THE ASSASSIN TREE A chamber opera with music by
Stuart MacRae and text by
Simon Armitage (2006)
VOCAL SCORE prepared by Henry Ward and Michael McCartney
NOVELLO
The Assassin Tree was commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival and the Royal Opera House and first performed on 25th August 2006 at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, by Gillian Keith (soprano), Colin Ainsworth (tenor), Peter Van Hulle (tenor), Paul Whelan (baritone) and members of the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Garry Walker.
Dramatis PersonĂŚ Diana ..................................................................Soprano Priest ......................................................... Bass-baritone Slave...................................................................... Tenor Youth..................................................................... Tenor
Duration: circa 63 minutes (Act I: 16 min.; Act II: 23 min.; Act III: 24 min.) The three Acts should be played without interval.
Dedicated to Sir Brian McMaster, with fondness and gratitude
THE ASSASSIN TREE Text: Simon Armitage
Music: Stuart MacRae
PRELUDE
[The sun goes down.]
= 60 Picc.
3
Trumpet, trombones
3
Tuba
(trem.)
Strings
(trem.)
3
6
6 6
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6
rev. 12 September 2006
2 5
flzg.
3
flzg.
3
8
3
3
3 11
Tpt.
3
13
(sul pont.)
(sul pont.)
(sul pont.)
4 16
A
[DIANA emerges from her tree.]
poco marcato
poco marcato
3
19
3
poco
Winds, brass
8va
poco Pf.
3 (Strings)
poco
(Strings)
8va
23
Pf.
Pf., tpt.
pi첫
(Vlns.)
Fl., bsn.
Pf.
(Strings) (Vlc.)
(Cb.)
3
3
poco
5 27
Tpt., pf.
B
Tpt.
3
3 8va Picc.
Tuba
1
8va
31
cresc. poco a poco
cresc. poco a poco 5 Bsn., tpt.
3
cresc. poco 3
cresc. Strings
(trem.)
3
6 34
3
38
molto
C
7 42
Tpt., fl.
molto Bsn.
molto
47
Fl.
Tpt., bsn., vla.
8va Vln. (senza vib.)
poco
Pf., strings
8
50
attacca
poco
Strings
8va
8va
Pf., strings
attacca
D 54
9
(Poco meno mosso) = ca.56 DIANA
Act I
Dusk.
My
part of the day.
My
time.
Strings, veil-like
Piano, w.winds
3
3
Piano, tuba
8va
58
3 Strings
3
3
3
3
3
3 Woodwinds
3
3
61
E
D. 8va
When
oth
ers
close their eyes,
I
o
(Strings)
Tuba, Piano, Cb.
3
3
3
pen
mine
10
65
3
D. When
oth
ers
give
in
to
the weight
(Strings)
3
3
3
68 D. of their limbs
mine
come
a
Strings
3
3 Bsn., Trbs., Cb.
8ba
Pi첫 mosso
F
71
= ca.64
cresc.
D. live
While
oth
ers
sway
to the
(Strings)
Tuba (Solo)
3
3
3
11
rit. non troppo
3
74 D. arc
of the sun
3
3 3
3
76
A tempo
3
parlando
= ca.64
3
more urgently
3
3
3
3
D. Woodwinds, strings
I
doze,
let ting my leaves
do the work,
let ting my
dolce
78 D. sap
twist
and writhe
in its
Strings, piano (una corda)
own
sweet
way,
Strings, trumpet (luminous)
Poco meno mosso
G
81
A tempo
= ca.64 [The moon rises.]
D. at
its
own
sweet
Tpt.
pace.
3
3
Tutti
3 3
Bass drum or timpani (for piano reduction, extremely low cluster, tremolo)
3
12
84
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
Strings
Pi첫 agitato 87
strongly
DIANA
3
Up
= ca.96
3
3
comes the moon,
3
its great
cresc. 3
91
3
3
3
D. or
bit ing mass
tugs
at
the
sea
of
Bsn. + Cb. or Tuba
3
3
3
3
3
3
my
blood
3
3
13
H 3
93 D. It
pulls
and
3 3
3 3
3
3
3
3
96 D. pulls,
I
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Winds + Brass
3
3
rouse
14
100
Allegro = 120 parlando
3
D. some thing stirs in the knots and the grain of the
wood.
I
rise.
Tutti
molto
Tutti
103
Bass drum
Meno mosso 105
= ca. 60 somewhat urgently
3
I
Andante con moto
= ca. 80–88
fondly remembering
3
D. But here comes my priest.
Once Bsn. (+ Fl.)
he
Piano + strings
3
loved
the 3
3 3
15
3
109 D. dusk,
longed
for the
sun
to 3
Bsn. solo
3
3
112
3
set.
3
3
3
D. It was our
blan
ket
at
first.
The 3
3
3
3
117
3
[The PRIEST has entered.]
3
D. earth Tuba
was our
bed,
and the
moon
our
sign.
3
poco pesante
Strings only
Strings + Piano
16
J 123
Adagio
3
= ca. 50
D. But a PRIEST to himself, but overheard
full moon
doloroso
3
Dark ness a gain,
so
soon.
Trbns.
3
3
Tuba
Strings
Bsn. + Cb.
3 Bass drum
3
127
3
3
3
D. in to
my
arms.
3
3
3
3
P. The
Brass (con sord.)
short
est
day of
the year,
Brass (senza sord.)
Trumpet
Bsn. + Cb.
comes
17
K 131 P. ossia: x
the
(x) (x)
x
x
long
(x)
fear.
est
Strings
Piano (cluster)
Bass drum
136 DIANA
3
Re
mem ber
the
first
time
you
en
tered
my
grove,
Piano (ensemble sustains pitches)
(Strings)
5
una corda poco cresc.
3
Pi첫 agitato
Pi첫 mosso 3
141
= ca. 96
D. a
slave
on the run,
your
Fl. + Bsn. Flute
3
Piano
3
tre corde
5
6
Ensemble (tutti)
(Ensemble sustains piano pitches)
3 3
3
18
144
3
3
3
3
D. skin
ripped
by
bram bles and thorns,
your
nails
filth y with earth,
3
your
3
3 3
3
3
3
3 (Woodwinds)
(Strings double piano)
3
(Strings double piano)
3
accel. 147
3
cresc.
D. hair
a
tan
gle of
weeds.
When
5 6
poco 6
Piano
Piano, strings woodwinds
3
col 3 Strings
19
L
= ca.120
149 (cresc.) D. you
pushed
through
thick et
that
night,
3
sim. Piano, strings woodwinds
3
3 3
3
3
Strings
3 3
3
151 D. with
death
on
Strings
Piano, strings, woodwinds
Tutti (Piano stacc.)
(non stacc.)
3
3
(non stacc.)
6 Snare drum
6
your hands,
and
blood
20
Meno mosso parlando
154
3
D. on
your
sword,
you
want ed to bur y the sun in a hole
Flute + violins
Viola
7 Snare drum
Sizzle cymb.
molto
M 157
A tempo
3
= ca.120
D. once and
for all
time.
PRIEST
It
was
my
3
(Tutti)
(Tutti)
Strings
3
21
160 P. ca
mou
flage
then.
Now
3
Meno mosso
N
= ca.76 164
grimly
A tempo = ca.120
nervously 3
P. it’s my
blind ness,
a
threat.
Bsn., Trbn. + Tuba
Bass drum
Lis ten—
Strings, brass, Woodwinds
22
169
DIANA
3
An owl?
