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Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Sequences

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Written for the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) for the ICEcommons Project and the New York Public Library.

The first performance was given on 2 February 2013 at Kaldalón Hall, Harpa Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Duration: c. 8 minutes with tranquility and expressive pulsation

Notation Abbreviations k.cl. t. ram ord.

key clicks tongue ram takes back all special effects/performing techniques applied

Techniques Air sounds, no pitch – written on the middle line of the staff, indicates ‘no pitch’. Can be double/fluttertongued.

Air sounds, with subtle hints of the written pitches – mostly on air with key clicks.

Key clicks and slap tongue/tongue ram, for percussive effect. The upper notehead indicates the key click, the lower note is the sounding pitch/color effect.

Alternate between fingerings in slow trills for dramatic variations in tone color – aiming for selected quartertone variations where possible.

Sequences Anna Thorvaldsdottir

q = 64

on air no pitch

4 4

Bass Flute

f

4 4

Bass Clarinet

f

f

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f

mp

f k.cl.

mp

f

mp

f

mp

f

mp

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mp

f

mf

on air no pitch

4 4

Baritone Saxophone

mp

on air no pitch

mp

f

f

mp

double tongue on air

mp

4 4

Contrabassoon

7

p

6 B. Fl. mp

f

mp

f

mp

mp

B. Cl. f

mp

f

mp

f

mp k.cl.

Bari. Sax. mp

f

f

mp

p

mf

mf

k.cl.

Cbsn. p

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7

k.cl. & t. ram

10 B. Fl. f

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f

mp

f

f

B. Cl. p

mf

f

p

mf

mp

mf

p

p

mf

mp

Bari. Sax. mf

Cbsn. p

5

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mp

6

59 B. Fl. mp

f

mp

7

p

7

B. Cl. mf

p

mf

p

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p

mf

p

p

mf

p

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Bari. Sax. 7

p

Cbsn. p

p

mf

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p

mf

p

mf

63 B. Fl. mf 7

mp

ff

mp

7

mf

mp

7

B. Cl. mf

p

mf

p

7

mp

f

mp

pp

p

Bari. Sax. p

mf

p

mf

p

mf

mp 9

Cbsn. p

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p

7

p

mf

mp

66

2 4

B. Fl. mp

ff

mp

4 4

9

9

2 4

B. Cl. mf

p

7

p

4 4

p

mf

2 4

Cbsn. mf

mp

2 4

Bari. Sax.

p

9

mf ord.

9

4 4

p

7

4 4 p

7

68 B. Fl.

ord.

4 4

5 4 9

f

mp

p

mp

ff

4 4

B. Cl.

5 4 mp

9

ff

mp

mp

ff

mp

pp

4 4

Bari. Sax.

5 4 p

mf

mp

mp

9

ff

mp

pp

4 4

Cbsn.

5 4 mf

70 B. Fl.

mp

9

p

mf

p

mf

5 4

4 4

mp f

fff

5 4

B. Cl.

f

mf

5 4

mp

f

p

p

mf

p

4 4 f

p

p

5 4

Cbsn.

p

4 4

mp

Bari. Sax.

mf

mf

mp

f

4 4 mf

p

73 B. Fl. mp

f

mp

mf

mp

f

f

mf

ff

p

mf

p

mp

B. Cl. p

Bari. Sax. p

p

mf

p

p

mp

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Cbsn. p

p

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pp