PERIHELION FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
Music by Juhi Bansal
Duration: variable, between 10 and 20 minutes
Contact information: Email: juhibansalcomposer@gmail.com Website: www.juhibansal.com
Notes on Performance • While the piece has no meter, and the relationship between instruments is extremely fluid and free, events should happen strictly in the order laid out on the page. • Each system represents around 45 seconds of music. • Accidentals carry through each box • Figures in boxes indicate pitches and gestures that are to be interpreted with some freedom: • Rhythms indicated are not absolute, but simply show the relationship between gestures. (i.e. grace notes, short notes, long notes, etc.) • While remaining within a particular box, feel free to order the individual gestures at will.
Perihelion
Section 1
Slow and timeless
Violin
Piano
pp
pp
(ca 45 sec)
mf
pp
mf
(with pedal throughout)
1 Vln.
Pno.
Building momentum
p
sfz
(etc. on average, each system should last 45 seconds)
(ca 45 sec)
pp
Building momentum
p
sfz
f
sfz
mf
p
sfz
(etc. on average, each system should last 45 seconds)
3
2 Rhythmic, with motion
Vln.
mf
3
3
3
f
Rhythmic, with motion 3
Pno.
mf
3
3
3
3 f mp
3
3
Vln.
3 Losing momentum
pp
Losing momentum
Pno.
p
sfz
ff
sfz
mf
sfz
p
4 Slow, timeless
Vln.
4
pp
mf
pp
pp
Slow, timeless
Pno.
Vln.
mf
5 Decide on visual cue from dancers. Wait to move on until this is given. (not harmonic) mp
pp
pp
mp
pp
Decide on visual cue from dancers. Piano wait to fade out until cue is given.
Pno.
n
5 Section 2
6
Vln.
n
Delicate, freely
Pno.
pp
mp
mp pp
Delicate, freely sul tasto, wispy
7 Vln.
p
Delicate, freely
Pno.
ord.
p
mp
pp
4:3
p
6
8 Gradually gaining momentum Vln.
p
3
3
p
mp
p
mf
Gradually gaining momentum
Pno.
p
3
p
9 Vln.
f
mf
mf Pno.
mf
f
f
7
10 Vln.
Driving ahead
f
Driving ahead
Pno.
p
ff
f
ff
11 Vln.
mf
Pno.
mf
f
mf
f
p
f
p
8
12 Gradually losing momentum
Vln.
p
3
3
mp
p
p
f
p
Gradually losing momentum
Pno.
p
3
p
rit., losing momentum sul tasto, wispy
13 Vln.
p
rit., losing momentum
Pno.
p
n
4:3
p
9
14
ord.
Vln.
n
Delicate, freely Solo
pp
f
mp
Pno.
mp
pp
15 Vln.
Slow, timeless
Slow, timeless
Pno.
pp
n
Decide on visual cue from dancers. Wait for this before moving on.
mp
Decide on visual cue from dancers. Piano wait to fade out until cue is given.
n
10
16
Vln.
Section 3
p
sfzpp
mp
n
n
p
4:3
Pno.
p
17 Vln.
Becoming rhythmic
p
Pno.
Becoming rhythmic
p
(keep the 16 notes steady)
(keep the 16 notes steady)
f
3
f
n
n
f
11
18
Vln.
3
mf
Pno.
mf
f
ff
f
n
n
sfzp
19 Vln.
Pno.
ff
f
ff
3
f
ff
ff
12
Vln.
Pno.
20
3
ff
ff
ff
21 Vln.
Pno.
fff
fff
3
3
3
fff
p
ff
13
22
Vln.
3
ff
Pno.
ff
ff
Vln.
23
Pno.
f
ff
3
f
n
ff
n
sfzp
ff
14
Vln.
Pno.
mf
f
Vln.
3
ff
25
f
n
p
n sfzp
ff
3
p
sfzp
f
f
26 Losing Momentum
Vln.
Pno.
mf
Pno.
24
mf
n
Losing Momentum, growing softer
n
mf
15
27 Vln.
Growing softer
n
p
n
4
p
Pno.
p
28
Slow, timeless
Decide on visual cue from dancers. Wait for this before working through this final line and fading out.
Vln.
n
p
n
n
(fade out before the piano)
p
Slow, timeless Decide on visual cue from dancers. Wait for this before working through this final line and fading out.
Pno.
p
ppp
n