Stuart MacRae REMEMBRANCE DAY (2008)
An Opera in One Act
Full Score Libretto by
Louise Welsh
NOVELLO
Commissioned by Scottish Opera as part of Five:15 Operas Made in Scotland, February 2009 Sponsored by Accenture With major support from the Binks Trust, The Scottish Opera Endowment Trust and Oran Mor PREMIERE 20 February 2009 Oran Mor, Glasgow Scottish Opera DRAMATIS PERSONÆ Douglas Grieve, an elderly man with dementia Frances Grieve, an elderly woman, Douglas’s wife Lyn, a young woman, and the Grieves’ cleaner
Baritone Contralto Soprano
INSTRUMENTATION Flute Oboe Clarinet in B-flat Contrabassoon Percussion (1 player) Bass drum Snare drum Kick drum Hi-hat Tam-tam (plus triangle beater) Gong Woodblock Piano / Harmonium Harp 2 Violins Viola Violoncello Contrabass DURATION 16 minutes
2 Temple blocks 2 Log drums 2 Bongos (high, low) Glockenspiel (or Crotales) Chic cymbal Chinese cymbal Suspended cymbal
Score in C
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Libretto: Louise Welsh
Music: Stuart MacRae
Introduction = ca.50
Solo
Flute 3 3
Solo Oboe doloroso
Clarinet in B
Contrabassoon
Bass drum
Chinese cymbal soft beater
Tam-tam 3
Perc. Piano
to Harmonium
Piano / Harmonium
una corda col Pedale
Harp
= ca.50 [ Douglas sits alone downstage, dozing in an armchair. Also on stage are a second armchair, an old record player, a cheval mirror and an old scrap book. ] Lyn
Frances
Douglas
= ca.50 Violin 1 senza vib. Violin 2 senza vib. Viola senza vib. Violoncello
poco
poco
poco
poco
senza vib. Contrabass
8
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A Scene 1
6
giusto
poco
poco
5
sim.
Fl. 5
5
5
5 5
5
5
5
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
5
Perc.
Harm. slightly detached (non legato)
Harm. 3
Hp.
[ Lyn and Frances enter together. Lyn is dressed in jeans, T-shirt and the kind of tabard favoured by domestic cleaners and home helps. Frances is fitter than her husband, but walks with a stick. ]
A Scene 1 Vln. 1 5
pizz.
slightly detached arco, sul pont., con vib.
Vln. 2
slightly detached sul pont., con vib. Vla. slightly detached sul pont., con vib. Vlc.
Cb.
8
5
3
B 10 Fl. 5
Solo (lip gliss.) Ob. 3
3
3
Cl.
Cbsn.
B Perc.
l.v.
piĂš legato
Pf.
Hp.
B FRANCES
imperiously
3
3
x
This
B
room needs a
good
3
x
dust ing.
Don’t
col legno battuto
Vln. 1
ord.
senza vib.
Vln. 2 0
ord.
senza vib.
Vla. senza vib. ord. Vlc.
Cb.
8
mind
my
hus
band.
4
C Scherzando = ca.90
14
Solo
Fl. 6
3
Solo Ob.
Cl. 3
Cbsn.
C Scherzando = ca.90
Woodblock
Perc.
to Piano
Piano
Pf./Harm.
tre corde
Hp.
C [ Lyn plugs herself into her iPod and begins to clean the room, giving Douglas a wide berth and moving to music we can’t hear. ] with dark irony
[ Frances hands Lyn a duster and polish then exits. ]
3
Scherzando = ca.90
F. He
sleeps
like
the dead.
C Scherzando = ca.90 Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc. (senza vib.) Cb.
8
col legno
5 3
17 Fl. 6
Log drums 3
3
3
5
Perc.
3
Pf.
3
5
3
5
poco
leggero innocently; singing as if no-one else can hear 3
LYN L. (wordless)
arco ord., senza vib. pizz.
col legno
3
Vln. 1 3
3 3
poco
22 Fl. 3 5
Temple blocks Perc.
Pf.
L. (bap
ba
du ru rup
pizz. Vln. 1
du ru
)
6
27
D
Fl. pi첫
D
Log drums
Chinese cymbal
Chic cymbal
Perc. 8va
3
3
3
Pf.
pi첫
3
3
3
3
D L. (bap
bee)
D arco
col legno
Vln. 1 5
3
3
3
3
pi첫
E
32 Fl.
High bongo
Bongos
Chic cymbal
3
Woodblock
Log drum
Perc.
3
3 3
Pf.
3
E
[ Old Douglas stirs in his chair. Lyn stops. Her iPod is dead. ]
[ She continues to clean. ]
[ She taps it resignedly. ]
L. (wordless)
Oh!
Blood y thing!
E
pizz. 5
(pizz.)
3
Vln. 1 3
7
38
sonore
3
stringendo
Fl. 3
3
3
poco
Bongos Snare drum 3 (snares off)
stringendo
Perc.
sonore 3 3
Pf.
3
3
poco 3
3 3
thinking out loud
3
3
3
3
3
3
stringendo
L. What
a dump.
No
ra
di o.
No
pizz.
col legno
3
mus ic.
Just dust, dust,
arco ord., con vib. sonore 3
stringendo pizz.
