Transposed Score
Joel ompson
To Awaken the Sleeper for orator and orchestra
12 July 2021
Transposed Score
To Awaken the Sleeper for orator and orchestra James Baldwin
Joel ompson (2021)
Chaos, insurrection! = 120
Flute 1
Piccolo
1
ord.
t.
Oboe
2
Clarinet in B♭ 2 Bass Clarinet 1 Bassoon 2 1 1
ord.
t.
t.
t.
Crash Cymbal
pizz. Contrabass
ord.
ord.
Calm, but urgent
= 80
ord.
unis. non div.
gliss .
arco
molto sul pont.
non div.
gliss.
molto sul pont.
Violoncello
div.
non div. Violin I div.
Viola
Chaos, insurrection! = 120
Violin II
Snare Drum
4
3
Horn in F
= 80
Trumpet in C 2 3 1 Trombone 2 Tuba Timpani
1
Calm, but urgent
2
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gliss .
non div.
12 July 2021
To Awaken the Sleeper
2 Chaos, insurrection! = 120 ord.
7
Fl. 1
ord.
Picc.
1
2
3
4
1
1
2
Tpt. in C 2
3
1
Tuba
Timp.
Sn. Dr.
= 80
Tbn. 2
Hn. in F
Calm, but urgent
2
Bsn.
1
ord.
B. Cl.
1 Cl. in B♭
t.
Ob.
ord.
2
t.
Chaos, insurrection! = 120 div. molto sul pont.
Vln. I
gliss. non div.
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
non div.
ord.
Calm, but urgent
unis.
= 80
To Awaken the Sleeper
3
Chaos, insurrection! = 120
13
Fl. 1
Picc.
1
1
Cl. in B♭ 2
B. Cl.
1
Bsn. 2
1
ord.
ord.
t.
Ob. 2
t.
3
1
Tbn.
2
Tuba
Timp.
Cr. Cym.
Sn. Dr.
Vc.
Cb.
non div.
ord.
unis.
s.
s gli . liss g
to Bass Drum
Chaos, insurrection! = 120
non div.
Vla.
Vln. II
div. poco sul pont.
Vln. I
4
Tpt. in C 2
3
Hn. in F
1
= 80
Calm, but urgent
2
Calm, but urgent
= 80
To Awaken the Sleeper
4 Chaos, insurrection! = 120
Fl. 1
Picc.
19
rall.
1
Ob. 2
2
1
1 Cl. in B♭ 2
B. Cl.
1 Bsn.
t.
1
Vc.
Cb.
div.
Bass Drum
rall.
non div.
Vla.
t. ord.
Chaos, insurrection! = 120
3
Tpt. in C 2
Vln. II
Vln. I
Sn. Dr.
B. Dr.
Timp.
Tuba
2
Tbn.
1
to Flute
4
3
Hn. in F
t. ord.
2
to Suspended Cymbal
unis.
non div.
To Awaken the Sleeper 27 Resigned = 60
Fl. 1
1
2+3
5 ord.
Ob.
2
Cl. in B♭ 2
1
2
Hn. in F
3
4
1
Tbn.
2
Tuba
Timp.
B. Dr.
Sus. Cym.
So be it! ↓ NAR.
Resigned
to Suspended Cymbal
We cannot awaken [the] sleeper, and God knows we have tried. We must do what we can do [to] fortify and save each other […] ↓
So be it.
unis.
div. warm, rich
Vc.
unis.
unis.
warm, rich
Cb.
div. warm, rich
Vla.
2+3
div. warm, rich Vln. II
= 60
div. warm, rich
Vln. I
We know that democracy does not mean the coercion of all into a deadly—and, nally, ↓
To Awaken the Sleeper
6
a tempo, with hope = 60
poco rit.
34
1
2+3
2+3
Fl.
Flute
2
1
2
1
Cl. in B♭
2
Bsn. 1
1
3
4
1
Hn. in F
molto
molto
molto
2
molto
molto molto
Ob.
Tbn.
Hp
NAR.
Vln. II
E♮ F♯ G♮ A♮
wicked—mediocrity but [we know that democracy is] the liberty for all to aspire to the best that is in us, or [the best] that has ever been. ↓
D♮ C♮ B♮
↓
2+3
molto
a tempo, with hope = 60
2+3
div.