P. what was that?
5 Trumpet (solo)
3 3
5
3
3
3
3
3
171 D. A
wild
boar?
P. Not
a
bird. 5
(Tpt.)
3
3
3
3
3
Tbns. (con sord.)
3
3
Meno mosso
= ca.92 dolce, reassuring
173 D.
Just
the
breeze?
3
P. Not
a
pig.
7:6 Strings
Ensemble 3 (including brass)
3
dim.
3 3
Piano
Bsn., Tbns. (con sord.)
3 8ba
23
Meno mosso
O
177
mysterious
= ca.72
3
3
x
P. May
be.
x
x
If the reeds
x
mur mured,
Strings (trem.)
3
= ca.60 181 P.
3
x
3
3
x
if the leaves
3
x of the wil low
x
x
shivered.
x
If the lake
sub.
sub. Solo
5
5
sub.
sub.
was a brok en
24 [He plucks a hair from his head and lets it fall to the ground.] G.P. cantabile
183 x P.
x
mir ror.
But
it’s
still.
Look,
eve
ning
holds
G.P.
5
3
the
3 3
3
pizz.
freely 189
3
3
P. its
breath.
Be mes mer is ing for a min ute:
3
3
Sing
to your self.
P 193
DIANA lunga
25
Playful = ca.72
Men
are drawn
to
me.
I’m
the
lunga 3
3
Strings + Piano
3
Tambourine
3
3
197 D. tree
of
fan ta sy, 3
3
Flute
Tpt. (sord.) Tbn. (sord.)
Bsn.
Strings + Piano
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
26 sub. 200
3
3
D. One
leaf
sets
a
man
free
3
3
203 D.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
27
Q 206
more excitedly
3
3
3
3
3
D. Con victs have gnawed through their teth ers
and
crawled
3
3
(Strings + Piano)
3
3
3
208
3
3
3
x
D. here ov
er
3
x
des erts,
Woodwinds
con victs
3
6
3
jumped
3
3
3
6
6
have
3
3
6
3
3
(Strings + Piano)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
28 5
210
3
6
D. ship
af ter a
dream
of
3 (Strings + Piano)
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
212 D. my
limbs. 3
3
Woodwinds
3
5
3
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
Strings
3
Piano
3 3 3
3 3
3
29 3
R
3
Pi첫 mosso =ca.96
3
6
214
=
(Woodwinds)
3
3
3
3
3
passionately, imperiosuly 3
6
3
3
216
6
3
3 3
3
3
3
D. Slaves
have
crashed
through for ests
and glades
with dogs at their heels,
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
218 D. hunk
ered
down
in
fox
holes and caves,
6 3
(trem.)
5
3 3
3
3
30
3
220
3
3
D. But a
leaf
from this
tree
is n’t eas
i
ly plucked,
Woodwinds
(tongued, not flzg.)
Strings
3
3
3
cresc.
222 D.
my
roots
are
mud died
3
3
3
3
by
3 3
3
3
3
3
spilt
blood.
31
S 225
Pi첫 mosso
= ca.120
3
D. All
my
priests
5
Tpt.
3
5
3
5
are as sas
Tpt.
Flute
5
sins.
3
5
Strings
cresc.
cresc. + Roto-tom rolls and tattoos
227 3
D. The king
Flute
3
5
must
die
by his hand.
Tpt.
5
5
5
5
cresc.
32
229
3
D. All
my
hus
Fl.
are
Tpt.
5
3
3
bands
5
3
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
231 D. mur
dered, Fl.
Tpt.
5
Tpt.
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
5
5
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
33
233
[There is a scuffling noise in the woods.] cresc.
D. All
my
lov
ers
have
3
5
3
accel.
235 D. killed.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3 3
[There is a sound of a body falling to the ground. A cloud passes across the moon.]
Pi첫 mosso
T
= ca.144
Woodwinds, strings, percussion
(not to be felt as triplets)
237
3
3
3
3
Strings
dim.
34
U [The PRIEST enters, stage right, with blood on his sword.]
241
(dim.)
Bass drum
dim.
Meno mosso
DIANA 250
= ca.108
Not
the breeze
then?
parlando PRIEST
3
gliss.
3
If the breeze is cut with a blade does it bleed?
Meno mosso 254
= ca.84
3
3
D. A
suit
or
then,
drawn by the moon.
3 Strings
3 3
3 Piano
3
35
258
(aside)
D. My
leg end
lives
on.
Was
he
3
molto
V
260 D. young?
PRIEST
Not
Brass
Brass + Timp.
7
the
breeze.
36
accel. 264
W
= ca.104
D. molto
A stag?
slightly nasty
3
3
P. Not
a man.
A
deer.
A moth er, 3
Brass + Bsn.
3 Woodwinds(+ strings) Timp.
non troppo
angrily 269
3
3
D. And you
slit
her
throat?
P. a
doe.
Tpt.
3
Woodwinds
3 3
3
lyrically 271
3
P. It was 3
dark,
quick,
all 3
3
3
37 warmly
Meno mosso 274
rit.
= ca.72
= ca.50
ten.
DIANA ten.
string.
D. You’re
tired.
3
P. ov
er
in
one
stroke.
tenderly
cresc.
Strings (arco)
A tempo 279
poco
wearily
= ca.50
3
P. My
nerves
are a cob
web
stretched
bet ween
oaks.
Tam-tam (with triangle beater)
Poco più mosso 282
= ca.50 [Gesturing to the PRIEST.] dolce 3
DIANA
Come
nervously 3
3
to
me
and
rest. 3
3
P. The slight est trem or or twitch.
(Strings)
3
(Tam-tam)
3
3 3
3
I’ll
38
X 285
= ca.60 espr.
D. Come
and
sleep,
[Starting away from DIANA.] 3
P. clean my sword in the lake. poco
Fl., bsn., brass
Cb.
Più mosso
molto
288
= ca.72
D. sleep. P. There’s no Strings
3
(l.v. tutti)
Tutti
rall. 291
5
5
= ca.60 (to himself)
P. sleep
for the King of the Wood,
no
rest
for
39
Pi첫 mosso
Y
294
= ca.72 3
D. And
no
love
for
Di
an
a,
P. the
priest. Fl.
3
Cymb.
rall.
Tam-tam
Gong
= ca.60
298
molto
[DIANA melts back into her tree.]
D. un
til
the
next. Trbs., bsn.
Bass drum
40
Act 2 = ca.72 Tpt.
Fl.
Tpt.
Fl.
Tpt.
Brass
8
PRIEST
G.P.
The
roy
al
line
is a
G.P.
G.P.
Claves or woodblock
G.P.
Roto-toms (yarn sticks)
A
12 P. riv
er
of blood.
Kill
5:6
rev. 12 September 2006
41
Più mosso (Tempo II)
3 ←
= →
= ca.108
3
15 P. or
be killed,
it’s
a
sim
ple
Fl.
marcato
3
3
3
5:6
19 P. rule.
(Brass)
My
scalp
poco
is
an o
ther
man’s throne.
marcato
5:6 (Claves)
poco
24
Timbale
3
P. My
life
is
the
door
+ Cb.
3
Roto-tom (high)
42
B
28
3
3
3
P. to
the throne.
In one stroke or swing of asword
Strings
3
(Brass)
3
3
(low)
32
3
3
3
3
3 3
P. a no bod y
slave be comes Di a
na’s
lord,
(Strings)
cresc.
(Brass)
Clave
sub.
