The Turning Dance of the Bee
for 6 musicians
Partitur Sy. 4454/01
ISMN 979-0-2042-4454-6
Liza Lim (2016)
The turning dance of the bee
Commissioned by the Tage für neue musik Zürich on the occasion of their 30th anniversary festival for Ensemble für neue music Zürich.
Dedicated to the Ensemble für neue music Zürich
Premiere: 17 November 2016, Ensemble für neue musik Zürich: Hans-Peter Frehner (ßute, piccolo, and alto ßute), Manfred Spitaler (bass clarinet), Viktor MŸller, (piano), Lorenz Haas (percussion), Urs Bumbacher (violin), Nicola Romanò (violoncello)
Duration: 14 minutes
Work is in 2 sections: I solar (8Õ); II lunar (6)
Score is in C
Instrumentation
Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute
Bass Clarinet
Piano
Percussion:River Stone on rough cement garden tile
2 Chinese Gongs (1 high with upward gliss; 1 medium with downward gliss)
1 Thai Gong
3 Cowbells (approximately around G)
High Tabla Drum
Medium-large Temple Block
Tenor Tom-tom
Percussion legend:
Violin
Violoncello
Notes for Performance:
Piccolo and Alto Flute multiphonics Þngerings are from: Carin Levine & Christina Mitropoulos-Bott ÔThe Techniques of Flute Playing IIÕ, Kassel, BŠrenreiter, 2004.
Bass clarinet multiphonics are generally of the ÔharmonicÕ type produced by adjusted embouchure and breath pressure.
Violin, ÕCello
h.sul pont: bring out many harmonics by adjusting bow position relative to the bridge
Dedicated to the Ensemble für neue music Zürich
The Turning Dance of the Bee
I. Solar
Bass
change bows ad lib. (fast and slow strokes), different bows
change bows ad lib., but calmly
with heightened attention
Using previous rhythmic patterns, play in rhythmic unison (as close as possible)
Instruments with bracketed pitches to lead. (dynamics are hushed)
with heightened attention
(Tabla)
(Cowbells)
continue with faster movement, each change ranging from x > e, slight overlap between instruments for legato effect
(T. Gong) (Tabla)
accel. fast, smooth transitions between each element
accel. fast, smooth transitions between each element
