ull Score Gyneth Walker By Walden ond A celebration o the ritings o Henry David Thoreau, or Orchestra and Narrator
remiered on October 5, 009 by the Carson City Symhony Carson City, Nevada David Bugli, Music Director Lee Warner, Narrator Duration: 6 minutes Instrumentation iccolo lutes Oboes Clarinets in B lat Basoons Horns in Trumets in C (B lat arts available) Trombones ercussion (Three layers) High and Lo Bongos, Tenor Drum, Wood Block, Temle Blocks, Triangle, Susended Cymbal, Glockensiel, Medium and Lo Tom-Toms, Tambourine, Crash Cymbals, Bass Drum Violin Violin Viola Violoncello Contrabass
rogram Notes BY WALDEN OND, subtitled a celebration o the ritings o Henry David Thoreau, or Orchestra and Narrator, brings Thoreau s ords to the concert stage, through readings and musical exression As the Narrator resents Thoreau s observations on Nature, the orchestra rovides a musical commentary to the exedition The texts are taken rom Thoreau s Walden and the ournals, dating rom the 850s These ritings chronicle the riter's soourns in the oods o Massachusetts But, Thoreau's exloration is beyond a geograhic location He is seeking the deths o lie's meaning, the truth that comes hen one chooses to live deliberately, to live dee and suck out all the marro o lie He ishes to kno an entire heaven and an entire earth! His ritings are sincere, and oten ecstatic a reverence or the beauty o the oods; a delight in the small berries and cobebs; the resh energy o mornings o creation Seeking eternity, he rites: I ould drink deeer; ish in the sky, hose bottom is ebbly ith stars BY WALDEN OND comrises ten short movements, ramed by a rologue and Eilogue These outer sections ortray the young riter heading o into the oods, and later returning home Marked at a aunty temo, as i setting out on a alk into the oods, the rologue introduces the setting orth theme in the Clarinet, a theme that ill later return hen Thoreau reares to head home (right beore the Eilogue) The central movements are brie observations on Nature The listener might choose to hear these as ournal entries, rather than comlete movements The readings and music ocus on a e images or ercetions: Remember Thy Creator let the thunder rumble I Seek Acquaintance With Nature I ish to kno and entire heaven, and an entire earth I erceive the Sring in the Sotened Air the sotened air o Sring Mornings a coee ercolator (!) Interlude more morning oy, and the ercolator Dry, Hazy une Weather heaviness, exhaustion rom summer heat De on the Cobebs droed rom the airy shoulders that danced on the grass last night! The irst Star is Lit evening sky, a single star This is the orld o Henry David Thoreau a orld o beauty and imagination or those ho soourn BY WALDEN OND -notes by the comoser
Table o Contents rologue Remember Thy Creator I Seek Acquaintance With Nature 7 I erceive the Sring in the Sotened Air 5 Mornings 6 Interlude 6 7 Dry, Hazy une Weather 5 8 De On the Cobebs 55 9 The irst Star Is Lit 6 0 Eilogue 70
iccolo lutes Oboes B Clarinets Bassoons By Walden ond A celebration o the ritings o Henry David Thoreau, or Orchestra and Narrator At a aunty temo q = 6 as i setting out on a alk into the oods rologue Gyneth Walker Horns in Trumets in C Trombones ercussion Bongo / sticks Violins Viola B At a aunty temo q = 6 as i setting out on a alk into the oods ti o bo ṗ lightly n ti o bo ṗ lightly ti ṗ o bo lightly n Violoncello Contrabass Coyright 009 by Gyneth Walker 7 Brainstorm Rd, Braintree VT 05060 All Rights Reserved
