THE BURNING HEART (SOPRANO & CHAMBER ORCHESTRA)

Full Score

FOR PERUSAL ONLY

MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI

The Burning Heart for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra (2012)

MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI The Burning Heart for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra (2012)

Orchestral performance materials are available for hire from the composer: www.michaelfoumai.com Published by the Foumai Foundation: foumaifoundation@gmail.com Š 2012 by Michael-Thomas Foumai & Foumai Foundation Ann Arbor, MI, Printed in the U.S.A. All rights of performance and broadcast are strictly reserved.

1. Mist Mist floats on the Spring meadow.

My heart is lonely.

A nightingale sings in the dusk.

- Yakamochi 2. Pronoun Who is there? Me. Me who? I am me, you are you.

But you take my pronoun.

And we are us.

- Marichiko 3. Have I learned to understand you?

You say, “I will come.”

And you do not come.

Now you say, “I will not come.”

So I shall expect you.

Have I learned to understand you?

- Lady Otomo no Sakanoe 4. Ghost Others may forget you, but not I. I am haunted by your beautiful ghost.

- The Empress Yamatohime 5. Night without end Night without end. Loneliness.

The wind has driven a maple leaf Against the shoji. I wait, as in the old days, In our secret place, under the full moon.

The last bell crickets sing.

I found your old love letters, Full of poems you never published.

Did it matter? They were only for me.

- Marichiko 6. The heart of man Without changing color in the emptiness of this world of ours, the heart of man fades like a flower.

- Komachi From Love Poems from the Japanese and 100 Poems from the Japanese Text Translation: Kenneth Rexroth

INSTRUMENTATION Harp Soprano Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello Bass Duration: 10 minutes The first performance was given by Antonina Chekhovskaya and conducted by the composer, Ann Arbor, MI, March, 17 2013.

The Burning Heart

3

Six Songs for Soprano, Harp and String Orchestra

Text Translations KENNETH REXROTH

1. Mist Soprano

 



Still, q=60

 



p



                         

Harp

MMMOMMMM

 

p sempre

   

3

        

Mist floats

 

on the



 

Spring

mead -ow





mf

 



MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI



Violin 2

     

div.

p sempre

     

p sempre div.

Viola

p sempre div.

Violoncello

    

p sempre

Contrabass



S.

Hp.

    

p sempre



 







Vln. 2

Vla.

mf

      mf div.

Vc.

          mf

Cb.

        mf

 

           



 

 

 

  

 





unis.





 



 

 







 

 



p



Db





  

p

  

p

 



f

pp



 



          

  



 

   

p

 p

unis.



3 3                 

p



 





                       p mf   unis.                     

   





   

  Vln. 1    

 

 

               





Bb

A night -in -gale sings



is lone ly

 

  

 

heart

 

p

mf

my

 

  

6

   

   

                                     Violin 1                 Still, q=60

mf

3

in the

    

dusk

mf



 







pp

 

                             

 div.    pp  

      

  

   





pp non div.

 

pp non div.

pp

© 2013 Foumai Foundation. (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved. www.michaelfoumai.com

 

pp

             

2. Us

4

11 S.

Hp.

Playfully, q=152 p

    









Who

 

   

Vla.

 

p sempre



 

pizz.

 

p sempre pizz.



 



 



 

p sempre



 

  



   

    pizz.



  

Who is











there?



Playfully, q=152

  Vln. 1   Vln. 2

who is

MNMOMMMM

 

    

   

p sempre

  





   

there?





 

  







 

 

Who







is





there?





  





        



  

   

  















        

Who is







 





who is there?

 

  

  

      

 















Cb.

  















18 S.

Hp.

Vln. 1

 



 

  

Vln. 2

Vc.



Me.

Who is









there?



   

 

Vla.

Cb.



              mf



 

Me



who?



    





                   



   

 





there? Me.





   









Who is





 

Me who?





 

             I



 

   





        



  

 

am

 

  

  

  

 

  

 

me,



 

 

Who



  

  

  



Vc.





is



 

 

  

there?



   

 





























   

5

                 

       

24 S.

Hp.







Vln. 2

 

 

Vla.

Vc.







Me





 Vln. 1 

Cb.

