Harle CITY SOLSTICE: A song for London Bridge

CITY SOLSTICE A song for London Bridge Music by John Harle Words by Tom Pickard

City Solstice A song for London Bridge

Programme Note City Solstice celebrates the 800th anniversary of the construction of various bridges on

the site of the current London Bridge. The difficulty of erecting sturdy constructions on this bend in the Thames, where the currents are particularly strong, has led to a rich seam of stories about the bridges, passed on through history, myth and folklore.

What are thought to be the original words of 'London Bridge is falling down' carry much of the references to materials used in building the original bridges - wood and stone,

gravel and stone, and then later, iron and steel. The lines my fair lady, dance over my lady

lea (or lee) and with a gay lady, are thought to refer to Matilda of Scotland (c.1080-

1118), consort of Henry I, and who was responsible for building the series of bridges that carried the London to Colchester road across the River Lea. King (Saint) Olaf II of Norway figures prominently in the destruction of the bridge after its occupation by the Danes around 1013. Coming to the assistance of Aethelred, Olaf is thought to have pulled the bridge down into the Thames, along with its occupying Danes, rather than fight on the bridge itself. There is a line in the Norse saga The

Heimskringla that refers to London Bridge being broken down

John Harle and Tom Pickard John Harle and Tom Pickard have collaborated previously on two projects. Their folkopera The Ballad of Jamie Allan was commissioned by The Sage, Gateshead for their opening season, and was performed by Omar Ebrahim, Sarah-Jane Morris, Kathryn Tickell and the Northen Sinfonia, conducted by John Harle. Prior to that they met as musical and literary advisors to Sir Paul McCartney at the early compositional stages of McCartney's oratorio Standing Stone.

City Solstice

was commissioned by The City of London Corporation for

The!City of London Festival 2009, and is dedicated, with thanks, to Ian Ritchie

Instrumentation

Choir Organ Soprano Saxophone

Duration - 18'00"

First performance - 22nd June 2009 at Southwark Cathedral.!

Performed by The Choir of King's College, Cambridge! conducted by Stephen Cleobury, with John Harle (Soprano Saxophone).

Published by Chester Music London.

CITY SOLSTICE A love-song to London Bridge 1 Recession

2 Pursuit

words unwrite as they are written

Winds stumble over shuffling roofs vibrate the sleepers bed who dreams a lost love will not let go the whisper of vapour, rising river mist let silence through the night watch keep her breeze on my brow her breath on my bow until the heaving tides their liquid history turn and she is blist from sleep.

words unspeak as they are spoken songs sprung from heart and lung to tongue unsung

Oh, fetch me a boatman I’ll pay any money to ferry me over the Thames to my honey whose bridges have sunk in banks of deep mire

to save the bridge from time and tide should we leave a child inside found on foul infanticide? my fair lady

The mire was deep, the child did weep and away the vapour flew

words unwrite as they are written words unspeak! when they are spoken songs! sprung! from heart and lung! to tongue! unsung as I spoke she was bespoken as she spoke I was unspoken broke and was unbroken London Bridge is broken down dance over my Lady Lee London Bridge is broken down with a gay lady.

How shall we build it up again? dance over my Lady Lee London Bridge is broken down dance over to me There is no way to get across dance over my lady there is no way to get across dance over to me There is no way to get across to her credit and my loss who is there to count the cost? my fair lady Sweet Thames run softly till I blow my horn

A swollen swell a rushing tide swept away my cushty bride amongst the fishes she resides.

River waters deep and wide where your lady does abide how can you reach the other side?

A lantern fish to light the way a luring light as bright as day to the place where she’s at play my fair lady

3 Solstice My fair lady breathes a sigh let me live love, let me die span an arch so I can fly Let the temple dwellers frown when she wears my wedding gown. take a message let her know through us all the waters flow Let the temple dwellers scorn a bridge to love has been reborn blow Olafs trumpet sound the horn my fair lady Olaf his infliction meets with the dawn Solstice greets Olaf dancing in the street with his lady

4 Sacrifice I do not want to die am I above or under water?

Wake now my love for it is time to take your love and make it mine and let this day this day unmake

late shadows gather in the dark that place I go to get out of it opens and falls back on itself unfolds and unsays

Throw off gross doubts cast off regret deny remorse your master and lord set love a course and follow in its wake

I do not want to die without writing the unwritten pleasure of water

Gold and silver pen and ink which the one to make her think? how she hovers on the brink

Tom Pickard 2009

Gold and silver ink and pen which the one and will she then cross the bridge to me again?

