29. Witches` chorus - Sheffield City Opera

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29. Witches' chorus
(from Macbeth\
Text by F. M. Piave, after Shakespeare
tr. John Rutter
GIUSEPPE
VERDI
(1813-1901)
Allegro assai mosso ( J = 88
)
36 additinnal bars
PIANO
in orchestral
score
2nd SOPRANOS
- ro!
boar's throat!
Ho sgoz-za - to un ver
I
Che
fa
-
Now, my
ce
sis
-
Di-
ste?
ters,
what's
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u
50
te
sul
to
tell?
slit the
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lst SOPRANOS staccato e marcato assai\
M'e lrul - la - ta
I haae cursed a
E
haae
tu?
And thou?
li ti
* Verdi adds: 'Don'! forget that these are witches who are speaking.'
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is illegal
.-=.-_//
nel pen - sler_
sai - lor's wife:-
320
55
Verdi: Witches'chorus
(lst SOPRANOS)
la
mo-glie-ra d'un noc-chier, m'd frul - la -
She w.ill
rue
it all her W,
she
uill
ta
rue it
,T:
leggiero e staccato
-mdn la mi cac
words she spat
- .iE-'
la mo-glie-ra d'un noc-chier
will rue it all her l,"ft,
She
al
she
di - mon la mi cacwill rue it all her
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'n'-/spo ma io
Now her hus
-
-
-
Sor
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- ghe - ro.
- tom of the sea.
le - gno af- fo
bot
ma
1o
band toss'd by
co.t suo le
And
his
oes
321
Verdi: Witches chorus
Per
p
le
sec -
che
lo
On rhe rocks his shiP
cresc.
trar-
I'll
ma-ro - si io Ie - ve Rag -
cresc.
Un
ing
tor - rents zoith - out
ro-va- io ti da I will
Lo, the north wind
EP stacc. assat
-rd, per le sec-che
rend, on the rocks his
ln
ship
trcr- rA
rend,
I'll
le
per
i
Lo, the north wind
ti
I
- rd,
will send,
da
JT--,
SI,
+
-rd,
trar- rd,
rend,
- siio le - ve - rd,
ing tor - rents with - out end,
un ro-va- io ti da- rd,
lo, the nonh wind I will send,
>--.,.,.-.-\
sec
1o
ma-ro
rag -
un ro-va-io
sec - che
on the rocks his ship I'll
PP ,_;
- che
rocks his
per
per le
on the
1o
ah
ah
slrl
j€st
I'A
ah
si, un
ro-
u
un
g€s,
the
L
lo,
,
shiP
I'A
wild
vesea
-for
b
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shiP
trar-
I'll
l^
will
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the
gaa-i------
che lo
his
tl
un ro-va-lo
lo, the north zt;ind I
on
send, ah
sec -
rocks
i ma-ro - siio Ie - ve rag-ing tor - rents with- out
!€S'
ma -
le
on the
'----i
rage,
sec -
rocks
che 1o trar
shiP I'll
his
-
i-ma-ro - si le - ve -
rag- tnE tor -renls wtth-out
PP '-:-
ti
ro-va-io
the north wind I
t-
will
324
Verdi: Vitches'chorus
tcl
Allegro brillante ( ) = 144
)
SOPRANOS p
ALTOS
-bon - de
wan
- der,
van
per
W'ay- ward
I'a - ria, van sul - l'on sis - ters tao -'ling yon -
de,
der,
san-no un cir - co
lYe can weaue a
-
clr - co
-
san- no un
We can
weaDe a
,b'-.
lo in- uec -
gir -
>
lo
dle
in-
Ct,
-
trec dle
Verdi: rVitches
che com
O-aer
:twi - ning
nren
- rlo a
tFr
land and
o-
che com - pren - de e ter o - Der land and o -
;7
tr
-bon -
-
de van
per
wan- der, Way-ward
r.t p
-
ver
ra
e
aef
mar,
san- no
A.
mar.
I'a - ria, van sul - I'on sis - ters taa -'ling 9on -
lJ
Round
sea,
de,
der,
un cir - co zt)eaae a
We can
sea.
so- rel- le
a - bout the
chorus 325
lo in-trec Cx,
-
dle
va - ga
globe we
san-noun cir - co - loin
We can weaae a g1r -
ff,
-
- re che .o- - Jr.Y- d'" . i.rYi-" e mar.
tui - ning O - z)er land and o - aer sea.
cia
Le
Round
gaa-
-
-
so-rel-le
a - bout the
va-
globe
ga
we
-
Verdi: rVitches' chorus
-
bon -
de van
l'a - ria, van sul - l'on -
per
wan- der, Way-ward
- cia
twi
sis
- ters
traa
-'ling
- re che com - pren - de e ter - ra e
- ning O - aer land and o - aer
yon
-
de,
san-no un
der,
IYe
ctar_
sear-
ehe
cnm
o - ver
-
nren - d4
y^!'r
land
g
and
cir - co - lo in-trec
-
weaae
a
gr- -
o-
sea'
u*i
aer
a
mar,
sea,
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land
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mar
and
sea.
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I
so-rel-le
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aa
globe we
Verdi: Witches
chorus 327
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sis
- ters- tav-'ling yon-der, We can zi)ear)ea
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- dle twi-ning o -
aer
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