NO PLACE LIKE For children s voices and SATB KERRY ANDREW
NO PLACE LIKE For children s voices and SATB Written or the BBC s Ten Pieces Scheme, and remiered in the children s voices and SATB choir version on uly 23 rd 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, or the BBC Proms. *** come rom the Big Bang. My home is don the road, u the hill, ar aay My home is an estate on a arm by the sea My home makes me eel like me The heart o the galaxy My hometon is my hometon Where the root o the rhythm comes rom It s somehere I kno like the back o my hand Home is here the sound is It s a village, it s a ton, it s a city It s a city, it s a country it s the orld Home is here the love is. Lyrics by rimary school children across the UK, adated by Kerry Andre Duration: 3 4 arox.
NOTES Key soken; higher or loer crossheads give a rough indication o shae, but they should be ithin soken range inger click hit chest cla Movement Notes Letter A: Right orearm horizontally don in ront o chest on B ; on the irst K, orearm comes u so that it is vertical, to the side o torso, ith alm acing audience. Let hand then clas the back o right alm on the three cla symbols. This movement haens in each bar ith the cla symbols beteen letter A and should do the same movements as in the bars here the cla symbol aears. Letter B, Grou1 and SATB : Right hand hits chest and right hand click out to the side. (Letter D is similar) Letter B,, and Letter D: Village Ton City Country World alms in ront o torso, ingers meeting like a church steele hands move outards so that each orearm is vertical and either side o torso hands/orearms move u, to be more like skyscraers! bent orearms move outards, still above heads, alms acing audience hands oin to make circle above head
L L c c No Place Like Commissioned by BBC Ten Pieces or Molly and Imogen Sno Lyrics by UK rimary school children and arranged by Kerry Andre Kerry Andre All q 90 m 4 We come rom the Big ªA m bright, sringy 16 Œ 4 Œ Bang My home is don the road, u the hill, ar a ay, Sorano 4 16 armly r oh 4 m ah ee * Alto 4 16 armly m oh ah ee * 4 Tenor # & # 4 16 m armly oh ah ee * 4 Bass 4 m armly 16 oh ah ee * 4 All 9 m m 16 4 Œ My home is an est ate, on a arm, by the sea My home makes me eel like me, div. â ä 16 div. 4 16 div. n 4 & # # 16 4 16 4 * reely and individually move through voel sounds, enoying the resonances/any harmonics (stagger breathe)
2 17 Œ The heart o the galax y. A See movement notes ªA ªA ªA ªA ªA ªA < < Œ The heart o the galax y. B See movement notes beatbox ªA ªA ªA ªA ªA ªA T K T K B T K T K m n m 21 < ªA ªA ªA < ªA ªA ªA < ªA ªA ªA B ªA ªA ªA ªA ªA ªA T K T K B T K T K B T K T K ªA ªA ªA m grooving Œ Œ Where the rhy thm Where the rhy th m Where the rhy thm (close onto 'm') m grooving Œ Œ Where the rhy thm Where the rhy th m Where the rhy thm (close onto 'm') 24 & # ªA ªA ªA (clas sto) # < My ªA ªA ªA hometon is my home ton, Where the roots o the rhythm come rom, (clas sto) B T K T K B T K T K B T K T K Œ Œ Œ Where the rhyth m Where the rhy thm Where the rhy thm Œ Œ Œ Where the rhyth m Where the rhy thm Where the rhy thm * see movement notes
