Light upon darkness

Light Upon Darkness

Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Percussion (duration: 9 minutes)

Gillian R. Menichino

* Premiered at the St. Magnus Festival by the London Sinfonietta Š Copyright Gillian Menichino 2011

Light Upon Darkness

Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Percussion (duration: 9 minutes)

Gillian R. Menichino

The essence of the music, opaque, yet translucent, alludes to the idea of purity in light and the weight in darkness as expressed by color contrasts produced from within the ensemble.

“I am not who I am without the fragments of my past Once left behind, made still and unchanged My past has bestowed upon me A culmination of imprints Misshapen fragments; still, unmoved.

Light upon darkness pronouncing textures of a fragmented globe, From which only I perceive, light upon darkness, I, that which has been drawn from a past once in motion, set in stone.

Where to be still, There she remains, still, her true identity.

Possessed by stillness, set in stone, pronounced by light.�

Gillian R. Menichino

Light Upon Darkness

Score in C q = 63 dark, eerie

  Flute  



 



    

 

ord.

 

 

 

f

mp

fp

Bass Clarinet in Bb

  

 



Gillian Menichino

*h.t = hollow tone h.t flz.





    

 

        

mf



  

    

     

 

ppp

mf

  Violin I  



  

  

fp

mp

 

mf mp

sul pont.

con sord.

  



 

 

 

mp

mf

 



 

 

fp

mp

p

Bass Drum

flz.

ord.

 

 

 





 

      

 

fp

mp

*sustain ties = let vibrate

Violoncello

  

 f

con sord.

 



pizz.



   



  

mf

mf

       

6

Fl.

   

p sub

f

B.Cl.

      





flz.

3

     

To Cl.



 

     

mf

Vln.

  







 

Vc.

 mf

pizz.

 

mp

arco

  

arco

fp

ord.

flz.

  

mp



   

   

 

ppp



ppp sub

       fp

   



pp



  

 



mf

   

f

ppp

B. D.

  

h.t.

nat.

Clarinet in Bb

pizz.

mp

ord.

p

mf



         

ord.

flz.



arco

    

 

 



 

ppp

sul pont.



     f

 pp Copyright © 2011

   



        mf espress.

  f

       sul pont.

2

 nat.

                   ord.

T.tr

flz.

11

Fl.

B. D.

Vln.

 

 

    

    



     

  

ord.



  

Fl.

        





 

p





h.t. flz.

mf

 



mp

B. D.

Vln.



 

p



mf

         

            

      

       

fp





3

3

   

 

p

 

p

    

  

  

mp



f

sul pont. arco

   



f

h.t. flz.





    

  

p

     3

mf

 

mp

mf

   



mf





 

     

 

mf

   



     

ord.



      ff

   

pp





mf



 

pp

ff



3

mf

f

ppp

fp

Vc.

      

mp

mp

Vibraphone soft mallets

To Vib.

     

finger roll on drum head

       

p

    

    sfz



      

 



mf

sfz

f

p

Cl.

f

 



pizz.                    3  mp p f

15

 

3

mp

      

*sustain ties = let vibrate

ord.

p

 

 





flz.



ppp

f



  

 

fp





p

Vc.



pp

mp

Cl.

 

h.t. flz.



  

pizz.

mp



 

mf



3

h.t.

20

Fl.

 

  

 

pp

Cl.

Vib.

 

 





 

      

ord.

T.tr

 

 

Vln.



  

  

   3

 

mf

 

Vc.



24

Fl.

 



  

 





  



 

mf

mp



Vib.



     

      

 

 

 

mf

Vc.





   mf



p sub

p sub

     





   mf

 









pp

senza sord.







   



   

mp espress.



3

 

 

senza sord.



p





 



mp espress.

 





p

 

 

pp sub











 

   

mp dolce



   

  



mf

mf



 



    

mp

Vln.

     mp

 

       nat.

mp

Cl.





mf



 



pp

      

mp





p

 

arco

 



pp

p sub

   



 

   

mp dolce



mf

    mf

    3

4













mf

Cl.

Vib.



  



 

   

pp sub



mf pp sub



 



 

    3

mf









 

 

pp sub

    

Vibraphone



Fl.

29   

pp

Vln.

 



 











p

Vc.

 

pp

  









    



 

p



 







3

p

Vib.

    

3



Vln.

      



3

p

Vc.





mp

    

    

p

mp

   

mf

sul pont.