43
Meno mosso = ca.60
36
(hushed)
3
x
x
P.
3
3
x
be comes a
Fl.
x
3
x
x
hunt ed,
x
haunt ed 3
3
3 3
Roto-tom (high)
3
3 (low)
A tempo = ca.72 mezzo voce – a thin sound 40 P. soul.
The 3
Fl.
cresc.
3
3
C 3
sub.
44 P. moon
on my spine 3
Winds, brass
caus es
a
shiv
er
3
3
sub. Strings (trem.)
44
Poco meno mosso recit.
= ca.60 48
3
3
3
3
3
P. but
I trust
its light
to throw the shad ow of
an
y man Piano, tpt., fl.
Meno mosso = ca.60
darkly
50
3
fearful 3
3
3
3
3
3
P. be hind my shoul der.
The ground
be fore me
might be my
3
Piano (cluster)
8ba
53
D
Meno mosso
doloroso
3
3
3
= ca.50
P. grave.
When I wash,
my
face
in
the lake
Strings
3
Tempo II 57
= ca.108
P. weep
ing
man
three
times
my age. Brass, bsn.
Piano, bsn., tuba Log drums
Low Roto-tom
Snare drum
is a
45
[He makes the shape of a body on the ground, using a round stone and his cape.] 61
3
E
3
3
3
3
P. But here’s a trick I’ve learned:
This cloak
draped on the earth
Winds, brass
+ Bsn.
Strings
Woodblock (Snare drum)
5
5
cresc.
64
cresc. 3
3
P. like a bod y a sleep
has been speared
and hacked
and stabbed to death
(Bsn.)
3
3 Tutti
(Strings + bsn.)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
5
3 (Snare drum)
46
67 P. but
nev
er
once
flinched. (+ Piano)
Fl., tpt.
3
5:3
5
5:3
5
(Tutti)
3
3
Strings
3 Woodblock
3
Roto-toms
F 69
3
3
P. This
stone
head
has
tak
en
a
hun
dred
hits
with a
pi첫
(Winds, brass)
(Strings)
3
3
blade
47
71 P. ov er the years,
but
has
nev
er
bled
3
3
3
3
3
(Strings)
3
3
3
3
73
G
Pi첫 mosso = ca.120
P. This
Strings
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3 Brass
dum
3
3
3
3
3
48
76 P. my
3
life
3
3 5
3
3
3
78 P. has
saved
cresc.
3
cresc.
my
49
80 P. own
a
5
5 3
3
+ Woodblock
5
5
82 P. hun
dred
times.
50
Scorrevole
H
= ca.120
85
SLAVE
3
8
Their
5
5
3
89
3
3
3
3
S. 8
fists
are full of my hair!
Their fin
gernails
are
full of my
5
5 5
5
91
3
3
5
3
3
S. 8
shirt Viola
tail!
But what
do they
see?
A
5
Fl.
5 Vc.
Cb.
5
3
3
51 3
93 S. 8
clean
pair
of
heels.
I’m
5
5
5
5
5
5
95 S. 8
here!
I’m
here!
5 5 3
5 5
3
52
I
97
3
3
S. 8
Ten
years
at
sea,
drift
of
5
Vln. Fl.
5
5
5
5
100
3
3
S. 8
ten
years
a
slave
lashed
by the spin
3
3
102
3
S. 8
chan nels and capes,
thrashed
by
the
Vln.
3
5
Vla.
5 Vla.
Vla.
Vlc. 3
3
3
5 Bsn.
53 cresc.
3
104
3
3
3
3
S. 8
spume
of
thun
3
5
3
3
3
5
3
3 3
3
cresc. 3
106
3
3
3
waves,
parched
S. 8
der
ing
3
3 5
3 3
3
3
3
3
108
3
3
3
S. 8
in
the
sun
traps
3
5
5
5
3
(Strings)
3
3
3
of
3
3
54 [He wipes his brow and tastes his own sweat.]
3
110
3
S. 8
coves
and bays,
rav
3 3
3
3
cresc.
aged
3
by salt.
3
3 5
3
3
113
J
3
3
3
3
S. 8
But this is
my own
sweat,
called
in
to
my
flesh
Vlns.
3 Vlc., bsn.
5 5
115
3
3
S. when I
broke
free.
No
brine
ev
5 3 3
5
3
3
3
3
3
er
55
117
3
S. 8
tast
ed
so
pure and so
sweet.
5
5
3
5
5
5 3 Bsn., tuba, cb.
Senza misura 119
parlando (mock窶田ommanding)
K
3
3
S. 8
This bod
* Piano
Timbale
* Play the chord as staccato, then catch the notes with the pedal.
y
an swers to
me
now and no
oth er.
56 much slower
3
121
3
S. 8
Hands,
shake hands with your new mast er.
Feet,
sim.
do ab so lute ly noth ing
sim.
Roto-tom
Lower roto-tom
Misterioso 123
= 60 in tempo
6
3
S. 8
at the doub le
Heart,
take
it
eas
y.
luminous
5
5
Strings
126 S.
L 3
x 8
3
x
x
[He sees Diana’s tree.]
x
That’san or der
And
3
warmly
here’s
the
gold
en
57
129 S. 8
bough. Tpt.
Tbn.
5
[ ]
5
bibigliando
10
tre corde Bsn.
Tbn.
130 S. 8
Fl.
dim. poco a poco
dim. poco a poco
3
3
Tuba
58
131 S. 8
My
troub 3
les
are
ov
er.
3
5
3
5
5
3
3
Meno mosso 133
[DIANA emerges.]
M
= ca.52 DIANA
mesmerising
Have you S. 8
poco
come
poco
to
steal
3
poco
from the gar
den?
59
136 D.
dolce S. 8
Di
an
a!
5
139
N Scorrevole = ca.120
3
3
3
D. An oth
er pil
fer ing
5 Vln. (poco sul pont.)
5
Fl.
3
5
capriccioso
5
5
3
Vlc. (pizz.)
3
60
141
3
3
3
3
3
3
D. slave,
an oth
er boy
in
search
of
his
for
tune.
SLAVE
8
Not a
5
5 5
3
3
3
3
3
143 S. 8
boy
or a slave
an y more.
And
not
a
thief!
I’m here
Vln. (ord.)
3 (ord.)
5
3
(arco)
3
3
3
3
to
61
espressivo
145
3
3
S. 8
bor row.
Lend
5
me
3
one
leaf,
3
5
3
Fl.
(
)
3
3
+ brass
espressivo 147
3
S. 8
I’ll
seeda whole
plan
ta
tion
in your hon our.
5
5
3
Brass
3 5
3
3
62 più
O
3
DIANA strongly
149
So
3
3
much
for your
oaths
of
free
Fl.
Vlns.
un poco poesante
5
staccato
più
Vlas.
5 3 3
151
3
3
3
3
D. dom,
al
read y you’re
kneel
ing at my
roots,
scornful 153
3
3
D.
3
x
x prom is
ing me
your
3
x fu
ture. SLAVE
3
3
3
8
I’ll
pay my debts.
I’ll owe
5
5
3
3
63
155
3
3
D. He’ll
owe
noth ing
and
be
S. 8
no thing, be owned
by no one. Fl.
5
3
stacc.
3
157
3
3
3
3
ossia:
x
D. owned
by
no
one,
a
spar
row
Fl.
3
has
64 ossia: (leggero)
5
159 D. x more
x
x
x
am
bi
tion SLAVE
8
3
No,
my
P 161
Meno mosso = ca.100
S. 8
bi
tion
soars!
cresc.