Me.









  

Hp.

 

  









C§





 





 

  

  

Me.

 

who is there? Me.

 







 





 

  

  



 

Me

 



  

  



  

who? Who

 

  

  





 

      

  

    

 

 

 

 

     

   





Cb.









     

    



 

 

 













me

 

f

Me

who?

   

 

     



    I am

I am

  



 

 





I am

I

am

 



  

 

        

A arco                                      mf



 

p

 

  







sub. ff

 

   

mf

 



A  

p

  arco          mf

  

sub. ff

   arco          sub. ff arco             





arco         sub. ff

 

             

    

       



      

 



      

 

sub. ff

















  

 

  







  











     

am







I

there? Me.

 



    









is





   Vln. 1 

Vc.



there?





Vla.

me, Who is



 



        Me who?        Bb  

Vln. 2

am





30 S.

I



  



who?

                                 

6

                                                                  

37 S.

Hp.



me

me

        LMMOLMLL

 

mf

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.

 S.

am

me

         sub. p 

you are

I

am

me I am me











 

  



  



     



  





  



  



 



  





   

  





    

 

sub. p





B



take



my





f

B

non div.

f non div.

pro

you take

my

pro

 -

noun

       I am

me



  

    



 

   

più f             you are you,



Who is there? Me.

  

 

 















 













     

        

                f

div.         Vla.    f       Vc.      f            Cb.     f

noun

   





 

p

    

. gliss

  



  





 

   f

MMMOMMMM





   

but you

  

      

you

   





43

and you are you



  



you

 

 

     Vln. 1    Vln. 2

I

                sub. p                   sub. p



Hp.

am me

              

       Vln. 1    Vln. 2

I

 

      

       

               

                                       

           

                                       

     

div.                     

   

più f

                 più f          unis.            div.            

         

     

più f

             più f 



7

Who is there? Me













    

  





sub. p

Cb.







C   



gli

ss.

 

Hp.

 

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.

 

pp

      

pro



ff

ff

    

     

   





 



ff

                       

            ff

p

but

                         f

you take my

 

take my

take my



 

noun

           

        

ff





ff

  



-

you





  

my

you

 

take

take take

                                 f                                                  unis.                                                                 div.                                                                                   





   

ff

      

unis.             



  

      



you

      

         pp   Bb 

       

pp

ff

C     Vln. 1    Vln. 2

             pp                 pp  unis.           



57 S.

you are you



sub. p

Vc.

I am me



       Vln. 1  sub. p     Vln. 2    Vla.

who?

 

ss.



   

ss.

Hp.

               pp

gli

S.

sub. p

gli

      

50

    

 



       

   

and

and

 



 





 



 





                         



                                       

 

                 

                                                                    

           

 

8

    

   

63 S.

Hp.



and

   

we

 







                    Vc.               Cb.     

S.

Hp.

f sempre

69

     



You

     



 



ff

  

q=50

     Vln. 1  

Vla.

Vc.

say

    

  

  

 

non div. arco

  

non div.

 

ff non div. arco

ff

      ff

 Cb.  



pp B§



 





   

pp



pp

  

   are



p

 





   







   





us.

  

  



   

  











come

         and you









 





    

      



ff

    



ff

      div.        

 

    

   

 



 



 



 



 



 



   pizz.      





will

 





I









       



pp



            

  

non div.

ff

Vln. 2

   we  

3. Have I learned to understand you?

q=50

MNMOMMMM



        p         p       

          

p

  

we are



Vla.





and

        Vln. 1    Vln. 2

mp

      pizz.

p pizz.

     



p

senza misura



sub. p



do

       

 

not

   

sul pont.



sffz sul pont.

senza misura

  

 

 

 

    



 

 

    



 

 

    



 

 



 

 

sffz sul pont.

sffz non div. sul pont.

sffz sul pont.

    sffz

q=50

       f

74 S.



        

come.

MNLOMMMM

Now you say

        



sub. ff

p



I

will not

q=50

ff                                



come.

        ff

 

q=50

  

    

     



 

      



  

     



 

fp

S.

Hp.

fp

78



      

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.



           

 Cb.  



 

learned to

un - der





  Vln. 1      



   

 

fp



 

  

senza misura



fp

Cb.