His love is both deep and fast she grows dark and overcast will she come to him at last?

We shall build a bridge of fire arch it over with desire We shall build a bridge of flesh though it leads us into death

CITY SOLSTICEMUSIC: JOHN HARLE

WORDS: TOM PICKARD

STAGE DIRECTION: A lectern/music stand is positioned at downstage centre, for Solo Treble 1 to read their part, arranged on two pages.

Page 1 - Bars 5 to 34, and Page 2, bars 254 to 285. Choir are assembled, as normal, onstage.

Soprano Saxophone

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** STAGE DIRECTION: 6 men form an 'arch' with hands meeting high, at full stretch.

Immediately, Solo Treble 1 walks through the arch to downstage centre, holding a lit candle in the right hand, and a largish (visible) piece of brown bread in the left hand.

On arrival at downstage centre, the men forming the 'arch' return to normal positions.

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© 2009 Chester Music Limited

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It may be desirable for the Solo Alto to stand one or two paces in front of the choir from bars 52 to 82, 100 to 118, and 144 to 152

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 

la- dy.

 

          

       



     

 f         



                  

o - ver my La dyLee

          Dance o-ver my La dyLee Dance

Org.



mf

mf

B.

o - ver my La dyLee

3          

Dance mf

ken

 

       

Dance

    



and was un - bro -

mf

A. altri



mf

3      Tr.      

A. Solo



   

                                         

60

Sop. Sax.

 

 

4

56

Sop. Sax.

I was un - spo - ken

 

la- dy.

 la- dy.

     

  









  

 

     

6

       

64

Sop. Sax.

Tr.

A. Solo

A. altri

           

3 Dance o-ver my La-dy Lee

B.

          

 

 



 

   3    

 

is no way to get a -cross



 

       

 



 

dance o - ver to me.

 



 

       



           



3          

 

     Dance o-ver 3 my La-dy Lee

Lon-don bridge is bro - ken down

 

 

3

3

     



3

Dance o-ver my La-dy Lee

Org.



68

Sop. Sax.

Tr.

 

  





       

   

Dance

A. Solo

dance o - ver to me.

    

   

  

3



 

          Dance

T.

B.

Dance

Org.

There

     3

o - ver my la - dy



  



    



 

is no way to get a - cross



o - ver my la - dy

      





     

  

 

  

 

 

           

 



   3   

 



  

 



 



Dance

 

                     



Dance

 

 

 

Dance

         Dance o-ver 3 my la - dy

   



                 

3

A. altri

  

               

     o - ver my la - dy

There

dance o - ver to me.

 

             

                   

3

dance o - ver to me.

Dance o-ver my La-dy Lee

T.

                 

   Dance

   3

o - ver to me



o - ver to me

   3

o - ver to me

   3

o - ver to me

                             

   

 

       

  

  

    

7

                                      (legato)                                               72

Sop. Sax.

A. Solo

Org.







There is no way

    

  

to get

a - cross

     

 

   



to her cre - dit

  

   

 

 

who is there to count the cost

 

 





and my loss

     

 



   



5

                  

 f  Tr.   



my

fair

A. Solo

      

 

my

fair

f

A.

  T.     my f    B.  



f

my

Org.



A. Solo



   

fair

  



80

Sop. Sax.

fair

 





    

blow my horn

 Org.



fff

    

la - dy

   

  

la - dy









 

 

  



 

la - dy



 



Sweet Thames





run

   

soft - ly till





 









 









 







 

     







molto

     

f













p

                    

pp



I



fff

    

 

 (solo) mp





  

ppp



  

la - dy

  

molto

 



   

76

Sop. Sax.

 



f sub.

 



 

 



 

 



 

8

PURSUIT

Più mosso

q = 74

6 84

Sop. Sax.

  

  Tr.   A.

T.

B.



mf



 

  

 Org.  





