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HOWARD Outlier for Solo Viola
EP 73345
EMILY HOWARD
Outlier for Solo Viola (2018)
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PROGRAMME NOTE The composition of Outlier was directly influenced by PRiSM collaboration ‘Music & Mathematics Interrogate Brain Tumour Dissemination’ with mathematician Rachel Bearon and biologist Violaine See at the University of Liverpool. Supported by the Liverpool Centre in Mathematics for Healthcare, Bearon and See are seeking to interrogate how brain tumour cells move and invade their 3D environment, and I have been particularly interested in the nature of the motion and trajectories of outlier escaping cells as well as new mathematical models to map them. I am grateful for so many helpful conversations with Rachel Bearon, Violaine See and violist Paul Silverthorne. Emily Howard, February 2019
Duration: c. 9′
Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta for the World Premiere Wednesday series with the support of Bob Boas. First performed by Paul Silverthorne (viola) on 26th September 2018 at King’s Place, London, UK
PERFORMANCE NOTES Vibrato Vibrato is graded throughout the work in the following way: s.v. (senza vibrato): play without vibrato vib.: play with a small amount of vibrato m.v. (molto vibrato): play with a lot of vibrato w.v. (wide vibrato): play with a wide exaggerated vibrato v.w.v. (very wide vibrato): play with an even wider, more exaggerated vibrato
Quarter tones
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Bb B three-quarter µ ˜ tone flat ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Bb B µ quarter ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ˜ tone flat ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Bb B µ ˜∑quarter tone sharp ∑ ∑ Percussion / ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Bb B µ ˜∑ three-quarter tone∑sharp ∑ ussion / ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ∑ ∑ ∑ ion / Eigth tones are notated as quarter tones ∑ ∑ ∑ with arrows. n /
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Emily Howard Emily Howard (b. 1979) first won critical acclaim with the orchestral work Magnetite, commissioned by Liverpool European Capital of Culture for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Her music has been commissioned, performed and broadcast internationally by festivals and ensembles including the BBC Proms, London Symphony Orchestra, New Scientist Live, Wien Modern and Bamberg Symphony. Known for her music’s connection with science, Howard studied Mathematics and Computer Science at Oxford University and holds a Doctorate in Composition from the University of Manchester. Howard is currently Professor of Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music and Director of PRiSM (the RNCM Centre for Practice & Research in Science & Music). Emily Howard (*1979) wurde zunächst durch ihr Orchesterwerk Magnetite bekannt, das anlässlich der Ernennung Liverpools zur Europäischen Kulturhauptstadt für das Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra entstand. Zu den Interpreten und Auftraggebern ihres Schaffens zählen Festivals und Ensembles in aller Welt, darunter die BBC Proms, das London Symphony Orchestra, New Scientist Live, Wien Modern und die Bamberger Symphoniker. Howard, die in ihrem Schaffen Verbindungen zur Naturwissenschaft herstellt, studierte Mathematik und Informatik an der Universität Oxford und wurde an der Universität Manchester im Fach Komposition promoviert. Gegenwärtig ist sie Professorin für Komposition am Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester und Leiterin von PRISM, dem hochschuleigenen Zentrum für Praxis und Forschung in Naturwissenschaft und Musik.
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