   

      

Vc.

ex - pect you.

 

q=50

 

ff

fp

Vla.

shall

  





 

ff

div. sul pont.



ff

    3

   

stand

fff



you?

        

 

          

 

fp

 ord.    

   



 

div.ord.  O  O 

 

fp ord.

 

fp

pp







 

 

fp

 

 

   







 

  O O 



I

 

 ord.      



 

you?



  

 sul D    ord.    



ff

    





 

fff

fp

p



   



 

     

      

 

sul pont.

ff sul pont.

Have

MNMOMMMM

sul pont.

    Vln. 1      Vln. 2

9

So I

 



Hp.

senza misura

 



 



sul D

highest pitch



ppp

sul G

highest pitch



ppp

sul C/G

highest pitch



sul C/G/D

 

sul E/A/D

 

 

ppp





 



 



 

highest pitch    

  

ppp highest pitch

ppp







   

4. Ghost 10

82 S.



LMMOMNMM

                             

pp

 





                   Vln. 1           pp Still, q=60

    

    

 

   

    



  

Vc.

pp

pp

87

Hp.

 







 

p

   

 

p

 

mf

 



        Gb



        

  

mf

        

  

mf

       unis.

mf

  



unis.

 

  

  

p

div.          

p

mf

      

 A tempo, q=60

  

3            

mf

I



am haunt ed by your beau - ti -ful

 poco rit.

pp

     



 



                                  ghost.

pp

 



  







 

A tempo, q=60



unis.                                 

                  p

 

     

  

  



   div.    

unis.   



p

  

Vc.

I.

Bb

poco rit.

p

div.

Vla.

 



                   p     

Vln. 2

but not

   

mf







             div.      Vln. 1     

Cb.





div.

S.



   

pp



you,

mf

  

p

 

Vla.

may for - get

MMMOMMMM



div.     

    

  

   

div.

pp



Oth -ers

 

Vln. 2

Cb.

  

p

      





 



p



Hp.

 

Still, q=60





  

p

p

 



                       

unis.

pp

mf

   

mf

     





 



div.       

 

pp

mf

unis.

 



 

pp

 

pp

 

pp



5. Night without end S.

Hp.

 





Night with -out end

               pp                    LLLOLMLL

Strolling, q.=46

     Vln. 1       

div. con sord.

pp div. con sord.

   

Vln. 2

pp con sord.

  

Vla.

pp con sord.

      

Vc.

pp

pizz.        Cb.   pp



     

98 S.



    

Hp.

  

   

 

  Vln. 1 

 

  

Vln. 2

 

Vla.

 

  

Vc.

Cb.









                     

      mp



   

 

 

 





with -out end Lone -li - ness.

      

     

      

     

the wind has

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



      



 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

               f

   

  

   

   

 

  

 





 

  

   

arco p

Sho - ji

I

                        Fb

         mf

        mf

   

  

mf

        mf

        mf

-

wait

    

LLLOLLML

     

           

   

     

sub. p

sub. p

   

sub. p

   

sub. p

   

sub. p

   

sub. p

                   

old

 

  

 

 

D



 

 



 

 



in our se -cret place in our

LLLOLMLL

 



     

        unis. p

  p



 

     

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

div.

     p



  

        

D



 

 

mf

days





  



p



   

ma - ple leaf

   

 

 





a

 



p

in the

  

unis.

         as

   

driv -en

   

 

   

a - gainst the

11

mf



91

Strolling, q.=46

p

 



 

 



12

106 S.

f

  

Hp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.



    

Hp.

moon

 

                C§ mf

              

   

     

       



             

 



mf

mf

    



 





 

    mp

 



     

 

p





p

your old

love lett -ers



 

mp



 







 

 

unis. p

pizz.

  p



  



  

 

po -ems you ne - ver pub - lished

(unis.)

   

div.

  



 

 

  



mp

 



     



 

mp

 

   

 Cb.  

 

 

  

   





      unis.          

mp

 

 



div.

 

   

mp

 

 



     

mp

 

E§ A§

           

mp div.

full of

  

p

 

                    

  

   

         

     

div.



p



mp

  mp

 

p

 

div.

