BASS CLARINET IN B♭

commissioned by a consortium headed by

Stephen K. Steele, Scott Hagen, and Onsby Rose

SYM P HON Y NO. 1 0

THE RIVER OF TIME David Maslanka
with Matthew Maslanka

I. Alison

       
  
no
 = 52 pause in tempo ( = 52)


in tempo 9 break
(Cls.)

1 3 4 6 7 9 10

       
 
 
11  = ca. 56  = 76
  
hesitate accel.

   
 


11 12 13 14 15

16 17

   
18 accel. grad.

         26
  
 
18 19 20 22 23 24 25
21

   
27

      
30  = ca. 88

       
   
  29
30
      
31 32
28

       
          
  34    
33
  

 
35 36 37

           
slowing ten.

    
38 (same tempo; do not slow)

38 39 40 41 42 44 46

     
       
 
50
  long

47 48 49 50 52 53

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 MASLANKA • SYMPHONY NO. 10
I. ALISON • BASS CLARINET IN B♭

    

59  = ca. 104

                
59 
 58 
57 
54 Flug. 55 56 60
Hp
61

 
 
ten. in tempo

         
65 66
67
62 69
68
63 64


  
70 slowing

              
a lot

70 71 72 73 75 77 78
74 76


      
79 in tempo
     
Cl. 1 8va 90

   
  

79 85 86 87 88 89 90 91


92

 
 
99  = 60

 
slowing

  97     98     99
a lot

93
94
95 96
 

     

109 accel. grad.

           
109 116
 
118
    
115 Hn 1
117 119


122  = 96

     
               
sub.  
  sub.  124  sub. 125
120 123
121
122

   
            
   127   
sub.

  sub.
129
126
128

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 MASLANKA • SYMPHONY NO. 10
I. ALISON • BASS CLARINET IN B♭

         

  
132

         
[129]
  131
 134

130 132 133

   

 
   
stretch in time 140

 
take time

   
 sub. 
136
140 141


137 138 139
135

    
147

          
147 
145
142 143 144
148

 
    
slowing gradually ten. ten.

   152
      154
153
149

    
151
150

    
155  = 88

         

156
155
157 158
159 160

         
         
162
  164
161 165
163

       
    
166

  
ten. ten.

166
 167 168
   170
  171
169

  
     
slowing

172 173
   175

174

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 MASLANKA • SYMPHONY NO. 10
BASS CLARINET IN B♭

II. Mother and Boy Watching the River of Time

                
 = ca. 72
      
ten. ten. ten. ten.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

   
         
   
ten. 11 ten. ten.

9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17

  
        
   
18 ten. ten.

18 19 20 22 24 25 26

   
     
li

 
27 ten. ten.
& go

                     
 
27 28 29 30
31

 
Bsn 1

      
32 ( = 72)

 
ten.

  
 
34 38 39 40 43
32
33

     
    
44 in tempo

 
        
 
 
 
    52 53 
46 49
44 45 Euph. 50 51

   
  
58

 
          
55 
 56  58 
57 59 60 61 62

54
sudden, big

   
  

 

  
   66
   69  
63 70
64 65
67 68
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 MASLANKA • SYMPHONY NO. 10
II. MOTHER AND BOY • BASS CLARINET IN B♭

  



71

         
  72 73 74 75 76 77

 
71

      
80 Freely ( = ca. 54) 86 Tempo 1 ( = ca. 72)

    
slowing ten. slowing
a lot


80 84 85 86 99
78 79

  

117 Very deliberate ( = ca. 72) ten.


100 in tempo Slower slowing

  

100 117 121
114

   
115 116

 
in tempo 126 hold Slower and slowing
back

122 126 134 135 138

III. David


Women:

   
7 All: unpitched Women:


closed-mouth

 
   
exhalation sing long

   
Freely ( = ca. 76) hum long long

1 2  3 4 7
Ah 8 9
Ah 10
All: choose one of the following lines and
repeat it gently for the duration of the held note.
“Bright window, your night is full of stars”

  
“At your hearth I am no longer a stranger.”
A little faster ( = ca. 86)

 
“Mother, help me.”


