2 About the Comoser A roessor o music at St Ola College, Dr Timothy Mahr conducts the St Ola and and teaches courses in comosition, music education and conducting He is a ast resident o the North Central Division o the College and Directors National Association and has served on the oard o Directors o the National and Association and the Minnesota and Directors Association He has led the St Ola and in erormance at the national conventions o the American andmasters Association (199), Music Educators National Conerence (2005) and College and Directors National Association (201) Active in states as a guest conductor and clinician, Mahr has also aeared roessionally in Noray, Canada, Mexico, Thailand, aan, and Singaore He has conducted over tenty allstate bands, as ell as at the Southeast Asia International School Music estival in angkok, Thailand He has led erormance tours ith the St Ola and in Noray, the nited Kingdom, Mexico, aan, and ust this ast summer to Sain, rance and Italy Active in the community band movement, he is the rincial conductor o the Minnesota Symhonic Winds, an ensemble eatured at the 200 Midest Clinic in Chicago and a 2009 reciient o the Sudler Silver Scroll Aard rom the ohn hili Sousa oundation Mahr s comositions are erormed orldide and many have been ublished He has ritten over 0 orks or band, and has also roduced music or orchestra, chorus and various chamber ensembles The irst reciient o a commission rom the American andmasters Association Commissioning roect, Mahr has comosed orks or the Music Educators National Conerence, the nited States Air orce and, the American School and Directors Association and the Kaa Kaa si/tau eta Sigma National Intercollegiate and He received the 1991 AA/Ostald Aard or his ork The Soaring Hak Other string and ull orchestra orks by Timothy Mahr ublished by the Neil A Kos Music Comany include Carolina olk Dream and Sunlit Morning Alleluias About the Comosition A vast ercentage o those living in the nited States (and many other countries, or that matter) are doing so because their ancestors arrived rom another lace These immigrants came or a multitude o reasons, some by choice and others not Embodied in the exerience as a great deal o arehension and hat I ould think as a visceral yearning or reedom, stability, resect and roserity in the ace o aralyzing uncertainty and at times, torment or some, this as centuries ago, or others, it has only been a matter o a e days or all, it as most likely a time o trial and tribulation, and or the maority, a time o rayer rayers in a Ne Land resulted rom contemlation o this common situation It contains a variety o musical leas, erhas observational in tone, that are born o immigrant exeriences, and hich ask or salvation A hoeul rayer o thanks and raise closes the comosition Lives are changed during immigration and the consequences rile orard in time through generations This shared exerience should unite us, not divide us Instrumentation List (Set C) 1st Violin 2nd Violin 5 Viola 5 5 String ass 1 ull Conductor Score Additional scores and arts are available To hear a recording o this ork or any other Kos ublication, lease visit koscom SO
Dedicated to the students, amilies, and sta o the Saratoga High School Orchestra, Michael oitz, Conductor, in honor o their 201 erormance at the Midest Clinic ull Conductor Score Arox erormance time :15 rayers in a Ne Land Timothy Mahr (MI) Violin I Violin II Viola String ass b b b Lento (q = 5) con sord con sord con sord 2 n b b b 9 a 10 n b b 11 2 2 2 2 2 5 b b b rit 12 b b b b b,,,,, 201 La olla Music Comany, Neil A Kos Music Comany, Distributor, 2 utland Drive, San Diego, Caliornia, 9211 International coyright secured All rights reserved rinted in the S A Warning! The contents o this ublication are rotected by coyright la To coy or reroduce them by any method is an inringement o the coyright la Anyone ho reroduces coyrighted matter is subect to substantial enalties and assessments or each inringement SO
