Luciano
Williamson The mist cleared and the light changed and suddenly there were glaciers for string quartet
2018
e mist cleared and the light changed and suddenly there were glaciers for string quartet
Luciano Williamson (b. 1996)
Full Score 20/12/2018
Copyright Š 2018 Luciano Williamson All rights reserved lucianowilliamson@hotmail.com lucianowilliamson.weebly.com
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. What really struck me during my stay was the everchanging nature of the surrounding landscape. Presumably a result of the extreme weather, it seemed as though everything was different every time I looked, mountains appearing and disappearing of their own accord. One such experience in particular stuck with me; when I first arrived there was a great deal of fog surrounding the town, and I couldn't see all the way up the valley. Some time later it cleared, and when I looked up expecting what I had seen before I instead saw glaciers. It was startling, to say the least. - Luciano Williamson, Cardiff, November 2018
Duration 17'00" approx.
I - e mist cleared - 1 II - ...and the light changed... - 7 III - ...and suddenly there were glaciers - 11
All players should play from the full score. need to be conducted.
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e free sections (marked with an X time signature) utilise approximate proportional spacing; events within them should occur in the given order, but precise durations are le to the performers. Barlines should always be synchronised. Where more precise note durations are required the score reverts to standard notation.
= approx. 5 seconds in duration
= hold note for the duration of the line
e mist cleared and the light changed and suddenly there were glaciers for string quartet
Luciano Williamson (b. 1996)
I e mist cleared... Slowly shimmering
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5
.≤
.
Oœ &X
Violin I
pp
mf
II
O≤ &X
Violin II
pp
mf
III
≤ BX O
Viola
pp
mf II
O≤
? Cello
X pp
mf
5 20
.
3
Vln. I
.
Oϲ & pp
p
O≤ Vln. II
& pp
≤ B
O
Vla. pp
p
O≤ ? Vc. pp
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2 5
20
6
.
.
Oϲ Vln. I
& pp
mp
O≤ Vln. II
& pp
mp
≤
O
B Vla.
pp
mp
? O≤ Vc. pp
mp
A 7
Vln. I
10
10
4
.
.
.
Oϲ
Oœ
pp
mp
& pp (II)
Vln. II
O≤
#O
pp
mp
& pp (III)
≤ B
O
O
pp
mp
Vla.
pp (II)
O≤
#O
pp
mp
? Vc.
pp
10
Vln. I
Vln. II
6
6
6
.O≤
.
.
œ
Oœ
p
mf
&
O≤
#O
p
mf
& ≤ B O
O
Vla. p
4 4 4 4 4 4
mf
O≤ ?
#O
Vc. p
mf
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4 4
3
60 B qsul=tasto 13
Vln. I
4#˙ &4
GP
˙
3 4
GP
#˙ ™
4w 4
∑
3 4
∑
X p
mf
p
mf
sul tasto Vln. II
4 &4 ˙
3 4
˙
4w 4
˙™
∑
3 4
∑
X p mf sul tasto Vla.
B 44 # ˙
p
˙
mf
#˙ ™
3 4
4w 4
∑
3 4
∑
X p
mf
p
mf
sul tasto Vc.
? 44 ˙
˙™
˙
3 4
4w 4
∑
3 4
∑
X p
mf
p
mf
10
5
.
.
15 C 18
.
# OI ord. Vln. I
#O
&X pp
mp
pp
I ord.
O Vln. II
O
&X pp II ord.
Vla.
mp
pp
B X #O
#O
pp I ord.
mp
pp
O
O
? Vc.
X pp
21
mp
pp
6
20
.
.
6
.
#O Vln. I
n Oœ
& pp
O II
#O Vln. II
& pp III
#O B
O
Vla. pp
O
II
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20
#O Vln. I
6
.
24
.
n Oœ
Oœ
4 4
& pp I
O
II
O
#O Vln. II
4 4
& pp II # B O
III
4 4
O
O
Vla. pp I
O
OII
#O
?
4 4
Vc. pp
= 60 D qsul tasto 26
Vln. I
GP
4#˙ &4
˙
2 4
p
∑
I ord. # 4~ 4
~
3 GP 4#O ∑ 4 4
O
O
O
mf I ord.
~
sul tasto Vln. II
4 &4 ˙
˙
2 4
∑
4 4
∑
4#~ 4
p mf sul tasto Vla.
B 44 # ˙
˙
p
~
3 4
∑
4 4
3 4
4#O 4
O
∑
O
O
∑
4 4
II ord.
2 4
~
mf I ord.
sul tasto
~ Vc.
? 44 ˙
~
˙
2 4
p
∑
4 4
3 4
mf
15 6 E
.
