NMO14568A Revelations Score_DEMO

NORSK MUSIKFORLAG a/s

for soprano, female choir, flute, viola, percussion and electronics

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REVELATIONS

for soprano, female choir, flute, viola, percussion and electronics (2017) (N.M.O. 14568A Score / ISMN 979-0-065-16440-3) (N.M.O. 14568B Vocal Score / ISMN 979-0-065-16441-0) (N.M.O. 14568C Parts / ISMN 979-0-065-16442-7)

Score and parts published by Norsk Musikforlag A/S, Norway

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Music Engraving: Wim Henderickx & Diederik Glorieux Cover design/calligraphy: Bea Steylaerts Printed by: Norsk Musikforlag A/S

The multimedia production REVELATIONS for soprano, female choir, flute, viola, percussion, video and electronics was commissioned by Muziektheater Transparant in 2016, with financial support of the Flemish Community

Dedicated to Guy Coolen

First performance on the 21st April 2017 at deSingel in Antwerp by Lore Binon (soprano), 5 female singers of Cappella Amsterdam, Karin de Fleyt (flutes) and Marc Tooten (viola and viola d’amore) as members of the HERMESensemble and Wim Henderickx (percussion and musical direction)

Stage director, Wouter Van Looy, video artist, Kurt d’Haeseleer and lighting design, Peter Quasters

The work contains: prologue

cycle 1: Suffering

cycle 2: Compassion

cycle 3: Faith interlude

cycle 4: Silence

cycle 5: Time and Space epilogue

With special thanks to my musical assistant Diederik Glorieux and dramaturge Veerle Fraeters

Duration: ca. 75 minutes

Score and parts are available from Norsk Musikforlag A/S, Oslo

Additional info can be found at www.wimhenderickx.com

Wim Henderickx - Revelations

NOTES ON PERFORMANCE

Electronics

The programming patch was developed in SuperCollider by Jorrit Tamminga and is available from Norsk Musikforlag A/S, Oslo

Instrumentation

soprano

female choir (5 voices)

flutes

viola & viola d’amore

percussion

electronics

Wim Henderickx - Revelations

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REVELATIONS

I "Kyrie" (... laat ons zijn aangezicht tegemoet gaan met lof...)

CYCLE 1

colla soprano

– U (on different triangles, finger cymbals and bells) improvise ad lib.

(free entrance, without the feeling of time, no synchronisation) bocca chiusa

ppp, sempre cresc. & decresc. ppp, sempre cresc. & decresc. ppp, sempre cresc. & decresc.

(free entrance, without the feeling of time, no synchronisation) bocca chiusa

III Meditation on Compassion (... jij, zo onbegrijpelijk voor je vrienden en vijanden ...)

colla soprano

fast speaking, very softly

& fast speaking, very softly

& fast speaking, very softly & fast speaking, very softly

(rough overtone singing)

(lowest note is voice, distored sound)

(hard bow pressure, sul tast -> sul pont. ad lib., very slow 1/4 tone oscillations)

fast speaking, very softly & fast speaking, very softly

& fast speaking, very softly & fast speaking, very softly & fast speaking, very softly

(lowest note is voice, distored sound)

(hard bow pressure, sul tast -> sul pont. ad lib., very slow 1/4 tone oscillations)

(exact synchronisation between piccolo and viola)

U (on different triangles, finger cymbals and bells) improvise ad lib.

II Prayer (... draag mij als een zegel op uw hart...)

U

V Ecstasy (... en ik zag mezelf vezwolgen worden in zijn diepte en ontving de zekerheid dat ik in mijn liefste was en mijn liefste in mij...)

improvise ad lib.

improvise ad lib. (note progression and rests ad lib.) improvise ad lib.

&

& improvise ad lib. (note progression and rests ad lib.)

improvise ad lib.

(ord. -> sul pont. -> ord.)

/ triangles, finger cymbals and bells – U (on different triangles, finger cymbals and bells) improvise ad lib.

improvise ad lib.

improvise ad lib. improvise ad lib.

improvise ad lib.

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