27 < ªA ªA ªA Œ Œ 3 B It's somehere I kno like the back o my hand, ªA ªA ªA T K T K B T K T K B T K T K Where the rhy thm Where the rhythm Oh the rhy thm m (no breath) Where the rhy thm Where the rhythm Oh the rhy thm 30 < ªA ªA ªA < ªA ªA ªA ªA ªA ªA Œ B Œ Œ Œ Œ ªA ªA ªA ªA ªA ªA (no breath) T K T K B T K T K B T K T K m (close onto 'm') (close onto 'm') ªA ªA ªA It's the Oh the rhyth m Oh the rhy thm Oh the rhy th m Oh the rhyth m Oh the rhy thm Oh the rhy th m 33, one lace, the on ly lace, A hive o eo le busy as bees, B T K T K B T K T K B T K T K Oh the rhy thm Oh the rhyth m Oh the rhy thm Oh the rhy thm Oh the rhyth m Oh the rhy thm
4 36 We are a comm un it y. Home B T K T K shhh is here the Y Home is here the Oh the rhy th m shhh Y Oh the rhy th m shhh m Y Home m Home is here the is here the â ä â ä B See movement notes 39 < Œ < Œ < Œ Home is here the Home is here the Home is here the < Œ Œ It's a See movement notes Œ Œ Œ Œ village it's a ci ty it's a See movement notes < m < < Œ Œ Œ Home is here the Home is here the Home is here the m < < < Œ Œ Œ Home is here the Home is here the Home is here the m # & # < Œ Home is here the mmm m < Œ Home is here the mmm
42 < Œ < Œ Home is here the Home is here the sound is Home is here the Œ Œ Œ Œ country it's the orld It's a Œ Œ village it's a < < Œ Œ < Œ Home is here the Home is here the Home is here the < < Œ Œ < Œ Home is here the Home is here the Home is here the m # & # Home is here the mmm m Home is here the mmm 4 sound is Home is here the sound is Home is here the sound is Home is here the â ä Œ Œ Œ Œ ci ty it's a country it's the orld Home Œ is here the â ä < Œ < Œ < Œ Home is here the Home is here the Home is here the < < Œ Œ < Œ Home is here the Home is here the Home is here the # (div.) & # Home is here the Home is here the
6 C 48 LOOP 1 Mvt hands slaying out either side Y Wssshhh (unvoiced) Y Wssshhh 2nd time onards m LOOP 2 birds Mvt linked thumbs, ingers as ings Œ Teet teet teet teet Teet teet teet teet Œ LOOP 3 car horn Mvt RH beeing car horn Grou 3 3rd time onards m Mee mee mee Mee mee mee Grou 4 LOOP 4 erson on mobile hone 4th time only Mvt RH ingers in hone shae to ear Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Hel lo, yeah? Can you hear me? Hel lo, yeah? Can you hear me? Grou LOOP motorbike Mvt hands on handbars, revving Œ Œ Y Y Vrrmm m Grou 6 dim.throughout sou(nd) nnn * dim.throughout sou(nd) nnn * # & # sou(nd) nnn * dim.throughout m nnn sou(nd) nnn ** m m, * glissando donards reely and individually over the 6 bars, ith a gradual dim. and a gradual change to 'nnn'. (The honeme sung ill be 'soun' ithout inishing on the 'd'.) Stagger breathe. ** Basses do not glissando, but still gradually move to 'nnn'. NB dim. to m in irst bar. Remain as m. Stagger breathe.
