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PHILIPS Varjak Paw Vocal Score 06.08.08

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JULIAN PHILIPS

Varjak Paw

Vocal Score 06.08.08

EIGENTUM DES VERLEGERS

EDITION PETERS LONDON · FRANKFURT/M. · LEIPZIG · NEW YORK

This score is a facsimile of the composer’s manuscript, reflecting the state of editorial work and correction as of 6th August 2008

VARJAK PAW ACT 1

Libretto: Kit Hesketh-Harvey based on books by SF Said

Music: Julian Philips

Scene 1: At the House of the Dead Contessa

   

Slow and mysterious h = c.40

Kitten 2 (C-tenor)

Kitten 3 (Tam)

Grandmother

Kitten 1 (Sally Bones)

Varjak Paw

Julius

Piano



 



  



  

       

Slow and mysterious h = c.40

                 



      

                        

ppp sempre legato

                                                                       

 

  

   pp



 

   5

    

 

 

   



  

                



   





    





    



  



     













     





2 The Mesopotamian Blue cats and kittens (Grandmother, Julius, Varjak and

1 * the other kittens) are asleep 16 pp nasal    G         ee,



ee,

   

aa - ow, ee,

pp nasal



   

   ee

     J  

 

ee,

aa - ow, ee,



pp nasal

  ee,



         

ee,

   

ow,

  -

ee,

aa - ow, ee,



  ee

ow,

    

           ee



    

     ee



  

ee,

        

      



ppp blend

aa - ow, ee, pp nasal

  VP   

 1 *        p           

 

ee,

pp nasal    K1              ee



 ow,



   





* The three Kittens and Grandmother should vocalise with a nasal, cat-like sound, slowly shifting the vowel from "ee" through "ah" to "ow"



  

But Jalal has already disappeared

JtP

A. Fl.

Tamb.

Dar.

 





  3 3                        



Spoken: Admit you nothing?





 







 















Who are you?





       

 

Db.





 



   



  

  



       



pp misterioso









Scene 2: The City and monumental 37 Slow h = c.40

    

     

   

   

  

But Jalal has already disappeared, and the city around Varjak begins to become discernible. It is cold, gothic and hostile

(pp misterioso)

    

 

      

      

 



   









    

 



 

   

    

 

38 65



 

            



            

The wind howls 'like a wounded animal'.

39 67    SB  

   

  T      L    Cl.

  

      

        

   

mf poco marcato 3

   



mf poco marcato 3

 

   

         

Stay where you, stay where you, stay where you are

mf poco marcato 3



Too far

         

Stay where you, stay where you, stay where you are

     3

Don't straytoo far



    

too

far, too



    

too

far, too

far

mf 3

  

far

stray too,

  

stray too,

 3   3   

  



Stay where you, stay where you

are

Too far, too

far

Don't straytoo Don't stray too



 



mf poco marcato

 3   Stay where you are,

 R.   

 

STRAY CATS (off-stage):

Stay where you are,

 3                            

mf poco marcato

 3   Stay where you are,



Too far



  

      

    Too far

 3   3     



Don't straytoo far



   

        

     3

Don't straytoo far

40 We can hear strange sounds: things rumbling, bells ringing, sirens wailing.

 SB   70

 

 

far

 

don't







stray

too

  



far

 T   

 

 

 

far

  3  L   don't stray too,



don't

stray

too

far



Cl.



 





            



               3



  

   

   

   

    

 

 

 

 

b  3                 

  72

S. (SB)

59 The sounds coalesce into that of traffic, of cars waiting at lights and then hurtling heedlessly along a main road sfz sfz

 

SMART CAR

Str(rrrrrr)

M-S. (Tam)

T. (Lug)



CLAPPED OUT BANGER

 

FERRARI



B. (Clu)

mp lazy

 

   

Yawn!

B. (Raz)





LORRY mf insistent

 

RED,

 

i - dle,

   

sfz

Wait!

