HELLAWELL
Driftwood on Sand
for String Quartet
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PIERS HELLAWELL
Driftwood on Sand
for String Quartet
Score and Parts
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EDITION PETERS
LONDON · FRANKFURT/M. · LEIPZIG · NEW YORK
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Commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Derry
Duration c.22 minutes
n.b. This work consists of two main sections – (i) and (ii), and four interludes – (a–d). The according of alphabetical letters is for convenience only and does not suggest a specific performance order. The order and placement (before, between and after the main sections) is entirely at the discretion of the performers.
First performance on 29th March 2001, University of Ulster Magee College, Derry, by the Medici Quartet
driftwood on sand
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Interlude (a)
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*For this section the violins should strive to match one another, as they effectively share 1 line. con sord.
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All metrical divisions are entirely for practical purposes and must not be conveyed.
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* Soluble bar and metrical divisions - i.e. should, ideally, dissolve.
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Interlude (d)
A-B: Each voice should strive not to exceed the others in dynamic level, yet an overall crescendo should, gradually, be effected from inaudibility to maximum volume. This contradiction is designed to elongate the crescendo, as if 'under a microscope.' [B-B1 dim: above in reverse.]
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Violoncello
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Further dim. to threshold of audibility, then no dim al fine.
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Photo © Gerry Hellawell
Piers Hellawell
Piers Hellawell (b. 1956) has worked with the Schubert Ensemble of London, Hilliard Ensemble, RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, for whom he wrote Dogs and Wolves (2006), among others worldwide. Works include: Cors de chasse, a concerto commissioned for Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) and Jonas Bylund (trombone) by the Philharmonia Orchestra; Degrees of Separation, commissioned for the opening of The Sage Gateshead (2004); and Sound Carvings from the Bell Foundry for Stockholm Chamber Brass performing at festivals in Norway and Ireland. The Schubert Ensemble marked his 50th birthday with a performance. Hellawell is currently Professor of Composition at The Queen’s University of Belfast.
Piers Hellawell (*1956) hat mit vielen internationalen Ensembles zusammengearbeitet, darunter das Schubert Ensemble of London, das Hilliard Ensemble, das RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet sowie das BBC Scottish Orchestra, für das er Dogs and Wolves (2006) schrieb. Daneben entstanden Cors de chasse – ein Konzert für Håkan Hardenberger (Trompete) und Jonas Bylund (Posaune) im Auftrag des Philharmonia Orchestra, – Degrees of Separation zur Eröffnung des Kulturzentrums The Sage im englischen Gateshead sowie Sound Carvings from the Bell Foundry für Stockholm Chamber Brass zur Aufführung bei Festivals in Norwegen und Irland. Zu seinem 50. Geburtstag widmete ihm das Schubert Ensemble ein Konzert. Gegenwärtig ist Hellawell Professor für Komposition an der Queen’s University in Belfast.