Dark Zone (2013) by Aaron Travers

dark zone for 7-player mixed ensemble and live video projections (2013)

Aaron Travers

Dark Zone for Ensemble Dal Niente

INSTRUMENTATION: Flute Clarinet in Bb Alto Saxophone Percussion (playing waterphone, ﬂexaton, metal wind chimes, small mark tree and gong) Piano (ideally 5.5' to 6' model, played inside; requires 3 superball mallets--see below, glass tumbler) Violin Violoncello (with C string tuned down to D1).

GENERAL NOTATION and TEMPI: Dark Zone is written almost entirely in spatial notation. Beams indicate duration within the given time brackets. Tempi written in brackets (e.g. [q = 80]) indicate a localized tempo, pertaining to a single instrument only. With few exceptions, time brackets are approximate. Vertical dashed lines (not to be confused with dashed barlines) indicate approximate simultaneities between instruments.

OTHER NOTATION: = indicates a gradual transformation from one state to another (e.g. sul pont. to ord.) ( œ) = ( œ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ = q :e; : e;

indicates playing within an approximate range (for strings, this does not indicate a double-stop) trill/tremolo among three pitches (including harmonics for strings)

FLUTE:

œ = normal playing

gradual transition from normal playing to harmonics (harmonics should reach at least the 5th partial)

W = toneless playing

> & bO

= harmonics played over a given fundamental (in this case Eb), descending 5

Key trills are executed with 2 ﬁngerings of the same pitch; microtonal ﬂuctuations are acceptable.

PIANO: The piano is played almost entirely on the inside using superball mallets. Two types are required: 1. Two large half-ball mallets (made from one large superball cut in half) 2. One small superball mallet (made from one whole small superball) The first of these is used for ricochet (ric.) effects and low "thunder" effects. The second is used for "moaning" effects on the lower strings. For both mallets, the handle can be made from a metal rod or very hard, rigid plastic.

PIANO (continued): The piano is divided into four basic regions (separated by the frame bars), and two sub-regions: A Lowest strings B Middle strings (sub-region B1 , behind the "bridge" of the piano) C Medium-high strings (sub-region C1 , behind the "bridge") D Highest strings

Half-ball mallets: Ricochet effects are accomplished with the half superball mallets, and require a fairly loose hand. A continuous sound can be effected aternating both mallets with slight overlaps. Dynamics are created through changes in speed and pressure. Faster speed and slightly greater pressure result in louder dynamics. For the low "thunder" effects in section II, the player may occasionally have the mallet touching the lowest string and the frame bar. Full-ball mallet: Low moaning effects are accomplished with this mallet, exclusive to section IV of the piece. The exact sonority of this effect is a bit upredictable, but usually involves slow glissandi both up and down. A fair amount of pressure is needed for this technique, and better results are usually achieved by playing those strings somewhat close to the frame bar between A and B . The sound can also be changed with the speed of the mallet, though in general the mallet should be slowly to moderately drawn across the string. Glass tumbler: The tumbler should be fairly wide with a thick heavy bottom. When twisted on the string with considerable pressure, very high, random harmonics should result, like a high, sustained, metallic screech, very resonant.

CELLO: The cello's C string is tuned a m7 down to D1. This makes the string so slack that exact intonation is not possible, especially in louder dynamics. This lack of intonation is designed to blend with the low "thunder" eﬀects of the piano. No attempt by the the performer needs to be made to correct the intonation. For the glissandi passages in section I, the cello should move seamlessly from harmonic glissandi to normal glissandi, and back. In the example below, the cello plays a harmonic glissando from the 5th partial to the 7th, then gradually applies pressure to the string to reach the low Eb, then back to an A§ harmonic. sul pont II

oŸ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o ~ œ œ ~ bœ f

VIDEO: At present, coordination of the live ensemble with the video is approximate. Players should pay special attention to visual cues presented in the video, as well as audio from the ensemble.

