William Walton - The Bear (Chamber Version)

The Bear (1967), by William Walton, is a dramatic 'extravaganza in one act' based on a short story of Chekhov, with a libretto by Paul Dehn. This new chamber version, by Jonathan Lyness, is scored for three singers and five players (pf, vln/vla, bsn, hp, perc), and is sensitively adapted from the original score as found in the William Walton Edition. The arrangement skilfully preserves the essence of Walton's orchestration while being practical and portable. The full score and parts available on hire are compatible with the OUP vocal score.

15 Vln. Bsn. 92 { Hp.

15 Vln. Bsn. 92 { Hp. q.=h ° ¢ & 2# #œœ j ‰ bœ ( p ) ° ? ˙ - œ ¢ 2 ∑ ∑ ∑ Œ B # œnœœbœ # - œ ˙ Œ ? #bw 2 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ & #w ? 2#bw bœ bœ nw B min. ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ p 5 pizz. arco - # ˙ ˙ ˙ Œ # œ Œ Ó Ó p Ó ∑ #œ #˙ œ œ 3 POPOVA & 2 Œ p bœ œ œ ˙ œ bœ œ œ œ 3 3 3 œ j œ w You know quite well that since my poor hus-band died life has no mean-ing for me œ œ œ œbœ # œ œ œ ˙ Pno. { q.=h ? bœ . 2 J ‰ Œ Ó ∑ & ## w ∑ ∑ #w p . . . ? 2 bœ. j ‰ Œ Ó Ó b n œ J ‰ Œ # j b œ ‰ Œ œ ‰ Œ Ó j J # œ ‰ Œ # œ J b ‰ Œ . j‰ Œ Ó senza ped. . bœ # œ j‰ Œ . . ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ = Vln. 98 ° 3 ¢ & #œ - œ œ Ó Vivo rit. ∑ ∑ U ∑ 10 pochiss. meno mosso (in 4) Œ œ j b˙ p Œ Perc. Hp. ° / ∑ ∑ ¢ / ∑ ∑ { & ∑ ∑ ? ∑ F# maj. Tamb. Cymbals Ó œ Œ f f f U Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 U Œ ˙ œ Œ 3 ###œ œ Œ Œ #œ ## œœ gliss. U Œ ∑ ∑ U ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ POPOVA & ˙ 3 Œ Œ for online perusal only 3 3 U 3 , 3 3 œ > œ # œ # œ j # œ œ j > œ # œ œ# ˙ ˙ # œ # œ- ˙ œ œ œ # œ n ˙ ~~~~~~ I may seem to you to be still a - live but p that ‰ bœ œ œ J is on - ly what you think! I made a Pno. { Vivo rit. pochiss. meno mosso (in 4) & ˙ Œ ∑ Ó ? - 3 3 #œ œ œ # œ - œ œ ∑ Ó ∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏ & # # # œ f # ## # œœ U 3 Œ ##œœ - n˙˙ p U ? - Œ ##œœ n˙ 3 10 œœ - # œ œ - - # # œ - b n ˙˙ Œ - - - - œ # œ # œ # œ b n˙˙ Œ

16 Vln. 103 ° ¢ & Œ b˙ œ ‰ j bœ œ œbœbœ œ ‰ Œ ˙ # œ Œ # œ # ˙ Bsn. ° B ∑ ∑ ¢ Ó ‰ œ bœ bœ J p ‰ œ J œ# œ # œ# œ œ # œ { Hp. & ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ for online perusal only POPOVA espress. & bœ vow œ bœ œ œ œ bœ ˙ Œ œ J 3 3 # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J ˙ # œ œ # œ œ to wear this mourn-ing al - ways, ne-ver to look at the light of day un-til I Pno. { & bw w # w w pp b . . . . . . . . n b ? b Œ bœ ‰ Œ b # # nœ ‰ Œ bœ ‰ # j J J J n œ ‰ œ ‰ Œ # # œ # p J n # J ‰ Œ # œ # ‰ Œ # œ ‰ # # œ J J J . ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ . ‰ œ J ‰ = Vln. Bsn. Perc. Hp. ° ¢ & n˙ Œ Œ # œ j˙ - œ œ ° B n˙ œ œ œ ∑ ? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # w w ∑ ¢ Œ { 107 p espress. mf mf rit. œ œ œ œ# œ œ œ œ œ œ w # w fp fp Vibraphone ° ¢ & ∑ ∑ ∑ ‰ j ˙ # œ J ˙ œ & w ∑ ∑ # œ ˙ ww ‰ p . p fz ? œ . Œ œ œ . Œ & ˙ # ww # ww w ˙ p bisbigliando ‰ w ww ‰ > ˙ -œ œ œJ - ‰ # œ œ j # ‰ œ > ˙ POPOVA & 3 nœ œ œ ˙ ‰ nœ ‰ j - œ œ - ten. # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ 3 3 œ ˙ go to my grave. Do you hear? May his dear, de-part-ed spi-rit see how I love him. #œ ∑ Pno. { & nœ Œ Ó ∑ ∑ ‰ ? ∑ ∑ ∑ ‰ &# œ ˙ œœ ˙˙ rit. œ œ ˙ fp ˙ w w w # w