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THE WHEEL OF TIME, THE DANCE for SSAATTBB Chorus

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THE WHEEL OF TIME, THE DANCE SSAATTBB chorus a cappella Music by Aaron Jay Kernis (2003, 2005, revised 2014) Texts by Wendell Berry 1. Circles of Our Lives (7’) for double choir) 2. Returning (3’20”) 3. The Wheel (5’) 4. In Rain (7’) Nos. 1 &2 were composed in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the Dale Warland Singers and commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University and the Dale Warland Singers with additional funding provided through an appropriation from the National Endowment for the Arts.

No. 3 was written for the Choeur Mikrokosmos Poems from ," "Returning," "Song (3)," "Song (4)," "The Wheel", "The Dance”, “In Rain” from COLLECTED POEMS: 1957-1982 by Wendell Berry. Copyright 1985 by Wendell Berry. Used by arrangement with North Point Press, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. All rights reserved

The Wheel of Time, The Dance (2003, 2005, revised 2014) AARON JAY KERNIS – music WENDELL BERRY – poems 1.

Circles of Our Lives

2. Returning

I stood and heard the steps of the city

I was walking in a dark valley

and dreamed a lighter stepping than I

and above me the tops of the hills

heard,

had caught the morning light.

the tread of my people dancing in a ring.

I heard the light singing as it went

I knew that circle broken, the steps awry,

among the grassblades and the leaves.

stone and iron humming in the air.

I waded upward through the shadow until my head emerged,

But I thought even there, among the

my shoulders were mantled with the light,

straying

and my whole body came up

steps, of the dance that circles life around,

out of the darkness, and stood

its shadows moving on the ground, in

on the new shore of the day.

rhyme

Where I had come was home,

of flesh with flesh, time with time, our

for my own house stood white

bliss,

where the dark river wore the earth.

the earthly song that heavenly is.

The sheen of bounty was on the grass, and the spring of the year had come.

Within in circles of our lives we dance the circles of the years,

3. The Wheel

the circles of the seasons

At the first strokes of the fiddle bow

within the circles of the years,

the dancers rise from their seats.

the cycles of the moon

The dance begins to shape itself

within the circles of the seasons,

in the crowd, as couples join,

the circles of our reasons

and couples join couples, their movement

within the cycles of the moon.

together lightening their feet.

They move in the ancient circle

Again, again we come and go,

of the dance. The dance and the song

changed, changing. Hands

call each other into being. Soon

join, unjoin in love and fear,

they are one – rapt in a single

grief and joy. The circles turn,

rapture, so that even the night

each giving into each, into all.

has its clarity, and time

Only music keeps us here,

is the wheel that brings it round.

each by all the others held.

In this rapture the dead return.

In the hold of hands and eyes

sorrow is gone from them.

we turn in pairs, that joining

They are light. They step

joining each to all again.

into the steps of the living and turn with them in the dance

And then we turn aside, alone,

in the sweet enclosure

out of the sunlight gone

of the song, and timeless

into the darker circles of return.

is the wheel that brings it round.

4. In Rain

1.

3.

I go in under foliage

In a mist of light

light with rain-light

falling with the rain

in the hill's cleft,

I walk this ground

and climb, my steps

of which dead mean

silent as flight

and women I have loved

on the wet leaves.

are part, as they

Where I go, stones

are part of me. In earth,

are wearing away

in blood, in mind,

under the sky's flow.

the dead and living into each other pass,

2.

as the living pass

The path I follow

in and out of loves

I can hardly see

as stepping to a song.

it is so faintly trod

The way I go is

and overgrown.

marriage to this place,

At times, looking,

grace beyond chance,

I fail to find it

love's braided dance

among dark trunks, leaves

covering the world.

living and dead. And then I am alone, the woods shapeless around me.

I look away, my gaze at rest among leaves, and then I see the path again, a dark way going on through the light.

4.

Marriages to marriages are joined, husband and wife are plighted to all husbands and wives, any life has all lives for its delight.

Let the rain come, the sun, and then the dark, for I will rest in an easy bed tonight.

"Returning," "Song (3)," "Song (4)," "The Wheel", "The Dance”, “In Rain” from COLLECTED POEMS: 1957-1982 by Wendell Berry. Copyright 1985 by Wendell Berry. Used by arrangement with North Point Press, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. All rights reserved.

