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Bright Sheng Dance Capriccio (2011)
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Bright Sheng
DANCE CAPRICCIO for piano and string quartet
Commissioned by the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for the Arts in honor of Lois Beznos, the artistic director of the Chamber Music Society of Detroit.
duration circa 12 minutes
G. Schirmer, Inc. New York, NY
Program Note Dance Capriccio is commissioned by the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation in honor of Lois Beznos, the President of Chamber Music Society of Detroit. The work is written for Peter Serkin and the Shanghai String Quartet who premiered the work on February 11, 2012, at the Seligman Performing Arts Center in Detroit. It is approximately twelve minutes in length. Dance Capriccio is inspired by the dance folk music of Sherpa, a small ethnic group (population ca. 150,000) mostly living in western Nepal, in the high mountains of the Himalayas. In Tibetan language, Sherpa means “people of the east,” as it is believed Sherpa moved from eastern Tibet to their current site centuries ago. Sherpa are regarded as excellent mountaineers and guides for the expeditions of the Himalayas, especially the Everest. Sherpa language is essentially an atypical dialect of Tibetan. The same phenomenon is reflected in Sherpa folk music which is similar to Tibetan but with its distinctive characters and twists of melodic turns. Like the Tibetans, Sherpa people love to dance and, along with love songs and drinking songs, dance music is an important genre among Sherpa folk music. In Dance Capriccio, I try to capture the various characters of Sherpa dance, from slow to fast, tender to raucous even wild. This work is dedicated to Maxine and Stuart Frankel, my dear friends, and passionate patrons and promoters for arts and art education. – Bright Sheng
to Maxine and Stuart
DANCE CAPRICCIO
Violin I
Violin II
Tranquillo, sostenuto e misterioso q = 42–44
sul tasto
ppp
sul tasto
ppp
Piano
6
q = 46–48
ppp
p
mp
p
mp
p
(p) cresc.
Corrected 5/2012
cresc.
cresc.
mp
cresc.
mp
cresc.
cresc.
(ppp)
q = 48–50
mp
p
q = 44–46
sul tasto
ppp
Violoncello
(2011)
sul tasto
ppp
Viola
Bright Sheng
p
e=q
p
p
pp
p
p
pp
p
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pp
pp
2
11
Tranquillo, misterioso q = 96–100 e=q
ppp
pizz.
p sempre
pizz.
p sempre
cresc. cresc.
ppp legatissimo
15
(cresc.)
f
dim.
mp
p
(cresc.)
f
mf
dim.
f
pp, legatissimo
mp
arco, poco sul pont.
dim.
3
18
poco sul pont.
pp legatissimo
p sempre
p
p
loco
pp sempre
(dim.)
p sempre
pizz.
21
loco
4
24
mp
(mp)
mp
(mp)
p cresc.
(poco sul pont.) poco a poco al ord.
(pp) cresc.
mf
28
ord.
ff
arco, al tallone
(poco sul pont.) poco a poco al ord.
mf
(cresc.)
arco, al tallone ff
ord.
ff al tallone
al tallone
ff
f
5
32
flautando
pp
flautando
pp
molto
molto
flautando
pp
flautando
pp
molto
36
al ord.
p
(pp)
(pp)
al ord.
p
mp
mp
al ord.
p espr. e legato
p
(pp)
al ord.
p
(pp)
(p)
mp
mp
18
117
sul pont.
poco a poco al tasto
ff
sul pont.
ff
sul pont.
poco a poco al tasto
ff
119
al pont.
p
poco a poco al pont.
p
ord.
al pont.
ord.
al pont.
ord.
ff
al pont.
ff
ff
ord.
ff
ff
poco a poco al pont.
7
ff
p
poco a poco al tasto
poco a poco al pont.
sul pont.
pp
3
3
3
p
poco a poco al tasto
ff
poco a poco al pont.
3
19
122
f
cresc.
f
cresc.
f
cresc.
f
(cresc.)
(cresc.)
(cresc.)
(cresc.)
ff
3
l.h.
f
3
ff
ff pizz.
ff
pizz.
(cresc.)
cresc.
cresc. f
125
3
3
7
20
127
129
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
(ff)
3
cresc.
3
cresc.
3
7
3
3
7
(ff)
3
3
7
7
21
131
(cresc.)
(cresc.)
(ff) 3
3
cresc.