ls Obs Cls Bsns erc 5 n n Tambourine n n n n n n Vlns Vla Vlc Cb Cls Bsns ª B 9 A n izz izz - - # - - n # n - # n # erc Vlns Vla Vlc A B n Triangle n n n Cb Walker / By Walden ond / rologue
ls Cls Bsns erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb - - - n - - - # - - ª B n # N ṗ ls Obs Cls Vlns Vla Vlc Cb 7 B B B (+) izz izz Walker / By Walden ond / rologue (+)
icc ls a Obs a Cls Bsns a erc Bongo / sticks Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B izz izz Walker / By Walden ond / rologue
5 icc ls Obs Cls Bsns 5 C - - n - - - - - - n - - - - # - - - - () () n n # - - - - - n - n - # n n # erc Tri Vlns Vla C B - - - n - - - - - - n - non div - - - - div n n Vlc - - - - - - - - Cb - - - - - - - - Walker / By Walden ond / rologue
6 icc 9 - - - n - ls Obs Cls Bsns (+) - - n - - - - n - - ( ) a - ( ) - # - - - - - - n n # - - - - erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb unis - - - n - B - - n - - - - - n - Walker / By Walden ond / rologue
Cls Bsns 7 Vlns Vla B Vlc Cb ª Vlns Vlc NARRATOR alks on stage dressed in simle outdoor clothing NARRATOR reads (hile Solo Violin and Violoncello lay unobtrusively in the background): I ent to the oods because I ished to live deliberately, to ront only the essential acts o lie, and see i I could not learn hat I had to teach, and not, hen I came to die, discover that I had not lived 7 ª D Solo Solo reeat igure until cued to continue reeat igure until cued to continue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vlns I do not ish to live hat as not lie, living is so dear, nor did I ish to ractice resignation, unless it as quite necessary 8 E ( ) reeat igure until cued to continue reeat igure until cued to continue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vlc ( ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Walker / By Walden ond / rologue
8 Vlns Vlc Vlns Vlc icc ls Obs Cls Bsns I anted to live dee and suck out all the marro o lie, to live sturdily and Sartan like as to ut to rout all that as not lie, to cut a broad sath and shave close, to drive lie into a corner, and reduce it to its loest terms, and i it roved to be mean, hy then to get the hole and genuine meanness o it, and ublish its meanness to the orld; 9 ª ( ) ( ) 0 G ª ( ) ( ) reeat igure until cued to continue reeat igure until cued to continue reeat igure until cued to continue reeat igure until cued to continue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ or i it ere sublime, to kno it by exerience, and be able to give a true account o it in my next excursion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H - - n - - - - n - - - - # - - - - - - n n # - - - - erc Vlns Vla B (Solo) ( ) Bongo / sticks Tenor Drum H Tutti - - n - - - - - - n - Tri non div - - - - Vlc Cb (Solo) ( ) - Tutti - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Walker / By Walden ond / rologue
9 icc ls Obs Cls Bsns 5 - n - n - # n n # - - - n - - - n - (+) - - n - n - n - a - - # - - a - - - - n n # - - - - erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb div B n n unis - - - n - - - n - - - - - n - Walker / By Walden ond / rologue
0 icc ls Obs 9 rit n n Cls () Bsns erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B rit izz izz Walker / By Walden ond / rologue
