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PANUFNIK The Generation of Love for Tenor, Horn & Strings

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EP 72000a

ROXANNA PANUFNIK

The Generation of Love A Cycle of Sonnets for Tenor, Horn & Strings

Words by William Shakespeare

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PETERS EDITION LTD A member of the Edition Peters Group LEIPZIG · LONDON · NEW YORK

Original version for Tenor, Horn and Piano commissioned by Jeremy Stuart-Smith and the Temple Music Foundation

This score is a facsimile of the composerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manuscript, reflecting the state of editorial work and correction as of 3rd December 2009

ROXANNA PANUFNIK The Generation of Love A Cycle of Sonnets for Tenor, Horn and Strings

Words by William Shakespeare

Contents 1. Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day? Interlude I – Hot blood, hot thoughts, and hot deeds? 2. Nothing Like the Sun Interlude II – A Woman Scorned 3. Winter’s Near in memory of Laura Stuart-Smith

Duration c. 22 minutes

Page 1 6 8 13 14

In 2008, the Temple Music Foundation commissioned a setting of Shakespeare’s sonnet 97, “How like a winter hath my absence been From thee,”. The commission was supported by Jeremy StuartSmith who, on liking the resulting work, “Winter’s Near”, decided to commission more. There are so many wonderful sonnets to choose from, so I settled on ones that could form a narrative about a love affair that goes wrong, culminating in the original commission. The title is a quote from Shakespeare’s epic Troilus and Cressida (Act 3, scene I, Pandarus: “Is this the generation of love? Hot blood, hot thoughts and hot deeds?”) as it describes a process or evolution of a romantic relationship and, also, because the remainder of the quote portrays the passion of a new relationship that manifests in the first Interlude. 1. Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day? (Sonnet 18) describes the marvel of new love. The music is languorous Summer village sounds, the piano pealing like church bells and warm, sunny basking harmonies. The warmth is somewhat increased in Interlude I – Hot blood, hot thoughts, and hot deeds?, which takes the love affair forward… 2. Nothing Like the Sun, (Sonnet 130) takes a much more grounded look at love – on the face of it highly uncomplimentary to his mistress but, declaring that despite her physical imperfections, he loves her all the more for the way she speaks and her personality. In Interlude II - A Woman Scorned, (taken from a quote attributed to Shakespeare but actually by his playwright contemporary, William Congreve) the mistress doesn’t see the sentimental side of that sonnet and leashes a furious tirade, on solo horn. You can hear her at the start, stuttering incredulously, “Nothing? Nothing… nothing… nothing like the sun?! (x 2) Far more red, than my lips… than my lips, than my lips, than my… than my lips RED?!” . She ends with a mournful rendition of melodic phrases from Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day and the relationship and interlude ends, going straight into 3. Winter’s Near (Sonnet 97). This last song is a bleak but beautiful sonnet, with the singer, horn and piano often playing or singing on their own and only really synchronizing during the happier nostalgic lines. My thanks go to Jeremy Stuart-Smith and the Temple Music Foundation for commissioning this, to Christopher Cook for his insight into these sonnets and Andrew Littlemore for exposing the darker side of the French horn Roxanna Panufnik 30 November, 2009 th

Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day? (Sonnet 18) Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And Summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And oft' is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd: But thy eternal Summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Nothing like the Sun… (Sonnet 130) My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red, than her lips red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound: I grant I never saw a goddess go, My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare, As any she belied with false compare. Winter’s near (Sonnet 97) How like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen! What old December's bareness everywhere! And yet this time removed was summer's time; The teeming autumn, big with rich increase, Bearing the wanton burden of the prime, Like widow'd wombs after their lords' decease: Yet this abundant issue seemed to me But hope of orphans, and unfathered fruit; For summer and his pleasures wait on thee, And, thou away, the very birds are mute: Or, if they sing, 'tis with so dull a cheer, That leaves look pale, dreading the winter's near.

