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Full score Sad-Sweet music by Sheena Phillips

1. O Lilie Fair (lyrics by Elizabeth Melville) solo soprano, theorbo duration c. 2m45s

2. In Sweet Dream (lyrics by Mary Sidney Herbert) soprano recorder, four sopranos duratio c. 4m00s

commissioned by Philomel, dir. Janet Oates, for a concert in celebration of St Cecilia’s Day, 2018 perusal score – not for rehearsal or performance all rights reserved copyright © Sheena Phillips 2018 ______________________________________________________________________ [email protected] www.sheenaphillips.com

Programme note This pair of pieces, written for the London ensemble Philomel, explores the overlap between ‘sweet’ and ‘sad’ music. The mythical Philomela was turned into a nightingale, whose song is variously described as joyful and melancholy, and Sad-Sweet uses two bitter-sweet texts, both by women writing in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. O Lilie Fair, for theorbo and solo soprano, is based on a single stanza by Elizabeth Melville (c. 1578 – c. 1640), part of a long poem in which she expresses passionate yearning for Christ at the same time as lamenting her distance from him, using imagery from the Song of Songs. Melville was a Scottish noblewoman, a devout Protestant and a prolific poet. In Sweet Dream, for soprano recorder and four soprano voices, is based on a single stanza by Mary Sidney Herbert (1561 – 1621), part of a longer poem which mourns her beloved brother Philip Sidney while also seeking solace in imagining him in heaven, lulled by birdsong. Herbert was an English noblewoman and is known for her translation of many of the psalms. Both pieces encode various words into notes. In the first, the theorbo bass line spells out ‘O Lord of Love’ (using the notes that this phrase would spell out on an imaginary keyboard extended beyond the usual A – G), while the singer’s notes are drawn from a transcription of the poem itself. In the second, there are encodings of ‘Philip Sidney’, ‘sweet dreams’, ‘angel’, ‘beauties’, ‘lull’ and ‘delight’ – and the recorder also plays motifs based on recordings of nightingale song. Sheena Phillips

1. O lilie fair

O lilie fair O rubie rose, O rose

That spreids so faire in Sharon feild

O flowre of flowres thow art my choise, my choise

Thy savour sweet doth comfort yeeld

O fertile tree whose fruit is fair

Whose branches bow most fresche and fair

Whose apples hings in store

Beneath one branch in shade so sweet

I long to rest my wearie spirit

The sun has scoarched me sore

O let me lay beneath that tree

The smell so sweet doth quicken me.

Elizabeth Melville

(from Loves Lament for Christs Absence, published in Poems of Elizabeth Melville, Lady Culross, ed. Jamie Reid Baxter, Solsequium, Edinburgh, 2010) Used with permission from Jamie Reid Baxter

Pronunciation guide Please perform this piece in a Scottish accent. The words as spelled in the late 17th century manuscript source of this early 17th century poem look much more English than they would have sounded. IPA transcription: o: lɪli fe:rr o: ṛubi ṛo:z o: ṛo:z

ðat spṛi:dz se fe:rr ɪn shɛ:ṛ"n fi:ld

o: flu:ṛ ɔv flu:ṛz ðu: ɛṛt mæi tʃo:s, mæi tʃo:s

ðæi se:v"ṛ swi:t dʌθ kʌmfɔṛt yi:ld

o: fɛṛtæil tṛi: hwez fṛø:t ɪz fe:rr

hwez bṛanch#z bu: mest fṛɛʃ and fe:rr

hwez ep#lz haŋz ɪn stɔ:ṛ

bɪni:θ ʌ bṛantʃ ɪn ʃe:d se swi:t

æi la:ŋ te re:st mæi wi:ṛi spṛi:t

ð" sʌn haz skɔṛtʃd mi so:ṛ

o: lat mi le: bɪni:θ ðat tṛi:

ð# smɛl se swi:t dʌθ kwɪk#n mi:

Transcribed into IPA from a voice recording by Jamie Reid Baxter Link to a recording of the pronunciation Alternatively, paste the following URL into your browser: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WXUpbtXXBNL61-UNpp2R7gUif03w2EX_/view?usp=sharing

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Sad-Sweet

Sheena Phillips

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Score

Elizabeth Melville

1. O Lilie FairSoprano solo, theorbo

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sa vour sweet doth

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œ œ œ œcom fort

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fruit is fair

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Jœ œb jœrest my

œœb œ œœb œ

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wea rie spi rit The

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agitatof œn .œ œ œnsun has

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brill.

