Vertical Infinity

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Vertical Infinity Christian Pehrson arr. by Nicholas Martin


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INSTRUMENTATION Flute Alto flute 2 Bass clarinets (in Bb) Bassoon Contrabassoon 2 French Horns in F Trombone Bass trombone Tuba 8 tuned wine bottles (to be played by Oboes / Trumpets 1 & 2 between bars 37 - 40)

Percussion 1:

Percussion 2:

wind chimes (Shells) Large bass drum (with small pellet bells) Almglocken (one octave, C-C) Large tam-tam 5 Tom-toms (& kick drum) Small coins (dropped into container) Rain stick

wind chimes (Metal) Marimba (4 octaves) 4 Gongs (4 varying sizes) Bucket of water (used with gongs) Thunder sheet Spring coil Glockenspiel Steel drums Tubular bells

Timpani (doubling on wind chimes (glass) & kalimba) Musical saw Piano (prepared with paper placed on strings between bars 45 - 48) pianist also doubling on melodica Clavichord (doubling on celeste) Accordion Organ Mandolin Harp Tape (electronics) Soprano (soloist) Bass (soloist) Strings: 6.4.3.3.2

Duration: c. 10 minutes THIS SCORE IS NOTATED IN C (octave transpositions where relevant)


w=2

2'

3

Senza misura (very slow)

    Shells

l.v.

l.v.

ppp

Metal    

Wind Chimes

l.v.

ppp

    Glass

ppp

     Accordion   

 

p

Piano (on strings)

  Prepared Piano   

l.v.

mf

2'

w=2

Senza misura (very slow)

  

 

Violin I

 div. a2 Violin II

ppp

gradually increasing finger pressure

cresc.

  



pp

p

 



  

 

molto sul pont. e vib. IV  

 p



pp

  



pp

  

Viola

molto sul pont. e vib. III

 

 

 

p

gradually increasing finger pressure

molto sul pont. e vib. III



pp

molto sul pont. e vib. IV

p

A

Dark q = 42 Flute stop

5

   

Org.

p

pp

 

B.

   

64'

   

p

Why



can’t

you

see

ment

is

now

 Mo

-

World

is

at

peace

Wrapped

in

a

towel

 9

Org.

 

p

B.

 



   Clo

-



ser

than

close

 

p

 Noth

 

-



ing

to

fear

 Trus

 

 

-



ting

no

roof

 Cud

 - weed

is

here

 


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Vertical Infinity - Christian Pehrson, arr. by Nick Martin

B    

e = 84

13

pp



 



 

 

 

B. Cl.

    

pp

Bass drum (with small pellet bells on surface of drum) l.v.

   B. D.     

mp

sim.

 

pp

p

 

ppp

p

ppp

 

p

ppp

Marimba

Mar.

     

mp

 

Hp.

 p







p

 

pp

B.

p







 

pp



l.v.

pp







  p



pp









sim.

      

B

 

 

 

 

e = 84

    

pp

Why



can’t

you

see

   Mand.   

 

(vla. 1)

Drop

all

the

mesh

 

pp

That

 

div. a2 pizz.

 

 

 

is

the

key

 

 

 

 Un

 

sim.

    Cb.  

-

li

-

mi

 

 

- ted

 



 

pp

 21





B. Cl.

 

    

Hp.

B.

Mand.

 

 pp







 



  

  Cb.  

-

 



ing

to

find

 

 

 





 

-



ing

to

loose

ppp



  

 



 

 

   

-

damage



mind

 

  

 







  

 

pp



 

 

 

Noth

 

ppp

p

 

Brain

 

pp



 

p



p

   

 

pp



p



 

 

ppp

 

Noth



p

p

   

   

 



p

p

p

Noth

pp

ppp

     



p

Mar.

pp

p

B. D.

p

 

-

ing

to

choose

 

  

 


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Vertical Infinity - Christian Pehrson, arr. by Nick Martin

C

  29

Fl.

A. Fl.

B. Cl.

 

p

 

 

  

'bell-like'

Bsn.