The score is transposed. Total duration: approx. 15 minutes

Dark Zone for Ensemble Dal Niente

Aaron Travers (2013)

I 3"

ca. 10"

ca. 3"

° &

Flute

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ #œ bœ pp Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bœ œ nœ

#bœœ trills always extremely fast, within given range; feel free to use a variety of trill keys to produce an unstable, ﬂuttering quality.

Clarinet in Bb

ca. 4"

bœœ

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Ÿœ œ nœ

œœ ¢&

Alto Saxophone

pp WATERPHONE (bowed, one single rod; bow diﬀerent rods each entrance)

÷ œ

Percussion p

÷ brush back and forth along strings

superball mallets (large 1/2), ric. sempre Piano

{

ææ #œœ

æ œæ

#b>œœœ

ææ #bœœ p

f II

f play slight variations (sul pont/sul tasto; quarter-tone pitch bends; non vib/molto vib)

III ric.

° Violin & œ

œ >

œ pp

f II arco pizz

Violoncello

j œ >

¢&

play slight variations (sul pont/sul tasto; non vib/molto vib)

o œ ~

sfz pp

= ca. 5" Fl.

ca. 8"

ca. 2"

° &

ca. 3"

ca. 5"

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ

nnœœ

pp Cl.

Alto Sax.

¢&

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ pp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Ÿœ

n#œœ n#œœ

pp MARK TREE

WATERPHONE (bowed)

MARK TREE

Perc. p

p p follow activity and dyamics of vln/vc

~~ ææ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ÷ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ æ C1 æ & #bœœ B1

Pno.

B1 C1

brush back and forth along strings

~~ ææ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ æ ~~~~~~~~~~

follow vln/vc

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

{

f ord.

sul pont

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ° O #O œ Vln. & œ f sul pont

Vc.

sul pont slight variations, as before

pp ord.

Ÿo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o ~ œ ¢& œ~ #œ

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #O œ O f sul pont

slight variations, as before

Ÿo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ œ ~ #œ

pp f

ca. 8"

ca. 8" Fl.

ca. 3"

ca. 6"

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

° &

#œœ Cl. solo

Cl.

#œœ

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ #œ

Fl, Cl, Sax: As before; stagger entrances; end trills near sounding F#)

pp mp

bœœ Alto Sax.

¢& pp

pp mp MARK TREE

WATERPHONE

Perc. p p f

B1 C1

÷ slowly move toward F#

~~ follow vln/vc ææ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ææ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Pno.

ææ œ #œ

ææ n œ & nœ

{

ord. sul pont

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #O O #nœœ O O bnœœ

slight variations, as before Vln.

° nœ & nœ

f sul pont

ord. slight variations, as before

I Vc.

¢& œ

oŸ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ œ ~ bœ

o œ p

= ca. 10

ca. 10"

ca. 7 - 8"

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bœ œ

° Fl. &

bœ bœ

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bŸœ pp

ppp

Cl.

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bœ œ nœ

ppp bœ bœŸ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alto Sax.

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ

bœ nœ bœ nœ

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ

¢& ppp pp

(Mark tree)

÷ Perc.