Vln. 1 3
3
3
poco
F
A tempo
44
giocoso
3
3
3
3
Fl. 5
7
Chic cymbal
Temple block Woodblock
Woodblock Perc.
Pf.
ossia:
A tempo
F
air.
Yuck!
air.
Yuck!
L. Old peo ple’sshed skin,
dust.
A tempo
dead skin,
clog ging the
F 3
Vln. 1
3
8
49
3 3
Fl.
Chic cymbal Hi-hat Perc.
3
Pf.
3
3
espr. aspirational
3
3
3 3
3
to
u ni ver
3
L. I’m
long
ing
to be on my way
si ty
arco
3
Vln. 1
G Poco più mosso
56 Fl. 3
5
Hi-hat Perc.
3
Pf.
G Poco più mosso
agitato
più L. All
night
par
G Poco più mosso Vln. 1 3
5
9
A tempo = ca.90
61 3
Fl. 6
6
Bass drum
Perc.
Pf.
6
5
5
A tempo cheekily
3
= ca.90
3
triumphantly
L. ties
full of
pos
si
bil
i
ties
New
cartoonish arco
A tempo
pizz.
= ca.90
3
Vln. 1 5
5
H
66
A tempo
ten.
( = ca.90)
ten.
A tempo
smoothly and sweetly
3
smoothly and sweetly
3
3
Fl. 5
( = ca.90)
3
Pf. 3
3
ten.
uncertain, held back a little 3
3
A tempo ( = ca.90)
dreamily
3
3
L. friends
I hope I make friends.
ten.
H
And
A tempo ( = ca.90) pizz.
a
smoothly and sweetly arco
boy,
3
with
3
Vln. 1
smoothly and con vib. sweetly
3
smoothly and con vib. sweetly
3
3
Vln. 2
3
Vla.
smoothly and con vib. sweetly 3 Vlc. smoothly and con vib. sweetly Cb.
8
3
dark
10
73
Subito più mosso
A tempo ( = ca.90)
= ca.110
(senza vib.)
breve
Fl. 5 3
breve Ob. 3
(senza vib.) Cl. breve Cbsn.
Subito più mosso
A tempo
= ca.110
( = ca.90) breve
High bongo Perc.
breve
Pf.
breve
Hp.
Subito più mosso = ca.110 più
, cheekily
A tempo
(laughs)
( = ca.90)
3
3
L. hair.
I’ll
break
his
heart—
have an af
fair
Subito più mosso senza vib.
= ca.110
with a lec
tur
er!
A tempo pizz.
( = ca.90) breve
Vln. 1 breve
senza vib. Vln. 2
breve
senza vib. Vla. senza vib.
breve
Vlc.
pizz. Cb.
8
breve
breve
I 78
Solo
slightly below tempo,
tornando al
11
slightly below = 90 tempo, tornando al capriccioso
= 90 3
Fl. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Ob.
Cl. 3
Cbsn.
I
High bongo 3
Perc.
3
Pf. 3
Hp.
I [ Lyn kneels down and examines an old record player. She looks at Douglas who is dead to the world, then reads the title on the record. ] L.
I
arco
col legno battuto
Vln. 1 3
Vln. 2 3
Vla. 3
Vlc. 3
arco Cb.
8 8
3
3
12
Poco meno mosso G.P.
81
J
Fl. 3
3
G.P.
3
Perc. [Track 1] Tape
[ She looks towards Douglas again. He doesn’t stir. She puts on the record and an old tearoom tune starts up. Lyn begins to sway and resumes her cleaning. Beyond her view Douglas sits suddenly upright, like Dracula risen from the grave. ] (spoken) mock-seriously)
Poco meno mosso
G.P.
3
J
L. ”The lov ers.”
Poco meno mosso
G.P.
Vln. 1 3
3
3
pizz. Vla.
pizz. Vlc.
85 Fl.
Perc.
Tape
confused and slightly off-key DOUGLAS
3
3 3
Who is it?
Vln. 1
Vla.
Vlc.
Who’s there?
J
13
K
91
rush
Fl. 3
Ob. rush
3
Cl. 3
Cbsn.
K Perc.
Pf.
Hp.
Tape
K LYN
3
Shit.
più x
D.
(aside)
leggero breezily
[ He stretches out a hand to stroke her hair. Lyn laughs, she’s used to receiving compliments and is out of his reach in every way. She ignores his words and carries on cleaning and dreaming of her future. ] rush 3
3
It’s on ly me Mis ter Grieve.
3
3
3
Lyn,
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
wistful and lyrical
Beau
K
Vln. 2
the clean ing Las sie.
x
Fa ther?
Vln. 1
3
arco ord.
ti
ful
14
95 Cl.
Cbsn. 3
3
5
Hi-hat Perc.
3
3
Pf.
5
Hp.
Tape laughs gently L. [ Douglas holds his raised hand in the air, looking at it in wonder. ] disbelieving D. hair.
These
col legno
hands.
These
5
Vln. 1 3
Cb.
3
8
L
99 5
Cl.
Bass drum
molto Tape
L playfully, in her own world
3
3
3
3
L. I’ll
be
an e nig
ma.
The girl
who says
D. old
and wrin
kled
hands.
L
arco ord.
Vln. 1 3 3
Cb.
8
15 tongue-slap and key tap
103
3
3
Fl.
Cl.
Hi-har Perc.
Pf.