  

    









 

 

mp

3

      



Winds mp

stum- ble o - ver shuf - fling roofs 3

    



Winds mp

stum- ble o - ver shuf - fling roofs



    

Winds

stum- ble o - ver shuf - fling roofs

3

3     

mp



Winds

 





vi - brate the slee- per's bed who dreams a lost love

                                   

vi - brate the slee- per's bed who dreams a lost love

                   

vi - brate the slee- per's bed who dreams a lost love

vi - brate the slee- per's bed who dreams a lost love

 





 



90 mf 3  3                Tr.            

      

3                       

       

will not let go.

A.



The

whis - per of va - pour, ri - sing

ri - ver mist.

The

whis - per of va - pour, ri - sing

ri - ver mist.

f

Let si - lence through the night watch keep

mf

3

will not let go.

f

Let si - lence through the night watch keep

mf 3                            T.           will not let go. The whis-per of va - pour, ri -sing ri - ver mist.

Let si - lence through the night watch keep f mf                                 B.      3 f

3



 

                 

stum- ble o - ver shuf - fling roofs

   



3

will not let go.

The

whis - per of va - pour, ri - sing

ri - ver mist.

Let si - lence through the night watch keep

    Her

    Her

    Her

    Her

94                                  Tr.   

mp

3

breeze on

A.

my brow her breath on my bow, mp

un - til the hea - ving tides their liquid histo - ry turn

my brow her breath on my bow,

un - til the hea - ving tides their liquid histo - ry turn

and she is blist

from

and she is blist

from

3  3                                     

breeze on

T.

3

f

f

mp f  3  3                                       breeze on my brow her breath on my bow, un - til the hea-ving tides their li quid histo- ry turn and she is blist from

f        mp                          B.       3 breeze on

3

my brow her breath on my bow,

un - til the hea - ving tides their liquid histo - ry turn

and she is blist

from

9

98

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

Sop. Sax.

mp

Tr.

 mp  









sleep.





A. Solo



 

A.

SOLO







mf marcato

              3

3

3

3

3

Oh, fetch me aboat - man I'll pay a - ny mo - ney to



mp

    

  

















sleep.

mp

   sleep.

T.

B.





mp

 





sleep.



 Org.





  

 

SWELL FLUTE 8'4'

 

 

 102

Sop. Sax.

A. Solo

    



                             3

3

mf

3

3

3

3 3 3 3 3 3 3                           

fer ry me o-ver the Thames to my ho - ney

  Org.

3

  



 

3

3

3

f

f

whose brid - ges have sunk in banks of deep mire.

    











         

10

105



Sop. Sax.

                                   3

 Tr. 

T.

Org.



3



3

3







3 sub.p

           

 

3

3

3

3

          mf

The mf

 

3



mire was deep, the child did weep, and

a-

  

        



The mire was deep, the child did weep, and mf 3

a-

 

      



 

The mire was deep, the child did weep, and mf

  

 

a-



  

3



 



3 mire was deep, the child did weep, and

The

108

         

  



a-

 



    

 

Più mosso

                                                3

3

f

f        Tr.  

way the va - pour flew f

A.





7

Sop. Sax.







3







 

3







A.

B.

3

   

q = 90

3

 

mf (only)

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3







        

 







f         way the va - pour flew

 







 







way the va - pour flew

T.

f        B.  

way the va - pour flew

Org.

Ped.

               



GREAT FLUTE 8'4' 3 3 3

3 3 3 3 3 3                      mf (only)         

  











3

  

3



3

  



11

112

Sop. Sax.

A. Solo

  

  

Ped.



3

3





  

3

3

f

solo

A

3

3



 







swell 3

3

3

3

swol - len

3

3

 

3

  

 3

                        3

3

3

swept 3

3

3

3







ru shing tide

3

3

3

    

a

3

3

3



a - way



3

3

my 3



3

                                                              

Org.



























                                      

116

Sop. Sax.

3

3

A. Solo

       cush - ty

Ped.

  

bride

3

3

3

a - mongst

3

3

3

3

f



  



  

the

fi - shes

she

re - sides

                                                    3

Org.

3

3





3

3

3





3



3

3

3



3

3





3

3

12

   

119

Sop. Sax.

  

   

f

3

3

Ri f

-





vers

deep

and







Ri f

-

vers

deep

and





deep









 

 

Tr.

 

A.

Ri f

T.

B.



-

   Ri 

f



Ri

-

deep

and







vers

Org.



Ped.

122



Sop. Sax.

3

3







 

    Tr. 