Cbsn.

 'bell-like' Hn. 1    

sim.

 p

con sord.

Hn. 2



 Tbn.

Cup mute

 

  

mf

l.v.

 

 



sim.

pp

mf

Bass drum (without bells)

  B. D.    

3

3

pp

  

Hp.

sim.

mf



 

3

3

mf

mf

 

pp



pp

3

mf

pp



 

3

p

 

 





p

sim.

mf

sim.

l.v.

3

l.v.

 

 





pp

p

 

 



p

p

p

pp

p

Cup mute

 

pp

pp

 

pp



4 Gongs Gongs

 

pp

B. Tbn.

sim.

 

pp

p

 

pp

con sord. 'bell-like'

 

 

 

p

sim.

pp

 

pp

sim.



pp

p



pp

'bell-like'

 p



p

 

p

 

p

p

sim.

pp

p

sim.

 

p

 

p

 

p

sim.

 

p

 

p

'bell-like'

 

pp

3

mf

pp



mf bell-like

 

Clavichord

 Clav.   

l.v.





p

  

 

sim.









 







 

  







 

C  S.  

p espress.

B.

 

 

pp

Why

can’t



you

see

   

mf

3

  

 p

Mo - ment

1-2 unis. pizz.

Cb.

sim.



mf

3

is

now

  

 p

World

is

3



mf

at

  

Wrapped

peace

 p



mf

in

3

 a

  

 towel

 p

  mp


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 Fl.  37

A. Fl.

B. Cl.

 

 



 

B. Tbn.



mf

B. D.

    

3

 

pp

3

mf

mf

pp

  

Hp.

    

Clav.

S.

B.

Cb.

   





  

Clo

   

mf

-

3



ser

than

close

  

  

p

 

3

3

mf

mf

pp





  



Noth - ing

to

fear

mf

3

  

p

 

3



  

 

Trus - ting



mf

3



no

roof

  

p

p

 

3

 

 





mf

pp



p

  

 

 



3

p

pp

mf

  



 

 

 

 





pp

pp

p

 

 







p

 

pp

p

p

 

 



  

Gongs

p

pp

 

 



pp

pp

 

 

p

p

  p

 

pp

 

p

 

p

pp

pp



 

  p

p

 

pp

Tbn.

 

 

p

 

p

pp

  

pp

Hn. 2



p

p

Hn. 1

 

 

p

 

p

pp

Cbsn.

  

 

p

 

p

Bsn.

 

pp

3

mf

pp

 

 

 





Cud - weed

 

mf

3

 

 

is

here

p

 

  mf


D

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e = 48

accel.

poco a poco

 Cbsn.     45

pp

 B. Tbn. 



 

 





Timpani (with very soft mallets)

 

ppp

 

 

 

 

 

Senza sord.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

pp

 Timp.  

 

D e = 48 accel. poco a poco

Cb.

  

  53

Fl.



 



 

 



 

 



 





 

p

A. Fl.



p

p

B. Cl.

 



pp

Cbsn.

  

 

 

p

p

 Hn. 1



Senza sord.

 

 



 



  



pp 'echo'

Hn. 2

Senza sord.

 





p cantabile

 

 

p

Tbn.



Senza sord.





pp

B. Tbn.



 

 

p



 

 

 



 





 

p

Tba.

    



pp

 

 

p

Large gong (submerged slowly into water) Gongs

 

 

p

Timp.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Vertical Infinity - Christian Pehrson, arr. by Nick Martin

E

  61

Tuned Bottle - A



p

 

 



 

 

1 

Tuned Bottle - B



p

  

Tuned Bottle - C2

 

 

p

2

 

 



 

 

 

 

Tuned Bottle - G





p

 



 



 



Bottles

 





Tuned Bottle - F

p











3 

Tuned Bottle - C1



p

 

Tuned Bottle - D

 

 

p



 

 



4 

 

 

p

Flute

Org.