Tape 3
3
3
3
3
L. no thing.
piĂš
indignant
The girl
3
3
who’s
clev
er
and
cut ting.
to
your
neck.
D. Not
My hands
mine
are young and
strong.
arco
pizz. Vln. 1 3
Cb.
3
3
8
107 Fl.
Cl. 3
3
Cbsn. Bass drum Perc.
Hp.
Tape
D. They
Cb.
touch
your
hair
stroke
your
cheek,
trace your
8
3
jaw,
down
16
M
111 Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
M Perc.
3
3
5
Pf.
Hp.
Tape
M
5
5
L. The
girl
they
all
re
mem
ber. slightly angry, confused 3
D. Who flautato, sulla corda smoothly
M
poco
poco
poco
took
poco
Vln. 1 5
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
3
17 Solo cantabile
114
Slower
= ca.80
Slower
= ca.80
Slower
= ca.80
Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
Tam-tam Perc.
8va
Pf.
Hp.
Tape
hopefully and dreamily 3
L. They’ll al 3
3
3
ways re mem
ber. realising something
3
D. my
hands?
poco
Who
shriv elled
my
flesh?
poco
He
poco
Slower
re mem
= ca.80 ord.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2 arco Vla. arco Vlc.
Cb.
8
18
N Lento (meno mosso)
118
= ca.60
3
3
3
Fl. Solo 3
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
N
Lento (meno mosso) = ca.60 Tam-tam
Perc.
Pf.
tre corde una corda col Ped.
Hp.
N
Lento (meno mosso) = ca.60
alternately playful and seductive
3
3
3
L. I’llhave to stud y bor
ing books,
cast
ing
D. bers.
N
Lento (meno mosso) = ca.60
Vln. 1 (con vib.) Vln. 2
(con vib.) Vla.
(con vib.) Vlc.
(con vib.) Cb.
8
col legno
col legno battuto
col legno arco ord.
looks
19
O
122 Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
O
Woodblock Perc.
Pf.
Hp.
O dolce 5
3
3
L. a cross the li
brar y
and
then he’ll
see
me.
falsetto or half-voice remembering the past
piĂš espr.
3
D. A
doll.
O Vln. 1 3
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
A
pret ty
lit tle
doll
with
20
128 Fl.
Cl.
3
Cbsn. Glock. (or Crotales) Perc.
poco
Hp.
pi첫 D. long
hair
so
soft.
She
wore
a
blue
dress.
And un der
Vln. 1
3
Cb.
pizz.
arco
pizz.
3
3
8
3
poco
P
134 Fl.
3
Cl.
Cbsn.
Perc.
Hp. 3
more resolute D. neath
she was
pink
and per fect.
Per fect
But a
pink.
doll
P Vln. 1 3
Cb.
8
3
arco
is just a
doll,
and
a
21
Q
141 Fl.
3
3
3
3
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
Q
Hi-hat
3
3
3
3
(damp) Perc.
8va
3
3
3
3
3
(loco) Pf.
3
3
3
3
3
Hp.
Q 5
5
L. And though my eyes drop to my book
we’ll
both know
D. real
girl
is
ev’
ry
thing.
Q
col legno battuto
3
Vln. 1 3
Vln. 2 3
3
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
3
3
22
145 Fl. 3
3
3
Ob. 3 3
3
Cl.
Cbsn. 3
3
3
3
Perc.
(loco)
8va
3
3
3
3
Pf.
Hp.
3
L. the fi
nal chap ter.
cantabile
more energised
3
D. Like
a
hunt
er
like
a
lov
er
he spied
his
3
Vln. 1 3
3
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc. 3
pizz. Cb.
3
arco
8
3
3
23
148 Cl. espr. Cbsn. 3
Chinese cymbal (soft beater)
Perc. Solo
Hp.
3
rather darkly
meno
3
D. prayer
slip ping
by.
Her
se
cret
hus
band
saw her pas
sing,
saw her send
a
Vlc. 3
pizz. Cb.
8
R Tempo precedente 152
Meno mosso
= 60
Cl. 3
Cbsn. Glock. (or Crotales) Perc.
3
Hp.
3 3
R Meno mosso
Tempo precendente
= 60
darkly, as if in a trance
3
3
3
3 3
D. val
en tine
with her eyes.
And he
knew then
what she
want ed,
how to make her
R Meno mosso
Tempo precendente
= 60
Vln. 1 arco Cb.
8 8
arco
tru
24
156
Meno mosso
Adagio
Perc.
3
Hp.
Meno mosso
3
Adagio
3
3
D. ly
his.
How
to bend her.
How
to break her.
How
to make
Vln. 1
161
= ca.60
Meno mosso
3
Fl. 3
3
3
Cl. Tam-tam Perc.
3
3
Pf.
3
3
3
una corda
Hp.
sonore
= ca.60
[ Douglas gets to his feet and takes a step towards Lyn who has her back to him. ] playfully Meno mosso
L. He’ll be mine,
and I’ll be his,
tru
ly
D. his. = ca.60
col legno battuto
3
3
Meno mosso arco ord.
Vln. 1 3
3
Vln. 2 3
Vla. 3
Vlc.
Cb.
8
his.
her
tru
ly
25
S 165
Scene 2
accel. molto
Adagio
= ca.50
accel. molto
Adagio
= ca.50
Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
S Scene 2
Susp. cymbal (wood sticks)
= ca.50
Perc.
to Harm.