Vla.
poco rit.
Vln. I
Sus. Cym.
glis s.
Tuba
2
molto
div. Vc.
Cb.
To Awaken the Sleeper Piccolo
41
Picc.
to Piccolo
Patriotic
B. Cl.
Hn. in F 2
1
Tpt. in C 2
3
1
2+3
= 60
Patriotic
Questioning
= 80
7
= 80
sub.
sub.
sub.
sub.
Tbn.
2
Tuba
Sus. Cym.
Suspended Cymbal
Snare Drum
Sn. Dr.
to Snare Drum
Hp
Vln. I
Patriotic
= 80
sub.
sub.
Patriotic
= 60
Vln. II
Questioning
to Suspended Cymbal
2+3
Marimba
to Marimba
= 80
unis. div.
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
div.
div.
div.
div.
To Awaken the Sleeper
8
51
Picc.
Ob. 1
1
2
B. Cl.
Hn. in F
3
4
1
Tpt. in C 2
3
1
Tbn.
2
Tuba
Timp.
Mar.
Hp
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
unis.
unis.
To Awaken the Sleeper
57
1
Ob.
2
1
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
2
1
2
Hn. in F
3
4
3
1
2
Tpt. in C
rit.
Bsn.
9
Tbn.
2
Tuba
Timp.
Mar.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
rit.
To Awaken the Sleeper
10 Disillusioned, questioning
63 Fl. 1
= 64
Picc.
1 Ob. 2
1
2
B. Cl.
1
1
Bsn. 2
2
Hn. in F
3
3
Tbn.
Sus. Cym.
Hp
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Suspended Cymbal
E♮ F♯ G♮ A♮ D♮ C♮ B♮
Vln. I
Timp.
to Flute
Tuba
Tpt. in C 2
2
1
1
4
Cl. in B♭
Disillusioned, questioning
Cb.
div.
= 64
div.
div.
To Awaken the Sleeper
poco rit.
71
Fl. 1
Cl. in B♭ 1
B. Cl.
Bsn. 1
1
Hn. in F 2
Tpt. in C 1
Tbn. 2
con sord.
Vla.
Vc.
con sord.
unis.
a tempo
unis.
unis.
Cb.
[We go] to the justice is administered in [this] the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, country, [we don’t] question or the protected members of the middle class. unprotected— [we go to] those who need the law’s protection most! ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
div.
Vln. II
poco rit.
div.
Vln. I
Well, if [we] really wish to know how ↓ NAR.
a tempo
Ob. 2
11
2+3
Fl. 1
79
2+3
2+3
1 Bsn. 2
Mar.
Hp
Cl. in B♭ 1
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
—and listen to their testimony. ↓
NAR.
2+3
Ask the immigrant. Ask the Black woman. Ask the single parent. Ask the trans person. e disabled person. Ask those in the thrall of poverty. And listen. ↓
2+3
2+3
To Awaken the Sleeper
12 2+3 1
86
2+3
2+3
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
Fl.
2
1
G.P.
2
G.P.
1
G.P.
Ob.
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
Bsn.
2
Tpt. in C 2
Tuba
Mar.
Sus. Cym.
Hp
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
2+3
2+3
2+3
To Awaken the Sleeper poco rit.
1
93
Weeping
= 56
2+2+2
Fl.
13
Disillusioned, questioning
= 64
Flute
2
1
Ob.
2
1
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
Bsn.
2
Tpt. in C 2
Tuba
Mar.
Sus. Cym.
Hp
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
poco rit.
Weeping
= 56
2+2+2
div.
[this country] has any love for justice, or any concept of it. ↓
to Bass Drum
= 64
div.
Disillusioned, questioning
Ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice, and then you will know whether or not ↓ NAR.
to Snare Drum
con sord.
To Awaken the Sleeper
14
Powerful, un inching
1
101
2+2+2
Fl. 2
2
1
1
Ob.
B. Cl.
1
Cl. in B♭ 2
Bsn. 2
1
3
4
1
2
3
1
Tuba
B. Dr.
Sn. Dr.
NAR.