The Generation of Love WIlliam Shakespeare

Roxanna Panufnik

1. Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day?

Langourous and dream-like, idyllic English Summer day e = 112

Wonderously, miracle of first love

6 8

Tenor

8 8

Shall

com

pare

thee

to a

6 8

8 8

6 8

Horn in F

( )

6 8 2

Langourous and dream-like, idyllic English Summer day e = 112

6 8 Violin I (4)

p molto legato

8 8

6 8

8 8

6 8

8 8

6 8

8 8

6 8

8 8

6 8

8 8

6 8

8 8

6 8

div. a 4

6 8 6 8 Violin II (3)

p molto legato 1.2. a 2

6 8 p

Viola (2)

p molto legato

6 8

div.

p molto legato

p sim.

pizz.

6 8

Violoncello (2)

6 8

Double Bass (1)

T. Sum

6 8

8 8 - mer’s

day? 2

Thou

art

more love -

8 8

and more

tem-pe- rate:

Rough

winds

6 8 p

Vln I

8 8

6 8

8 8

6 8

Vln II

8 8

6 8

8 8

6 8

p mp

8 8

Vla

6 8

8 8

6 8

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arco div.

8 8

Db.

div.

Vc.

unis.

6 8 p

( )

T. shake

the

dar

ling

buds

May,

And Sum - merâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

lease

Hn mp

(1.2.)

Vln I

(3.4.)

(1.2. a 2)

Vln II

(3.)

Vla p

mp pizz., unis.

sim.

Vc. p

mp Db.

e = 120

4 4

T. short a date:

Some-time too hot the eye of hea-ven 4

shines,

And oftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 3

4 4

is his 3

gold

com - ple - xion dimmed; 3

p e = 120

4 4

Vln I

4 4 Vln II

4 4 4 4

unis.

Vc.

4 4

arco

Db.

4 4

Vla

div.

hath all too

3 30

cresc.

dim.

molto rall.

cresc.

And e-v(e)ry fair

from fair

some-time

de -

clines,

By chance or na - tureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

chang - ing course

cresc.

dim.

tutti, div.

cresc.

unis.

div.

6 8

cresc.

molto rall.

cresc.

6 8

6 4

Vln I

unis.

div. 1.2. 3.

6 4

Vln II cresc.

cresc.

6 8

6 4 cresc.

dim.

cresc.

6 4

Vc.

unis.

6 8

6 4

Db. cresc.

dim.

Tempo I 36

6 8

e = 112

But thy e - ter

6 8

nal

Sum-mer shall 2

cresc.

not

fade 2

Tempo I e = 112 1.2.

6 8 mp

Vln I

6 8

3.4.

6 8

1.2.

6 8

mp Vla

div.

Vln II

div.

6 8

Vc.

6 8

mp Db.

div.

6 8 mp

6 8

cresc.

dim.

cresc.

6 8

Vla

un - trimmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d:

6 4

6 8

6 4

T. Nor

lose

pos - ses - sion

of the

fair 4

thou ow

est;

Nor

shall Death brag thou wand

- (e)rest

his

Hn p

1.2. a 2

mp 3.4. a 2

Vln I

mp (1.2. a 2)

Vln II

div.

unis. Vla mp Vc. mp Db. mp

cresc.

T. shade, 2

When

e - ter - nal

lines

time

thou grow -

4 4

9 8

4 4

est: 4

Hn p

9 8

mp div.

Vln I

cresc.

9 8

4 4

mf a2

9 8

div.

cresc.

cresc. cresc.

mf mf

9 8

4 4 4 4

9 8

Vla

unis.

4 4

cresc. pizz., unis.

4 4

cresc.

Vln II

9 8

sim.

div.

Vc.

9 8

arco

4 4

9 8

Db. cresc.

4 4

5 59

4 4

e = 120

port.

long

men can breathe,

eyes

can

see,

A dizzy happiness

4 4

e = 120 (1.2.)

Vln I

4 4

(3.4. a 2)

sim.