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œ œ œ œ jœ ‰sore

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O let me lay be

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languido

dolce

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neath that tree

œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ# œ3

Œ œ Œcaldo

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The smell so

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œ œ œ œ œ œsweet doth

Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ Œ Œ

dolce

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quick en, doth quick en

Œ œ œ œ œ œ Œœ Œ œ

brill.

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Fœ œ œ Œ ‰ Jœme, doth

Œ œ œ œ œ# œ Óœ Œ Œ œ

caldo

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quick en, doth quick en

œ œ œ œ œ Œ ŒŒ œ

brill.

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œ ˙me.

œ œ œ œ# œ œ3

caldo

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O Lilie Fair

2. In sweet dream There thousand birds all of celestial brood,

To him do sweetly carol day and night:

And with strange notes, of him well understood,

Lull him asleep in angel-like delight;

Whilst in sweet dream to him presented be

Immortal beauties, which no eye may see.

Mary Sidney Herbert (1561 – 1621) from The Doleful Lay of Clorinda, written to commemorate Philip Sidney Notation and performance instructions The recorder plays at a different (quicker) tempo than the singers throughout, so its part does not line up accurately in the score except at points where the recorder is cued. The conductor should beat time for the singers (except in the senza misura / ‘free canon’ sections, where they each sing independently) and cue the recorder as marked. For the first two pages of the full score, all four voices share one stave and perform the same material independently. Free canon (bar 16 and letter A) – the voices enter in sequence (in pre-agreed order), no more than about 4 beats apart at the singer tempo of crotchet = 88 Rest in brackets – rest of indeterminate length Tremolo articulation for singers (bar 46 etc.) – trill or roll the ‘r’. Individual rubato (bar 52) – the conductor should beat the pattern indicated by the time signatures in steady tempo but the singers can take liberties locally. Recorder trills – trill for the length of the note with the trill articulation above it. Staging – I think this piece would work well with the performers surrounding the audience or at least separated as much as possible. Depending on the venue and sound balance, it might work for the recorder player to be either offstage, invisible, or at the back of the hall (somewhat less visible, but at least audible!).

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œ œ œ.. œ. Jœ. ‰ Œ!!!!

Moderato rubato recorder tempo c. q »¡ºº

F dolce, leggiero

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œ œ œ. œ .œ œ!!!!

(‰=‰) equal quavers throughout piece

Jœ. ‰ ‰ Œ .

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!œ ˙ ,

There

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sweet, eagersenza misura

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thou sand birds all of ce

!œ œ œ œ .˙les tial brood- - -


Sad-SweetSheena Phillips

© Sheena Phillips 2018

Score

2. In Sweet DreamFour soprano voices, soprano recorderMary Sidney Herbert

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19 !‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

To him do sweet ly ca rol

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Jœ jœ Jœday and

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night:

!œ .˙ ,

ooh,

P!

œ œ ˙ru,

( )wait for cue

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voices

24 œ ˙ ÓŒ .˙

cu,

(cue recorder as the last voice reaches 'night', bar 21)

recorder sempre c. q »¡ººœ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ3

œ .˙P

(independently)

go to A and wait for cue

Œ jœ œŸ

˙!( )

Œ œ jœ œ. œ. œ. œ. Ó œ# œ ‰ Œp

œ œ œŸ ˙U

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voices

Ó Œ œ. œœb œb œ .œb ˙ ,

JœAnd with strange notes, of

A (cue voices when recorder finishes bar 29)

free canonp˙ Ó

œb œ œb œ ˙b,

him well un der stood,

œ .˙jœ jœb jœ

Lull him a- - -

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œ.˙b , œ

sleep in

F!

œ œ œ œb ˙ban gel like de light;

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wait for cue œ ˙ ŒÓ œ .˙ ,

There,

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[singers: wait for recorder entry]

(cue recorder as the last voice reaches 'lull', bar 32)

pŒ œ œ œ œ Œ

œ ˙ ,there,- - -

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voices

37 œ. œ œ œ œ Óœ .˙

mm...

œ. œ œ Œ œ. œ

!( )

go to B

œ Œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ. ‰ Œ œ ˙Ÿ

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Œ Œ œcu

!!

