Written for the 2010 Béal Festival, Dublin Bass Clarinet

score
Ballad of Breath and Sleeping
for soprano, bass clarinet and live electronics (2010) Ian Wilson
(1964)
Text by Billy Mills
non vib.
p
q = 62
          
Soprano             
R
   
R

F#   calm
Eb  
 
              
        
      
Bass Clarinet
in Bb

pp

vib. ord.
vib. ord.

     3  
non vib.
3
 
6 3
      
3

                            
3 gl.

5

now our chil - dren sleep

      
 

 
   
  
    


10 non vib. vib. ord.
 
                          
   gl.


and you I wait

     
 

 
  
  
    


vib. ord.
pp
14
  
                
non vib.

   
gl.

      
re- lief in si - lence (ce)

            
 
  

  
      
  
   
2

A rit. A tempo rit.

 
20

    
 
          
        

     
      
p espressivo


B A tempo vib. ord. non vib.
non vib. (always to semitone above)
p
 
24 p mf
         
     
    
      gl. gl.
calm now our chil - dren sleep and you
 
  Bb tr 
 
 
 

G#

 
 

 
     
pp


vib. ord. C Quite free
poco vib.
mf

p
          
28

     

     

     
I wait (t) re - lief in si - lence


     
 
 
 
   

 Poco più mosso

rit.
D
   
32
 
q = 74
       

 
calm

    
 
  
       

 
mp mf p
 3

   
35
  
 
       
        
  
f mp


E Tempo primo q = 62
non vib. poco poco poco poco
mp mp mp mp
37 5 5 5 5
      
              
      

now our chil - - dren
R
 


Bb tr

 
 



  



poco poco
p p
5 5
                        
39

   


sleep and
    
     
p 


poco vib. ord.
p mp

 3  
5
 
42
        
           
you I wait re - lief

 
 
 
     
 

 mp p 
4
F poco vib.


46 pp
non vib.

       

   
gl. gl.

in si - lence (ce) calm

      
          
    
p

poco vib.
51 p

    
 6

              
now our

   
  

     


54
 
  
6

               
 
chil - - - dren
 
Bb tr 
    


    
   
      
pp mf 

G
  


59

    
5
   5
 
                            
 p

f

 



62

    
5
  5
              
  
              
 5
p f pp
poco
 5

   
65
   

                         
     
5 5
pp
poco poco

 Tempo secundo
H
q = 74
accel. rit.
p mp

 
68 5 5 5 5
     
                     



sleep

  
      


(pp)


accel. rit.
70
p
5 5 5
mp
5 
                     
          


and

    
       



accel. rit.

p mp
72 5 5 5 5
         
                      


you

 
       
 

6
accel. rit.
p mp

 
74 5 5 5 5
 
                          




I

 
    

    


 Tempo primo
accel. rit. I Quite free
p mp poco vib.

 
5 5 5 5 5 p

      
76
      
                
wait re - lief
 
R

F# 

 
   
Eb 

  
       
 
 pp

rit. A tempo
pp
        
           
79


    
     gl.
in si - lence calm now
R
 


       
   
 

 

  
  
pp


non vib.
J
 
83 mp pp p
   

      
    
our

      3         
3
    
     
 
p
 7

        
88
  
3 3
  
   
      
chil - dren 5 sleep
3 3
         
           


91
poco vib. vib. ord.

   3  3      gl.        
    
     
3
and you I wait
3 3 
     
  
            
f
molto



K Quite free rit.
     
95

     
 

 
                
      
        
p p


L A tempo (primo)

non vib. vib. ord.
p mp p mp p mp
 
(always to semitone above)
99
 
           
   
     gl. gl.
 gl.

re - - lief Mm mm mm
   
 Bb tr 
 
  
 

G#

   
   
 

      
pp
8
M
p
                  
104

 

   
in si - lence calm now our

  

  
    
pp

non vib.
pp!
  
       
109

  
   
chil - dren sleep (p)

   
            


   (pp)


non vib. vib.ord. non vib.
N p mp (p)
114
                 gl.        
 
 
  
and you I wait re - lief in
 
R
 
R

F#  
Eb  

           
      
      
pp


vib. ord.

  
118 pp
     
     
  
gl.

   
si - - lence (ce)

      
    
    

pp Deo gratias
Dromahair
2.IX.2010