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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.

Vln. Bsn. Timp. Perc.

Vln. Bsn. Timp. Perc. POPOVA = ° ¢ & { Hp. Pno. { § Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 37 ° " U ¢ & w ˙ w œ Œ Ó ∑ w p > ° ? - B˙ œ œbœ U " - Ú ¢ Œ nœbœ ˙ œ n-œ œ Ó Œ œbœœbœ n-œ œ Ó ? p 5 5 p gliss.Ú U " b˙ ˙ Ó Ú Crotales (or Glock.) T. Bells "U pp ff pp should I? My life is o - ver He lies in his p pp b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # ˙ " ? U Ú & Ó Œ Ó Ú f 1.v. pp ? U " Ú Ó œ Œ ∑ Œ ‰ bœ j b˙ ˙ ˙ - U U " U U U 3 3 bœ 3 & ˙ Œ bœ nœ œ bœ w œ nœ bœ œbœ bœ j œ ˙ Œ œ œbœ - & b œw ? Ó #˙˙ ∑ Ó # ˙˙ Ó Œ # œ w Œ ‰ bœ j . # œ nœœ ˙ ∏∏∏∏∏∏ f n 3 " U bœœ ˙ bb ˙˙ ˙ b n˙ ˙˙ ˙ bn˙˙ ˙ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ Ó ∑ Ó # ˙˙ "U Œ Ó Œ œ w Œ Ó Œ ‰ bœ j . # œ nœœ 3 bœœ b˙ n˙ ˙ ˙ 3 œ œ 7 for online perusal only Vln. Bsn. Perc. Hp. POPOVA 40 b ° Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 4 3 ¢ & ∑ 2 Œ Ó 2 Ú w 4 > ˙ ° B ˙ - œ nœbœ - 3 4 3 ¢ Œ nœbœ ˙ œ - 2 ∑ 2 ? nœ œ Ó Œ œbœœbœ n-œ œ Ó 4 ° 3 4 3 ¢ & ∑ Ó # ˙˙ 2 ∑ 2 Ú 4 { 3 4 3 & Ú 2 ∑ 2 Ú 4 ? Œ ‰ 3 2 ∑ bœ j b˙ ˙ ˙ & œ ˙ grave 5 5 3 3 3 I have bu-ried my - self with-in these four walls We are both pp 4 3 2 Œ ‰ 4 bœ j b˙ ˙ ˙ 3 Œ 3 4 3 œ œ bœ œ œ 2b˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2 œ œ ˙ Œ bœ œ ˙ 4 3 ten. , Pno. & { ? Œ œ ˙ ẇ b ˙ p Œ ‰ bœ j . # œ nœœ pp 3 bœœ 3 2 ˙ ˙ Œ Ó 4 3 2 Œ œ ˙ œ 4 b˙ œ ‰ 3 3 4 3 2 2 4 n˙ ˙˙ ˙ Œ Ó Œ ‰ bœ j . # œ nœœ bœœ n˙ ˙ pp

8 Vln. Bsn. Perc. POPOVA ° ¢ { Hp. LUKA 43 5 ° ? 3 ¢ 4 Vivace * q=q ° 3 ¢ & 4 Œ ‰ Œ ‰ 3 / 4 ∑ dead f f 3 # œ œbœbœ j ‰ 3 # œ œ bœbœ j ‰ 4 œ œ ‰ b > > œ r ≈ ‰ ≈ œ œ bœ > œ j ‰ Œ Ó œ œ 4 > ‰ bœ œ ‰ > > œ œ œbœ b > œ j ‰ Œ Ó S.D. Ó œ œ œ œ 4 œ Œ Ó f 3 & 4 ∑ ∑ 4 ‰ ∑ b f > œ j Œ Ó ? 3 4 ∑ ∑ 4 ‰ j bœ Œ Ó ∑ b > œ 3 & 4 ‰ œ ∑ 4 ∑ ∑ bœ œ > ? 3 4 ∑ ∑ 4 Ó œ bœ f bœ œ œ œ b œ ‰ 3 3 ∑ ∑ ∑ 3 œ J œ œ œ œ œ for online perusal only Pno. & { 5 q=q Vivace * 3 4 Œ ‰ ? 3 4 Œ ‰ f 3 # œnœbœbœ j ‰ 3 # œ nœ bœbœ ‰ J There you are, at it a - gain! I wish I had-n’t to ‰ ‰ j ‰ 4 j ‰ Œ Ó œ œ bœ > œ > > œ bbœœ > œ œ 4 ∑ > ‰ bœ œ ‰ > > œ j ‰ bœ > œ Œ Ó b > œ ∑ ? = Vln. Bsn. Perc. Hp. ° ¢ & ° ? ¢ ° / ¢ / { 47 & Ó Œ f f p **cut to b. 87 poco rit. agitato > 6 > f > œ œbœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œbœ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ Œ Ó ‰ 6 6 mp > 3 . . . ‰ bœ bœbœbœ œ œ œ Œ Ó ‰ œ. bœnœbœ bœ . Œ ‰ Chinese Blocks ∑ 3 Sus. cym. gliss. mf Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ˙ Œ 3 a tempo comodo q = c.100 Ó œ œ œ Œ Ó ∑ [mf ] “” œ Ó Œ œ Œ Ó Ó Œ C♮ D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ ? ∑ ∑ Ó œ r œ ≈ œ # œ j ‰ Œ œ R œ J ‰ mp ∑ Œ Œ o œ œo mf LUKA ? œ œ ∑ 3 mp b œ œ J ‰ Ó ‰ œ œ œ œ R # œ œ J ‰ Pno. { ? ? lis-ten to you! I lost my mis - sus too... agitato “” **cut to b. 87 > > poco rit. a tempo comodo q = c.100 Œ ‰ bœ bœbœbœ bœbœbœ œ œ œ œ Œ & Œ Ó Ó ‰ f ff 3 œœ r œ J ‰ p mp Ó Œ ? . & bb bœ > œœ œ bb b œ Œ Ó nœ ‰ Œ J bœ j ‰ ‰ . bœ œ * Original cut from bar 43 to bar 126; see Textural notes ** Optional cut to bar 87, see Appendix

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