  

T.





wide

 wide

wide

and

 

3



wide





where



your

where

3

   

  



3

3

  

3

3





           

 

f







 



la



-

dy

does



a



-

your

la

-

dy

does

a

-

-



does





-









where

your











la

where

your

la







where

3









     

3



 



your

la

-

-

  dy



dy

a

does

dy

a

does

a

-

-

3 3                                                    3

3

Ped.

3



 

A.

Org.

deep

3

Tr.

B.

wide

and

vers

f

                                              add 2'



vers

-





f

Tr.

          



 



3

3



3



3



3

3

3





3

3

3





3





3



126

       Tr. 

Sop. Sax.

     

  

                 

bide.



Tr.





 

A.

   bide.  B.  

Org.



Ped.







  

can

How

can

you







can

you







How

can

3

3





 

reach

A.

3

3

3





3





o ff



-

-

-

-

reach

the

-

-

-

-

  

 

o ff

-

   reach



o ff

o

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-



B.

Org.

Ped.





the





the

  







reach



the

o



-

-

-

-

-



-

-

ther



ther

 -











ff





3







the

reach

T.

you

3 3 3                                             3

3

                   Sop. Sax.     ff         Tr.  



How

129

Tr.

you



bide.

    



 





you



How

bide.

T.

can







                         

How



bide.

13

-

ther



-

-

ther

-

-

ther



3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                          3 3           

 

3

















14 132

Sop. Sax.

Tr.

Tr.

A.



  



        



mf







side?

mf

 

 

3





Sop. Sax.

A.







A

lan - tern



lan - tern

 

 3



fish



to

light

the









fish

to

light

the



to



light



the









 











fish

to

light

the









fish

to

3

3











a

lu - ring





a

lu - ring









a

3

3





lu - ring

a

lu - ring



3

3



3





as





bright

light

as

bright

as









bright







as

light

as

bright

as









light





as

light

lu - ring







light 3

3

as

light 3

as

bright 3

3

f





day



day

day



as

3

3





















3

way

way

way 3

3









   







   

the



place where

to

the

place where

to



place where

to



the

to

the



3



the

   

day

                                             

way

         

to

day



3

3

   



way

the

  









fish

lan - tern 3

3









f



lan - tern

A 3

a

     B.  

Ped.







 

T.

Org.







                                                    136                  

 Tr.   Tr.

3

3







A

 3





mf

side?





lan - tern

A

mf

   side?  B.  



 A

mf

T.

Ped.



side?

side?

Org.





   











place where







3



place where 3

3



3

                    







140

 



  Tr. 



Sop. Sax.

 at





she's

at

 

A.

B.



Org.

Ped.



3

    

Sop. Sax.

at

play 3

  

3



la f

dy

la f

dy



 

3



3

3



  



  



  



  



  

dy



3



3

3

3

                    







3

dy

  

la -

15





3

  

SWELL (FULL)

            3

Più mosso q = 96 3

3

3

3

                             3

   

3



my p ma urgento



 

  

love,

for

it

           T.    Words un - write as p ma urgento          B.      Words

un

-

3

3

3

write

as

3

3

is

  

time

to

          

they

are

writ

-



ten

          

they

are

writ

3

3

-



ten

3

3



 take

 

your

    

mp

Words mp

un

Words

un

 -

    

3

-

3

                              p sub.

 

mp

3

3

3



3

3

3

3



3

3

3



and

    



    



speak



3

 

love

                              3

3

 

3

mp

Wake, now

Ped.

3



la -

fair 3



3

f 3

f



my

dy



fair





3

Org.



my

3

p sub. mp affetuoso

A. Solo

fair



la f



                  



8

my

play







play



she's

144



fair

3

 

f



my

3

3



fair



play

at



my

 

 









at

   she's



                         

p

play



she's

T.

       

f

she's



Tr.

 

as

speak

as

3

        3

3

3

 

16

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

147

Sop. Sax.

3

Tr.

Tr.

 



















f

  

   



A.





T.

              they are spo - ken

3

A. Solo

3

make it



mine

and

mf

mf

         B.      they

are

spo - ken



let

   



this

day

this





day

un

ff



-

make







           

           

           

Words

un - write

as

they

            Words

un - write

as

are

writ - ten

Words

            they

are

writ - ten

un - speak

as

            Words

un - speak

as

3                                   3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Org.