Remember Thy Creator NARRATOR: Remember thy creator in the days o thy youth Rise ree rom care beore the dan and seek adventures Let the noon ind thee by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everyhere at home Gro ild according to thy nature Let the thunder rumble Take shelter under the cloud Enoy the land, but on it not (begin music) erc Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc Cb Ominously q = 00 as a thunderstorm aroaching B D ª 5 accel a a ƒ 5 drums o diering itches ƒ Cr Cyms ƒ ^ ƒ ^ ƒ ^ n n ƒ v ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ^ ƒ ƒ ^ ƒ ^ ƒ ^ ƒ ^ ƒ ^ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ n ƒ ƒ Walker / By Walden ond / Remember Thy Creator
Bsns 9 A aster q = 0 a ^ ƒ n ^ ƒ n Hns Tts Tbns a ^ ƒ ^ ƒ v ƒ n ^ ƒ ^ ƒ ^ ƒ ^ ƒ n B ( ƒ ) ( ƒ ) ( ƒ ) n ( ƒ ) ( ƒ ) ( ƒ ) a ( ƒ ) n erc ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ Cb ^ ƒ ( ƒ ) Walker / By Walden ond / Remember Thy Creator
Bsns ith building energy sub sub rit Hns Tts Tbns B a sub a sub a sub sub sub a a sub a sub sub sub a sub sub sub a erc Sus Cym Cb sub sub Walker / By Walden ond / Remember Thy Creator
Bsns 7 B Grandly q = 00 n a b b Hns Tts Tbns B n a a a b b b erc Lo Tom-Tom Cb b Walker / By Walden ond / Remember Thy Creator
5 Bsns b b b b Hns b b b b Tts B b b b Tbns - - b b - - erc Bongo Cb b b - - Walker / By Walden ond / Remember Thy Creator
6 Cls Bsns C 7 NARRATOR (read sloly): Enoy the land but on it not D With motion q = 0 Hns Tts Tbns B erc Tri Cb ª Cls 0 () 5 (+) rit 8 Vla B con sord 8 Walker / By Walden ond / Remember Thy Creator
Cls Bsns Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B loing q = 08 8 8 loing q = 08 8 8 8 8 8 ṗ con sord con sord con sord, izz con sord, izz I Seek Acquaintance With Nature n n n n n n 7 ls Cls Bsns ª (reading synchronizes aroximately ith the music ords in bold come on donbeats) NARRATOR: I ant to go soon and live aay by the n n A n n n n n Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B n n Walker / By Walden ond / I Seek Acquaintance With Nature A izz izz izz izz izz n n
8 ls 7 ond, here I shall hear only the ind ṗ Obs a a Cls Bsns Vlns Vla Vlc Cb ls ª () b A b B b b b b b b hisering among the reeds 0 b b izz izz izz izz izz Obs a a Cls Bsns Vlns Vla B Vlc Cb Walker / By Walden ond / I Seek Acquaintance With Nature
Obs Cls Bsns Vlns Vla Vlc Cb ls Obs Cls Bsns Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B b b B B izz izz izz b izz b b izz b ª 7 a b izz b izz B b izz b b izz b It ill be enough i I shall leave mysel behind izz n n n - ( ) - - - n Ḟ Ḟ Ḟ quaintance ith nature, to kno her moods and her manners rit Walker / By Walden ond / I Seek Acquaintance With Nature izz izz izz izz izz rit - - I seek ac 9
0 ls Obs Cls Bsns Vlns Vla Vlc Cb C Ç Ç Ç Ç C div b Ç b div b Ç B b div b Ç b b Ç b b Ç (reading begins in middle o measure) I ish to kno an entire heaven, and an entire earth! Solo a temo (q = 08) a temo (q = 08) n Walker / By Walden ond / I Seek Acquaintance With Nature
ls Obs Cls Bsns Vlns Vla Vlc Cb ls Obs 5 ª D D B Tutti, unis unis unis 8 a n n n n n N n n ḟ a A Cls Bsns Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B Walker / By Walden ond / I Seek Acquaintance With Nature
ls Obs Cls Bsns Vlns Vla Vlc Cb ª B a a E E ḟ ḟ ḟ ls 5 n Obs n Cls Bsns a Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B n n n n n n n n n Walker / By Walden ond / I Seek Acquaintance With Nature
