Hverfa... *************************************************************
for piano quartet
Kirsten Volness 2006
Program note: The title (pronounced /ker'fa/) means "disappear" or "vanish" in Icelandic, but the word also has connotations of revolution, spiraling, and change. I had this image of a long winter's journey in my mind, as well as the theme so commonly found in Scandinavian short stories that the forest and sea are places of (super)natural danger. If one chooses to go venturing, one may or may not return (and who knows what mischief one may meet along the way). Duration: 11’
Hverfa... Violin
Gradually unfolding q=84
Kirsten Volness
con sord.
pp
con sord.
Viola
pp
pp
p
pp
p
p
p
Violoncello
Piano
Vc.
Pno.
pp
pp
Vla.
Gradually unfolding q=84
10
Vln.
con sord.
p
p
p
A
pp
pp
pp
mp
mp
A
pp
mp
pp
p
pp
pp
p
mp
una corda
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2
Vln. 19
Vla.
Vc.
sub mp
p
Vla.
sub mp
sub mp
p
sub mp
p
p
28
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
Pno.
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Vln. 35
Vc.
Vln.
Vc.
B
pizz.
mf
B
Pno.
mf
p
sfz
sfz
sfz
mp
senza sord.
Vla.
senza sord.
3 mp
tre corde
39
ff
mf
senza sord.
ff
mf
Pno.
mf
Vla.
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43
Vln.
Vla.
sfz
mp
mf
sfz
mf
mp
Pno.
Vln. 48
Vla.
Vc.
Pno.
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mp
mp
Vc. sfz mp
3 3
Vla.
3
Pno.
poco f
3
mf
mf
ben f
C
ben f
sub.sul pont.
mf
Vc.
C
poco f
Vln.
Pno.
arco
3
57
Vla.
ben f
poco f
3 Vc.
5
ben f
poco f
3
sul pont. mf
f
mf
f
ord.
mf
sfz
ord.
f
mf
mf
loco
Vln. 52
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6
Vln. 65
rit.
f
Vla.
f
Crisply
D q=116 pizz. mp
pizz.
Pno.
f
mp
(mp)
Vln.
Vc.
Pno.
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E
mf
E mf
mf
e=e
(mp)
71
Vla.
e=e
Crisply
mp
f
D q=116 rit.
e=e
(mp)
pizz. Vc.
(mp)
mp
e=e
mf
7
77
Vln.
Vla.
Pno.
F Vln. 83
Vla.
mf
arco
Vc.
mf
loco
arco
mf
arco
F
Pno.
loco
mf
Vc.
3
3
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87 Vln.
Vla.
3 Vc.
3
Pno.
f
f
molto rall.
sneak in
3
3
Vla.
Vc.
Pno.
3
3
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pp
mp
pp
pp
pp
G Richly q=76
f
G Richly q=76 3 Vln. 92
molto rall.
pp
98
Vln.
Vla.
Vc.
Pno.
Vc.
ben p
port.
ben p
H
Morendo
pp
pp
pp
Pno.
ben p
Vla.
ben p
102
Vln.
9
H
Morendo
p
Inside pizz.
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10
Vln. 107
Vla.
Vln.
Lazily
116
pp
pp
ppp
ppp
pp
ppp
ord.
pp
I
Vla.
Vc.
Pno.
slow, free tremolo between fundamental and harmonic
ord.
ppp
in time --
Vc.
I
Pno.
Lazily
3
p sempre legato
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3
3
mp espr.
3
Vln.
120
Vla.
11
3
p
mp
p
slightly behind the beat (including downbeat)
Vc.
Pno.
124
Vln.
Vla.
3
3
3
3
3
mf
mp
3
in time
port.
mf
3
mf
J
Vc.
Pno.
mp
J
3
3
3
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12
Vln.
sul tasto
127
Vla.
Vc.
Pno.
3
3
Vla.
Vc.
ord.
3
Pno.
