A Night without Voices “Have you ever talked to yourself?”
For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, Piano & Percussion
(2009) Chow Jun Yi
A Night without Voices “Have you ever talked to yourself?”
In this modern age, there’s no doubt that the prosperity is getting better and better. People become materialistic, in order to have a better life. However, things become more complicated and people get more pressure. They can’t accept the lost of their sweet memories which is short, and when it’s gone, it’s no longer back to your side. As a result, conflicts occur and people tried to trap themselves in the freeze of time. However, no matter what happen, the time is still going on. “A Night without Voices” actually represents a person in a city, whose appearance looks happy and sweet, but at the meantime, when he tries to communicate with himself, he found that he was suffered, feel pressed or afraid of the life in the city. The piece begins with “Music Box” theme which represents the sweet memory, than along with it is the “Darkness” theme. In this part, the “Music Box” theme is covered by the “Darkness” theme. Just likes in the reality, when people can’t get out from their tension, they just trap themselves in the “darkness” since there’s always a sweet memory and hope inside of his mind. In the middle part, the person traps himself in the freeze of time. He wishes that the time could stop for a while so that he could release tension, or escape from the reality. However, time will never stop. In the last part, along with the “Darkness”, the music ends with the “Music Box” theme, which represents the person finally realizes that he couldn’t stop the time, but he always have the sweet memory in his mind although it’s very short.
Instrumentation Flute Clarinet in Bb Violin Violoncello Piano Percussion vibraphone, glockenspiel, bass drum, 2 bongos, 1 tam-tam, 5 temple blocks, 2 wood blocks, 1 wind chime
Stage Arrangement Piano Â
Percussion
Violoncello
Clarinet
Violin
Flute
(Audience)
Duration 5~6 mins
A Night Without Voices
Score in C
A Flute
"Have you ever talked to yourself?"
Largo q=44
Clarinet in Bb
Percussion
Piano
Violin
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
ppp
Glockenspiel
mp
3
3
3
3
Violoncello
3 3 3 3 3
pp
Chow Jun Yi
For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, Piano & Percussion
3
(2009)
3
Sul D
pp
gliss. gliss.
* S.P.
mfp
pizz.
mf
*Player can play the written music freely until there's any rest, but make sure of every tone color is perfectly done
ord.
.S.P.ord. S.P.ord.
f
S.T.
p
S.P. ord.
f p
f
f pp
p
arco . gliss
*
mfp
2
4
Fl.
3
3
5
p
Cl.
Pno.
f
1"
mf
f
5
5
5 5
mf
Temple Blocks
mp
mp
Play freely the written pitch but try to imitate the rhythm in the first three bars, especially the melodyline with triplet. Try to keep the triplet rhythm. Player can freely control the dynamic but not louder than p .
sim. Vln. I
**
f
pp
G f
f pizz.
sfz
sfz
*Play as fast as possible ** Tremolo with one open string and the other one glide indefinitely around the written pitch
pizz.
3
sfz
arco ff
pp
ff
pp
arco
ord.
pp mf
Vibraphone
G
Vc.
Perc.
p
f
fp
* Temple Blocks
(2009)
3
ff
pp
ff
pp
Fl.
Cl.
7
mf
3
Perc.
p
f
p
p
3
f
f
f p
f
p
f Vibraphone
f ss. gli
wind chime
pp
ppp
mf
p
addtional technique: [44"] "Octave Note"(RH only) Try not to play too frequently.
Pno.
Vln. I
ff
pp
Vc.
ff
sul A *
ppp
pp
*Play at high indefinite pitch as fast as possible, with long bow which change imperceptibly
pp
* sul A
ppp
pp
ppp
*Don't try to synchronize rhythm among each others. (Fl. & Cl. only) 4
G * 3 5 mp p
B
Fl. 10
Cl.
Perc.
airly
ord.
ppp
3
airly
ord.
ppp
3
5
3
mp
Glockenspiel
mf
mfp
mf p
f
3 G 3 p mf p f
*
mfp
mf
[58"]
Vln. I
Vc.
ppp
pizz.
mf
ppp
. glisss. glis
addtional technique: "Decorated Octave Note" Can be three or four notes too. Try not to play too frequently.
Trill from slow to fast
mp
arco
pp
S.P.
mfp
p
gl iss .
Pno.
mp
ppp
ord.
14 Fl.
Cl.
mfp
mf p
sfz
mfp
mf
p
3
sfz
p
3
p
Vibraphone
mf
Temple Blocks
ppp
p
Perc.
5
f
[1'30"] Pno.
S.P. ord. ord. S.P. Vln. I f
S.P. ord.
p
p
p
f
Vc.
f
p
sf
f
*Gliss. at sul A
** S.P.ord.
p
ord.
mf
addtional technique: "Aperggio Note" Number of notes can be not regular. Try not to play too frequently.
sim.
ord.
S.T.
f
pp
S.P.S.P. sfp
6
Fl.
18
Cl.
6
pp
p
ppp
mf
ppp
mf
3
3
mf
Perc.
10
fp
f
Glockenspiel
p
sfz
3
p
5
p
10
sfz
poco a poco cresc.
Pno.
G Vln. I
ord.
fp
Vc.
ppp
pp sfz
ord. ord. S.P. pp
sfz
ppp
sfz
ppp
p
sfz
pizz. arco
f
sfz
p
f
ppp
sfz
f
ppp
pizz.
sfz
Fl.
