Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem Movement 2 For SATB Choir, Soprano Solo, and Chamber Orchestra Timothy Michael Powell www.TimothyMichaelPowell.com A ThingsBrig and Beautiful VOCAL SCORE with PIANO This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem was jointly commissioned by the following directors and ensembles
Charleston Southern University Concert Singers, Charleston, SC - Dustin Ousley, director
The Cherokee Chorale, Canton, GA - Scott Martin, director
Mat-Su Community Chorus, Palmer, AK - Amber Sumner, director
Creekview High School Choir, Canton, GA - Scott Martin, director
First United Methodist Church of Union County Sanctuary Choir, Blairsville, GA - Jeff Bauman, director
Martin Methodist College Choir, Pulaski, TN - Jennifer Adam, director
McKendree United Methodist Church, Lawrenceville, GA - Nada Long, director
North Idaho College Choral Union, Coeur d'Alene, ID - Maximiano Mendez, director
Royston First United Methodist Church, Royston, GA - Karen Smith, director
Scottsdale Community College Choir, Scottsdale, AZ - Adam Stich, director
Shallowford Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA - Emily Floyd, director
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - University Choir, Rapid City, SD - Matthew Bumbach, director
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Parish Choir, Kansas City, Missouri - Thomas R. Vozzella, director
St. James United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA - Michael Ervin, director
The Choral Society of Northeast Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA - Alan Baker, director
University of South Carolina - Aiken Concert Choir, Aiken, SC - Joel Scraper, director
10% of the proceeds from this commission supported the Love Like Lily Foundation, a tax-exempt 501(c)3 which provides fine arts scholarships to deserving students at the Davidson Fine Arts School in Augusta, GA and also endeavors to commission a new choral work each year.
To find out more and contribute, please visit www.lovelikelily.org
Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem is intended to capture the sounds and feelings of the north Georgia mountains where I grew up. One of my earlies memories is hearing the rugged, unaccompanied voices of an Appalachian congregation singing "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" echo and filter down through the trees from a mountain above my grandparent's house in full, heartfelt, four-part harmony. That early memory provides a nostalgic framework for this piece, informing and inspiring the spirit of the music through these poignant and powerful hymns.
However, the history, tradition, and beauty of the Latin Requiem mass also permeates this work, set orchestrally, and constructed with a chiastic architecture. There's a lot of symbolism here, some of it on purpose and some of it, I'm sure, subconscious.
I chose the texts myself, approaching all these disparate inspirational parts very individually and freely. This work is inspired by shape-note singing, Appalachian/Celtic mystery, and liturgical beauty, but is not bound by either the rustic, nor the elegant. It may certainly function within a liturgical sequence, though it contains only fragments of the historical prayers, but may also be performed as a concert work. Either in concert or liturgy, I would suggest the physical use of lilies as a visual indication of the textual symbolism, perhaps first held by the soprano soloist, who displays the flowers to the listeners with her very first words, followed by the choir, who could bring them in and place them around the space, in like manner to a "hanging of the greens" processional, during the opening movement. In the closing movement, the soprano and the choir could pick up the lilies again, or even distribute them to the listeners, as a recessional benediction.
It is a personal work for me. I actually wrote some of the material years ago. However, after the death of my daughter in a tragic accident, just two weeks shy of her 10th birthday, I began to write and play through the old material and to add new melodies as a discipline of reflection and healing as I worked through my grief. I did not initially intend to create a formal, publicly available work for performance, but as the music took shape, and my family was blessed by performances of three other choral pieces by talented colleagues that were written as memorials to our loss, I was encouraged by friends to offer it as a personal statement. I am grateful, now almost two years removed from that terrible day, that many of my old, close friends, as well as some new ones, signed onto this commissioning project with their ensembles in order to give this work a life of its own. Though there is, obviously, a personal component to this work, which uses the metaphor of scriptural "lilies" to indicate and symbolize the loss of loved ones, particularly children, it is my hope that Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem transcends its personal origins to provide healing and comfort for others in the same way that it has done for me.
Timothy Michael Powell, composer August 30, 2019
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for my wife Jen, and my sons Danny and Patrick Composed in memory of my daugher, Cecilia Kathryn "Lily Kate" Powell August 30, 2007 - August 17, 2017
Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem
For SATB Choir, Soprano Solo, and Chamber Orchestra
II. A Hymn
Text:
All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.
Each little flow'r that opens, each little bird that sings, he made their glowing colors, he made their tiny wings!
He gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell how great is God Almighty, who has made all things well!