Harm.
Harm.
Hp.
[ Frances enters. She takes in the scene and is furious. She looks with horror at the record player and takes the needle off the record. ]
S Scene 2
accel. molto
Adagio FRANCES
= ca.50
scolding
3
F. Don’t you know
S Scene 2
accel. molto
Adagio
= ca.50
Vln. 1 sul pont. Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
not to touch things that
26
170 Fl.
Ob. 3
Cl.
Cbsn.
Perc.
dim.
Harm.
Hp.
LYN
spoken
Sorry, Mrs. Grieve. [ Frances puts Douglas back in his chair. ] (To Lyn) 3
3
3
3
F. are
n’t yours?
That’sa way
to lose
your
fin
gers.
dreamily (to Lyn)
DOUGLAS
Beau
col legno Vln. 1 5
ord. Vln. 2 3
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
ti
ful
27
T Lento
174
= ca.60
Fl. espr. Ob. 3
3
Cl. 3
Cbsn.
T Lento Gong
= ca.60
Perc. 3
3
Harm.
espr.
3
3
Hp.
T Lento
espr. = ca.60 noble
5
F. I D. hair.
T Lento = ca.60 Vln. 1
Vln. 2 3
Vla.
Vlc. 3
Cb.
8
cut
mine
short
like
a
vir
gin war ri
or
28
179 Ob. (Gong) Perc.
3
Harm.
3
molto
poco
F. like
a man,
like
a
wo
man
bound
for
the
gal
lows.
*
Vln. 2 * Vla. * Vlc. * oscillate slightly around the note, slowly
184
in tempo
Meno mosso (recit.)
= ca.60
Harm.
spoken
in tempo
Meno mosso (recit.)
= ca.60
L. I should go.
recit.
3
5
3
F. Fin ish what you start ed.
When you’re done
in tempo
Meno mosso (recit.) warmly
we’llpay you well.
= ca.60
pizz.
3
Vln. 2
warmly
pizz.
arco
poco 3
pizz.
Vla.
warmly
poco pizz.
3
Vlc. poco
U
29
Allegretto 188
cantabile
= ca.80 capriccioso
Ob. 3
5
3 5
[ Lyn begins to hurry through her tasks. Frances fusses round her husband, settling him back in his chair, plumping his cushions, adjusting his blanket. ]
U Allegretto
= ca.80 tenderly but firmly (to Douglas) 3
3
3
F. Mus
ic
is
for
when
we’re
to geth er,
when
it’s
time
to
re
U Allegretto = ca.80 Vln. 2 3
3
3
5
arco cantabile Vla. 3 3
3
Vlc.
Poco meno mosso = ca.70
191
3
3
Ob. 3
Susp. cymbal (soft sticks) Perc.
Poco meno mosso = ca.70 F. mem
ber
all
that
we’ve
lived.
3
irritated and confused DOUGLAS x
x
x x
Go a way.
Poco meno mosso
Old
arco
= ca.70 Vln. 2 5
5
pizz.
arco
3
Vla. 3
arco 3
Vlc. 3
x
x
x
x
wo man.
30
Allegretto 195
= ca.80
cantabile
Ob. 3
3
Harm.
Allegretto
= ca.80
3
3
F. Can
you
Allegretto
re mem
ber
= ca.80
how
arco
pizz.
it
used
to be?
pizz.
3
Our
arco
Vln. 2 5
arco pizz.
pizz.
3
arco
Vla. 5 5
pizz.
5
Vlc. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
5
V 197
rall. molto
( = 50)
= ca.70
Ob.
Harm.
V rall. molto 3
( = 50)
3
= ca.70 appassionato grandly
F. drives
in the coun try side?
We
trav elled
all
of
Eu
rope.
V rall. molto
( = 50)
= ca.70
5
5
Vln. 2 3
Vla. 3 5 3
Vlc. 3 5
arco
5
31
poco rit.
199
Meno mosso
= ca.60 breve
Adagio = ca.50
Ob. breve
Harm.
poco rit.
3
Meno mosso breve meno
= ca.60 3
teneramente
3
F. No
bor
ders
could hold
us,
we knew no bound a ries,
Meno mosso poco rit.
5
no lim its.
I
loved
you,
Adagio
= ca.60
= ca.50
breve
teneramente
Vln. 2
breve
teneramente
Vla. 5
breve
teneramente
Vlc.
W 202
teneramente
←
=
Allegro = ca.150
→
Ob.
Cl. Chinese cymbal (soft beaters) Perc.
près de la table poco
Hp.
W ←
=
Allegro
and you
loved
me.
= ca.150
→
F. and
you
loved
me.
more spoken than sung 3
x
D.
x
Leave
W ←
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
=
→
Allegro = ca.150
x x
x
me a lone!
poco
poco
espr.
32
207
rit.
A tempo
←
= →
←
= →
←
= →
Cl.
Cbsn. 5
Snare drum (snares off)
rim tap
(S.d.)
5
rim shot x
(snares on)
Perc.
(ord.)
poco
Bongos sim.
Hp.
[ Lyn gives Francis a sympathetic look. ]
rit.
