lute, Clarinet Piano Score
commissioned y the Palisades Virtuosi remiered y the Palisades Virtuosi Margaret Sinchoski, lute Donald Mokrynski, clarinet Ron Levy, iano at the Unitarian Society o Ridgeood, Ne ersey March, 200 Duration: 11 minutes These three movements or lute, clarinet and iano celerate lie Seciically, they have een insired y the Humanist Teachings (collection o oetry) in the Unitarian Hymnal And ith this in mind, oems may e read eore the laying o each movement Or, the music may e erormed ithout reak Setting orth is a musical resonse to the Walt Whitman oem, Song o the Oen Road Phrases rise, oten sanning an octave or more o oen sace There is energy exressed as the temo quickens, and the harmonic center shits uard Ater several exuerant assages, the music sotens to a quiet ending, as though listening to hat ath ill aear next The Grace o the World ollos the Wendell Berry oem, The Peace o Wild Things, although several other oems in this section o the Teachings are o similar sentiments Musical motion is slo-aced, erhas est demonstrated y the oening chords in the iano here most itches move only steise, and some are held through These chords return throughout the iece, roviding a ond o still ater eneath the inds The lute and clarinet are the melodic voices reresenting the activity o nature irds, stars ust as Setting orth serves as a starting oint or the musical exedition, so does a enediction o Let Tomorro Come oer closing sentiments And these are sentiments o reoicing as ell as accetance or there is the acknoledgment that the ourney rom dark to light is accomlished not y ourselves alone In the ords o the Wendell Berry oem, Not y your ill is the house carried through the night Thereore, the musical celeration takes the orm o a lively mixed-meter dance The articulation is staccato (short) to reresent secks o light Delight is taken in the rhythmic vitality o this music Morning has arrived! * * * * * Dr Gyneth Walker ( 19) is a graduate o Bron University and the Hartt School o Music She holds BA, MM and DMA Degrees in Music Comosition A ormer aculty memer o the Oerlin College Conservatory, she resigned rom academic emloyment in 192 in order to ursue a career as a ull-time comoser She no lives on a dairy arm in Braintree, Vermont Gyneth Walker is a roud resident o Vermont She is the reciient o the Year 2000 "Lietime Achievement Aard" rom the Vermont Arts Council Walker's catalog includes over 10 commissioned orks or orchestra, and, chorus and chamer ensemles The music o Gyneth Walker is ulished y E C Schirmer o Boston (choral and vocal music) and MMB Music o St Louis (orchestral and instrumental music)
Commissioned y the Palisades Virtuosi ull Circle or lute, Clarinet and Piano 1 Setting orth Gyneth Walker lute B Clarinet (in C) Sloly, relaxed q = 60 Sloly, relaxed q = 60 Piano A A Coyright 200 Gyneth Walker 2 Brainstorm Rd, Braintree, Vermont All rights reserved Madein USA
2 10 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 12 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
16 Ÿ Ÿ 1 Ÿ Ÿ 20 rit, B aster q = 0, rit, B aster q = 0
22 simile 2 26
2 5 1 C ( ) dim 5
6 cresc 9 1 Ÿ Ÿ n n n n D Quickly q = 96 N n n D n n Quickly q = 96 N n N ith edal
- n n n 6 - n 9 - - n n
52 E E n 55 A 5 ritard to end ritard to end stays to end
60 (rit) 9 cresc () 61 (rit) (cresc) () (rit) 62 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - dim to end dim to end (rit) dim to end () 6 () (rit) (rit) (dim) (dim) (dim) U U U Duration: 0
10 2 The Grace o the World Peaceully q = 0 A P cantaile Peaceully q = 0 ith edal A 6 *, 11 B P cantaile sustained - - - - - * grace note recedes the eat
11 15 accel accel 19 C aster q = 96 π π () () C aster q = 96 ith edal 22 Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ
12 25 2 D - - - - - - - - D 1 - - - - - -, - -,
, 1, - - - ( ) - - - ( ) ( ) n 2 rit rit () G Start sloly and gradually accelerate
1 50 5 (accel) (accel) (accel) H aster q = 112 H aster q = 112 56 59 cresc cresc cresc
62 I * ( ) 15 * ( ) I 65 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 6 m *Parenthetical eighth rests are rovided as ossiilities or otional reathing
16 2 6 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > K K > > > > 5 dim dim L Sloer q = 96 () L Sloer q = 96
1 90 rit n rit 9 M More sloly > > 99 > > > > > > > > ()
10 a temo (q = 96) a temo (q = 96) N N LH RH cresc LH 106 109 O O ritard to end ritard to end U U U U 1 Duration: 0
Let Tomorro Come 19 q = 66,, q = 66 rit U U A Quickly q = 116 (q = 16) rit U U A Quickly q = 116 (q = 16) lightly lightly lightly 1 B
20 1 21 C - - C 25 - -
21 29 D D ^ > v v v v > > > ^ v ^ v ^ > > E E
22 1 5 - - 9 - -
5 G v v v 2 edal lightly v v v 5 > > > g 61 > P > > P 65 P g
2 69 H H v v v v v v ^ ^
1 25 5 5 5 5 I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - () 5 5 5 5 I N - -
26 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 10 Ÿ Ÿ i rit rit ()
(rit) 10 a temo soken, not on itch ta ta ta ta ta ta 2 soken, not on itch ta ta ta ta ta ta (rit) a temo () 112 ta ta ta ta ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta 116 ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta
2 120 ta ka ta ta ta ka ta ta K - - K 12 - - 12 > v v v v > ^
29 11 L > L ith edal 15 19
0 1 1 N M N M - - - - - - 151 - - Decemer 11, 200 Braintree, Vermont Duration: 00 Total duration: 11 00