. œ
32
#O ™ Vln. I
~
& Œ
X pp
O™
mf
#œ
~ œ
Vln. II
& Œ
X pp
B Œ #O ™
mf
œ
~
Vla.
X pp
O™
mf
~ œ
œ
pp
mf
? ΠVc.
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4
15
4
.
.
. œ
36
Vln. I
& pp
#œ #œ
œ Vln. II
& pp
œ
œ B Vla. pp
œ
œ
#œ
? Vc. pp
30
.
F Vln. I
œ
œ
39
& pp
f
#œ Vln. II
#œ
#œ
œ & pp
f
#œ
œ
œ
B œ Vla. pp
f
œ œ
œ
#œ
? Vc. pp
f
5 40
Vln. I
.
œo
20
10
.
.
& ppp
œo Vln. II
& ppp
œo B Vla. ppp IV
? Vc.
O ppp
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*
7
II ...and the light changed... Frosty, alive q = 72 con sord. sul pont.
≤ 2˙ &4
Violin I
≤™ 3˙ 4
7 # w≥ ™™ 4
p
f
3 ≤™ 4˙
7 ≥ 4 w ™™
p
f
3 # ˙≤ ™ 4
≥ 7 # w ™™ 4
mf
p
f
w≥
≤ 3 ˙™ 4
# w≥ ™™
GP
4 # w≥ 4
pp
∑
mf
con sord. 2 ˙≤ 4 w≥ 4 &4
Violin II
pp
GP
3 4
∑
4 #æ˙ 4æ
˙ ææ
p
3 4
mf
sul pont.
∑
mf
3 4
∑
4 ˙ 4æ
3 4
˙ æ
p
mf
sul pont. con sord.
≥ 4w 4
≤ B 42 ˙
Viola
pp
∑
3 4
∑
4 #æ˙ 4æ
˙ ææ
p
3 4
mf
sul pont. con sord.
≤ ? 42 ˙
Cello
4 4
pp
∑ mf
7 4
p
3 4
∑
f
#˙ 4 ææ 4
˙ ææ
p
3 4
mf
G 8
ord. GP Vln. I
3 &4
∑
GP
œ ™ # œ œ 45 ™ ˙mp
3 4
GP
∑
˙
œ ˙
f
7 4 ™™ w
3 4
∑
4 4
7 4
3 4
∑
4 4
7 4 w ™™
3 4
∑
4 4
7 4 b w ™™
3 4
∑
4 4
mp
ord. Vln. II
3 &4
∑
5 œ ™ #œ œ 4 ˙ ™ mp
3 4
∑
˙
œ ˙
f
w ™™
mp
ord. Vla.
B 43
∑
# œ ™ œ œ 45 n ˙- ™ mp
3 4
∑ œ ˙
˙
f
mp
ord. Vc.
? 43
∑
#œ ™ œ œ 5 4 n˙ ™ mp
f
3 4 ˙
∑ œ ˙ mp
8
H ord. 15
sul tasto
˙
GP Vln. I
4 &4
∑ ˙
˙
œ œ
2 4
3 4
∑
6 4
w pp
p sul tasto Vln. II
Ϫ
GP
4w 4
2 4
mf
p
ord.
4 &4
2 4˙
∑ w
4w 4
2 4
3 ™ 4œ
∑
œ œ
6 4
œ œ
6 4
œ œ
6 4
w pp
mf
p
p sul tasto Vla.
ord.
B 44 w
2 4˙
∑
pp
p sul tasto Vc.
4w 4
2 4
3 4 Ϫ
∑
w mf
p
ord.
? 44 b w
2 4˙
∑ w
p
4w 4
pp
2 4
3 4 Ϫ
∑
mf
p
sul pont.
I sul tasto 22
GP Vln. I
6#w ™ &4
3 4
GP
4 ææ˙ 4
∑
f
˙ ææ
p
3 4
∑
4˙ 4
mf
˙
p
w f
sul pont. sul tasto Vln. II
6 & 4 w™
3 4
4 #æ˙ 4æ
∑
f
˙ ææ
p
3 4
∑
4˙ 4
mf
p
sul pont. Vla.
B 46 w ™
3 4
f
æ ˙æ
p
3 4
Vc.
3 4
∑
mf
4˙ 4æ
∑
f
∑
Vln. I
mp
4˙ 4
mf
3 ˙™ 4
˙
p
GP
b˙
w f
sul tasto
3 4
28
& œ œ œ ™ bœ ˙
˙
p
˙ æ
p
f
4˙ 4
sul pont.
? 46 w ™
#w
sul tasto
4 æ 4˙
∑
˙
5 4
J ˙ord. ™
f
˙
∑
p
pp
w
4w 4
3 4
4w 4
3 4
4 4w
3 4
4 4w
3 4
mf
ord. Vln. II
& œ œ œ ™ b œ œ n˙ ™ mp
3 4 ˙™
5 4
∑
p
˙™
˙
pp
mf
ord. Vla.