A tempo (come prima)
sung more spoken than sung x
D.
x
You’renot
x worth
3
x
x
x x
the
ef fort
x of
x
x
x a
kick
x
x x
in the head!
Old
x
wo man!
A tempo
rit.
pizz. Cb.
3
3
(pizz.)
8
X 212
= 100
Ob.
Harm.
X
con rubato
slightly defensive (to Lyn)
7:6
= 100 F. If
you had
seen
him when he was young.
He
was a match for an
y man.
Wo
X = 100 Vln. 2 poco
poco
poco
pizz.
3
pizz.
3
Vla.
Vlc.
33
Meno mosso
217
= ca.90
Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
Meno mosso = ca.90 Tam-tam (triangle beaters) (ossia: scrape continuously rather than separate strokes) Perc.
(stop C )
Harm.
Hp.
Meno mosso 3
= ca.90
3
F. men a
dored
him,
and
he
knew how
Meno mosso = ca.90 Vln. 1
espr. port.
3
Vln. 2
arco
espr.
3
Vla.
arco Vlc.
Cb.
8
port.
to
treat
34
accel.
= ca.120
222
3
Fl. 3
5
3
3 3
cresc.
5
Ob. 3
3
3
3
cresc.
to Piano
cresc.
Pf.
accel.
= ca.120
F. them.
accel.
punta d’arco
= ca.120
Vln. 1 sub. punta d’arco Vln. 2 sub.
(arco) Vla. cresc. pizz. Vlc. 5
cresc.
226
Y Scene 3 Allegro
3
5
3
= ca.144
Fl. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Ob. 3
Cl.
Y Scene 3 Allegro
3
= ca.144 LYN
(to Lyn) DOUGLAS
3
Get lost.
3
Play the mus
Y Scene 3 Allegro
spoken
3
ic
3
a gain.
= ca.144
Vln. 1
Vln. 2 3
pizz. Vla. 3
3
Vlc. 3
35
Sostenuto 232
Andante
= ca.80
= ca.60
Fl. 5 3
3
3
3
Cl.
5
Hp.
Andante
softly and seriously
= ca.80
3
3 3
3
3
D. There is some thing I must re mem ber,
Andante
some thing beau
ti ful.
Sostenuto = ca.80
= ca.60
Vln. 1
Vln. 2 arco 3
3
3
3
Vla. 5
arco 3
3
5
3
Vlc. arco Cb.
8
3
235
3
3
Più mosso
Z
(ossia: spoken) 3
= ca.72
L. freely
I must n’t.
3 3
5
D. Please
Z
play the mus
ic.
A
love
so
beau
ti
Più mosso = ca.72
Vln. 1 molto
Vln. 2 molto
pizz.
Vlc.
molto pizz. Cb.
8
molto
ful
lurks in
my
36
240
poco rit.
( = ca.50)
Sostenuto = ca.60
Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
Sostenuto = ca.60 Glock. (or Crotales) Perc. 3
Pf.
Hp.
Sostenuto poco rit.
5
( = ca.50)
= ca.60
D. mem
o
ry.
Shin
ing
eyes,
shin
ing
hair.
Sostenuto
poco rit.
( = ca.50)
= ca.60
Vln. 1 3
Vln. 2 3
Vla. arco Vlc.
sim. Cb.
8
sim.
arco
37
244
Solo
G.P.
Aa Scene 4 G.P.
G.P.
Aa Scene 4 G.P.
Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
Tam-tam (triangle beater)
damp!
Perc.
G.P.
Pf.
G.P.
Hp.
G.P.
Track 2 = 92
Tape
[ Lyn puts on the record, the music starts up again. ]
3
G.P.
Aa Scene 4 G.P.
G.P.
Aa Scene 4 G.P.
3
L. You’llbe the death of me.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
38
249
Lento con moto
= ca.60+
pesante
Solo
Fl. 3
pesante Ob.
pesante
3
pesante
3
Cl.
Cbsn.
Lento con moto Bass drum
= ca.60+ 3
Perc.
Pf.
Hp.
pesante
3
The tune continues in its own tempo, unco-ordinated with the live music. The recorded music should be quieter and more in the background than before. Tape [ Douglas raises his hands in front of his face and stares at them. ]
Lento con moto
= ca.60+ stronger, with feeling 3
DOUGLAS
3 3
He
Lento con moto
3
re mem bers
the first
time.
The best
time and the worst time.
= ca.60+
pesante Vln. 1 3
pesante
3
pesante
3
pesante
3
pesante
3
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
39
Bb
254
pesante
3
Fl. 5
3
poco
pesante
Ob.
pesante Cl. dolce
3
poco pesante Cbsn.
Bb Bass drum Perc.
Pf.
una corda
tre corde
Hp.
Tape innocently, misunderstanding Douglas’ meaning 3
3
Bb
L. First
love
is the sweet est,
so
they say.
D. He hid in shade of the li
Bb pesante
poco
Vln. 1 dolce
3
3
poco 3
pesante Vln. 2 dolce
3
poco
poco pesante Vla. dolce
3
poco
3
pesante
Vlc. pesante Cb.
8
40
poco stringendo 258 Fl. 5
5
5
5
Ob.
5
Cl. 5
Cbsn.
poco stringendo Chinese cymbal (soft beaters)
5
3
3
damp
Perc. poco
Pf.
Hp.
