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1 Words by Julian Wagsta Breathe Freely A chamber oera in two short acts Act 1 (in ull score) Time: 194. Place: An oice within the Deartment o Chemistry at Edinburgh University. It is tidy, but not immaculate. There is a desk, a lam, a telehone and other urnishings, iles, aers etc. aroriate to the era. Music by Julian Wagsta Pastoral (q=65) h.+h h.+h. 1 Hemel Kendall Clarinet in Bb Violoncello Piano Samle only. Not or erormance use. h.+h h.+h. h.+h sub. Coyright Julian Wagsta 201 All rights reserved

2 2 PROF. JAMES KENDALL enters. He goes to the desk but dis not sit down. He icks u the telehone receiver and dials a number... 2 subito subito h.+h h.+h. h.+h h.+h. h.+h+h Not or erormance use. 4 Poco Più mosso (q=70) Kendall subito subito sub. Hello h.+h Samle only. Ritch ie? h.+h. Doctor Ritch ie? Areyou there? 5 Damned te le hone!

3 h.+h h.+h. 6 Always laying u! Yes, Ken dall here Samle only. Not or erormance use. h.+h h+h+h q=h I'mhoning re. the Polish cha, Hem el, that's the one, quite a cove by all ac

4 4 7 Poco agitato (h=85) counts In deed, I think we should take him on Now that you're eo le have said he's clear 8 Quite Samle only. so. One can not e ver be Not or erormance use. too 9 care ul "Mum's the word", and all o that! o course I'll te le

5 5 hone to tell you how the meet ing goes Bye or now Cheer i o! Samle only. Not or erormance use. KENDALL leas through some aers which are lying on the desk. STANISLAW HEMPEL enters. KENDALL rises 10 Temo rimo (q=65) There is a kock at the door Poco accel. 11 Poco iù mosso (q=75) Please, comein Ah,good day m

6 6 good day, my dear cha. Have I theleas ure o add ress ing Doctor Stan is law Hem el? Samle only. Not or erormance use. Hem. 12 Hemel Yes. Hem el. HEMPEL seems unsure o how to resond, but shakes KENDALL's hand nonetheless Good day to you. KENDALL shakes HEMPEL's hand. Kendall Ken dall, howdoyou

7 do. 1 Like a hymn (q=70) your jour too raught, 7 I trust ney here was not not too Samle only. Not or erormance use. Hem. Hemel was ve ry The train crowded no seat at all till Berwick But London irk some.

8 8 Hem. 14 Ed inburgh is not so bad I've seenar worse! Kendall (a little more businesslike) So I hear! Andwelcome to ourhumble Samle only. Not or erormance use. 15 home, 16 The Jam Facto ry, As we like to joke Nowwon'tyou tell me lease, howwehere may

9 17 With strength and urose (q=80) 9 Hem. Hemel You know, I am cert ain how my mo ther coun try hel you? semre sim. Samle only. Not or erormance use. Hem. su 18 ers. Po land lies in tat ters Her arm ies in

10 10 Hem. 19 ex ile Hit ler has de clared us slaves Lit tle more than Hem. beasts With no need o high er learn ing Our Hem. 20 science is to be des troyed 7 Samle only. Not or erormance use. Andour scientists with it. Our 21 learn ed so ci e ties de

11 Hem. ten. 11 Maestoso 22 ma l'istesso temo (q=80) molished And our books or bid den. The dark est ten. ten. ten. Samle only. Not or erormance use. Hem. night has come u on us On the

12 12 Hem land that I love On the eo le I Samle only. Not or erormance use. Hem. love On the am i ly I love and miss so

13 Hem. dear 25 Martial, determined (q=90) 1 ly In Scotland there is Samle only. Not or erormance use. Hem. hoe Here you train Here you teach. And my 26 si rit

14 14 Hem. ris es With the ro mise o our vic to ry And a Hem ha ier to mo rrow. Sir, Pro es sor, i I may You Samle only. Not or erormance use. Hem. un der stand science, understand war And howthe two may best combine I

15 15 Hem wish to stu dy chemistry here atyouru ni ver si ty Whilein Polandmeno science starve and () Samle only. Not or erormance use. Hem. e rish in the cams In Ed in burgh we can en sure That sub. sub. sub.

16 16 Hem. 1 oco rall. Po 2 Moderately slow, measured 4 (q=70) lish sci ence does not die Kendall Science a lone is a Samle only. Not or erormance use. lux u ry in times such as these Knowledge a lone is use less in

17 17 times such as these Knowledge must be ut to use! Hem. Samle only. Not or erormance use. 4 Hemel Stu dy and ight! Fire must be met with ire! Stu dy and ight!

18 18 Hem. 5 DR CHRISTINA MILLER enters Study and ight! That iswhat I seek That iswhat I ask. Study and ight! m That iswhat you seek subito subito That iswhat I ask. I be m m sub. Hem. 6 Samle only. Not or erormance use. lieve we can do both. I be lieve we mustdo both! Cometh the

19 Hem cometh the hour hour com eth the men cometh the hour Hem. oco rit. Più mosso (q=90) 8 Comeththe woman. The doorwas o en. Proessor Samle only. Not or erormance use. com eth the com eth the men. men. m subito m

20 20 Ken dall, Imust 9 seakwith you. MILLER looks urtively at HEMPEL I mean a lone. Kendall Doctor Miller I'm all ears. m 40 Walls Samle only. Not or erormance use. 41 have ears! L'istesso Temo (q=90) Very strict tyme m Worry not, he's on our side. m () m L.H.

