Walking in the dark night

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1 Full Score Augusto Arias Walking in the dark night Sextet For lute, clarinet, har, viola, cello & emale voice version- Based on text ragments by Jose Saramago, Dante Alighieri & Goethe

2 2 This work was comosed in Mexico with the suort o Mexican Centre or Music and Sonics Arts. - And it s dedicated to my riends o Enjambre Multiónico Ensamble. Indications or the eromance: -Female voice must recitate the text, not sing it (excet when the score indicate otherwise). Please take the neccesary time to exress with eeling the ideas o the text. In this sense, singer or actress can use a microhone amliy her voice. When a text (or hrase) is within a bar, emale voice has to sing ONLY all words or hrases those are within the bar. Don t mix arts o the the texts between another subsequent bars. Don t change the language o texts selected by the comoser -Conductor must start conducting on bar 5 with the indicated temo. Beore that, musicians have to lay reely, listening between them. -On bar 2, lautist must lay with aroximate rythm, resecting the relation between long and short notes. -Comoser strongly reccommends that singer recitates moving on stage, as an actress. To erorm lease contact the comoser at

3 Texts o Walking in the dark night are extracts o works by Jose Saramago -El equiaje del Viajero-(Sanish trans), Dante Alighieri -The Divine Comedy-(E.T) and Goethe-Faust-(English Trans). All texts used in this work aren t in original language, all are translations. Lyrics: De noche, me gusta caminar or las calles de la ciudad, indierente hacia los que me conocen, agudamente a todo lo desconocido, como si en deinitiva anduviera en busca de otro mundo Jose Saramago Caminamos en la noche y somos devorados or el uego Dante Alighieri Eternal lame o bliss, glowing bond o Love, seething ain in the breast eervescent delight in God. Goethe The constant may shine, Nucleus o eternal Love! Where now my sirit, conused and chilled, languishes in the conines o my dull senses and the ain o tightly astened etters! Oh God! calm my thoughs, The Queen o Heaven - I see it by her gleaming. Highest Mistrss o the world, Let me, in the blue.

4 4 Score in C Female voice Flute Clarinet in Bb 1 Har Viola Violoncello Freely, slow and mysterious. Walking in the dark night version- Sextet or lute, clarinet, har, viola, cello & emale voice. Commisioned by Enjambre Multiónico Ensamble (Mexico) De noche, me gusta caminar or las calles de la ciudad, indierentehacia los que me conocen, agudamente a todo lo desconocido, como si en deinitiva anduviera en busca de otro mundo Don t mute strings sul tasto, sord sul tasto, sord. (1) Originally this work was comosed in 2011 or lute, two clarinets, violin, cello and emale voice. (1) Freely, slow and mysterious. Augusto Arias ree imrovisation using notes E and G, reeribly harmonics sounds. Create a mysterious atmoshere until bar 4 (when conductor starts to mark)

5 q=60 5 q=60 Note to Conductor: Start to conduct with the correct temo into bar 4 m m 5

6 6 voice H. 9 esress. m ord. e senza sord esress. ord. e senza sord esress. m m m m simile m simile

7 15 voice H. A A q=90 q=90 Note: Cello must start with a hold with a hold at the word uego With hainess and agitation Caminamos en la noche y somos devorados or el uegooooo!! Eolic, stacatissimo (chh) arco izz bartok 7

8 8 Voice 20 H. oco rit. oco rit. B B Temo I (q 60), misterioso m - (subito) Temo I (q 60), misterioso izz. arco izz.

9 Voice H. 25 Eolic (shh) Talking trough the lute an imaginary language, with this rythm. Imrovisation with aster and treble sounds (uer than c6). Imitating sound color o lute. The rythm must to be indeendent rom the rest o instruments keys sounds 9

10 10 Voice 0 arco

11 4 Voice H. 4 C C q=100 q=100 A temo A temo Eternal lame o bliss, Glowing bond o Love, Seething ain in the breast, izz. sul ont. (gradually to sul tasto) ort. ort. 11

12 12 H. 9 Eervescent delight in God esress. Hal shouting, hal singing (any midhigh tone) The constant star may shine, Nucleus o eternal Love! comic sul tasto arco gliss. izz.

13 H. trágico ma cantabile 46 Same sound voice as bars 7-40 Where now my sirit, conused and chilled, Languishes in the conines o my dull senses And the ain o tightly astened etters! trágico ma cantabile sul tasto 1

14 14 49 H. As a cry o rayer O God! calm my thoughts! Don t mute both strings, sul ont. arco

15 Voice H. 54 D D 15

16 16 Voice 60 H. R i t R i t o c o a o c o Jeté Jeté o c o a o c o

17 Voice H. 66 seaking ast a new and antastical language. Rythm indeendient rom ensamble The audience must eel the erormer became lunatic E hrase inal: susended and subito esress. E Temo I (60) Temo I (60) 17

18 18 Voice H. 7 same as bar 67. But ast to slow temo. Molto esress. Molto esress.

19 H. semre 5 m 19

20 20 Voice H. 86 m m m esress m

21 Voice H. 90 simile simile 21

22 22 Voice H. 94 Lento Lento esress. eolic tremolo ) (cb,d,e,b,g,ab,bb ) doloroso e molto vibrato sul I

23 H. 98 As a riest in the mass. The Queen o Heaven - m (everyone must listen text) I see it by her gleaming. Highest Mistress o the World, Let me, in the blue. lautatti sound 2