Chikako Morishita 森下周子
Lizard (2010) for Clarinet in B flat, Viola and Koto
Chikako Morishita 森下周子
Lizard (2010) for Clarinet in B flat, Viola and Koto
Written for Okeanos ensemble First performance: 25 January 2011, Huddersfield, UK Okeanos ensemble: Kate Romano (Clarinet in B flat), Bridget Carey (Viola) and Milissa Holding (Koto)
Notes for performance Accidentals apply only to the notes they immediately precede. Natural signs have been added however, to facilitate reading. Quartertones:
Pause:
For Clarinet in B flat *Score is in B flat
SYMBOLS
very breathy tone (almost unpitched)
breathy tone (pitched)
ord.
For Viola SCORADATURA:
h sul pont : bow near the bridge allowing many different harmonics to ring out ord ! h sul pont : allow indicates timbral modulation by shifting the bow from 'normal ' playing position towards the bridge
SYMBOLS
fingers light-pressed (harmonics pressure)
fingers half-pressed
ord.
distorted
For Koto TUNING & RETUNING th
*巾 (13 string) has no-bridge in order to enhance Bartok pizz. ** each of retuned pitch are appeared on part V(一), I(三), VIII(六), IV(八) as shown below.
SYMBOLS L.H. finger pizz. R.H. finger pizz. (without plectrum) Bartok pizz. semi-tone raised tone raised TSUKI-IRO: fast depression and release of string half-TSUKI-IRO: fast depression and half release of string (eg: tone-raised—semi-tone raised)
tremolo
staccato: stop resonance immediately after pluck string
stop all resonance
UCHI-ZUME: hit string by plectrum
SURI-ZUME: forcefully strike string with side of plectrum
CHIRASHI-ZUME: slow scrape along string with side of plectrum
gliss. on ryugan: stroking/ strumming on clasps of strings/ the short string length at the far right-hand end of koto
hit strings and the body of the instrument by palm (one hand)