Bsn.
Vc., cb.
cresc.
am
65
Subito pi첫 mosso 164 DIANA
= 120
spoken
How
high?
ossia (sung)
3
S. 8
It appassionato
Fl.
Vlas.
Vlns.
Strings
Subito meno mosso
appassionato 3
168
= 100
3
S. 8
pins
(trem.)
its heart
on a
star!
66
Pi첫 mosso 171 DIANA
= 120
So
3
high!
3
And 3
big
3
3
3
how 3
3
3
stacc. 3
3 3
3
3
3
3
174 D. are
your
dreams?
S. 8
Vast. 3
3
3
As
Vlns.
3 3 3
3
3 (Ensemble)
3
177
3
S. 8
wide
as
the
jun
gle
no
67
179
DIANA
3
And 3
S. 8
man has ev
er
con quered.
(trem.)
182
3
3
D. deep?
appass. Fl., tpt. Vlns.
Vlas.
how
68 3
184
appassionato
S. 8
End
less.
186
As
deep
as
3
3
S. 8
cean
no
man
has
ev
er
sur
faced
from.
3 5
5
the o
69
188
5
3
3
3
D. But
you reach
no high
er
first
leaf
on the low
R
3
190
thanthe
D. est
branch. SLAVE
8
All
my
life
70
192
3
S. 8
I’ve
kissed
the
feet
of
the
5
193
3
S. 8
rich
and
194
fa
mous.
3
S. 8
Now
free
dom
waves
at
my
71
196
3
S. 8
fin
gers.
Poco meno mosso = ca.110 197 S. 8
I’ll
take
the
72 pi첫
emphatically
198 S. 8
first,
not
8va
Held back = ca.90
accel.
200
= ca.110
S. 8
the furth
est.
3
3
3
3
3 3
3 3
3
73
(a tempo) 202
= 120 DIANA
rall.
= ca.80
rubato, parodying
As
high
as
a
star?
(Pf.) molto +Vc., cb.
+ brass
Bass drum
[The Slave moves closer to the tree and reaches out towards the nearest leaf.]
= 120 205
recit. 3
3
7:4
D. Your dreams stand in the shad ow of the
smal
SLAVE
8
lest peb
ble.
3
3
You won’t
3 3
de
3
3
74
Meno mosso = ca.90
rubato, parodying
*)
3
207
3
3
3
D. As
wide
as
the
jun
gle?
3
S. 8
flect
me.
*) chest voice on G if possible. A low D could be substituted.
recit.
209
3
3
3
3
D. Your dreams are the width of
a
stun
ted
toad
espress.
stool, 3
S. 8
One 8va
leaf,
I
can
75
rall.
Meno mosso 211
( = ca.48)
= ca.80
= ca.60 quasi recit. 3
D. and
as
deep
S. 8
take
as
I
please
and be
free
for
e
ver.
Fl., bsn.
Strings
213
3
3
3
3
D. as
a
pud dle.
As
thin
and
as shal low
3
lunga
215
= ca.48
D. yes
ter day’s
rain.
And lunga
lunga
as
see
through,
and
as
76
Subito più mosso 217
x
D.
= ca.68
scornfully x
T
x
pi ti ful.
[The Slave withdraws his hands.] SLAVE
8
pleading
leaf,
One
3
3
that’s all.
Should I
Strings, winds
3
3 3
3
3
3
219
3
3
6
S. 8
climb
the weird lad der
of your boughs
(unis.)
and
pluck
one from your crown? 3
6
3
3 3
77
221
DIANA ten.
You could be free,
with a
leaf
as a pass port.
Or you could be
Pf.
poco (Strings)
rall. molto
( = ca.30)
lov
er.
224 D. king,
with
me 8va
as a
a
78
U Energico 227
= ca.108
3
3
D. You know
the
SLAVE 3
3
The King
of the Wood?
3
3
229
5
D. leg end of this grove?
5
3
ossia: hav en’t
come
here
5 3
3
to
kill.
3
S. 8
Yes,
but
I
hav en’t come
here to
3
kill.
3
3
3
3 3
3 3
79
232
3
3
3
3
3
3
D. One
blow
that’s all it
takes.
No
man
ev er
rose through the ranks
with so lit tle
3
3 5
3
ossia:
235
3
D. en er gy.
One
sec
ond a
slave,
3 3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
V
237 D. thenext
3
3
roy al ty.
3 3
3
3
3 3
80
239
SLAVE
I’ve
8
swal
lowed
3
3
241
3
S. 8
half
the sea
for
no
bil i ty. Brass
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
81
243 S. 8
They’re
the
en
e my.
3 3 3 3
3
3
3
3
245 S. 8
It’s 3
the
last
thing
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3 Tuba, cb., pf.
3
3 3
82
247
[The Slave grabs at the tree to try to take a leaf, but then disappears through some unknown power of DIANA’s.]
3
S. 8
I’d
want
to be! 3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
molto
W
8va
8va
8va
249
3
3
3
3
3
8ba
3
8ba
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
83
251
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
poco stentando
A tempo
3
253
molto dim. poco a poco
84 During this section a taped soundscape will be played. It should start quietly 259 during the loud climax from bar 249-253, and emerge through the string texture in bar 259. From this point the soundscape will play alone for approx 90 second, at which point the instrumental section beginning in bar 260 should be overlaid.
Pf.
Strings
gliss. e legato sempre
262
Vlas. (senza vib.)
3
Tbn., tuba
3
3
3
3
265
Tpt.
3 Tbn.
3
3
3
3 3
85
267
Vlas.
3 3
3
3 Tuba
3
3 Vlas.
3 3
269
Brass
cresc. poco a poco
271
3
3
3
sempre gliss.
3
3
3
3
3
86
273
5
3
3
3
3
3
Z
3
3
3
[The Slave has reappeared and, under Diana’s power he picks up a broken branch from the floor.]
274
cresc.
(non gliss.)
sempre
(non gliss.)
3 3
3
277
5 3
3
3
5
3
[The SLAVE stands above the cloak and the stone.]
Più mosso
= ca.108
87 [The SLAVE raises the branch, ready to bring it down on what he believes is the PRIEST’s head.] 3
280
3
3
3
3
accel. 282
3
3
3
3
3
3
[From behind, the PRIEST runs a sword through the SLAVE’s heart. He falls dead onto the cloak and the stone.] 3
Più mosso
=104
284
3 3
3
8ba
3 3
3
88 [The PRIEST kneels over the SLAVE, as if in prayer.]
Aa
286
3
Meno mosso = ca.90
Pf.
3 3
3
Bsn., trb., tuba
3
3 Vc., cb.
loco
3
dim.
8ba
289
PRIEST (to Diana)
3
3
You are un faith 3
3
3
ful
89
rall. 293
Tempo precedente
= ca.70 (erotic) DIANA
I’ve
3
lived
= ca.90
for a thous
and
years. 3
3
P. ness her
self.
You led this boy to his death! Pf.
3
3
dolce
Strings
3
3
3
dim.
3
poco
Meno mosso
= ca.70
297
3
D. He
had
the mo
tive
but
not
the mind. 3
3
P. Tempt
(Strings)
3
dolce
3
dim.
ed him on to the
90
300
rall.
= ca.60 3
D. He saw
a
glimpse
of
a
big
ger
3
P. end
of
my sword.
Slowly = ca.52
303 D. world.
sadly, reproachfully 3
P.
x
x
x
x
x x
x He was less
than eight
een
years
x
x
old.
poco a poco sul pont.
