Mads Emil Dreyer: Apparitions (2023)

Mads Emil Dreyer

Apparitions (2023)

Music for the staged concert

A Song of Sound and Water for flute, oboe, clarinet, viola, violin, cello, percussion, keyboards, and light

Dur. 22′

Commissioned by Ensemble Recherche

SCORE

Mads Emil Dreyer Apparitions (2023)

Music for the staged concert A Song of Sound and Water for flute, oboe, clarinet, viola, violin, cello, percussion, keyboards, and light Dur. 22′

GENERAL INFO

This music is written for Ensemble Recherche for the staged concert A Song of Salt and Water, which tells a story of the underwater world through music, lighting, movement, and stage design.

The three sections in the piece are tailored to fit three different scenes of the staged concert and each movement and the piece in its entirety is only meant to be performed in this context.

The music is scored for flute, oboe, clarinet, viola, violin, cello, percussion, keyboards, and light. Importantly, only the keyboard, percussion, and cello parts are notated. The rest of the ensemble is asked to move around on stage during the concert. and therefore they don't read from scores, but instead perform simple musical gestures from memory with the aid of light cues which are controlled by the pianist.

There are seven different light bulbs (yellow, green, red, blue, red, purple, orange, and warm white) and they should be visible to all players throughout the concert.

Percussion

The percussionist performs on a small Sonor toy glockenspiel, a vibraphone, and a sine wave synthesizer. The glockenspiel and a MIDI keyboard will be provided by the composer.

Please note that the player performs the same material on the glockenspiel/vibraphone and MIDI keyboard, simultaneously.

Keyboard

The pianist performs the keyboard part and controls the light bulbs. The keyboard part is executed on a fouroctave MIDI keyboard, while the light bulbs are controlled

on a MIDI pad controller (both MIDI devices are provided by the composer).

The sounds on the MIDI keyboard are generated from a simple digital sine wave synthesizer. For each movement, the settings for this instrument vary slightly.

Pad controller

7. Warm White

8. Keyboard Preset 1

9. Keyboard Preset 2

10. Keyboard Preset 3

11. Keyboard Preset 4

12. Activate D4

Cello

The cello is tuned C-E-D-A (similar to Seafloor Dawn Chorus by Kristine Tjøgersen). The part is written as sounding. All three movements are performed with a mute.

Flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola

During the concert, the five players will be moving around on stage and, in various ways, interact with the audience members. Therefore, none of the players have notated parts; instead, they perform simple musical gestures with the aid of light cues given by the pianist. The musical gestures can be found on the following page and are also notated in the score.

General instructions

• All notes should be performed pianissimo.

• Violin and viola play with mutes and sul tasto bowing throughout the piece.

• The clarinet is written in C, i.e. written as sounding.

1 . E n t r a n c e

F l u te

O b o e

C l a r i n e t

Vi o l i n

Ye l l o w l i g h t Vi o l a

G r e e n l i g h t

F l u te , o b o e , c l a r i n e t

Vi o l i n

B l u e l i g h t ( wi t h o u t wa r m wh i te )

F l u te

2 . O c e a n F l o o r C l a r i n e t

G r e e n l i g h t ( wi t h o u t wa r m wh i te )

F l u te

C l a r i n e t

Ye l l o w l i g h t ( wi t h wa r m wh i te ) R e d l i g h t ( wi t h wa r m wh i te ) F l u te , o b o e , vi o l a

F l u te , o b o e , vi o l a

C l a r i n e t

Wa r m wh i te l i g h t P u r p l e l i g h t ( wi t h wa r m wh i te )

Vi o l i n

F l u te , o b o e , vi o l a

C l a r i n e t

3 A s c e n d

B l u e l i g h t F l u te , c l a r i n e t O b o e

R e d l i g h t

P l a y i n g i n s t r u c t i o n s fo r f l u te , o b o e , c l a r i n e t , vi o l i n , a n d vi o l a O b o e

F l u te , c l a r i n e t, vi o l i n , vi o l a

Vi o l a C l a r i n e t

R e d l i g h t ( wt h o u t wa r m wh i te )

F l u te

O r a n g e l i g h t ( wi t h wa r m wh i te )

F l u te , o b o e , vi o l a

B l u e l i g h t

F l u te , c l a r i n e t, vi o l i n , vi o l a

C l a r i n e t p l a y u p wa r d s t h r o u g h t h i s s c a l e v a r y te m p o a c c o r d i n g to k e y b o a r d o s t i n a to p a y u p wa r d s t h r o u g h t h s s c a l e v a r y te m p o a c c o r d i n g to k e y b o a r d o s t i n a to p l a y u p wa r d s t h r o u g h t h i s s c a e v a r y te m p o a c c o r d n g to k e y b o a r d o s t n a to