Dedicated to Jonah David Kernis and Delphine Emalyah Kernis and to Dale Warland for his extraordinary life and achievement in music

THE WHEEL OF TIME, THE DANCE Text by Wendell Berry

1. Circles of our Lives

Declamato q = 72 CHOIR A and B f

Soprano

     



   



      I



I

f

Alto

I

f

Tenor

   Bass   f

I

   

stood

and heard the

   

stood

and heard the

   

stood



and heard the

   

stood

Declamato q = 72

   



   



Music by Aaron Jay Kernis (2003, corrected 2014)

and heard the

   

  steps

  steps

  steps

 steps



3

of

 3    

the

3

   of

   

 



ci - ty

  

 3   

  

 3 

3

of

3

of

the

the





ci - ty

p

 p



 

and

3

the



 

 

and



p

 

ci - ty



  

 

   

 



  

 3    

 

3

for rehearsal only

Piano

ci - ty

p

3

3

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2

poco accel.

poco rit.

A tempo

              5

S.

Soprano A

3

dreamed a light - er step ping than I

Soprano B



p

mf

 

heard,

p

                            

S.

mf

mp

3

3

dreamed a light - er step ping than I heard,

Alto A

mf

the tread of mypeo - ple

p

danc ing

3

in a

mp

                             3 3

A.

3

a light - er step ping than I heard,

mf

Alto B

the tread of mypeo - ple

p

           

A.

3

a light - er step ping than I

danc ing





heard,

in a

3    

in a

                            3 3 p

T.

mp

dreamed a light - er step ping than I heard,



            3

a light - er step ping than I

poco accel.

3

the tread of mypeo - ple

mf

B.





danc ing

in a



 

heard

A tempo

poco rit.

                              3

Pno.



3

3

3                                             3

3

3

poco rit.

      p

10

S.

danc - ing.

   3

in a

  

 ring



p

S.

A tempo

ring

      

     

      

    

      

mp

 

    

      

mp

 

    

      

   

     

       

I

   





p

A.





T.

B.

div.

      ring p

   



    

mp

3

in a



     



  

3

    

       3

knew

f

ring.

poco rit.

knew

unis. f

I

danc - ing

Pno.



knew

f

I

ring

knew

f

I

ring

   

knew

f

I

p

A.

      f

I

knew

that cir cle bro -ken,

that cir cle bro -ken,

mp

   

the

mp

   

the

that cir cle bro - ken,

that cir cle bro - ken,

that cir cle bro -ken,

mp

the

mp

 

that cir cle bro - ken,

A tempo

   

      

  

    

        

   



4

Soprano A and B unis.

14

S.

    

f 



steps

a

- wry,

       f

A.

thesteps a - wry,

f

A.

        thesteps a - wry,

T.

    

div. f

 



steps

a

-

wry,

         f

B.

thesteps a - wry,

          Pno.

          

   sf

               3

stone

and i - ron hum ming in the

rit.

air,

 

mp

 

hum - ming,

 3                   

 

  3               

 

sf

stone

and i - ron hum - ming in the

air.

sf

stone

and i - ron hum - ming in the

air.

unis. sf

                 stone

sf  

3

and i - ron hum - ming in the

air

              3

stone

and i - ron hum - ming in the

 

       3

air. hum ming in

3               rit.               

    

                      3

 

the

 

       3

5 CHOIR A Soprano 18

S.

   

Meno q = 63

          

hum- ming, Alto

A.

accel.

pp

p

  

But I thought e- ven there,

T.

      hum ming, p    

B.

air.

CHOIR B Soprano

S.

    Alto

A.

p

  

   

 pp       

   

pp           



Tenor

T.

Bass B.

p

      hum ming   



p

Pno.



 

pp

div.

But I thought e- ven there,

a - mong the stray- ing steps,

  

a - mong the stray- ing steps,

a - mong the stray- ing steps,

   

  

a - mong the stray- ing steps,

      

      

   

But I thought e- ven there,

But I thought e- ven there,

Meno q = 63

    of the

of the

     

a - mong the stray- ing steps,

   

of the

      

 pp        pp

air.

  

But I thought e- ven there,

        

hum - ming.

of the

 pp       

But I thought e- ven there,

hum- ming,

a - mong the stray- ing steps,

         

But I thought e- ven there,

Bass

     

 pp       

But I thought e- ven there,

Tenor p

   

a - mong the stray- ing steps,

  

a - mong the stray- ing steps,

of the

    unis.

of the

    of the

   of the

accel.

                                  

   

                            pp

13

With dance-like motion and clarity q. = 88 50

S.

CHOIR A and B

     p      With- in

          p

A.

T.

B.