3

mf

       

3

   

 mf



pizz.

  f

p

3

   p

ord. arco

3

    p

    mf

       mf

 

3

 

 

mp

34

Fl.

  mf

arco



  

3

  

 

p sub

 

mf p sub

mf

    

mp

pp



  

  mp

  

  

   

pp

       

      

mf

mp

pizz.



con sord.



 

mp



  

pp

5

p sub

mf

Vib.

    

  

mp

Vln.









3       

p

con sord.

  3

mf

      

ff

 

 



 



Vib.

Vln.

 

   





 

 

   p

      mp

            

Vc.



        3

 mp

mf



mp

 

  

p sub

     mf





mf





p sub





  senza sord.          

3



3





     

3

mp

 

p

  

mf

p



p sub





   

                

mp

  

   



 

fp

3

Fl.



mf

ff

 

                   

p

 ord.        



f

46



    

     mf

 



 



mp



   





   

   

 

f

Vc.

 

pp

p sub

42

Vln.

p

sul pont. arco









           

mp

Vib.



mf

mf

Vc.

    

Fl.

38          

 

   

3        

pp dolce



senza sord.







   mp

 

6

Fl.

  

 Cl.   



    

p

    3

      



 

mf

Vc.

Cl.

p

Vib.

p

Vln.

ord.



  p

59

Vln.

mp

mf

mp

mf p sub



    

con sord.

mp

mf

3

  









 3



pp

   

pp



Vc.



3

 

   

fp

mf





  

  

mp

mf

p

mf

pp

     ord.

   

mp





p sub

sul pont. arco



  

    

p







sfz

mp

  

 

  3

mf





 



 

 f



   

   

mp

mp

  



  

3

              



mf

sul pont

3

p

   

    

p

  

mp

  



        

pp

pizz.



           



     

 

    

mf

     

con sord.

  



 

  

mp

3

  

pp

mp



mp

p sub





 

3

  

    

3      

p

Vc.

  

3       

3



 

mp



3

       



   

mf

55

  



p sub

  

   

  

p sub

     





       



  

mp

Vln.

p

    



Vib.









T.tr 50



 



p sub

 f

 

  p sub

 

7

flz.

63

Vib.



   

 

  

pp

 

 

 

  

p

Vln.

   

    

Vib.



   

      f





       

p sub

mp

pp

mp

p

 

 

 

 

mp

pp

mp

p













mf

3





mp

mf







 



  









mp





   mp

   

   

   f



p

mp

mp





f

 



        mf

       







pp

   

 

p sub

   

   

pp

 



  



  

mp

 

mp

Vc.



 

mp

p

Vln.

  

ord.

T.tr

pp

 

    

 

 

  



mf

 

67

Cl.

 

mp

   Vc.  

Fl.



 



Fl.

    

flz.

   

  p sub



  

sfz

  

sul pont.

sfz

8

   71

Fl.





  





      

mf

Cl.

Vln.









   3                

Cl.

Vln.

Vc.

         3

Vln.

Vc.

mf

   



p sub

75    

  

mp



senza sord.



 



 



sfz



 













To Picc.

p sub

 



 

   













 

To B. Cl.

3



 

 

 



Bass Clarinet in Bb





  

 



 





To Crot.



 





mp

 







 

 

  

ord.



  



p

mf

  



p sub

mf

   

   

 

pp

    

  

79

B. Cl.

mp

sfz

mf

Vib.

 



     

p sub

mf

Fl.



       

mf espress.

mf

Vc.

    



 3

  





 3







senza sord.



pp



To Cl.

  

   

   

 mf



3

  

mf





9

83

Vln.









   

Vln.

Picc.

   

Crot.

Vln.

bowed

  

Vc.







 

















 





 

  



 





 

mp



 

  

 3





     3

p







  







   







  







 







 



mf









 



  













ff

  



 

    

 



ff

  



 



 



    





mp

3             mp

  

      

3             

  

 

3

3

mp



ff

    



ff

     



 







 







     

pp

p

Vc.



mp



95

Vln.



 



mf

Crot.





mp

91   

 



Piccolo





   





p

Clarinet in Bb Cl.





Crotales

Crot.





p

87

Fl.



mp

mf

     mp

mf

mf

   

10

99

Picc.

Crot.

Vln.



  





p



p sub

Vc.



pp

     





 



p sub







ppp







p









pp



  pp

ppp

 ppp