FLOWER INTO KINDNESS by Jake Runestad (Choral Score
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JR0066-2 - RUNESTAD: FLOWER INTO KINDNESS Jake Runestad FLOWER INTO KINDNESS for chorus & string quartet Piano/Vocal Score Music jakerunestad.com TEXT FLOWER INTO KINDNESS The soul is made of love and must ever return to love. There is nothing so wise, nor so beautiful, nor so strong as love. (Mechthild von Magdeburg) Above all, love. I shed my words on the earth as the tree sheds its leaves. Let my thoughts unspoken f lower into kindness. (Rabindranath Tagore) PERFORMANCE TIME c. 5:30 ABOUT THE WORK This work is a movement from “Into the Light,” an extended work for chorus and orchestra, originally commissioned by Valparaiso University in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Christopher M. Cock, conductor, Valparaiso University Chorale, and director of the Bach Institute. Funded through the Hoermann-Koch Sacred Music Endowment at Valparaiso University. This new arrangement was created for Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare, featured on their all-Runestad album “The Hope of Loving.” ABOUT THE COMPOSER Considered “one of the best of the younger American composers” (Chicago Tribune), award-winning composer and conductor Jake Runestad has received commissions and performances from leading ensembles such as VOCES8, the Philippine Madrigal Singers, Washington National Opera, the Netherlands Radio Choir, Seraphic Fire, the Swedish Radio Symphony, the Dallas Symphony Chorus, the Pacific Chorale, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and an all-Runestad album from Grammy-winning Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare. Jake’s visceral music and charismatic personality have fostered a busy schedule of commissions, residencies, workshops, and conducting engagements, enabling him to share his passion for creativity, expressivity, and community with musicians around the world. He is one of the youngest composers ever awarded ACDA's prestigious Raymond W. Brock commission. Dubbed a “choral rockstar” by American Public Media, Jake is one of the most frequently performed composers in the world and has traveled to work with ensembles on all but one continent. Jake Runestad holds a Master’s degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University where he studied with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts. Learn more at: JakeRunestad.com Piano/Vocal Score FLOWER INTO KINDNESS from Mechthild von Magdeburg INTO THE LIGHT Jake Runestad Rabindranath Tagore (b. 1986) Freely q=48 stretch triplet p softly emerging, with warmth 3 - 3 - 3 3 SA ° # 2 3 4 3 4 3 & #4 ‰ j 4#œ œ™ j 4 ˙ œ œ 4 œ œ œ 4 Œ œ 4 œ œ œ œ™ œœ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙˙ œ œ J 3 3 3 - - 3 TheJ soul is made of love and must ev- er re-turn to love. There is stretch triplet p softly emerging, with warmth 3 - 3 - 3 3 j j œ œ œ TB ?# 2 œ 3 œ œ œ™ œ 4 œ œ 3 œ œ œ ˙ œ œ 4 ˙ œ œ 3 #4 ‰ J 4 œ œ œ œ 4 ˙ œ 4 œ œ ˙ œ 4 ˙ Œ 4 ¢ ™ J ˙ œ 3 3 - 3 3 The soul is made of love and must ev- er re--turn to love. There is poco accel. q=54 mp 6 3 3 - - 3 - 3 - j - SA ° # 3 - 4 œ & #4 œ œ œ œ œ 4 œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ™ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ Jœ 3 3 - 3 3 - no--thing so- wise,- nor so beau - ti - ful, nor so strong as love, mp strong, nor so 3 3 3 3 - - - - j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Œ œ œ TB ?# 3 4 œ™ œ œ œ œ œ ww #4 œ œ œ œ œ 4 J ‰ ¢ 3 3 - 3 6 no--thing so- wise,- nor so beau - ti - ful, nor so strong, rit. q=38 f 9 3 3 j j SA ° # & # ˙ Œ œ œ œ™ œ ˙ ˙ Œ œ œ œ™ œ ˙ œ œ œ™ Jœ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ™ Jœ ˙ nor3 so strong as love, nor3 so strong as love. f strong as love, as love, nor so strong as love, 3 - j - - j œ™ œ Œ œ j ‰ œ œ™ œ - TB ?# œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ˙œ œ œ w # Œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ™ œ w ¢ 3 ‰ ™ w nor so strong- as love, J as love, as love.- rit. =38 3 q œ œ œ >œ™ œ ˙ # # PERUSAL SCOREœ œ œ™ œ ˙ & ∑ w œ œ œ ™ J ˙ w w mf *Pno. p Œ ˙˙ NOT FOR PERFORMANCE˙ ™ ?