91
[The PRIEST replaces the cloak and the stone with the body of the SLAVE, as if it is a process he has been through a hundred times before.] 306
Bb
ad lib.
= 60
D. But you’ll find a good use for this corpse. ossia: x
D.
x
x
find
a
x But
you’ll
x good
x
x
x
use
for
this
x corpse.
Senza misura ord.
3
Tbn.
3
Tempo Iº string. al
= ca.72
309
3
P. What
King
is
this
that
Tpt.
3
3
Timbales (high and low)
3
313 P. kills
to sur vive?
What
queen
is
she
92
Pi첫 mosso cresc.
= ca.108 316
3
3
3
3
3
3
P. that lures ad ul ter ers
armed
with knives
in
to
her
arms? 5
cresc.
5 5
Meno mosso
Meno mosso
= ca.72
Cc
= ca.60
320
What
mar riage?
What
A tempo = ca.72
life?
Fl.
(Brass) Vc., cb.
poco
poco meno
Timp.
Meno mosso 324
= ca.66
DIANA
The way
it
is.
The way it
al
ways (Fl.)
3
Strings
3 Sizzle cymbal
3
dolce
93
Pi첫 mosso 328
= ca.96
D. was. 3
PRIEST
3
P. The bod ies pile up,
break down
the
Brass
3
3 Timbales
A tempo Meno mosso 332
= ca.72
P. liv
ing,
pro tect
the leaves.
The
+ Fl., Vln.
(Brass)
5
5
5
5
poco
Tuba + piano
5
5
94
335
3
3
P. dead
en
Tpt. (con sord.)
rich
the roots.
+ Tbn.
3 + Cb.
Tam-tam
poco
Dd 339 DIANA
If
the
tree
dies,
Fl.
3 Strings
+ Tam-tam roll (
Cb.
)
so
does
95
341
3
3
3
D. hope.
If
Di
a
na
does n’t shine from the top of the hill,
3
3
cresc. poco
cresc. poco
rall.
Meno mosso 344
= ca.66 3
D. What
hope then
for
the
slaves
in the gal
leys,
3
dim. 3
96
346
= ca.60
dim.
3
3
3
D. in the bil
ges,
the
mine
shafts,
the
3
Slowly 348
3
= ca.56
3
D. chain
gangs,
the
dun
geons? Pf. (una corda)
senza vib.
3
senza vib.
3
351
3
3
D. You were a slave once,
brand ed
with fire.
97
Ee ( = ca.56) PRIEST
355
3
A
slave
once,
and
once
a
Strings
Timp.
358 P. fath
er.
My
Woodwinds
3 Strings
son’s
birth
98
361 P. was the death
of his
moth er.
We
Fl.
3
3
3
Tpt. (con sord.)
3
3 3
3
Cowbells Bass drum
irregularly
3
364
3
(or A)
P. worked
in the quar
ries,
shackled
to geth
er.
(ben in tempo)
99 passionate
Ff
367
3
3
un
der
3
P. Six
years
the
poco
poco
più
Woodwinds, strings
3
370 P. fal
ling
rub
ble,
bound
by met
al
Woodwinds, pizz. strings, bass drum
dim.
← = →
373
3
3
P. an
kle
to
an
kle.
One
3
3
night
we
100
Gg Allegro = ca.112 376
3
3
3
P. ran,
saw
a
gap
in
the
stars,
Strings
378
gal
loped
three
3
3
to the
plains
and
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
380
leg ged in
3
3 3
le
vered
o
pen
a
link
in
381 P. chain.
5
5
5 5 5
5
5 5
Bsn., tuba, cb.
the
101
382 P. The
moun Brass
falsetto 383
3
3
(audible break)
P. tains
growled
with the sound 3
cresc.
cresc.
of dogs,
howled
102
385
3
3
3
P. with the calls
of blood
hounds
and
guards.
5
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
5
5 3
3
5
5
3
3
Hh 3
387 P. We Tpt.
flzg.
split
up
at a fork
+ Tbns.
3
5
3
3
5
3 3
3
103
389
3
P. in
the
road.
I
limped
cresc. poco a poco 3
3
(cresc.)
390
3
3
P. in
to
a
thin
for
est
of 3
cresc.
cresc. poco a poco
young
104
3
391 P. trees,
He
hurtl
ed
in
to
3
3
3
5 5
(trem.)
3
392
3
3
P. melt
wat er
stream. 3
5
3
3
(cresc.)
3
3
3
3
3
3
(cresc.)
3
3
3 3
3
non stacc.
3
3
a
105
Ii
394
cresc.
P. I 3
thought
the
3
3
dim.
3
396 P. dogs
and the guards
cresc. poco a poco
cresc.
would foll ow
the scent
of the ea
si
106
3
398
3
P. est
meat,
But
they passed
me
by, 5
8va
trem.
3 3
cresc. molto
Jj
400
3
P. and the
yowls
and snarls
and
3 3
3
loco
8ba 8va
loco
107
3
402 P. shouts
and screams
were
am pli fied
from the grass
banks
to the
cresc. 3
5
cresc.
3 3
5
cresc.
404 P. snow
capped
peaks.
The
5
3
3
3
5
8ba
3
3
108
Meno mosso = ca.102
(rubato) 405 P. was
chain
brok
en,
but
the
loco
8ba
407
dim.
P. bond
Vlc., cb.
nev
er
breaks.
dim.
cresc.
Kk Pesante
rit.
= ca.72
410
= ca.50
[The PRIEST reveals a metal cuff around his right ankle.] 3
3
3
P. The chain was brok en pesante
+ Bsn.
+ Tuba
but the bond
nev
er
breaks.
[DIANA goes towards the PRIEST.] DIANA ten.
414
You’re
109
string. [The PRIEST crumples. He seems to sink more with each line of DIANA’s.]
A tempo = ca.50
tired.
Un poco più mosso 418
= ca.56
PRIEST
3
3
I’ll
sleep
when
the
dawn
breaks.
Tpt.
5 Brass
Strings
5 5
110 [DIANA reaches out to the PRIEST.] 420
DIANA
3
No
3
3
one will come
to
3
night.
P. The fire
will
go
Fl.
5
5
5 5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
[She helps him to the ground.] 422 D. Stack it with logs,
then
3
sleep.
P. out.
5
If
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
rest,
5
111 424
3
3
3
en
and
3
P. will
you
list
watch
Sound the a larm. Tpt., Fl., Piano
Tpt. + Fl.
Tpt.
5
5
dim.
Mm
Adagio
DIANA
426
Pi첫 Adagio
= ca.48
= ca.44
slightly uncertainly
Come
in
to
my
arms.
8va Strings
Piano, bass instruments
Piano, contrabass
8ba
sempre 431
Tpt., fl.
8ba
loco Piano
8ba
BLACKOUT
112
ACT 3
Maestoso ma doloroso
= ca.40 [The PRIEST sleeps at the base of DIANA’s tree. The moon rises.]
Tbn. Tpt. Tbn.
Tuba
5
3
Fl.
3
cresc.
cresc.
Bsn.
Tpt.
3
3
3
cresc.
Tbn.
3
cresc. 3
Tbn.
Tuba
3 3
3 3
A 9
dim. molto
3
dim. molto 3
3
3
3
3
113
12
[Cautiously a YOUTH appears from the trees. He stands over the body of the dead SLAVE and looks around.]
(dim.)