(ff)
132
q = 56–60
arco
fff
3
fff
fff
fff
Sost.
3
3
3
3
3
fff
3
3
3
pizz.
3
3
3
3
ff
3
5
3
3
3
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
7
3
3
arco fff
3
(ff)
3 =
5
22
134
3
3
ff
3
3
3
3
3
3
136
3
3
3
5
3
3
7
3
3
3
3
(ff)
3
pizz.
3
ff
3
3
(ff) ( )
7
7
7
5
3
3
arco
3
3
ff
3
ff
3
ff
3
pizz.
ff 3
3
arco
3
3
ff
3
f
f
arco
3
(ff)
3
3
3 3
f
rit.
3
f 3
loco
(fff)
7 3 3
7
23
138
q = 42–44
3
3
5
3
(f) espr.
3
3
(f) espr.
5
3
3
loco
5
6
3
3
3
3
6
f espr. e legato
141
3
3
3
3
(f) espr.
(f) espr.
3
mp
3
3
3
3
5
5
26
151
Subito q = 63–66
f
al tallone
3
3
3
154
3
f
3
3
p
(f)
cresc.
3
3
3
5
(f) cresc.
3
5
(f)
cresc.
cresc. (f)
3
mp
cresc.
5
5
5
3
5
f
f
5
f
5
al tallone
al tallone 5
al tallone
5
5
5
f
cresc.
27
156
3 (cresc.)
3
5
5
(cresc.)
ff
5
cresc.
ff
cresc.
5
ff cresc.
ff
5
5
5
cresc.
5
5
5
5
f (cresc.)
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
cresc.
mf
5
5
(cresc.)
158
5
5
5
(cresc.)
5
3
(cresc.)
5
cresc.
5
q. =q
fff
fff
fff
fff
ff
28
161
q = 48–50
fff
163
ff espr.
mf espr.
pizz.
mf espr.
l.h.
r.h.
f espr.
r.h.
l.h.
*
ff
* All arpeggiated grace notes in measures 161-170 occur BEFORE the downbeat of the measure.
29
165
f cresc. ff
f
f
cresc.
f
167
ff
cresc.
mf
mp
dim.
dim.
dim.
f
dim.
ff
ff
cresc.
30
169
172
p dolce
p dolce
p
(dim.)
p dolce
dim.
dim.
pp
pp
pp
(dim.)
rit.
pp
(dim.)
pp
arco
(dim.)
dim.
dim.
p dolce
31
175
Misterioso q = 42–44
ppp dolce
ppp dolce
ppp dolce
ppp dolce
178
q = 44–46
ppp
(cresc.)
(ppp)
mp
pp
pp
mp
p
mp
p
cresc.
q = 48–50
mp
(ppp)
p
mp
(ppp)
(ppp)
q = 46–48
pp
pp
pp
ppp
32
183
ppp poco
pppp
ff sub.
poco
al tallone
ppp
187
ppp poco
q = 126–132
poco
al tallone
ff sub.
ppp
poco
ff
al tallone
ff
33
191
(al tallone) sul G
ff
ff
195
al tallone ff ff
ff
(ff)
42
260
(ff)
(ff)
(ff)
6 6 6 6 (cresc.) 6 6 6 6 (ff)
261
fff fff fff fff
fff loco
43
263
(fff) (fff) (fff)
(fff)
(fff) 266
44
269
272
5 fff ff 5
loco
3
ff
loco
3
45
274
L.H.
ff
7
3
loco
6
10:3
6
6
6
ff cresc.
fff
(cresc.)
7
fff
276
fff
46
277
(q = 126–132)
ff
al tallone
ff
al tallone
ff
al tallone
al tallone
ff
280
ff
loco
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
47
283
5 5 5 5
8:3
5 5
8:3
5
5
accel. poco a poco al fine
286
al
al
al
al
ord.
ord.
ord.
ord.
5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 5
5
5
48
289
(accel. al fine)
(ff) cresc.
(ff) cresc.
(ff) cresc.
(ff) cresc.
5
5
5
5
8:3
(ff) cresc.
5 5 5 8:3
5
(cresc.)
`
poco
poco
(cresc.)
(accel. al fine)
292
(cresc.)
(cresc.)
(cresc.)
5
5
5
5
5
poco
ffff
poco
al tallone
ffff
al tallone
ffff
poco
5
al tallone
al tallone
ffff
loco
ffff