# œ œ ˙ ™ œ w # ∑ ˙ ˙ œ w Pedal freely ™ > w 9 > *If performing the version with strings, piano should not play. Copyright © 2017 by Jake Runestad & Jake Runestad Music LLC (ASCAP). Ver. 8.14.19 { All rights reserved. International copyright secured. This score is intended for perusal use and is NOT licensed for performance. Further dissemination of this copyrighted work is ILLEGAL. Please purchase scores at: jakerunestad.com/store. 2 14 In time q=60 13 mp p pp j j unis. SA ° # j œ œ œ w ˙ ™ œ & # ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ w œ œ ‰ J J œ Jœ w A - bove all, love. mm p w TB ?## w ∑ ∑ ∑ ¢ w 14 In time q=60 # ww ˙˙ ™ œ œ œ œ # w ˙ ™ j œ & ww ˙˙ ™ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ™ œ œœ œ œ œ 3 mp ™ Pno. mf œ w œ™ ˙ œ ?## w Ó Œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ w œ œ œ ™ Jœ {13 rit. q=54 17 Solo (Treble Voice) mp simply Solo ° # 3 & # ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ ‰ j 4 œI SA ## 3 ¢& w w w w 4 rit. q=54 > PERUSALœ œ œ œSCOREœ œ œ œ œ œ œ w w ## œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w w 3 & œ œ œ œ 4 NOT FOR PERFORMANCE3 mp Pno. f mf > ‰ œj j œ œ w˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ?# œ œ œ > > ‰ œ œ œ œ w 3 # w œ œ œ 4 w œ w œ œ w Keep sustain pedal down 17 œ until measure 52. { w> w This score is intended for perusal use and is NOT licensed for performance. Further dissemination of this copyrighted work is ILLEGAL. Please purchase scores at: jakerunestad.com/store. 3 21 21 3 3 Solo ° ##3 j j ‰ œ œ j j ‰ œ œ & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ shed my words on the earth as the tree sheds its leaves. Let my SA # 3 & #4 ¢ ˙ ™ ˙ ™ ˙ ™ ˙ ™ 21 ˙ ™ ##3 ˙ ™ & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ p Pno. œ œ œ ?# 3 #4 ∑ ∑ ∑ {21 25 3 Solo ° ## ˙ œ j ‰ & œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ thoughts un - spo - ken flow - er in - to kind - ness.œ SA # & # PERUSAL SCORE â NOT¢ ˙ ™ FOR˙ ™ PERFORMANCE˙ ™ ä Pno. ## {& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 25 This score is intended for perusal use and is NOT licensed for performance. Further dissemination of this copyrighted work is ILLEGAL. Please purchase scores at: jakerunestad.com/store. 4 28 Solo ° ## Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ & ˙ p 3 3 ## Ó ‰ j j j ‰ œ œ j j ‰ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ I shed my words on the earth as the tree sheds its leaves. Let my S. p # & # Ó ‰ j ˙ ™ ˙ ™ ˙ ™ ˙ ™ œ (mm) I p 3 # & # Ó ‰ j œ œ œ j j ‰ œ ˙ ™ ˙ ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ (mm) I shed my words on the earth as the A. # & # ˙ ™ ˙ ™ ˙ ™ ˙ ™ ˙ ™ (mm) p 3 3 T. ## ∑ Ó ‰ j j j ‰ œ œ j & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‹ I shed my words on the earth as the tree sheds its leaves. p 3 ?# j œ œ œ œ # ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó ‰ œ œ J I shed my words on the B. PERUSAL SCORE ?## ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ NOT¢ FOR PERFORMANCE Pno. ## {& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 28 This score is intended for perusal use and is NOT licensed for performance. Further dissemination of this copyrighted work is ILLEGAL. Please purchase scores at: jakerunestad.com/store. 5 33 mp SA ° # & # ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó œI Quartet/Small ensemble mp TB ?# œ # ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó œ I 3 ## j & ˙ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ ‰ j thoughts un - spo - ken flow-er in-to kind - ness.œ ˙ œI S. 3 3 ## j j ‰ œ œ j j ‰ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ shed my words on the earth as the tree sheds its leaves. Let my 3 # j j œ j & # œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ ˙ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ ‰ tree sheds its leaves. Let my thoughts un - spo - ken A. p 3 ## Ó ‰ j j j ‰ œ & ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ™ I shed my words on the earth as the 3 T. ## j ‰ œ œ ˙ œ j ‰ & œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ œ ‹ Let my thoughts un - spo - ken flow- er in-to kind - ness. 3 œ œ ?# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ # J ‰ œ J J ‰ earth as the tree sheds its leaves. Let my thoughts un - B. PERUSAL SCORE p j 3 œ œ 3 ?# Ó ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ # J J J NOT¢ FORI shed my words PERFORMANCEon the earth as the tree sheds its leaves.