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Aldo Lombera
Sketches [2015]
for Four Parts (and at least that many performers)
Aldo Lombera
Sketches (2015)
November 2015
World premiere at the Roy O. Disney Concert Hall of CalArts, California, EU. Performed by Yvette Holzwarth, Patrick Behnke, Dan Gonzรกlez and Ben Finley.
Program Note Sketches Aldo Lombera
“Sketches” is a work written for four indefinite instrumental parts. It’s dedicated and inspired by my four bachelor’s classmates: Juan Andres Vergara, Dan González, Jimena Maldonado and Arturo Morfín. There are four “sketches”, each one represents how I see and feel my friends. The sketches will coexists, mix and develop all through this journey, and they’ll come to life by the interpretation, improvisation and creativity of the performers.
Sketches
Aldo Lombera
(Notes & Music)
(2015)
Performance Notes - There are four sketches that will be used along the work. All of them have a simple idea and the purpose of the work is to bring out the music within this ideas following the sketches map and the creativity of all the players. - There are three ways in which a sketch can appear in the score: solo (S), comping (C) and texture (T). The use of this terms indicates which part has the main layer (solo) and the second layer (comping). In the case of the texture, it indicates that the parts will have the same importance and they must merge into the same sonority. -There are four parts in the sketches map. The players can choose any part they like, but all the parts must have at least one player. - Different timbre (color) changes can be used at the player discretion in order to bring out the mood of the sketch. Also some theatrical performance can be used for this purpose. -It's possible to play the piece from the beginning to the end or vice versa. The duration of the work may vary for musical purposes. -Special notation:
= changing gradually
/
… = silence
/
= events that happen at the same time.
Sketch I
&
Tempo libero, always musical, brilliant and majestic
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- Sketch I use only this notes (G-D-A-E), they can be played in any register. - You can use long notes, staccatos/pizz./s.t., tremolos/flz., double/triple stops, arpeggios, etc.
Sketch II
Fast tempo, energic and agitated (e = 240 - 300)
/ 68
78
58
98
48
- Sketch II use only compound bars. The same bar can be repeated a maximum of six times. - Only playing the accents of the bars or some notes may be an efective suggestion for the sketch II comping.
Sketch III Tempo libero, always with feeling and emotion Grumpy
Pleasant
Fighter
Sensitive
Impulsive
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- Sketch III use only mood indications. The meaning of the moods must be decided individually by each player.
Sketch IV Tempo libero, always changing unpredictably
&B ? / w o
or ad lib.
w ad lib. o or o ad lib.
w ad lib. o or o ad lib.
w
ad lib.
o
o
or ad lib.
ad lib.
o
- Sketch IV use only crescendos and decrecendos ad lib. - It is possible to use tremolos/ flz., harmonics or even some movement like glissandi.
Sketches
Sketches (Map)
Part I
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0"
30"
Aldo Lombera (2015)
1'
Sketch I (S)
1'30"
(T)
2'
Sketch II (S)
…
Short attacks, fast tempi
2'30"
…
Sketch II (C)
Sketch III (S)
Sketch I (T)
(C)
Part II Short attacks, fast tempi
Part IV
=
P. I
°
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Short attacks, fast tempi
3'
(C)
…
P. I
(C)
¢ °
fast motion
Sketch IV (T)
…
slow
fast motion
Sketch IV (T)
…
slow
(T) slow
very fast motion
5'
5' 30"
…o …o …o
fast motion
(S)
Sketch IV (C) Rall....
fast motion
…o
oo o oo o oo o
6'
(C)
(synchronized envelopes in diferent speed motions)
…
(envelopes with notes of Sketch I)
(long notes of Sketch I)
Sketch I/IV (T) simile
(synchronized envelopes in diferent speed motions)
Sketch III (S)
(envelopes with notes of Sketch I)
Sketch I/IV (T) simile
(synchronized envelopes in diferent speed motions)
6' 30"
(envelopes with notes of Sketch I)
… (long notes of Sketch I)
7'
(S)
(C)
(C)
Sketch II (S)
Notation:
(S) (C)
(S)
(C)
free improvisation!!!
= gradually transformation
… = silence
(T) *) (follow the tempi of P. III)
= events that happen at the same time
(T) *)
Sketch II (S) (follow the tempi of P. I)
free improvisation!!!
Sketch III (S)
8'
(fastest tempi)
free improvisation!!!
¢
7' 30" (T) *)
Sketch II (S)
(C)
P. III
Sketch III (S)
(long notes of Sketch I)
Sketch I/IV (T) (synchronized envelopes in diferent speed motions)
…
5'
…
(envelopes with notes of Sketch I)
simile
very slow motion
4' 30"
Sketch I/IV (T) simile
Sketch IV (C)
very slow motion
4'
oo o
…
Sketch IV (C)
…
free improvisation!!!
Sketch III (S)
P. II
P IV.
slow
very fast motion
…
3' 30"
Sketch IV (T)
(S)
P. III
=
Rall....
Sketch I (T)
2'30"
Sketch II (S)
… Short attacks, fast tempi
P. II
P IV.
Rall....
Sketch I (T)
Sketch IV (C)
Part III
…
Rall....
(T) *)
Sketch II (S) (follow the tempi of P. II)
*) Someone must create a presto section with different compound bars. The bars will be the same for all the instruments in order to achieve an energetic tutti. The notes, scale, etc may be previously agreed.
Sketches
Sketches - for Four Parts (and at least that many performers)
[2015]