       

  

       



   

      



   

       

      



the

the

With- in

the

p          With- in

cir - cles of our

lives

       

With- in p

           



the

cir - cles of our

lives

cir - cles of our

lives

cir - cles of our

Pno.



       p

     55

S.



             

 

years,

A.

     

years,

T.

B.

      years,

 





the

  the

 

 

       

    

     



mp

    

cir - cles

of

the

      mp

    

years,

Pno.

the

   

the

cir - cles

of

the

      mp

cir - cles mp

of

cir - cles

of

the

     the

             

cir - cles of the

we dance the

cir - cles of the

        div.         

we dance the

      

 sea -

 sea -

 sons

 sons

  sea -

 sea -

 

cir - cles of the

we dance the

   

lives

With dance-like motion and clarity q. = 88

         

we dance the

sons

 sons

 

  

cir - cles of the

  

    

   



 

with - in

the

   

   

 

dim.

   

 

with - in



the

    



 

with - in

the

 dim.    



with - in

the

dim.

dim.

               

     

14

   (dim.)      60

S.

cir - cles

  (dim.)    

A.

cir - cles

          (dim.)

B.

               cir - cles

Pno.



      64

moon

of

the

  

T.

B.

moon

B.

       moon

Pno.



with - in

the

  



years,



   

     mf

cir - cles

        the

 the



with in

the

  



with - in

the

the p

    p

years,

 

 of

mf

  

                 





  

with - in



    

  



   

cir - cles

       mf

cir - cles

    

 of

 of

mf



cir - cles

of

    mf



cir - cles

of

              

  

the

  

the





   

years,

the

          moon with - in    



of

           moon

years,

the

      

p

  

    

of

div.

A.



  (dim.)        cir - cles of

T.

S.

  

the

sea

sea

     the

       

sea

of

  

 

the

cy - cles

of

     

 

   the

    the

   the

    the

      

 

 -

sons,

 

  -

sons,

 -

 

sons,

     the

cy - cles

  

     the



p

   

sea

  

of

     the

of

cy - cles

   

sea

cy - cles

the

   

   



 -

 

sons,

    



   

the cir - cles

of

our



   

                

        

 

42

Slower q = 80

      165

S.

CHOIR A and B



pp



And

A.

      



then

B.



we

turn

 a

-



 



  



 

side,



a - lone,

pp





And

T.



       

 

    

 



  



then

pp

And



then we

pp



And

then

turn



we

turn

 

a - lone,

a - lone,

a - side,



  we

 



   

turn

a - lone,

 

Slower q = 80

Pno.

    



   

 



     170

S.



A.





T.

B.

Pno.

 

   



pp

 

And pp

 

And

    



  

 



  









         

  

mp





then

we





turn

a

 -

side,

 

a - lone,





then

we



 

turn

 



  



 

a - lone, mp

   then we

  

turn

a - side,

  

 then



  

we





a - lone,



turn

  



mf dolce

   out

mp



 

  

pp

And

  

  





pp

And

    





mp   

 

a - lone,

            

    

43

(h = 40)

       

pp

175

S.

of the





  

sun - light

       

A.



  

T.

B.







gone





Pno.





 cir

  

A.

 cir

      cir

T.

B.



     

Pno.



-

cir

 

  

 

180

S.







mf    



to

the

 to

pp

  



   



-

the

dar - ker

dar - ker

   

pp

  



mf

-







   

  

  

 

the

dar - ker

 



        

cles

of

 

 

   



re



  of

re



  

-

les

of



re

-

 

   

 

-



 



cles unis.

cles

 

 

of

 

  

   



to

(h = 40)

     

  

mf

-

in

       

dar - ker

pp

in

     

the

mf

in

        



    

re

  

 

  -

-

  -

-

  -

-

  -

-

    2nd Ed. 10-26-14

44

     182

S.

pp

rit.



dim.





 

turn.

A.

    

pp

dim.

  

  

turn.

T.

     

pp

 

 

turn.

dim.

  

         



   

    

      

   

  

   

    

       

        

dim.

pp

B.





  

turn.

    

rit.

   

Pno.

        2nd Ed. 10-26-14

45

2. Returning Wendell Berry

Soprano 1

Aaron Jay Kernis

Luminous and sustained h = 44, q = 88 pp

      

ooh





in

a































 



in

a

pp

Soprano 2

     

ooh



walk

-

ing

pp

Alto 1

     

ooh

pp

Alto 2

Tenor

           

ooh entire section, solo p

 



I

pp

Baritone 1

     



mp

 was

 wal -

 king





ooh pp

Baritone 2

   

wal -





ooh pp

Bass 1

           

 wal -





ooh pp

Bass 2



 wal -









king



in



king





ooh

Piano



       

a

 a

Luminous and sustained h = 44, q = 88

     

a

  in



a

  in

king



 



  

 

 

   





    2nd Ed. 10-19-14

46

     6

S. 1

dark

   

S. 2

mp

  

p



 ooo

val - ley mp

  

p





val - ley

   

A. 1





A. 2

      dark

T.