   

RED,



 

etch! Str(rrrrrr)

         -

etch!



repeat ad lib.

mf  repeat ad lib.             

sfz



I - dle,

VOLVO ESTATE

     

  

i - dle,

i - dle, i - dle, i - dle,

repeat ad lib.     



Yawn!







 repeat ad lib.

   repeat ad lib.

RED,

      mp

            

The slow chords in the band continue in tempo while the cars vocalise their patterns freely, each in its own tempo. The conductor should direct the traffic like a polieman, clearly signalling figures 41 to 48 so that the cars have a sense of direction.

 

S. (SB)

M-S. (Tam)

T. (Lug)

B. (Clu)

B. (Raz)

Spoken/shouted: Dogs!

Eyes

bright

pierce

brain

Breath

                        

 

S. (SB)

Spoken/shouted: foul choking

 

 mp climinbing in semitones   mf                           Brake

M-S. (Tam)

mp nervous

repeat ad lib.

o - o - o - o - o- off, brake o - o - o - o - o - off,

          

mf sing-songy



repeat ad lib.

Gear en - gage, gear en - gage,



mf impatient T. (Lug)

B. (Clu)



 

Rev,



rev,

 repeat ad lib. climinbing in semitones   rev,

       

   

Clutch down, clutch

down,

mf methodical





 repeat ad lib.

repeat ad lib.      B.      (Raz)  mf piu marcato

AM - BER, AM - BER,

    

       

44  VP  

S. (SB)

M-S. (Tam)

T. (Lug)

B. (Clu)

B. (Raz)

Spoken/shouted: Glares

back

red

hate.

Hot

tails

         

               

 VP   76

Spoken/shouted: smoking.

Dog!

Dogs

again!

  repeat ad lib.         

 S. (SB) 

f over-excited

Off we go!

      f legato



M-S. (Tam)

rush

repeat ad lib.

Wait a mo!,wait a mo,

  

f molto marcato

   

 

T. (Lug)

For God's sake

  

For God's sake Go!

repeat ad lib.           f legato



B. (Clu)

Go!



 repeat ad lib.   

Righ - tie - oh, righ - tie - oh,

      f shout

B. (Raz)



GREEN! GREEN!

             

poco a poco cresc.

 repeat ad lib.    GREEN!

 VP   77

Spoken/shouted: Stand my ground!

Dogs

stop!

Dogs

wait!

piu f   repeat ad lib.      S.   (SB)  It's a cat! It's a cat!

 

M-S. (Tam)

piu f

 

 



 



  

 repeat ad lib.

Knocked flat, knocked flat,knocked flat,

piu f

    

 

  

T. (Lug)



Swerve! Scat!







Swerve!

repeat ad lib.   

Scat!

 repeat ad lib.               piu f

B. (Clu)

What's that?

   repeat ad lib.         piu f

B. (Raz)



What's that?

GO! GO! GO!



   

         

47 The cars swerve past Varjak and exit

 Spoken/shouted: VP  Duck! Dogs! Freeze! I Dogs all around      fff  S.   (SB)  78

Ca a a

have

 

fff      

M-S. (Tam)

Cat! Cat! Cat! Cat!

    fff    Cat! Cat! Cat! Cat!

T. (Lug)

fff       

B. (Clu)

  

fff  

Cat! Cat! Cat! Cat!

B. (Raz)





Cat! Cat! Cat!

Cat!

      f       

 

fff



 

The cars' repetitions of "Cat!" should NOT be aligned; each is in its own tempo



48   VP   

rit.

  

talk to Please!

        ff

  

   

 

you!

        

         

      

     

    

   

Varjak manages to scramble to safety.



   

        

 

A tempo (h = c.40)

 

    



 

 



 



49   VP   

He sees a disfigured cat.

50 mp 3 3        



Did the dogs

   

       

     

  3 VP    

                5

51 3    



   

 

 

 3                                      3     p                                      How come you're in such a state?



get you?

§  3 p 3   b                                                      

            83



p misterioso



Wait!

