Anna Korsun
UCHT commissioned by Eclat Festival Leipzig, December 2015
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Instrumentation Slide trumpet in B Bass trombone Percussion (two players) Fretless bass guitar, contraguitar Piano Cello Tape
Rubber ball stick Bow Two metal knitting needles or other thin metal sticks Glass bottle or rolling-pin
Additional instruments/objects Percussion I Tam-tam Lion roar Suspended cymbal Thunder tube Triangle Herd bells small Kalimba Big plastic bottle (for example 5 liter) with cropped bottom Crow/duck call Toy trumpet Lotus flute ranged from d2 until high whistle Rubber ball stick Bow Soft tam-tam mallet
Percussion II Big drum Open glockenspiel Singing bowls fis, h Thunder tube Lion roar Medium gong Suspended cymbal Metal multi ton block Potato cutter Glass Rice Duck call Lotus flute ranged from d2 until high whistle
For trumpet player: corrugated hose and flat stick (for example ruler), pig call, lotus flute ranged from d2 until high whistle, triangle, elk call, kazoo, goose call, mouth harmonica, sandpaper. For trombone player: bariton sax mouthpiece, lotus flute ranged from d2 until high whistle, triangle, mouth harmonica, waldteufel. For guitar player: lotus flute ranged from d2 until high whistle, triangle, bottleneck or glass, Ebow (optional), mediator (optional). For piano player: rubber ball stick, lotus flute ranged from d2 until high whistle, triangle, 2 or more table tennis balls, high triple whistle,mediator or coin, bottleneck or glass, bow hair. For preparation: aluminum foil, a few bolts/screws. For cello player: lotus flute ranged from d2 until high whistle, triangle, bottleneck or glass. Abbreviations for cello: o.p. - over pressure n.p. - normal pressure l.p. - light pressure s.p. - sul ponticello e.s.p. - extreme sul ponticello h.p. - half pressure of finger on string ord. - ordinario vibr-mo - vibratissimo Multiphonics for cello are taken from the following source: http://www.cellomap.com/
Part of Trumpet: trumpet is notated in B, other instruments in the part notated in C.
Character/image of the piece: from the beginning to the end music passes the range from the low to the high. There are almost no real tempo changes in the score, but it is necessary to feel inner tempo of music: decelerated mood at the beginning and gradual acceleration up to the end. All the actions of musicians should be organized according to this scheme.
UCHT
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Anna Korsun
A trumpet, trombone and guitar players should stay together with percussionist two around big drum and play together 1'10 1'50 1'00 Tape
Slide Trumpet in B
Bass Trombone
Percussion I
Percussion II
ppp
Piano
p
Violoncello
6
big plastic bottle bow improvizato
p big drum (should be installed in horizontal position) improvizato roll glass bottle by rice, placed on membrane
p
ppp
pp
p
p
detuned string g n.p. o.p.
ppp
pig call (muted with hand)
12
pp
p
bowl fis slide with stick by rim
ppp
pp
ppp
pp
p
etc. pp
thunder tube
pp
(bottleneck) slow gliss. (band) up and down
p
slide along the string with rubber ball stick
faster gliss.
slow gliss. up and down with peg o.p.
o.p.
big drum slide with rubber ball stick
tam-tam slide with rubber ball stick
detune with peg
bass guitar detuned string e sustain
big plastic bottle bow
pp
soft big mallet
soft foil on strings
9
slide slowly with flat wide stick along corrugated hose
pp
slide with rubber ball stick
ppp
detuned string c very slow bow o.p.
bass trombone+bariton sax mouthpiece
pp tam-tam slide with rubber ball stick
mp
big drum improvizato rustle with fingers by membrane far from center
p big drum improvizato rustle with fingers by membrane moving from the rim to the center
p
Guitar
q = 60
big drum improvizato place sandpaper on membrane and rustle with fingers by it in different parts of membraine, sometimes rub
3
q = 72 2'31 4 4
o.p.
p
4
B. Tbn.
15
Perc. I
waldteufel don't tighten line too much
Pno.
Vc.
pp
bass trombone
mp
cutter placed on big drum
lion roar
mp
tam-tam slide with rubber ball stick
p
f
play normally soft
ppp
to fast
pp
press the key and continue to slide with rubber ball along the string
slide along the string with rubber ball stick
o.p. extremely slow bow
fast sharp cresc. and dim.
slow gliss. mp
mp
mf
f
keys soft
ppp
o.p.
mf
glockenspiel bow
p
bass guitar gliss. from slow
(nail or mediator or coin) press the key and continue to scrub slowly along the string
mf
contraguitar Ebow or harmonic on bass guitar sustain
24
lion roar
pp
ppp
fast gliss. up and down
play normally
pp
21
thunder tube
scrub slowly along the spring
Gtr.
p
Perc. II
18
B
trumpet pedal tone
pig call (muted with hand)
S. Tpt.
slow slide with wide stick along corrugated hose
pp
5
trumpet pedal tone
pig call (muted with hand)
30
pp
Perc. II
Gtr.
pp
pp
Pno.
bass trombone with bass trombone mouthpiece (mute)
thunder tube slow scrub along the spring
waldteufel don't tighten line too much
p
bass drum rubber ball
contraguitar detuned string g irregular repetition
p thunder tube slow scrub along the spring
p
Vc.
tam-tam rubber ball
pp
bowl slide with stick by rim
pp
string g
string c
press the key and continue to slide with rubber ball stick along the string
press the key and continue to scrub along the string
36
pp
(nail or mediator) slow scrub the string
improvise with tempo and lenth of gliss.
