Register: Bedtime Stories (beyond the window) for soprano, flute, oboe, cello and piano [parts only]

Bedtime Stories (beyond the window) by P. Brent Register is a 6-movement work for soprano voice, flute, oboe, cello, and piano. Total duration approximately 23 minutes.

In 2018, Bedtime Stories won the "National Flute Association Newly Published Music Competition".

The text, adapted by Pam Chillemi-Yeager, is based on childrens' fairy tales/fables. Short excerpts from each movement include:

• The Pea Speaks
  Beneath the moon, so lush and full
  A fevered yearning lay.
  A prince alone, a palace grand
  Seeking his heart's mate.
  A princess bride to rule with him,
  welcome arms at battles end.
  Tender heart and face so sweet,
  a bride, a mate and friend
  
  
• Thumblina
  Maternal longing
  spun with magic
  Tiniest cherub, empty arms filled
  Petal-wrapped slumber
  Sun-drenched days
  Cherished child, see how she grows
  No bigger than a thumb
  
  
• The Spider and the Fly
  Please come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly
  Pretty teasing words tumbling from the sky
  
  
• Rumpy (Rumpelstiltskin)
  Straw to gold the story told
  An impish fiend and a trembling maiden
  Spinning riches, spinning glory
  
  
• The Well Speaks (Frau Holle)
  Ancient stones covered with lichen
  cool sweet water fills my walls
  
  
• Little Suck-a-Thumb (Burlesque)
  A mother's love has many faces
  Like a rainbow or a peacock's feathers
  Textures and tastes, sweet and bitter
  Teaching. Guiding. Loving care.

Item JP5130 includes individual parts for flute, oboe, cello, soprano (full score), and piano. A full score for individual reference or for a conductor, if desired, is available as a separate purchase. A link for the score only (JP5131) is listed in "Related products"

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