To the Evening Star / Abbie Betinis SATB div., flute $2.50 / AB (SATB chorus, flute) After the poem by William Blake

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1 o the Evening tar / bbie etinis div., flute $2.50 / I E E I N I o the Evening tar ( chorus, flute) fter the poem by William lake Commissioned by he ingers Minnesota Choral rtists Premiered by he ingers Minnesota Choral rtists and Linda Chatterton, flute Matthew Culloton, conductor December 2005 bbie etinis Music Co. web: phone: abbie@abbiebetinis.com

2 O HE EVENING R by William lake ( ) hou fair-hair'd angel of the evening, Now, whilst the sun rests on the mountains, light hy bright torch of love; thy radiant crown Put on, and smile upon our evening bed! mile on our loves, and while thou drawest the lue curtains of the sky, scatter thy silver dew On every flower that shuts its sweet eyes In timely sleep. Let thy west wind sleep on he lake; speak silence with thy glimmering eyes, nd wash the dusk with silver. oon, full soon, Dost thou withdraw; then the wolf rages wide, nd then the lion glares through the dun forest: he fleeces of our flocks are cover'd with hy sacred dew: protect them with thine influence! PROGRM NOE William lake, born in London in 1757, penned o the Evening tar around the age of 20, while he was apprenticing as an engraver. Unlike his later works, most famously his collection of poems in ongs of Innocence and of Experience, this poem appeared in letterpress without illuminations. One of the most famous of ritish poets, lake is known as a visionary mystic who proclaimed the supremacy of the imagination over the rationalism and materialism of the 18th-century. his musical setting, both intimately tender and fiercely vehement, is meant to depict our human vulnerability as we passionately encounter all of life s beauty. he composer dedicates this piece to Matthew and Melissa Culloton, on the occasion of their marriage. * * because nothing says Congratulations like augmented triads

3 Commissioned by he ingers-minnesota Choral rtists For Matthew and Melissa Culloton...protect them with thine influence... o the Evening tar William lake bbie etinis Flute Freely, out of time oprano lto enor ass poco as an echo deliberately Copyright November 2005, bbie etinis (CP). ll Rights Reserved.

4 2 etinis/lake - o the Evening tar 6 In tempo, = c. 60, glassy, glassy, glassy, glassy 10 hou fair-hair'd an - gel of the Oh... ev' - ning, Now Now, the* cresc. whilst the Oh... Oh... hou fair- hair'd an - gel of the Now, the ev' - ning, Now the* * Please sing "thuh"

5 etinis/lake - o the Evening tar 1 (cresc.) al le - lu sun rests on the moun - tains, sun, hou fair- hair'd al le - lu ia! light an - gel of the ia! hy bright torch of love; ev' ning, l - 16 crown put l - le-lu - l - le-lu - ia, ia, hy sub al - le - lu, sub al - le - lu, hy ra - diant ra - diant ra - diant ra - diant crown, hy crown put crown crown, crown, put le - lu - ia, al - le - lu, sub ra - diant crown,

6 4 etinis/lake - o the Evening tar 20 on, and on hy crown and ra diant smile smile smile smile up - on our up - on our up - on our ra diant smile on our 2 Molto Rit ev' - ning bed! Oh... Oh... Molto Rit h... Molto Rit Molto Rit h... ev' - ning bed! Oh... Oh... h... Molto Rit h...

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8 etinis/lake - o the Evening tar 7 47 cresc., legato Let thy west wind, legato, legato Let thy west wind Let thy west wind sleep; speak sleep; speak sleep; speak si- lence si- lence si- lence with thy with thy with thy glim- mer- ing eyes, glim- mer- ing eyes, glim- mer- ing eyes, nd wash the wash the wash the, legato Let thy west wind sleep; speak si- lence with thy glim- mer- ing eyes, nd wash the 51 poco rit. lower dusk dusk with with with poco rit. sub sil - ver, sil - ver... poco rit. lower sub sil ver, poco rit. lower lower sil - ver... sil - ver... dusk with sil - ver. poco rit. lower dusk with sil - ver.

9 8 etinis/lake - o the Evening tar 55 accel. Faster accel. Faster oon, full soon, dost thou with - draw; and then the accel. Faster oon, full soon, dost thou with - draw; and then the accel. Faster oon, full soon, dost thou with - draw; al - le - lu - ia, the accel. Faster ( ) oon, soon, dost thou with - draw; al - le - lu - ia, 58 ( ) wolf rag - es wide, nd then the li - on glares through the wolf rag - es, rag - es wide, then the wolf rag - es, rag - es wide, then the li - on li - on glares glares wolf rag - es wide, nd then the li - on glares

10 etinis/lake - o the Evening tar 9 60 dun l - le - lu - ia! fo - rest: l - le - lu - ia! l - - le - lu - ia! l - le - l - - le - lu - ia! l - le - lu! l - - le - lu! l - le - lu! l - le - 6 lu ia! l - le - lu - ia! l - le - lu - ia! l - le - lu - ia! l - le - lu - ia! l - le - lu - ia! lu ia! l - le - lu - ia! l - le - lu, l - le - lu -