4 4 Vln II

4 4 4 4

Vla

(1.2. a 2)

sim.

mp 3.

sim.

4 4

Vc.

mp 3

4 4

Db.

Exctatically 65

rall.

e = 144 f

rit. cresc.

T. So long

lives

this,

thee.

and this gives life to

Hn cresc. mf

Exctatically

rit.

e = 144

rall.

div. mf Vln I

cresc.

Vln II

div.

cresc.

div.

unis.

Vla mf pizz., unis. Vc. 3

Db. mf

sim.

arco

div.

Interlude I – “Hot blood, hot thoughts, and hot deeds?” (Horn & Strings) With great warmth... 71

q = 66

4 4

With great warmth...

unis. legato

q = 66

4 4

Vln I

div.

mp unis.

4 4

Vla

unis.

4 4

Vc.

4 4

Vln II

unis.

4 4

Db.

mf div. Vln I

unis.

6 4

4 4

div.

6 4

4 4

6 4

4 4

6 4

4 4 p

6 4

Vc.

4 4

div.

6 4 mf

4 4

6 4

Db.

4 4

6 4

Vla

unis.

mf Vln II

4 4

6 4 p

unis.

A little slower rall.

q = 54

Hn mf

p sub.

f mp sub.

A little slower

rall. unis.

div.

q = 54 molto legato div.

unis.

div.

Vln I mf

p sub.

mp sub.

molto legato Vln II mf

p sub.

mp sub.

Vla mp

unis.

div. Vc. mf

p sub.

mp sub.

Db. mf

mp sub.

4 4

6 4

Hn mf

molto rall.

div. Vln I

6 4

Vln II

6 4 mf

unis. mf

Vla

4 4 mf

mp div.

unis.

Vc.

6 4

6 4 mp

4 4

Db. mf

4 4

1.2. 3.

div.

unis.

4 4

6 4

unis.

4 4 mf

2. Nothing like the Sun Mischievously 103 q = 120

4 4

5 4

4 4

6 4

4 4

109

rapturously

4 4 My

4 4

Vln I

4 4

mis - tressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

disappointedly

( )

eyes

4 4

6 4 are

no-thing

the

sun;

6 4

4 4

6 4

4 4

6 4

4 4

Vln II

pizz.

6 4

4 4

Vc.

4 4

6 4

4 4

Db.

pizz.

arco

mp wistfully

115

disdainfully

T. Co -ral,

co - ral is far

red,

than her lips

red:

div.

unis.

div.

Vln I mp

arco Vln II mp

mp div.

unis.

div.

unis.

Vla

Vc.

Db.

div.

rapturously mp

122

disappointedly

T. If

snow

white

why

then

her

breasts 3

are

dun; 3

Hn mp

p sub.

div.

Vln I mp

p sub. pizz.

arco

Vln II mp

pizz. Db. mp

128

mp wistfully

disdainfully 3

T. If

hairs,

if hairs be

wires,

black

wires

grow on

her

Hn mp

p unis.

unis. 3

div.

Vln I mp

div.

pizz. Vln II mp

Vla mp

unis.

(div.) Vc. mp

Db.

134

rall.

6 4

4 4

6 4

4 4

head.

rall. div.

unis.

div.

Vln I mf arco unis.

f div.

Vln II

unis.

div.

unis.

div.

Vla mf

pizz.

mp arco

Vc. mf arco

Db.

4 4

6 4

unis.

6 4

4 4

6 4

4 4 f

pizz.

6 4

4 4

6 4

4 4

a tempo 141

q = 120

4 4

have

seen

ro - ses

(half valve) port.

p sub.

a tempo q = 120

4 4

Vln I

4 4

Vln II

p sub. (div.) pp

4 4

Vla

pp sub. arco

4 4

Vc.

4 4

Db.

148

port.

T. ro

ses

damasked,

red

1. solo

white,

But

such

ses

Vln I

and

gli altri

div.

Vln II p Vla p div.

