Prayer SATB, piano. Secular. Morten Lauridsen. Morten Lauridsen PRAYER. Poem by Dana Gioia. SA TB chorus and piano

Transcription

1 Paye SATB, piano. Secua Moten Lauidsen Moten Lauidsen PRAYER Poem by Dana Gioia SA TB chous and piano

2 Paye Echo of the cocktowe, footstep in the aeyway, sweep of the wind sifting the eaves. Jewee of the spideweb, connoisseu of autumn's opuence, bade ofightning havesting the sky. Keepe of the sma gate, choeogaphe of entances and exits, midnight whispe taveing the wies. Seduce, heae, deity o thief, wi see you soon enough in the shadow of the ainfa, in the bief vioet dakening a sunset but unti then pay watch ove him as a mountain guads its covet oe and the hash facon its fightess young. Dana Gioia Dana Gioia's beautifu poem, Paye, was witten in memoy of his infant son, Michae Jaspe Gioia, whose biefife was tagicay ended by SDS. M. Gioia seved as Chai of the Nationa Endowment fo the Ats fom and has authoed sevea books of poems, numeous anthoogies, atices, essays and two opea ibetti. Among his many honos ae the Ameican Book Awad and Pesidentia Citizens Meda. He cuenty hods the Judge Widney Chai of Poety and Pubic Poicy at the Univesity of Southen Caifonia. He is a nationa teasue. The choa setting of Paye was designed as a coanion piece to my Sue On This Shining Night, and both woks dispay my esteem fo the geat songs and songwites fom the Ameican musica theate. The finest woks fom this gene ae timeess and dispay songwiting at its best in both yics and music. Paye and Sue On This Shining Night can be pefomed togethe, with just a sight beak o no beak at a between the songs; a tio of these Theate Songs aso woks we Paye foowed by Whee Have The Actos Gone, concuding with Sue On This Shining Night. A vesion of Paye fo baitone and piano was pemieed by Rod Gify, intenationa sta of opea, ecita and musica theate, accoanied by the coose at the piano. The choa vesion was fist pefomed on Febuay 10,2013 by D. Joseph Oht and his West Chois of Doyestown, PA, at the Aaon Copand House in Cotandt, NY, with the Euopean pemiee in Abedeen, Scotand, by Con Anima conducted by the distinguished coose, Pau Meao. Moten Lauidsen Cum's Caste, Wadon sand Summe, 2012 Since Paye is often pefomed at memoia concets, equests have been made to change the phase, watch ove him to watch ove he o watch ove them. The coose and poet authoize the change fo such occasions. Cove at Fuvio Testa

3 The music of Moten Lauidsen, Distinguished Pofesso of Coosition at the Univesity of Southen Caifonia Thonton Schoo of Music, occupies a pemanent pace in the standad voca epetoie of the TwentyFist Centuy. He was CooseinResidence of the Los Angees Maste Choae fom and is cuenty Honoay Atistic Pesident of NTERKULTUR/Wod Choi Games. His woks, incuding eight voca cyces and a seies of saced motets, ae eguay pefomed thoughout the wod and have been ecoded on ove 200 CDs, sevea of which have eceived Gammy nominations. An awadwinning documentay by fimmake Michae Stiwate, Shining Night A Potait of Coose Moten Lauidsen, was eeased in nfomation about the fim is at songwithoutbodes.net. Named an Ameican Choa Maste by the Nationa Endowment fo the Ats in 2005, he was awaded the 2007 Nationa Meda of Ats, the highest atistic awad in the United States, by the Pesident in a White House ceemony fo his coosition of adiant choa woks combining musica beauty, powe, and spiitua depth. Fo moe about Moten Lauidsen A Moten Lauidsen Recodings Lauidsen Lux Aetena, Los Angees Maste Choae, Sinfonia Ochesta and Moten Lauidsen (piano), Pau Saamunovich conducting, on the Gammynominated RCM CD Lauidsen Noctunes, Poyphony, Bitten Sinfonia, Andew Lumsden (ogan) and Moten Lauidsen (piano), Stephen Layton conducting, on Hypeion CD Lauidsen Lux Aetena, Poyphony, Bitten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton conducting, on the Gammynominated Hypeion CD Lauidsen 0 Magnum Mysteium, Chambe Choi of Euope, Jog Haubek (ogan) and Moten Lauidsen (piano), Nico Matt conducting, on Hansse Cassic CD Lauidsen Nothwest Jouney, Donad Binega Singes and the Vikabo Chambe Ensembe with Raph Gieson, Jane Thongen, Sunny Wikinson, Shey Beg, James Doinge, Anne Maie Ketchum and Moten Lauidsen on RCM Sue On This Shining Night, Voce and the Voce Chambe Atists, Mak Singeton conducting, voceinc.og Lauidsen MidWinte Songs, The Singes Minnesota Choa Atists Matthew Cuoton conducting, singesmca.og