  

 

unis.



mp

 

F§ C§



                  

p

 

 



p

Vc.



D§ Fb



sing

                      

p

Vla.

p

  

 

mp

p

found

     G§     

  

    

    E      unis.        p

 

p

I

the last bell crick ets

 

p

  

moon

mp

 

mf

full

mp

 

    

 

E

Cb

p

 

mf

  

     

mf



  

p

 



 



 

un -der the

    

mf

   

  Vln. 1   Vln. 2

full

  



111 S.

un der the

          

 

cret place

   

    p





se -

   

     

   

  



  



  



 



senza sord. unis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

mp

senza sord. mp

senza sord. mp

 

       

 



 



 



 



 



117 S.

Hp.







 





 



 



 





 



 

                           Vln. 1       

div.

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.

 S.

Hp.

   

div.   (unis.)                        f                   f



    

      

   



 





 





          ff

    

 

     

  

     

 

ff

Vc.

ff

Cb.



f

ff

ff

Vla.

           

       

F            Vln. 1   Vln. 2

                          

f

arco



ff

   

    

 

            

 

F

123

did it

                              f

   



f    

They were on

MNMOMNNM

 

    

   



 

sub. p

         sub. p   unis.      

for

  

me



 

unis.

 

    

      

 

     

 

 

 

sub. pp

sub. pp

  

sub. pp

      

   

                  div.          





 

    

 

  

   

  

 

                            ff                         ff

       

 

  

  

div.        

 

  

ter?

 

   

  

sub. p

  

-

     

 

mat

unis.

sub. p



     

ly

     

f

sub. pp



-

 

sub. pp

        



mf

        

13

 



senza sord. mf

          f



 

     ff

ff

     ff

   

 

           

 

14

   

128 S.



      

Hp.

     

for me

         

D#



       Vln. 1   

              

Hp.











 

  

Vln. 2

mf

    mf

Vla.

   mf

Vc.

mf





p



   



   

    

   p





f

f

          

   



    



   



F§

 



for

me.





 



 

 

 



pp

div.

pp

  pp

unis.



pizz.

   



  

    





    



 



     

p

p

p

  







 



 

 

 

  

 

 



   

 

  

          

pp



   

LLLOLLLL

p







      

f



me

p

f

   

 

G             

unis.

         

for

G§         



f

p

me

p

        



p



 

 

f

   

       

 

me.



MNMOLNNM

 div.    

div.

p

  

unis.        

   

p

for



   

p

me

   

 



for

mf

     

          

  



mp

they were



  

p

 

f

              



   

unis.

                   

 

p

me

 

unis.

   

for

mf



     

 

       

p

     



for

        



  Vln. 1   

Cb.

p





   

   

    

134

S.





Vc.





p



Vla.

Cb.

for me

LLNOLLLL

       

Vln. 2

          

mf

G









 

 

    



     

 

 

 

 

 



6. The heart of man

15

Solemn, q=52

H Flowing, q=62                         

S.

Hp.



f

p

141

p



(hum)

LLLOLLLL

 



 

















3

3

                     3

3

p



3

3



3

3



H Flowing, q=62

  Vln. 1  



Vln. 2

 











Vla.

 









Vc.

 







Cb.

  







Solemn, q=52







con sord.



3

3

                     3

3

p

3

3

3



























3

 p

148 S.

Hp.

Vln. 1

3

    



mf

    

3

with -out chang - ing col - or

 



3

3

G§

3

this world of

3

3

          3





        f

    

in the emp -ti - ness of the world

3

3

      3

3

          3

ours

with- out

                   3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3



3

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                                

Vln. 2











Vla.











 

pizz.

Vc.



p sempre

Cb.

    











 



 

16

152 S.

Hp.







I

chang -

ing

with - out

3

3

chang - ing col - or

    

Vc.

Cb.















 3

3

in





 3

I





Vla.

 

3

3 3 3 3  Vln. 1            

Vln. 2

p

3

       

         

     



 

the emp - ti ness

  

   

3

  

of this world

  3

3

f

   





the



 

3

3



    

heart

the heart

   3

 



 

3





of

3

  

3



con sord.

                                  3

3

3

p

3

3

3







p

3

3

3

3

 





3





 







3











 156 S.

 



man



Hp.