Tuned Bottle - E

  

 

 

pp



 

 

 

 



 Steel D.  69

Steel Drum

 

 

 

pp

 

 

 

 

cresc. poco a poco

  

 

Celesta

  Cel.  

pp

  

   

  

 

 



4 soli (1-4)

 

Mand.

 

p

Cb.

  

 

 

  

  

 

 





 

 

 

  

 mf

 

 mf

mp

 

 

 

 

p molto espress.

Mandolin

 

mp

p molto espress.

Vln. I

  

p

 

  

  

 

 

 



  

2. arco

p


F

Like broken machinery e = 96

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Spring coil (suspended)

sf scraped with metal beater  l.v.  

       77

Metal

mfp Thunder sheet

  Alm. 

Almglocken (hard sticks)































































f

Hp.

  mf

f

   Accord.   

   

mf



  

 

  

 

  

  mf

 



 

PREPARED Piano (with paper on strings)

P. Pno.

 f

     

mf

 

   

Clavichord

Clav.

   

Org.















 









 

 











 



 



  



    

 





 



  

     

 







 

   





   

 





   

 





f

 

  

mf

  B. 

f

F

 

 

 



 

 

  

  

 

 

  

f

  

  

 

 





   

  

 

 

 

 

Like broken machinery e = 96

     Vln. I       (4 soli)

 

sf

 

 

3 soli





   

mf espress.

1. arco

 

 

 

 

 

 

mf

 



 



f

mf espress. Vc.

 

 

  

  p

 



  

p

f

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f

 p

Cb.

f

mf

 p


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G 85   Fl.  

fltz.

mf

A. Fl.

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 













fltz.



 

 

 

 









sim.

mf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













sim.

Marimba (medium hard mallets) Mar.

  p









 

Hp.







 



 



 

 

 

 

Musical saw

 

p

Celesta





 

 



 

 





Cel.



fp

Saw





 

p

  



 

   B.  p

 

  

 

 

 



 



  

 

  

   

   

 

   

   

   

  

   

 

   

  

 

 



  

  

G

 Vln. I     

Tutti unis.

p

    

molto sul tasto

pp

Vln. II

div. a4

   

molto sul tasto

pp

 

Vla.

Tutti pizz.





mf

Vc.

Tutti pizz.

 

 

pizz.

  

  

sf

 



   sf

 

mf

  

sf

pizz.



mf

sf Cb.

mf

mf

 



   sf

  

sf


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 Fl.   89

 

mfp

 

mfp

p

 

B. Cl.

  

 







mf

 

 

 

 

Hn. 1

  

 



 

 

 

 

 

mf

  

  

mf

mfp

Hn. 2

 

mfp

 

 

  

 



 

 



mfp

mfp

  Tbn.

B. Tbn.

Tba.

 

 

 

p

f

 

p

f



 



 

p





mf

 

  

 

 

mfp

   

    

  

mfp

 

  

sf

mp

mf



 

mp

mf

 

 arco unis.



mfp

 

  

mf

  

sf

 

   

p

mf

  

   

p

mf

(pizz.) div. a2

 pp

   

 

 



 



 

f espr.

 

   

 div. a3

mf

4 soli pizz.

 

pizz. div. a3

   

 



    p

    p

 

p

  

 

p

  Cb.   

 

f espr.

  

 

  

mf



 

  

 

 





p

 

mfp





pp

mf

arco div. a3

IV

Vla.

Vc.

 

  

 

   

mp

 

 

 

f

 

mf espr.

p

mfp

(pizz.)



arco



 

IV

pp

Tutti unis.

(pizz.)

 

 





 

 

3

sf

 

I 1,3,5 II

2,4,6 pizz.

 





f espr.

p

   B. 

Vln. I

 

mf

mf

 



 

mp

p

Vln. II



p

Hp.





sf

mp

 

sf

  

 



f espr.

p

mf

Cbsn.

sf

Bsn.

 

sf

 

A. Fl.

e=e

 

  

p

f molto espr.

 

  p

f molto espr.

