Valentine's Day, Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 10:20 am

C#/E/G#/B) followed, after a half note rest, by the wavy gliss of the half note chord harp.After that half note rest, the violas/VC/CB also play the half note tones tied to next bar,held fermata.In Bar 57, the harp then plays a sweet upward legato figure of 16th notes toquarter note held fermata. So we find notes E-B-C#-E, G#-B-C#-E, G#-B-C#-E-G# to Bquarter note. The violins are divisi (a 4) each in three staves. Lowest note is E (e'') tohighest note B (b''').Then in Bar 58 we see Frenchy coming out of the mine entrance, sarcasticallysaying to Frail, "What are you doing? Spying on us?!" The E major key signature (foursharps) is cancelled by four natural signs. The strident Frenchy motif is now played in 3/4time. Strings are pizzicato. The oboe and clarinets play the motif.The music changes pastorale again as Doc slowly leaves Elizabeth within theotherwise peaceful surroundings (sans Frenchy). So in Bar 63 the bassoons and violasplay an ostinato figure of 8th notes. We find, after an 8th rest, 8th notes F-G-F followedby another 8th rest, then F-G-F again. The violas play the same figure but crescendodescrescendo(< > ). The harp strums a whole note wavy gliss in Bb major (notesBb/D/F). VC/CB play two half notes per bar on F notes (octave apart).At the end of Bar 64, the solo english horn and solo clarinet both play "espr" alovely rendition of the Doc Frail theme, F quarter note up to Bb half note dotted to Aquarter to (Bar 66) F note, etc. Here the gliss harp and strings play the F major chord(F/A/C).At the last two bars, two bassoons play a very serene, classical Western orcowboy-sounding four-note figure. So we find the quarter note dyad D/F to 16th notedyads C#/E to C/Eb, then finally a half note dyad Bb/D< held fermata. Essentially wehave a descent of minor thirds resolving into a major third. With the other instrumentsplaying, the chordal structure is the Bb major (notes Bb/D/F).[The Harlot] R10/2. C meter. 44 bars, 11pp. Scene: Edna Flauncetells Elizabeth and Rune that Doc Frail is essentially paying for the mine expenses(Elizabeth's jewelry is worthless as collateral). She then slurs Elizabeth by saying thatshe is nothing but a harlot. Rune retorts, "Liar! Stupid female snake!" In Bar 4, thetrombones play a diminished triad (D/G#/B) inversion. Two sordini horns sound note F.Low strings also sound, as well as the piano and bass clarinet.In Bar 8, as Elizabeth confronts Frail, the gongs resounds, and thepiano/cls/english horn play low E. Ditto violas/VC/CB. By Bar 23, the low violas andcelli play the Hanging tree motif. Etc.[Glory Hole] R10/3. C meter. 17 bars, 5 pp. Scene: Elizabeth and Rune arehuddled in their tent during a torrential downpour at night. Suddenly loud bending noiseerupts and they barely escape when a nearby tree becomes uprooted from the excess rainand crashes on their tent. Rune looks at the hole the tree left and spots hundreds of goldnuggets! It's a glory hole!In Bars 1-2, two flutes/two clarinets/bells/vibe/piano/violins are trill on wholenote A. The harp is rapidly alternating an octave apart on notes A with 32nd notes (8 perfigure, 4 figures per bar).In Bars 3-4 the trill is now on B (to C#). Oboes now join in. The clarinets join in77