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Song of Evolution Severyn Bruyn Choir Poets Scientists Piano A fff A fff A fff A fff - - - - - - - - - - RH RH fff DRUM; forte ad libitum fff DRUM; forte ad libitum 3 Choir Pno. How did we be gin? From mf END DRUM 5 Choir Pno. No. mf How f did we get here? no thing - no thing - From mf End Drum Drum ad. lib. mf

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Song of EvolutionSeveryn BruynChoir

Poets

Scientists

Piano

A

fff

A

fff

Afff

Afff

- - - - - - - - - -

RH

RH

fff

DRUM; forte ad libitum

fff

DRUM; forte ad libitum

3

Choir

Pno.

How

did

we

be

gin?

From

mf

END DRUM

5

Choir

Pno.

No.

mf

How

f

did

we

get

here?

no

thing

- no

thing

-

From

mf

End Drum

Drum ad. lib.

mf

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10

Choir

Pno.

No

p

no no no no

no no no

mp

no

thing

- No

f

thing

-

No

Solop

thing- No thing- No

thing- No thing- No

thing- noth thing- no

thing- no thing

f

-

End Gong

14

Choir

Pno.

No

mp

no no no no

no no no

mf

No

mf

no no no no

no no

f

no

No thing- noth thing- no

thing- no thing- Yes

yes yes yes yes

yes yes yes

Drum ad. lib.

Drum ad. lib

18

Choir

Pno.

So!

ff

Li

f

sten

- Lis

p

ten

-

We

Solo Soprano

mf

all

came from some

where,

- came from

Drum ad. lib.

2

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22

Choir

Pno.

From no

thing- List

en

- From

f

no

thing

From

Solo

f

25

Choir

Pno.

You

f

are

wrong.

We

Solo Sopranomf

all

came from

no

thing

End Drum/Gong

End Drum/Gong

28

Choir

Pno.

some where

- Yes some

where

Yes some

where

Yes some

where

Li

sten

- From

f

no

thing

From

3

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32

Choir

Pno.

We

p

can

tell

you a bout the Most

High

no

thing

From

no

thing

We

f

can

tell

gliss.

gliss.

37 q = 75

q = 75

Choir

Pno.

Yes

f

a

ve ry- big

sound

of

ff

Life

Whoa

Whoa

you a bout- the Big

Bang

Yes

a

ve ry- big

source

of

Truth

42

q = 100

q = 100

Choir

Pno.

Soprano

No

p

one

could

know

the

whole

Bass

No

p

one

knows

Drum

End Drum

4

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45

Choir

Pno.

truth

of

how

we

came

to

be

part

of

this

big

old

all

things.

No

one

could

know

the

49

Choir

Pno.

un

i

- verse

-

But

we

want

you to

whole

un

i

- verse

-

52

Choir

Pno.

tell

us

a bout- how

we

came to be

here

and then

5

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55

Choir

Pno.

we will share

a bout- One

Di vine

- Spi rit-

be hind

- all things

The

Alto

Well

What?

59

Choir

Pno.

Ta

o

- Bud dha- Yah

weh

- Al lah- Brah

man,

- the

Tutti

the

6

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62

q = 100

q = 100

Choir

Pno.

Ho

ly

- One.......

ff

Our

Alto

stor

p

y

- be

-

u

f

ni

- verse

-

-

Tell

us

how

your stor

y

- be gins

-

68

Choir

Pno.

gins

with

drums

Now comes

the Bha ga- vad-

The

Gi ta-

72

Choir

Pno.

Gi ta- sung

for thou

sands- of- years

Oh

pSolo Soprano

see

ing

-

The

Gi ta÷

-

p

7

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76

Choir

Pno.

your

greatform

with man y fa

-

ces,

- all

those

eyes,

man

y

- arms,

p

80

Choir

Pno.

Migh

- ty One the world

is

ter

ri fied

and

so

am I

p

p

84

Choir

Pno.

Please

would

you re veal

- your

pre vi- ous

- form

Oh

god of

8

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87

Choir

Pno.

gods

Oh

re

fuge

- of the U ni- verse

- all

is per

-

90

Choir

Pno.

va

ded

- by

your Di vine

Be

ing

-

Oh

Tuttif

94Slower q = 50 Slower q = 50

Choir

Pno.

