Contemporary
SAUNDERS Fletch
for string quartet Score
EP12702
Fletch
e = 120-128
Vn 1
½ - sp
*
pp
½ - sp
*
Vn 2
Vc
pp
Va
5
sp
+
p
p
**
*
slow silence
silence
ff
*
espr ½-sp flaut
+
**
mp
pp
sp
pp sp
+
sp
espr ½-sp flaut
silence
mp
mp
ord sim
pp
pp
mp
3
ord sim
mp
pppp
ff
sp
3
ff
mp 3
sp
3
sp
pp
ff
ff
sim
**
espr sp flaut
+
espr sp flaut
silence
**
sp
sim
ff
sp
Rebecca Saunders
Furious & with poise
A
sp
ff
ppp
ppp
+
+
* double harmonic trills are always maximum speed, whether cresc or decresc, pp or ff. Imagine the bow reveals a sound which is always there, hidden beneath the surface of silence. ** freeze frame, hold still, between gestures. Litolff / Peters
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© 2012 by Henry Litolff ’s Verlag
2
a tempo
9
ff
II III
ff
II III
sp
3
ord
ff
3
II III
3
ord
ff
ord
ff
sp
ff
III IV
ord
sp
ord
ff
sp
ord
3
ff sp
ff sp
ff
sp
ff
½ - sp flaut
12 ff ff
III IV
ff ord
4 III IV
II III
sp ord
ff
sp
ppp
sp+
ff
ord. IV ff ff sp
ff
sp
ff
4
III IV
sp
sp+
pp
8va bassa
*
espr vib
sub. ppp
f
pp
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ff
ff sp
ord sff
sp I II ff
ff
* nb.: Vc IV scordatura 8va down. Notated at playing pitch. f / ff attack is naturally delayed through low tension of string. f / ff also changes pitch significantly - do not adjust.
ord
16
II III
½ - sp
½ - sp
sp
½ - sp
ff
ff
ord
3
mp
ppp
mp
sp
pp
vib
ff
pp
ord
mp
ppp
3
½ - sp
sp+
ff ff ff
3
mp
ppp
21
sffpp
sff
pp
½ - sp ½ - sp
sfpp
sfpp
½ - sp
ff
+
I sp III II IV
ff
lv ff
III IV
III ½ - sp IV
sff
ff
ord
vib
pp
vib
ff
sp
3
sffpp
mf
sp ord I II II III
II III
"
+
½ - sp
½ - sp
+
ff ff III IV
sff
mf
II²III³
ff ½ - sp III IV
ff
ord
ff
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f
4
26
ppp
½ - sp
3
sub ppp
3
II III
3
ppp
f
f
f
+
sff
ord
+
ff
ppp
ppp
½ - sp III IV
+
½ - sp II III
ff
ord II
ff
30
IV III
3
ppp
ord II IV III III
ff
ord II I III II
sff
ff
ff
IV III
sff
ff
f
ord I II/III II
sff pp ½ - sp
ff sff
III I IV II
ff
I III II IV
sff pp
ff ½ - sp II III
ff
½ - sp
ppp
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f
½ - sp
sff
ff
½ - sp III IV
pp
½ - sp
f
½ - sp I II II III
ord
+
+
III IV
ff
ord
ff
½ - sp I II
III IV
ff
3
ppp
+
sp
ord
mf sff
sp
sff
mf sff
+
+
ff
½ - sp
I II
pp
mp
3
f
+
ff
Photo © H Joosten
Fletch
Rebecca Saunders studied with Wolfgang Rihm at the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe, Germany, and for a PhD in Composition with Nigel Osborne at Edinburgh University. She lives in Berlin. Saunders’ composition prizes include the 1996 Ernst von Siemens Komponisten-Förderpreis and the 2008 Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Award for Chamber Music. Her works have been performed at festivals including the Huddersfield Festival, the Berlin Biennale and the Darmstadt Ferienkurse. In 2009 she became a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts. Saunders’ works include chroma, for chamber groups distributed throughout the performance space, albescere, written for Ensemble Modern and the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, and a double concerto for trumpet, percussion and orchestra.
SAUNDERS
Rebecca Saunders
Rebecca Saunders studierte Komposition bei Wolfgang Rihm an der Musikhochschule Karlsruhe und promovierte an der Universität Edinburgh bei Nigel Osborne. Sie lebt in Berlin. Saunders erhielt unter anderem den KomponistenFörderpreis 1996 der Ernst-von-Siemens-Musikstiftung sowie den Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Award 2008 in der Kategorie Kammermusik. Ihre Werke erklangen bei zahlreichen Festivals wie dem Huddersfield Festival, der Berlin-Biennale und den Darmstädter Ferienkursen. 2009 wurde sie zum Mitglied der Berliner Akademie der Künste ernannt. Zu ihren Werken zählen chroma für im Raum verteilte Kammergruppen, albescere (entstanden für das Ensemble Modern und die Neuen Vocalsolisten Stuttgart) sowie ein Doppelkonzert für Trompete, Schlagzeug und Orchester.
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