Full Score
Joel ompson
in memory of Breonna Taylor
breathe/burn: an elegy for solo violoncello and orchestra
Commissioned by Chicago Sinfonietta, Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Alasdair Neale, Music Director World Premieres conducted by Antoine T. Clark, Assistant Conductor, Chicago Sinfonietta Alasdair Neale, Music Director, New Haven Symphony Orchestra
7 June 2021
INSTRUMENTATION Piccolo 2 Flutes 2 Oboes (2nd doubling English Horn) 2 Clarinets in B♭ 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in C Trombone Timpani Percussion (2 players): Vibraphone, Crotales, Marimba, Suspended Cymbal, Snare Drum, & Bass Drum Solo Violoncello Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello Contrabass
Commissioned by Chicago Sinfonietta, Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Alasdair Neale, Music Director World Premieres conducted by Antoine T. Clark, Assistant Conductor, Chicago Sinfonietta Alasdair Neale, Music Director, New Haven Symphony Orchestra
Duration: ca. 7 minutes
Full Score in memory of Breonna Taylor
breathe/burn: an elegy for solo violoncello and orchestra Joel ompson (2020)
Mourning ( = ca. 36)
Piccolo
Flute
1 2
Oboe
1 2
Clarinet in B♭
1 2
Bassoon
1 2
Horn in F
1 2
Trumpet in C
1 2
Timpani
Crotales
Trombone
Vibraphone
Marimba
Suspended Cymbal Snare Drum Bass Drum
Solo Violoncello
molto espressivo, freely Mourning ( = ca. 36)
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Violoncello
Contrabass
© 2020 by Joel ompson. All Rights Reserved.
7 June 2021
breathe/burn: an elegy
2 7
Fl.
1 2
Ob.
1 2
1 Cl. in B♭ 2
1 2
Bsn.
Anxious ( = ca. 108)
rall.
1 2
1 Tpt. in C 2
Crot.
Mar.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
rall.
Vc.
pizz. ord.
Cb.
In time = 46
unis.
div. arco
pizz.
Anxious ( = ca. 108)
div.
1. cup mute
bowed
1.
1.
Hn. in F
In time = 46
arco
unis.
div.
breathe/burn: an elegy 12
Fl.
1 2
poco rit.
1.
a tempo
1 2
1.
1.
Ob.
3
1 2
Bsn.
1 2
Hn. in F
1 2
Cl. in B♭
Tpt. in C
Crot.
Mar.
Solo Vc.
1 2
poco rit.
Vln. II
2. cup mute
Vln. I
Cb.
Vc.
Vla.
div.
unis.
a tempo
div.
breathe/burn: an elegy
4
accel. 18
Picc.
t.
Fl.
1 2
1.
Ob.
1 2
Bsn.
1 2
Hn. in F
1 2
Tpt. in C
Tbn.
Timp.
Vib.
Sn. Dr.
B. Dr.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
1 2
cup mute
2+2+3
div.
2+2+3
accel.
Vla.
div.
Vc.
Cb.
div.
unis.
unis.
div.
Vln. II
div.
breathe/burn: an elegy 23
Picc.
Anxious ( = ca. 120)
5
Fl.
1 2
Ob.
1 2
Bsn.
1 2
Hn. in F
1 2
1.
1. senza sord.
Tbn.
Vib.
1 Tpt. in C 2
Sn. Dr.
B. Dr.
Solo Vc.
div.
Anxious ( = ca. 120)
div.
Vln. I
unis.
molto
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Vln. II
unis.
molto
pizz. unis.
breathe/burn: an elegy
6 28
Fl.
1 2
Ob.
1 2
Cl. in B♭
1 2
Bsn.
1 2
Hn. in F
1 2
Tbn.
Timp.
Solo Vc.
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
pizz.
pizz.
Vln. I
Cb.
breathe/burn: an elegy 32
Fl.
1 2
Ob.
1 2
Cl. in B♭
1 2
Bsn.
Hn. in F
Tbn.
1 2
1 2
Timp.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
arco
7
breathe/burn: an elegy
8 36
Picc.
Fl.
1 2
1 Cl. in B♭ 2
Bsn.
1 2
Hn. in F
1 2
Tpt. in C
1 2
Ob.
1 2
Tbn.
Timp.
Sus. Cym.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
breathe/burn: an elegy
Picc.
Fl.
1 2
Ob.
1 2
Cl. in B♭
Bsn.
Hn. in F
1 2
1 2
1 2
Release = 60
40
1 2
Tbn.
Sus. Cym.
Solo Vc.
senza sord.
div.
Vc.
arco
arco
Cb.
div. Vla.
Release = 60
Vln. II
Vln. I
Tpt. in C
rit.
9
espressivo
rit.
div.
unis.
unis.
div.
unis.
unis.
div.
div.
unis.
unis.
breathe/burn: an elegy
10
Fl.
1 2
Eng. Hn
1 Cl. in B♭ 2
Bsn.
1 2
1 Hn. in F 2
1 2
Timp.
Sus. Cym.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vln. II
1.