3

                                        3

Ped.

3

 

3

3

3

3



3

3

3

3



3

3

3

3



3

3

3

17

151

Sop. Sax.

          3

3

3

 Tr. 

9 







ff f

   



      

f





cast off

   

A.



 3

f

              they are spo - ken

   

             they

B.

are

spo - ken

              are

spo - ken

        3

3

Org.

3

            3

Ped.

3

 

3

3

3

3       

  

cast off

Throw off gross doubts

re - gret

cast off

    Throw off gross doubts

cast off

    Throw off gross doubts

cast off

re - morse

de - ny

de - ny

re - gret

your

re - morse

3       

your

 

re - morse

your

3       

 

3       

 

de - ny

re - gret

3      

3

de - ny

re - gret

3      

3

f

they

      

cast off

3

   

your

  

      

3

f

re - morse

3       

Throw off gross doubts

f

 

      3

3

your



3

   

              they are spo - ken

de - ny



f





re - morse

3       

re - gret



Throw off gross doubts

T.

cast off

  

3

de - ny

re - gret

3       

3

Throw off gross doubts

A. Solo

      

3

3

Throw off gross doubts

Tr.



re - gret

re - morse

de - ny

your

re - morse

your

                          3

3

f

 add 16'





3

3



3

 

3

3



3

3

 

3



3

3



18

                    

155

 

Sop. Sax.

   Tr. 



mas - ter

and

3

3

 

Tr.





mas - ter

and

3

  

A.

mas - ter

  

 3

mas - ter

p

f





       

lord;





lord;

ff







set

love

a

ff







set

love

a





set

love



ff





set

love

ff





set

love

ff

 and

 and





lord;





lord;

a



 a

T.

  

 3

mas - ter



3





mas - ter

 and



and





lord;



ff



lord;



 a









set

love

a

B.





3







mas - ter

and

ff





lord;









set

love

a

                                       3

Org.

Ped.

  



3

3

3

3

3

 

 





 

3

3

 

3

ff

 

3

3

3

19

158



Sop. Sax.

Tr.





  



course

 

Tr.



course

and

 

A.



and

course

  

course



 







wake.







fol - low

in

its

wake.







fol - low





and

fol - low





and

fol - low





and

fol - low





 

in

 









its



















in

its

wake.



 its

wake.





in





 its





in





 its





in



in

its

wake.

T.

  



 





course



course

and

 

fol - low

wake.

B.







 



course





and

fol - low

wake.

                                         3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Org.

 

Ped.





3

3













3



3

3



3

 

3



3

3



20

            

162

Sop. Sax.

p 3

3

3

p ma urgento          Tr.       Gold and sil - ver pen and ink

               

A.

Gold and sil - ver pen and ink

                 Gold and sil - ver pen and ink

p maurgento         B.  Gold and sil - ver pen and ink





Ped.

165



Sop. Sax.

p



 Tr. 

which the one

T.



to make her think?

How she

which the one

to make her think?

How she

to make her think?

How she

3

ho - vers

How she

3

on

on

the brink

f

ho - vers

on

the brink

f      

ho - vers

on

the brink 3

3

3

the brink

     

  

to make her think?

3

3

3

   f     

  

         which the one

ho - vers

     

              

3





    

  



Org.

     

Ped.



f

 











3



                        



3

p sub.

3

3

3

              

p sub.

              

3

3

3

3

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

Gold and sil - ver ink and pen p sub.

which the one and will she then

Gold and sil - ver ink and pen p sub.

which the one and will she then

                 

Gold and sil - ver ink and pen p sub.

Gold and sil - ver ink and pen

  









A.

     

              



sub. ff

B.

3

3

   f     

3

     

                                      

  

Org.



3

              

3

3

3

which the one

p ma urgento

T.



3

p ma urgento

f

               

3



3

3

                 

which the one and will she then

which the one and will she then 3

3

3

                    p sub.     



3

3

       

     

168

Sop. Sax.

     Tr.   



Sop. Sax.

              

His love is

both deep and fast

she grows dark and

o - ver - cast

cross the bridge to

me

a - gain?

His love is

both deep and fast

she grows dark and

o - ver - cast

        

              

cross the bridge to 3

me

His love is

both deep and fast

               she grows dark and

        

a - gain?

3

3

              

              

     

      

His love is 3

both deep and fast 3

3

3





rall.



