MacRae THE ASSASSIN TREE

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

Copyright Š 2006 Novello & Co.

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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