        dim. poco a poco                                     rit. rit.                                        6 6 6 6 6                          A Tempo   33   11
   34                                      6666 6                                35                                         6 6666                               36                                         6 6 6 66                           12
   37                                         66 6 6 6                                 38                                         6666 6                                    39                                         6 6 6 6 6                            13
               40                                            6 6 6 6 6 6                                           41                                              6 6 6 6 6            42                                                6 6 6 6 6         14
   43                                            6 6 6 6 6            44                                                  6 6 6 6 6                 45                                           6 6 6 6 6    dim. poco a poco                 46                                                      6 6 6 6 6 6      rit. 15
                                                   A Tempo   47                                                                                                          dolce          51                                                                                                                                         55                                                          3                                 3                        poco rit.                              dim. poco a poco A Tempo 59                                               rit. rit.       16

3. Run Away!

               Tuba Piano       Foreboding                                                          4                                                                                 accel.poco a poco accel.poco a poco                                     7                                                                                                             17
               10                                                                                                                             Agitato 12                                                                                                                     16                                                                                                            18
                           19                                                                                                                          22                                                                                                                                                  24   sub. sub.                                                 26                                                           19
               28                                                                               30                                                                                                      32                                                        brillante 33             34                                                                               20
               36                                                                                                   38                                                                            41                                                                                             43                                                                                       21
               45                                                                                           47                                                                                                                          50                                                                                                                                                       53                                                                                                                          22
           55                              (half-step)                                                                                                58                                                      61                                                23
                     64                                                                    67                                                       sub.                                                70                                                                           24
                     72                                                                                                              74                                                                                                                        76                                                                                                                        25
               79                                                                                                                                                        81                                                                                                                                                 85                                                                                                                                             88                                                                                                                   26
                           91                                                                                                                                   94                                                                                                                                                 97                                                                                                                  27
               99                                                                                      101  Tubasolo                                  104           dim. poco a poco                                 107                                         110            rall. poco a poco                                            114                                     117  Fast                    28
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