 







she

come

to

him

  Tr. 

3

f

will

  

 

f



 

 

3

3





 

at

 

last?

 last?

will

she

come

to

him

at

    will f  













she



come



to



him



at



last?



she

come

to

him

at

last?

f

T.

     

      f

A.

will

3



she grows dark and 3

3

3

3

3





             3

3

3

3

o - ver - cast

        

ff



o - ver - cast 3

   

 



 





 



ff

ff

 3

3

       

ff

              f      

3

3

3

a - gain?

171

Ped.

              

3

me



Ped.

Org.

3

3

3

                                        

Org.

B.

3

cross the bridge to





3

           cross the bridge to me a - gain?

T.

B.

                       

        

      

A.

    



3

21



 



ff

3

3

3

3

                

 

 

ff

 

22

10

Adagio maestoso e sostenuto

q = 60

174





Sop. Sax.

  Tr. 

Tr.

We







shall

build

a

bridge

of



 







shall

build

a

bridge

of

ff sempre

 

A.

We

 

T.

 shall

 



build

  



 



 



 



 



 



 

  

 

 

  

 





 

 fire

bridge





a



of



fire







We

shall

build

a

bridge

of

fire













shall

build

a

bridge

of

fire

We













shall

build

a

bridge

of

fire

ff sempre

 

We

7

fire

 

  

  

 



ff sempre



 







ff sempre

6

ff

 

ff sempre

 





ff sempre

We



5

B.





ff sempre















We

shall

build

a

bridge

of

fire

   

 

 

 

 



GREAT/ SWELL COUPLED

   Org.

Ped.

 

ff sempre

   

 

 32' where possible

  



23

179





Sop. Sax.

  Tr.  arch

 

Tr.

arch

 

A.

arch

 

T.

Org.



Ped.

it

o





it

-

-

o



-

-



it

o





-

-

arch

it

o







arch

it

o

   

  

pp

 

    We



We

pp

  B.  



shall

  

pp

 

ver

with

de - sire





 

ver

with

de - sire





ver

shall



shall

pp



We

shall



de - sire

 

 ver

with

de - sire





 

ver



with

de - sire

ver

with

de - sire



 

with

de - sire

ver

   



   

 

      

 

 

build a bridge



with





 -

 



  



 





 





 



 



 



 















We

T.



o

  Tr.    A.



it

11

184

o

arch

      

it



  





arch







   B.



     

ff



     



5

6

   



of

flesh





build a bridge

of

flesh

  





build a bridge

of

flesh

  





build a bridge

of

flesh

 





though

it





though

 

  





    



    

  





mp

    



    



leads us in - to

it

leads us in - to

 

   

though

it

leads us in - to





   

though

it

leads us in - to

death mp





death







  













24

SOLSTICE 12





Sop. Sax.





 p Tr.  



    

My

fair

la - dy breathes a

p

 

Tr.



My



A.







My



p

   My

T.

 fair

p



 fair

   

fair

  

la - dy breathes a



 





 

  





 





 

 



 

 

mf

mf

 sigh

mf

 sigh

mf



 



mp

 

breathes a

mf

 

sigh

   

la - dy breathes a







la - dy breathes a





      

 

fair



      

la - dy breathes a



My

   

la - dy breathes a



p





fair

p

My

A.

   solo

193









mp

 

breathes a FULL SWELL

Org.

Ped.

    pp



   

    





mf







 

 







 

 





 

  





 

 







  



    

    

 





 

 

sigh

mf

 sigh

mf

 sigh

mf

 sigh

          mf            

 

sigh

B.



 



 

 

25

199

Sop. Sax.

 



  mp Tr.    let

Tr.

 mp  

me

live

 mp     

  

 mp     

  

me

me

mp

       let  mp    let  

live

live



  

me

live



  

me

live

 





 

Ped.

mp



      



f

love,

let

me

die

love,



love,

f

let

me



  

let









f

love,

let

me

die





f

let

me

die



love,

   mf



  

me

mf



  

me





let

me



     

die

  

 

    



  



span

an

ff sostenuto

ff sostenuto

  



span

an

ff sostenuto

  



span

an

ff sostenuto    span

  



  



  







an

ff sostenuto

  

 

   

an

ff sostenuto

 



          



   

an

  

ff sostenuto



span

an

    

 

die



an

     

span

f



ff sostenuto

die

 

ff sostenuto

span



f





span

f

       

   



f



let

ff

 

die



love,

    

die

f

me

 

  

    



   

 

f



                Org.

ppp



let







B.

