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Kernis EARTH (for tenor and ensemble)

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Declamato, h = 50

Flute
Oboe
Horn in F
Tenor Solo
Aaron Jay Kernis (2020-21)

grandfa ther graspedthesaw

across fromhisbrother thedayspentmaking rhythm andshavings

Ob. Hn.
T.
Fl.
Ob.
Hn.
T. Solo
Vln.
Vla.

Hewondered ifdeath

Fl.
Ob. Hn.
T. Solo
Vln.
Ob.
Hn.
T.
Fl.
Ob.
Hn.
T.
Vln.
Vla.

tastesoot inourmouths andthethroat ofthisworld.

Ob.
Hn.
T.
Fl.
Ob.
Hn.
T. Solo
Vln.
Vla.
Ob.
Hn.
T. Solo
Vln.
Vla.
Vc.

havetaken shapesandcolors oftheforest theylivewith

Fl.

Why f aretheseasea sons, theseasons nolonger theseasons of before?

Vc.
rit. Meno, q = 69 113
rit. Meno, q =
Fl.
Ob. Hn.
T. Solo Vln. Vla.
T.

Tempo, q = 44

Ob. Hn.
Picc.
Ob.
Hn.
T. Solo
Vln.
Vla.
Vc.
Pno.

seen atdusk after coming in thefarmerlooking asthoughforhisshadow's sha dow.

T.

Urgent, q = 86 (h = 43)

Why?Why?

areseasons nolonger, nolonger nolonger theseasons ofbe fore?

With movement, q = 80

ppsfpp, sul tasto, flaut. ppsfpp, sul tasto, flaut.

With movement, q = 80

Fl. (Picc.)
T. Solo
Vln.
Vla.
T.
T.

Poch. più mosso, h = 42, q = 86 R

In

every farmer thereisaaparchedspace.

Fl.
Ob.
Hn.
T. Solo
Vln.
Fl.
Ob.
Hn.
T. Solo
Vln.
Vla.

pasture grasses nowlikepages ofanoldbook.

Rain

comes in withtheevening. doesnotstop

T.
Fl.
Ob. Hn.
T. Solo
Vln.
Vla.
Vc.
T.
T.
Ob.
T.
Fl.
Ob.
T. Solo
Vln.

Pno.

wilder ness whenhumansdidnotforget our bodies aremadeofsoil

rit.Più sost., q = 63

Ob. Hn.
T. Solo
Vln.
T. Solo
Vln.

broadenMolto Sost. rit. molto Tranquillo molto, q =

(p) p

selves tothemovers ofessencecoming to s thetipofeachcurledbloom cupscurling mfpppp ppppp

ppppp mpppmp, bell-like

into thestem toholdwater, water forthedrytimes, thedrytimes.

Vla.

mosso, q = 72 BB

Adagio, h =30 (q = 60)

Adagio, h =30 (q = 60)

Flute
Oboe
Horn in F
Tenor Solo
Violin
Viola
Violoncello
William Wordsworth (1798)
II. Farewell
Pno. Red.
Pno.

Floating, h = 32- 36, q = 63- 72

Fl.
Fl.
Ob.

Molto Sostenuto, q =40 poco

rit. Molto Sostenuto, q =40

T.
Fl.
T. Solo
Vln.

q = 50Relaxing

q = 46

q = 50Relaxing

T.

ofthesense,

ofmypurest

Fl.
Fl.
Ob.
Hn.
T. Solo
Vln.
Vla. Vc.
Fl.
T.
Fl.
T.
Fl.
Ob. Hn.
T. Solo
Pno.

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