Lamentation for String Orchestra by Keane Southard

Keane Southard

Lamentation for

String Orchestra

(2019) (Duration: c. 8 mins.)

Program notes: Lamentation is a string orchestra arrangement I made in January 2019 of my Jesus Wept for SATB choir, which I had composed the year before. It is a setting of the shortest verse in the King James Version of the Bible (John 11:35) which consists of just the two words of choral work's title. I removed the verse from its original context in order to suggest that Jesus weeps for all the suffering that humankind has inflicted on our planet, other beings, and ourselves despite his teaching us to love others as we love ourselves. This is a lamentation for our collective suffering as a result of our failures to see every place as sacred, everywhere as our home, and everyone as our brothers and sisters.

Keane Southard 2019

Performance instructions: 1. Glissandi in this piece are very important. All glissandi should last the entire duration and move at a steady velocity. If anything, the glissandi should be over-emphasized.

2. Double Basses that do not have the low C extension should automatically play notes that are out of their range an octave higher than written, except when notes in parentheses are given. All basses without the low C extension should play all notes in parentheses while all basses with the extension play the non-parenthetical notes.

3. Tenuto marks (-) over notes indicate more weight/stress on the note and does not indicate space to be placed in between that note and the next (unless the tenuto is combined with a staccato).

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Lamentation

 

q = 42

  Violin I     Violin II

Viola

Violoncello

Double Bass



   



 







   

   

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

   

  

         

   





   

   

mf

  

    

mf





A

IV



poco rit.



 

 



A tempo

     

pp





  













    



pp

f



pp

  

 



f

 ©2019







mf





mf



pp





mf



f

 

 

mp





IV



   





mf espress.



 

 

Keane Southard



mp espress.

f espress.

       



















 8



p espress.

    

  Vln. I    



   

  

 

for String Orchestra

 mf





B

2

  Vln. I       



div.         



         

15



mf

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

p

     



pp





mp

  



p

pp

 

   

  Db.  

f

f

p



pp









p

pp









pp



     Vln. I     Vln. II





    

  







f

Vla.

    f

Vc.

Db.

            





     













div.





f

div.

             f









f

 

 19

 



poco rit.



(no break)

 



 



 

 

mp

p

mp      

p

mp



mf

mf

mp



mp

 

mp

p

p

  p

 p

   

 

(2+3)

 

 

C q = 52

A little faster, con poco rubato

sul tasto             Vln. I            23

p mp p legato senza vibrato like a consort of viols

 sul tasto    Vln. II div.

 

p legato senza vibrato like a consort of viols

   

sul tasto

 

p legato senza vibrato like a consort of viols

 sul tasto     

mp

   

 









    

III

        



        Db.  



p legato senza vibrato like a consort of viols

unis. sul tasto

Vc.

p mp p legato senza vibrato like a consort of viols

sul tasto

p

 





III o

 



 

sul tasto

(2+3)



o

  

 





p legato senza vibrato like a consort of viols

     

 

 



Vla. div.

 

       

 

3







 









   

  



   

  

mp

p mp p legato senza vibrato, like a consort of viols



III o

mp

p

 p

III



 

 

o





4

 

D

   solo  28

norm.

   

mf con vibrato

 

(2+3)





mp

 

   

mf

 

 p

  molto

Vln. I

gli altri div (a2)

solo

   

   III ppp norm.

  

 

  

 







 

 n

norm.



mf con vibrato



mp

 

mf

   p

molto

Vln. II

gli altri div (a2)

Vla.

solo

    

  

Vc.

gli altri

Db.

      

I IV



 



ppp solo norm.



mf con vibrato



norm.

   

mf con vibrato



mp



  



mp









 



mf

   

mf

n

 p

molto

 p

 molto

 









 









pp

pp

 

    32

Vln. I

Vln. II

   

Vc.

    f con vibrato espress.

tutti unis. norm.



 

 

 

f con vibrato espress.

   

  

norm.

  

norm.

f con vibrato espress. tutti div.

  Db.  



   

mf

f

 

   

mf

f





mf

f

 

 

mf

f

 

   

ff

mf

f

  



   

ff

mf

f

  



   

ff

mf

f





ff

tutti div. norm.

Vla.

(3+2) 

 

      

(2+3) 

 

ff

(2+2+3) 



mf

con vibrato espress.

f con vibrato espress.

   

 

f

tutti div.

   

E    

    

f con vibrato espress.

    

norm.

f con vibrato espress.

 

 

ff

 



ff

  

 

ff

 

 



 

ff



 

div.

ff

  

   

 

  

ff



 

ff

f

  

  mf

  

ff



       

mf

ff



 mf

    

 mf

  

 

5

 mf

mf

6

 

   solo    39

Vln. I unis.

gli altri

solo

  

    

 

  

(2+3)

ff

f

     

  

ff

f

   



ff





 

     ff

solo

    



f

 

 

f

 







ff Vla. gli altri div. (a2)

      

f

 

ff

   Vc. div.

