ANDREA CLEARFIELD
THE LONG BRIGHT
CANTATA FOR SOPRANO, TREBLE CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA (2004) INSTRUMENTATION 1 FLUTE (DOUBLES PICCOLO & ALTO FLUTE) 1 OBOE (DOUBLES ENGLISH HORN) 1 CLARINET IN B-flat 1 BASSOON (DOUBLES CONTRA BASSOON) 2 HORNS IN F 1 TRUMPET IN C and B-Flat 1 TENOR TROMBONE PERCUSSION (3 PLAYERS—INCLUDING TIMPANI) HARP PIANO/CELESTA (1 PLAYER) STRINGS
PERCUSSION LIST 3 Timpani 29”, 26”, 23” Marimba Vibraphone Chimes Glockenspiel Crotales (one octave set, high octave) Contrabass bow required for bowed Vibes, Cymbal, Tam Suspended Cymbals (H,M, L) Tam-Tams, (H, M, L) 3 Toms (H,M,L) Snare Drum Large Bass Drum Congas 2 Bongos (high and low) Tambourine Wood Blocks Temple Blocks Bongos Drum Set Hi-Hat Cymbal Kick Drum Sizzle Cymbal Mounted Castanets Suspended Triangle (3) Ratchet (mounted) Policeman’s Whistle Wooden slap stick Brake Drum Guiro Claves Cabasa Cowbell Rattle or Shekeré Bell-Tree Mark Tree 2 Low Toms or other low drums (like Brazilian sordu) Table with small wood , players choice (i.e. branches, wood blocks, 2x4) and small metal (i.e. gradated metal pipes, brake drum, Chinese gong, vibraslap, cowbell) and skin. Unusual and found sounds desired
Note: Selected Handbells and small percussion are required for the children’s chorus, to be played by chorus members (above middle C: D, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, B, C, D)
DURATION: 61 MINUTES
Page -ii- TABLE OF CONTENTS
MOVEMENT I. I THE LONG BRIGHT (1)...... Page 1 II THE BRIDGE...... Page 22 III RISK FACTOR...... Page 41 IV METS...... Page 50 V DIRT (There Was A Time)...... Page 60
MOVEMENT II. VI THE LONG BRIGHT (2)...... Page 83 VII MELISMA...... Page 96 VIII THE WOLF...... Page 125 IX GOOD DAYS BAD DAYS...... Page 138 X ON THINGS THAT GO BLOOM IN THE NIGHT...... Page 153 XI EPILOGUE: THE LONG BRIGHT (3)...... Page 165
All texts by David Wolman, Copyright ©2003 with the exception of an excerpt from “I Lift Up My Eyes”, words and music by Anni Baker
Page -iii- Score in C THE LONG BRIGHT Poetry by David Wolman Andrea Clearfield, (2004)
Slow, spacious q = 50 Flute/Piccolo/ Alto Flute &
Oboe/ English Horn &
Clarinet &
Bassoon/ Contrabassoon ? 4 Horn I &
Horn II &
Trumpet & 4
Trombone ?
Vibes &
(Snare off) Chimes ÷
Timp/Perc III ?
l.v. œ> œ & Œ Ó Harp p ?
& Piano
?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Slow, spacious q = 50 Soprano Solo &
Soprano 1 & 4 Soprano 2 &
Alto 1 &
Alto 2 & 4 da lontanon. div. Œ w w Œ ˙. ˙. Œ Œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ j œ Violin I œ w ˙ ˙ œ ˙. Œ œ œ œ ˙. ‰ œ & (8va both lines) Ó Œ Ó Œ Ó Œ div. (outside players) sim. j œ œ ˙ Œ œ œ ˙. œ œ ˙ ‰ œ Violin II œ ˙o & da lontano (inside players)Œ meta 0 Viola œ w B Ó Œ da lontano
Cello ?
Bass ?
Copyright © 2004 by Andrea Clearfield [ASCAP]. All Rights Reserved. (fl/cl optional, if needed for chorus)
A tempo Flute
Fl. U œ & Ó Œ œ dolce
Ob. U &
Cl. U œ & Ó Œ œ dolce U Bsn. ? 3 Hn. I U &
Hn. II U &
Tpt. U & 4 U Tbn. ? motor off arco (use bass bow) Vibes w ˙ ˙. Vibes U & Ó Œ l.v. Chimes
Chimes œ œ œ U ÷ & Œ Ó Ó Œ Œ Ó l.v. Triangle (light beater) ˙. U Triangle ? ÷ Œ ? >œ >œ >œ œ œ œ U & Ó Œ Œ Ó Ó Œ Hp. U ?