B1 C1

~~~~ follow vln/vc æ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ææ ~~~~~~~~~

Pno.

ææ œ & bœ

ææ #œœ

{

ord. sul pont

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O O bœœ bœ bœ œ

slight variations, as before Vln.

° & bœœ

p f

sul pont

Vc.

o ¢& œ

slight variations, as before

(II)

ord. oŸ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ ~ nœ ~ bœ ppp f

° Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Fl. & b>œ bœ ff pp Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Cl. & œ bœ >

Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ ca. 20" b>œ nœ nœ œ > ff ff pp Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~ bœ nœ œ œ > >

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ n>œ #œ pp ff Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ nœ #œ >

ca. 3" ~~~~~ Ÿ

b>œ bœ pp ff

>Ÿœ~~~~~ œ

pp ff

Alto Sax.

>Ÿœ~~~~~ #œ

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ #>œ nœ

Ÿ~~~~~~~ >œŸ~~~~~ bœ b> œœ

Ÿ>~~~~~~~~ œ ¢& œ

WATERPHONE

Perc. p f

÷ Pno.

ææ & œœ

ææ œœ

{

SOLO (approx. starting pitch) [

° Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1/2 step trills within indicated range(s), with slight variations as before Vln. & bœœ nœœ bœ bœ bœ bœ

# œœ

#œ ]

bœ pp

ca. 7 - 8" ric. Vc.

.... ? ææ ¢ b>œ

ca. 6 - 7" bœ

ric.

.... ææ b>œ

#œ

bœ

#œ

continue until end of section I, gradually lengthening held notes (with pitch bends).

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

= ca. 30"

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~

° Fl. &

œ œ

nœœ

fl, cl, sax: trills within given range; short and sparse at first, 2 - 3" with long silences in between, gradually lengthening to 4 - 5" with shorter silences by the first dashed barline; dynamics begin pp, up to mp at first dashed barline; use swells, stagger entrances, and alter contours as before.

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cl.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ œ #œ œ

#œœ

#œœ Alto Sax.

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~ nœ

pp bœ

cl, sax: play once; start around 15 seconds from beginning of system

œ #œ

¢& ff

Perc. p

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ begin sparsely (with woodwinds); bow single rods/small contours; gradually crescendo to poco f at ﬁrst dashed barline

÷ Pno.

ææ & œœ

ææ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #œ #œ poco a poco accel. e cresc.

{

faster glissandi (overlapping) slow, overlapping glissandi in multiple directions, 2 mallets, within approximate range

# œ b œœ Vln.

° & pp - f

Vc.

vln: improvise solo within given range; contour provided is only a suggestion; use given dynamic range; alternate between non vib/molto vib, sul tasto/ sul pont ad lib.

œ ? b œ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¢ Continue as before, keeping held notes and pitch bends within given range; lengthen to around 10". Gradually increase dynamics of held notes to mf.

Visual Cue 1:

cut oﬀ immediately; hard accent at cut-oﬀ.

Dragon Fish

ca. 30"

Cl.

Alto Sax.

œ bœ

° Fl. &

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # œœ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> & continue as before, constantly lengthening trills; at Visual Cue 1, ff œ constant trills without breaks; continuous crescendo to ff > bœ & ¢ (W-phone) continue as before (following winds); crescendo to ff l.v.

÷ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Perc.

÷ fast, swirling glissandi, almost circular motions Pno.

ææ & ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ œ

{

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ? ff poco a poco accel. e cresc.

œ œ Vln.

#œ nœ

° & ff

mp - f

Vc.

#œ ? œ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¢ ff Continue as before; lengthen held notes to around 12". Gradually increase dynamics of held notes to f.

[ca 3'20"]

II ca. 17"

ca. 3"

ﬂ: walk toward piano (if necessary) Fl.

q = 80 >Oo o o o

>Oo o o o o o o

near piano

° &

≈ ‰ bœ

bœ R 5

f Cl.

Alto Sax.

¢&

MARK TREE

÷ Perc.

>æ ~~ œœæ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ææ ~~~~~~~~~~ B1 f>

C1 sempre ric.

÷ Pno. ff

{

? j œ œœ œ “‘1>~~~~~~~ ÍÍÍÍÍÍ¯¯¯ (do not scratch) ° Vln. & ? Vc.

¢ œ “‘ p

p mf

j >æ ~~~~ ‰ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ æ ~~ ~~ ~~ œœ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ‰ ææ J > f

>o o o >o o o o> o o oo oo ooo ca. 3" oo ≈‰ O ‰™ bO bO R q = 80

ca. 17" Fl.

° &

5 5

Cl.

Alto Sax.

¢&

>æ ~~ œœæ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ææ ~~~~~~~ >

>æ j ~~ >æ j ~~ ~ ~~ ~~ æ ~ ~~ ‰ œœæ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ‰ ~~ ~ œœ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ææ ~~~~~~~~J~~~~ ‰ ææ ~~~~~~~~~~J~~~~~ ‰ > >

(Mark tree)

÷ Perc.

÷ Pno. p

{

? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ continue as before, sometimes following cello

Vln.

° & sul pont ord. Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ bœ œ

