Augusta Read Thomas
CAPRICIOUS ANGELS for eight players
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Augusta Read Thomas
CAPRICIOUS ANGELS for eight players
commissioned by and dedicated to Music from Angel Fire and Ida Kavafian, with the support of the Bruce E. Howden, Jr. American Composers Project and Friends of the Festival
the world premiere performance was on September 6, 2009, at the Music from Angel Fire Festival.
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Instrumentation Flute Oboe Clarinet in B-flat Horn in F* 3 Violins Viola
The use of a conductor is optional, but suggested. It is hoped that the musicians could be standing in a slightly curved single row across the front of the stage in this order: Flute, Violin #1, Oboe, Violin #3, Horn, Viola, Clarinet, Violin #2 * It is optional to substitute the Horn with either a Bassoon or a Cello. An extra Bassoon/Cello partition comes with the set of parts in case you want to make this substitution.
TRANSPOSED SCORE Duration circa 11 minutes
Performance Notes All bowings are only suggestions and do NOT have to be used. All pizz. should be as resonant and “L.V.” as possible. The score does not have L.V. “eyelashes” after each pizz. but they are implied and wanted. Grace-notes always come before the beat and should never be slid nor rushed through. There are only six dynamics used in this score (pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff) so that each “level” of volume has a clear meaning and sound. Square fermatas are longer than normal rounded fermatas.
– Augusta Read Thomas
to Music from Angel Fire and Ida Kavafian
CAPRICIOUS ANGELS (for 8 Players)
Vivid, playful and joyous solo; molto rubato
Augusta Read Thomas (2009)
= 92
3
Flute
majestic
espr.
whimsical playful
Violin 1
Oboe
Violin 3
Horn in F (or Bassoon or Cello)
Viola
Clarinet in B
Violin 2
Corrected 11/2009
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2 poco 4 Fl. sub.
Vn. 1
Ob.
Vn. 3
Hn.
Va.
Cl.
Vn. 2
mischievous
sub.; lyrical
as if it was the end of the piece already
3 reflective for a moment a place of resting
9 Fl. 3
espr. dramatic
poss.
espr.
sempre
Vn. 1 espr. echo flute
Ob.
sul E
Vn. 3 echo flute
espr.
Hn.
Va.
Cl.
Vn. 2 3
echo flute
4 15 Fl. 3
espr. playful
3
sub.
Vn. 1 sempre
Ob.
Vn. 3
Hn.
Va. espr. echo flute
Cl.
Vn. 2 espr.
sim.
5 17 Fl. 3
broad
whimsical
Vn. 1
Ob. echo flute
sul E Vn. 3 echo flute
Hn.
Va.
Cl.
Vn. 2 espr. echo flute
6 20 Fl.
Vn. 1
Ob. echo horn
Vn. 3
solo Hn. 3
bold, brash, Mahler-like
Va. echo flute
solo
Cl. majestic
sul D Vn. 2
3
espr.
7 25 Fl.
echo pizz.
pizz. Vn. 1
sneak a breath if needed Ob.
pizz. Vn. 3
Hn. 3
fanfare-like
pizz. Va.
solo Cl. espr. echo horn and pizz.
Vn. 2
8 30
solo
Fl.
creep out of the horn sound
sub.
sub.
arco Vn. 1
Ob.
support solo flute
arco
pizz. sul A
arco
pizz.
Vn. 3
Hn.
Va.
Cl.
pizz. Vn. 2
9 34 Fl. 3
sub. pizz. sul A
sul E
sul D
sul A
Vn. 1 poss.
Ob.
short, staccato, to blend with the pizz.
sul A
sul E
sul D
sul A
Vn. 3
Hn.
sul A
sul D sul A
Va.
Cl.
short, staccato, to blend with the pizz.
sul A Vn. 2
sul E
sul D
sul A
arco
10 37 Fl.
bouncy
sempre solo arco
Vn. 1
solo Ob.
Vn. 3
Hn.
Va.
Cl.
pizz. Vn. 2
11 40 Fl. espr. declarative
emerge out of oboe sound
Vn. 1 echo (solo)
Ob.
arco
pizz.
Vn. 3
solo Hn.
pizz.
arco Va. espr.
Cl.
blend with pizz.
arco Vn. 2
pizz.
12 44 Fl. 3
3
3
sub.
pizz. Vn. 1
Ob.
solo arco Vn. 3 floating above
Hn. sub.
Va.
solo Cl. 3
Vn. 2
5
espr. poss.
13 47 Fl.
arco Vn. 1 echo
Ob.
Vn. 3 echo
Hn. sub.
arco Va. echo
3
solo Cl. broad and lyrical sul E arco Vn. 2 sub.
14 52
6
Fl. 5
sub.
6
sub.
pizz. Vn. 1
Ob.
pizz. Vn. 3
Hn.
Va.
Cl.
short, staccato, to blend with pizz.
pizz. Vn. 2
15 55 Fl. sub.; fanciful
sub. poss.
Vn. 1 sub. solo
Ob.
Vn. 3 sub.
Hn.
(harmonic is optional) pizz. Va. sub.