  





    live

let

T.

  

me

let

A.



 

let

A.

 

ff sostenuto

        

 





26

205

Sop. Sax.

Tr.

 

         

    arch

Tr.

   

 

arch

A.

A.

 



arch

T.







so

I

can

fly









so

I

can

fly

    arch

so

 



so

 so

             arch so    



arch





            arch

    





I

can

 I



can



fly



fly







I

can

fly

 I





so

I

  can



fly

 



can

fly













   

Let

the

tem - ple dwel - lers

(ff ancora)

(ff ancora)

      

  





   

Let

the

tem - ple dwel - lers

(ff ancora)



Let



 

the

   

tem - ple dwel - lers

(ff ancora)

 Let



 

   

the

tem - ple dwel - lers

(ff ancora)

 

   

Let

tem - ple dwel - lers

the

(ff ancora)





Let

the

   

tem - ple dwel - lers





   

Let

the

tem - ple dwel - lers

(ff ancora)

B.

   





can

fly

                     

   

 

       

 





arch

Org.

Ped.

    

  









so

 I















(ff ancora)





Let

the

tem - ple dwel - lers





 



   

       





  

    

27

          



212

Sop. Sax.

   Tr. 

f

ff



frown

  

Tr.



frown

  

A.



frown

  

A.

Ped.

wears my wed - ding

 



   

when

she

wears my wed - ding

 



   

she

wears my wed - ding



   



   

when

she

wears my wed - ding

 



when

 

   

frown

     Org.

she

 

frown



when

 

  

   

when

    frown

B.



frown

  frown

T.





when





      

 

she

wears my wed - ding

 

 



   



   



   

non dim.



   

non dim.



   



   

  

   

non dim.

non dim.

gown.

non dim.

   gown.



   



when

she

wears my wed - ding



   

gown.



  



gown.

wears my wed - ding

  

   

   

she

when



non dim.

non dim.

   



gown.

gown.

non dim.

she

    



wears my wed - ding

 

      

    

  

    

   





 

gown.



 



gown.



   

       

28

pp

    



Take

a

217

Tr.

accel.

pp

   



Take

a

      Take



    B.  



A.

pp

T.

Take

  





let

her

know

  





let

her

know

  



 

let

her

know

  





let

her

know

mes - sage









mes - sage

a

pp





mes - sage



a



mes - sage

 





through

us









through

us





through

us

through





us

  Tr.    all

the



 





221

A.

T.

B.

Org.



wa

all

the

wa

   all





the

wa

 





all

the

wa



Più mosso

13



-

-



q = 68



ters

flow.



 

ters

flow.

 -

ters

-



ters

 

























 

 

















flow.

 flow.

SWELL FLUTE

 

mp

 

29

 Tr.           mp

226

Let the tem - ple dwel - lers scorn, a

A.

Org.





bridge to love has been re - born, blow





  

229

My



 

  fair

    

Org.



        

la - dy.

Let the tem - ple dwel - lers scorn, a

      

        

 



Tr.

  





         sim.

         Let the tem - ple dwel - lers scorn, a

T.

Org.

mp

        

          Ol - af's trum - pet sound the horn

  

        

bridge to love has been re - born, blow

 

My

  fair

    

la - dy.

       

       

Let the tem - ple dwel - lers scorn, a

bridge to love has been re - born, blow

 

Ol - af's trum - pet sound the horn,

A.

Ol - af's trum - pet sound the horn mp

sotto voce quasi falsetto

232

Sop. Sax.

Ol - af's trum - pet sound the horn

 

sim.

bridge to love has been re - born, blow

T.

      

Let the tem - ple dwel - lers scorn, a

  Tr.   A.

        

 







    

        

pp

 

My

  fair

la - dy.

        

bridge to love has been re - born, blow





My

fair

 

   

la - dy.

Let the tem - ple dwel - lers scorn, a

      

Ol - af's trum - pet sound the horn,

       

sim.

Let the tem - ple dwel - lers scorn, a

 

30

235

Sop. Sax.

 

mp

Tr.

         

bridge to love has been re - born, blow

A.