Tape
poco stringendo
appassionato 3
3
3
3
L. Lov
ers
are
sly,
lov
ers
are
shame
D. lac
tree.
poco stringendo
Vln. 1 5
3
5
3
Vln. 2
Vla. 3
5 5
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
41
Cc 261
= ca.69
pesante
Fl. cresc. poco a poco pesante 3
3
Ob. cresc. poco a poco pesante Cl. cresc. poco a poco pesante Cbsn. cresc. poco a poco
Cc = ca.69
(
Perc.
Bass drum
) pesante
Pf.
3
3
cresc. poco a poco
pesante
cresc. poco a poco
Hp.
Tape
Cc = ca.69 L. less.
slightly fevered and quite powerful
DOUGLAS
D. And
when
she
came
close
Cc = ca.69 pesante Vln. 1 3
cresc. poco a poco pesante
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
Vln. 2 3
cresc. poco a poco pesante Vla. cresc. poco a poco
3 3
pesante
Vlc. cresc. poco a poco pesante Cb.
8
cresc. poco a poco
5
42
263 Fl. 3
(cresc. poco a poco) 3
Ob. 3 3
(cresc. poco a poco) Cl. (cresc. poco a poco)
3
Cbsn. (cresc. poco a poco)
Perc. 3
3
Pf.
3
(cresc. poco a poco)
3
3
(cresc. poco a poco)
Hp.
3
Tape
L. No!
cresc. 3
3 3
D. he
caught
her
round
the
neck
and
cut
her throat.
Vln. 1 3
(cresc. poco a poco)
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
Vln. 2 3
(cresc. poco a poco) 3
Vla. (cresc. poco a poco)
3
5 3
3
3
3
Vlc. (cresc. poco a poco) Cb.
5
8
(cresc. poco a poco)
5
5
5
43
265 Fl. cresc.
poco
3
3
Ob. cresc.
poco
Cl. cresc. poco Cbsn. cresc.
poco
Perc.
cresc.
Pf.
près de la table
cresc. Hp.
Tape
3
5
3
D. Ru
bies
fell
from her,
bright
er
than blood,
bright
Vln. 1 dim.
cresc. 3
3
Vln. 2 cresc.
dim.
cresc.
dim.
cresc.
dim.
cresc.
dim.
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
er
than her
hair
caught in the
44
accel. molto
268
Allegro
= ca.120
Allegro
= ca.120
stacc.
Fl. poco
stacc.
Ob. poco Cl.
poco Cbsn. poco
accel. molto
Triangle Perc.
poco
Pf.
8ba
Hp.
Track 3 (reduced version) Tape
accel. molto 5
3
3
5
3
Allegro
= ca.120
Allegro
= ca.120
D. sun
light
caught in
his
jew elled
hands.
accel. molto 3
Vln. 1 poco
cresc.
Vln. 2 cresc.
3
poco
3
Vla. cresc.
poco 3
Vlc. cresc.
poco 3
Cb.
8
cresc.
poco
45
Dd
271 Fl.
3 3 3
3
3
3
cresc. poco a poco 3
Ob. cresc. poco a poco 3
3
3
3
Cl. cresc. poco a poco Cbsn. cresc. poco a poco
Dd
Bass drum
Perc.
cresc.
Pf.
cresc.
Hp.
cresc.
Tape
Dd agitated
freely
[ Douglas waves towards the scrapbook. ]
L. He’s
de men
ted.
He’s
lost
the plot.
marcato, agitato
D. Pass
me
my
Dd Vln. 1 cresc. poco a poco Vln. 2 cresc. poco a poco
Vla. cresc. poco a poco Vlc. cresc. poco a poco
Cb.
8
cresc. poco a poco
46
274
sempre stacc.
Fl. 5
3
5
3
Ob. poco sempre stacc. Cl. 3
5
5
Cbsn.
Suspended cymbal
3
Perc.
3
Pf.
3
Hp.
3
Tape cresc. D. book,
al
my
bum,
my
mem
sempre stacc. Vln. 1 3
3
sempre stacc. Vln. 2 3
3
Vla. 3
poco 3
Vlc.
3
Cb.
8
o
ries.
47
277
Ee
Fl. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Ob.
Cl. 3
Cbsn.
Ee
3
3
3
3
Hi-hat
Susp. cymbal
Perc.
8va
3
3
Pf.
Hp.
Tape
Ee LYN
pi첫 leggero
agitated but decisive
3
Nas ty old man.
I
Ee Vln. 1 3
3
3
3
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
sup pose
he was young once,
playful
like
3
me.
I
48
Meno mosso (pi첫 pesante) = ca.110
281
Ff
Tempo precedente = ca.120
Fl. 6
5
6 6
5
Ob.
5
Cl. 6
6 6
Cbsn.
Meno mosso (pi첫 pesante) = ca.110
Ff
Tempo precedente = ca.120
Perc.
Pf.
8ba
Hp.
Tape
Meno mosso (pi첫 pesante) 3
= ca.110
3
3
Ff
Tempo precedente = ca.120
[ She opens the book. ]
L. won der if he was
hand
some.
Meno mosso (pi첫 pesante) = ca.110 Vln. 1 5 5
Vln. 2
5
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
Ff
Tempo precedente = ca.120
49
285
sempre stacc.