ls Obs Cls Bsns Vlns Vla Vlc Cb ls Obs Cls Bsns Vlns Vla Vlc Cb 9 ª B and an entire earth! Walker / By Walden ond / I Seek Acquaintance With Nature a temo a temo unis unis unis rit rit n n n n rit rit n Ç Ç Ç Ç div div div Ç Ç Ç Ç Ç div n n n (reading begins in middle o measure) I ish to kno an entire heaven, n via sord
I erceive the Sring in the Sotened Air erc Lively q = Woodblock Hi Lo Bongos (layed / hands) ª ls Obs Cls 5 # n # erc Vlns (con sord) n very smoothly, as the sotened air o sring (con sord) n very smoothly, as the sotened air o sring n n n n Vla (con sord) gente tremolo, at the ti n Vlc (con sord) gente tremolo, at the ti Walker / By Walden ond / I erceive the Sring in the Sotened Air
ls Obs Cls 8 n # # (reading synchronizes aroximately ith the music ords in bold come on donbeats) NARRATOR: I erceive the Sring in the A 5 erc n A n n Vlns n n n Vla n n Vlc ls Obs ª sotened air, ( ) Cls # ( ) ( ) erc n n n Vlns n n n Vla n Vlc Walker / By Walden ond / I erceive the Sring in the Sotened Air
6 sotened air ls Obs n Cls # # erc n n n Vlns n n n Vla n n Vlc erc ª B 7 Looking through the transarent vaors, all suraces look more B n n n Vlns n n n Vla Vlc Walker / By Walden ond / I erceive the Sring in the Sotened Air
ls Obs Cls erc 0 # vivid The harshness o inter ( ) ( ) N ( ) 7 A A n Vlns A A n Vla A Vlc ls Obs Cls ª # is relaxed rit b n b b erc n rit A Vlns n b b Vla Vlc b b Walker / By Walden ond / I erceive the Sring in the Sotened Air
8 erc C 6 (start reading in middle o measure) (ecstatically) I do not kno that the oods are ever more beautiul, or aect me more Vlns Vla Vlc C div div b div div ª ls Obs Cls 8 D # a temo a b a b a n rit n n Ho silent are the ootstes o Sring! erc Tri Vlns Vla Vlc D unis unis unis unis a temo b b b b rit b div div div div b Walker / By Walden ond / I erceive the Sring in the Sotened Air
9 erc E a temo (q = ) Woodblock ª ls Obs Cls 5 # ith excitement or the oy o Sring n n Ÿ a n n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ # # n Ÿ Ÿ~~~~~~~ a # erc Vlns ith excitement or the oy o Sring unis unis ṗ n n n n n Vla unis ṗ n n n Vlc unis ṗ n Walker / By Walden ond / I erceive the Sring in the Sotened Air
0 ls Obs Cls 9 ~~~~ # cresc cresc cresc (+) Ÿ a a rit n erc cresc cresc Vlns Vla cresc cresc cresc rit div n Vlc ċresc Walker / By Walden ond / I erceive the Sring in the Sotened Air
ls Obs Cls # Ho silent are the ootstes o Sring! erc Tri Vlns Vla Vlc div div div unis unis unis (as a Sring breeze) (as a Sring breeze) (as a Sring breeze) unis (as a Sring breeze) sloly gliss to end o string sloly gliss to end o string sloly gliss to end o string sloly gliss to end o string [kee bos held high into next movement] Walker / By Walden ond / I erceive the Sring in the Sotened Air
5 Mornings icc Quickly q = 60 ith the energy o morning (as a coee ercolator) ṗ ls Obs Cls Bsns ṗ Hns Tts ṗ ṗ ṗ a ṗ Tbns a ṗ ṗ ṗ erc Vlns Hi Lo Bongos (layed / sticks) Quickly q = 60 ith the energy o morning [bos remain high rom revious movement] Temle Blocks [loer bos, via sord] Vla Vlc Cb senza sord, izz Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings
icc ls Obs Cls Bsns 7 A ṗ ṗ ṗ ṗ Hns Tts Tbns erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb A B senza sord, izz senza sord, izz senza sord, izz senza sord, izz Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings
