TOURNAMENT OF SHADOWS for ensemble 1995 Julian Grant
Tournament of Shadows (1995) for ensemble flute oboe clarinet in Bb trumpet violin 1 violin 2 viola ‘cello double bass score is written in C duration 14 minutes first performance: Continuum ensemble conducted by Philip Headlam Regent Hall, London W1 10 November 1995
programme note At night, in the historic heart of Bukhara, down a narrow street so dark that a hand passed in front of the face was invisible, I was grabbed by someone, obviously smelling a tourist, who demanded cigarettes and money. Though I freed myself quickly, the only impression I got of my attacker was a rush of air and a half-imagined shadow. This incident was the catalyst for 'Tournament of Shadows', the second piece of mine inspired by an encounter with Central Asia. The title is a phrase the Russians used to describe the secret hostilities between the Victorian British Raj and Tsarist Russia that attempted to colonize the huge and inhospitable region region between Russia and British India. At this time the mountains and deserts of this area were regarded as "a vast adventure playground for ambitious young officers and explorers of both sides" *. The more familiar British term for this pre-cold war was the 'Great Game', a term coined by Lieutenant Arthur Conolly of the 6th Bengal Light Cavalry, who met a grisly death when his disguise as an Indian merchant was penetrated while spying in Bukhara. He was half devoured in the Emir of Bukhara's 'Bug Pit' and then executed in the town square. By day, Bukhara, with its baked khaki streets, beautiful ruined madrasas, teeming bazaars full of spices, nuts, sweetmeats and packs of friendly children eager for pens and English practice, exudes a magical charm. But my night time brush with the towns underbelly coloured my impressions, and the more I discovered of its cruel history, its bloodthirsty despotic Emirs, its poisoned waters that were only cleansed (at the cost of the fast-disappearing Aral Sea) in the 1930's, its horrific tales of resistance to the Soviets, and the tit-for-tat from the newly independent Uzbeks, the more I perceived this charm to be a mask. Thus 'Tournament of Shadows' conveys adventures and places, it embraces contradictory impressions and fleeting sensations, encompassing bazaars, shadows, mystical solitude and real danger. * PETER HOPKIRK 'The Great Game' Oxford University Press 1990 Š JULIAN GRANT 1995
Tournament of Shadows
Dedicated to Peter Lighte, Sue Knussen and James Zuckerman, fellow adventurers
Violin I
Broad and rapt q = 52-60
p non vib.
Violin II
Violoncello
p non vib.
Viola
JULIAN GRANT
p non vib.
Double Bass
vib.
vib. non vib.
non vib.
vib. non vib.
vib.
3
3
pizz
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non vib.
vib.
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pizz
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Ob.
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Cl.
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Vc.
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Db.
3
3
3
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ppp
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ppp echotone
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vib. sul D
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pp
© JULIAN GRANT 1995. All Rights Reserved.
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Tpt.
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Vla.
Vc.
Vln. I
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Db.
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p
mf
p
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Tpt.
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5
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p
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3
Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
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3
29
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p
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3
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Cl.
Tpt.
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Vc.
Db.
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5
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3
5
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7
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3
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Ob.
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43
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
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Vc.
Db.
Vln. I
Db.
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5
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arco
arco
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10
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Tpt.
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Cl.
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9
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3
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pizz
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10
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10
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pizz p
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9
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3
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3
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3
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3
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Cl.
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pizz
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Fl. 73
Ob.
3
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Vln. II
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3
f
p
arco
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3 3
3
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3 f
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3
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arco
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Fl. 79
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Tpt.
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9
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3
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pizz
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9
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Cl.
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3
mf
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3
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9
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3
Tpt.
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3
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3
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Vla.
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3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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Tpt.
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Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
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3 3
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arco Vln. I
3 3 3 3
3
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Vla.
3
3
3
3
3
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Ob.
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f
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Vln. II
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3
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3
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Cl.
Tpt.