Fl. 3
3
Ob. 3
sempre stacc. Cl. 3
Cbsn. 3
3
Snare drum (snares on)
3
3
3
3
3
Perc.
Pf.
3
3
3
3
8ba
3
3
3
Hp.
3
3
3
Tape
bemused, slightly shocked
3
L. No
pho
to graphs,
just
hair,
hanks
of
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
8 8
8 8
8
50
288
5
(non stacc.)
5
Fl. 5
5
3
5
Ob. (non stacc.)
5
5
Cl. 5
3
5
5
Cbsn.
Perc.
Pf.
Hp.
Tape
with a mounting sense of panic L. hair,
each
one
tied
with rib bon.
Red
Vln. 1 3
3
3
3
3 3 3
3
Vln. 2 3
3
3
3
3
Vla. 3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
Vlc. 3
3
Cb.
3
3
3 8
8
3
3
3
8
51
291 Fl. 3
5
cresc.
Ob. 3
cresc.
Cl. 3
5
cresc.
Cbsn. 3
cresc.
Perc. cresc.
3
Pf.
cresc.
3
gliss.
cresc.
Hp.
E F G A B C D Tape
[ She looks closer. ] L. Hor rid!
Vln. 1 3
3
3
5
3
3
3
5
3
3
Vln. 2
Vla. 5
3 3
5
Vlc. 3
3
3
3
Cb. 8
5
52
Gg 294
Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
Gg rim shot x
Perc.
3
Susp. cymbal
6
8va
8va
Pf.
(loco)
col Pedale 8va
Hp.
Tape
Gg
panic-stricken, horrified 5
5
3
3
3
L.
Gg
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb. 8
What the fuck is that?
Some thing dried,
some thing dead.
God in
53
Hh 298 Fl. 6
cresc.
7
5
5
5
5
Ob. cresc.
6
7
Cl. 6
cresc.
5
7
5
5
Cbsn.
Hh Chic cymbal Perc.
Susp. cymbal 8va
to Harmonium
8va
Pf.
8va
E F G A B C D
Hp.
3
3
3
3
Tape
Hh 3
3
[ Lyn screams loudly and drops the book, Frances enters. ]
L. Heav
en.
Flesh!
Skin
and flesh!
Hh Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
8
54
301 Fl. 5
3
5
3
5
5
Ob. 3 5
Cl. 5
5
5
3
3
Cbsn.
Chic cymbal
5
5
Perc.
Pf.
8va 8va
l.v. sempre
3
Hp.
Tape [ Lyn scrabbles in her pocket for her cell phone. The battery is dead. She throws it down in frustration and heads for the door. ] sul pont. 3
Vln. 1 3 3
5
sul pont.
Vln. 2 3
sul pont. Vla. 3
Vlc.
Cb.
8
5
55
303 Fl. 3
5
5
5
5
3
Ob.
Cl. 5
5
5
5
5
Cbsn.
Chic cymbal Perc. Susp. cymbal
Harm.
+8vb coupler 8va
3
3
Hp.
Tape
[ Douglas struggles to his feet and reaches towards her. ] ord. Vln. 1 3
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
3
5
3
5
56
305 Fl. 5
5
3
3
Ob. 5
cresc.
3
Cl. 5
3
5
Cbsn. cresc.
Chic cymbal
3
3
3
Perc.
cresc.
Harm.
8va
3
Hp.
Tape
[ Lyn pushes him and he falls. She looks back for just a moment. ] sul pont. ord. Vln. 1 3
5
cresc.
3
sul pont.
ord.
Vln. 2 3
cresc.
sul pont. ord. Vla. 3
cresc. ord.
Vlc. cresc.
Cb.
8
cresc.
57
307 Fl. 5
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Ob.
Cl. 3
5
Cbsn. 3
3
Susp. cymbal Perc.
Harm.
8va
8va
3
3
cresc.
Hp.
(loco)
Tape [ Frances hits her across the head with her walking stick. Lyn staggers and then collapses. ]
sul pont.
Vln. 1 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
sul pont. Vln. 2 sul pont. Vla. sul pont. Vlc. sul pont. Cb.
8
(
) 3
8
3
58 repeat ad lib.
311
Ii
Lento
= ca.60
Lento
= ca.60
Fl. 3
Ob. 3
Cl. 3
Cbsn. 3
Ii Perc.
Harm.
repeat ad lib. 8va
3
Hp.
Ii
cue (tune ending) Track 4
cue bar 313
etc.
Tape
Ii repeat ad lib.
[ Frances helps her husband to his feet and back into his chair. She reaches into her pocket and takes out a sharp knife. ]
[ Frances hits her again and the girl is spark out. ]
Lento
= ca.60
Vln. 1 3
Vln. 2 3
Vla. 3 3
ord.
Vlc.
ord. Cb.
8
8
3
59
315
Jj Con moto
= ca.90
Jj Con moto
= ca.90
Jj Con moto
= ca.90
Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
Perc.
Harm.
Hp.
Tape ends aproximately here Tape
Re
mem ber
Jj Con moto Vln. 1
Vln. 2 ord. Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
tenderly, comforting (to Douglas)
FRANCES
how
= ca.90
we trav
elled?
60
321 Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
Tam-tam
wooden beater on edge
normal beaters
Perc.
Harm.
Hp.
3
3
3
3
F. No bor
ders could hold
us.
