Luciano
Williamson Adventfjorden for mixed quartet and tape
Full Score 2018
Advent orden for mixed quartet and tape
Luciano Williamson (b. 1996)
Full Score 23/01/2019
Copyright Š 2018 Luciano Williamson All rights reserved lucianowilliamson@hotmail.com lucianowilliamson.weebly.com
Flute Vibraphone Viola Double Bass Tape
Duration 8'30" approx.
In early September 2018 I went to Svalbard for a week. It took 24 hours from take-off at Heathrow to landing in Longyearbyen, the world's northernmost functioning civilian settlement with over 1000 permanent residents, where I stayed with an American dock worker, sleeping on a mattress on his living room floor (while he slept on the sofa; a Norwegian coastguard had rented the bedroom for the week). While I was there the temperature ranged from 1-7ºC, I wasn't allowed out of the town limits without an armed guard in case of polar bear attack, it snowed on the hills around the town, and I hiked across two glaciers and up a mountain. At mealtimes I would take a couple of sandwiches and find somewhere at the edge of the town to eat, think, and relax. I soon discovered my favourite spots: up the valley to see the glaciers, by the water tank on the side of a hill overlooking the town, and down by the water looking out over Advent orden were all beautiful. In each of these places I was alone, only 820 miles from the North Pole, with my thoughts, the scenery, the crisp air, and - while down at the water - the sound of gentle waves lapping against the stony beach. Not wanting to forever lose the moment, I made some audio recordings of the evening water as I watched the sunset (which, at 78 degrees north in early September, takes hours). Some weeks later, I began to turn that experience into Advent orden. Meditative, peaceful, organic, I aimed to capture my state of mind in the music. Gentle swells come and go. A so melody on the polar breeze floats by. Underneath it all, the sound of the water at the very place the piece describes - 78º13’24”N 15º40’08”E. - Luciano Williamson, Cardiff, October 2018
All players should play from the full score (A3).
e piece should not need to be conducted.
e tape part is a stereo .wav file, which should be played by any appropriate means. It can be operated either by one of the players or from an offstage sound desk. e operator needs only to press play at the beginning of the performance (the track will automatically fade up), and sensitively fade out manually at the end. e track is more than long enough to account for different tempi during performances. e tape part should be clearly audible during the pauses, but not so loud that it interferes with the instrumental music. During the freer sections (pages 1 and 3) the tempo is merely a guide; durations given above the bars always take precedence. If possible, during live performance, a gradual change in lighting from a standard natural "daylight" through orange to a so blue "twilight" would be effective, and representative of the specific event the piece aims to portray.
= approx. 7 seconds in duration
= hold note/tremolo for the duration of the line
Advent orden for mixed quartet and tape Luciano Williamson (b. 1996)
Peaceful q = 54
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