The Mona Lisa. Text: Leanne Veitch Music: Michael Winikoff. For SATTBB choir and Soprano solo

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1 he Mona La ext: Leanne Veitch Music: Michael Wikoff For BB choir and orano solo he smoky hues of black, tan and green with some white between the edges of the frame and the ltg catchlate, bearg her name Vitors. d. : oh yes...mmm...beautiful...exquite... a fe iece of artwork he really knew what he was dog. I must buy a rt at once where's the souvenir sho? don't see: her hidden heart a wooden lank that's all not even canvas. Rottg. While the vitors smoked and the lightbulbs flashed and the babies screamed and threw rattles on the careted floors before a ersex cage and hung a crimson barrier on golden stands and glued the 'No mokg' signs to the walls four major languages. nd eseranto. uch a small sle: her eyes, so far away. he background seformed the acid colours of a dream fadg to a memory of long dead fgers twtg the brtles of a brush and catchg a sle then, dust.

2 Program Notes Leanne wrote: I kee cong back to th oem. he Mona La has always fascated me, and somethg credibly sad about the icture for me. I also fd her bone structure terestg, and th work focused on the fact that not only the famous sle that was ated long gone, so too are the fgers that ated her. In settg Leanne s oem I have tried to create a dreamlike texture ( acid colours of a dream and smoky hues of black, tan and green ). In laces the texture vanhes to cature the solitude and loneless ( such a small sle, so far away ). he section about the vitors (smokg, with flashg lightbulbs, and screang babies) set (somewhat ironically) a hay relaxed style, but, significantly, without any assion or real emotion: it simly a somewhat retty tune. he iece ends with a sad fade on the fal word: dust, emhased with a sibilant s. In comosg th iece I ve tried to write simly, and to make the iece more readily erformable than some of my other works. lthough the choir does divide to multile arts, the iece almost entirely /, rhythcally simle, and does not use any shars or flats. Performance Notes he vowel sounds of he, Is and In should be identical. Crescendos and Duendos above the orano art aly to all arts, and those above the (first) enor art aly to all of the men. he first tenors have a few glsandos (e.g. bars and ). Please be careful to only sg glsandos where are exlicitly marked. For examle, should not be a glsando bar 6. (referably female) sgle voice should read the text bar. h should be timed so that it ends around the begng of bar 7, and certaly before the sorano entry on don t. While the text beg soken the choir should sg very quietly, to enable the seaker to be heard. It a good idea to select a seaker who able to roject (erhas an actor or lecturer?). he crescendo bar 7 only for the ltos other arts should change their dynacs from to f (soranos) or mf (men) suddenly. he altos have the tune bars 09, and should be allowed to come through. he sorano art bars 650 should be gentle, and should not overower the alto art. In bars 616 brackets the lyrics dicate consonants that should not be sung. For examle, bar 61 the second tenors sg smokee without ever ronouncg the ng. he solot (sorano or alto) should be sourced from the choir, and should have a light clear sound rather than a full oeratic tone. In the fal two bars, the women and first tenors should susta an s sound, startg almost audibly, then rg volume ( bar 101), and then ( bar 10) fadg away to nothg. o dust.

3 he Mona La Leanne Daharja Veitch Duration: arox. 5:00 Michael Wikoff OctoberDecember 009 orano lto ndante = 60 m enor 1 enor Bass 1 Bass he he she he he gls. he he she he he gls. he he he he smo ky hues of she black tan and green 7 In smoky hues of black tan and green with some white be tween the ed ges of the frame smoky hues of black tan and green smoky hues of black tan and green with some white be tween the 1 he he he he she he she he she he he he he he he 1 and the li stg catch late bea rg her name 1 with some white be gls. tween the and the li stg catch late bearg her gls. name m he m he she m he m he htt:// Coyright 009 Leanne Daharja Veitch (text) and Michael Wikoff (music). ll rights reserved. wikoff@gmail.com

4 1 enor Bass oken (sgle female voice): oh yes... mmm... beautiful... exquite... a fe iece of artwork / he really knew what he was dog. I must buy a rt at once / where s the souvenir sho? f (sudden) don t B see her hid den heart don t see her hid den f heart don t see mf (sudden), don t see her hid den heart f don t see mf (sudden), don t f see her hidden heart B, don t see her hidden heart don t see her hid den heart a wood en lank that s all not e ven can vas not e ven can vas B don t see her hid den heart a wood en lank that s all not e ven can vas not e ven can vas

5 7 (same temo, don t slow down) m m while the vi sitors smoked and the h m h m Bass 1 rottg all the while rot tg h mf Bass rottg all the while rottg rottg light bulbs flashed and the ba bies screamed and threw rattles, threw rat tles on the care ted floor, h h 6 rottg (first soranos only) m rottg h he h he rottg rottg rottg rot tg rottg rot tg

6 51 gls. slung her a be fore a er sex cage a she he he 56 utti hung a crim son bar ri er on gol den stands er sex cage and hung a crim son bar ri er bar ri er on gol den stands er sex cage a er sex cage and hung a bar ri er on gol den stands and 61 glued the no i(n) smoki(ng) four si(gn) ma jor Mm to the wa(ll) langua ges and Es e ran to Es e

7 olo 67 lower (e.g. = 5) olo, freely uch a small sle her eyes, so far a way temo (firsts only) the the ran to 7 orano 1 back ground se formed the a cid co lours of a dream the a cid co lours of a drea(m) orano mm lto 1 mm lto mm enor mf Bass 7 fa dg orano mm lto esressivo B fa dg fa dg to a me mo ry of long dead f gers twi stg the 5

8 (echo) cat chg a sle cat chg a sle Bass 1 brtles of a brush the brtles of a brush cat chg a sle cat chg a sle Bass brtles of a brush the brtles of a brush and cat chg a sle cat chg a sle 90 m olo such a small sle: her eyes, so far a way enor 1 cat chg a sle cat chg a sle enor cat chg a sle cat chg a sle then cat chg a sle cat chg a sle then cat chg a sle cat chg a sle 96 sss () sss 1 () sss () dust () dust dust December 009 Duned, New Zealand 6