21 sim. It concerns thework I'm doing or the min ist ry o war The de tection o ois on in the small gas es est o meas ures Thereare Samle only. Not or erormance use. 4 roblems with the errules re li with no a ble seal not

22 22 44 on ly will de tec tion ail But tox ins may es En cae 45 dan ger ing the izz. lives o those Samle only. Not or erormance use. who o er ate the syst tem. 46 Kendall (irritated) With the greatest o re sect what has that to do with

23 2 47 con nec tions, chan Youhave con tacts, nels that I lack. A me? arco word in the right ear Samle only. Not or erormance use. will sure ly lu bri cate su ly. Kendall (chuckling) I thinkyou o ver es timatemy

24 24 KENDALL realises, mildly embarrassed, that HEMPEL has been ignored in the above exchange... in lu ence, but I will see what I can do. May I re sent Doctor Samle only. Not or erormance use. 50 Hel lo, I'm Doc tor Mil ler, Chris our col Hemel, league rom Po land. izz. (w. iano)

25 Hem ti na Cruikshank Mil ler. Hemel Lieu ten ant Doc tor Hem el, En chant é. 25 (izz.) Samle only. Not or erormance use. 5 Più mosso (q=120) light, "heady" I've ne ver met an yone rom Po land be ore. Is the lang uage ve ry strange? arco

26 26 Hem Hemel For me it's ve ry eas y. A bit like Ger man? Not at all! When I 56 came to this lace I was to told irst learn Ger rit. man, so Samle only. Not or erormance use. 'Der I klein 57 Moderate waltz (q=140) did. 58 e Hund'

27 'Der (The litt le dog) gross e Baer' (The great big bear) Samle only. 60 'Sau m er sto', Not or erormance use. Ox y gen (lit er al ly: "sour stu")

28 28 61 Nit ro gen: "Stick sto": stu that su o cates! The izz. (w. iano) 62 lang uage has a log ic that is sat is y ing, yet e sub. Samle only. Not or erormance use. 6 lu sive Re lent less, yet o ssessed o a com arco

29 ell ing in ner beau ty. izz. 64 Now my days are sent de vis ing 29 meth ods o de tec tion 65 For ois ons borne u on the winds, To Samle only. (arco) Not or erormance use. m think that those whose rhymes I learned are 66 lan ning si lent mur der

30 0 o our chil dren in their It beds 67 makes me shiv er makes me cold Samle only. Not or erormance use Those that yearn the most or eace quasi ad lib our their lives

31 Hem. Hem. in to Der war! () klein e Hund Hemel Kendall Der Der gross 72 e Baer Der Sau er sto klein Samle only. Not or erormance use. 1 e Hund Der gross e Baer klein e Hund Der gross e Baer

32 2 Hem Stick sto Sau er sto Sau er sto Stu that su Stick Stick sto sto izz. 75 Poco agitato (q=75) o cates. Thisan macc u late, Samle only. Not or erormance use. law less. Your 76 system as I un derstandit willde tect all knowgases al ys is is exem la ry, All known im gas es de izz.

33 loyed in war But 77 what a bout the arco unknownones That is here the quest ion. 78 Slow 6/8 (q.=50) dolce dolce Samle only. Be ore the war you wrote That we could all breathe Not or erormance use. ree ly, there wouldbe no new dan gers 79 tion, ev ' ry com bi na ev 'ry er mu

34 4 ta tion o 80 oss i ble com ounds had been tried and our ears man i u lat ed Con text, now, context con text is Samle only. I all. For what I wrote then, I had my rea Not or erormance use. have them too. Would 8 you, to day, seak German on the FourThirty to sons, orwhat I say Kirk al dy?

35 84 Lieu ten 85 e=e 5 e=e ant Hem el and his team will undertake worko the utmost im ort ance. We sus ect the Naz is have a gas al i ty, as yet unknown to us. Samle only. We mustbe 86 read m y to resond to each Not or erormance m use. to res ond with sure in a li ty 87 e=e as Win ston e=e Church hill has said: e ven tu e=e Bet ter sae than e=e

36 6 Hem. 88 Bold and stately (q=80) I amhonoured by the trust you have laced in me. As a sor ry. Samle only. Not or erormance use. Hem. 89 mi li ta 90 ry man and a man o chemist ry I shall work semre sim.

37 7 Hem. tire less ly to wards this end. 91 L'istesso temo (q=80) Kendall Sci to ence will lead us Samle only. Not or erormance use. vic to ry Sciencewill rotectand kee us sae.

38 8 Hem. 92 Hemel Sci ence will de li ver us to li ber ty and bro ther hood. 9 Kendall Sci ence will Samle only. Not or erormance use. Sci ence will ro tect and 94 kee us Hem. Hemel Sci ence will de li ver, Sci ence will de li ver, lead us to Sci ence will lead us to Sci ence will lead us to subito subito subito sub. sub.

39 95 Poco agitato (q=75) (Poco meno mosso) 9 sae! Hem. us! Kendall vic to ry! Now, set to work both o you, and leavero Samle only. Not or erormance use. 96 tion cure ment to me. Ineedhard ly remind you that dis cre is vital in all thatwe do. izz.

40 40 KENDALL shakes hands with HEMPEL, who exits. He nods amiliarly to MILLER who also exits. KENDALL then icks u the telehone receiver and dials a number Poco meno mosso (q=70) Ritch ie? Thought I'd hone a lit tle u date. arco m Samle only. Not or erormance use The Polish cha seems just the tick et. Quite the re li a ble sort. Yes. I've