? Vc.

¢ œ “‘

continue as before, with occassional swells and shifts between sul pont and sul tasto, ad lib.; follow low notes of piano when possible.

= q = 80

>o o o oo

ca. 15"

Fl.

° &

œ ~ œ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nœ #œ mf

ca. 15"

pp 5

Cl.

, SOLO

œ Alto Sax.

 œœ

#œ

nœ

 œ nœ

#œ

nœ

¢& p

p poco f mp (dynamics ad libitum; use the given suggestions as a guide; grace notes may be improvised, chromatic notes around given note)

÷ Perc.

>æ ~~ œæ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ ææ ~~~~~~~~ >

÷ Pno.

sfz p

{

? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > (harmonic trill on D string) O

III

° Vln. &

ŸO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ pp

? Vc.

¢ œ “‘

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ bœ mf

6 q = 80

>o o o o o Fl.

° & bO

>o o o >o o o >o o o o o o o o o o o o Œ bO ≈ ‰ bO ‰™ bO R 5

5 5

f Cl.

Alto Sax.

¢&

ca. 15"

FLEXATON (bowed)

(Mark tree)

÷ Œ

Perc.

>æ ~~~~ ÷ œœæ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Œ ~~~~~ æ > f ?

Pno.

>æ ~~~~ Œ œœæ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ æ > f

>æ j~~~~ >æ j ~~ ~~ ~~ æ ~~ ‰ œœæ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ‰ œœ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ‰ æ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ‰ æ J J > > f

{

2 mallets! p f

œ œ “‘ ric. sul pont

° Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vln. & œ bœ

O.... Ÿ~~~~~~ ææ O O

O OŸ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

O OŸ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

p f p

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ? Vc.

¢ œ bœ

œ “‘

œ mf

p mf

= [q = 80]

ca. 6" Fl.

ca. 10"

>o o o o o

° &

bO 5

SOLO

bœ



#œ



nœ

Cl.

poco f p

mp (dynamics ad libitum; use the given suggestions as a guide, grace notes ad lib., favoring chromatic notes around given note)  

œ Alto Sax.

#œ

bœ

nœ

#œ

nœ

#œ

¢& poco f (dynamics as before)

÷ Perc.

>œ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ææ

Pno. f p - mp

{

? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ continue as before

“”> #œ ]

ord. [ Vln.

° & ffp

? Vc.

¢ œ “‘

œ “‘

7 q = 80 >o o o ooo o

° Fl. & bO

q = 80o

ca. 3"

~ KŸ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ # œ #œ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ‰ ™ nœ #œ

ca. 8" >oo ooœ KŸ~~~~~~~ KŸ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ # œ #œ n œ œ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~ nKœŸœ nO œ #œ

ca. 5"

5 5

p f

#œ

& œ

Cl.

p pp

#œ Alto Sax.

¢& pp

MARK TREE

÷ œ

Perc.

Œ mf

C1 B1

>æ j~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ æ ~~ ~~ ‰ ~~ ~~ ÷ œœ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~J~~~~~ ‰ ææ > p

Pno.

2 mallets (cluster) within given range

B &

œ œ

>æ ~~~~ Œ ÷œœæ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Œ ææ ~~~~~ B1 > f C1

æ p

sfz

{

j‰ >

œ # Ÿœ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #œ

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ÍÍÍÍÍÍ¯¯¯ÍÍÍÍÍ~~~~ ° Vln. &

sul pont

Ÿœ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bœ pp

? Vc.

¢ œ “‘ = ca. 2"

ca. 8"

œ ~ # œŸ~~~~~~~~~ #œ nKœŸ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nKœŸœ nœ #œ K

ca. 15"

° Fl. &

Cl.

Alto Sax.

¢&

p f

p mf

(Mark tree)

÷ Perc.

÷ Pno. p mf p - mp

{

? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ continue as before ric. I

.... Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <Ÿ>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .... æ b œ b œ æ œ bœ ° œ ææ œ bœ Vln. & f

ric.

p f

? Vc.

¢ œ “‘

#ŸO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O

8 qo = 80

>oo ooo

ca. 9" KœŸœ~~~~~~~~ W œŸ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ ° #œ Fl. & bœ K

q = 80 o >o o o >oo >o o o ooo oo oo ≈‰ O bO bO R

ca. 7"

≈‰ bO R

p mf 5 5 5

>æ ~~ œœæ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ææ ~~~~~~~ >

>æ j~~~~ œœæ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ‰ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ‰ ææ J >

#œ &

Cl.

#œ Alto Sax.

¢& pp FLEXATON (bowed)

Perc.

2 mallets (cluster) within given range

>æ B ~~ œœæ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Œ & œœ ÷ ææ ææ ~~~~~~~ > B1 f p Pno. mf ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Œ j ‰ > <Ÿ>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ° Vln. & C1

{

‰ p

? Vc.

¢ œ “‘ = œ ca.~3" œ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bœ œ

ca. 9" Fl.

° &

ca. 6"

p f

, 

#œ



nœ

#œ

Cl.

poco f

f poco f p

p 

œ Alto Sax.

bœ

¢& Œ poco f

p (Flexaton)

Perc.

p mf

÷ Pno. p f

{

? 2 mallets!

I Vln.

ŸO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #O

° & pp

? Vc.

¢ œ “‘

poco f

#œ

9 [q = 80]

>o o o o o Fl.

ca. 3"

ca. 7"

ca. 10"

° & O 5

& #œ

Cl.



bœ

bœ p

œ Alto Sax.

#œ

nœ

¢& p f

mf p MARK TREE

÷ Perc.