22
pp
f
6
6
Cl.
Perc.
5
f
pp
7
f
f
Vibraphone
f
[2'00"] Pno.
Vln. I
Vc.
addtional technique: "Tremolo Note" Short and sharp. Try not to play too long and frequently.
fp
mf pizz. arco
sfz
f
f S.P.
f
ord.
f
8
Fl. 25
Cl.
Perc.
f
f
ppp
*
*
mf
mf
Temple Blocks
dynamic fluctuations irregularly
dynamic fluctuations irregularly
p
f
Pno.
Vln. I
Vc.
sfz S.P.
ord.
f
f
S.P.
sfz
*Don't try to synchronize rhythm and dynamic among each others.
*
mf
ord.
f
dynamic fluctuations irregularly
ff 5
28
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
3
ff
Bass Drum
. gliss
gliss.
3
ff
ff 5
f
9
[2'35"] Pno.
addtional technique: "Glissando Note" Very fast and sharp, can be go up or down. Try not to play too long and frequently.
mp
Vln. I Vc.
S.P.
mf
5
S.P.
ord.
ff 3
3
ord.
ff
5
3
ff 3
5
ff
3
10
Fl. 31
Cl.
p
Perc.
sim.
p
ff
sim.
ff
Pno.
Vln. I
Vc.
p
p
sim.
gradually increase bow pressure(from stacc to non stacc.)
ff
gradually increase bow pressure(from stacc to non stacc.) sim. ff
11
Fl.
33
Cl.
pp
pp
tam-tam
Perc.
f
pppp
6
6
pppp
mp
wind chime
pp
gradually reduce additional techniques, back to normal
[3'10"]
p
p
Vc.
p
sfz
sfz
sul A
pp
sul D
pp
3
3
3
3
3
mp
Pno.
Vln. I
3
ppp
ppp
pppp
pppp
12
36
Fl.
C
5''
**
Grave, flexible q=52
(sempre breathy)
p espress.
Cl.
Perc.
pppp
3
**
*
5''
**
p
5''
3
3
sfz
3
mf p
pp
Vibraphone
****
***
mf
Bongos
pp
p
Pno.
Vln. I
Vc.
5''
**
3
3
*Don't leave fingers off piano, until the next playing **Freeze and don't move with the written time limit
*****
pp
5''
**
** 5''
ff
pp
ff
pp
Sul G
Sul A
***Use bow ****Use Vibraphone soft drumstick *****Use palm to beat the piano string
mf
3
Fl.
3
42
p
Cl.
G
gliss.
pp
p mf
p
Glockenspiel
mf
mp
3 f ord.
****
gliss. ad lib.
ppp
f
pp
ppp
mf
pp
ff
5
G
sfz
ppp
ppp
mf
mf
**
ppp
mp
sfz
mf
pp
Perc.
13
Vibraphone
mf
Bongos
fp
ord.
pp
f
Pno.
Vln. I
Vc.
*
G
***
ppp
gliss. gliss.
G
gliss. sfz
f
ppp
gliss. gliss.
ff
sul D
ppp
*Use finger to press the piano string and gradually move the finger into its inner part, imitates drum echoes sound **Just use mouthpiece, than use palm to control the vibration of the sound ***Gliss. over the piano string ****Gliss to high indefinte pitch, player may use multiphonic effect
ff
p
gliss. gliss.
ppp
gglilissss.. p
ppp
pp
pp
S.P.
ppp
S.P.
ppp
14
Fl. 48
Cl.
q=100
ff
ff
ff
ff
2'' 2'' 2''
ff
Perc.
2'' 2'' 2''
ff
ff
2''
2''
ff
ff
sfz
sfz
ff
2''
ff
wood blocks *
fp
ff
Pno.
ff
Vln. I
ord.
2''
ff
ord.
*Use hard mallet
2''
ff
ff
ff
ff
2'' 2'' 2''
ff
ff
Vc. ff
2''
2''
ff ff ff 2''
2''
sfz
sfz
D
Fl. 49
Cl.
Perc.
15
q=80
mf
3
3
6 6
mf
ff
p
6
f
6
p
6
6
fff
5
sfz
5
6
f
*
p
5
p
S.P. ord.
.S.P.
sfz
5
f
mf
f S.P. ord.
f f mf *Play at the low register without definite pitch
ord.
S.P.ord.
mf
f mf
f
f
f
6
p
6
p
6
6
ff
fff
Pno.
Vc.
6
6
Vln. I
6
f
S.P. .
f
S.P.
ord.
f
mf
ord. f
mf
16
51
Fl.
Cl.
Perc.
6
6
3
f
6
p
f
5
sfz
f
Vc.
6
p
fp
p
Vln. I
6
5
Pno.
p
5
p
sfz
5
G
gliss.
gliss.
gliss. G gliss.
fp
fp
53
Fl.
17
E
rit.
sfz
Cl.
q=44
(sempre breathy)
p espress.
just use mouthpiece
ppp
sfz
p
Vibraphone
Perc.
f
mf
mp
p
3
ppp
Pno.
sul A Vln. I pp sfz
Vc.
sfz
3
3
3 3 3 3
3
3
pp
ppppp
sul D
pp
ppppp
ppp
18
Fl. 57
Cl.
Perc.
pppp
wind chime
pp
3 3 3
3
morendo
3
3
3
3
3
3
Pno.
Vc.
ppp
3
Vln. I
pppp
pp
3
3
3
ppp
3
ppp
ppp