U & Pno. U ?
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 A tempo
Sop U &
3 U p P S 1 œ œ œ œ & œ Œ œ œ- œ œ œ Œ œ Do not, do not fear the view Do not, P 3 3 U p S 2 œ œ œ œ & œ Œ œ œ- œ œ œ Œ œ Do not, do not fear the view Do not,
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II da lontano U o o o Vc. o o o o o ? O O O O. O r . ? & Ó ˙ Œ ˙. w n.œ ‰ Œ Ó da lontano U o Cb. o o o o r ? ? & w ˙ ‰. Œ Ó ˙ w œn. Page - 1 - , Fl. ˙ œ #œ œ œ ˙ Œ & œ 3 p
Ob. &
Cl. ˙ œ œ & œ œ œ ˙ Œ 3 p Bsn. ? 3 4 2 4 3 Hn. I &
Hn. II &
Tpt. & 4 4 4 4 4
Tbn. ?
Vibes &
Chimes &
Crotales ? &
& Hp.
?
& Pno.
?
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Sop &
, p F S 1 ˙ œ #œ- œ ˙ œ p P œ œ œ w œ ‰ ˙ œ ‰ ˙ œ ‰ œ ˙ ‰ œ & 3 j j j J 3 do not 4 fear the view fear the view Theœ long, theœ long, 2 theœ 4 long bright the 3 p F S 2 ˙ œ œ- P & œ œ œ ˙ Œ Œ ‰ j ˙ œ ‰ j ˙ œ ‰ j œ ˙ Œ do not fear the3 view Theœ long, theœ long, theœ long bright P F 3 A 1 Œ Ó Œ ‰ ‰ ‰ Œ & œ ˙ œ ˙ j j ˙ j œ #œ œ ˙. Ah Ah Theœ longœ bright,˙ theœ longœ bright theœ - - - œlong bright- œ P F 3 A 2 Œ Ó Œ ‰ ‰ ‰ j Œ & œ ˙ œ ˙ j ˙ j ˙ j œ #œ- œ ˙. 4 Ah 4 Ah Theœ longœ bright, theœ longœ bright theœ -4- - longœ bright 4 4
unis Vln. I & Œ ˙n.. w w ˙ œ ˙ Œ P
Vln. II & Ó ˙ w ˙ ˙. Œ P
Vla. ˙ œ B Ó #œ ˙. Œ P ˙. Vc. ? Œ P
Cb. ?
Page - 2 - Poco più mosso q=60 Fl. & Oboe Solo
Ob. & Œ Œ #œespress.
Cl. & Bsn. ? 3 4 3 Hn. I U Œ & ˙. P>
Hn. II U Œ & ˙. > P
Tpt. & 4 4 4
Tbn. ?
Vibes Vibes arco U Vibes #˙ Ó ˙ Œ ˙ Œ & # ˙˙ > l.v. F Chimes Chimes & ˙ Œ
Crotales Crotales œ ? & #˙ p l.v. > #Uw ˙. & # w . > ˙ Hp. P F p œo #œo ww> ? œo (harmonics sound 8va)
& Pno.
?
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Poco più mosso q=60 Sop &
bell-like Í U ‰ P , p S 1 >˙. ˙. j & ˙. #œ ˙ ˙ w ˙. long bright the long bright 3 bell-like 4 3 Í P , S 2 j #>˙ #U˙ j & ‰ œ . ‰ #œ ˙ ˙ the long bright the long bell-like Í U Œ A 1 j & Œ ‰ #œ #˙. theœ longœ bright˙. Œ bell-like> Í U A 2 Œ ‰ j Œ & œ œ #œ ˙ . 4 the >long 4 bright 4
div. j unis ˙. œ soft, warm sound Vln. I U ˙. œ ‰ Œ Ó & J œ œ.. œ œ.. œ œ.. p
Vln. II U Œ #˙ œ ‰ Œ Ó & J #œ nœ.. #œ nœ.. #œ nœ.. p Vla. œ œ U #œ #œ #œ B Ó J ‰ Œ Ó #œ.. #œ.. #œ.. p œ #œ œ Vc. U ...... ? Ó J ‰ Œ Ó #œ œ #œ œ #œ œ p
Cb. ? #œ #œ.. #œ #œ.. #œ #œ.. Page - 3 -