4 fo Joseph Oht and the West Chois of Doyestown, PA Paye Dana Gioia Moten Lauidsen Modeato, teo ubato (J =ca. 66) it it Meno mosso il unga 1'\ Teno il it poco il Bass p feey, musingy ft. ft. Echo of the cock towe, foot step in the aey way, ft. ft. ft... sweep_of the wind sift ing the.1 it il p 1.nJJJ u nnj J.J.. poco it.. 8.,; il Poco piu mosso ( J = ca. 76) it a itte moe fowing Jewee of the sp1d e web, connois eaves. J il n nnj n nnj Poco piu mosso (J =ca. 76) il 1. i J.J J Poem Copyight by Dana Gioia. A ights eseved. Used by pemission. * Copyight 2011 by Songs of Pee, Ltd. ntenationa Copyight Secued. A Rights Reseved.

5 seu of aut umn's u ence, bof ightning ha vest ithe sky. 3 t 11.,.. n; _ L _.. i.. j,.,.o, 11ff J J ;_1 j J J th [!] 14 11ff,...,.._,...,.....,.. Keepe of the sma gate, choe ogaphe of entances and exits, _... midnight whispe et;;;;he 11..._... t h _h_ w 17 _.,,., =., ,... Se du ce,_hea e, deity o thief, wies. Se du ce,_hea e, deity o thief, ; ====.b.n 1. J L.J L...J

6 4 20 wi see you soon,._,._. 1..=1 e nough, soon_ e 11ff t'_.,._ wi see you soon e nough, soon_ e.., mf 1 J n J t' </ JJ 23 Modeato, teo ubato (J =ca. 66) Meno mosso nough 0.f. nough!.., Modeato, teo ubato (J = ca. 66) /',, Meno mosso unga t' L 1 nn.dj n n n n nnjj..jnnn J 1;.1

7 Sopano 27 e) poco 7Tff e).... ;_of Echo of the cock towe, foot step in the a ey way, Teno Echo of the cock towe, fi oot step m the aey way, Bass the winifting the 5 J poco 1 pi'i n.nj 1 nnj J J U pii. mosso (J =ca. 76),_...,_ e).. 1\ Jewee of the sp1 de web, connois... eaves. e cho in the cock towe, sweephe wind 3. sift ing the eaves. e cho, e cho, Poco pii. mosso (J =ca. 76) 1\ e) 1 1 i i' '1 nnj JnnJ 'i j J J

8 6 33 f. e. seu of autumn's u ence, bade of ight 'ning havest the e foot step in the aey way, sweep of the wind... _... foot step, sweep of the wind.... foot step, sweep J of the wind. F; i L.J.,...,.j ; ; J.J h J J hh h 'XW. 71fT [!] 36 A 71fT. Keepe of the sma gate, choe ogaphe of entances and exits, midnight whispe taveing the e 1\1 1\ 1\ h h 1\i 1\ h h L.J

9 7 39 wies. Se du ce,_ hea e, deity o thief, 71ff,, t) Se du ce,_ hea e, de i ty o == 1Un h h 11.1 w ']w... (!]A itte sowe, deibeamente 42 f t).._,;j..'. wi see you soon_ enough in the shad ow of the ain fa, in _..,.. f' '.... wi see you soon_ enough in the shad ow of the ain fa, in the 1L _ 71ff f' wi see you soon_ enough in the shad ow of the ain fa, in the 71ff f t)... '' '' wi see you soon_ enough in the shad ow of the ain fa, in the A itte sowe, deibeamente... F1 '.J f... j) J j) n. 71ff

10 8. 45 p... =,.J_ bief_ vioet dak en ing a sunset but unti then pay watch p _..., bief_ vioet dakening a sunset but unti then T pay watch p bief vioet dak ening a sunset but unti then pay watch p.. bief vioet dakening a sunset but unti then pay watch..,...;;;... 1.J L nn,! _.[ ;.J ;n.j 1...J _., 48 Teopimo 0 ve him, watch 0 e him,_ watch 0 ve him, watch 0 ve him,_ watch..._ 0 ve him, watch 0 ve him,_ watch o ve him, watch 0 ve him,_ watch Teopimo m i 1..1 '1 nn 1 n= 4

11 9 ;z,.,... t) 0 ve him, ung a f\... t) 0 ve him, f\... 0 ve him, p ung a unga unga... ' == 0 ve him, as a t) unga... 1 p... J.J Meno mosso, deibeamente motto 55 B.t...u11'1. moun tain guads its co vet oe and the hash fa! con its fight ess young. Meno mosso, deibeamente.. 1 ung a motto... =...;...J 1 1 i JJ ] J 57 t) Meno mosso esp...;..._ w p J.J J Moto meno mosso wp === nj ; J.hn ppp unga J h... (ca.4')