I beg you,

wait!

52 There are shadowy forms of Gangster cats (Razor, Luger). 85     VP                                                                      3   3 3 3  mp             p

        

  

   

     

instinctively flattens himself against 53 Varjak a wall to hide from them

 VP  









  

             3

54   VP           

      

     

Thick

sleet,





drag - ging

   



fur

                

     

Ground



 

chur - ning

          3



  

      

 

    

3            VP        

sea



    





              

      

        88

 



Eyes,

                       

mouth,



mud

 



see - ping

        

Slide - slosh

b  3                       

paws

cree

 ping

   (whole tone trill)



        VP    Shel - ter me, shel               



        

    

  VP   

rit.



me.

  

  

       

  

                        p

    



  ter

   

me,

shel

      

    

        

 

     

 

      

 

   

 

ter

 

      

 

 

         

 



 

   pp

 

  

   



 

 

  



 

 

(Long pause)

 

Scene 3: Holly's Hut Tense and urgent q. = c.120

   H       VP    96

     

Varjak finds a hut. He is tired and hungry. He creeps inside. There, he sees a small, spiky female stray cat, Holly.



  



       





Don't move a

 

   

mf molto marcato

 

      

mf growling, through gritted teeth



whis - ker



 

        





 

You're sur - roun

      

              



 -

ded

  



 

  

  H   

      



 VP  

Claws





a - way



56 p cresc.   My



    

hut.



                                                                  p                                               

    H   I  VP   102

 

        

  



found it

        

  

They

all

             

     

   

know

       

that

Spoken: There's room for two

                         mp mf                      

  H   105

 

           





   

   

  





 





                                p                     

    H   107

 VP  



What are you,



     cat?

             mp        



   



Tell

me, who?

or I rip you to

                                  

     



     

          

shreds,

          

 

 



 110       H       

 VP  

  





Spoken: I'm Varjak Paw



- kay?



 



    



     







  



   VP   113



                    

 



 

  

 

   





 

Paw?

Sure!



      



    

58 mp         

                          

   

 

 

Sent

 by

          

       H  



        



Hi - ding

Sal - ly

who?

115

Sal - ly Bones

  VP   

 







        

 H  



118

  VP  

  

Which gang are you?

     

                  

fromthe va nish ings

             mf



     



 

  

    





 

       



  

Me - so - po - ta - mi - an

 remembering Julius' words

 

  

Blue

   

 

are

  

 

Spe - cial



rare

                                                                              

 



  H     VP   121

        f

Spe - cial

           f        





   do

      I



                     





care?

   mp

Spe - cial



                





         

 





           H    mud is that, in yourhair? VP  



124



  



All that counts



                  mp                

     what

you do



             

            

       

  H      VP   



127





 

True

                       



    

     



All I've done,

           

      



      p

I can see



   

      

  VP           131

     

      



use - less

here





 

 

 

 

 



  

      

   



 

                       

 

61   VP     134





     

        

     



  

was,

I'll





                                                       mp

   

All

       

al - low

use

- less

     

  H   137



   VP     



Why are you out in a storm?

  





 



  

  

I need to find a dog,

I need to

mp cresc

 

                                   mp                      to me



     mf

now

  H            VP    140

save my fa -mi - ly

         f



    

Holly warily inspects Varjak







I need to get warm

                       



   

         

            



            

                 

 T   

72 A tempo

Recitativo (colla parte)

269

Spoken: Varjak



Paw?

     



Pno.



     

 T   

 

273



 



 

   

 

            b                 mf

73  

Time we



       



                                 



went

                                              f                                            

Pno.



  

Co - ming hun - ting?

Paw





  T    VP   277

Pno.

 

  

 

74 

 mf

   

7                               mf              

Hun - ting for a

     

  280



  

 VP   



    



Why

dog?

Think - ing more of food



  T   283

Pno.

now



dog?

 Food





would

                            

     mf                                     

 VP  

         

 



  

    

dog?