Text: All Things Bright and Beautiful (1848) Cecil Frances Alexander (1823-1895)
Music: Timothy Michael Powell
*Notes which are reduced in size are orchestral cues, and are for rehearsal purposes only.
* if performing this movement as a "stand alone" movement with keyboard only, it is permissible to begin with the pickup to m. 5
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& & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b S A T B Pno. 5 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ 5 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó Œ œ œ All things Ó Œ œ œ All things Ó Œ œ œ All things Ó Œ œ œ All things œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ F F F F poco rit. & & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b S A T B Pno. 9 . ˙ œ bright and . ˙ œ bright and . ˙ œ bright and . ˙ œ bright and 9 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ a tempo œ œ ˙ œ œ beau ti ful, all œ œ ˙ œ œ beau ti ful, all œ œ ˙ œ œ beau ti ful, all œ œ ˙ œ œ beau ti ful, all œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ . œ j œ crea tures great and œ œ . œ j œ crea tures great and œ œ . œ j œ crea tures great and œ œ . œ J œ crea tures great and œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ . ˙ œ œ small, all things . ˙ œ œ small, all things . ˙ œ œ small, all things . ˙ œ œ small, all things œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ - -- ----2 Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
& & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b S A T B Pno. 13 . ˙ œ wise and . ˙ œ wise and . ˙ œ wise and . ˙ œ wise and 13 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ ˙ œ œ won der ful, the œœ ˙ œ œ won der ful, the œœ ˙ œ œ won der ful, the œœ ˙ œ œ won der ful, the œ œ œ œ . . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ b œ œ œ J œœ b J œ Lord God made them œ œ . œj œ Lord God made them œ œ œ J œœ b J œ Lord God made them œ œ . œ bJ œ Lord God made them œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ b b----& & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b S A T B Pno. 16 œ œ b œ ˙ Œ all. . ˙ Œ all. œ œ b œ ˙ Œ all. . ˙ Œ all. 16 œ œ b œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ œ J œ œ j œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ∑ Ó Œ œ œ Each Ó Œ œ œ Each ∑ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ F F 3 Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
& & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 S A T B Pno. 19 ∑ œ - œ œ œ j œ œ j œ lit tle flow'r that o pens, each œœ œ œ J œ œ J œ lit tle flow'r that o pens, each ∑ 19 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ F with urgency with urgency with urgency Ó Œ ‰ j œ he œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ lit tle bird that sings, he œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ lit tle bird that sings, he Ó Œ ‰ J œ he œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ F F œ œ œ œ j œ œ j œ made their glow ing col ors, he œ œ œ œ j œ œ j œ made their glow ing col ors, he œ œ œ œ j œ œ J œ made their glow ing col ors, he œ œ œ œ J œ œ j œ made their glow ing col ors, he œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙˙ ˙˙ - - - -- - - ---& & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S A T B Pno. 22 œ œ œ œ made their ti ny œ œ œ œ made their ti ny œ œ œ œ made their ti ny œ œ œ œ made their ti ny 22 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc. w wings! w wings! œ œ œ œ wings, their ti ny œ œ œ œ wings, their ti ny œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . ˙ œ œ All things . ˙ œ œ All things . ˙ œ œ wings! All things . ˙ œ œ wings! All things œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ--> > > > > > > > > > 4 Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
& & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b S A T B Pno. 25 . ˙ œ bright and . ˙ œ bright and œ œ œ œ bright, all things œ œ œ œ bright, all things 25 . ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ f f f f œ œ ˙ œ œ beau ti ful, all œ œ ˙ œ œ beau ti ful, all œ œ ˙ œ beau ti ful, all œ œ œ œ œ beau ti ful, all œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ . œ j œ crea tures great and œ œ œ œ crea tures great and œ œ œ œ crea tures great and œ œ œ œ crea tures great and œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ - -- -- -- -& & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b S A T B Pno. 28 . ˙ œ œ small, all things ˙ œ œ œ small, all things . ˙ œ œ small, all things . ˙ œ œ small, all things 28 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ . ˙ œ wise and œ œ œ œ wise, all things ˙ œ œ wise, all things ˙ œ œ wise, all things œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œœ ˙ œ œ won der ful, the œœ ˙ œ œ won der ful, the œœ ˙ b œ won der ful, the œœ ˙ b œ won der ful, the œ œ œ œ œ bœ œœ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ b bœ b œ œ œ J œ œ b J œ Lord God made them œ œ . œ j œ Lord God made them œ œ . œ j œ Lord God made them œ œ . œ b J œ Lord God made them œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ b j œ œ. œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ b b ----5 Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
& & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b S A T B Pno. 32 œ œ b œ ˙ œ œ all. The . ˙ œ œ all. The . ˙ œ œ all. The . ˙ œ œ all. The 32 œ œ b œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ F F F F F œ œ J œ œ j œ Lord God made them œ œ J œ œ j œ Lord God made them œ œ J œ œ j œ Lord God made them œ œ J œ œ J œ Lord God made them œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ all. He œ œ . ˙ all. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ all. He œ œ . ˙ all. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ n œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ J œ gave us eyes to see them, and ∑ œ œ œ œ J œ œ J œ gave us eyes to see them, and ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ f f f & & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S A T B Pno. 36 œ œ œ œ . œ ‰ lips that we might tell Ó Œ ‰ j œ how œ œ œ œ . œ ‰ lips that we might tell Ó Œ ‰ J œ how 36 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ f f Œ ‰ J œ œ œ œ œ how great is God who œ œ œ œ j œ œ j œ great is God Al might y, who Œ ‰ J œ œ œ œ œ how great is God who œ œ œ œ J œ œ J œ great is God Al might y, who œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ has made all things œ œ œ œ has made all things œ œ œ œ has made all things œ œ œ œ has made all things œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc. --ä > > > â > > > ä > > > ä > > > > > > > 6 Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
& & & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Descant S A T B Pno. √ 39 ∑ w well! œ œ œ œ well, made all things œ œ œ œ well, made all things œ œ œ œ well, made all things 39 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ ‰ . ˙ . ˙ Œ ˙ œ All things œ Œ œ œ All things ˙ œ œ well! All things ˙ œ œ well! All things ˙ œ œ well! All things œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w w molto rit. ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ w bright . ˙ œ bright and . ˙ œ bright and œ œ œ œ bright, all things œ œ œ œ bright, all things . ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 3 3 3 Gloriously Gloriously Gloriously Gloriously Gloriously a tempo poco meno mosso Gloriously > > > > > > > > > & & & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b Descant S A T B Pno. 42 Œ œ œ œ œ all œ œ ˙ œ œ beau ti ful, all œ œ ˙ œ œ beau ti ful, all œ œ œ œ œ beau ti ful, all œ œ ˙ œ œ beau ti ful, all 42 œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 3 3 3 ˙ œ œ crea tures œ œ . œ j œ crea tures great and œ œ . œ j œ crea tures great and œ œ œ œ œ crea tures great and œ œ . œ J œ crea tures great and œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 3 3 3 . œJ œœ - œ œ great and small, all things . ˙ œ œ small, all things . ˙ œ œ small, all things . ˙ œ œ small, all things . ˙ œ œ small, all things œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 3 3 poco rit.- ---- -ä ä â â â â â â ä ä ä ä ä ä 7 Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
& & & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 Descant S A T B Pno. 45 . ˙ œ wise and . ˙ œ wise and . ˙ œ wise and ˙ œ œ wise and ˙ œ œ wise and 45 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 3 3 3 a tempo œ œ œ b ˙won der ful, God œ œ ˙ œ œ won der ful, the œ œ ˙ œ œ won der ful, the œ œ ˙ b œ won der ful, the œ œ ˙ b œ won der ful, the œ œ œ œ œ b œ œœ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ b b œ b 3 . œ J œ . œ J œ the Lord God œ œ J œ œ j œ Lord God made them œ œ J œ œ j œ Lord God made them œ œ . œ j œ Lord God made them œ œ . œ j œ Lord God made them œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ b b F F F F F F œœ ˙ made them all. œ. ˙ all. œ. ˙ all. ˙˙ all. œœ - œ ˙ all, made them all. ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ poco rall. -----& & V ? & ? b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S A T B Pno. 49 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ 49 J œ œœ. . . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ a tempo HARP Ó Œ œ œ The Ó Œ œ œ The Ó Œ œ œ The Ó Œ œ œ The ˙ ˙ ˙ Ó ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ P P P P ˙ ˙ Lord God ˙ œ œ Lord God œ œ ˙ Lord God ˙ ˙ Lord God ∑ ∑ ˙œ œ made them œ - œ œœ made them œ - ˙ œ made them ˙˙made them ∑ ∑ œ - œ œ œ . ˙ all. w all. w all. w all. ∑ ∑ rall. w w w w w w ww w w w w π U U U U U U 8 Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