B œ œ œ ™ bœ œ b˙ ™ mp
3 4 ˙™
5 4
∑
p
˙™
#˙
pp
mf
ord.
? Vc.
œ œ œ ™ #œ w mp
3 4 ˙™
5 4
∑ ˙™
˙
pp
mf
p
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Ϫ
34
œ œ œ
œ œ
GP Vln. I
3 &4
4#w 4
∑
œ
œ
œ
bœ ˙
3 4
˙
3 4
œ œ œ ˙
3 4
bw
3 4
3
mp
Vln. II
f
˙
3 &4
mf
œ
4 4#w
œ
∑ mp
f
œ
œ
œ œ œ
œ mf
3
Vla.
B 43
∑
4 nw 4
œ b˙ mp
Vc.
? 43
∑ œ
˙
mp
œ œ
˙
f
mf
4#w 4
nw
f
mf
œ
K 39
sul pont. GP Vln. I
3 œ œ ™ bœ 7 ˙ 4 &4 mp
f
3 & 4#˙ ™
7 4˙
mp
f
˙™
b˙
4 4
∑
GP
5 4 ˙æ
æ ˙æ™
p
3 4
∑
6 4
3 4
∑
6 4
3 4
∑
6 4
3 4
∑
6 4
f
sul pont. Vln. II
4 4
˙™
˙
∑
5 4 # ˙ææ
æ ˙æ™
p
f
sul pont. Vla.
B 43 œ œ œ
7 4 w ™™
mp
4 4
∑
f
5 4 #æ˙
˙™ æ
p
f
sul pont. Vc.
? 43 ˙
7 4 # w ™™
œ
mp
44
Vln. I
4 4
∑
f
˙ ™ #˙ ™
p
˙™ ˙™
GP
6 &4
˙™ ææ
5 æ˙ 4æ
4 4
f
#ord. œ œ #œ ˙
∑
GP
3 4#˙ ™
5 4
∑
4 4
3œ 4 #˙
5 4
∑
4 4
3 4 ˙™
5 4
∑
4 4
3 4
5 4
∑
4 4
3
p
f
mf ord.
#˙ Vln. II
6 & 4#˙ ™
˙™
˙™ ˙™
p
4 4
œ #œ
∑
f
mf ord.
Vla.
B 46 ˙ ™ # ˙ ™ p
˙™ ˙™
4 4
∑
f
#œ œ #œ
Ϫ mf ord.
Vc.
? 46 # ˙ ™
˙™
˙™ ˙™
4 4
∑
œ #œ #˙
p
f
mf
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˙™
10
# w ™™
˙™
sul tasto
L 49
ord. Vln. I
≤ 4 #˙ &4
GP
˙™
GP
#˙ ™ #˙
5˙ 4
∑
4 4
6 4
∑
7 4
3 4
p mf
Vln. II
sul tasto 4 ≤ & 4 #w
mp
ff
ord.
5 4˙
∑
4 4
˙™
˙™
6 4 ˙™
∑
7 w ™™ 4
3 4
p mf
Vla.
sul tasto ≤ 4 B 4 #w
mp
ff
ord.
˙™
5 4˙
∑
4 4
6 4 ˙™
∑
7 4 w ™™
˙™
3 4
p mf
mp
ff
sul tasto
Vc.
≤ # ˙ ? 44
ord.
#˙
5˙ 4
∑
#˙ ™
4 4
6 4 ˙™
∑
7 4 # w ™™
˙™
3 4
p mf mp
ff
M 55
#œ œ #œ
™ sord. # ˙senza 3 4 4 4
#œ #œ #œ
n˙
GP
GP
∑
∑
œ œ œ Vln. I
3 &4
4 4
3 4
4 4
3
mf
ff
p senza sord.
3
Vln. II
œ #œ 3 & 4 #œ
4 n˙ 4
#œ 3 #œ 4 #œ
œ œ œ
mf
4 4
∑
3 4 ˙™
∑
ff
4 4
p senza sord.
3
Vla.
B 43 b œ œ # œ
4 n˙ 4
3 #œ 4 #œ #œ
œ œ œ
mf
4 4
∑
3 4 ˙™
∑
ff
4 4
p senza sord.
3
Vc.
? 43
#œ œ #œ
4 n˙ 4
3 4 #œ #œ #œ
nœ œ œ
mf
61
w Vln. I
4 &4
GP
7 4
∑
4 &4w
∑
w 4 ææ 4
4w 4 æ
mf
Vla.
B 44 w
∑
4 wææ 4
mf
Vc.