That

p

was just

the be gin

- ning

-

These

pBass

are just stor

ies- of fear

and

fic

tion

-

Let us tell

you how

we all be

-

p

p

p

p

p

9

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98

Choir

Pno.

gan

Here is our

time span

p

pp

100

Choir

Pno.

p

In the first

se cond-

therewas a light,

an ex plo

- sion like

a great sun

star

p

p

Presto h = 100 Presto h = 100

102

Choir

Pno.

Beethoven

10

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105

Choir

Pno.

Yes,

ff

and then

ff

h = q h = q 108

Slower q = 100

Slower q = 100

Choir

Pno.

Yes,

Yes,

TenorBach Goldberg Variation

Mes

f

sons

- pho

tons and more

111

Choir

Pno.

Neu trons

- and

e lec

- trons- all

par

ti

- cles-

then

there

were

a

toms-

hy

dro-

-

11

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115

Choir

Pno.

gen,

he li- um

-

Bass

and all

the cos

mic- ra di- a

tionof

cre a

- tion- with

dur a

tion our

foun da

- tion- ga

la-

-

119

Choir

Pno.

Wait

f

a min

ute-

In

p

the

be gin

p

- ning

You

xies

man y- bil

lion years

a go,

thir teen- bil

lion- years

a go

pp

123

Choir

Pno.

can not hear- a word

You can

not- know

the chords

You can

not- know

the Truth

12

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126

Choir

Pno.

You can

not- hear

the sounds

Yes,

p

but we see

We

see

stars

f

ig nite

- so

f

130

Choir

Pno.

brightas we sight

through tel

e scopes,- by mea

sur ing

- - gra vi- ties- in gal

ax- ies,- we

133

Choir

Pno.

This

p

sto

ry

- is a bout

you

and

cal cu- late- black holes

with

no

souls

with

no

souls

p

13

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138

Choir

Pno.

me

Ah

Ah

No

Soul

No

Soul

144

Choir

Pno.

�ff

Soul,

All a bout

- Soul.

Your

Soul

ff

�mf

No

No

RH�ff

150

Choir

Pno.

Now

p

hear what God said

Oh

fAltos

Where

Job's Bible lyrics and Beethoven's Ode to Joy in the Ninth Symphonypp with intensityAlto

wast

thou

when

I

laid

the

foun

da

- tions

-

14

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155

Choir

Pno.

of

the earth?

If

you

know,

tell

me,

how

were

those

foun

da

- tions- laid?

We

Bass

think

162

Choir

Pno.

diff

'rent- ly

- What

can

we

say?

165

Choir

Pno.

TenorAllegro

We

f

don't

need

to be

there when

15

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168

Choir

Pno.

the foun da

- tions

- were laid.

We

can

ver i- fy what hap

pened- by

171

Choir

Pno.

Where

Alto

wast

thou

when the mor

ning

-

tel e scopes

- - and by

high math

175

Choir

Pno.

stars

sang to ge

ther?

- Tell

me

who

en

closed

- the

sea

with

all

those

doors?

There

are

no

doors!

16

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180q = 95

q = 95

Choir

Pno.

Bass

We've stu

died seas

and

their a tom- ic- foun

- da tion

183q =

q =

Choir

Pno.

With

Forte

ev

i

dence

- from

- phys

ics

- taught

in

186

Choir

Pno.

un

i

- ver

- si

- ties

- We

can

tell

you

what we know

now!

17

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190

Choir

Pno.

We

Tenor

have

ev i- dence

from

our ex

perts-

in fields

of

192

Choir

Pno.

Whoa!

Alto

Stay

hum

ble!

Who

- scat

tered- the wind

a

round

- the whole earth?

Who

sci

ence

-

197

Choir

Pno.

made

the

snow?

Are

you

more

pure

than

your

Ma

ker?

Look

- all

my

days

are swift.

Tenor

Well,

18

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203

Choir

Pno.