   

 

mf

  

 

 

f molto espr.

e=e

   

   

f molto espr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

mp

 


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H

  Vib.    

 

3

 

Vibraphone (motor off)

93

3

3

 

 

  3

 

 

 

3

3

pp

Glock.

 p

  

3

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

3

 Celesta

 

 

 

   

3

 

3

 

p

  

  S.     

-

-

 

-

ti

-

    

p

 

pp

  

 

3

 

 

3

in

 

 

 



cal

p

         

H       Vln. I

p

Ver

Vla.

-

ty

p

 

Cel.

Piano (not prepared)

 

P. Pno.

Glockenspiel

   

-

-

fi

-

ni

-



ty

Ver

  

-

 

-

ti

-

cal

 



in

-

-

fi

 

 

 

 -

 

1. solo (pizz.) non div.

 Vc.  

 

ni

sim.

  

3

mp

 Bass drum

  B. D.     97

3

l.v.

3

mp

Steel D.

 

Hp.

 

pp

 

 

p







 



mf

  

 



Musical saw

3

3

mp

Steel drum

Saw

sim.



 

pp

 









 

3

mp

  

sim.

3

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

pp

 

 







 

3

3

mp

 



 





pp

  

 









 

 

 

  

  

 

 

p

 S.   

mf

Ver

B.

-

-

-

mf

 Ver

   

mf

ti

-

  -

-

-

pizz. div. a2

Cb.

 

 

ti

-



cal

in



cal

in

 

 

 

  -

-

-

fi

 -

  -

-

-

 

fi

ni

-

 -

ni

  



-

 

ty

Ver



ty

Ver

 

 

 

-

-

-

  ti

-

  -

-

-

 

ti

-



cal

in



cal

in

 

 

 

  -

-

-

fi

 -

  -

-

-

 

fi

ni

 -

 -

ni

  

ty

 -

 

ty

 

 


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I  

poco accel.

101

  mf

B. Cl.

 

 

 

Bsn.

  

 

mf

mf

 





 

  



  

 

  

 

 



 

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

    

 

 

 

  f

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mf

 

 T.-t. 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  



  



 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

mf

Tba.

   

 

 

 

mf

B. Tbn.

 

 

mf

Tbn.

 

   

 

  

 

 

  

  

  

  

       

 

 

       

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

f

 

 

f

  

 

  

  

    

  

   

 

  

 

    

  

       

 

 



 

 

 





f



 



 

 

      

  

 

       

     

f

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



f







Timpani







 

 

 



p

I  

-

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

ti - cal

 in

-

-

 

fi

- ni

-



ty

Ver

f

-

-

  ti

-



cal

in

-

-

fi

  -

ni

-

ty

poco accel. molto sul pont. wide vibrato

       

   

  

molto sul pont. wide vibrato

 

arco sul pont.

 

mfp

  f

  

 

 f

mfp

  



f

mfp

 



mf

mf

   B.  Ver



l.v.

f

mf

 Timp.  

f

 

 

 

p

Cb.

 

 

Tam-tam

  

Vln. II

  f

Kick drum

Vln. I

f

(gliss.)

  

mf

B. D.

 

(gliss.)

mf

Hn. 2

  

 

 

 Hn. 1 



 

mf

Cbsn.



 

 

 

 

  f


14

J

5 Tom-toms

Tom-t. Kick drum

Brutale

sff

     

105

Vertical Infinity - Christian Pehrson, arr. by Nick Martin

q = 56

  

   

   Tub. B.     

Tubular Bells

    

 

     

   

    

  

 

  

     

   

 

  

sff

      

Hp.

Accord.

P. Pno.

ff

 

    



S.

 

 

 

 

  

   

 

   

  

 

    

       

    

  

  

   

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

     



 

 

 

 

 

   

f

 

 

      

  

ff

   

 

     

   

    

  

 

  

   

   

  

  

  

     

 

l.v.

    

l.v.



 

      

  

 

 

  

   

  

  

  

  

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

   

   

 

 

  

  

  

  

  





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





  

   

l.v.