Mourning = 46
English Horn
cup mute
Tpt. in C
Mourning = 46
1.
44
div. Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
div.
breathe/burn: an elegy 49
Fl.
1 2
Eng. Hn
1.
1 Cl. in B♭ 2
Bsn.
1 2
Hn. in F
1 2
Tpt. in C
1 2
Timp.
Sus. Cym.
Solo Vc.
11
to Oboe
cup mute
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
III
Anxious ( = ca. 108)
div.
IV
scrape with triangle beater
Anxious ( = ca. 108)
pizz.
Vc. div. IV
pizz.
III
Cb.
pizz.
breathe/burn: an elegy
12 53
Fl.
1 2
1
2
1 2
Ob.
Cl. in B♭
Hn. in F
Tbn.
1 2
Vln. I
div. Vln. II
Vla.
Solo Vc.
Cb.
unis. arco
Vc.
arco
pizz.
breathe/burn: an elegy
Fl.
1 2
1
58
13
Ob.
Cl. in B♭
2
1 2
1 Hn. in F 2
Tbn.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Oboe
1.
Vc.
pizz.
unis.
Vla.
Cb.
breathe/burn: an elegy
14 62
Picc.
Ob.
1 2
Cl. in B♭
1 2
Hn. in F
1 2
sub.
sub.
sub.
sub.
sub.
2. senza sord.
Tbn.
Timp.
1 Tpt. in C 2
Sn. Dr.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
arco
sub.
sub.
breathe/burn: an elegy
15
Angry ( = ca. 120)
66
Picc.
2.
Ob.
1 2
Cl. in B♭
1 2
Hn. in F
1 2
1 Tpt. in C 2
Tbn.
Timp.
Sn. Dr.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Angry ( = ca. 120)
breathe/burn: an elegy
16 1.
Fl.
1 2
Ob.
1 2
1 Cl. in B♭ 2
Bsn.
1 2
1 Hn. in F 2
Tpt. in C
Tbn.
Timp.
Solo Vc.
1 2
70
cup mute
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
div.
div.
unis.
breathe/burn: an elegy 74
Fl.
1 2
Ob.
1 2
Cl. in B♭
1 2
Bsn.
1 2
Hn. in F
1 2
Tpt. in C
1 2
Tbn.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Timp.
unis.
unis.
div. div.
17
breathe/burn: an elegy
18 77
Picc.
Fl.
1 2
Ob.
1 2
1 Cl. in B♭ 2
Bsn.
1 2
Hn. in F
1 2
Tpt. in C
1 2
Tbn.
Timp.
Sn. Dr.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vc.
Cb.
div. div.
div.
Vla.
Vln. II
unis.
unis.
unis.
div.
unis.
unis.
div.
breathe/burn: an elegy 80
Picc.
siren
glis s.
19
siren
Fl.
1 2
Ob.
1 2
Cl. in B♭
1 2
Bsn.
1 2
glis s.
siren
Hn. in F
Tpt. in C
Tbn.
Timp.
Sn. Dr.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
1 2
1 2
senza sord.
glis s.
div. div.
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
siren
gliss.
breathe/burn: an elegy
20
Picc.
84
Fl.
1 2
Ob.
1 2
Cl. in B♭
1 2
Bsn.
1 Hn. in F 2
1 Tpt. in C 2
Tbn.
Timp.
Sn. Dr.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vc.
Vla.
Cb.
unis.
Vln. II
1. 1 2
breathe/burn: an elegy 89
Picc.
Fl.
1 2
Ob.
1 2
Cl. in B♭
1 2
Bsn.
1 2
21
a2
1 Hn. in F 2
cup mute
1 Tpt. in C 2
Tbn.
Timp.
Sn. Dr.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
breathe/burn: an elegy
22
93
Bsn.
1 2
1 Tpt. in C 2
Tbn.
Sn. Dr.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
rall.
a2
Mourning = 36
overcome
rall.
Mourning = 36
101 Solo Vc.
Vln. I
poco rall.
a tempo
poco rall.
sul tasto
div. sul tasto
Vla.
Vc.
sul tasto
Cb.
div.
sul tasto
a tempo
sul tasto
sul tasto Vln. II
breathe/burn: an elegy
23
105
Fl.
1 2
molto rall.
a tempo
Ob.
1 2
Cl. in B♭
1 2
1 Hn. in F 2
Tbn.
Sus. Cym.
Solo Vc.
molto rall. Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
(sul tasto)
(sul tasto)
ord.
div.
ord.
(sul tasto)
ord.
(sul tasto)
a tempo
(sul tasto)
div. ord.
ord.
breathe/burn: an elegy
24 109
Fl.
Ob.
Cl. in B♭
1 2
1 2
1 2
1 2
Hn. in F
1 2
1 Tpt. in C 2
Tbn.
Timp.
Sus. Cym.
Solo Vc.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
div.
cup mute
Mourning = 36
Bsn.
Anxious ( = ca. 108) rall.
Anxious ( = ca. 108) rall.
unis.
Mourning = 36
div.
Vc.
Cb.
unis.