B tempo misura, sereno( q »c. ••)

(cue when recorder finishes bar 41)

p

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.˙ Œru,

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cu

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œ ˙cu,

Œ Œ œ#cu

.˙ru,

p

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.˙ Œ

.˙ Œru,

œ Œ Ó

!!

Ó Œ œcu

œ ˙ Œcu,

œ# @ ˙ Œru,

(roll the 'r')

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œ œ ˙ru,

œ@ ˙ Œru,

œn @ ˙ Œru,

(roll the 'r')

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œ œ œWhilst in sweet

œ œ œ!

œ œ œcu,

F!

œ ˙ Œ œdream, in

.˙ ˙Ó Œ ˙

cu

.˙cu

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œ œ œ œ œ3

sweet dream,

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˙ œ œru, cu,

˙# œ œru, cu

œ œ œ œ œ .˙3

.˙ Œœ ˙ Œcu,

.˙ Œ

œ ˙n Œru,

recorder sempre c. q »¡ººcue recorder

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sweet

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œ@ ˙ru,

œ@ ˙bru,

( )wait for cue

individual rubato

œ œ œ œ .˙

œ ˙ œdream,

œ .˙sweet

œ Œ Ó

˙ Œ œcu

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cue recorder with S1

Œ ˙ ˙ ˙.˙ Œ

œ ˙ œdream,

œ .˙#sweet

˙ œ œru, in sweet

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F

p!

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dream,

œ ˙bdream,

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œ@ .˙ru,

!

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œ@ ˙ œru,

Ó Œ œ@ru,.˙ Œ

Ó œ œ œ œ.cu cu ru cu,

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Œ ˙ ˙ ˙.˙

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ru,

Œ jœ œ œ œ œ.li u cu ru cu,

p!

Œ ˙ œin sweet

œ œ œ œ Ócu cu ru cu,

˙ Œ .œ œcu cu

Œ œ ˙sweet

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dream,

œ .˙dream,

œ œ .œ œ œru, cu cu ru,

œ .˙dream,

cue recorder with S1 œ œ œ œ œ .˙3

œ@ œb œru,

œ Œ œ. œ.tu tu

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œ. œ. Œ Œtu tu

œ œ œ œ. Œcu cu ru cu,

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œ ˙tu,

‰ jœ œ œ jœ. ‰cu cu ru cu,œb ˙b

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him,

œ@ ˙ru,

Œ ˙tu

œb @ ˙ru,

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cue letter C

pressing forwards

with the beat

with the beat

with the beat

with the beat

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in tempo(singer tempo c. q »••)

œb œ Œ Óœb . ˙Nto him,

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Œ jœN œ œ Jœ. ‰li u cu cu,

œ jœ œ. œ. œ. œ. Œœ œb ‰ Jœto him pre

œb ˙bto him,

Œ Œ œbto

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œb œ ˙ œsent ed be Im

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mor tal

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œ ˙bto him

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cue recorder

F

Œ œ jœ œ. œ. Jœ. ‰ Œœ œ œb œ Œ œ3

beau ties, Im

˙b œb œ œ œb3

mor tal beau ties,

‰ Jœ œb œ ˙ œpre sent ed be Im

œ ˙b ‰ Jœ œ œto him pre sent ed

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mor tal beau

˙ Œ Œ œbIm

˙b œb œ œmor tal beau

˙b œ œb œbbe Im mor tal

f

relaxing again

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Ó Œ œŸ

.˙b Œties.

œ œb œ œ œ3

mor tal beau

˙b Œ œties, Im

œ œ œb ˙3

beau ties,

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œ œb œ œ œ3

mor tal beau

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wait for cue

cue recorder

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Beau ties which no eye may

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.˙b Œties.

œ œ œb ˙b3

beau ties.

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tempo primo

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let recorder pitch destabilise as volume drops

(singer tempo c. q »••)

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œb œ .˙see.

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jœb œ. œ. Jœ. ‰ Ó!!!!

cue recorderD (recorder sempre c. q »¡ºº)

jœb œ. œ. Œ Œ!!!!

œ œ œ œ œ

!!!!

œb œ œn Œ Ó!!!!

œ œ œ œ œ œb œ œ3 3

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œb . œ .œn Œ!!!!

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