Augusta Read Thomas
PRAYER AND CELEBRATION for chamber orchestra
Full score
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Augusta Read Thomas
PRAYER AND CELEBRATION for chamber orchestra
commissioned by the St. Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire funded by the Roger S. Firestone Foundation
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Instrumentation Flute Oboe Clarinet in B= Bassoon Strings (approximately 7/7/6/6/3)
duration ca. 4 minutes
Transposed Score Grace notes come before the beat All pizz. are lv. molto sempre
Program Note PRAYER AND CELEBRATION for chamber orchestra, commissioned by Saint Paul’s High School on the occasion of their Sesquicentennial, was funded by the Roger S. Firestone Foundation. The work lasts four minutes and is an intimate and resonant “song” which celebrates lyric, prayerful lines allied to warm harmonies. This work is in the tradition of works such as the Samuel Barber Adagio For Strings and can be played by orchestras of all levels, from student to amateur to professional. – Augusta Read Thomas
with admiration and gratitude to Saint Paul’s School
PRAYER AND CELEBRATION (for Four Woodwinds and Strings)
Augusta Read Thomas (2005)
Intimate and resonant
= 56–60 rubato sempre
Flute espr.
Oboe
Clarinet in B
Bassoon
3
I hushed
espr.
Violin
sub. II hushed
espr. sub.
Viola espr.
espr. sub.
Violoncello
Contrabass
7 Fl.
solo Ob. sub. Cl. in B distant
solo
Bn. (optional: you may choose to have the flute double your part for the next eight beats.) non vib. vib. norm.
div.
unis.
I sub., distant
Vn.
sub.
II sub. sul G Va. sub.
Vc.
Cb.
Corrected 12/2008
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2 13
3
Fl. 3
poss.
Ob.
solo
3
Cl. in B 3
chant-like, as if timeless
Bn. sub. sub. unis. trem. punta d’arco 3
div. a 3
div. a 2
div. a 3
div. a 2
I 3
espr. Vn. div.
unis.
3
unis. trem. punta d’arco
II 3
espr. Va.
sub.
sul D Vc.
sub. sul G Cb.
19
non vib.
solo
Fl. other worldly
chant-like, as if timeless
non vib. Ob. other worldly
Cl. in B
Bn.
ord.
sul A
I Vn. ord. II
Va.
pizz. Vc.
pizz. Cb.
arco
3 25 Fl. majestic
Ob. majestic
sempre
Cl. in B sub.
sub. majestic
sempre
Bn.
div.
unis.
I majestic
triumphant
Vn. II majestic
triumphant
sul C
sul G
Va. sub.
Vc. sub. pizz. sul G
arco Cb.
31 Fl. 3
3
poss.
Ob. 3
3 3
Cl. in B
Bn.
div.
unis.
I 3
Vn.
div.
unis.
div.
unis.
II 3
div.
3
3
unis.
Va. 3
sul G
sul G
Vc.
sul G Cb.
div.
4 ritard freely
36
solo
Fl.
solo Ob.
solo Cl. in B
Bn. espr.
solo1ยบ sul D I sub.
Vn. II sub.
unis. Va. sub.
Vc. espr.
arco, sul D Cb.