The Wind Was There
I
all was in flight
wild geese in the sky
snow from the sky flying
rivers hastening to the sea
and waves from the midsea
hastening to the shore
horses running from a fence
fences running from the ground
ground fleeing from the sky
and the sky was filled with flying stars
and suns innumerable
daises springing from the grass
pines fleeing up the mountainside
even the mountain was in flight
less swift than southward geese
or rivers in the spring
less swift than these but fleeing still
stone upon stone scraping in slow erosion
gravel grinding into dust and fleeing before the wind
II
all was in flight
even from a distance I
my flight was faster than a fleeing cloud
I only knew the wind was there
swift and imperious and proud
sharper than fine steel
III
so shall I ever flee
swifter yet swifter
until the speed is such
my spirit shall enkindle with the wind
and then
a brown and crackled leaf I’ll fall
my flesh to shrivel into mould
my blood to mingle with the seeping rain
and all my body’s flight become a strange return
3. Scherzo II
relentless, driven,
= 104 - 116
flute
oboe
clarinet
bassoon
horn
tem. bl.
1
perc.
2
relentless, driven,
= 104 - 116
Soprano
Alto
8
Tenor
8
Bass
relentless, driven,
= 104 - 116
1
violin
2
1
viola
2
1
cello
pizz.
2
pizz.
bass
flute
smack tone
oboe
clar.
bssn.
mouthpiece pop
horn
(slap with hand)
cast.
guiro
1
perc.
log dr.
bowl gong
wood bl.
bongos
timb.
2
S
A
t
t
t
t
t
t
t
t
8
t
8
t
T
t
B
t
tap on instrument
1
violin
tap on instrument
2
tap on instrument
1
viola
tap on instrument
2
tap on instrument
1
cello
tap on instrument
2
tap on instrument
bass
3.2
flute
oboe
clar.
bssn.
horn
tem. bl.
cym. on bell
1
perc.
cym.
on bell
2
t
S
t
t
A
t
8
t
t
8
t
t
t
t
t
t
T
B
1
violin
2
pizz.
1
viola
pizz.
2
pizz.
1
cello
pizz.
2
pizz.
bass
3.3
chorus
flute
k
k
k
k
oboe
clar.
bssn.
horn
cow bells
toms
5
1
5
perc.
trgl.
sn. / timb.
log dr.
5
5
2
(snares off)
s
k
k
k
k
s
k
k
k
k
s
k
k
k
k
s
k
k
k
k
8
s
k
k
k
k
8
s
k
k
k
k
s
k
k
k
k
s
k
k
k
k
S
A
T
B
pizz.
1
violin
pizz.
2
1
viola
2
1
cello
2
bass
3.4
(chorus: whispered)
flute
5
sky
oboe
cresc.
clar.
cresc.
bssn.
cresc.
horn
cresc.
1
perc.
2
(whispered)
sky
S
(whispered)
sky
(whispered)
sky
A
(whispered)
sky
(whispered)
8
sky
T
(whispered)
8
sky
(whispered)
sky
B
(whispered)
sky
1
violin
cresc.
2
cresc.
1
cresc.
viola
2
cresc.
1
cresc.
cello
2
cresc.
bass
cresc.
3.5
A
flute
oboe
clar.
bssn.
+ (stopped)
+
+
+
+
+
horn
toms
(chorus)
1
all
perc.
was
in
bon.
(chorus)
sn. timb.
2
all
was
in
all
was
in
flight
all
was
in
flight
all
was
in
flight
all
was
in
flight
8
all
was
in
8
all
was
in
all
was
in
flight
all
was
in
flight
all
was
in
flight
all
was
in
flight
A
S
A
T
B
flight
flight
flight
flight;
flight
all
flight
A
1
violin
2
1
viola
2
1
cello
2
arco
bass
3.6
flute
oboe
clar.
bssn.
horn
vib.
motor off / hard mallets
1
perc.
bells
damp
5
5
2
5
flight
S
wild
flight
flight
A
wild
flight
wild
flight
8
T
8
B
was
in
flight
flight
all
flight
was
flight
flight
wild
flight
wild
flight
flight
flight
wild
arco
2
arco
1
arco
2
arco
1
cello
wild
flight
arco
viola
flight
flight
1
violin
in
wild
arco
2
bass
3.7