Cl.
Vn. 2 sub.
16 57 Fl.
arco Vn. 1 sub. echo flute
Ob. 5
3
sub.
(pizz.) Vn. 3
Hn.
arco
Va.
rubato solo Cl. 5
broad and lyrical
(pizz.) Vn. 2
17 61 Fl. whimsical
Vn. 1
Ob.
Vn. 3
Hn.
Va.
Cl. 3
florid sul E arco Vn. 2
echo flute again
bouncy
18 63 Fl. 3
solo pizz.
arco
Vn. 1 3
sub.
Ob.
sul A Vn. 3
Hn.
pizz. sul A Va.
Cl. echo
pizz. Vn. 2
19 3
66 Fl. 3
dramatic
Vn. 1 3
espr.
Ob.
Vn. 3
Hn.
sul A Va.
Cl.
sul E Vn. 2
20 poco
69 Fl.
3
vivid
Vn. 1
Ob.
arco
Vn. 3
Hn.
Va.
Cl.
arco
Vn. 2
21 Lyrical, smooth and elegant 72
= 69–76
fade out earlier if you are out of air.
Fl.
con sord. Vn. 1 espr. echo
solo 3
Ob. cantabile espr.
con sord. Vn. 3 echo
solo
molto rubato
Hn.
like tears falling from a pearl
con sord.
arco sul G
sul D
Va. espr.
echo
echo
Cl.
sul G con sord.
3
Vn. 2 espr. echo
poss.
22 77
solo
Fl. 5
sul G Vn. 1 echo oboe
solo
3
Ob.
espr.
via sord.
senza sord. solo
Vn. 3 5
solo Hn.
solo Va. 3
solo
3
Cl.
3
Vn. 2
solo
23 rit.
81
5
Fl.
like tears falling from a pearl
solo
7
Vn. 1
espr.
Ob.
poss.
pizz.
arco
7
Vn. 3
Hn.
espr.
arco
pizz.
5
7
Va.
like tears falling from a pearl
solo
solo 5
7
Cl. espr. like tears falling from a pearl
pizz. Vn. 2
arco sul G
24 Resonant and colorful; somewhat prayerful
= 56–60
solo
85
3
Fl.
Vn. 1 3
sub.
3
sub.
solo
solo
Ob. 3
poss.
3
poss.
sub.
sul G
3
con sord.
Vn. 3
solo Hn.
Va.
solo Cl.
sub.
sub.
Vn. 2 3
25 solo
90
3
Fl. 3
sunny and clean senza sord.
a place of resting
3
via sord. Vn. 1
3
espr. sunny and clean
solo Ob. espr. senza sord.
a place of resting
3
via sord. Vn. 3
3
sunny and clean
3
Hn.
Va. 3
solo
solo
3
Cl. 3
moving forward again
via sord. Vn. 2
3
26 = 72–76 A four-bar wall of sound = 66–72
accel. 94 Fl.
sub.
Vn. 1
sub.
Ob.
Vn. 3
solo 3
Hn.
via sord.
senza sord.
Va.
Cl.
senza sord. Vn. 2
3
27 98 Fl. espr.
Vn. 1 espr.
Ob. espr.
Vn. 3 espr.
solo Hn.
Va. espr.
Cl. espr.
solo Vn. 2 espr.
28
Resonant and grand*
accel.
solo
104 Fl.
poss.
solo
Vn. 1 sempre
3
Ob.
Vn. 3 3
solo Hn. 3
deep and rich
solo Va. sempre
Cl. 3
solo Vn. 2 3 *Note: Measures 104-109: All fermatas are short. They are more like points-of-heightened-expressivity, rather than stops to the flow and the accel.
espr.
29 Florid
(accel.) 110 Fl.
Vn. 1
solo Ob.
Vn. 3
Hn.
Va.
Cl.
Vn. 2
= 130
30 116 Fl.
Vn. 1
Ob.
smooth
Vn. 3
Hn.
sul A
Va.
solo Cl. 3
bright
Vn. 2
cantabile espr.
31 Rhapsodic 120 Fl. sempre
Vn. 1 sempre
solo Ob. 3
cantabile
smooth
Vn. 3 sempre
Hn.
Va. smooth
Cl.
smooth
solo Vn. 2 sempre
3
cantabile
32 125 Fl.
Vn. 1 cantabile
espr. sempre playful solo
Ob.
Vn. 3 cantabile
espr. sempre
Hn.
Va.
Cl.
Vn. 2 cantabile
espr. sempre
33 Broader
= 100
129 Fl. 3
Vn. 1 majestic
3
Ob.
Vn. 3 majestic
3
Hn. majestic
Va.
Cl.
Vn. 2 majestic
3
34 Spry
= 92–100
132 Fl. 3
pizz. sul E Vn. 1 3
sub.
sub.
Ob.
short, staccato, to blend with the pizz. pizz. sul E Vn. 3
Hn.
short, staccato, to blend with the pizz. pizz. Va.
Cl.
pizz. sul E Vn. 2 3
sub.
sub.