Swift- ness func

tions- with

in- phys

ics-

Re li

- gious-

be liefs

- are

mere

fic

tion

-

206

Choir

Pno.

Lis

ten

- to

God

Al migh

- ty

-

Act I:What's the case?"Music helps her tell the larger story."

gliss.

210q = 80

q = 80

q = 70

q = 70

Choir

Pno.

So

Poets point to Scientists

wait

Lis

f

ten

- Our

Bach Aria Christmas no.5

stor

ies

are more

a

- like

We are

child

ren-

19

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215

Choir

Pno.

of the u

ni- verse.

- All

Alto

a

- toms were

born in

the stars,

218

Choir

Pno.

And

the mo

le- cules- formed

are now

in our

bo

- dy.

221

Choir

Pno.

in all

ways

Some think that e

vo- lu

- - tion

comes

20

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224

Choir

Pno.

from

High er Pow'rs.

Po ets- sing

of an gels- like

Soprano

the Ser

- a phim,

with love

and

227

Choir

Pno.

faith

with Che ru- bin,

-

guard ing- our

Re

cord of life.

a bove

- be yond

- us

230

Choir

Pno.

All the Arch an

-

gels guide each soul,

21

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232

Choir

Pno.

they fol low- each

soul

and watch o'er

them,

234

Choir

Pno.

watch ing- all

the Earth!

They help

us- heal

and take

a way our- pain

to

237

h = 100

h = 100

Choir

Pno.

let us all pray

as we

come

to that great

judge ment- day

ACT II That great judgement day."You cannot teach this in a publicschool!"

Tenor and Bass

You

can

-

22

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242

Choir

Pno.

not

teach thesethings

in

pu

blic

- schools

You

can

not

- teach this in

our

pub

lic

- schools

249

Choir

Pno.

These

things

don't

re pre- sent

- re

- al

- i

- ty

- It is a

gainst

- the

law

to

255

Choir

Pno.

teach

re

li

- gion

- here

It

is

un

cons- ti-

-

23

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259

Choir

Pno.

tu

tion

- al

- and

wrong

We

will

take

you to court

if

264

Choir

Pno.

you

teach an

y

one

of these claims

in

the

268

Choir

Pno.

class

room

- We

can

prove

f

our case

with meas ure- ments-

24

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273

Choir

Pno.

You

can

not

- break the law,

we'll

lock

you

up!

Lis

ten

- to

279

Choir

Pno.

us

then care

ful

- ly

- and

come back

to

re

a

- li- -

284

Choir

Pno.

ty

Stop

ff

this

non

sense

-

25

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289

Choir

Pno.

Stop

this

Stop

this

Non

sense

-

291

Choir

Pno.

stop

this

right

now

stop

now

295q = 100

q = 100

Choir

Pno.

No

We

f

can

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

sing

our songs

in

school

with

out

- you

tak

ing-

Now

26

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299

Choir

Pno.

us

to

court

We

can

shout

"Hark

the

her

ald"

- to

thee

Earth

Be lov

- ed

- God

de

stroyed

- the

305

Choir

Pno.

night

and

filled

it

all

with

a

great

Light

Your

great

Light

is

from

a

toms

- ex

- plod

ing-

311

Choir

Pno.

and

fu

sing

-

We

will

ar

gue

- that

Mus

ic

- is

made

of mat

ter!

27

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317

Choir

Pno.

It

has its

re al

- i

- ty

-

Act III It's Reality"That's the truth"

We

can

tell you on

ly- what

we know

from

323

Choir

Pno.

the e vi

- dence- of

his

tor- y

-

bi o

- lo- gy

-

bi o- me

- trics- ar

chae- o

lo- gy

-

math e ma

- tics-

328

Choir

Pno.

phy sics

a stro

- no- my

- sci ence- holds

all

truth

Tea

chers

- are

be

ter

- than

all thos

28

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334

Choir

Pno.

prea

chers

-

We can not

live with

stu pid old

- be liefs

-

339

Choir

Pno.

Well

now

from

the

Mid

dle

- -

A

ges

-

343

Choir

Pno.

But

could we all

sing

this

song to geth

- er?

