McLarty PoleMountainSuite for Piano This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
Bonnie
PoleMountain Suite fourminiaturesketches for solopiano I. First Light II. Old Happy Jack Road III. Mountain Stream IV. Autumn Sky: Fog, Sunbreak, Last Light Laramie,Wyoming 2014 This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
Program Notes
Pole Mountain Suite was inspiredby frequent excursions into the National Forest east of Laramie, Wyoming. "First Light" recalls the quality of the first dawn rays filtering through the changing aspen leaves, magical andelusive. "OldHappy JackRoad" is my dogs’ favorite trail. It winds through the trees, whose many resident squirrels scoldandtease (chasing these cheeky “squeakers” is a favorite canine activity). "Mountain Stream" evokes the dual qualities of sparkling serenity andmysterious wildness of the mountain waterways. "Autumn Sky" again features the main character of this suite—the everchanging light—as it shifts from coldandfoggy to bright sun andthen fades to dusk.
About the Composer
Bonnie McLarty’s musichas been describedas “beautifully written, singable, andrewarding.” Her music has been performedin Italy, Scandinavia, andacross the UnitedStates. Much of her recent workhas focusedon creating community through music, including collaborations with women poets andlocal artists. She holds degrees from the University of Kansas andUniversity of Wyoming. She currently spends summers in rural Washington State andteaches at the University of Missouri-Columbia during the academicyear.
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Pole Mountain Suite
1. FirstLight
with pedal, ad lib. except where otherwise indicated
©2014 Bonnie McLarty (ASCAP). All rights reserved. contact composer: bonniemclartymusic@gmail.com
Freely = 64–72 sparkling meditatively
accelerando ritardando 3
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molto cresc. poco dim. a tempo pp 5 dim. poco accel. rit. 8 delicately with increasing motion accel. rit. 9 molto rit. 12 5 First Light bonniemclartymusic@gmail.com This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
With cheerful energy = 92–100
lightly, with some lift at the end of slurs
5 9 13
OldHappyJackRoad bonniemclartymusic@gmail.com This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
2.
17 23 27 sub. 31 7
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34 38 Moving quickly 42 Tempo primo 45 8 Old Happy JackRoad bonniemclartymusic@gmail.com This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
3. Mountain Stream
Hauntingly = 72 with an improvisatory feel accel. pedal ad. lib, wet sound 3 rit. With easy motion = 80–92 LH 4 6
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8 10 simply 12 14 10 Mountain Stream bonniemclartymusic@gmail.com This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
poco rit. a tempo 16 19 meno mosso rit. a tempo,steadily to the end gradually fading 22 25 11 Mountain Stream bonniemclartymusic@gmail.com This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
4. Autumn Sky
Dreamlike "Fog" simile pedal ad lib. cresc.poco a poco 5 "Sunbreak" broadening 9 dim. stretch time a tempo accel. 12
= 72–84
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increasing warmth = 72–80 15 broadly 19 molto accel. sotto voce 22 26 13 Autumn Sky bonniemclartymusic@gmail.com This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
With
Reluctantly,no faster than = 60
29 33 With complete freedom,take time molto rit. e dim. 37 14 Autumn Sky bonniemclartymusic@gmail.com This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
"Last
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