PHILIPS So gently darkness falls
for Treble Solo, SATB Chorus & Small Orchestra Vocal Score
EP 72553a
JULIAN PHILIPS
So gently darkness falls for Treble Solo, SATB Chorus & Small Orchestra
Vocal Score
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Words by John Masefield (1878–1967)
Instrumentation Treble Solo SATB Chorus Orchestra (see full score for details)
Duration: 12 mins approx.
from ‘August, 1914’ How still this quiet cornfield is to-night! By an intenser glow the evening falls, Bringing, not darkness, but a deeper light; Among the stooks a partridge covey calls. The windows glitter on the distant hill; Beyond the hedge the sheep-bells in the fold Stumble on sudden music and are still; The forlorn pinewoods droop above the wold. An endless quiet valley reaches out Pat the blue hills into the evening sky; Over the stubble, cawing, goes a rout Of rooks from harvest, flagging as they fly. So beautiful it is, I never saw So great a beauty on these English fields, Touched by the twilight’s coming into awe, Ripe to the soul and rich with summer’s yields. John Masefield
Commissioned by Warwick School in celebration of the School’s 1100th Anniversary in 2014
This score reflects the state of editorial work and correction as at January 2014.
Commissioned by Warwick School in celebration of the School’s 1100th Anniversary in 2014
So gently darkness falls Music: Julian Philips
Poem: John Masefield
With gentle movement (q= c. 60)
Treble Solo
4 4
Soprano
4 4
Alto
4 4
Tenor
4 4
Bass
4 4
I. Nocturne
With gentle movement (q= c. 60)
4 4 Piano reduction
6
4 4
1
pp serene
p
S. How
still
this
qui -
et
still
this
qui -
et
How p
still
this
qui -
et
How
still
this
qui -
et
p A. How
p T.
B.
1 Pno.
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2 10
S. corn
-
field
is
to
-
night!
corn
-
field
is
to
-
night!
corn
-
field
is
to
-
night!
corn
-
field
is
to
-
night!
A.
T.
B.
Pno.
14
2
p
3
By
an
p
3
By
an
p
3
By
an
p
3
By
an
S. in - ten - ser
glow
the
eve
-
ning
in - ten - ser
glow
the
eve
-
ning
in - ten - ser
glow
the
eve
-
ning
in - ten - ser
glow
the
eve
-
ning
A.
T.
B.
2 Pno.
3
3
p
18
S. falls,
Bring - ing, p
not
dark
-
ness,
falls,
Bring - ing,
not
dark
-
ness,
A.
p T. falls,
Bring - ing, p
not
dark
-
ness,
falls,
Bring - ing,
not
dark
-
ness,
B.
3 p
Pno.
pp
pp
accel.
mp 22
S. but
a
dee mp
-
per
light;
but
a
dee mp
-
per
light;
but
a
dee
-
per
light;
-
per
light;
A.
T. mp B. but
a
dee
accel.
Pno.
p
6
speed 4 Double (q= c.120)
4
f
mf fanfare-like
26
Tr. Solo A - mong
the
stooks
a
par
-
tridge
co - vey
speed 4 Double (q= c.120)
mp
Pno.
poco rit.
30
Tr. Solo
poco rit.
calls.
Pno.
34
5
A tempo primo (q= c. 60) p
S. The
win -
dows
glit - ter
on
the
dis
-
tant
hill;
The p
win -
dows
glit - ter
on
the
dis
-
tant
hill;
The
win -
dows
glit - ter
on
the
dis
-
tant
hill;
win -
dows
glit - ter
on
the
dis
-
tant
hill;
p A.
T.
p B. The
A tempo primo
5 (q= c. 60) Pno.
pp
5
6 38
S. Be
-
yond
the
hedge
the
Be
-
yond
the
hedge
the
Be
-
yond
the
hedge
the
Be
-
yond
the
hedge
the
A.
T.
B.
6
Pno.
mp
42
S. sheep
-
bells
in
the
fold
Stum - ble mp
on
sud - den
sheep
-
bells
in
the
fold
Stum - ble
on
sud - den
A.
mp T. sheep
-
bells
in
the
fold
Stum - ble mp
on
sud - den
sheep
-
bells
in
the
fold
Stum - ble
on
sud - den
B.