3
3
3
3
16
Strings
Bsn.
poco
B 21
8
Meno mosso = ca.60 YOUTH
boldly
So this
Strings
Tbn., Tuba
is
the fam
ous
grove,
.
114 more mysteriously 3
3
25
3
3
3
3
boldly
Y. 8
home
28
of so man
y
graves.
And that
3
3
cripsly
3
Y. 8
is the fam
ous
and
tree,
Brass
3
its
115 hushed, awed parlando
30
x
Y.
scornful
3
x
x x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x x
8
sac
8va
red
leaves.
And
C Pi첫 mosso 33 Y.
this is the fam ous priest,
a sleep
at his
[The YOUTH mimes the actions he describes.]
= ca.90 x
8
I could
post.
drive
Strings
(+ Pf. glissandi)
35
3
3
3
Y. 8
knife
in
to
his
Brass
ear
while he doz
es.
a
116
36 Y. 8
I could
38
crack
the
3
Y. 8
shell
of
his
skull
with
a
stone. 3
trem. 3
39
D
3
3
3
3
cresc. 3
3
3 3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
cresc.
3
117
3
41
3
3 3
3
(cresc.) 3
3
3
3
3
5
(cresc.) 6
�
[He raises the stone or branch above the body and 43
is just about to give it his ful force when he stops.]
Picc.
3
3 3
3
3
3
Meno mosso = ca.60
44
10
5
3 Tbn.
3 8va Pf.
6
3
=
→
118
E 45
YOUTH
3 3
3
x
x x x
But this is a trick!
x
The King of the Wood
3
x
a sleep
x
x x
un der a
Fl. Tpt.
dim. poco a poco 3
Bsn.
3
Tbn.
3
3
dim. poco a poco
3
Tbn.
Tuba
47
3
x
Y.
3
[He lifts the head of the SLAVE, Pi첫 mosso looks at his face, then lets it drop.] = ca.69
3
x
8
full moon.
This
is
a
trap!
.
poco
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
poco
3
Strings
3
119 a little flippant
F quasi recitativo
50
Più mosso
3
= ca.84
Y.
x
x
x
x
8
This poor
53
boy
3
took the bait.
Now
più
3
he’s the bait him
self.
I’ll
3
3
Y. 8
bur
y him lat
er—
If
I
live—
It’s on
ly a case
of
120
3
56
3
Y. 8
giv
ing
his
corpse
to the worms
in
stead of
the
rats
and the birds,
(Strings)
Winds, brass
(Strings)
Meno mosso 58
= ca.69 thoughtfully
3 3
3
3
Y. 8
but
I’ll bur
y
him
all
the same.
In
re
turn
he’ll stand
and
121 [He lifts the body to its feet and stumbles into the trees.] lunga
60
G
PiĂš mosso = ca.84 3
3
Y. 8
stare
for
one
last
time.
And I’ll play dead.
G.P. lunga
senza misura
Ossia:
[He takes the place of the SLAVE, under the cloak. DIANA, meanwhile, has been watching the YOUTH from her tree.]
Moderato
65
= ca.104
3
3
3
Y. 8
No
where
bet ter to hide
than be hind
en e my lines.
Fl.
leggero Pf., bsn.
Brass
69 Y. 8
No
where
bet ter to sleep
than
122
72
3
3
Y. 8
in the en e my’s
bed.
No
75
where
3
Y. 8
bet ter
to think
than
in the
cresc.
79
[He is now hidden.]
H
Y. 8
Strings
Brass
en
e
my’s
mind.
123
83
DIANA
3
New
86
3
blood
in
3
D. wood
to
night,
I
90 D. new
sap
in the
spine,
new
the
124 3
94 D. life
98
in the veins,
new
light
dim.
D. in
the
leaves
.
trem.
Meno mosso 103
[A noise is heard.]
= ca.60 poco
3
J
3
D. poco
poco
A noise in the dark,
accel.
but my lov
er
125
A tempo( = 60)
Pi첫 mosso
108
3 6
D. [The PRIEST wakes with a start.] PRIEST
sleeps.
A flash of light in the trees,
x sim.
What?
111
Pi첫 mosso
3
D. but my
hus
band
[He jumps to his feet and draws his sword.] agitated
dreams.
P. 3
A tempo ( = 60) 114
Where?
Whichdi rec tion?
3 3 3
3
3
3
D. Am I
the god dess
or
the watch man?
Keep your prom
ise,
126
116
3
3
D. slum
b’ring
priest! 3
3
3
P. I’ll skirt a roundthe lake shore,
K 118
accel. ( = ca.60)
3
get be hind him.
( = ca.100) più agitato 3
3
D. One
day
you’ll wake
to find an
axe
head bur ied
in my grain
P. Men Fl.
3
3
dolce 3 Strings
3 3
Tbns.
Tuba
3
3
127
Meno mosso 120
pesante
= ca. 54
= 60
held back
poco agitato
P. come
here
for flesh,
Be calm.
not tim ber!
pizz.
(Strings)
pizz.
+ Pf.
rit.
calmly 122
3
= 50
3
[The PRIEST kisses DIANA, then leaves the glade.]
3
Be calm
Adagio = ca. 52
and be sil ent.
Fl.
espr. arco 3
8va
3
Strings
arco 3
3
Pf., cb.
128
L
[DIANA approaches the YOUTH hidden under the cloak, but does not disturb him.] DIANA accel.
126
When
= 63
oth
ers
close their eyes,
I
op
en
mine.
8va
Tuba (solo)
130
3
3
3
3
D. When
oth
ers
give
in
to
the weight
3
Brass
of their limbs
129
3
134 D.
mine
come
a
live.
Strings
Tuba
3
3
3 Fl., bsn., strings
Brass
137
M
Pi첫 agitato
strongly
3
= ca.96
3
3
3
D. Up
comes the moon.
Its great, sim.
cresc. 3
141
3
3 3
D. or
bit ing mass
tugs
at
3
3
the
sea
of
Bsn., Cb.
3
3
cresc.
3
3
my
blood.
3
3
130
N 3
143 D. It
pulls
and
pulls.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
(Winds and brass)
3
molto
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
[Almost invisibly, DIANA kneels behind the YOUTH, 147 so his head is between her thighs.] D. Pf. (solo)
3
3
una corda
3
3
3
3
3
I
131
Meno mosso
= ca.72
rit.
151 D. rouse.
Some thing stirs
in the knots
(una corda)
Vc., cb.
Timp.
= 40
= ca.60
153
dolce
D. grain
of
the
wood.
I
rise.
dolce
3
Pf., Strings
Strings
dolce
3 + Brass Pf.
and the
132
O
157
quasi recitativo 3
3
This is dusk.
3
Di a
3
na’s kind of light. 3
3
3
3
3 3 cymbal
3 Vc., cb.
accel.
160 3
Di
a
na’s
time.
Più mosso
= 104 3
Here comes my priest,
who loves the
poco (Strings)
Strings
pizz.
+ Tuba, bsn.
poco
133
Meno mosso rit.
Meno mosso = 92
163
dusk,
and
longs
for the sun
3
3
= ca.60
to
set.
Fl.
Bsn.
3
pizz.
3
arco
Pi첫 mosso = ca.69 166
3
Andthe earth
3
3
3
is our bed,
and the
molto 3
8ba Tuba
A tempo = ca.60
170
moon
is
our
sign.
A tempo = ca.60
3
poco 3 3
Strings
3
poco
8ba
134
174
P
[DIANA bends close to the covered face, then returns to her tree.]