~~~~~~ > ÷ æœ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ æ f Pno. p

{

? j >

2 mallets! sul pont (harmonic trill, higher partials) II

° Vln. &

ŸO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O

? Vc.

¢ p

= Visual Cue 2

ca. 10" #KœŸ#~~~~~~ œ nKœŸœ~~~~~~~~~

ca. 3"

ca. 9" ca. 4"

œŸœ~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n œŸœ

~~~~~~~~~~ nKœŸœ #œ

° Fl. & p

ca. 6" K

W bœ pp

#œ Cl.

& pp

#œ Alto Sax.

¢& pp (Mark tree)

÷ œ Perc.

2 mallets (cluster) within given range

Scrape on tuning pegs in front of section D with handle

~~~~~~~

~~~~~

f poss.

œ &œ

f poss. p mp

œœ

ææ

Pno. p

Take small superball mallet!

take glass tumbler and place on approximate range indicated

{

? &

<Ÿ>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ° O Vln. & sul pont Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ? Vc. ¢ œ bœ “‘

sul pont

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~ #œ œ p

[ca 4'00"] p

III ca. 4"

ca. 3"

ca. 10"

° Fl. & Cl.

Alto Sax.

¢& ÷

Perc.

GLASS TUMBLER away from tuning pegs

÷ near tuning pegs

C [q = 80] sync w/all players

D Pno. Scrape on pegs on keyboard

{

& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

bbœœ í ™™ nœbœ œ œ œ œ œ œ ™™î~~~~~~~~~~ p

f poss.

[q = 80] sync w/all players gradually separate bows

œ ~ í ™™ œ œ œ œ ™™î~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #œ œ œ œ

° sul pont Vln. & #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ p

p sul pont Vc.

¢&

gradually separate bows [q = 80] sync w/all players œ ~ ™ ™™î~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ í™ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ p

= 1Æ R

[q = 80] sync w/all players Fl.

ca. 8" q = 80 1Æ improvise on given ﬁgures R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1Æ 1Æ improvise on given ﬁgures R R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ca. 4"

° &

1Æ R

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# e

pp poco f

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ e

Cl.

1Æ R p

pp poco f

œ Alto Sax.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # e

¢& pp poco f

[q = 80] sync w/all players FLEXATON (shaken, in tempo)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Perc.

Twist glass slowly to slightly lower range (no more than a tone lower), allowing high, random partials to pop out.

÷ Pno.

{

j & >œ

##œœ

í ™™ #œnœ œ œ ™™î~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœj > p

sfz

p Æ Oj

III

° Vln. & O

1Æ R

Æ Oj

improvise on given ﬁgures

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Œ

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ p

sfz

p f

I Vc.

Æ Oj

1Æ pizz–1 R R

arco

p improvise on given ﬁgures

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Œ

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

¢& O

Æ Oj

p p

sfz p

f p

‰

q = 80

ca. 3"

ca. 5"

ca. 4" Fl.

° & œ

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # e