Bass Drum
Snare Drum
ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy ↓
Vln. I
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
con sord. con sord. con sord.
con sord.
to Marimba
justice can have. ↓
Vln. II
Powerful, un inching
2+2+2
2+2+3
senza sord. non cresc. sub. senza sord. sub. non cresc. non cresc. sub. non cresc. sub. senza sord. non cresc. sub. sub.
It is certain, in any case, that ↓
Tbn. 2
Hn. in F
Tpt. in C 2
( = ca. 108)
2+2+3
div.
div.
2+2+3
div.
div.
( = ca. 108)
2+2+3
To Awaken the Sleeper
Cl. in B♭ 1
1092+3
2+2+3
15
1
2
B. Cl.
Bsn. 2
senza sord.
Hn. in F
3
4
1
2
1
Tpt. in C con sord.
Tbn.
2
Tuba
Mar.
Sn. Dr.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Marimba
2+3
2+2+3
To Awaken the Sleeper
16
Fl. 1
Ob. 2
1
117
B. Cl.
Bsn. 2
1
2
Cl. in B♭
2
3
1
Tbn.
Sn. Dr.
Mar.
Tuba
2
senza sord.
senza sord.
Tpt. in C 2
1
senza sord.
4
Hn. in F
3
con sord.
to Bass Drum
div.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
div.
To Awaken the Sleeper 2+2+3 124
1 Fl.
2
1 Ob.
2
1 Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1 Bsn.
2
1
2 Hn. in F
3
4
1
Tpt. in C 2
3
1
Tuba
Sn. Dr.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
senza sord. senza sord.
Tbn.
2
17
div. 2+2+3 div. div. unis.
To Awaken the Sleeper
18
1 Fl.
2
1 Ob. 2
1
131
B. Cl.
1
Bsn. 2
4
1
1
2 Hn. in F 3
Tpt. in C 2
3
1
Tuba
Timp.
B. Dr.
Sn. Dr.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Bass Drum
div. non div.
Vc.
Vla.
Cb.
Tbn. 2
Cl. in B♭ 2
div.
Sus. Cym.
div.
To Awaken the Sleeper
19
139
1 Fl. 2
1 Ob. 2
1 Cl. in B♭ 2
B. Cl.
1 Bsn. 2
1
2 Hn. in F 3
4
1
Tpt. in C 2
3
1 Tbn. 2
Tuba
Timp.
Sus. Cym.
to Piccolo
Piccolo
to Tenor Drum
Power, which can have no morality in itself, is [still] dependent on human energy, on the wills and desires of human beings. ↓ NAR.
↓
Tenor Drum
div.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
div.
To Awaken the Sleeper
20
Fl. 1
rit.
147
Picc.
2
1
2
B. Cl.
1
2
3
4
1
Tpt. in C 2
3
1 Ob.
Cl. in B♭
1 Bsn. 2
Hn. in F
1 Tbn. 2
Timp.
T. Dr.
NAR.
Vln. II
Vla.
↓
rit.
Cb.
When power translates itself into tyranny, it means that the principles on which that power depended, and which were its justi cation, are bankrupt. ↓
Vc.
div.
Vln. I
To Awaken the Sleeper
154
Fl. 1
Steady
Picc.
= 80
21
2
1
2
B. Cl.
1
1
2
Hn. in F 3
4
1
Tpt. in C 2
1
2
Tuba
Timp.
T. Dr.
to Snare Drum
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
non trem.
Steady
= 80
pizz.
non trem.
When this happens, and it is happening now, power can only be defended by thugs and mediocrities – and seas of blood. ↓ NAR.
Tbn.
con sord.
3
Bsn. 2
Ob.
Cl. in B♭
1
↓
To Awaken the Sleeper
22
Fl. 1
159
Picc.
1
Tpt. in C
2
1
Timp.
Marimba
arco
2
Tbn.
Cb.
Vc.
Vla.
4
Vln. II
Vln. I
Hp
Mar.
Hn. in F 2
Tuba
1
2
Bsn.
1
1
B. Cl.
Ob.
2
To Awaken the Sleeper
Fl. 1
163
Picc.
Ob.
2
1
1
23
B. Cl.
1
Bsn.