-

This

is what we

see

29

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346

Choir

Pno.

This

iswhat we

see

Oh

the an

gels sing

- eachday

for you

Ah

The

Car

Solo

bon- ir on- phos

phate- U

- ran

i-

um,-

gold

sil ver,- i

ron- a

ce- ton

- and

350

Choir

Pno.

an gels sing

- each day

for you

Oh

the an

gels pray

- each- day

for you

po

tas-

si-

um

All star clu

sters- you

see are

en er- gies

-

for

us

353

Choir

Pno.

Oh

That's hu

bris- We

know a ma jes

- tic- Ho

ly- One

so high that

to use for

our own

pur pos

- es-

30

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356

Choir

Pno.

suns and stars

rage in

a pas

sion- to

be

known

each day We

all come to geth

- er- to

ex

-

359 Andante

Andante

q = 50

q = 50

Choir

Pno.

press Thy Will

and Pur

pose- on

the earth

You

f

were

say

ing

Car

Speak and sing words as comfortable-----

bon- and

Hy dro- gen-

Ni tro- gen- I

ron-

q = 50

q = 50

q = 50

q = 50

364q = 50

q = 50

Choir

Pno.

U ran- i- um,- Gold,

Sil ver-

Lead A

ce- tone-

Po tas- si

um- Bi

sul- phate- Me

thyl- al

co- hol- Ni

tric- a

cid-

31

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366

Choir

Pno.

were all formed

in

the

sky

f

All suns

and stars

are en er

- gies

- for us to

use

371

Choir

Pno.

They were cre

a ted

- by na

ture's- laws

and chance

just by chance

Più mosso q=60

Più mosso q=60

375

Choir

Pno.

We

ff

know

a

ma

jest

- tic

- Pow

er

- All suns

and stars

are

born

from

Its

3

Pre

sence

32

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380

Choir

Pno.

We all come to

ge

- ther

- for a

Pur

pose

by Di

vine- Law

a great

Pur

pose

384

Choir

Pno.

You

were

say

ing

-

Poets and Scientists turn to face each other in singing

In the great

est- Pas

sion

- -

In the gas

es- of

space

387

Choir

Pno.

the heart of

the Ho

ly- One

In the core

of the

sun

In the caul

dron- of

stars

33

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390

q = 100

Choir

Pno.

In the Splen

dor- of

Thee

We can see

Thy Glor

y!-

In the cease

less- sea

393

Choir

Pno.

Yes!

How can

we be

gin-

to sing

to ge

- ther?-

No!

e vo lu

tion

397

Choir

Pno.

e - vo - lu

tion -

comes with

a syn

the- sis

- of

those

el- e ments

34

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400

Choir

Pno.

Singers turn to face the audience

Ho ly- Ho

ly- Ho

ly- God Ho

ly-

a toms- a

toms- a

toms- a

toms- for

e

ver

- Cells are born

on top

of the seas

and

404

Choir

Pno.

Oh

To

Thee we

do pledge

3

On

o

ceans- floors

in bun

ches- of fu

sions- like

Eu kar y

- otes- Pro

kar- y- otes

- Yes

sym

bi- o

- sis-

3 3

409

Choir

Pno.

ear

ly- com mu

- nion

Well

fu

sion

-

an

ear

ly

-

Fu

sion

-

Yes

fu

sion

-

35

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417

Choir

Pno.

com

mun

ion

-

ff

Here is how it works

One- cell eats

the oth

er- and

stays

422

Choir

Pno.

We see a

co op

- er- a

- tion,- an

ear ly

- at trac

- tion- that

is

in side

- to help

it

sur vive

-

sym bi o

- sis- is

- a kind

of

425

Choir

Pno.

some thing- Di

vine

f

join ing- as

one

An au to

- po- et

- tic sys

tem- au

to- ca

ta- ly

- tic- sys

tem-

3 3 3 3

36

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428

Choir

Pno.

Self cre- a

- ting- Ho

ly- Or

der- Self

sus- tain

- ing- Self

main tain

ing.- The

whole

is in

the Ho ly-

431

Choir

Pno.