icc ls Obs Cls ṗoco cresc ṗoco cresc ṗoco cresc ṗoco cresc Ṗ Ṗ Ṗ Ṗ Bsns oco cresc Hns Tts Tbns oco cresc oco cresc oco cresc oco cresc oco cresc oco cresc oco cresc erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B oco cresc oco cresc oco cresc oco cresc oco cresc Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings
icc ls Obs Cls 5 NARRATOR: B soken in rhythm ith the energy o morning There are rom ṗ ṗ time to time 5 Bsns ṗ Hns Tts Tbns ṗ ṗ ṗ erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings B izz
6 Narr icc ls Obs Cls 8 ṗ ṗ ṗ ṗ morn - ings, both in Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc Vlns Vla B Vlc Cb Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings
Narr icc ls Obs Cls Sum - mer and in Win - ter, morn - - ings, 7 Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc Vlns Vla B Vlc Cb Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings
8 Narr icc ls Obs Cls Bsns C ith excitement hen es - ec - ial - ly the orld seems to be - gin a - Hns Tts Tbns erc ( ) Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B C ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings
Narr icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns Tts Tbns 7 ne a ṗ ṗ ṗ a ṗ # n # n n n # n n a ṗ n n n n n n n 9 B erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb n n n n n n n n n n (Hi Lo Bongos / sticks) Med and Lo Tom-Toms n n Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings
0 Narr icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns D n # a n n n n n morn - ings! morn - n # a n n n n n ings! Tts Tbns B n n n n n n erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb D b b b n b n (lay lo C an octave higher i necessary) n n Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings
Narr icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb 5 n ( ) B n ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) n ( ) # ( ) ( ) n ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) n ( ) ( ) b ( ) Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings n n n n # n n n n n n n n n morn - ings! morn - n n n n n # # n n n n n n n n n n n n n rit rit ings!
Narr 9 E The orld has been recreated in the night Mornings o creation, I call them G It is the oet s hour Mornings hen e are neborn, e ho have the seeds o lie in us icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns Tts Tbns B erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb E Tri Ç A Ç Ç A Ç A Ç Solo Solo Solo Solo n G Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings
Narr icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B Start sloly and accel Hi Bongo Start sloly and accel Tutti, () Tutti, izz Tutti, izz Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings n n a n n n n n H H div Celebratory q = 60 n n # n n n n Celebratory q = 60 n # n n n Med and Lo Tom-Toms n n n morn - ings!
Narr icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb 6 B n n n # # n n n n n n n n n n Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings morn - ings! morn - ings! morn - ings! accel n n accel n # # n n n n n n n n n n n n # # n n n n n n n n n
Narr icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc Vlns 50 B n n n # # morn - ings! morn - ings! n n n n n n n n n n n # # n n n n n n n n n n n # # n n n n n n n n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # n l * n l * l * n l * l * n n 5 attacca attacca Vla n n n n Vlc Cb Walker / By Walden ond / 5 Mornings *luttertongue or trill