[1]Largo (q = 0) 1 15 1 1 21 izz senza sord senza sord senza sord r solo [1] r 19 r [22] b b b 2 b b b 20 b 2 b b b b b r b b b b b b arco b 5 SO
25 0 b b b b b b b b 5 bb b unis b b b b [1] accel 2 b b 2 2 2 2 b 2 n n b unis b b 2 cresc oco a oco [] n nb cresc a b b n b n n 2 cresc b b b n rit 2 b 2 2 2 2 b n n n n n 9 2 n n n n n ~~~~~~ 29 tutti b b b n b cresc b ~~ 0 n izz b 5 SO
[1] 5 Adagio (q = ; e = 12) unis 9 2 unis unis n tutti n [] 50 solo 51 52 izz SO
[5] 5 55 5 [5] ȯo 1 n n 5 ȯo (izz) ȯo 2 12 12 12 12 12 59 b (izz) n b n 0 9 9 9 9 9 n b n b n cresc b b n b b cresc rit b n b b n n n n n SO
[]Moderato (q = c 10) unis n sub b 9 unis b b b b 5 n n n n n b b n n b b b b n n n 0 unis n b b b b b r n b b r n b b b b b b b b b b b [1] b r b b b n b b b b SO
2 b b b b b b b b n n b n n n b b n n n n b b 9 2 2 2 2 2 n 5 2 2 2 2 2 n n æ n n b n b b n n b b b b b 9 b b b b b n b arco n b b n b b b n n [0] n b b b b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ SO
10 1 n n n ÿ ~~ b b n b b n b b n ÿ ÿ unis n n b n ß ÿ ÿ r ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b r b b ÿ ÿ b b 5 n 2 b b b b b ÿ ÿ n R b b b r ÿ b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b b l b ~~~ b ~~~ 9 2 2 2 2 2 b n b b n b sul G n ~~~~~~~~~~ b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ 2 n b b 2 2 2 2 [90] Largo (q = 0) bo reely n b b b b b ÿ ÿ 91 92 SO
Solo 1 Solo 2 Solo Solo Solo 1 Solo 2 Solo Solo 9 [99] solo solo 9 solo 100 101 95 102 9 ȯ solo 9 o o reel 10 10 9 11 SO
12 Solo 1 Solo 2 Solo Solo 105 109 rit æ æ æ æ æ [10]Allegro(q = c 112) æ æ æ æ æ n n n n n n nis 110 n 10 æ aro n [111] i ttti nis nis 10 aro SO
112 11 11 115 11 11 unis [119] sub izz 120 11 1 SO
1 121 12 arco izz [122] [12] oco iù mosso (q = c 11) b b b b b b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b b b b b b 125 12 12 ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ 12 2 2 2 2 2 ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ n n n n n SO
15 129 10 11 2 ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b b b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ n n 2 2 b b b b n n 2 12 15 2 2 2 2 2 b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b [1] b b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b b b b arco b 1 ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b b b b b unis 1 n 1 ÿ ÿ ÿ b b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b b ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b 2 SO
1 1 b 19 b b b b b unis 10 n b n ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ b bb n ÿ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b bb n b b b b bb n R b b l b b l < < l unis 11 b b n b 2 [12] 1 2 nn b b 2 n n n n b n 2 n b b n b n b b n b 2 n 1 5 5 5 5 5 n n n n n n 15 n n n n n n 1 n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 SO
[1] 10 10 10 10 10 l 19 151 sub sub sub sub a b l n l b n b n b l b b n n l bl 152 1 150 a b n b b b b b b Í b n nn l ÿ ÿ ÿ n b n a n b b n b b b n b b 15 1 n n n n Ï b Ï n n Ï n b Ï n Ï SO
1 2 Solos Gli altri 2 Solos Gli altri 15 15 solo n n b n unis n n unis sul tasto sul tasto r n R sul tasto sul tasto sul tasto 15 [155]Andante (q = c ) n 15 sul tasto 159 solo n SO
2 Solos 10 R R 11 19 5 5 Gli altri 5 2 Solos Gli altri 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 12 n R 1 1 15 5 5 5 5 5 SO
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