Oh

f

Tell us

howlife

be gins

-

The Ho

ly- is

in the whole

436

Choir

Pno.

Tri

Trinity symbol

ni-

ty

-

Mi

Solo

to chon

dri a

bi nar- y-

fis sion-

D

screen shows DNA Helix

N

A

Solo

37

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440

Choir

Pno.

Ho!

Solo Soprano

Ho

ly-

Ho

ly-

Ho

ly-

Ho

ly-

Ho

ly-

Ho ly Give

-

us

more

facts

Solo

Ha!

Ho!

Ha!

Ha!

Ha

Ha

Ho!

Ha

Ha

Ho

Ha

Ho

444

Choir

Pno.

In

Solo Soprano

Your light

I

live

each day

In Your Beau ty- I

love

Thee

Yes

pho

Solo

to- syn

-

the

- sis

-

No

No

No

No

450

Choir

Pno.

ACT IV Yes, No No.

We

f

are e

vol-

ving

-

Solo

f

38

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454

q = 60 Andante

Choir

Pno.

Read your che

mis-

try- Co val- ent-

met als- sol

u- ble salts

-

456

Choir

Pno.

pol y- mers-

chain ing- pro

teins- he lixed

Com bin- ing-

ga metes- trans

po- si tion-

-

p

p

458

Choir

Pno.

Wait!

f

God is in

all

things

de cou- pling-

and a com

plex-

pro cess-

in which life

f

can

be gin

-

p

p

p

39

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462

Choir

Pno.

with us for

ev-

er

- be yond- life

on

earth

Yes

Schubert Military March

Life be gins

- on

earth

first

No

Earth is where

life

be gins

-

466

Choir

Pno.

Check with your

bi o

- lo- gist

- the con

cept- of

your self

- re

pli- ca-

tion

-

469

Choir

Pno.

But

we must tell

you

that

the whole un

i

is

verse

is full

of life

You

should

be

-

40

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472

Choir

Pno.

lieve

full

of life

Youshould

be lieve

475

Choir

Pno.

full of life

Yes you should

be lieve!

Yes!

No!

478

q=120

q=120

Choir

Pno.

We

ff

do not be lieve

- it!

Earth

Solo Bass

life

was

born

o

ver-

three

bil

lion-

41

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483

Choir

Pno.

years

a

go-

grow

ing-

the

bac

ter-

i-

a-

and

486

Choir

Pno.

bil

lions-

of

years

with

com

plex-

cells

Six

hun-

dred-

490

Choir

Pno.

years

of

fish

and

plants

and

in

sects,-

am

phi-

bi-

ans,-

and

42

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494

Choir

Pno.

birds,

one

hun-

dred-

mil

lion-

years

of

flow

ers-

with

497

Choir

Pno.

Soprano

and

sta

mens-

and

sta

mens-

and

sta

mens,-

pis

tils-

pis

tils-

pis

tils-

then

birds,

bats,

gliss.

gliss.

43

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501

Choir

Pno.

bees,

Alto

trees.

in

sects,

God

gave

sex.

We

call

it

pol

li

- -

504

Choir

Pno.

na

tion-

We

call

it

a

mar

riage

That's

a

44

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507

Choir

Pno.

We're

right

com bi

ning- in- to- one,

ci

vil

u

nion

Yes

you're

right

510

Choir

Pno.

co cre- a tion

- A

men

-

514

Choir

Pno.

Six ty- mil lion years

-

long long a go

Di no- saurs- then

gliss.

45

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518

Choir

Pno.

Died!

Life con tin- ues- and

then

e volves.

- Go back to your birth

Died!

f

522

Choir

Pno.

You

will hear sym

pho

- nies

- deep

in the earth

Yes

tym

pa nies sound

-

-

What

do you mean?

Hot

li quid- i

- ron?

527

Choir

Pno.

and

dou ble- bas

es

-

We hear mu sic- there

siz

zling- flu

id

- be neath

- the blue o

cean.

-

46

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531

Choir

Pno.

Khatchaturian

You're

wrong

f

There

is

no

mu

sic

in

the

earth

We're

f

534

Choir

Pno.