2
1
Cl. in B♭
2
open
Hn. in F
3
Tpt. in C 1
Tbn. 2
Tuba
Mar.
Sn. Dr.
Hp
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Cb.
Snare Drum
Vc.
To Awaken the Sleeper
24 accel.
Picc.
1
167
Ob.
2
1
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
Bsn.
2
Tbn. 2
1
2
Tpt. in C
Tuba
Mar.
Sn. Dr.
Vln. I
accel.
to Crash Cymbal
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
non div.
ord.
div. molto sul pont.
Vln. II
pizz.
arco
pizz.
arco
To Awaken the Sleeper Chaos, insurrection = 120
172
Fl. 1
t.
2
1
1
Ob.
Cl. in B♭
2
1
Bsn.
2
1
B. Cl.
senza sord.
t.
t.
ord.
Picc.
ord.
t.
25
Tpt. in C 2
3
1
Tbn.
2
Tuba
Cr. Cym.
Sn. Dr.
Hp
Vln. I
Vln. II
pizz.
molto sul pont.
arco
non div. div. (ord.)
div. ord.
Chaos, insurrection = 120
Crash Cymbal
Cb.
Vc.
non div.
Vla.
unis. non div.
non div.
To Awaken the Sleeper
26
177 ord. ord.
Fl. 1
Picc.
1 Ob.
2
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
Vln. II
div.
non div.
unis.
to Bass Drum
div. ord.
Cb.
Vc.
2
Vla.
Tbn.
Vln. I
1
Hp
3
Sn. Dr.
Tpt. in C 2
Cr. Cym.
Bsn.
Tuba
1
1
1
2
To Awaken the Sleeper
183
Fl. 1
Picc.
1
t.
t.
Ob.
2
1
accel.
27
ord.
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1
Bsn.
2
1
Tuba
B. Dr.
Sn. Dr.
Vln. I
div.
Vc.
Cb.
unis.
Vln. II
Vla.
unis. non div.
accel.
molto
unis.
ord.
Bass Drum
2
Tbn.
1
3
Tpt. in C 2
t.
To Awaken the Sleeper
28 = 144
EXPLOSION! ord.
Fl. 1
Picc.
1 Ob. 2
1 Cl. in B♭ 2
B. Cl.
1 Bsn.
1
Hn. in F 3
4
1
Tpt. in C 2
3
1
Tuba
B. Dr.
Sus. Cym.
= 144
Suspended Cymbal
to Suspended Cymbal
Vln. II
EXPLOSION!
Vln. I
open
Tbn. 2
open
2
2
188
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
To Awaken the Sleeper
Ob. 1
rall.
194
Cl. in B♭ 2
1
Questioning
= 64
2+3
29
2+3
Bsn.
1
2
3
4
2
Hn. in F
con sord.
con sord.
Marimba indistinct rumblings (very soft yarn mallets)
Mar.
Sus. Cym.
Hp
to Marimba
scrape with triangle beater
Vln. I
Vln. II
while [we,] the excluded, begin to realize, having endured everything, that [we] can endure everything. ↓
Questioning
to Crash Cymbal
= 64
2+3
rall.
e representatives of the status quo are sickened and divided, and dread looking into the eyes of their young; ↓ NAR.
↓
2+3
slowly & independently oscillate between pitches
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
slowly & independently oscillate between pitches
To Awaken the Sleeper
30
2+3
2+3
205
Ob. 1
Cl. in B♭ 1
1
Bsn. 2
Hp
2+3
Vln. I
Vln. II
2+3
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
2+3
[We] realize this […] and [we] begin, almost instinctively, to forge a new morality, to create the principles on which a new world will be built. ↓
[We] do not know the precise shape of the future, but [we] know that the future belongs to [us]. ↓ NAR.
2+3
div.
div.
2+3
2+3
211
Ob. 1
Cl. in B♭ 1
1 Bsn. 2
1
2
4
Hp
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
senza sord.
2+3 div. div.
unis.
warm, rich
warm, rich
warm, rich
div.
warm, rich
2+3
senza sord.
open
open
Hn. in F 3
To Awaken the Sleeper Hymn of hope for a new world
= 36
3+2
222
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Cb.
div.
div.