 

Bar. 1

val - ley

dark

B. 2

    dark

    



Pno.

 

dark

  

   

2nd Ed. 10-19-14

 





ooo





val - ley mp

dark

B. 1

   

p

p

val - ley mf



   

Bar. 2

mp

   

 

mp

 

  

and

a







mf

-

 



bove me

the



















 



ooo





p



p



val - ley

  



p

mp

    



ooo

ooo









val - ley

 

mp

p

val - ley mp



ooo

val - ley

   



ooo

mp

  



 ooo

       

         



      



47 mf

    10

S. 1



 





 



  



 



ooh

  

S. 2

 



the

  

A. 1

the

  

A. 2

   

T.

 

Bar. 1

the



3

tops of the hills had

-



-



  

caught the

 

 







light.

 



 



       

the

mf

p

    

 light.

 

mp

I heard the

light.

mor - ning





 

ning f

 light.

ning



mf



- ning



mf

mor

     

-

mf

mor

  





mor

 



mf

(t)



 

ooh

  

Bar. 2



   the

 

B. 1



  





Pno.

 

-

mf



       

-

mf

mor



-

 

 





p

 

light.

 

ning





p

 

light.

  

3                    

  light.

ning





 

ning





mor

the

  

 



mor

the

B. 2

mf

 

     

             2nd Ed. 10-19-14

48

    13

S. 1

p



mp



 









 

ooh p

mp

      

S. 2

 

ooh

    

A. 1

  

A. 2

mf



   

light

sing - ing

mf



   

light

sing - ing

p

mp

         ooh

T.

3

        as it

went

a - mong the grass -

3

          as it



went



a - mong the grass -

3

   



blades and the

leaves.

3

   



blades and the

leaves.

 



Bar. 1

  









Bar. 2

   









B. 1

  









B. 2

   









          



Pno.

  

2nd Ed. 10-19-14

 



                3 3        

56

      41

S. 1

  

  



p

 





ooo

    

S. 2

 



  



pp

 



 



 



 

p

 







ooo

   

A. 1





     

A. 2

  

  

    

   

ooh

     

T.

p, dolce

The

  

Bar. 1

  

  

sheen

  

of

boun

  

  

  

ooo

B. 2

ooo



ooo p

 



ooo

 -

 

ty

 



was

on

p

 

 ooo

    

the





 





 





 

 





 

  





 

    

      

p

 



 

ooo

     

   

     

   

B. 1



mp

ooo

Bar. 2

p

 

  

p

 

 ooo

  

p

 ooo

     



Pno.

    

2nd Ed. 10-19-14

  

 

          

 

 

  



57

       46

S. 1

rall.

pp

pp

ooo

mm

pp

      

S. 2

A. 1

pp

mm



 



 

 



 



ooo mp

Baritone pp unis.

   

Bar.





p



and p







 

ooh pp





ooo

      



Pno.

       



   the

spring

 

3

of

pp

   the

 

  

 

  

pp

  

 

     

 

pp



ooo

       

 

mm

pp

B. 2

pp

mm

     

B. 1



mm

        grass,

T.

 

pp

mm

pp

      

A. 2

 

  



p

     

 

  













 

mm

rall.

 

     

  3

  

2nd Ed. 10-19-14

58

ppp

      49

S. 1





 

mm ppp

      

S. 2





 

mm

    

A. 1

    

A. 2

ppp



 



mm









had

    

Bar.



ppp

       year

T.





mm









 

come. ppp



 

mm

    

B. 1



ppp



 

mm

B. 2





 

 

     

       

 

   

       

ppp

              

mm

Pno.

      2nd Ed. 10-19-14





COMMANDE DU CHOEUR DE CHAMBRE MIKROKOSMOS

59

The Wheel Wendell Berry

Soprano

With Energy h = 96

     p     

At the

Alto

    

p

  At the

Tenor

        

Bass

        

        

fid - dle

        

              

first

first

strokes of the

strokes of the

Piano (for rehearsal only)



      

           5

S.

         

fid - dle

bow

bow

    

   

T.

B.

Pno.

