YOTAM HABER _____________
forward ornament for orchestra
2009
8’ circa
INSTRUMENTATION 1 PICCOLO 1 FLUTE 2 OBOES 2 CLARINETS IN BB 2 BASSOONS 2 HORNS 2 TRUMPETS IN C PERCUSSION (2 players): toy piano (if not available, substitute glockenspiel) tam-tam medium gong anvil tenor drum (3) tom-toms – high, medium, low crotales – chromatic 1-octave set chimes whip STRINGS TABLE OF ORNAMENTATION
FORWARD ORNAMENT is a fast, sleek, short burst of energy, that explores,
fights, dissolves, and re-forms Baroque notions of symmetry, clarity, harmony, ornamentation, and line. Its inspiration stems from the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures of Italo Calvino. With this work, I begin a series of pieces that meditate on the six characteristics that Calvino prized and valued above all others: lightness, quickness, visibility, exactitude, multiplicity, and (the unfinished) consistency. Ornaments - those rapid musical flourishes that are not really ‘necessary’ but serve to decorate a melody, harmony, or line – take center stage in this piece. Like the singing of birds, these musical crystals are ornate, yet clear, clean, and light.
score in C
f orward ornament YOTAM HABER q=96
Piccolo
hollow, clear, clean 3 3 mf crescendo through repeats to f
p crescendo through repeats to mf
Flute
3
mf crescendo through repeats to f
p crescendo through repeats to mf
Oboe 1.2.
Percussion
6X
5X
4X
Bassoon 1.2.
p crescendo through repeats to mf
3
p crescendo through repeats to mf
pp
l.v. sempre
toy piano
3 Percussion 3 div. Violin I
sul pont. senza vib pp
Violin II
Viola
Violoncello
Double Bass
mf crescendo through repeats to f
p crescendo through repeats to mf
sul pont. div. senza vib. pp
mf
mf
p crescendo through repeats to mf
tam-tam
q=112
1.
mf
sul pont.
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mf
2
Picc. 6
Fl.
Ob.
Hn.
C Tpt.
T.-t.
Perc.
Vln. I
mf
mf
3
3
3
mf
3
mf
3
3
3
3
f
5
p
Vla.
5
Vc.
5
5
Vln. II
Db.
mf
Bb Cl.
Bsn.
Vln. II
5
5
Picc.
A
4X
9
f
Fl.
f
5
Ob.
f
Bb Cl.
Bsn.
Hn.
5
f
5
5
3
Perc.
Vln. Ia
chimes
cresc. through repeats to f Enter on 3x
f
f
f
Vc.
Db.
f
ff
ff
7
ff
ff
ff
ff lowest note a2 staggered breathing possible
To Whip
div.
ff
ff
sfz
f norm. div.
ff norm.
ff
ff
7
ff div.
cresc. through repeats to f
Vla.
anvil
Vln. IIb
straight mutes
Vln. IIa
ff
T.-t.
Vln. Ib
f
C Tpt.
only tie on 4x
3
ff
4 13 Picc.
Fl.
Ob.
pp
Anv.
Chim.
3
3
pp
pp
3
3
3
pp
l.v.
Vln. Ia
Vln. Ib
3
3
3
pp
3
3
3
3
3
(pp)
pp
pp 3
pp
3
3
3
Vln. IIb
Vla.
Vln. IIa
Vc.
Db.
p
3
ff
3
ff
3
3
3
pp
pp C Tpt.
3
subito pp
Hn.
3 3
Bb Cl.
Bsn.
sul tasto sweep bow
pp
pp
Picc.
3
18
Fl.
Ob.
Bb Cl.
Cl. 2
Bsn.
Hn.
C Tpt.
Anv.
Chim.
Vln. Ia
3
3
3
3
3
Vln. IIb
Vla.
Vc.
sul tasto
sul tasto
pp
pp
pp
5
5
pp
5
5
5
pp
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Vln. IIa
Db.
3