Perc. I
pp
B. Tbn.
elk call
33
S.Tpt.
27
6
C
S.Tpt.
39
pp
pp
Perc.
Perc. II
Gtr.
Pno.
thunder tube snoothly stroke the spring by the edge of cymbal
45
pp
tam-tam rubber ball
gong rubber ball
soft mallet ppp
contraguitar fast repetition detuned stings gis und a
mp
play by string with hair
pp
play by string with hair prepared with bolt between strings slow
p
strin g 4+11+7+3 multiphonics h.p.
48
contraguitar Ebow or bass guitar harmonic sustain
continue with rubber ball
cymbal bow
Vc.
thunder tube snoothly stroke the spring by the edge of cymbal shake
trumpet pedal tone
slow pitch deviations up and down
B. Tbn.
42
sing with kazoo
all holes closed, bell half closed goose call
mf
o.p.
n.p. slow pitch deviations up and down
p
7
S.Tpt.
B. Tbn.
Perc.
Perc. II
51
Pno.
s.p. slow pitch deviations up and down
Vc.
pp
crow call pp
pp
bass guitar medium slow
mp
60
without mute
mp
contraguitar detuned strings h and c irregular repetition
change place of bowing
p
p
slow gliss. up and down short long
rubber ball
57
fast
slow
63
p
lion roar duck call
f
f
lion roar
mf
glockenspiel bow
p
play with holes
p
54
bass guitar
Gtr.
open middle hole
f
p f
fast
very long very fast
medium slow
fast change places of bowing very fast
f
multiphinics string g 6+11+5
pizz. irreg. repetition
arco
pp
ord.
o.p.
f
n.p.
p
8
D
S.Tpt.
slide trumpet 66 (mute)
pp
B. Tbn.
Perc.
Perc. II
(mute)
69
72
harmonica low register
pp
pp
p
pp
75
p
pp
cymbal bow
pp
p
p
long, up medium fast medium long
pp
pp
prepared with bolt between strings
e.s.p.
pp
p
Vc.
p
Pno.
mp
cymbal bow
sustain
Gtr.
harmonica low register
light vibr.
non vibr.
vibr.-mo
pp
non vibr. multiphonics h. p. string a 3+8+13+5 pitch deviations
9
E 78
S.Tpt.
B. Tbn.
f
mp
Vc.
f
kalimba irregular plucks
faster
pp
cutter irregular plucks
metal multi ton block
mp
change places of bowing very fast
keys
f
slow
f
contraguitar detuned a bit strings, so the passage should sound ntot correctly tuned articulate
bass trombone take breathe where necessary,but not together with trumpet slow irregular pitch deviations up and down
f
pp
p
Pno.
toy trumpet mute bell with hand, move hand
90
pp
short, fast, up and down
Gtr.
f
Perc.
Perc. II
81
slide trumpet take breathe where necessary,but not together with trombone 84 87 slow irregular pitch deviations up and down
very soft
pp
keys
pp
o.p.
f
n.p. l.p.
pp
vibr-mo
slow irreg. pitch deviations up and down
10
S.Tpt.
B. Tbn.
Perc. I
Perc. II
Pno.
Vc.
99
102
lotus flute approximate pitch small pitch deviations slow
p
96
bass guitar octaver effect, sustain bottleneck soft attack Gtr.
93
F
lotus flute approximate slow small pitch deviations pitch irregular repetition
p
lotus flute approximate pitch slow small pitch deviations
p
bottleneck
p
pizz bottleneck soft attack
slow
arco
11
S.Tpt.
B. Tbn.
Gtr.
Pno.
105
lotus flute approximate pitch small pitch deviations
p
Perc. I
Perc. II
lotus flute approximate pitch small pitch deviations
include consonants t, k
111
irregular repetition
include consonants t, k
repetition irregular
irregular repetition
lotus flute approximate pitch irregular repetition
p
Vc.
114 108
o.p.
h.p.
small pitch deviations
multiphonics string a 7+10+13+3
lotus flute approximate pitch small pitch irregular repetition deviations
p
12
G
S.Tpt.
B. Tbn.
Perc. I
117
mp
mp
Perc. II
mp
mp
include consonants t, k Gtr.
Pno.
Vc.
mp
mp
mf
high whistle tones within third
mf high whistle tones within third
mf
high whistle tones within third
include consonants t, k
within third
high whistle tones within third
mp
include consonants t, k
include consonants t, k
129 126
mf
include consonants t, k
120 123
high whistle tones within third
mf
mf high whistle tones within third
mf
13
S.Tpt.
B. Tbn.
H 132 135 138
Perc. I
herd bells small
p
Perc. II
Gtr.
Pno.
glockenspiel needles highest note
p
piano fast throw alternately two or more table tennis balls on the strings of highest register
Vc.
14
Tape
S.Tpt.
141
triangle
triangle B. Tbn.
144
Perc. II
Gtr.
Pno.
Vc.
triangle
glass
p
triangle
triangle
triangle
Perc. I
10''
147
high triple whistle manipulate with fingers