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p
3
3
pizz f
3 3
3 3
p
arco p
pp
3
pp
3
L 3 3 Fl. p
f
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Cl.
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pizz
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p
3
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3
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sf
sf
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3
3
3
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pp
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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mf
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3
Tpt.
3
112
3
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3 3
pp
pp
arco
3
pp 3
p
Fl. 120
Ob.
7
mf
Cl.
p
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3
pizz mf
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Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Db.
3 3
3
pizz
f
3
p
3
3
mf
mf
p 3 3
3
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7
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3
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9
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mf
3
3
3
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3
3
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3
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sf
3
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3
mf 3
7
Vln. I
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3
3
3
3
13
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p
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3
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3
Tpt.
3
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3
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3
3
3
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3 130 Fl.
ff
Ob.
3
Cl.
Tpt.
ff
3
Vln. II
Vc.
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arco sub p
3 ff
3
3
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ff
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arco
3
pizz f vibrato
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ff
3
ff
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f
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f
3
ff
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p
ff
Vla.
ff
p
3
f
3
ff
p
3
3
f
Vln. I
p
ff
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ff espressivo
ff
3
139
Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
Vla.
Vc.
Vln. I
pizz
arco
3
f
ff
ff
15
arco
ff
f
f
f
f
p
ff
ff
ff
pizz
pizz
ff
ff pizz
ff
pizz 3
ff
ff
ff
pizz ff 3 ff
f
f
arco arco
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f
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Vln. II
ff
pizz
ff
ff
pizz
146
Tpt.
Fl.
Cl.
Ob.
pizz
Db.
Vln. I Vln. II
16
Fl. 153
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Db.
3
mf
5
f
ff
3
3
ff
arco arco arco
3 3
arco
ff
ff
f
3
ff ff
trem.
trem.
f
Fl.
160
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
P ff
5
p
ff
ff
fp
Db.
ff
fff
p
p
pp
pp
a niente a niente
p 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 p
3
17 171 flutt. Fl.
Ob.
Cl.
p
p
p
p
Vla.
flutt. 5 5
mf
3 3 3 3 3 Db.
3 3
p
mf
p
3
5
mf
mf
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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Fl.
Ob.
3
3
3
3
p
Cl.
p
Vln. II
Vla.
3
3
p
3
p
3
p
3
3
pizz
p
3 3
mf
flutt.
3 3
mf
3
Tpt.
3
3
3
sul G
3 9 3 3 3 3 9
3
3
3
mf
3
9
3
Db.
3
pp
3
p Vc.
mf
3
ff solo
18
Fl. 183
Cl.
Vln. I
Vc.
Db.
pp
3
3
3
pizz
3
p 3
pp
3
3
3
3
pp
3 3 3 3
3
pp
3
Vla.
pp
p
Vln. II
3
3
3
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3
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Fl. 188
Ob.
Cl.
Vln. I
f
3
Vc.
Db.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
mp 3
p
3
3
sempre pp
3
p mp
Vla.
arco sul pont.
Vln. II
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
19
Fl.
192
Ob. 3 3 3 Cl. Tpt.
Vln. II
Vc.
Db.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
p
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Vla.
Vln. I
p
3
3
3
3
p
3
p
3
3
3
3
3
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3
3
Fl. 196
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
Vln. I
Vln. II
3
Vc.
Db.
3
9
3
3
3
3
pizz
mf
pizz
3
3
3
mf
p
mf
f
9
3 3
f
9
3
3
Vla.
3
S
arco sul pont.
3
f solo
3
3
3
3
3
20
Fl. 201
Cl.
Ob.
Tpt.
Vla.
Vc.
f
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
p
f
3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 f
p
pizz
Db.
Vln. I Vln. II
T
207
Fl.
9
f
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
f
Db.
3
3
3
3
3
f
arco
3
3
3
(sempre sul pont.)
3
f
f
3
3
3
3
3
3
mf
3
3
f
3
Vc.
f
Vla.