Vc.
div.
pizz.
31
div.
unis.
unis.
229
Ob. 1
3+2+2
Cl. in B♭ 1
B. Cl.
Bsn. 1
1
Hn. in F
4
Tpt. in C 1
Sus. Cym.
sub.
Vln. I
Vln. II
div.
div.
Vla.
sub.
sub.
Vc.
Cb.
sub.
3+2+2
div.
arco
To Awaken the Sleeper
32
Fl. 1
Picc.
1
1
Cl. in B♭
2
B. Cl.
1 Bsn. 2
1
2 Hn. in F 3
4
1
Tpt. in C 2
3
1 Tbn. 2
Tuba
Timp.
Cr. Cym.
Sus. Cym.
Hp
Vln. I
Vln. II
Cb.
div.
3+2
div.
Crash Cymbal
div. Vc.
div.
Vla.
Ob. 2
3+2
235
unis.
unis.
To Awaken the Sleeper 240 Fl. 1
Picc.
1
Ob. 2
1
2+3
poco rit.
2
B. Cl.
1 Bsn. 2
1
2 Hn. in F 3
4
1
Tpt. in C 2
to Flute
1
Tuba
Timp.
Cr. Cym.
Sus. Cym.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Cb.
to Marimba
Tam-tam
2+3
div.
to Suspended Cymbal
Suspended Cymbal
poco rit.
div.
Vc.
div.
Vla.
3
2
cup mute
Tbn.
Cl. in B♭
= 52
Dreamlike
2+3
33
unis.
2+3
Dreamlike
= 52
To Awaken the Sleeper
34 2+3
248 1
2+2+2
Fl.
Flute
2
1
Ob.
2
1
Cl. in B♭
2
1
2
Bsn. 2
4
Tpt. in C 3
con sord.
Hn. in F
3
con sord.
Marimba indistinct rumblings (very soft yarn mallets)
Mar.
Sus. Cym.
Hp
Vln. I solo
2+3
Vln. II
div.
div.
Vc.
Cb.
solo
div.
to Bass Drum
Vla.
Vln. I
unis.
unis.
solo
div.
2+2+2
To Awaken the Sleeper
35 Return to reality
256
1 Fl.
to Piccolo
= 64
2+2+2
G.P.
G.P.
2
G.P.
1
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
Ob. 2
1 Cl. in B♭ 2
B. Cl.
1
Hn. in F 1
Tpt. in C 2
con sord.
non cresc.
senza sord.
non cresc.
senza sord. non cresc.
3
1
non cresc.
Tbn.
Tuba
B. Dr.
Sus. Cym.
Hp
Return to reality Vln. I solo
div.
Vln. I
div.
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
= 64
unis.
unis.
2+2+2
non cresc. Bass Drum
2
1
open
Bsn. 2
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
G.P.
To Awaken the Sleeper
36 263
With all the anxiety of now
lunga
Timp.
We are living in a world in which everybody and everything is interdependent. It is not white, this world. It is not Black either. e future of this world depends on everyone in this room. And that future depends on to what extent and by what means we liberate ourselves from a vocabulary which now cannot bear the ↓
= 48
weight of reality. ↓
lunga
NAR.
With all the anxiety of now div.
Vln. I
lunga
lunga
div.
Vla.
lunga
= 48
Vln. II
lunga
Vc.
lunga Cb.
With power and urgency
271
1
= 72
2
open
Hn. in F
3
senza sord.
4
Timp.
div.
Vln. I
With power and urgency
div.
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
senza sord.
= 72
unis.
To Awaken the Sleeper
37 282
Fl. 1
2+2+2
Piccolo
Picc.
1
Ob. 2
1
Cl. in B♭ 2
B. Cl.
1
1
2
3
4
1
Tpt. in C 2
3
Vla.
gliss.
E♮ F♯ G♮ A♮
2+2+2
D♮ C♮ B♭
div. a 3
molto
div. a 3
non div.
Cb.
Vc.
molto
Vln. II
div.
Vln. I
Hp
Timp.
Sus. Cym.
2
B. Dr.
Tbn.
Tuba
1
Hn. in F
Bsn. 2
non div.