      

p

     

-

cers rise











       

  

  

              





mp

        

The

  

  



mp



dance be gins to

         

The

dance be gins to mp

first strokes, the

first strokes of the fid -dle, The

dance be gins to

                              mp

At the

first strokes, the

first strokes of the fid -dle, The

dance be gins to

                                       

        



dan

cers rise

                           

At the p

the

-



from their seats.

     

dan



from their seats.

A.

the

 



With Energy h = 96

          

Aaron Jay Kernis (2005, revised 2014)

  

   



©2005 Aaron Jay Kernis/AJK Music in association with Hendon Music (BMI),a Boosey and Hawkes Company. Copyright for all countries.

All rights reserved.

   

1st edition 9/2/05

60

             9

S.

(3+2)

           



shape it - self,

A.

          

shape it - self,

T.

B.

           shape it - self,            

shape it - self,

Pno.

                           



          13

S.

as

A.

      



shape it - self in the

T.

mf



B.

as

Pno.

crowd, as coup - les join, and

it - self in the

crowd, as coup - les join, and

shape it - self,

mf              

shape it - self,

it - self in the

                 (3+2)



      

coup - les join,and

coup

-

     



   

      



-

les join coup-les,

cou - ples join, cou - ples join, cresc.

  

    cresc.      

  

les join coup-les, and

coup (3+2)

  

         

les join coup-les, and

      

coup - les join,and

                       

cresc.

   

-

crowd,

           

(3+2)

                              



shape it - self in the

mf                  

- les join coup - les, coup

        

crowd,

                

coup - les join coup - les, coup

        coup

mf

coup les join cou - les join

coup les join cou

les join

cresc.                  les join coup-les,

cou - ples join, cou - ples join,

                                      

         



 



68

      

S.

        ff



78

Time is the ff

Time is the

T.

B.

Pno.

S.

          Time is the wheel,      

 

 

Time is the wheel, ff

sub. p

       

Time

is

 is

     f

Time is thewheel,, ff

          

mf

wheel,

     

 

           

Time

is

the wheel,

time

is

the wheel,





Time

is

Pno.

is the

wheel,

                     





 

the wheel,

the wheel,

       Time



is the



        

          time



wheel, Time

     



2nd time to Coda`

 

  

the wheel,

 

 



div.

ff

    



                     

      

  

                     Time is the wheel, Time is the wheel, Time

Time

the wheel,



   

 

ff

the wheel,



sub. p

B.

wheel,

    

 

(3+2)

the

   

Time is the wheel, Time is

sub. p

T.

      

      

 

ff

f

      



sub. p 82          



Time is the wheel, Time is

      

Time is the (2+3+2)



wheel,

                                           

Time

A.

wheel,



mf

                div.

A.

  

2nd time to Coda ff



is the wheel,

 is

 is

     

      the

wheel,

      the

wheel,

          

69

         85

S.

ff

 



that

A.

     

brings

it





that





brings

it

ff





that

brings

it

ff

 

that

T.

B.

Pno.

               

 

      

 

87

S.

 

 

    

brings

ff

     





 

 



  





 

 





 

 





 

 





 





 





  

round.

 

it



   round.

 

 round.

 

 round.

   

A little slower h = 72



 



    





                                              p legato

A.

Time

is the wheel,Time

is thewheel,Time

is the

T.

     







B.

    







                                           A little slower h = 72

Pno.



   







70

    90

S.

A.





                                      wheel, Time

is the wheel, Time

p legato

T.

B.

Pno.

     Time   

A.

   



B.

Pno.

  

   

is

is the

 



the wheel,



Time



                                                    



   





  

In

this

unis. pp





   

rap -

ture

                                     wheel is the wheel,Time

T.

is the wheel, Time



93

S.



                      





Time

     is



is



the wheel,





                            

 

  

Time,

is pp

the



  

In

this

the

 rap -

    ture

                       

   

75

     

pp

120

S.

cresc.

        

 They

A.

    

step in - to

pp





light.



 

They

step

          light.

B.

step

          

Pno.



      

124

S.

step

A.

in - to

the steps

of the

 

 

       

 

 

 

step

Pno.

  

 

    

step

in - to

step

the steps

            



   

steps

the li - ving, step in-to

of



of the

li -



         

of the

the

 they

                 



  



ving

 

and

             

 

             

 

the steps

  



ing,

      

li -

the

the li - ving step in-to

  

the steps

in - to

        in - to

the

the steps

      

li - ving,

B.

         

  

    

li - ving,

T.

     

of

           

 

      

        cresc.



they

steps

the

in - to

step in - to



         

   

They

ing,



     

in - to

 

li -



       

cresc.