3
3
f
Vln. I Vln. II
3
3
3
3
9
3
3
arco
f
q=q.
213
Fl.
3
3
3
3
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
Vln. II
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Vc.
Fl. 218
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
Vln. II
Vc.
Db.
4
4
f
mf
pizz 4
4
mf leggiero
arco
Vla.
pizz
Vln. I
f
3
arco
4
ff
ff
ff
ff
ff
pizz
ff
21
Vla.
q. = 86
3
Db.
3
Vln. I
3
4
ff
ff
22
q = 86 q.=q
Fl. U
3 3
222
Ob.
Cl.
sim.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Vln. I
Vla.
Vc.
Db.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
f
3
Vln. II
3
Tpt.
3
3
3
3
ff
sfz
3
pizz
ff
ad lib. accel.
ad lib. accel. pizz
ff
3
ad lib. accel.
pizz
23
Fl. 227
3
f
3
3
3
repeat pattern prestissimo
Cl.
Vln. I Vln. II
Vla.
ff
3
3
3
3
3
pp
p
f
3
3
3
3
3
3
pp
p
arco 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
p
f
ff
pizz
pp
pp
pizz
Db.
3
arco
arco
Vc.
3
pp
ff
mf
p
3
V
233
Fl.
Cl.
3
3
Vc.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Db.
ff
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Vla.
3
ff raucous
Vln. II
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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x=x 3 3 3 3 3 Fl.
238
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
3
3
3
3
3
3
f
Db.
3
3
3
Fl. 246
Cl.
W 3
3
3
pp
Vla.
Vc.
Db.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
f pizz f
3
3
mf
p
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
pp
fp
3
3
3
3
3
3
p
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
p
p
arco
3
f p f
3
arco 3
3
3
f
Vln. I Vln. II
3
3
f
Ob.
mf
3
Vc.
Vln. I Vln. II Vla.
3
3
3
3
3
Fl. 251
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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Vc.
Db.
3
3
Cl.
Vln. I Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
3
3
3
3
3
arco
p
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
pp
3
pp vibrato
f
3
f
pp
p
3
pizz
pp
pp
3
mf
p
Db.
3 3 Fl.
259
3
mf
p Vln. II p Vln. I
25
3
3
X
pp vibrato
pp
pp
3
pp
26
Vln. I 268
Vln. II
p
5
p
Fl. 280
Y
mf
Cl.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
3
pp
pp
pp
mf
pp
Tpt.
3
3
Vc.
Db.
3
3
ff raucous
3
3
3
3
arco p
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
mf
mf
mf
3
mf
3
3
3
p sempre
3
3 3 3 3 f 3 f
3
p sempre
3
f
mf
3
p
mf
3 3
3
3
3
p sempre
3
3
3
3
3
mf
3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vln. I Vln. II Vla. 3
3
3
p
3
mf
Z 288 3 3 3 3 Fl.
3
3
pp
Cl.
3
pp
3
3
3
3
Db.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
27
Fl. 293
Cl.
Tpt.
3
Vla.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
p
p
3
p
sf
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
f
3
3
f
3 3 3 3
Db.
3
sf
sf
3
3
Vc.
3
Vln. I Vln. II
3
f
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3 3 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
AA 298 3 3 3 3 3 3 Fl. p sempre Ob. Cl.
Tpt.
ff wailing
f
3
f
3
3
Vla.
Vc.
3 3 3 3
p sempre
Db.
p sempre
3
3
3
3
3
3
Vln. I Vln. II
3
3
ff
ff
ff
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3
3
3
28 3 3 3 3 Fl. Ob.
BB
303
Cl.
3
Vln. I 3
Tpt.
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
f
ff
f
ff
ff
ff
Tpt.
Vln. I
arco
ff
Cl. 311
3
ff
ff
ff
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
f
ff
ff
Db. 3
f solo
f
pizz
f
3
ff espressivo
f
f vibrato
3
arco
3
ff
pizz
9
ff
ff
ff
ff
pp
ff
ff
ff
3
f
3 3 3 3
Db.
ff
ff
ff
ff
Fl. 5
319
flutt.
ff
Ob.