~~~~~~~~~~~ e

pp poco f pp poco f

bœ

& œ

Cl.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ e

~~~~~~~~~~~ e

pp poco f pp poco f

œ Alto Sax.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # e

¢&

pp poco f pp poco f (Flexaton)

÷ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Perc. f p

÷ (twist glass slowly as before) Pno.

{

Vln.

í ™™ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ™™î ~~~~~~~~~ #œj >

#œ œ œ œ #>œ œ#œ œ œ œ œ œ œ >œ poco f

°& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ O OO

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

f p I Vc.

¢& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ O OO

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

f p

= ca. 15"

° Fl. & inhale

[q = 80] synchronize w/sax air only, into instrument

í ™™

÷ Cl.

™™î ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

exhale p air only, into instrument Alto Sax.

[q = 80]

í ™™

¢÷

inhale

™™î~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

exhale p

÷ Perc.

÷ (twist glass) Pno.

{ Vln.

#œœ

°& [q = 80] synchronize w/cl

? Vc.

í ™™

™™î ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

¢ œ “>‘ p

>œ

>œ f

ca. 15" All instruments: Repeat each figure about 3x; be sure that figures overlap as before; timings of each repeated figure need not be exactly the same.

ca. 6"

° Fl. &

~~~~~~~~~~~ # e

œ pp poco f

2nd time, begin minor 3rd lower (from ﬁrst time) and descend about a minor 3rd.

~~~~~~~~~~~ e

Cl.

poco f pp 3rd time, begin minor 3rd higher (from ﬁrst time) and descend about a minor 3rd.

œ Alto Sax.

~~~~~~~~~~~~ # e

¢& pp

poco f (Flexaton)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Perc. p

ca. 5"

÷ Pno.

{

& í ™™ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ ™™î ~~~~~~~~~~~ œj > p f

ca. 5"

° Vln. &

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

f p Vc.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

¢&

f p

= ca. 10"

1Æ R

q = 80 Fl.

° &

1Æ R

1Æ R 1Æ R

1Æ R &

Cl.

improvise on given ﬁgures

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1Æ improvise on given ﬁgures R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alto Sax.

¢&

÷ Perc.

÷ Pno.

{

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œj ‰ > p

œœœœœ >

œœœœœœœœœœœœ

O Vln.

°&

1Æ R

Æ Oj

1Æ R

Æ Oj improvise on given ﬁgures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

∑ p

p pizz

O Vc.

¢&

Æ Oj

1Æ R

1 – R

arco

improvise on given ﬁgures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

∑ p p

Æ Oj

sfz p

ca. 10" All instruments: Repeat each ﬁgure 2x, as before.

q = 80

ca. 5" Fl.

