MATRE
Atem for Ensemble Score
ØRJAN MATRE
Atem
(2007 / revised 2012) for Ensemble
POD PETERS on demand
Commissioned with support from Arts Council Norway
Perfor mance notes
Dynamic markings in quotation marks indicate the intensity of the performance and not the resulting absolute volume of the action.
Niente
Flutter tounge (winds and brass)
Brass: valve tremolo Strings: unmeasured tremolo
Air sound - to be performed tonelessly (winds and brass)
Key clicks (winds)
Key clicks while producing air sound (winds)
Slap tongue (brass)
A toneless, airy sound created by bowing directly on the bridge while covering the strings. The bow pressure and the speed of the bow must be sensitively balanced to obtain a direct and audible result (strings).
Heavy bow pressure (strings)
Played behind the bridge (always pizzicato). The notated pitches refers to the strings on which the action should be performed (in this case (violin) the G-, DA- and E-string).
"Woodblock pizzicato" - a very high pizzicato. Dry sound with very little pitch.
Flute: to be performed as a mixture of both pitch and breath noise. The resulting tone quality should be light and airy.
Strings: The fingers should stop the strings as if playing a harmonic. Stopped pitches should be heard as a weak shading of the predominant bowing sound.
When flute and clarinet parts are marked ppp or pppp the result should be barely audible, and have an airy tone quality.
Multiphonics passages are notated with suggested fingerings and the desired pitches. If the given fingering does not work, the player is encouraged to explore alternatives that will preserve the notated pitches as faithfully as possible.
Instr umentation
Flute (also playing Piccolo flute)
Oboe
Clarinet (B b, E b and Bass)
Bassoon
Horn in F
Trumpet in C
Trombone
Tuba
Percussion 1
Xylophone, glockenspiel, crotales, tom-toms (5), bongos (2), cowbells (2), snare drum, paper, sleigh bells, pan scrub, triangle (small), woodblock
Percussion 2
Marimba, vibraphone, temple blocks (5), metal blocks (4), gran cassa, guiro, triangle (large), sand paper (120 to 180 grit), suspended cymbal
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Contrabass
Whenever Percussion 1 and 2 are marked "Setup", the part refers to the the following setup:
Percussion 1
Percussion 2
Paper (percussion 1): rub a sheet of paper against a flat surface to make friction sound. Pan scrub (percussion 1): rub a pan scrub (or similar) against a metal surface (for instance a cymbal).
Score with transposing instruments
Durata: approximately 14 minutes
First performance by Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (Conductor: Rolf Gupta), 22.11.2007
Revised May 2012
8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3
Commissioned by Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Oboe/bassoon/horn: blow air partly outside the reed/mouthpiece to balance the air sound effect with the other instruments. If the timing allows it, the reed (oboe/bassoon) can be removed in the air sound passages.
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