C a r i n e t O b o e

LIST OF EQUIPMENT

2 Small PA Speakers positioned on the floor close to the pianist and percussionist.

A Computer with Max*

Percussion

• 1 Vibraphone,

• 1 small Sonor glockenspiel *

• 1 Korg Mikrokey four-octave MIDI keyboard *

Keyboard

• 1 Korg Mikrokey four-octave MIDI keyboard *

• 1 Korg NanoPad 2 MIDI controller *

Lights:

• Omnilux R80 incandescent light bulbs (colors: yellow, green, blue, purple, red, orange, warm white) *

• 2 Stairville DDS 405 dimmer pack *

• 1 Enttec DMXIS MIDI-DMX-adapter *

• 3-4 DMX cables *

• 7 E27 light sockets with cables *

* Provided by the composer

P a d s

K e y b o a r d

H i t p a d 1 ( ye l l o w l g h t o n ) ( n o t w h e n c o m i n g f r o m b a r 1 4 3 )

a n d p a d 8 ( k e y b o a r d p r e s e t 1 ) ( n o t w h e n c o m i n g f r o m b a r 1 4 3 )

∑

T h r d E f r o m b o t to m o n k e y b o a r d

p

se mpre

L o we s t A o n k e y b o a r d

G l o c k e n s p i e + k e y b o a r d C e l l o L g h t b u b s

Ye l l o w L i g h t

F u te

O b o e

C a r i n e t

V i o n

V o l a

w h a r d r u b b e r m a l e t s

L o we s t E b o n g l o c k e n s p e a n d k e y b o a r d ( s o u n d s o n e o c t a v e a b o v e w r i t te n p i tc h ) se mpre

∑ c e l o s c o r d a t u r a : C - E - D - A , s o u n d s a s w r i t te n S o w b o w i n g o n b r i d g e p se mpre

p

D : ye l o w, F g r e e n , A : b l u e , C : p u r p l e , E r e d , G : o r a n g e o

q = 5 6

2 . O c e a n F l o o r

P a d s

K b d V i b + k b d Vc L i g h t b u b s

1 44

{

H t p a d 9 ( k e y b o a r d p r e s e t 2 )

2 4 4 3 3 4 4

H i t p a d 3 ( b l u e i g h t o n ) ∑ ∑

2 4 3 4

H i t p a d 3 ( b l u e l i g h t o f f ) & ∑ p

T h r d E f r o m b o t to m o n k e y b o a r d

se mpre S e c o n d D f r o m b o t to m o n k e y b o a r d &

1 48 P a d s K b d V i b + k b d Vc L i g h t b u b s

H t ‘ o c t a v e d o w n ’ b o t to m t w c e ( o r a n g e k n o b i g h t )

w s o f t m a l l e t s

∑

T h r d D f r o m b o t to m o n k e y b o a r d a n d m d d l e D o n v i b r a p h o n e ( s o u n d s a t w r t te n p tc h ) se mpre ?

o pp o

o

B l u e l i g h t

ΠF l u t e C l a r i n e t

o ∑ ∑

G r e e n l i g h t

H i t p a d 5 ( r e d i g h t o f f ) H i t p a d 1 ( ye l o w i g h t o n )

e d l i g h t Ye l l o w l i g h t

l u te , o b o e v i o l

C a r i n e t

H t p a d 5 ( r e d l i g h t o f f ) H i t p a d 1 ye l o w i g h t o n )

H t p a d 5 ( r e d i g h t o n )

R e d l i g h t Ye l l o w l i g h t

F l u te , o b o e , v o a

F l u te o b o e , v i o l a

C l a r i n e t

C l a r i n e t

l u te , o b o e , v i o l a

C l a r i n e t 6 6

o

F l u te o b o e , v i o l a

C l a r i n e t

H i t p a d 1 1 ( k e y b o a r d p r e s e t

L o we s t A o n k e y b o a r d

L o we s t F # o n k e y b o a r d a n d v i b r a p h o n e

F l u te , c l a r i n e t :

P l a y u p wa r d s t h r o u g h t h i s s c a l e Va r y t e m p o a c c o r d i n g t o k e y b o a r d o s t i n a t o

l u te , c l a r i n e t

a y u p wa r d s t h r o u g h t h i s s c a l e Va r y t e m p o a c c o r d i n g t o k e y b o a r d o s t i n a t o

q = 3 0 a c c e l

H i t p a d 6 ( o r a n g e l i g h t o n )

F l u te , c l a r i n e t , vi o l i n , vi o l a : P l a y u p wa r d s t h r o u g h t h i s s c a l e Va r y te m p o a c c o r d i n g to k e y b o a r d o s t i n a to O b o e :