IAC016
by Ian A. Cook 2012
Illuminated Mortality for symphony orchestra
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IAC016
Illuminated Mortality by Ian A. Cook
Instrumentation
Duration: 5'45''
Flutes I−II Oboe English Horn Clarinets I−II Bassoons I−II Horns I−IV Trumpets I−II Trombone Bass Trombone 4 Timpani Percussion I: Triangle, Brake Drum, Tam-tam Percussion II: Crotales, Bass Drum, Suspended Cymbal Piano Harp Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello Contrabass
Program Note Illuminated Mortality is an illustration of a poem by Kobayashi Issa, translated by Steven D. Carter: Lightning Flashes, throwing light on those who cringe at the thought of death. The piece is largely a very violent, thrashing piece depicting the lightning of the poem. The middle section is slower, calmer, and more introspective, with moments of both hope and despair, before it returns to the thrashing lightning to end the piece.
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Transposed Score
Illuminated Mortality for orchestra Duration c. 5'45''
Andante q=80 2 rubato
Flute 1-2
Oboe
English Horn
pp
Pe
Piano
4
pp
ppp
ppp
cresc.
ppp
div.
Contrabass
Violoncello
div.
Viola
4
3
ppp
5
5
2
6
p
cresc.
pp cresc.
p
p
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5
ore
Violin II
3
div.
Andante q=80 div. 2 rubato
Violin I
3
3
Sc
Harp
p
Triangle
al
Percussion II
4
Crotales
6
3
rus
Percussion I
5
Andante q=80 G#2, B2, D3, E3 2 rubato
Timpani
Bass Trombone
Trombone
Trumpet in Bb 1-2
Horn in F 3-4
Andante q=80 2 rubato
Horn in F 1-2
Bassoon 1-2
4
Clarinet in Bb 1-2
3
Ian A. Cook (b. 1990) 2012
6
4
7
Fl. 1-2
Ob.
Eng. Hn.
Cl. 1-2
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1.
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Tpt. 1-2
Hn. 1-2
B. Tbn.
7
Timp.
Perc. I
Pno.
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9
10
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Vln. I
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Crotales
Triangle
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Perc. I
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Brake Drum
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Perc. II
Crotales
Pno.
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Vln. II
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Timp.
Perc. I
Vln. I
Vc.
Cb.
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Tam-tam
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50
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Vln. II
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Pno.
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Perc. II
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Tbn.
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Ob.
Eng. Hn.
Cl. 1-2
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Pe Bsn. 1-2
51
Hn. 1-2
Hn. 3-4
Tbn.
B. Tbn.
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Perc. II
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53
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Vln. II
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51 Vln. I
Hp.
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Timp.
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52
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Tpt. 1-2
1.
53
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58
Fl. 1-2
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Ob.
Eng. Hn.
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Tbn.
Perc. II
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59
Vla.
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58
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2.
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sub. p
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sub. f
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sub. f
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Bass Drum
58
Vln. I
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rit.
64
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63
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Brake Drum
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Crotales
61
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Perc. I
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Timp.
60
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B. Tbn.
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Tpt. 1-2
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58
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unis.
sub. p
sub. f
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Fl. 1-2
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Adagio q=68
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73
Ob.
Eng. Hn.
Cl. 1-2
mp
Pe Bsn. 1-2
65
Adagio q=68 66
67
Hn. 3-4
Tpt. 1-2
Tbn.
B. Tbn.
65
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Perc. I
Perc. II
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Vln. II
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69
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Pno.
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Timp.
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Hn. 1-2
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div.
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unis.
unis.
72
73
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Eng. Hn.
Cl. 1-2
Fl. 1-2
Ob.
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Hn. 1-2
Hn. 3-4
Tbn.
B. Tbn.
75
76
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76
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Vc.
Cb.
Bass Drum
senza sord.
p
79
80
81
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mf
75
76
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79
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75
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80
81
82
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unis.
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78
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Vla.
81
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Brake Drum
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79
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Vln. I
78
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Perc. II
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p
74 Timp.
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Tpt. 1-2
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Pe Bsn. 1-2
unis.
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81
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Tempo primo q=88
83
Fl. 1-2
84
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86 rit.
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Eng. Hn.
Cl. 1-2
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Perc. II
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f
114
sfz ff sfz
116
ff sfz Brake Drum
To Br.D.
ff sfz
114
f
mf
113
mf
113
ff sfz
fp
ff sfz
mp
sfz
ff sfz
fp
p
f
119
ff sfz
116
sfz
fp
sfz
118
fp
sfz
p
mf
fp
114
117
116
f
sfz
f
119
f
115
f
112
f
sfz
f
mf
Cb.
sfz
fp
Vc.
113
fp
fp
17
118
f
112
117
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a2
Hp.
Sc
f
Pno.
al
Timp.
114 a2
mf
112
116
mf
B. Tbn.
rus
Tpt. 1-2
f
sfz f 1.
115
f
sfz
Pe Bsn. 1-2
114
ppp
ppp
fp
sfz
MMMOLMNM
119
ff
sfz
ff
ff
118
ff sfz
ff
ppp
117
119
sfz
sfz
sfz
sfz ff