Pno.
p
6 46
mp
mf
S. mu
-
-
sic
and
are
still: mp
-
-
sic
and
are
still: mp
-
-
sic
and
are
still: mp
-
-
sic
and
are
still:
mf A. mu
mf T. mu
mf B. mu
pp
Pno.
p
7 Double speed (q= c.120)
50
mf fanfare-like
accel.
Tr. Solo The
for - lorn
S.
A.
T.
B.
7 Double speed (q= c.120)
accel.
Pno.
6
mp
pine -
woods
f
53
7
Tr. Solo droop
a
-
bove
the
wold.
Pno.
poco rit.
56
Tr. Solo
poco rit.
Pno.
primo, ma poco più mosso 8 A(q=tempo c.65) mp
59
S. An
end
-
less
qui - et
val - ley
end
-
less mp
qui - et
val - ley
An
end
-
less
qui - et
end
-
less
qui - et
mp A. An
T.
mp B. An
8 Pno.
A tempo primo, ma poco più mosso (q= c.65)
p flowing
8
61
S. rea
-
-
ches
out
rea
-
-
ches
out
A.
T. val - ley
rea
-
-
ches
out
val - ley
rea
-
-
ches
out
B.
Pno.
63
S. Past
the
blue
hills
Past
the
blue
hills
A.
T. Past
the
blue
Past
the
blue
B.
Pno.
poco accel. 65
9
3 4
S. in
-
to
the
eve
-
-
ning
eve
-
-
ning
3 4
A. in
-
to
the
3 4
T. hills
in
-
-
to
the
eve
-
to
the
eve
-
3 4
B. hills
in
-
-
poco accel.
3 4 Pno.
3 4
più mossso 9 Poco (q= c.75) 67
mf
4 4
S. sky;
mf
4 4
A. sky;
mf
4 4
T. -
ning
sky;
mf
4 4
B. -
ning
sky;
Poco più mossso
9 (q= c.75)
Pno.
4 4
mf
sfz
(mf)
sfz
4 4
Ritenuto
10 70
Pno.
4 4
6
molto rit.
3 4 sfz
4 4
4 4 sfz
3 4
sfz
4 4
mf
10 Double speed 73
Tr. Solo
(q= c.120)
mf fanfare-like
4 4
O
10
-
ver
the
stub - ble,
caw
of
rooks
from
-
ing
Double speed (q= c.120)
4 4 mp
Pno.
4 4
f
76
Tr. Solo goes
a
rout
Pno.
79
rit.
Tr. Solo flag - ging
rit.
Pno.
as
they
fly.
har -
vest,
Courtesy of Glyndebourne Productions/Photographer: David Illman
Julian Philips studierte Musik am Emmanuel College in Cambridge. Seine Kompositionen sind bei führenden Festivals und in renommierten Häusern erklungen, darunter die BBC Proms, das Tanglewood Music Festival, Welsh National Opera und das Opernfestival im englischen Glyndebourne. Philips ist ein bedeutender Opernkomponist, und seinen Schaffen umfasst die Bühnenwerke Followers, The Yellow Sofa sowie Knight Crew (2010), ein Auftragswerk für Glyndebourne auf ein Libretto von Nicky Singer. Zwei Kammeropern, Dolffin und Wild Cat, entstanden im Auftrag der Welsh National Opera. Zu weiteren Werken gehören zwei Ballette für das English National Ballet, nämlich Les Liaisons Dangereuses und The Snow Queen. Julian Philips ist „Honorary Fellow“ der Guildhall School of Music, wo er 2004 zum Leiter der Kompositionsabteilung ernannt wurde. Außerdem lehrte er in Cambridge.
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So gently darkness falls
Julian Philips studied music at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and his compositions have been performed at major festivals and venues including the Proms, the Tanglewood Music Festival, Welsh National Opera and Glyndebourne. A significant composer of operatic music, Philips’ work includes Followers, The Yellow Sofa, and Knight Crew (libretto by Nicky Singer) commissioned by Glyndebourne (2010). Welsh National Opera commissioned two chamber operas, Dolffin and Wild Cat. Other works include two ballets for English National Ballet Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Snow Queen. Julian Philips is Honorary Fellow of, and was made Head of Composition at, the Guildhall School of Music in 2004. He has also taught at Cambridge.
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