.
(Ensemble)
cresc. poco a poco
8va Picc.
3 3
Tuba
8ba
3
177
Strings
3
Brass
8va
cresc.
Picc., tpt.
5
5
8ba
3
3
135 [From the opposite side of the glade, the PRIEST returns, his face filled with terror.]
A tempo
Pi첫 pesante
= 60
= ca.56
181
(Strings)
Picc. 8va
(Picc., tpt.)
3
3
3
3 Tbns., Tuba
Brass
3
Poco meno mosso
= 52
Allegro = 120
184
Picc.
flz.
6
3
flz.
3
flz.
6
136
Q 188 DIANA
3
Was it some one a lone?
3
Or man y?
Was he armed?
PRIEST fearfully
Just
Fl.
one.
molto Strings
(trem.)
R
192
3
3
D. A false
a
larm then.
P. No.
Not
armed.
Fl., vln.
Bsn., vc., pf.
195
137 DIANA 197
you
Did
mur
der a
noth er
wood
land
crea
ture
in
Tpt.
3
5
5
Strings, Pf.
S
200 D. cold
blood?
Tpt.
3
3
3
Strings
Tpt. + Tbns.
3
3
6
trem.
203
vehemently
PRIEST
The
dead
can’t
be
mur
flzg.
3
3 3
3
3 3
138
DIANA
207
3
You’re
white
in
the
face.
P. dered
a gain.
The 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
211 P. slave
I
killed.
The
slave
whose
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
214
3
3
3
P. heart
I
ske
wered,
3
Whose
bo dy
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
un
3
3
3
3
cools
3
3
3
3
139
T
218 P. der this cloak.
Fl., Vln.
3
3 3
(Strings)
Bsn., Vlc.
3
3 3
flz.
6 Brass
6
flz.
222
3
P. His
225
ghost
stands
in
the
wood,
3
P. Leans
on
an
old
oak.
Stares
140 [The PRIEST looks to the edge of the wood.] 3
228 P.
this
way.
Look.
cresc.
U
231
molto
Meno mosso = 90
DIANA
3
It’s
too dark.
P.
5
5
5
Strings
[The moonlight reveals the upright body of the SLAVE at the edge of the wood.]
235 P. But
Strings
look.
molto
Brass
141
239
urgently
DIANA
I
243
3
see him now.
O pen eyed.
V 3
D. O pen mouthed.
espr.
panicky 246
PRIEST
3
What does he want?
Strings
Fl. (solo)
Brass
Strings
Di
142
249
3
P. a
na,
you’re
a god dess.
You
move
be
3 5 Strings
molto agitato 252
rit.
3
x
P. x tween
worlds.
x
x
What does he want? Strings
Fl.
molto
molto
Strings
255
DIANA
= 60 solemnly
He wants
W
dolce 3
peace.
He wants
143
258
3
D. rest.
You should bur
y
his corpse. (half-whispered) 3
PRIEST
Yes.
dolce 260
3
D. Not
262
use
his flesh
as meat,
as
= 54
3
bait.
3
Does
might dis ap pear? Pf., brass
dim.
bones
X Meno mosso
PRIEST
Then his ghost
Not use his
poco
ma marcato
dim. poco
he
still
144
265
[With his back to the YOUTH, the PRIEST stands at his feet, and plants his sword in the earth.]
gently
D. He does. cresc. poco a poco 3
3
3
3
P. stare?
Then I’ll o pen the sail here in the grove.
.
And
Strings (con vib.)
Strings
cresc.
5
269
5
3
(cresc.)
3
P. lay
this slave boy in hol
y
ground.
And I’ll
(cresc.)
hon our his death
with a
mark
er
145
Pochiss. meno mosso 271
= ca.50
= ca.48
3
(fearful) pi첫
P. stone
and a bur i al prayer.
Does the
ghost
still
stare?
Pf.
poco
accel. poco a poco DIANA 275
[The PRIEST begins digging, using his sword as a shovel. As he does, the YOUTH emerges from under the cloak. DIANA watches, transfixed.]
Y
3
( = ca.60)
He stares. (accel.)
(accel.)
Pf.
una corda
3
sub.
5
146
Pi첫 mosso (Andante) = ca.76 solemnly, but with rubato 280 PRIEST
Gods of
the
3
heav
ens,
Gods of
the
skies,
a
sub. (slowly)
Pf.
slave
sub.
5
(trem.)
3
284 P. turns
his
life.
Ac
cept
his
soul
a
l.v.
sub.
3
con molto Pedale
3
re
147
286
Z
3
3
(a little fearfully)
P. mong
the stars.
Does he 3
Pf.
Brass
[The YOUTH closes his eyes as he raises his own sword above the PRIEST.]
Meno mosso = ca.66
288
DIANA
3
He
stares.
But his
P. still
stare? 3
eyes
be
gin
to
148
Aa Andante
291
= 76
D. close. as before, but more urgent 3
3
P. Gods of
the
heav
ens,
5
3
3
cresc.
con molto Pedale
Strings
cresc. 293
3
3
3
P. Gods of
the skies,
a
slave
re
turns
(trem.)
non trem. (trem.)
cresc. poco a poco
his life,
ac
149
295
DIANA
Once
more.
Once
more ! cresc.
P. cept
his soul a
mong
the stars.
Gods
3
3 3
3
Bb 299
3
3
5
P. of the heav
ens,
Gods
of
the
skies.
A slave
re
3
3
3
3
3
150 3
301 P. turns
his
life,
ac
10
3
3
3
YOUTH
302
8
Ac
P. cept
his
soul...
tre corde
cresc.
cresc.
3
5
cresc.
151
PiĂš mosso 303
= 84
Y. 8
cept
his
soul
a
3
3
5
Cc 304
[The YOUTH plunges his sword into the Priest. The PRIEST slumps face-down on the ground.] *
DIANA
5
All
5
my priests are
as
sas sins.
The
Y. 8
mong
the
stars. Tutti
3
3
Tpt.
Pf.
(with the hand turned sideways, fingers pointing left, roll the palm from side to side)
8ba
* Diana’s lines from b. 306-311 need not be heard as clearly as usual.
3
152
307
3
D. king
must die
by his hand.
All
my hus
bands have mur
dered.
Fl., vln.
3
3
3
3
3
dim. molto
8ba
Andante
rit.
= ca.76
310 D. All
my
lo
vers
have
killed.
YOUTH
8
3
cresc.
What
says
the
King
of the Wood
5
8ba
cresc.
313 Y. 8
with
his
dy
5
ing
5
5
cresc.
poco
breath?
a
poco
5
153
Dd (Andante) ( = 76) PRIEST
317
Long
live
the
Violins
Fl., Violas
Pf., Brass, Strings
5
5
3
YOUTH
319
3
Say it a
8
gain,
say
it
a gain! 3
3
P. King
of
the
Wood.
Long
5
5
154
322
Meno mosso = 60 rit.
Ee
= 50
= ca.60
YOUTH
Long
8
3
PiĂš mosso
3
= ca.80
live!
3
3
3
P. live...
3
long
3
live...
long
live...
3
dim.
dim.
3
3
dim. molto
3
pesante 3
3
325
3
Ff 330
3
[The wounded Priest suddenly points to the Youth’s foot. He wears a etal cuff around his left ankle. YOUTH
8
I
3
PRIEST x
x
(Strings, trem.)
sub.
3
x
You were a
poco
3
x
x
slave once?
Pf.
