Lisa Streich ÄLV ALV ALVA
Sy. 5785/01 ISMN 979-0-2042-5785-0
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written for the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne for the 11th International Forum for Young Composers. Premiere in November 2012 in Montreal, Canada. Conducted by Lorraine Vaillancourt.
INSTRUMENTATION:
Piccolo flute + egg slicer
English horn/oboe + egg slicer
Clarinet in Bb + egg slicer
Bass clarinet in Bb + egg slicer
Contrabassoon + egg slicer
Horn in F + egg slicer
Trumpet (with a high portion of water) + egg slicer
Alto trombone (with a high portion of water) + egg slicer
Percussion:
Timpani
Egg slicer
Washboard
Triangle
Cymbals
Wood Blocks (five outspread in register)
Prepared piano: ,E - c and d1 - c5 are to be prepared with little sandbags so when playing the keys a very damped piano sound will occur
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Violoncello
Double bass (with C-extension)
the score is written in C - piccolo flute, contrabassoon and double bass are notated transposed
REMARKS
= quarter tone higher
= three quarter tone higher
= quarter tone lower
= three quarter tone lower
= irregular tremolo
Woodwind and brass:
= toneless sounds of blowing
= consonants to be articulated into the mouthpiece. Hold the consonant as long as the dashed line indicates
= pitched but very breathy sound
= sounds played on the "water trombone" and the "water trumpet". The sound that occurs is unstable and interspersed with clicking noise
= gradual progression from one technique to another
Percussion:
= (washboard) scratch along the washboard with a hard mallet = tremolo: from slow to fast and back to slow again
I
Piano:
= tones prepared with sandbags (see register in the instrumentation)
= make a glissando on the deepest strings ( ,,A - ,Dis, without preparation) of the piano while holding the sustain pedal as long as notated
= hold the indicated chord in the 3rd pedal and make a fast glissando over that register on the strings
= hold the indicated chord in the 3rd pedal and make slow glissandi up and down over the register the chord belongs to on the strings
Strings:
m.s.t., s.t., ord., s.p., m.s.p. = molto sul tasto, sul tasto, ordinario, sul ponticello, molto sul ponticello c.l., c.l.cr., c.l.b. = col legno tratto, col legno crini, col legno battuto
II = roman numerals above a note indicate the string on which to play III IV
= play with the wire wrap of the bow behind the bridge on the indicated string
= play with the pad of the bow on the indicated string
= move the bow in the notated direction on the string(s) along the axis of the bridge and the tuning pegs
= tip the string on the indicated note - a mixture of the string's note and the tipped note will occur
= play behind the bridge on the indicated string
= highest possible sound on an indicated string
= play with the bow on the body of the instrument or if preferred, execute the action on damped strings when playing col legno - try to avoid as much tone as possible. This is a visual action which should just produce noise
= indicates the velocity of the bowing: 0 = no velocity, 1 = very slow, 2 = slow, 3 = medium velocity, 4 = fast, 5 = very fast, 6 = as fast as possible the dynamics indicate in this case the bow pressure: pp = very light bow pressure, p = light bow pressure, mf = medium bow pressure, f = high bow pressure, ff = very high bow pressure. Important with this action is that always the whole bow is to be used - the indication 6 doesn't mean a normal tremolo!
= a "snoring" effect to be achieved by a slow vertical steep shift of the bow, pressing the frog between the middle of the fingerboard and the edge of the fingerboard = Bartók - pizz
= pull at the string with the left hand and touch it with the wood of the bow very lightly immediately thereafter so that a loud rattling sound is produced
= gradual progression from one technique to another
Egg slicer:
= pizzicato on a low, mid and high string of an egg slicer = sounds made by bow hair striking the strings of the egg slicer
Ä L V A L V A L V A
PICCOLO FLUTE
ENGLISH HORN/OBOE
CLARINET IN Bb
BASS CLARINET IN Bb
CONTRABASSOON
HORN IN F
TRUMPET IN Bb (with a high rate of water)
ALTO TROMBONE (with a high rate of water)
TIMPANI
WASHBOARD
TRIANGLE/ CYMBALS
WOOD BLOCKS/ EGG SLICER
PIANO
LARGAMENTE
LARGAMENTE e = 63 e = 63
LISA STREICH
0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.5 - -6 - - - - - 0.5 - - - - 1 - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -0.5