 

My

T.

Org.

  fair

    

la - dy.







pp

Ol - af's trum - pet sound the horn,

        

Let the tem - ple dwel - lers scorn, a





 

My

fair

    

la - dy.

        

bridge to love has been re - born, blow

 



My

fair

   



la - dy.



 

 



mp

 

      

                  bridge to love has been re - born, blow Ol - af's trum - pet sound the horn,   









** STAGE DIRECTION: Trebles process offstage to a non-visible position.

Solo Treble 2 takes up offstage, non-visible singing position (within eye-line of conductor).

Solo Treble 1 walks slowly to downstage centre, arriving in position around bar 250, remaining in this position to the end of the piece.

The unlit candle and piece of bread should be held in the same way as in bars 1 to 5.

238

Sop. Sax.

*** Altos process offstage to a non-visible position, joining trebles.

  mf

Tr.

 **         O - laf

A.

his

in - flic - tion meets

       

Ol - af's trum - pet sound the horn,

T.

           Let the tem - ple dwel - lers scorn, a  

Org.











  

with the dawn

 

My

 

fair

mf

  

      

Sol - stice greets

    

la - dy.

         bridge to







pp

love has been re - born, blow

O - laf

dan - cing

in

the street,

***

      

O - laf

his

in - flic - tion meets

       Ol - af's trum - pet sound the horn,

 

31

241

Sop. Sax.

 

pp

Tr.

   

With

A.



 

mf

      

his

la - dy

with the dawn Sol - stice greets

T.

     My

Org.



      

 

      

     

O - laf his

 

  



     

      

in - flic - tion meets with the dawn Sol - stice greets

****

la - dy.



      

O - laf dan - cing in the street,

      

O - laf dan - cing in the street, With

      fair

f

O - laf his

     

    

   

his

      

la - dy

O - laf his

      

in - flic - tion meets with the dawn Sol - stice greets

 



in - flic - tion meets

O - laf dan - cing in the street,









**** STAGE DIRECTION: Tenors process offstage to a non-visible position, joining trebles.



245

Sop. Sax.





  Tr.  

 

With

A.

 

with

T.

    With 

Org.





the



al niente

 

dy

 



greets

O

la









 



Sol - stice

his

la

-





his

dawn

-



dy





O









 -

-

laf







dan - cing





laf

his

in





in

-

flic

the

street,

tion

meets



 -

 

247

Sop. Sax.

 

pp

A.

   

 

Org.















Sol - stice greets

O - laf

al niente

 



dan - cing

in

q = 52







     

 

do not want to

am

die





the street,

 



       



 







Org.





mp







   





p





               mf

  





bove or un - der wa - ter?

 



 a







mf









               



I





256

Tr. Solo



SACRIFICE

Subito lento

 Sop. Sax.





I



la - dy



mp

 



  Tr. Solo  

Org.









    



250



al niente



14

Sop. Sax.

his

      with the dawn 

     

ff

With

T.

molto rall.

 

32













 

  

  

-

** STAGE DIRECTION: Solo Treble 2 sings, whilst Solo Treble 1 mimes, with clear movements of the jaw and breath.

The offstage position of Solo Treble 2 should be determined both by practicality of eye-line to conductor, 33 for maximum vocal 'displacement', and 'ghostly' effect.

261

Sop. Sax.



 **

 



late

sha - dows



 MIMES         Tr. Solo  



late

sha - dows

   Org.





dark

that place I

ga - ther in

the



dark

 

 

that place I

       Tr. Solo 





go

to get out of

go

                 







  

   Org.



  



SINGS 273            Tr. Solo   

Tr. [offstage]

Org.

Ped.



 MIMES

do not want to die





         



       



plea - sure of

 

wa -ter.

wa -ter.

 













 



























+32'



pp



 

       

wi - thout wri - ting the un - writ - ten



and un - says



plea - sure of

          

  

 

wi - thout wri - ting the un - writ - ten



and un - says p

 

MIMES





 

  





I





      

 

  





un - folds



and falls back

 





on it - self

Tr. [offstage]

o - pens

o - pens



f

     

it

   



SINGS p

it

to get out of









          

      

267

Sop. Sax.

the



          

      

p SOLO

Tr. [offstage]

ga - ther in



           

pp

       

Nov.2008 - April 2009 Goodnestone, Kent