Vc. p

Db. p

155

( ) port.

T. see

her

cheeks;

Hn (1 solo)

Vln I

mp (gli altri)

a3 p

pp mp

Vln II pp

pp div.

unis.

Vla pp mp

Vc. pp Db. p

162

And

in some per - fumes

T. is

there

light

Than

the

Hn p

(1 solo)

p Vln I

(gli altri)

Vln II div. Vla unis. Vc. pp

mp Db. p

170

3 4

port.

T. breath

that

from

mis

tress

reeks.

half valve

(no port.)

3 4

Hn p

mp 3

3 4

Vln I

3 4 3 4

Vln II unis.

3 4

unis.

3 4

Vla div. Vc. mp 3

Db. mp

177

rapturously

3 4

4 4 I 3

love

hear

her

speak,

yet

well I

know

4 4

Vln I

3 4

tutti, unis.

4 4

Vln II

Vc.

3 4

4 4

3 4

4 4

Db.

3 4

4 4

pizz., unis.

3 4

12 184

T. that

sic,

sic hath far

plea

- sing

sound:

Hn mf

mp div.

Vln I

mp arco

div.

Vln II mp

unis.

div. Vla mp

div.

unis.

Vc. mp

Db.

proudly mf

forgivingly mp

191

T. I

grant

ne -ver

saw

god - dess

go,

mis - tress,

Hn p sub.

mp unis.

Vln I p pizz., unis.

Vln II

Freely - like recitative q = 90 mp

molto rall.

198

T. my mis - tress,

when she

walks,

treads on

the

ground:

And yet by 3

hea -ven,

Hn p

Freely - like recitative

molto rall. div.

q = 90

Vln I

arco Vln II p

Vla mp

Vc. mp

Db. mp

think my love as

molto rall.

207

T. rare,

As a - ny

she

be-lied with false

5 4

4 4

5 4

4 4

com - pare.

cresc.

molto rall. Vln I

(half valve)

5 4

4 4

5 4

4 4

Vln II

4 4

5 4

Vla

mp div.

4 4

5 4

Vc.

unis.

4 4

5 4

Db.

Interlude II – “A Woman scorned...” (Horn solo) Very freely q = 120-ish 218 in disbelief

flutter

Hn ("No - thing? p

227

No - thing,

nothing,

no-thing like mf

the

sun?!”)

flutter

Hn ("far mf

ff sub.

red

than my lips... p sub.

like the low rumble of a volcano before it erupts 235

red?!”) mf

than my lips,than my lips,than my,than my lips mp

Hn 6

240

245

Hn 3

251

rall.

flutter

Hn mp

ff sub.

a tempo q = 120-ish 258 changing the tone from angry to desparately sad

attacca

molto rall.

lamenting the loss of their new love

Hn mp ("Shall

I com - pare

thee

p com - pare

thee

Sum

mer’s

day?”)

in memory of Laura Stuart-Smith

3. Winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Near Very freely ... q = 72 273

4 4

3 4

4 4

How

4 4

cool tone, with minimum vibrato 3

( )

like a win -ter

cresc.

hath my

ab - scence been

From thee,

4 4

3 4

p mp

283

6 4

4 4

6 4

the plea-sure

6 4

of the flee - ting

year!

4 4

6 4

4 4

div.

Vln I

1. solo

6 4

gli altri

6 4 6 4

4 4

6 4

Vln II

4 4

1. solo 3

6 4

Vla 3

6 4

4 4

q = 54

rit.

6 4

4 4 4 4

6 4 rit.

6 4 6

Vln I

Vln II

felt,

6 4

4 4

6 4

4 4

6 4 6 4

have I

q = 54

Vc.

6 4

4 4

Vla

What free-zings

6 4

tutti

Vc.

290

4 4

15 3

295

port.

6 4

T. What old De-cem - berâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

what dark days seen!

bare - ness

v(e)ry

where!