3
was,
but no lon ger.
155
334
3 Pf.
3
3
3
8ba
Meno mosso
Gg
8
I
8ba
= 60
YOUTH appassionato
336
* ad lib.
3
3
3
in the quar
worked
ries. 3
3
Pf.
3
8ba
Brass
3
appassionato 339
3
3
3
Y. 8
Six
years
un
der
the
Tutti
6 3
dim.
3
8ba
*
(Optional) The strings should be draped with the hand, inside the piano. If this is not possible, the chord should be played molto staccato.
156
341
3
Y. 8
fall
ing
rub
ble.
PRIEST
Bound
by
met al,
dim.
8ba
Hh Poco meno mosso = ca.112
344 Y. 8
3
One
night
One
night
I
3
P. an
kle
to
an
kle.
(Strings)
we
dim.
Allegro =
= 112
347
[The Youth stares at the Priest, shocked.]
Y. 8
ran 3
3
3
P. ran
saw a
gap
in the stars 3
Strings
3
157
350 P. gal
loped
three 3
3
3
leg ged in
and
3
3
3
3
to the plains
3
3
3
3
3
3
352
3
P. lev
ered
o
pen
a
link
in
353 P. chain. 5
5
5
5 Strings
5
5 Brass (flzg.)
5
5 ord.
sub.
the
158
Ii 354
YOUTH
Y. 8
The
moun
tains
The
moun
tains
PRIEST
8
cresc.
3
354
3
3
( )
3
3
Y. 8
growled
with the sound (breaking off)
P. growl...
8
(Brass)
of
dogs,
howled
with the calls
of
159 3
357 Y. 8
blood
hounds
and
guards. trem.
3
5
Tpt., Tbns.
Bsn, Tuba
cresc.
359 Y. 8
and
the
And
the
P.
3
3
3
cresc. molto
cresc.
3 3
3
3
160
Jj 361 Y. 8
yowls
and
snarls
and
shouts
and
screams
shouts
and
screams
P. yowls
and
snarls
and
Pf. (strings)
cresc.
con molto Pedale 3
3
364 Y. 8
P. were
am 8va
(con Pedale)
8ba
cresc.
pli
161
Kk
dim.
366 P. fied
from
the
grass
banks
8va
dim. molto
8ba
dim.
368 P. to
the
snow
capped
(loco)
cresc.
(loco) (con Pedale)
cresc. poco
3
3
162
Ll
rit. [The YOUTH has now fully realised that the PRIEST is his father.]
370
Molto adagio = ca.40
= ca.90 YOUTH
The
chain
was
The
chain
was
P. peaks.
poco 3
poco
= ca.80 373 ten.
= ca.70
rit.
ten.
Y. 8
bro
ken
ten.
ten.
bro
ken
but
the
but
the
bond
nev
er
breaks.
nev
er
breaks.
P. bond
= ca.56
163
[The PRIEST collapses in pain, as the YOUTH tries to tend is wound, willing him to live.]
Mm
rall. poco a poco
= ca.50 emotionally
377 Y. 8
My
Strings
fath
er
My
Tpt. Solo Tbn. Solo
doloroso
Fl. (solo)
Tbn., Tuba
[The YOUTH cradles his father in his arms. The PRIEST looks into his son’s eyes.] = ca.35 381 rall. 3
[The PRIEST pulls away, turning his head away. (Perhaps towards Diana?)]
= ca.72
x x
Y. 8
fath er.
P. My
son
Long 3
(Strings)
cresc.
poco
+ Brass
cresc.
Nn
386
[The PRIEST dies.]
P. King
of 3
5
the 3
Wood. ten.
Strings dolce
live
the
164 Moderato DIANA
= ca.84-88
[Offering the YOUTH a leaf.] 5
391
ten.
Here’s a leaf
3
from the
free dom tree.
Take it my
lov er,
my
hus band,
my Priest.
angrily
YOUTH
3
A
8
Oo
sub.
397
3
Y. 8
fath
er
dies
by his
son’s sword.
Free
dom
is n’t the word.
3
3 Brass, bsn.
DIANA
seductive
403
Take
Y. 8
it
my
lov er,
my
hus band
my
Priest
Take
your
165
Pp 408
[DIANA reaches out to the YOUTH.] 3
3
D. fath
er’s
wife.
Come agitato (disgusted)
Y. 8
I’d rath
3
3
412
er
die.
Brass, Bsn.
sub. (don’t rush) 3
Meno mosso
molto a tempo rit. ( = 72)
= ca.72
D. me
to the tree. quavering, grieving (to himself)
(incredulous)
(a thin sound)
Y. 8
His
blood
on
my
hands.
with
166
Più mosso 417
Più mosso
= ca.88
= ca.100
(warning)
D. Eyes watch from the wood.
No gentler, lyrical
urgent 3
3
Y. 8
420
I’ll bur y
him here
in
the
grove.
somewhat urgently 3
3
D. cov er
him
with a cloak. 3
3
Y. 8
And leave his flesh for the crows?
(F )
cresc.
Qq 423
Meno mosso
= ca.72 3
3
D. He’ll sleep one night
un
der the stars.
.
He’ll guard his son
with
167
Meno mosso = ca.60 426
3
3
(ossia F )
D. out
fear
of the dark.
He’ll hand
trem.
Pf.
the groom
in
(as smooth a sound as possible)
8ba
Rr
428
3
D. to
his bride’s
arms.
Fl.
431
YOUTH
3
boldly
8
I’ll
5
nev
er
prise
o
pen this
3
5
3
shack le,
I’ll
168
Ss (beckoning again) 434
DIANA
Come Y. 8
wear it
in hon our and guilt
a
.
round my an kle.
3 Brass, Bsn.
Pi첫 mosso = ca.108
437 D. to
the
tree. 3
angrily (to Diana)
3
Y. 8
Meno mosso 439
do
How
= ca.80
you
live with your self?
A tempo
dejectedly
= 60
3
Y. 8
How
do you
sleep?
+ Fl. Strings, Pf.
Brass
dolce
169
Tt 443
[Not sung directly to the YOUTH, but more generally, as self-justification.] 3
dolce
D. Hope
has
to sur vive.
As long as
I
live,
Cb.
445
Pf.
3
3
D. The
hope
less
can
raise
their eyes
sky
wards
Strings
3
Fl., strings
molto rall. 448
A tempo
Uu
= 60
[Addressing the YOUTH.] flexible 3
D. and see
light
Don’t
(no accents)
dis ap point
Pf.
Poco più mosso
senza misura appassionato
più dolce
stringendo
a tempo
452 D. your fath
er’s
heart.
These
leaves
are yours
now
170
454 D. to
en
joy
and
pro
tect,
Slower
or
not
molto
(a little seductive)
guttural, raunchy
456
love them
3
dolce
D. love
love
them
dolce
them rall.
ossia: love
them
Vv Very slow (sadly, darkly)
3
458 D. or
not
step
out
of the moon’s
light.
rit.
171
Ww molto
A tempo 461
strongly
= ca.60
D. Come
sleep
at
moon’s
the
Brass
Tutti Pf.
3
(una corda)
Bass drum
breathy, seductive (full voice)
Xx ←
465
=
→
D. side. 8va
tre corde
Pf.(solo)
3 3
8ba
(col Pedale) Tutti
cresc. poco a poco
172
Meno mosso = ca.48
8va
470
3 3
8ba
(cresc.)
Meno mosso = ca.40
8va
473
8ba
sub. Strings
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