You're

wrong

You're

way

off

right

We're

right

We're

right

on

537

Choir

Pno.

We

know

by

our

in

tu-

i-

tion

- and

by

dai

ly

- me

di-

ta

tion

-

47

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541

Choir

Pno.

Mys

Abide with me

ter

-

ies

through

all

Cre

a

-

- tion

Thun

der

- in

si

lence

- We

hear

Thee

each

day

549

Choir

Pno.

Our

choirs

sing

to

Thy

Ma

jes

- ty

- The

splen

dor

- of

suf

f'ring

-

Beau

- ty

Scene V: Suff'ring Beauty

557

Choir

Pno.

Sir Arthur Sullivan Rapture Yeomen

When

was that?

Wait!

Long

a go

Two

hun

dred

-

48

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562

Choir

Pno.

Mil

lion

years

long

a go

Mam

mals

- Hor

ses

-

566

Choir

Pno.

Oh

A Poet is humming (softly)

pp

Cats

Deers

and

pigs

mon

keys

- and

birds

some

rac

coons

-

the

pleis

to

- cene

571

Choir

Pno.

Ah

A different poet is humming (softly)

comes

And

Aus

tra

- lo

- pith- e- cus

- then ho mo- sa pi

- ens

-

49

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575

Choir

Pno.

Oh

First Poet humming again

We

ff

are Di vine- We

are Di vine

sa pi

- ens- sa pi- ens We

are hum an-

We are hum an-

579

Choir

Pno.

here for a pur

pose for a pur

pose!-

We are hu man- we

are hu man-

here

for what rea

son for what rea

son!-

583

Choir

Pno.

We all

came

From

no

thing

-

50

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587

Choir

Pno.

We

ff

are in a great

Pre

sence

-

Mys

tics

- tell the stor

y

-

fff

592

Choir

Pno.

Webs

Solo Soprano: Rumi poem

with

Messa di Gloria

smoul der

- ing- silk

you

594

Choir

Pno.

throw

a round

me each

mo ment-

51

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596

Choir

Pno.

They

hide

no

- thing

You're

598

Choir

Pno.

eyes

I see

through.

Tears

are

your

600

Choir

Pno.

ten

der

- glor

y

- you

sur prise

- me

52

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602

Choir

Pno.

in

each al

ley- I

have

begged

to go mad

605

Choir

Pno.

I

have!

You

have

made

608

Choir

Pno.

my

eyes

the

sea

The

Sea

53

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612

Choir

Pno.

Yes

You

have

made

my

eyes

the

sea

f

the

sea

617

Choir

Pno.

Whoa!

Men Raise hands

Lis

ten

-

Come back to

re al- i ty

-

621

q = 160

q = 160

Choir

Pno.

Read your ar chae- ol

gy

The

sounds

and

signs

of

an

i

- mals

- be

-

54

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628

Choir

Pno.

for

hu

man

kind

come

sym

bols

- for

all

man

kind

-

We

are

de

scen

- ding

We

are

des

cen

- ding

-

637

Choir

Pno.

Singers point to men

Oh

no

Oh

no

A

scend

- ing

- a

scend

- ing

- to a hea

ven

- ly

- place

It's

Solo Soprano Raises her Handp

Lo

gos

-

p

645

Choir

Pno.

Yes

not

ra

tion

al

not

lin

- -

e

ar,

not

- cy

cli

cal

or

- writ

- ten

- down

on a

55

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654

Choir

Pno.

print

ed

- page

or...

You

ffMen raise hands

are

wrong!

Read

f

your

sci

ence.

- Now!

ff

Can

we

talk?

ff

661

Choir

Pno.

Please

Pro

ceed.

-

Here

comes

the

Stone

Age

Then

comes

the

I

ron

- Age

Three

thou

sand

670

Choir

Pno.

Poets are humming quietly, PPP

Mmmm

years

a

go

gods

and god dess

- es ap

pear.- Lan guage

- comeswith

nouns, verbs,

ad jec

- tives- and

ad verbs.- we

are

56

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676

Choir

Pno.

We

Solo

be gan

- with God

Yes the will

of God

Ah

p

speak

ing

-

speak

ing.