They pp



of the

cresc.

pp

T.

the steps

  

of

    li -

the li - ving

of

ving

the li - ving



and

and



 

and

                         

   

76 127      

f

S.



turn f

A.

with

     

unis.



turn f

T.

with

   them

  

them





in

the





in

the,

  

        turn with

       

 

       

 

dance f-mf

 f-mf                           turn with them in the turn with f

B.

                            turn

Pno.

                 



f

turn

with

      

turn f

T.

them in

   

the

 with

   them

  

then

 



  in

the

in

 the,

   

the

dance, f

them in

the

dance, p

   

      and

         

  

           

   

                   turn with them in the dance,

                                  

with

 

them in

the

unis.

  

dance

                                                  



  

in the

f-mf                                    turn with them in the, turn with them in the dance,

turn

Pno.

them in

dance

f

B.

and f

f-mf



     

dance

                            



f

A.

 

      132

S.

with

p

  

     

   

   

   

  

in the

     

  

77

         mp dolce, legato

137

S.

sweet

en

p

   

clo

-

sure of



the

A.



sweet p

     sweet

T.

    



              



S.

sweet

en

-

clo

  

A.

-

   



 

B.

    

   song,

Pno.

       





  

 

  

   

   

-

sure



of

sure

  

song,



mp

 

the

          

 

the

wheel

 of

          



song,



Time

 

clo -

    

is



the

of



 

less

of

p

     

song p

T.

 

             

mp

        141



clo - sure, mp dolce, legato

 en

The

     

time -

sweet

Pno.

-

 

p

B.

 en



song,

p

  





-

-



and

   



   

      

less

is

 song,

           

 

the



and

wheel.

 and

          

79

148

S.

f

    

wheel

 that

f

A. 1

   

wheel

A. 2

 



wheel

 that

f

T.

      wheel f

B. 1

    wheel f

B. 2

   

wheel

Pno.

brings

 

that

f



  



that

 that

 that



brings

 

 it

brings

it

brings

   brings

   brings

unis.



 it

 it

 

   



      

 

  



 p



round.



p

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

round,

p

  mf

it

    





it



p

round.





   



   



Time - less p



mf 



Time - less

is

the



   

is

the

p

   

 

Time

 

-

-





   wheel,

   wheel,

  

less,

  

  





   

    

82 Coda

 f-mf cresc.              159

S.

Time

     

f-mf

A.

T.

B.



cresc.

   

is the cresc.

Time Coda

is the

wheel,

                     





       

 

ff

 

Time - less

      



ff



Time - less

T.

B.

                  

Pno.

is

 is

  



 

the wheel,

Time

      the wheel,

Time

      is

the

 

wheel,

           is

the

wheel,

                                      Time is the wheel, Time is the wheel, Time is the wheel,  f-mf cresc.                                   

163

A.



wheel, Time

Broadly (q = 80)

S.



the wheel, Time

Time f-mf

       

Pno.

is





      

   

ff

Time - less

 

ff

 

Time - less

 

 

    is

    is

the

    is

the

   

is

Broadly (q = 80)

    

the

the

Time

 

is the wheel,



        

 wheel

    wheel



    rit.

that

that

brings it

   

that

wheel

that

              

brings it

    

  

wheel

          



 

is the

wheel,

 

                   Presto

   

 

round.

  



round.

   

brings it

   

brings it

   

  

 



   

           rit.

Time

ff

Time - less is the wheel, ff

Time - less is the wheel,

    

Presto

  

 

   

83

S.

A.

167       



   

   



  

      



  

ff

     



  



  



  

Time - less

T.

B.

                Time - less is thewheel, Time - less is                Time - less is

        

Pno.

is

 

thewheel,

 

Time - less

is

the

wheel.

    the

 the

wheel.

 

 wheel.

  

     



  

               

       



  



84

4. In Rain Wendell Berry

Aaron Jay Kernis (2003-revised 2014)

Still and Solitary, Adagio q = 46

Soprano

 p    

  

   



mm* pp

Alto 1



 



 

 





 



 





 



 

           

Bass

 



mm*

Tenor

  

mm* pp

Alto 2

mp

             

 

  



 

 

Still and Solitary, Adagio q = 46

Piano

  





  

  



















   





4

S.

poco rit.

    div.

A. 1

A. 2



  

    

3 3                 



p unis.







pp

p

  



mm

p



pp

 

   

  

  



  

p

  



  

  

    

* mouth closed, stagger breathing

 

3

     

 



mm

3

 

 



mm

mm

  

   

3

mm

 

   

 

mp

              

 

          

    

 

poco rit.