Vln. 1

      

p

 

the heart

  3

B§



 

3



3

mp

 

of

man

  

3

   



 

3





 

3

3

p

 3



man

3

  

3

the heart of



    

 

3

3

 3

3

3

3



man

of

  

3







 

3

3

3

 3

3

3

3









f

 3

3

3

3

3

3

                                                 

Vln. 2

mp



Vla.

 

Vc.

Cb.

3

Bb

       

mf

the heart of

  3

  





p

 



mp



 





 p



 





 

 

arco



arco

 p

 

J 160 S.

Hp.





sub. p



   









Cb.



J

p

con sord.





p

 

Hp.

Vln. 1









pp













   

        mf

the heart of

  3

 

3

man

 

3

 F§



  3

   



Vla.



Vc.

Cb.





3

3

          

ff

the heart of

3



3

  

3

man

man

fades

the

p



mf









p

mf

heart

of

3



3

3

3

  

3

G§ 3

3

 







 

 





 

  f



 



 



 



3

3

3

        mp

 

cresc.

 

cresc.

     

div.

f

3

3

3







        3                       



mp

3

3



3



3



3 3 3  3 3                                     3

 

          3   3   3 3 3 3                  3 3 3 3 3 mp











f

Vln. 2

3



of

pp

3

3



p

         

  







   

 

p



pp

 

mf

the heart



   



       mp







pp



man

 

 

mf

fades

3

unis.



   

3

   



div.

man

pp

 mf

of

3

div.

mf

heart

3

3

mf 3



the

     

 

3          3                          3 3 3 3 3

3

3

164 mf S.



p

man

p

               

  



3

   

    

17

p

3 3                    3  3

LLLOLMLM



3

 

Vc.

  

the heart of

 

Vla.

  



man

 Vln. 1   Vln. 2



mf

3

f

 

 

 

 

f

   

K Più mosso, q=68 18

168 S.

 





   



man

the

man

  

Hp.

fff

3

    3

heart of

 

3

 

3

 

 

3



ff

















3 K Più mosso, q=68                 Vln. 1    3 3      3

  

    

Vln. 2

    Cb.    Vc.



172 S.

Hp.

unis.

    



fff espress.

5

5



 





 



f



 





 

   

Vla.

fff espress.





























3

3

3

3

3

fades like a

   

flow - er

3

3



 Vln. 1 

   

fade like a



flow -er

fades

3

3

3

3



3

mp

3

3



3



mp 3

3

3





3

Vla.

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

mp



Vc.

































mp

Cb.





mp

 

















 like a

   

3

p

p

  

div.

3

p

                                     3

3

               G§ D§

3 3 3 3                                  3

 

mf





  

Vln. 2

3



3

3

fff espress.

3 3 3 3                                    mp 3 3

3

                                  fff espress.            fff espress.           

      

fades LLMOLMLL



 p

 

non div.

p



p

3

3

L

176 S.

   



Vln. 1

  

  

      Bb

          3

3

3

3

 

 

(div.)

 Cb.  



  







 

3

pp sempre





pp sempre





  







 

 

mp



 



  





 

pp sempre

pp sempre

mp



pp sempre

mp

pp sempre



S.

Hp.

 



 



 

 



   



dim.





3

Cb

3

3

3



3

3

3

3



3

3



3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3    Vln. 1                                   

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.



3

3

3

3

3

3

              G§



3

3

         

       

  

  

      

 

  

 

    non div.   O  

  

  

 

 

 

 



   



3                                        3

 

3 3 3 3  3 3                         3 3 3

 

mp

 



181

 



L                        3 3 3 3 3         3  3                     3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 p



  

 

Vc.



LMLOLMLL

B§

     

Vla.



19

(hum)

 

 

Vln. 2



mf ossia: sing "oh"

flow - er

 

Hp.

p

20

rit.

185 S.







 3



 3

 



 3

3

                                              3



3

3

3



3

3

3

A§



3



3

3

Ab

3



3

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3   3      Vln. 1                                       

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Cb.



rit.

3

3

3

3

         

      

      

      

   

  

  

  

 

 

 

 



  



Hp.

 

ppp

G§

      

           