15 slow a bit


very long

11 14    15 18

 
    
Tempo 1 ( = ca. 76) 25 Absolutely steady ( = 96)

  
slow a bit

 
 
20 22 23 24 26

25

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     
 
35

  
Tpt 1 8va

      

35 36 37 38 39 41

    
42 40

                   
42  43 44 45 46 47

                        
48 49 50 51 52 53

          
     
      
55       
   
54

              
             
        
56 57



58 Whipped, goaded

            
  
Same tempo (q = 96)

         
   

58 59 60 61
62

        
                 
64
 66 67
  


63 65

      
  
= e=e

68  69
 70 76

     
 

             
77

   
79 
  
 
77 80 82

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                                      
84 Driving ( = 96)

 
aggressive
83 84 85

   
                                        
   
      87
86

            
                         
88 89


                                    
          
90 91 

                               

       
 93              
92
 
94 Crash ( = 96)      
  
     
       
              
      
   

95
94

96 97

  
    
100

    
   99    
 
100 101 102 103

 
             
98

    
          
          
109
 
107
110

 
106 108

 
111 122

111
122

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   
  
135 Suddenly driving ( = 96)

 
       

140
135 137
136
Hn 1 138
139

   
  
148

   
         
147 148
 149  150
151

152

  
      
               
153 154
155
 156


157

              
158 Relentless ( = 96)

      
158 159 160 161 162 163 168

         

          
( = 60)


slowing

       
      
169 172 173
  

       
               
174 Suddenly in tempo ( = 96)

        

    
  
 175
  176
 
177

   

 
174

      
            
       
       
179 

  180

  
178

         
  
                         
     
181
   182
  183

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             
  
                 
        185
  186

   (do not slow)

      
184

            
= 2+2+2+2+2+3

       
(⁶₄ with an extra 8)

  188 

             
massive 
187 189

 
    
 
    
Maximum power; Strictly in tempo

       
190 Hold full value, full volume throughout. Abrupt cutoffs.

   194 
no dim. ever
191 192 195 196
190
193

      
      
hold longer

    
maintain power than you want to

  201    202    204


205
200
203

    
    
206  = 52 217 Freely ( = ca. 68)

   
206 213 214 215 217 219 220

    
   
 
222 223 225 226 227 228

   
     
 
235 Slower slowing Freely long

235 236 237 238 239 240 243

244  = 96
 

254

244 254

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            
Fl. 1 15ma 261 Suddenly slower

                     
(q = ca. 86) in tempo ( = 96)

260 261  262 263 264 265

               
266 Suddenly slowerin tempo ( = 96)

        
(q = ca. 86)

266 267 268 269 271

 
270

          
       
             
 
    
272 273
  274
  

                   
slowing (q = 80)

           
a bit

    
275
             276     

  
in tempo ( = 96) slowing

277  
278
           
281
  
  
279 280 282

285 Abruptly

   
in tempo

                    
( = ca. 60)

 
q = 96  =  very short =

     287        
     sub.  

284 285 286

283

                 290       
        289
288

                        
       

292


291 293

          
(do not slow) Freeze

        295

297 298 299
294 Hold the tension in silence for
as long as the moment will bear.
10 You may relax as the fourth
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 MASLANKA • SYMPHONY NO. 10
BASS CLARINET IN B♭

IV. One Breath in Peace

hold

       back       
Extreme quiet back
 
              
(♩= ca. 52 – exible) in tempo hold in tempo

      
1 2 3 4 5 6 7



8
Bsn 1

 
                       
   11 
9   10  12

       
      
 
17  = 104

 
slow a bit


(echo)

13 15 16 17
14


       
           
24 31

24 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

 
      
Slower

  
38 ten. in tempo slowing slowing wait
(q = ca. 72)

38 43 44 45 46 47 48

   
    
     
  
 = ca. 52
     
   
S. Sax. 8va

49 50 51 52 54 57 58 59

  
          
 
ten. long

    
  63

60 61 62 64 66 67 68

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
                     
69  = 104


slowing

69 70

71 72

73 74 75 76


                     
77 in tempo ( = 104)

77 78 79 80 81 82 83

 
 
      
 = 40 ( = 80) hold Suddenly in tempo ( = 84)

        
 
back 88
accel

   
    
 
 
   

84 87 88 89


85
86
Pno

    
           
slowing

  
90
 91
 92
   94
95 96
93

100

  
 
let a good

  
slowing

  
long settle breath  = 104

  
  
97 100 112
98 99

 
  
114 in tempo ten. 125 in tempo ten

114 124 125 130

  
 
( = ca. 74) ( = ca. 60) Extreme quiet ( = ca. 52)

 
slowing

131 132 133 134

   
 
Slower


slowing
(q = ca. 44)

137 138 141 142 143 144

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