3

     

  



  



   

85

Poco Meno (q = 44) 7

S.

A. 1

   

p





pp

   

  

 

  



 

 

  



 

 

  



 

mm

A. 2

B.

pp

   





   

pp, dolce



 

 I

  



 



  

-



 







 



3

light

in the hill's

  









   3

          3 on thewet leaves.







   



3



in

un - der fol - iage

  

 



 

-

cleft,

and

 

  





 



with rain

 



mp

 

climb,

my

 

    



      steps si - lent

 

 

as flight

  



    

p

                 Where I

go,

  

3

stones are

wear - ing a - way un- der

 

  



 



light



             



14

B.

come



         

 

           



Poco Meno (q = 44)

10

B.

p



 

  

the sky's

        

3

   

86

Poco più q = 48 17

S.

   

*p



 

     ah

ppp

A. 1

 *      

ah

 

 

    



ah

     ah

p

     



     



ah

B.





p

ppp *

A. 2

 

  

      ah

  

  





flow.

Poco più q = 48

  



  

        

  











       

A. 1

  

A. 2



    



         





      



      

 

    

Tenor

T.

       



* stagger breathing

21

S.

 

 

         

mf, cant.

  

The

I

   

               

     

path

   

fol - low

                  

 



 

        

    I canhard - ly

 

     

see



     it is

so

                                    

   

92

Pensive and Sustained pp

60

S. 1

S. 2

     

  





  

p

mp

A. 1

A. 2

T.

B.

        





mist

          I

walk this ground p

of light

p

mp

In a p

mist mp

of light

In a

mist

of light

fall - ing

with therain I

walk this ground

       3                  

pp



p

fall - ing

with therain I

walk this ground p

 3                         

p

fall - ing

with therain I

walk this ground

mp

p 3                          In a





        3                 

In a

    



p

mist

of light

fall - ing

with therain I

walk this ground

3                         

p

mp

In a

mist

p

of light

fall - ing

with therain I

walk this ground

Pensive and Sustained

  



 



 





    

 3           

   

 





      

 

 

   

 

   

   

 

     

   

3

 

           

93

64

S.

unis. mp

       3

 

walk

this

mp

A. 1

3     

 

walk

A. 2

 

mp

 

walk

T.

  3     



 

 

   mf

3

     3   

  



   



p

mf

 

     

p

  

 



 

   

 



f

poco rit.

p

     

      men and wo - men, p

dead

men and wo - men,

dead poco f

  

dead

 

 

 

 

 

p



f



men and wo - men,

   

  

of which

     

f

dead

of which

ground

   

  

dead

of which

  



  

of which

p

ground

 

f

of which

ground

this

  

p

ground

this

walk

  

mf

mf

mp

 

  

     

    

walk

B.

 

this

mp

p

ground

this

3

  

 

mf

 

p          men and wo - men, p

   

 

men and wo - men,

poco rit.



 

 



 

  

  

  

  

  

94

S.

ten. sub pp

    67

men sub pp ten.

A. 1

A. 2

  

 

and wo - men

men

and wo - men

  



     men sub pp ten.

B.

      men

  

        

 S.

A. 1

 

and wo - men

I have

and wo - men

me. pp

In

       

are part,

loved

are part,

as

as

as

are part,

as

  

  

 

 

 



in

earth,

are part of

blood,

 



in

mind,

   







 

the

    

blood,

in

   

in mind, the

  

earth,

 

  

in blood, in mind,

  

 

   

in mind,



blood,

moving forward



are part of

  

  

p

are part of

          

   

  



in

 

blood

    

they



in



are part of

e=e

   

earth,

are part of

    

they

loved



p

they

     



in

they

mp

  

earth,

they

      

  

 

me.



    

 

in

   



    

loved mp

earth,

p

 

    

are part,



    In

 

     

as

moving forward

    In

pp

 

      

p

 

   

A Tempo q = 44

tornando al

     p

I have

    

loved mp



       

pp

  

 



I have

    me.



are part,



I have

pp

B.

loved

       

me. pp

T.

 

mp

       

me.

A. 2

I have

         70

mp



       

men sub pp ten.

sub pp ten.

T.

      

and wo - men

e=e

A Tempo q = 44

tornando al

 

      

 

the

 

 

 

 

the

the

    

   

101 95

S. 1

    

ten.

p

accel.

Let the rain

   

ten.

S. 2

ten.

A. 1

ten.

A. 2

   

T. 2

  

p ten.       Let,

 ten.   







come,

  

let the

  

let the

  let the

p

 ten.    



