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JEFF MANOOKIAN
Symphony of Tears
for mezzo soprano, boy soprano, choir and orchestra
CHOIR SCORE
Windsor EditionsSymphony of Tears
music and text by Jeff Manookian
with select passages from the Armenian liturgy
Der voghormia.1. PROLOGUE 6. ELEGY
Political tricks pit men against men,• mezzo soprano • • choir •
brother against brother.– vocalise – A thousand requiems,
The heartbreak of wasteful pain: we sing unto the many who were slain.
fear and separation,• boy soprano • And we must also grieve
humiliation and death.Where is the grave of my father? their unborn generations.
Der voghormia.
Tears flow from our eyes• choir • A nation first to embrace God’s Son,
like blood from wounds– vocalise – was the first to suffer
as our women are marched into rivers of rage the wrath of Hell’s children.
to drown in torrents of grief. But their memory and tradition survive.
Our men are bound by animosity And their blood still flows within us.2. PRAISE and shot in the head like animals,
• mezzo soprano • their naked bodies thrown into the mud Eden has not lost its fragrant flower.Park ee partzoons Asdoodzo, yev hergir to rot and bloat, or to be eaten by dogs. Its precious seed has spread across the earth.khaghaghutiun ee martig hajootyun. Yev orhnootyun Der voghormia. And we shall sing to those who livekez ee partzoons; orhnyal yes Der Asdvadz mer; Our children are held hostage to hate of Armenia.Orhnemk uzkez yev kovemk uzkez. Khosdovanimk and serve as slaves to another god Give them strength, oh God, we cry.Der uzkez yev yergir bakanemk kez; parravoremk or as soldiers in an unholy war. Grant them life ...uzkez; kohanamk Der uzken vasun medzi parratz Horror upon horror, Armenia.kotz. Der takavor soorpt yergnayin; Asdvadz yev unceasing hopelessness!
Hayr amenagal. Yev hamenayn jam orhnemk uzkez, O, cruel awakening No blade is sharp enoughDer, yev kovemuk zanoon soorp ko havidyan yev that should so harshly blind us to cut the vision from our mind.havidyans havidenitz. Amen. with the piercing light of inhuman truth! No man is strong enough(Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, Der voghormia.good will among men, and praise be to thee in the to crush the spirit from our body.
Our future is torn from us!highest. Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God. We bless No flame is hot enough
Our nation is buried!thee and we praise Thee. We acknowledge Thee Lord, to burn the sorrow from our heart.
and we worship Thee, O Lord, for thy great glory. O Our villages burned! No bullet is fast enoughLord king, the Holy One of heaven, God and Father O, cruel awakening! to escape the light of truth.Almighty. And at all times we bless Thee, O Lord, and O, piercing light of truth!
we praise thy holy name forever, and unto the ages of
Hated unto death,ages. Amen.)
our distant fathers’ names and stories
5. LULLABY still live dauntless in our mind and heart.
• mezzo soprano • • boy soprano • Consumed by the memory,3. LAMENT
Oh, sleep, sleep my baby. we wet their graves with our tears.• choir •
Your mother’s arms are around you.Where is the grave of my father?
And the stars and moon We cannot hate the past.So many bodies in the shadow of Ararat will keep you from harm But we must dance their dancelie charred as hate’s kindling. as they travel the night. and sing their song.Did his corpse find peace in the dirt?
Oh, can you still hear, I still hear,Or did his ashen limbs scatter across the landscape
my son, I still hear A thousand requiems,by God’s omniscient breath?
the lullaby the lullaby we sing a thousand requiems.Who conceived of bringing this Hell into Eden?
I would sing to you? you would sing to me.A serpent consumed everyone.
This is not the life to understand.
Oh, sleep, sleep my baby. 7. PRAYER
Your mother’s arms were around you. • mezzo soprano •• mezzo soprano • And the world was safe The world was safeTad ara intz, Asdvadz yev irav ara intz ee tadasdini Der Asdvadz mer, voro paroghootyunud ankunin
on those moonlit nights. on those moonlit nightsimoom. Hazkeh vor voch eh soorp ee marto eh yev parkud anhasaneli voro
My son, your voice so rich with love.meghavoreh nenkavoreh, purgya zis. Too, Asdvadz voghormootyunud anchap eh, yev
my song would sing you to sleep.huzorich im yes Unter moratzar zis, unter durdoom kuhtootyoonud anpav, doo ust arad
And the stars and moonkunam yes ee neghel tushnamvo imoh. martasirutyanud koom nayatz ee jhoghovoortus
would keep you from harm(Do judgment for me, O God; and do justice to me in ko yev ee dajarus ays soorp. Yev ara unt mez yev
as they did travel the night.my cause. From the unholy generation; from the sinful unt aghotagitzus mer aradabes zoghormutyoon
My son, You needed onlyand deceitful man deliver me. Thou art, O God, the ko yev uzkututyoon.
I sang to you the stars shimmering flickergiver of my strength, why hast Thou forgotten me? (O Lord our God, whose power is unsearchable
Why go I so heavily while my enemy opresseth me?) my lullaby. to accompany your and the glory inscrutable, whose mercy is
Now it’s my heavenly song. heavenly song. immeasurable and compassion inexhaustible, do
Thou according to thy abundant love of man, lookMy dreams were filled My dreams were filled
down upon this thy people and this holy templewith music with music4. “1915“ and make abundant thy mercy and with thy pityand visions of goodness. and visions of goodness.• choir • unto us and unto them that pray with us.)
Demons would fleeDer voghormia.
hearing your protective melody.(Lord have mercy.) • choir •Oh, sleep, sleep my baby.O, cruel awakening Amen.My heart will always be with you ...that should so harshly blind us
Why am I left behind?with the piercing light of bitter truth! • boy soprano •Watching you sleepDer voghormia. Where is the Grave of my father?
for the very last timeSuch evil surrounds us:
I could hear your lullaby, your lullaby to me.suspicion and hate,
religion and circumstance. copyright © 2000 by Windsor Editions
The alien whispers of war. all rights reservedto the memory of David Layton Brown
SYMPHONY OF TEARS
for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, choir and orchestra
JEFF MANOOKIAN
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