 

     

f

ff

f

        ff

       Db.    ff



mf senza vibrato like a consort of viols

   

mp

   

p

mf







   

   

   



mp





   

   

mf

mp

senza vibrato like a consort of viols

p

mf



  

p

mf







solo

   

   

mf senza vibrato like a consort of viols

mp

   

mf

 mf

    f

mf senza vibrato like a consort of viols

mf

 

   

p

mf













mf

    f

   

mf

Vln. II

gli altri div. (a2)

F

mf

 

    44

solo

 

(3+2)



 

   

gli altri

  

solo

6

   

p

    

gli altri

p

div.

 p

   

Db.





  

Tempo I

      

Vla.



mp

Vc.

  

   

   



 

   

     

     

   

    

div.

ff con vib.,espress.

6

ff con vib.,espress.

tutti



  



  

  

mf

   

    

                                       mp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 





  

     



 





  

mp

    rit.

    

mp

Db.



ff

(q= 42)

mp

            

ff con vib.,espress.



tutti div.

tutti div. mf

               

ff con vib.,espress.

       Vln. I        mp tutti  div.     Vln. II     48

             

   

                            ff con vib.,espress.             6                                            

p

rit.

ff con vib.,espress.



(q = 34)7

   

div.

  

solo

Vc.

   

 

p

Vla.

6

unis. 6



G    

ff con vib.,espress.

 

     

solo

 

6



 

   

gli altri



p

mp

Vln. II

     6

p

Vln. I

6

 

          f



      3 

    div.            

f

f



               f

H

8



A tempo

      52

Vln. I div.

Vln. II div.

    

   Vla. div.

 







 f



molto espress.





f molto espress.





 

 



    





    



 





 



 

 











 

























 





 

cresc.

 cresc.

 



 cresc.

 



 



 cresc.

cresc.





 

f molto espress.

   



cresc.

f molto espress.

Db.





f molto espress.

   

  cresc.

f molto espress.

f molto espress.

Vc. div.



f molto espress.

    

    



cresc.







    



   



   



56

Vln. I div. a3

   



   











div.

Vln. II

   





div.

Vla.

 

div.

Vc.

   





    





 

 



 





   









  



 



  













div. a3





  

 







 

 

div. a3









  

          

   



   Db.



div. a3

     

     

  





 

 

   

 

 

       

  

     

  





 

 



  

  



  

  







 

 

 





 

 

  



9

10

     61

Vln. I div. a3

       

I

A tempo     legato             

rit.    

13





 

      Vln. II div. a3

     



     



  Vla. div. a3

Vc. div. a3







           



    

6

      legato        

 



 

fff

 

   



6

fff

              11

legato

5

5

   

   

legato

   legato    legato   





 



legato

7



legato

3







legato

  



fff

 

 



 

    



   



fff

fff







  



 

fff

  fff

   

 







 



fff

  

fff



 

fff





3

IV







fff

    

 5



 

 

fff

 



3



 

 

legato

 legato    

      Db.

                

fff

9

    





     64

Vln. I div. a3

   

 



   

       

      

 

     

   Vc. div. a3

 

      

       Db.  



 

  





 

        

 

 

11

p



p

p

  



p

p

  

 

(e = 42)

  

 



p

  

p

 

 

 

   

 

  

 

 

  



 



  

 

  

    

 

     

  

    



           



  

  

       Vla. div. a3



  

         Vln. II div. a3



molto rit.

p

 



 

p

     

p



p

p



p

12

J      68





    

Vla. div.





 











 

 











 























sul tasto

 

p poco vib. sul tasto



p poco vib.

  



  

sul tasto

     



p poco vib.













 

sul tasto











p poco vib.

sul tasto



sul tasto



  











p poco vib.



















p poco vib.

   Db.  

  

p poco vib.

    Vc. div.



sul tasto

         



p poco vib.

Vln. I div.

Vln. II div.



sul tasto

A tempo



sul tasto

p poco vib.





 

13



       72

Vln. I div.

Vln. II div.





  

     



 

     



  

    

Vla. div.

  

Vc. div.

Db.

 



    



    



    









poco rit.





 





 



 



  







 



  





 

 



  

 



  





  

 























  





  









14

A tempo

rit.

  Vln. I      76

unis. norm.



pp

Vln. II











  









   







unis. norm. pp

unis. norm.

Vc.





  unis. norm.     pp

Vla.







pp

 Db.    

norm.











pp

f

80    e = 60 Vln. I     

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

           

   Db.  

f

f



ppp

f

  

ppp



ppp

ppp



ppp



ppp



div.



p



ppp

 p

p

div.

ppp

 

ppp





 

 

  

p

ppp

div.

p

 



 



ppp

 

   



 

(very slow gliss.)