° œ &

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ e 2nd time, begin minor 3rd lower (from ﬁrst time) and descend a minor 3rd.

pp poco f

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ e

Cl.

pp poco f

œ Alto Sax.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ e

¢& pp poco f (Flexaton)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Perc. p

÷ ca. 4" Pno.

{

í ™™

& œj >

™î j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ™ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ > p

œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ p

ca. 4"

° Vln. & O

ê Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OO

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

f p Vc.

ê Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OO

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

¢& O

f p

ê Vln, Vc:

If this is too diﬃcult to coordinate with the piano, omit.

= Visual Cue 3: Mountain landscape

ca. 5"

ca. 15" Whistle tones

° Fl. & ppp inhale

[q = 80]

™™î ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

í ™™

÷ Cl.

exhale p f inhale

[q = 80] Alto Sax.

™™î~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

í ™™

¢÷

exhale p f TAM-TAM (small superball mallet)

Perc.

p mf (slowly twist and draw glass along strings)

÷ Pno.

{

& œj > f

.... O ° Vln. & ? Vc.

í ™™ œ “>‘ p

.... O

....

O Æ

improvise on given ﬁgures

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

™™î ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >œ

>œ

>œ [ca 2'00"] f

IV ca. 20"

° Fl. & inhale air only [q = 80]

™™î ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

í ™™

÷ Cl. Take turns, overlapping, repeat 5 - 8 times, then pause. Long silences in between (10 - 20 seconds)

exhale p

p mf

air only inhale

[q = 80] Alto Sax.

™™î~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

í ™™

¢÷

exhale p

p mf

Tam-tam serves as the "time-keeper", entering at the end of each time interval given above.

sempre ca. 3"

Perc.

p mf Continue twisting glass and drawing it slowly along string, occassional intervals of silence.

A ca. 8 - 10"

{

? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Small superball mallet: draw slowly along any low string lengthwise toward the player, applying pressure to the string with the mallet. The eﬀect should be a low "moaning" sound. Dynamics are determined by speed and pressure. Continue ad libitum allowing intervals of silence in between (4 - 10").

Vln.

° & Cello: Play 1 or 2 times each time bracket, varying length; occasionally synchronize with breathing sounds from clarinet and alto sax.

[q = 80] 2 - 4x

? Vc.

í ™™

™™î ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

¢ œ “p>‘

>œ

>œ p mf

= ca. 20" Fl.

° & ÷ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cl.

Alto Sax.

¢÷ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ÷

Perc.

œ p mf

{

Vln.

Vc.

° & ? ¢ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ca. 20"

ca. 30"

O ca. 4 - 6"

° Fl. &

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ppp Whistle tones (enter only occassionally, with long pauses in between (10 - 20")

Cl.

Alto Sax.

(Tam-tam)

Perc.

p p Occassional bows on waterphone, 2 - 5 seconds each. Long silences in between. Bow either single rods or multiple rods.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ mf

Pno.

{ Vln.

Vc.

ca. 30"

Fl.

Cl.

Alto Sax.

(Tam-tam)

(Waterphone continues)

÷ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ

Perc.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ

p mf

{ Vln.

° & ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Vc.

ca. 45"

° Fl. & ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cl.

Alto Sax.

Perc.

p mf

{

con sord.

bœ Vln.

· bœ

nœ

‚ bœ

#œ nœ

„ nœ

‰ bœ

Â œ

nœ

#œ

° &

œ p

#œ

ÁU #œ

œ p

p mf

Ê œ

ppp

mf Vln: Improvise a solo (very slow, lyrical) on the following ﬁgures. Start with ﬁgure

·; end with ﬁgure Á; you may repeat any ﬁgures you wish.

= ca. 45"

Cl.

Alto Sax.

Perc.

p mf

{

Vln.

° & ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Vc.

ca. 1'00" All players: Gradually fade out according to wavy lines; piano, fade out according to visuals. Fl.

° & ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cl.

÷ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alto Sax.

¢÷ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ÷

Perc.

÷ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pno.

{

Vln.

Vc.

¢ [ca 5'00"]