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PHILIPS So gently darkness falls

for Treble Solo, SATB Chorus & Small Orchestra Vocal Score

EP 72553a

JULIAN PHILIPS

So gently darkness falls for Treble Solo, SATB Chorus & Small Orchestra

Vocal Score

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Words by John Masefield (1878–1967)

Instrumentation Treble Solo SATB Chorus Orchestra (see full score for details)

Duration: 12 mins approx.

from ‘August, 1914’ How still this quiet cornfield is to-night!

By an intenser glow the evening falls, Bringing, not darkness, but a deeper light; Among the stooks a partridge covey calls.

The windows glitter on the distant hill; Beyond the hedge the sheep-bells in the fold Stumble on sudden music and are still; The forlorn pinewoods droop above the wold.

An endless quiet valley reaches out Pat the blue hills into the evening sky; Over the stubble, cawing, goes a rout Of rooks from harvest, flagging as they fly.

So beautiful it is, I never saw So great a beauty on these English fields, Touched by the twilight’s coming into awe, Ripe to the soul and rich with summer’s yields.

John Masefield

Commissioned by Warwick School in celebration of the School’s 1100th Anniversary in 2014

This score reflects the state of editorial work and correction as at January 2014.

Commissioned by Warwick School in celebration of the School’s 1100th Anniversary in 2014

So gently darkness falls Music: Julian Philips

Poem: John Masefield

With gentle movement (q= c. 60)

Treble Solo

4 4

Soprano

4 4

Alto

4 4

Tenor

4 4

Bass

4 4

I. Nocturne

With gentle movement (q= c. 60)

4 4 Piano reduction

6

4 4

1

pp serene

p

S. How

still

this

qui -

et

still

this

qui -

et

How p

still

this

qui -

et

How

still

this

qui -

et

p A. How

p T.

B.

1 Pno.

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2 10

S. corn

-

field

is

to

-

night!

corn

-

field

is

to

-

night!

corn

-

field

is

to

-

night!

corn

-

field

is

to

-

night!

A.

T.

B.

Pno.

14

2

p

3

By

an

p

3

By

an

p

3

By

an

p

3

By

an

S. in - ten - ser

glow

the

eve

-

ning

in - ten - ser

glow

the

eve

-

ning

in - ten - ser

glow

the

eve

-

ning

in - ten - ser

glow

the

eve

-

ning

A.

T.

B.

2 Pno.

3

3

p

18

S. falls,

Bring - ing, p

not

dark

-

ness,

falls,

Bring - ing,

not

dark

-

ness,

A.

p T. falls,

Bring - ing, p

not

dark

-

ness,

falls,

Bring - ing,

not

dark

-

ness,

B.

3 p

Pno.

pp

pp

accel.

mp 22

S. but

a

dee mp

-

per

light;

but

a

dee mp

-

per

light;

but

a

dee

-

per

light;

-

per

light;

A.

T. mp B. but

a

dee

accel.

Pno.

p

6

speed 4 Double (q= c.120)

4

f

mf fanfare-like

26

Tr. Solo A - mong

the

stooks

a

par

-

tridge

co - vey

speed 4 Double (q= c.120)

mp

Pno.

poco rit.

30

Tr. Solo

poco rit.

calls.

Pno.

34

5

A tempo primo (q= c. 60) p

S. The

win -

dows

glit - ter

on

the

dis

-

tant

hill;

The p

win -

dows

glit - ter

on

the

dis

-

tant

hill;

The

win -

dows

glit - ter

on

the

dis

-

tant

hill;

win -

dows

glit - ter

on

the

dis

-

tant

hill;

p A.

T.

p B. The

A tempo primo

5 (q= c. 60) Pno.

pp

5

6 38

S. Be

-

yond

the

hedge

the

Be

-

yond

the

hedge

the

Be

-

yond

the

hedge

the

Be

-

yond

the

hedge

the

A.

T.

B.

6

Pno.

mp

42

S. sheep

-

bells

in

the

fold

Stum - ble mp

on

sud - den

sheep

-

bells

in

the

fold

Stum - ble

on

sud - den

A.

mp T. sheep

-

bells

in

the

fold

Stum - ble mp

on

sud - den

sheep

-

bells

in

the

fold

Stum - ble

on

sud - den

B.

