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'The Bishop's Spring Dream' (2005) was a commission from the Nordic Northlight project. Scored for five male voices (the fifth being a countertenor), it can be performed by a quintet or a small chamber choir. The music sets out with the 16th century Finnish 'Piae Cantiones' melody 'Tempus adest floridum', but floating in the stream are glimpses of a host of other reminders of spring (Bellman, Grieg, O. Merikanto, Mozart, Sinding, Sibelius, Stravinsky, Vivaldi...). The text, written specially for it by my opera librettist Juha Siltanen, describes how, while listening to this old church song, the bishop nods off to sleep and starts mishearing the words: in his dream, Latin is transformed into American English. He dreams he is travelling to springtime Florida on the same bus as a young girl called Allisson whom he, an old man, dares to admire only from afar.© Mikko Heiniö 2005"The Bishop's Spring Dream" (2005) syntyi pohjoismaisen Northlight -projektin tilauksesta. Teos on sävelletty viidelle miesäänelle - viidentenä kontratenori - ja se voidaan esittää kvintetillä tai pienellä kuorolla. Musiikki lähtee liikkeelle 1500-luvulta periytyvästä suomalaisesta "Piae Cantiones" -sävelmästä "Tempus adest floridum", mutta sen virrassa vilahtaa koko joukko muitakin kevätaiheisia muistumia (Bellman, Grieg, O.Merikanto, Mozart, Sinding, Sibelius, Stravinsky, Vivaldi...). Oopperalibretistini Juha Siltasen erityisesti tätä sävellystä varten kirjoittamassa tekstissä kuvataan, kuinka piispa vanhaa kirkkolaulua kuunnellessaan torkahtaa ja alkaa kuulla tekstin väärin: latinan kieli muuttuu hänen unessaan Amerikan englanniksi. Piispa uneksii matkaavansa bussilla kohti Floridan kevättä, yhtä matkaa nuoren tytön, Allissonin kanssa, jota vanha mies rohkenee ihailla vain etäältä.© Mikko Heiniö 2005

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Abbreviation	Instrument
Woodwind
acl	alto clarinet
afl	alto flute
arec	alto recorder
asax	alto saxophone
barsax	baritone saxophone
barhn	baritone horn
bcl	bass clarinet
bfl	bass flute
bob	bass oboe
bsax	bass saxophone
bsn	bassoon
cbsn	contrabassoon
cl	clarinet
ehn	English horn
fl	flute
hn	French horn
ob	oboe
pic	piccolo
rec	recorder
sax	saxophone
srec	soprano recorder
ssax	soprano saxophone
trec	tenor recorder
tsax	tenor saxophone
Brass
ahn	alto horn
atrb	altotrombone
barhn	baritone horn
btrb	bass trombone
cornet	cornet
euph	euphonium
fhn	flugelhorn
hn	French horn
tba	tuuba
thn	tenor horn
trb	trombone
trp	trumpet
Percussion
dr	drums
glock	glockenspiel
mar	marimba
perc	percussion
timp	timpani
vibr	vibraphone
xyl	xylophone
Strings
db	double bass
gamba	viola da gamba
str	strings
vla	viola
vlc	cello
vln	violin
Other
acc	accordion
cel	celesta
cemb	harpsichord
chords	chords
elbas	electric bass
elg	electric guitar
elorg	electric organ
elpno	electric piano
guit	guitar
harm	harmonium
hca	harmonica
hp	harp
instr	instrument
kantele	kantele
keyb	keyboard
live electr	live electronics
mand	mandolin
mel	melody
org	organ
pno	piano
synth	synthesizer
tape	tape
Vocal
alto	alto
baryt	baritone
basso	bass voice
ch	choir
chc	childrens choir
chf	female choir
chm	male choir
chx	mixed choir
cten	countertenor
mezzo	mezzo-soprano
sopr	soprano
speaker	speaker
ten	tenor
voc	vocal

Symphony orchestra
2222 4331 11 1, str = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, one other percussionist, harp and strings
Wind band
2252 3 423 21212 3 = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 5 clarinets, 2 bassoons - 3 saxophones - 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones - 2 cornets, alto horn, 2 tenor horns, baritone horn, 2 tubas - 3 percussionists
Big band
221 4 4, pno, guit, db, dr = 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, guitar, double bass, drums
Additional codes
+	fl+pic = flutist doubles on piccolo
/	pno/org = can be played on either piano or organ
lib	ad libitum
obl	obligato
str	str: 65432 = specified number of string players
str min	str min: 65432 = at least 65432
str max	str max: 65432 = not more than 65432
solo	vln solo = violin is the solo instrument in a work not obviously for solo violin

The Bishop's Spring Dream (80./2005)