Artis Henderson, textAndrea Reinkemeyer, music

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The Thawfor Soprano, Tenor, Mixed Choir & Wind Ensemble

(2016)

Reinke Dink Ink

Instrumentation:1 Piccolo2 Flutes1 Oboe1 English Horn1 Bassoon1 Clarinet in B-flat1 Bass Clarinet

2 Trumpets in B-flat (cup mutes, straight metal mutes)2 Horns in F (straight mutes)2 Tenor Trombones (cup mutes, straight metal mutes)1 Tuba (mute)

1 Timpani4 Percussion *1 Harp

Voices: Sopranos (+ Solo) Altos Tenors (+ Solo) Bass/Baritones

Percussion Key:Percussion 1: 4.3-octave Marimba (MAR), Vibraphone (VIB), Large Tam-tam (TAM) Percussion 2: Large Concert Bass Drum (BD), Wind Gong (WIND-G), Metallic Windchimes (keys or other small metal objects)Percussion 3: Kick Drum, Toms (2), Bongos, Woodblocks (2), China Cymbal, Windchimes (2): Glass, Seeds or BambooPercussion 4: Temple Blocks (5), Sizzle Cymbal (SC), Triangle (Tri)

Mallets (for Reference):-bow-hands-f-hy-mhy-r-rute-sr-sy-superball-t-wire

Notation Key: = Slap tongue (Clarinet) = Bartok pizz. (Harp)x = Notehead for strumming fingernails on soundboard (Harp)

Transposed ScoreDuration: ca. 11:00

Score and parts are available from the composer: andrea@andreareinkemeyer.com

Program Notes: http://andreareinkemeyer.com/notes-thaw.html

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Bass BowHandsHard YarnFelt (Timpani, Bass Drum)Medium-Hard YarnRubberRute BundleSoft RubberSoft YarnSuperballTriangle BeaterWire Brushes

əˈgɛnst - againstkoʊld - coldmɪst - misthɪs - hissflʌŋ - flungkræk - crackaɪs - iceaɪ - I

haɪ ə sɪnθ - hyacinth

TEXTThe ThawI am the bud curled tight against the cold.I am the bulb beneath the snow.I am the white sky, the long night, the crack and shudder of ice.

I wait beside the adder’s tongue, the cobra lily, the purple hyacinthfor the soil to stir and the river to swell.I wait through mist and hail.

I am fog and breath and cloud.I am the cherries on the branches, too green.I am rain.And rain.And rain.And then --

I am the windows flung open to catch the sun,my mouth like cherries,the heat building in me.

I am leaf-touched, sun-tasted, petal-kissed.I am wind and light and sky.I am the cleft in the ridge; I am the river --roaring, roaring,        flooded with rain.

-- Artis Henderson

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Percussion 3:Kick Drum, Toms (2)

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Commissioned by Rodney Dorsey for the University of Oregon Symphonic Choir and Wind Ensemblein memory of Anne Dhu McLucas, Lawrence Maves, Steven Larsen, and Charles Dowd

The ThawAndrea Reinkemeyer (b. 1976)

Transposed Score

Copyright © 2014 Artis Henderson. Text used by permission of Artis Henderson.Copyright © 2016 Andrea L. Reinkemeyer (BMI). All rights reserved.

Text: Artis Henderson

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