Cl.
ff
Tpt.
ff
9
Vln. II Vla.
5
ff
ff
5
5
5
Vln. I
ff 5
pp
29
5
CC Fl. 326
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
meno f 5
meno f
meno f
Vla.
(quasi 2 3 4)
Vc.
meno f
Vln. I
Vln. II
5
meno f
meno f
fff (sempre pizz) (quasi 2 3 4)
Db. ff solo
5
3
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
5
5
f vibrato
3
3
30
Fl. Ob. Cl.
Tpt.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
3
3
338
Tpt.
3
3
Vla.
Vc.
Db.
3
3
3
3
sul G
3
ff
3
3
3
(quasi 2 4) 3
ff (arco) arco
ff
ff
3
f
3
3
3
3 3
ff
ff
3
3
*
3 3 3 3
ff
3
sul pont.
sfz (quasi 2 4) pizz
*
3
fff
3
3
ff
sfz
3 3
ff
3
3
3
ff
3
smear
5
p
sfz
smear
Vln. I Vln. II
3
Fl.
Cl.
DD
5
5
5
5
5
Db.
Ob.
5
5
5
332
346
Fl.
3
3 3
3
EE
31
3
3
3
f Ob.
Tpt.
3
Cl.
Vln. I
3
Vla.
Db.
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
Vln. I
Vln. II
3
(smear)
(bow down)
(bow down)
3
3
(strike strings
with palm)
arco
ff
non vib.
non vib.
pp
pp
f
Vla. Vc. Db.
FF
3
(strike strings (tap with palm) body)
3
f
(tap body)
f vibrato, sentimental
ff
ff
352
Fl.
3
3
Vc.
3
Vln. II
f
f
f
ff
ff
32
Fl. 360
f
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
Vln. I Vln. II Vla.
Vc.
369 Fl.
ff
ff
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Db.
pp
sffz
sffz
sffz
sffz
sffz
sffz
ff
ff
p espress.
sffz
sffz
sffz
pp
pp
p espress.
sffz
sffz
q = 52
vib.
con sord
Broad - as at beginning
sffz
sffz
ff
pp
sffz
pp
3
pp
sffz sffz
sffz
pp
sffz
ff
ff
vib.
ff
ff
sffz
pp
ff
ff
sffz
sffz
Ob. ff Cl.
Vln. I
3
3
ff
ff
pp
Db.
Tpt.
3
GG
p espress. arco nat.
p espress. arco nat.
p
33
Vln. I 381
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
5 HH
mf p
mf
p
Fl.
387
Ob.
Cl.
II
pp
Tpt.
Vln. I Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Db.
p
mf
pp
pp
p
p non vib.
p non vib.
p non vib.
f
mf
pp
pp
mf
pp
pizz
p non vib. pizz
p non vib.
34
Fl. 393
Tpt.
p
Vln. I Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Db.
Ob.
Cl.
Tpt.
pp
q = 86 -92
3
pp
Brisk, rhythmic - as before
Vln. I
Fl.
3
p
Vc.
3
3
3
3
3
mf molto vibrato
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3 3 3 3
3
3
3
3 3
arco
(pizz)
3 3 3 3
3
p 3
p
f
p
3
pp
p
Db.
bow freely Vla.
pizz Vln. II
pp sul G
p dolce
3
pp
3
398
6 6
3
3 3
3
3 3 3
3
35
3
3 403 Fl.
3
3
3
3
3
ff
Ob.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
f
3 ff
Cl.
3
3
3
ff
f
3
flutt. 3
3
pp
3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vln. I f ff fff
f
3
Vln. II
3
3
f
Vla.
ff
3
Vc.
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
fff
3 arco fff
ff
3
3
3
f
Db.
arco
3
ff
f
Tpt.
fff
fff
pizz
p
FINE: London 27 April 1995