? 44
w mf
w ææ
GP
5 4
∑
w 4 ææ 4
w æ
5 4
∑
4w 4 æ
∑
4 4
æ wæ
w ææ
w ææ ∑
w æ
w æ
∑
æ wæ
æ wæ
∑
æ wæ
æ wæ
∑
pp
æ wæ
5 4
∑
4 wææ 4
pp
7 4
4 4
pp
pp
7 4
∑
p
pp
7 4
∑
3 4 ˙™
ff
mf
Vln. II
4 4
pp
æ wæ
pp
5 4
∑
4 4
æ wæ pp
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III ...and suddenly there were glaciers Immense
15
12
.
.
10
.
# # œœ
# # œœ ææ
&X
Violin I
ff
p
pp
Œ ## Oœ
œœ &X
Violin II
ff
p
pp
mp
II
Π#O
BX œ œ
Viola
pp ff
mp
p
# OI ? ΠCello
X
œœ pp ff
mp
p
5
10
6
8
.
.
.
.
4
IV Vln. I
&
O Vln. II
&
B
bO
p III
mf
O
#O
p
mf
Oœ
Oœ
p I
mf
Vla.
nO
#O
? Vc. p
mf
N
12
15
7
.
.
12
. 8
Vln. I
Vln. II
#œ œ
œœ
ff
mf
& & ## œœ
Vc.
ææ œœ
## œœ
ff Vla.
œœ ææ
œœ ææ œœ
œœ
œœ
mf
ææ œœ
B œ œ ff ? œ œ
mf
ff
mf
œœ
œœ ææ œœ
œœ 15
3
.
.
B
œœ 8
.
11
sul pont. Vln. I
œ & ææ
œ ææ
pp sul pont. Vln. II
&
mp
pp
œ ææ
mp
œ ææ
pp sul pont.
mp
pp
œ æ B æ
mp
œ ææ
Vla. pp sul pont.
mp
pp
œ æ B æ
mp
œ ææ
Vc. pp
mp
pp
mp
O
6
10
8
.
.
.
ord.
## œœ
14
Vln. I
#œ
& ff ord.
Vln. II
mf
œœ
#œ
ff ord.
mf
f
& f
#œ
B Vla.
&
œœ ff ord.
B
mf
f
#œ
? &
Vc.
œœ ff
mf
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13
20
. 17
(q = c. 88) continue pattern
#œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Vln. I
& 5
3
mf continue pattern
#œ œ œ œ œ Vln. II
œœœœœ
& mf continue pattern
#œ œ Vla.
œ
œ
& mf continue pattern
#œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Vc.
& 3
3
mf
12
4
.
.
8
. sul tasto
P ## œœ
18
#>œ Vln. I
>œ
& p sul tasto
f
#>œ Vln. II
>œ
œœ
& p sul tasto
f
#>œ
>œ B
Vla.
&
œœ f
#>œ
œ
p sul tasto
>œ ?
Vc.
& œœ f p
21
Vln. I
4
6
10
3
.
.
.
.
## œœ
#œ
& p
œœ Vln. II
œ
& p
œ B Vla.
&
œœ p œ ?
Vc.
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Q
12
12
8
.
.
.
25
III ord. Vln. I
(III)
O
& #O
mf p ord.
œo
OI Vln. II
& p mf ord.
œo Vla.
# OI
& p mf
œo ord.
OI
? Vc. p mf
4
12
12
.
.
.
28
Vln. I
&
O
#O p œo
O Vln. II
& p
œo #O Vla.
& p
œo
O
? Vc. p
R
8
12
.
. I II
31
# O# O O O O O O O Vln. I
& I II p
OOOOOOOO Vln. II
& p
B Vla.
& ?
œœ p œœ
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20
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#O #O Vln. I
&
III
O O O
#O
O O mf
Vln. II
O O III O O O O & O O mf
Vla.
p
p
B æœ œ p mf
Vc.
? œœ ææ
B mf
p
12
5
.
.
34
Vln. I
I
#O O
continue tremolo
I
continue tremolo
&
O O Vln. II
Vla.
& oo B œœ o œœo B
?
Vc.
36
#O Vln. I
O
10
4
.
.
& p
O Vln. II
O
& p III IV
Vla.
B OO p I II
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8
4
.
.
38
Vln. I
Vln. II
#O
O
Op
O
& & p
Vla.
B OO p
O ? O Vc. p
S
15 6
.
.
## œœ & ææ
40
Vln. I
pp
Vln. II
Vla.
mp
œ & æœ æ pp B ææœ œ
mp
pp Vc.
mp
? ææ œœ pp
## œœ & ææ
42
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
mp
10
8
6
15
.
.
.
.
## œœ ææ
pp
ppp
œ & æœ æ pp B ææœ œ
œœ ææ ppp ææ œœ
pp
ppp
? ææ œœ pp
ææ œœ ppp
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