- We

Solo

be gan

with

no

thing

-

a

toms andmol

e cules,

- All the

- -

682Slower q = 100

Slower q = 100

Choir

Pno.

This

Solo

is what

you think

but you know

what

way to an

i- mals- and

with hu

man

signs

- and

sym

bols

-

688 rit.

rit.

Choir

Pno.

Job said

man

y- long

cen tur- ies

- a go

- you know

no

thing,- a

bout

this

re

al- world.

So be hum

- - - - --

57

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694

A tempo

A tempo

Choir

Pno.

ble

We

are e vol

- ving

- We

are de vel

- o- ping

- Cul ture- is e mer

- ging

699

Choir

Pno.

Then speak

to cul

ture and

- ev

ff

o- lu

- tion

-

Yes

Tenors and BassesHaydn, Symphony 101 4th part

Let's

see.

First,

id eo graphs then hie

ro-

glyphs

and

704

Choir

Pno.

that's

done

Now

the

al

pha- bet

- and we

can

all

write

home

The

Bronze

Age

then those

58

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711

Choir

Pno.

ci

ty

states

and

gods

ev

ery

- where

A the

- na- O

si-

ris-

and

Zeus

717

Choir

Pno.

kings

and

queens

em

per

- ors

-

with

slaves,

then

serfs

and

no

bles-

then

722

Choir

Pno.

comes

the

ren

ais sance

- -

- - sci

ence

and

- the

arts

and

trade

all

a

cross

- the

59

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728

Choir

Pno.

seas

mo ney- does ex change

!Now

a cul

ture of ca

pi

tal

in-

vest

- ments

- grow

-

734

Choir

Pno.

- ing

each day

all

'round

the

world

f

f

739

Choir

Pno.

But

f

you

are mis

sing- some

per son- al

- ques tions

Peo

ple- arefigh

ting

-

What?

f

What?

60

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743

Choir

Pno.

peo

ple- are tor

tured,

-

die

slow in dun

geons

-

shot

through with sick

ness

-

746

Choir

Pno.

and

floods and fam

ines

-

Peo

ple- are suff

'ring

-

Wo

men- are vic

tims

-

Peo

ple- are cru

el

-

750

Choir

Pno.

Bloo

dy- wars rag

ing

-

War

war

war

war

and

more

war

ff

war

war

and

more

ff

61

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754

Choir

Pno.

war

war

mf

Why

does this hap

pen?

-

You

f

know no thing!

We

p

don't know why!

758

Choir

Pno.

No

p

thing,- no thing,- no

thing- no thing-

No

f

thing- noth thing- no

thing- no thing-

No

p

no

no

no

No NO

No

Head flashing back and forth a No!f

no no

no no

no no

no

762

Choir

Pno.

No thing no thing no

thing no thing no

thing no thing no

thing no thingRight!

ff

No No No No No

No NO! NO!

no

no

no

no

Wrong

ff

boy/girl

62

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766

Choir

Pno.

Has

Solo Sopranop

cul

ture

- real ly changed?

- We

p

wor

ry

- Li

sten

-

770

Choir

Pno.

Tchaikovsky SeranadeSolo Soprano

chain whip

- guil lo- tine

split the- knee

press the foot

Chain the neck

Pil lor- y

all

777

Choir

Pno.

used

to cre

ate pain

Mu

ti

- la

- tions

- Plague

on

plague

mas

sa

cres

mp

Mur

der-

63

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785

Choir

Pno.

in

the

name

of

good

ness-

we

know

all

those

ca

ses

- of

gen

-

792

Choir

Pno.

o

cide-

All

are

mis

sing-

in

your

stor

y...

-

798

Choir

Pno.

Fee

lings

for

Soul!

Tchaikovsky Symphony 1 Allegro DaydreamsSolo

What do

you have

to say

a bout- this?

Well

64

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803

Choir

Pno.

What could

you have

to say

a bout- this?

Oh

f

no

thing-

806

Choir

Pno.

Total Time 30'.03"

Just

no

thing

- Oh

no

thing-

Just

no

thing

-

Scene VI: Just Nothing

65