6 4

Hn mp

cresc. (1. solo)

6 4 mf Vln I (gli altri)

6 4 p cresc.

6 4

Vln II cresc.

6 4

Vla cresc.

6 4

Vc.

slightly faster q = 66

poco accel. 303

4 4

6 4

cresc., suddenly warmer mf

And yet this time

6 4

re - mo

port.

v(e)d

The tee-ming Au

tumn,

big with rich in -

warmer tone

4 4

was sum-merâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time;

slightly faster q = 66

poco accel. Vln I

6 4

tutti, div.

suddenly warmer

4 4

Vln II

Vla

6 4

suddenly warmer

mp suddenly warmer div.

4 4

Vc.

6 4

suddenly warmer

4 4

Db.

6 4

suddenly warmer mp

4 4

unis.

16 310

6 4

crease,

poco rit.

Bear - ing the

310

4 4

6 4

crease,

Bear-ing the

6 4

Hn.

wan-ton

bur-den

mp sub.

4 4

a tempo mp

the

**)

6 4

4 4

6 4 prime,

Like wi -dowed

wombs

af - ter

their

4 4 3

6 4

Vln I

4 4

unis.

poco rit.

div.

mf div.

6 4

Vln II

4 4

6 4

Vla

Vc.

Db.

p sub. div.

6 4

lord’s

6 4 lord’s

Hn.

de - cease:

Yet

6 8

e = 112

6 4

6 8

mf gli altri

6 4

6 8 mf

6 4

6 8

mf mf

Vc.

Db.

6 4 6 4

6 8

6 4

de - cease:

1. solo

Vla

4 4

**) “Prime” = springtime

Vln II

6 8

6 4

Vln I

unis.

6 4

e = 112

317

6 4

4 4

6 4 mp

6 4

unis.

p sub.

*) If tenor is singing lower note, then horn should play lower note too.

317

4 4

6 4

div.

4 4

6 4 p sub.

6 4

unis. mf

4 4

mf 3

6 4

div.

a tempo

p sub.

unis.

p sub.

6 4

4 4

6 4

4 4

6 8 mf

this a - bun-dant is - sue

seemed

to me

But

rit.

323

e = e

a tempo

T. hope

phans,

and un - fa

4 4 thered

fruit;

4 4

Vln I

6 4

rit.

(1. solo)

e = e

a tempo

4 4

(gli altri)

3 3

6 4 mf

2. div. 3.4. 3

4 4

6 4

4 4

Vln II

6 4

pp div.

4 4

Vla

6 4

4 4

Vc.

330

6 4

4 4

Db.

rit.

slower q = 54

For Sum-mer

4 4

6 4 p

rit. (1.solo)

6 4

Vln I

6 4

Vln II

Vla

Vc.

6 4

6 4 6 4

(2. 3.4.)

slower q = 54

4 4 mp

4 4 4 4

unis.

and his

18 335

( )

becoming more despondent... mp

port.

T. plea

sures

wait on

thee,

And, thou a - way,

the ve - ry

birds

are

becoming more despondent...

Hn p

(1.solo)

Vln I

(gli altri)

p Vln II

Vla

Vc.

340

rit.

T. mute:

Or, 3

if they sing,

’tis with so dull

cheer,

That leaves look 3

Hn p

rit.

Vln I

p Vln II p Vla p

Vc. mp

a tempo q = 54 348

**)

rall. p

T. pale, dread - ing the

win - ter’s

4 4

3 4

near.

win-ter’s near.

3 4

a tempo q = 54

Vln I

3 4

Vln II

3 4

tutti, unis.

4 4

rall.

4 4 morendo

4 4

3 4 pp

morendo

1.solo

3 4

Vc.

3 4

Db. *) agonizing pause - like you’re almost too upset to go on.

morendo

pp Vla

4 4

morend o

tutti

***)

4 4

**) deep breath, to further dramaticize this mental state, but also to prepare for the long note coming...

pp ***)

***) tolling, like a death knell...

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