6 icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb ~~~~~ b ~~~~~ ~~~~~ b ~~~~~ b ~~~~~ n a b B Quickly, ith much energy q = 68 ( ) v ( ) v ( ) Quickly, ith much energy q = 68 n ( ) ( ) ^ n ^ div Hi Bongo 6 Interlude n ^ n ^ ^ # ^ n a ^ n ^ ^ n ^ unis div B n ^ n ^ ^ a n a ^ n ^ ^ ( ) unis Walker / By Walden ond / 6 Interlude
icc ls Obs Cls Bsns 6 n ^ n ^ ^ a n a ^ ^ A ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 7 Hns Tts ^ v ^ v Tbns erc B ^ Vlns Vla B div n ^ ^ unis div unis ^ ( ) v ( ) ^ v A unis Vlc div unis div unis Cb Walker / By Walden ond / 6 Interlude
8 icc ls Obs Cls Bsns a a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ N ^ ^ a Hns Tts Tbns B ^ ^ ^ v v v ^ ^ ^ v v v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v A ^ ^ v v v v erc (Temle Blocks) Vlns Vla B ^ ^ ^ v v v div A unis Vlc div unis Cb Walker / By Walden ond / 6 Interlude
icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns 6 n n n n n n n n B n ^ n ^ ^ # ^ n n n ṗ ḟ ṗ ṗ ṗ ḟ n n n ṗ ḟ ṗ ṗ ṗ ḟ 9 Tts Tbns erc B n n n Med and Lo Tom-Toms n B div n n n n n n n n Vlns n n n Vla n n Vlc Cb Walker / By Walden ond / 6 Interlude
50 icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B n n n n n n n n n n n n n n ṗ ḟ ṗ ṗ ṗ ḟ n n n n Lo Bongo n n n Conductor kee baton raised until start o next movement n n n n n n n n n a n n # n # # # # n n n n n v v v n div n Lo Tom v sna izz L L sna izz Walker / By Walden ond / 6 Interlude
7 Dry, Hazy une Weather 5 icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc Vlns Vla b b B [conduct in one] * layed limly, ith the exhaustion o hot summer eather B D - muled (dead sound) layed limly, ith the exhaustion o hot summer eather NARRATOR (read sloly): It is dry, hazy une eather We are more o the earth, arther rom heaven these days Vlc Cb, b div b b b *Note to Conductor: The length o the layed measure(s) should be aroximately the same length as the soken" measures Walker / By Walden ond / 7 Dry, Hazy une Weather
5 icc 5 A We are getting deeer into the mists o the earth The season o hoe and romise is ast; ls Obs Cls Bsns b Hns b Tts Tbns erc A Vlns Vla B b div b Vlc Cb Walker / By Walden ond / 7 Dry, Hazy une Weather
icc 9 B already the season o small ruits has arrived, the season hen berries are rie 5 ls Obs Cls Bsns a b Hns b Tts Tbns a erc B Vlns Vla B div Vlc Cb unis Walker / By Walden ond / 7 Dry, Hazy une Weather
5 icc ls Obs Cls Bsns C The rosect o the heavens is taken aay, and e are resented ith only a e, small berries Hns b b Tts Tbns erc Vlns C div Vla B Vlc Cb b div b (lay an octave higher i necessary) b b Walker / By Walden ond / 7 Dry, Hazy une Weather
icc 7 D Quickly, ad lib suggestive o a e small berries rit 55 n n 8 6 icc erc ª oyully q = 7 8 6 8 6 8 De On the Cobebs Tri Vlns Vla Vlc Cb ª B 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 oyully q = 7 izz, unis izz, unis izz, unis izz, unis izz Obs erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb 5 A A B izz izz izz Tamb Walker / By Walden ond / 8 De On the Cobebs
56 Obs 9 erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb izz b izz b B izz b izz b izz b ª Obs erc izz Vlns izz Vla B izz Vlc izz Cb izz Walker / By Walden ond / 8 De On the Cobebs