   

 

f

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

  

  

 

l.v.

  

l.v.

f

ff

Clavichord

J

   

  

 

      

Org.

  

Piano

 

        

    

  

  

f

   

Clav.

  

   

  

loco

3X

 

Brutale q = 56 f

    

   B.   f

 



           Vln. I  



 







 

 



 

 

 

extreme vibrato

    

ff

       

non vib.

   

molto sul pont. wide vibrato

 

p

 

 

    mfp

 

 

f

extreme vibrato

Vln. II

 



non vib.

  

 

p

ff

molto sul pont. wide vibrato

 

  

 

mfp

 

 

f

    extreme vibrato

Vla.

 

arco div. a3

non vib.

  

 

  

p

 

sff

f

   

extreme vibrato

Vc.

 

arco div. a3

non vib.

   

 

  

p

1st time only

    Cb.     ord.

sff

      sfp

   

ff

sff

f

  

   

  

 

 

  

  

 

 



   


K

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

mf

 

 

  

 

Clav.

    

Prepared Piano

109

P. Pno.

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sempre l.v.

mf

  

    B.  

mf

dim.

 





 

 



 p

 

 

K

Vln. II

   

4. Solo expressive vibrato



 

mf molto espress.

p

Marimba

   Mar.  

with soft mallets

113

  

  

 

  

  p

mf

Hp.

 

 

 

 

mf

 

   B. 

mp

   

 

 

  



 

   p

 

117

Accord.



Melodica

 

mp

  

Org.

 







 



 

 

 

p

  

Mel.

 









 

 





 

 



 











p

  

   B.  p

 




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L  Steel D. 

121 Steel drum

 

 

 

pp

Folk Harp

Saw

 

  

p

  

Accord.

Mel.

Org.

 



 

 

 

 

   

 

  

p

pp

p

   

Cel.

 

 

Celesta

  

 

 

  

p 

pp

 S. 

p

pp

B.

   Ver

-

-

-

-

-

-

  ti

-

-

  Mand.   



cal

in

 

Mandolin

  

-

-

-

-

 

fi

-

-

ni

 

pp

-

-

-

 

ty

 

 

 

rit.

 

  

  

   

   

   Cel.     

125

Steel D.

Saw

S.

B.

Mand.

  Ver

   

-

-

-

-

  ti

-

-

 

  

 



   

 

 

   



  

 

 



 



cal

in

 

  

 

-

-

-

-

 

fi

-

-

ni

 

-

-

-

ty

 


M

129

Gongs

R.S.

 

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Senza misura

 

 

p

  

   

 

(mf)

p

on to surface of Timpani (gliss. with foot pedal)

Kalimba

Kal.

Hp.





Accord.

P. Pno.

Cel.



 

 

 



l.v.

 

l.v.

mf

Senza misura

          mf

       

  

      7:4

 

 

   

3:2

mf

  

 

7:4

11:4

 

    

10:4

   

9:8

7:4

3:2

3:2

3:2

5:4

3:2

mf

 

7:4

3:2

9:8

             

 

7:4

 

10:4

           

 

11:4

                   

7:4

div. a4 pizz.

5:4

7:4

 

3:2

 

5:4

mf

Cb.

 

 



7:4

3:2

5:4

 

 

p

dim.

unis.





p

dim.

unis.

3:2

mf

Vc.

Celesta

Vln. II

p

mf



mf

Piano

mf

  

mf

pp

div. a6 pizz.

  

mf

Vln. I

l.v.

mf

  

mf

M  

Rain Stick

Coins (two hand-fulls dropped simultaneously)

                                                            

Small Gong (lowered into water slowly)

  

 


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N

w=6

c. 40''

       ppp  Wind Chimes (Shells)

W.Ch.

 

(Tape continues until fade-out)

START TAPE

Tape

N

Vc.

w=6

 

(de-tune string gradually)

Unsynchronised (5 separate tempi ad lib.)

Cb.

 

(de-tune string gradually)


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