11 10 etinis/lake - o the Evening tar 66 l - le - lu! l - le - lu! l - le - lu - ia! l - le - lu! l - le - lu! l - le - lu - ia! ia! l le - lu ia! l le - lu - ia! () l le, l - le - 69 fast trill! l - le - lu - ia! l - le - lu! l - le-lu - ia! l - le - lu - ia! l - le - lu! l - le-lu - ia! l - le - lu - ia! lu - ia! l - le, l - le - lu! l - le - lu! l - le-lu - ia! l - le-lu - ia!

12 etinis/lake - o the Evening tar ( ) ( ) sub p ( ) () () () l le - l le - l le - l le - () l le - lu - ia! lu ia! lu ia! lu ia! lu ia! 75 Our, as a prayer flocks are co- ver'd with hy sa - cred dew: pro - tect them, pro - Our, as a prayer flocks are co- ver'd with hy sa - cred dew: pro-tect, as a prayer Our flocks are, as a prayer co- ver'd with hy sa - cred dew: pro - tect them, pro - Our flocks are co- ver'd with hy sa - cred dew: pro-tect

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14 etinis/lake - o the Evening tar 1 88 rit. Freely, as beginning rit. poco a poco decresc. Freely, as beginning l - le - l - le - lu rit. poco a poco decresc. lu rit. poco a poco decresc. ia... Freely, as beginning ia... Freely, as beginning l - le - l - le - rit. lu poco a poco decresc. lu ia... Freely, as beginning ia... 9 slower niente (gradually close to "mm") (gradually close to "mm") niente niente (gradually close to "mm") (gradually close to "mm") niente

15 lso by bbie etinis... he urt Family Carols eries: (bbie is the grand-niece of composer lfred urt, and carries on his tradition of writing a new carol every Christmas) ehind the Clouds a cappella bbie etinis Music Co C8 Hail, Christmas Day! a cappella Fred ock Music F254 Prayer for Peace a cappella, s./t. solos Fred ock Music F258 Run, oboggan, Run div., a cappella Fred ock Music F256 ong of the Pines a cappella bbie etinis Music Co C5 elected Choral Works: braham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, piano, snare drum bbie etinis Music Co. ext: Vachel Lindsay he abe of ethlehem, arr. div., a cappella bbie etinis Music Co. ext and tune: William Walker in outhern Harmony ar xizam (Upward I rise) div., s. a. t. b. solos, a capp. bbie etinis Music Co. ext: Hâfez (in Persian) Dormi, Jesu (leep Jesus) a cappella G. chirmer ext: traditional (in Latin) Cat. No Carmina mei cordis (ongs of my heart) div., a cappella bbie etinis Music Co. ext: eterna lux divinitas & ngele Dei (in Latin) Cedit, Hyems (e gone, winter!) div. (or div.), flute G. chirmer ext: Prudentius (in Latin) Cat. No Chant for Great Compassion div., a cappella bbie etinis Music Co. ext: traditional Chinese Jerusalem Luminosa a cappella Kjos Music ext: homas a Kempis (in Latin) Cat. No. 62 Long ime rav ling div., tenor solos, a capp. anta arbara Music Pub. ext: traditional merican shape-note texts MP-702 pell of the Elements double chorus, piano bbie etinis Music Co. ext: Elizabeth Jennings Yhinx: n ncient Greek Love Charm a cappella, t. t. b. solos bbie etinis Music Co. ext: heocritus & ancient Greek stone (in Greek) Reviewed as audacious edgy and thrilling, the music of bbie etinis is being performed increasingly in the United tates and abroad. orn in 1980, bbie has been commissioned by more than 40 music organizations including the Dale Warland ingers, Cantus, he Rose Ensemble, and he chubert Club McKnight Fellow, she has also won a Jerome Commissioning Grant, the Craig and Janet wan Composer Prize, and awards from the merican Composers Forum, CP, Minnesota Music Educators ssociation and the orel Organization. Ms. etinis studied composition at t. Olaf College, the University of Minnesota, and the European merican Musical lliance in Paris, France, where faculty from Juilliard and the Paris Conservatory teach harmony and counterpoint in the tradition of Nadia oulanger. bbie s music is primarily self-published (bbie etinis Music Co) and is distributed internationally, with additional scores published by Fred ock Music, Graphite Publishing, Kjos, anta arbara Music Publishing, and, most recently, in G. chirmer s Dale Warland eries. ince 2005, bbie has been Composer-in-Residence for he chubert Club. he has also held residencies with he ingers Minnesota Choral rtists and he Rose Ensemble. three time cancer survivor, she lives in t. Paul, Minnesota. bbie etinis Music Co. web: phone: abbie@abbiebetinis.com