7 2 Y Wssshhh Wssshhh í î Y Œ í Œ î Teetteet teet teet Teet teetteet teet Grou 3 í î Meemee mee Meemee mee Grou 4 Œ Œ Œ Œ íœ Œ Œ Œ î Hel lo, yeah? Can you hear me? Hel lo, yeah? Can you hear me? Grou Vrrmm m Œ Y Y Œ íœ Y Y Œ Vrrmm m î Grou 6 íy LOOP 6 olice siren Mvt tirl RH oreinger horizontally in air Y î Eeee & # # m m nnn nnn m m,
8 Ä * ALTOS: LOOP 7 Morris Dancers May Day Song NB sing roughly, aster than main temo, and not rettily it does not have to be erect! m We've been ramb ling all the night, And the irst art o the day, And Œ no e're re turn ing back a gain, We have brought you a branch o May. Enter toards the end o the Altos' irst time round their song. Ä * imrovise chat, gossi, calling to eole, Ladies Who Lunch, businessomen, laughter, scolding your children, etc # & # TENORS: LOOP 8 Football song Mvt ut a e hands round shoulders, etc! NB Sing VERY roughly the tune is here as a relative guide, but ideally this ould be sung in hatever key someone decides to start in! Try not to be in tune. It can be rhythmically loose too. Œ n n Œ b n Sing n n n hen you're inning You only sing hen you're inning Sing hen you're in ning, You only sing hen you're in ning All 67 * Ä ALL KIDS' LOOPS 1 6 CONTINUE sim. nnn oh nnn oh nnn oh div. * This age orks as ollos: the Basses and ' arts continue as ritten ith no break rom the revious age, conducted in 4/4. The Altos' art starts at the beginning o the age, and the Altos continue in their on, slightly aster temo. The Tenors and Soranos should come in roughly toards the end o the Altos' irst time round their song, also at an indeendent temo. Soranos, Altos and Tenors should kee reeating until cued to sto on the next age. NB It does not matter i it becomes diicult or the to stay in time on this age! It is ine or it to become loose and unruly beore the next age. It IS, hoever, imortant or the Basses to stay in time and key amongst the madness!
All can gro loose and manic! 73 & # Ä # (STOP herever you are) D 9 m (STOP herever you are) Home, (begin to reeat) Œ (STOP herever you are) It's a BODY PERC. vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a & # # (STOP herever you are) oh oh Œ m Home, All 78 Œ see movement notes It's a KIDS GROUP 1 & 2 ONLY div. vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a city, it's a coun try, it's the orld, It's a â ä no lace like home, no lace like ci ty, it's a coun try, it's the orld, It's a village, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a city, it's a coun try, it's the orld, Œ & # # Home, no lace like no lace like home, no lace like
10 Grou 3 Grou 4 81 # 83 / # # vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a ci ty, it's a coun try, it's the orld, it's a vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a ci ty, it's a coun try, it's the orld, Œ Œ BODY PERC. (belo) home, BODY PERC. (belo) it's it's a vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a ci ty, it's a coun try, it's the (NB otional might be too tricky) a vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a ci ty, it's a coun try, it's the no lace like home, no lace like vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a ci ty, it's a country, it's the orld, it's a it's a vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a ci ty, it's a coun try, it's the orld, Œ Grou 3 Grou 4 orld, it's a vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a ci ty, it's a coun try, it's the Œ orld, it's a vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a ci ty, it's the & # # # home, # / # # So 1 (or small grou) no Home, home, no lace like So 2 Alto lace like
8 vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a ci ty, it's a country, it's the orld, it's a it's a vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a ci ty, it's a coun try, it's the orld, 11 Grou 3 Grou 4 orld, it's a vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a ci ty, it's a coun try, it's the country, it's the orld, it's a vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, it's a ci ty, it's the Grou 3 Grou 4 Œ 87 & # ## vil home, # / # # home, lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, Home it's a vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, Home no Home, lace like no lace like is here the orld, it's a vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, Home is here the country, it's the orld, it's a vil lage, it's a ton, it's a cit y, Home is here the & # ## home, home, # / # # is here the Home is here the Home is here the Œ
12 Grou 3 Grou 4 89 shouted Œ Œ Œ R PIZ ZA! THE LOVE IS! No shouted Œ Œ R Œ WI FI! THE LOVE IS! No shouted R Œ lace lace KIT TEN! THE LOVE IS! No lace like shouted Œ Œ like like KET TLE! THE LOVE IS! No lace like RH ist across chest, remain in this osition Œ RH ist across chest, remain in this osition Œ RH ist across chest, remain in this osition Œ RH ist across chest, remain in this osition Œ Œ No lace like RH ist across chest, remain in this osition Œ No lace like RH ist across chest, remain in this osition