3
p
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p
3
p
mp
mp
3
3
Piu mosso, un poco pesante
p
mp
mp
Vln. 130
K q=84
mf
mf
mf
K Piu mosso, un poco pesante q=84
mf
3 3
3
Vln.
132
Vla.
Vc.
Pno.
With fluidity q=76
L
f
f
f
With fluidity q=76
L
f
3
3
poco rit.
3
3
3
3
5
3
3
Vla.
Pno.
135 Vln.
Vc.
3
mf sub p
13
poco rit.
3
3
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14
Vln.
139
Vla.
Vc.
Pno.
3
poco accel.
Vla.
Pno.
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3 3
3
M
sfz
ord. sfz
Leggiero e marcato q=84
p strong accents
sul pont.
Leggiero e marcato
p strong accents
poco accel.
3
p strong accents
3
Vc.
M q=84
Vln. 143
sfz pizz.
arco
Vln.
Vla.
Vc.
151
pizz.
arco
pizz.
accel.
N q=116 a punta d'arco *grace note before beat
Vla.
arco
Pno.
loco
pizz. arco
Vln.
Vc.
Pno.
15
pizz. arco
147
accel.
a punta d'arco *grace note before beat
crescendo poco a poco
crescendo poco a poco
crescendo poco a poco
N q=116 crescendo poco a poco
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Vln. 154
Vln. 158
Vla.
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gliss.
O sfz
gliss.
pizz.
sfz
gliss.
Frolicsome
sfz
mp
pizz.
mp
Frolicsome
pizz.
O mp
mp
*gliss at last second as if grace note
Vc.
Pno.
Pno.
Vla.
Vc.
17
163
Vln.
Vla.
Vc.
Pno.
169 Vln.
mf
mp
Vc.
mf
mp
mp
mf
Pno.
Vla.
mf
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Vln. 175
p
L'istesso tempo, moving forward arco
p
Pno.
181 Vln.
Vla.
Vc.
f
f
L'istesso tempo, moving forward
p
f
P
arco
arco
p
Vc.
f
Vla.
P
Pno.
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Vln. 187
Vla.
Vc.
Pno.
Vla.
Vc.
Pno.
5
19
5
5
192 Vln.
mp
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198
Vln.
Pno.
mp
Vc.
3
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sub f
loco
p
Q sub f
sub f
sub f
p
Vla.
pp
Vln.
Pno.
203
mp
Vc.
mp
Vla.
Q
Vln. 206
Vla.
Vc.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
Pno.
3 3
5
sub mp
R
209
Vla.
21
5
5
sub mp
R
sub mp
mp
5
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|--5--|
22
With great intensity q=q q=144
Vln.
5
mp
5
Pno.
f
p
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rit.
With great intensity q=q q=144
|--5--|
f
rit.
5
f
218 Vln. Vla.
S
Vc.
f
Vla.
Pno.
213
Vc.
S
fff
lunga
fff
lunga
fff
lunga
lunga
T
Vln.
con sord., sul tasto
pp
Vla.
(
Pno.
T Ethereal, A tempo
Vln.
Vc.
)
Pno.
decresc. poco a poco to U
(
decresc. poco a poco to U
rit.
)
pp
(
con sord.
decresc. poco a poco to
(
6
decresc. poco a poco to U
mf
mf
una corda
)
Vla.
230
mf
pp
23
con sord., sul tasto
mf
con sord., sul tasto Vc.
Ethereal, A tempo
225
rit.
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Vln.
234
Vla.
Vc.
Vln. 239
Vc.
pp
pp
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mp
pp
mp
Hushed h=52
mp
loco
Pno.
Hushed h=52
U
Vla.
U
)
pp
Pno.
mp
Disappearing...
V rall. 243 Vln.
p
Vla.
Vc.
p
p
Disappearing...
V rall.
Pno.
Vln. 247
Vc.
Pno.
n
n
p
Vla.
25
IV
III IV
n
silently depress forearm cluster
ppp
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