(reading is aroximately synchronized ith the music) NARRATOR: Everyhere there is de on the cobebs, Obs 7 B little gossamer veils, 57 erc Vlns B Vla Vlc Cb B ª Obs and scars as big as your hand n erc Vlns Solo Solo gliss Altri (izz) gliss Tutti (izz) Tutti (izz) Tri n Vla Vlc Cb Solo B Altri (izz) gliss Altri (izz) Tutti (izz) Walker / By Walden ond / 8 De On the Cobebs
58 Obs 6 They ere droed rom the airy shoulders that danced on the grass last night n A ṗ erc Hi Lo Bongos (layed / hands) Vlns Vla Vlc Cb ls Obs erc Vlns Vla ª B C n b C B Tamb n n Ḟ A n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Vlc Ḟ n n n n nḟ n n n n n n n n b Ḟ n n n Cb Ḟ n n n Walker / By Walden ond / 8 De On the Cobebs
icc ls Obs Cls Bsns [During this section NARRATOR might exlore the stage, looking or cobebs] D Celebratory 5 # # B ḟ a ḟ a # # # # # # # 59 # # # # # Hns Tts Tbns erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb # # B B D a ḟ a ḟ # # # ḟ ḟ a # Celebratory # ḟ # ḟ # Walker / By Walden ond / 8 De On the Cobebs # # # # # # # # Sus Cym # # # #
60 icc ls Obs 9 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Cls Bsns # # B a a # # # # # # # n n b Hns Tts Tbns # # B a a # # # a # # # # # # # # # # # # # ^ # ^ # ^ # ^ ^ ^ n n v # v # v # v v v erc Vlns # Vla B # # Vlc Cb # # # # # # # Walker / By Walden ond / 8 De On the Cobebs
Narr icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns E B (soken rhythmically and oyully) Ev - ry - here, ev - ry - here, cob - ebs! oyully oyully oyully oyully oyully oyully ṗ a ṗ ṗ ṗ ṗ ṗ ṗ 6 Tts Tbns erc B oyully oyully a oyully oyully oyully oyully Hi Bongo / hands ṗ a ṗ ṗ ṗ ṗ E izz Vlns Vla B sub izz sub izz Vlc Cb izz sub izz sub sub Walker / By Walden ond / 8 De On the Cobebs
6 Narr icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns Tts Tbns 7 Ev - ry - here, ev - ry - here, cob - ebs! a ḟ rit ṗ a ṗ ṗ ṗ ṗ ṗ ṗ ṗ a ṗ ṗ ṗ ṗ erc rit Vlns Vla B Vlc Cb Walker / By Walden ond / 8 De On the Cobebs
Narr 5 They ere droed rom the airy shoulders that danced on the grass last night! a temo 6 ls a ṗ n n n Obs ṗ n erc Vlns Vla Vlc B a temo (izz) (izz) (izz) (izz) Tri n n n n ª 9 The irst Star Is Lit Cls eaceully q = 80 b Vlns con sord* *se a e layers through letter E Walker / By Walden ond / 9 The irst Star Is Lit
6 Cls 7 b A b erc Sus Cym A Vlns Vla Vlc B con sord* b con sord* con sord* b Cb con sord* ª ls Cls erc quietly loing Vlns Vla B Vlc Cb *se a e layers through letter E Walker / By Walden ond / 9 The irst Star Is Lit
ls 8 NARRATOR: Everyday a ne icture is ainted and ramed, held u or hal an hour in such lights as the Great Artist chooses, [NARRATOR reads as music continues in the background] B reeat igure until cued to continue ~~~~~~~~ 65 Vlns ls Vlns Vla Vlc Cb ª ª B b b C b and then ithdran, and the curtain alls And then the sun goes don, and the long aterglo gives light reeat igure until cued to continue reeat igure until cued to continue b reeat igure until cued to continue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B b b b b b b b b via sord b Walker / By Walden ond / 9 The irst Star Is Lit
66 erc 8 D And then the damask curtains glo along the estern indo And then the irst star is lit Glockensiel And I go home Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B via sord reeat igure until cued to continue reeat igure until cued to continue reeat igure until cued to continue b ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ via sord via sord via sord via sord n n n n n ª ls Obs Cls E Quickly, ith energy q = 6 [same temo as rologue] ṗ n a n n n a erc Bongo / sticks Vlns Vla Vlc Cb E B Quickly, ith energy q = 6 [same temo as rologue] senza sord senza sord senza sord senza sord senza sord izz izz n Walker / By Walden ond / 9 The irst Star Is Lit
icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc n n aunty Ḟ n a - - n - - a - - # - - - - - Tri - - - - n n - - - - - n n n # - - - - n n n - - - - n 67 n aunty - - n - - - n - Vlns Vla B div - - n - - - - - - n - - - - - Vlc unis - - - - - - - - - Cb - - - - - - - - Walker / By Walden ond / 9 The irst Star Is Lit
68 icc ls Obs Cls Bsns 7 n n - n - # n n n # - - - n - - - n - - - n - n - n - - - # - - - - - - n Hns n Tts - n n - - - n - a - - n - - Tbns n - - - - - - - - - erc Vlns n n n n - - - n - - - n - - Vla Vlc Cb B Walker / By Walden ond / 9 The irst Star Is Lit
icc ls Obs Cls Bsns Hns 0 n n n # - - - - n rit a a 69 Tts Tbns n n - - - - ṗ a ṗ - - erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B - - - n - Walker / By Walden ond / 9 The irst Star Is Lit rit
70 Cls Gently loing q = 08 a 0 Eilogue Bsns ṗ Hns a ṗ a ṗ Tbns a ṗ ṗ ṗ Vlns Vla B Gently loing q = 08 con sord n n Vlc Cb con sord n con sord, izz n n n Vlns Vla Vlc Cb ª 5 A B NARRATOR: (aroximately synchronized ith music) Time is but a stream I go a-ishing in I drink at it, but hile I drink I see the ti o bo con sord n n Walker / By Walden ond / 0 Eilogue in the background ti o bo con sord in the background n n n n n n
sandy bottom and detect ho shallo it is 7 9 Vlns Vla B n n n n Vlc Cb n n n n ª ls Obs B Its thin currents slide aay, but eternity remains erc Temle Blocks Vlns Vla B B ord n ord n n n rolled izz g n n g g g g n n g g g g Vlc Cb g rolled izz g izz g g g g g g g g Walker / By Walden ond / 0 Eilogue
7 icc 7 C I ould drink deeer, ish in the sky, hose ls Obs Cls Bsns # # Hns Tts n n Tbns erc Vlns Vla C B n n g g g g n n g g g g g n n g g g n n g g g g Vlc g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g Cb Walker / By Walden ond / 0 Eilogue
icc ls bottom is ebbly ith stars 7 Obs Cls Bsns # a a # # Hns Tts Tbns n Cu mute Cu mute n n l (sot lutter or trill) a l (sot lutter or trill) n n n erc Vlns Vla B n n g g g g n n g g g g g n n g g g n n g g g g Vlc g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g Cb Walker / By Walden ond / 0 Eilogue
7 icc ls Obs Cls D 5 I ould drink deeer, Ṗ ish in the sky, hose bottom is ebbly ith stars ṗ ṗ Bsns Ṗ ṗ Hns Tts Ṗ Ṗ Ṗ ṗ ṗ ṗ Tbns erc Vlns Vla Vlc Cb D B Ṗ Ṗ Ṗ Ṗ g g Ṗ Ṗ Walker / By Walden ond / 0 Eilogue g g g g ṗ ṗ ṗ g g g g
icc ls Obs Cls Bsns [During this closing section, the NARRATOR anders to the edge o the stage, gazing uard at the sky illed ith stars] E Gently loing q = 08 to deict stars in the sky 8 n n 75 Hns Tts Tbns a erc Vlns Vla E Gently loing q = 08 to deict stars in the sky izz o layers, Soli n izz o n o o Vlc Cb Walker / By Walden ond / 0 Eilogue
76 icc ls Obs Cls n n Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc Glock - / st mlts n n Vlns Vla Vlc Cb n ( ) + o + n ( ) n o n B n n Tutti izz n n Walker / By Walden ond / 0 Eilogue
icc ls Obs Cls 6 G n n 77 Bsns Hns Tts Tbns erc n n n n n n n n Vlns Vla G B n n n n n n n n Vlc Cb Walker / By Walden ond / 0 Eilogue
78 icc ls Obs Cls 0 n rit Bsns Hns Tts n Tbns n erc n n Vlns Vla Vlc Cb B n Walker / By Walden ond / 0 Eilogue n n n rit n div n div div n 6 00 May 7, 009 Braintree, Vermont