Pno.

p

6 46

mp

mf

S. mu

-

-

sic

and

are

still: mp

-

-

sic

and

are

still: mp

-

-

sic

and

are

still: mp

-

-

sic

and

are

still:

mf A. mu

mf T. mu

mf B. mu

pp

Pno.

p

7 Double speed (q= c.120)

50

mf fanfare-like

accel.

Tr. Solo The

for - lorn

S.

A.

T.

B.

7 Double speed (q= c.120)

accel.

Pno.

6

mp

pine -

woods

f

53

7

Tr. Solo droop

a

-

bove

the

wold.

Pno.

poco rit.

56

Tr. Solo

poco rit.

Pno.

primo, ma poco più mosso 8 A(q=tempo c.65) mp

59

S. An

end

-

less

qui - et

val - ley

end

-

less mp

qui - et

val - ley

An

end

-

less

qui - et

end

-

less

qui - et

mp A. An

T.

mp B. An

8 Pno.

A tempo primo, ma poco più mosso (q= c.65)

p flowing

8

61

S. rea

-

-

ches

out

rea

-

-

ches

out

A.

T. val - ley

rea

-

-

ches

out

val - ley

rea

-

-

ches

out

B.

Pno.

63

S. Past

the

blue

hills

Past

the

blue

hills

A.

T. Past

the

blue

Past

the

blue

B.

Pno.

poco accel.

65

9

3 4

S. in

-

to

the

eve

-

-

ning

eve

-

-

ning

3 4

A. in

-

to

the

3 4

T. hills

in

-

-

to

the

eve

-

to

the

eve

-

3 4

B. hills

in

-

-

poco accel.

3 4 Pno.

3 4

più mossso 9 Poco (q= c.75) 67

mf

4 4

S. sky;

mf

4 4

A. sky;

mf

4 4

T. -

ning

sky;

mf

4 4

B. -

ning

sky;

Poco più mossso

9 (q= c.75)

Pno.

4 4

mf

sfz

(mf)

sfz

4 4

Ritenuto

10 70

Pno.

4 4

6

molto rit.

3 4 sfz

4 4

4 4 sfz

3 4

sfz

4 4

mf

10 Double speed 73

Tr. Solo

(q= c.120)

mf fanfare-like

4 4

O

10

-

ver

the

stub - ble,

caw

of

rooks

from

-

ing

Double speed (q= c.120)

4 4 mp

Pno.

4 4

f

76

Tr. Solo goes

a

rout

Pno.

79

rit.

Tr. Solo flag - ging

rit.

Pno.

as

they

fly.

har -

vest,

Courtesy of Glyndebourne Productions/Photographer: David Illman

Julian Philips studierte Musik am Emmanuel College in Cambridge. Seine Kompositionen sind bei führenden Festivals und in renommierten Häusern erklungen, darunter die BBC Proms, das Tanglewood Music Festival, Welsh National Opera und das Opernfestival im englischen Glyndebourne. Philips ist ein bedeutender Opernkomponist, und seinen Schaffen umfasst die Bühnenwerke Followers, The Yellow Sofa sowie Knight Crew (2010), ein Auftragswerk für Glyndebourne auf ein Libretto von Nicky Singer. Zwei Kammeropern, Dolffin und Wild Cat, entstanden im Auftrag der Welsh National Opera. Zu weiteren Werken gehören zwei Ballette für das English National Ballet, nämlich Les Liaisons Dangereuses und The Snow Queen. Julian Philips ist „Honorary Fellow“ der Guildhall School of Music, wo er 2004 zum Leiter der Kompositionsabteilung ernannt wurde. Außerdem lehrte er in Cambridge.

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So gently darkness falls

Julian Philips studied music at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and his compositions have been performed at major festivals and venues including the Proms, the Tanglewood Music Festival, Welsh National Opera and Glyndebourne. A significant composer of operatic music, Philips’ work includes Followers, The Yellow Sofa, and Knight Crew (libretto by Nicky Singer) commissioned by Glyndebourne (2010). Welsh National Opera commissioned two chamber operas, Dolffin and Wild Cat. Other works include two ballets for English National Ballet Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Snow Queen. Julian Philips is Honorary Fellow of, and was made Head of Composition at, the Guildhall School of Music in 2004. He has also taught at Cambridge.

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