Thebes and the burden of rulership re composition 1

Thebes and the Burden of Rulership A Time for Prayer

Flute/Alto Flute Oboe English Horn (duration: c. 6 min)

Gillian R. Menichino *Premiered at the British Museum as part of the Sound Histories event on July 5th 2013 Š Copyright Gillian Menichino 2013

Thebes and the Burden of Rulership A Time for Prayer

Flute/Alto Flute Oboe English Horn

Gillian R. Menichino

The statues in armour, in the attitude of prayer assume a devotional pose. Contemporary poetry spoke of how the heaviest burden, that of rulership, lay on the king. That and the meditative expression of the portrait inspire the contrasts between the sombre and rhythmically unsettled musical material.

This piece was inspired by the 3 granite statues of Senwosret III located in the British Museum.

Thebes and the Burden of Rulership

Score in C

A Time for Prayer Gillian R. Menichino

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 

              



mp

                  Fl.  5

3

5

mp

3

67

Ob.

3

pp

            7

pp

                       

7

3

p

         



3

pp

   

3

3

                            p

 64              Fl. 

Ob.



3

3



3

p 7

5

         mf

3

3        



7



3

3



p

       

       

7

3

3







 

  

3

3

Ob.

          

            

3

3

            f

 Fl.  

    



7

3 3

3



   

3

3

3





3

6

  

Fl.

Ob.

7

           



3

3

mf Eng.Hn.

3                     3 7 3 3 p                  3 3

            



69

p

  

 





   3     

7

    



7

7

       



3

mp

Ob.

mf

3

Eng.Hn.

   

3





mf

  

mp



5



p

Ob.

 

5

 p

Eng.Hn.

 





           

3





 

  3

7

3

3

3



3



3



        

  

mf

   Fl.     75

3

3

3

   

         

             

7

  

   3  3   3          Fl.    73

3

             

     

     

3

          7

7

3

3

  

 



3

3

3

3

p

3

 Fl.  

Eng.Hn.

3                    

mf

71

Ob.

3

p

5



    



   



7

 



7

 



5



 



3

      mf  

 

To A. Fl.

 

mf 5

5

3

                

p

78 q = 60

Eng.Hn.

 Eng.Hn.

 Eng.Hn.

 Eng.Hn.



 82







     3

mf

  

 



7

    



            

mp

         

89

     mf

p

93

     







  



 

5

Eng.Hn.

mf

101

   

 105

A. Fl.

Eng.Hn.

 





 A. Fl.  Eng.Hn.



 



p sub







      

  5

          3

pp

 

   

ord.

Alto Flute

        

   

p



  



        5

    

f



      5

f

3

   

 





p sub

3

 

3

3

    

 

flz.



 

3

    

 

97

p

         



     

                A. Fl. 

3

            

5

mf



3

7

  

7

3

3

 3

        

  

p

86





  

 

  

 

 Fl.  Eng.Hn.

 



 









 







pp

pp