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Commissioned by Ravinia Festival President and CEO Welz Kauffman, Program Director Kevin Murphy, and the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute for the 25th Anniversary of the Institute in 2013.
Augusta Read Thomas
TWILIGHT BUTTERFLY for Countertenor and Piano from the G. Schirmer Rental Library Date of Printing -G. Schirmer, Inc. New York, NY
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Commissioned by Ravinia Festival President and CEO Welz Kauffman, Program Director Kevin Murphy, and the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute for the 25th Anniversary of the Institute in 2013. First Performance: Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod, soprano and Adam Nielsen, pianist presented the world premiere of TWILIGHT BUTTERFLY at the Steans Music Institute at Ravinia on August 12, 2013. Duration: 6 minutes and 30 seconds NOTES: The Piano lid should be up on full stick. The term "molto rubato" is used often and means that it is not necessary to mechanically sing or play the exact rhythm (sextuplet, quintuplet, small triplet, etc.) but rather that you can consider those rhythms more gesturally. "Molto rubato" does not mean to drastically slow down the tempo. Grace-notes come before the beat.
Text: butterfly awake a heart twilight moon in the air o glow and dance upon a soul spanning time starlights are ribbons threads of memory weaving and still treasured heart spiral ablaze awake song chant violets silver moon will give peace again up again arise butterfly alight sky ascend chant wise choirs as heart flutters bells shine bright moon marked evening star sing of harps invisible gold gossamer harps bells flash awake a heart twilight butterfly sky
Lyrics by Augusta Read Thomas
TWILIGHT BUTTERFLY is dedicated with admiration and gratitude to Kristin Lancino.
with admiration and gratitude to Kristin Lancino
Augusta Read Thomas (lyricist)
TWILIGHT BUTTERFLY for countertenor and piano
Augusta Read Thomas (2013)
Three layers of music are woven together through the entire song. #1: Loud, bell-like resonances in the lowest staff of the piano part. #2: The countertenor's song. #3: The elegant and sensous arabesques in the top two staves of the piano part.
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RESONANT q = 48 - 60 (depending on concert hall's resonance) (Piano is L.V. Sempre; Damper Pedal should be held down for the entire song)
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a heart
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twi 5
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mp elegant and sensuous
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sffz
U.C. pedal can be used freely for color and dynamic nuances, in particular for the arabesques.
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and dance
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majestic mf
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soul
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°
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moon
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light
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mf
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a-wake
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molto rubato
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f
p
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mf
but-ter-fly
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with delight; happy in tone
slightly chant-like or monotone; as if illustrating timelessness non vib. mp
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œ Œ #>œ >b œ > sffz sempre
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5 florid f
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bells
mp
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flash
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mf
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p
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#w wake
-
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” n“œ n œ # œ molto rubato nœ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ R #œ
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sffz
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twi
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loco
≈
b >œ
n>œ #œ 3 n>œ n>œ > n>œ #>œ
mf
œ
ff
mf
p molto rubato
pp
3
‰ #œ œ œ nœ J
jubilant
3
-
but chose your preferred dynamic shape
∑
&
∑ ∑
mf
œ bœ nœ œ n œ ≈ Œ
“”> #œ ‰ J Ó
Œ
3
ff
molto rubato
sempre
6
sffz
#˙
ter
∑ ∑ ∑
p
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˙
˙
Ó
Œ
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loco
Ó
p
#w
˙
mp
◊ÿ> #œ n˙ > 3
∑
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∑
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∑
∑
7
f
melt back into the resonance f pp
f
p
Ó
∑
ecstatic
#˙
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pp
* √ ∑
lunga
sky chose your preferred dynamic shape
∑
∑ Ó
5
sffz sempre
∑
∑
> #>œ > n œ ™ ‰#>œj œ #>œ #>œ n>œ >œ nœ ™ œ > >œ loco
fly chose your preferred dynamic shape
-
∑
∑
sffz sffz
mf
mf
light
-
∑
f
Ó
Œ
Ó
∑
p
˙
ff
œ
sffz sempre
&
°
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∑
°
79
j #œ œ
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heart chose your preferred dynamic shape
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melliflous f ff
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5
f
p sempre
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6
Ó
> > > >œ ‰ nœ #>œ nœ #œ Ó
5 sffz sempre
ossia: hold C# f mf
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∑
7
n>œ > > & #>œ œ #œ >œ Ó
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∑
f
6
molto rubato
°
∑
f
6
(loco)
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&
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f
molto rubato
&
{
p
j ‰ œ ˙
Œ
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∑
Œ #œ >
sffz
‰ #œj Œ >
Ó
U Ó
Ó
U Ó
Ó
U Ó
* √ ∑
lunga
* √ ∑
lunga
* √ ∑
lunga
sffz * The final measure should be about 25 seconds in duration. Do not lift the piano pedal. Please wait, with the pedal depressed, for the piano resonance naturally to decay back to silence.
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