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Weir, Judith Night
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Night was commissioned by Enterprise Music Scotland. It was written for High Heels and Horse Hair; Alice Rickards (violin) and Sonia Cromarty (cello), who gave the first performance on 3rd November 2015 at Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow.
Duration c. 12 minutes Performing Score on sale Order No. CH84260
COMPOSER’S NOTE 1. Night Menagerie 2. Night Anxiety 3. Late Night Radio My violin-cello duo Night (originally developed in workshops with Alice Rickards and Sonia Cromarty) was written for a late evening concert using lighting design to explore aspects of life in the dark. Our starting point was that of nocturnal creatures, who have highly developed senses of eyesight and hearing. All the music is very quiet; there’s the idea that just as we strain to see in the dark, our hearing also expands at night-time, allowing us to hear quieter sounds which we might ignore in the day when our more prevalent visual sense takes over. ‘Night Menagerie’ was inspired by tiny perceptions of human physiology (for instance, blood audibly racing) and nature – a flying insect and the first bird sounds just before dawn, distantly apprehended. The content of ‘Night Anxiety’ is self-explanatory; an evocation of how inner thoughts and turmoil also expand in the dark. ‘Late Night Radio’ is about a more relaxed night-time phase, the minutes leading into sleep, when external noises (recorded music playing quietly in the distance, and the gentle rumble of an underground train) merge into a comfortable blur. J.W.
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to Alice and Sonia
NIGHT Judith Weir (2015)
1. Night Menagerie q = 60
4 4 4 4
mp energico
p poco
p semplice
ppp
sul D p
ppp
3
5 4
p
p (nat.)
p
5
5 4
5 4 ppp
p
ppp
mp sul A
5 4
p
Š Copyright 2015 Chester Music Ltd.
mp
mp (nat.)
ppp
p
CH84260
ppp
p
rev. 12.15
3 7
mp sul A
ppp
p
ppp
9
mp
p
ppp
mp
ppp
p
(nat.)
p
10
p
ppp
mp
ppp
p
11
2 4 p
ppp
mp
p
ppp
(nat.) ppp
p
2 4 ppp
8
q = 60
senza sord. 98 flautando
3 4
ppp
p
p
ppp
p
ppp
p
ppp
p
pp
3 4
sul E
103
p
pp
p
pp
sul sul A E
sul sul A E
sul A
sul E
sul sul A E
sul A
sul sul A E
mp
p
[] enter imperceptibly during this bar
pp
p
mp
108
rebow as necessary
mp
3
p mp
3
p mp
3
pp
p
p
113
mp p mp p
mp
niente
Freely
follow violin rebow as necessary
p
mp
p
mp
p
mp
p
mp
mf
mp
mf
2 4 2 4
pp
A tempo 114
2 4
trem.
ppp shimmering, faint
2 4
3 4 pp
poco
trem.
ppp shimmering, faint
pp
3 4 poco
p
niente
p
niente
10
2. Night Anxiety q = 126
6 4
bow tailpiece: start at wide (bridge) end; progressively move down towards end pin
6 4
f possible
5
trem. sul pont
pp
mp
p
on strings trem. sul pont
mp
p
pp
bow tailpiece: re-bow continuously
8
mp
pp
mf
p
f poss. bow tailpiece: re-bow continuously
mp
12
p
pp
f poss.
on strings trem. sul pont
pp
mp
p
on strings trem. sul pont
p
mp
pp
15
52
2 4
3 4 mp
2 4
3 4 mp
54
bow open strings behind bridge
3 4 pp
p
pp
p
3 4
extreme sul pont.* (deaden strings)
56
mp
p
mf
mp
pp
mf
nat. s. glis
mp
mf
mp
f
mf
p
pass bow slowly back and forth over the strings, as close to the bridge as possible. *pass over the strings, as close to the bridge as possible.
18
3. Late Night Radio q = 92
3con sord. 4
3 8
con sord. pizz.
3 4
3 8
pizz.
p secco
p
mp secco 8
arco, saltando
mp
p
mp
p
mp
p
mp
p
17
mp
p
mp
p
p
mp
p
mp
mp
mp
p
p
26
3 4 mp
p
mp
p
mp
p
mp
p
mp
3 4 mp 35
mp
p
p
mp
p
mp
pizz.
3 4 pp
3 4
mp
p secco
p
mp
arco
p
mp
(p)
39
2 4 p
3 arco 4
mp
p
2 4 mp
3 4 p
pp
mp
(p)
p
mp
p
mp
p
21 98
2 4
3 4
2 4
3 4
(on the string)
3 2 ppp
p (on the string)
3 2 ppp
p 102
3 2 3 2
pp
p
pp
p
104
106
5 4 mp
mf
mp
p
mp
mf
mp
p
5 4 5 4
5 4
trem. sul tasto
p
pp trem. sul tasto
p
pp 110
non trem., sempre sul tasto
mp
mf
p
mp
mf
p
pp
mp pizz.
mp
mp
p
pp
mp
p
114
pp mp
mp
mp
p
mp
pp p
p
niente
pp
ppp