There were no
bound a
ries,
no
ord. Vln. 1 sub. ord. Vln. 2 sub.
Vla. sub. 0 0
Vlc. sub.
Cb.
8
lim
its.
61
Kk Slower, pesante
326
rall.
= ca.72
Fl. espr. Ob. 3
Cl.
Cbsn.
Kk Slower, pesante
rall.
= ca.72 Perc.
Harm.
3
Hp.
Kk Slower, pesante = ca.72
rall.
3
F. irritated and confused DOUGLAS x
x
Old
wo man.
x
I brought you
pres
ents
to
make
you
hap
(ossia: spoken) x x x x Ug
ly old whore.
Kk Slower, pesante = ca.72 flautato
Vln. 1
flautato Vln. 2
flautato Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
rall.
py.
62
331
Lento
= ca.60
Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
Bass drum (wood sticks)
Lento
3
= ca.60
Perc.
Harm.
detached
Hp.
detached
Lento
[ She moves the mirror so that she will be able to see Douglas reflected in it when she sits in the second armchair. ]
= ca.60
espr. F. I
loved
you,
and you
loved
me.
cantankerously, but no longer confused 3
3
D. Not
Lento
= ca.60
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
0 0
Vla. detached Vlc.
detached Cb.
8
worth blunt ing a blade on.
63
336 Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
Perc.
Harm.
Hp.
damp all
8ba
3
3
3
3
dolce 3
3
3
3
D. Not worth cut ting a rope.
Not worth the price
of a bul let,
the ef fort
of a
kick in the head.
Old
ord. Vln. 1
ord. Vln. 2
ord. Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
64
339
Ll
Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
Ll normal beatesr Perc.
+8va coupler
3
+r. knee paddle
Harm.
+8vb coupler
”buzzy” sound 5
3
5
Hp.
Ll [ Frances laboriously begins to drag Lyn across the floor to within easy reach of her husband. ] freely—semplice, remembering the past F. I
ten.
D. wo man!
Ll Vln. 1
Vln. 2 espr. Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
watched
in
the mir
ror.
65 (begin grace-notes immediately) veloce
344
3
Ob. 3
3
3
Harm.
6
Hp.
held back
a tempo 3
trenchantly
3
3
3
3
F. Felt it was me
who did the kil ling, and the
dy
ing.
My
blood
on
the
floor,
347 Fl.
veloce sim. Ob.
+ II Forte stop
r. knee paddle off
Harm.
Hp.
3
3
[ She hands her husband the knife. ] coaxingly
F. my
hand
on the knife.
Is
he
here
yet?
(+8va)
66
Mm Pi첫 mosso
352
= ca.66
Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
Mm Pi첫 mosso = ca.66 Bass drum Perc.
hold until the very end of the bar
Harm.
Hp.
Mm Pi첫 mosso espr.
= ca.66
F. Are
you
with
me
my
love? [ Douglas seems to come to, he gets to his feet. ]
strongly, like a man half his age
D. He
is
here.
Mm Pi첫 mosso
appass.
= ca.66 Vln. 1 appass. Vln. 2
appass. Vla.
appass. Vlc.
Cb.
8
67
357 Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Cbsn.
3
Perc.
+ l. knee paddle (8vb)
Harm.
Hp.
D. He
is
strong.
He
con vib. Vln. 1 3
molto con vib. Vln. 2 3
molto con vib. Vla. 3
molto con vib.
Vlc. 3
molto II
con vib. Cb.
8
8
3
8
molto
re
68
361 Perc.
Harm.
l. knee paddle off
[ Frances smiles and settles herself on the armchair, ready to watch proceedings in the mirror. ] D. mem
bers.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
IV
*
III
*
Vla.
Vlc. * Cb.
8
* The glissando should be as smooth as possible over 3 bars, with no accents or pauses. The intermediate pitches are a guide only and should not be emphasised.
365
Meno mosso
= ca.56
Bass drum 3
Perc.
Harm.
+ l. knee paddle, +8ba
Meno mosso
= ca.56
LIGHTS OUT
freely, tenderly
D. She has
Meno mosso Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
= ca.56
beau
ti
ful
hair.
69
APPENDIX
Transposed score To be recorded and played back during the performance.
Stuart MacRae
The Lovers
= 92 B Clarinet
Snare drum (with brushes) 3 = 92
3
3
3
3
3
3
Percussion Kick drum
Piano
= 92 legato and schmalzy Violin 1
legato and schmalzy Violin 2
legato and schmalzy Viola
legato and schmalzy Violoncello
light and bouncy pizz. Contrabass
8
4 B Cl.
3
Perc.
Pf.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
3
3
3
3
70
7 B Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Perc. 3
Pf.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
A
9 B Cl.
3
Perc.
Pf.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
3
3
3
3
3
71
12 B Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
rim tap
Perc.
Pf.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc. Cb.
8
15 B Cl.
3
Perc.
Pf.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
3
3
3
3
72
18 B Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
Perc.
Pf.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
20 B Cl.
3
Perc.
Pf.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
3
3
3
3
73
23 B Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Perc. 3
Pf.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
25 B Cl.
3
Perc.
Pf.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
3
3
3
3
3
74
28 B Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Perc.
Pf.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
31 B Cl.
3
Perc.
Pf.
Vln. 1
Vln. 2
Vla.
Vlc.
Cb.
8
3
3
3