35 135 Fl. 3
3
sul D Vn. 1 l.v. molto
Ob.
arco
sul D Vn. 3 l.v. molto
solo 3
Hn. 3
Va. l.v. molto
solo Cl. 3
short, staccato, to blend with the pizz.
sul E l.v. molto Vn. 2
arco
36 accel. 139 Fl.
arco Vn. 1
Ob.
pizz.
3
3
3
3
3
Vn. 3
Hn. 3
arco
(pizz.)
pizz. 3
3
3
3
Va. 3
3
Cl.
Vn. 2
sul D
37 Spirited and peppy 142
= 100–108
solo
Fl. light and playful and bouncy
Vn. 1
Ob.
Vn. 3
Hn.
Va.
solo Cl. light and playful and bouncy
Vn. 2
38 144
3
Fl. intense
pizz.
sul A
Vn. 1
sempre
Ob.
arco
pizz.
sul A
Vn. 3
sempre
Hn.
(pizz.) sul A Va. sempre
Cl. 3
intense
pizz. Vn. 2
sempre
sul A
39 147 Fl.
sul D 3
Vn. 1
rubato solo Ob. 3
5
sub.
sul D 3
Vn. 3
3
Hn.
espr.
sul D Va. 3
3
Cl.
espr.
sul D 3
Vn. 2
40 151 Fl.
Vn. 1
solo Ob. resolute
Vn. 3
Hn.
Va.
solo
Cl.
light and playful and bouncy
arco Vn. 2
pizz.
41 rit. 155 Fl. 3
intense
sub.
Vn. 1
trill slow to fast solo Ob. 3
intense
sub.
sub.
Vn. 3
Hn. intense
arco pizz.
sul A
Va. intense
Cl. intense
arco
pizz.
Vn. 2 intense
42 Broader
(rit.)
= 84
159 Fl.
sul D Vn. 1
Ob. 3
5
sub.
sul D Vn. 3
Hn.
sul D Va.
Cl.
sul D Vn. 2
43 163 Fl.
arco Vn. 1
Ob.
Vn. 3
solo 3
Hn. cantabile
solo arco
(non trem.)
Va.
solo 3
Cl. cantabile
Vn. 2
44 166 Fl. 3
Vn. 1
Ob. 3
arco Vn. 3
3
Hn. 3
3
Va.
3
3
3
Cl.
arco Vn. 2
45 169 Fl. sempre
cantabile
3
Vn. 1 sub.
solo Ob. sempre
cantabile
3
Vn. 3 sub.
Hn.
3
Va. sub.
Cl. cantabile
3
Vn. 2 sub.
3
46 173 Fl. 3
sempre
Vn. 1 5
3
Ob. 3
sempre
Vn. 3 5
3
Hn.
Va. 3
5
solo Cl. 3
sempre
Vn. 2 3
5
47 rit.
rubato
177
solo
Fl. 3
sub.
Vn. 1 3
sempre
solo
Ob.
Vn. 3 3
sempre
3
sempre
Hn.
Va.
solo
rubato
Cl. 3
espr.
Vn. 2 3
sempre
48 Resonant and reminiscent
(rit.)
= 72
183 Fl. espr.
solo 3
3
3
Vn. 1 sub. espr.
3
Ob.
espr.
sul D Vn. 3
solo Hn. 3
sub.
con sord. Va. 3
Cl.
con sord. Vn. 2
3
3
49 Very elegant and slow
= 58
189 Fl.
Vn. 1
solo Ob.
3
Vn. 3
Hn. 3
Va. 3
solo 3
Cl. molto espr.; warm
3
3
Vn. 2
3
50 With more motion again 192 solo
= 68 solo
3
Fl. 3
interior and reflective
sub.
sunny
3 3
3
Vn. 1 sub.
espr.
warm
solo Ob. interior and reflective
3
Vn. 3 warm
solo
3
3
Hn.
solo via sord.
senza sord.
Va. 3
interior and reflective warm
solo 3
Cl. 3
3
via sord.
senza sord.
3 3
Vn. 2 sub. warm
51 196
3
Fl. 3
solo 3
3
Vn. 1 sempre
3
espr.
3
Ob.
Vn. 3 3
sempre
solo Hn. 3
Va. 3
3
sempre
3
Cl. 3
3
sempre
3
Vn. 2 3
sempre
52 Reminiscent and sun-filled; sensuous ending
= 54
200 Fl. yearningly sub.
Vn. 1 3
molto intense
yearningly sub.
3
Ob.
Vn. 3 3
molto intense
yearningly sub.
Hn. 3
Va. molto intense
3
Cl. molto intense
3
yearningly sub.
Vn. 2 molto intense
3
yearningly sub.
53 204 Fl. sempre
Vn. 1 sempre
3
Ob.
Vn. 3 sempre
3
Hn.
Va. 3
Cl. sempre
Vn. 2 sempre
54 207 Fl.
Vn. 1 poss.
solo Ob. sempre smooth and grounded
Vn. 3 poss.
solo Hn. sempre smooth and grounded
solo Va. sempre smooth and grounded
Cl.
Vn. 2 poss.