Let,





   

come,

 

ten. p        Let,

  

      

let the rain come,

  let the



let the rain come,

   rain come,





rain come,







     





   



let the



  ten. 

        

 

   

 

    

let the

 

 

   





 

        



  



  

 

  

let the rain the

       

    

    

let the rain the

rain come,

 

 

the

let the rain the

rain come,

    

       

the

let the rain the

rain come,

let the

accel. ten.

rain come,

let the

rain come,

  

let the rain come,



rain come,



      

  the

let the rain come,

      





      

 

the

let the rain come,

let the rain come,

   



let the rain come,

let the rain come,

p

Let,

B. 2



p

p

B. 1

   

come,

Let the rain

T. 1



p

Let the rain

   

       

come,

Let the rain

   

      

     

e = 100

e = 100

     

 

         



102

a Tempo e = 63

      mf     98

S. 1

ff

sun

ff

mf

sun

sun

T. 2

and then the dark,

ff     mf       sun

B. 1

     mf    sun

B. 2

  



 





and then the dark,

mf ff              sun



and then the dark,

ff

 

  for

and then the dark,

ff mf            sun

 



and then the dark,

  

2nd Ed. 10-23-14

                







will

rest

I

will









I

will

rest

I

will

pp, hushed











I

will

rest

I

will

 





rest

I

will

pp, hushed

 I

 will

  









for

will

rest

I

will

pp, hushed

I

pp, hushed

  









for

I

will

rest

I

will

 

pp, hushed









for

I

will

I

will





I

will

 rest

pp, hushed

   for

a Tempo e = 63

 



pp, hushed

for

mf

            sun

T. 1



I

   for

and then the dark,

ff

A. 2



mf

          

pp, hushed

   for

and then the dark,

ff

A. 1



and then the dark,

           

S. 2

Più Sostenuto, Slower

I



will



rest

Più Sostenuto, Slower

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

  

   

  

 

  

103 103

S. 1

p

     rest p

S. 2

    rest p

A. 1

   rest p

A. 2

   rest p

T. 1

     rest p

T. 2

    rest

p

B. 1

   rest

B. 2



p

   rest

  



  

   

pp

      in an

ea - sy

bed,

pp

      in an

ea - sy

       in an

        in an

bed,

pp

       in an

ea - sy

bed, pp

       in an

ea - sy

bed,

pp

      in an

ea - sy

bed, pp

       in an

       

  

ea - sy

    

    

ppp

   I

bed,

 will

 will





rest,

will







rest,

will

I

 

p

 will



rest

  in

an

  

ea - sy

ppp

 I

ppp

   I



will

I

   rest





will

rest

ppp

  

 will

 rest

ppp

   I



will



rest

ppp

   I

bed

p





in

an

  in

an

  in

an

  in

an

 

  

ea - sy

bed

p

  

ea - sy

bed

p

  

ea - sy

bed

p

  

ea - sy

bed

p

  

will

rest

in

an

ea - sy

bed

 









 

 

  

  

  

  

  

 

   

 

     

   

  

  



ppp

  

bed,

pp

ea - sy

I

bed, pp

ea - sy

ppp

  

2nd Ed. 10-23-14

104

Tempo 1 q = 46

rall. p

108

   

S. 1

rest,





I

will

 rest







  





  

I

will

p

  

S. 2

rest,

A. 1

A. 2







 

an

T. 1

   

an

T. 2

   

an

B. 1



  an

B. 2



  

an

    ea - sy bed   







ea - sy



bed





  

2nd Ed. 10-23-14

-



    

 



 

     

 



   









  

  



  pp 



  pp 



-

-

-

  

night.

night.

pp



night.

-

  

  

ooo

pp





night.

-

pp

    -

pp

   



night.

ooo

pp

   

 to

  



ooo

 to

ea - sy bed



  



to

pp



ooo

 

ea - sy bed

  



to

to

ea - sy bed

  



to

rall.





rest

  

-



night.

   

Tempo 1 q = 46

   

 

  

   



 



  

 

  

rit.

   



113

S. 1

S. 2

A. 1

A. 2

T. 1

T. 2

B. 1

 

ppp





 



ppp

     

105

Adagio





pp

   



ooo

ppp







ooo

 





pp

   

 





ppp





 





ppp

  



  







 

  

ooo

    

pp



ppp

  







 

ooo

 

ooo

     









ppp





  

ooo

B. 2

  

ppp





 

ooo

 



 



 





rit.



 

  

     



 

  

Adagio

 



  

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