Pno.

   mf

 







good



                                                  f                                             

 





I need a         



  T    VP

  

mf 75       



 



 



287

friend

Pno.

We had a friend

      Al - ways made us





laugh

 

     

Came out hun -ting with me,



                    mp                         

              

     T  



             sfz             for me.

Pno.

     

291

and my big marf!

    T   295





 

I'm not that nim - ble

truth - ful - ly



     

 

The food ran out,

you see,

  

  

tub







          Had  

 3 

  

We wasget - ting real - ly

hun - gry

to scrape

He joins

gang...

                                                f                   



  3 H       302

mf marcato



   

I was ang - ry

Pno.













           

mf marcato

     

     3

bad

i - dea

 

the

77 f             

Pno.

                                                         

298

And

             mf                                       3

Liked.

 T   

   

 





  

likes me grub..

Pno.



76 mf       



 

       

          

            

nished sure

 SB  306

poco rit.



 H           Friends just dis - ap - pear  nough  T  

Pno.



                        



79 rit.         H      310

  

Bet - ter



 

     

    

accel.

 H    315

Bet - ter



 





     

 

 

not sin - cere - ly



on your



     

            

 

I know she acts



tough

    

 



      



A tempo



           



E - nough, e - nough, e -

           



nough...

 



                                                           ff       mp f                                                            But I think she likes you real -ly

Pno.

down



- lone mp poco marcato

     







      

mp dolce e legato

                   p       





 Friends just let you 



She does - n't mean it



 Pno.



ten.

own



            pp mp

meno mosso 78 Piu q = c.100  

80 Recitativo

 H  

Holly heads off to hunt

319

 T     

Pno.



 



   

 

(Spoken)

It ain't safe!  Hol-ly wait!                     f  5

Oops!

     T            

Pno.



  

you and me it's hard - er on my



                 

Come on



It's not so hard



   p

Let's hunt to - ge - ther



       mp



        

  

I should

 



 

could



 



 



 

Ne- ver met a pet that



       

       



You know?

own mf

mate

accel.

 

          

323

Poco meno mosso

                   



   





    

 



 





81 A tempo

  T   327



 I



  

know loads of

                      f          mf                                                                      

Pno.

     



 T    332

street

 cats



336

82   f T  



 f T   344

  Pno.

me;



              I'm not that





cats

aren't

slick

  

 

                  Hun - ting,

you'd best be

      

                             



       I

 

quick

    



  





      

know loads

 



    



  

know loads

of street



cats

 aren't

               

       

                 Hun - ting,

 

 

                        



 

 

               look at me; I'm not that slick I know loads of street cats can't                                         mf                                         

340

Pno.

 

                         street



look at

                         

 T   

Pno.

can't



 Pno.

                  

you'd best be

quick



   

 

                              p                                          

118 <q.= q >

 But Tam has vanished  H   726

Pno.



   



Spoken/shouted: No!

 

Spoken/shouted: No!

 

# # #                                                                       f ff                         

rit.

     #  #                                                                                                      3         

 729    #

Pno.

Broader (q = c.100)

107



Scene 7: Holly and Varjak

Pno.

 

      

                        3  3  

mf molto legato

rit.



  



      

themselves as they creep back to the hut and curl up

  



Ritenuto



   733    

With gentle movement Frightened and hungry, Holly and Varjak try to comfort q = c.80



  3

   

     

  3

 

119

108 A tempo

   H   p        VP      

       

738





you



109      mp       H    

Pno.















With you,I could be less fear

  



Fa - cing all the night

might

send

   







      

     

       

           



By your side I feel more cheer - ful



      





       



      

  

                            p                       









     

here

                                

747

 



 





Pno.









a bout

 

   



742





  

When the ter - rors close



  H     VP     









      

    



  

    







   





fear





 

   





p molto legato





Pno.





you



 

  



 



In a night that's full



I would be a - fraid wi - thout

         

 

 

  



 

   