EB 9399 – Mason, Shadowy Fish

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Christian Mason

Shadowy fish (Hommage à Schubert) für Violine, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Klavier for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass and Piano

Partitur und Streicherstimmen | Score and String Parts

Edition Breitkopf 9399



Christian Mason

Shadowy fish (Hommage à Schubert) für Violine, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Klavier for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass and Piano

Partitur und Streicherstimmen | Score and String Parts

Edition Breitkopf 9399 Printed in Germany



Christian Mason | Shadowy fish

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Contents I mysterious, hypnotic, entrancing [c. 5 min.] II slow, with a heavy heart [c. 4 min.] III delicate, mysterious [c. 6 min.]

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Performance Notes Note on metre Sometimes the notation distinguishes between “felt metre” (defined by normal barlines) and “practical metre” (defined by dotted barlines). While the smaller metrical divisions (in 2/4) make the music easier to read, the larger metrical structures reveal the compositional intentions. This approach occurs in two sections of the first movement: b.1 [LETTER A] – b.97 [LETTER L]: felt metre = 8/2, practical metre = 2/4 b.181 [LETTER Q] – b.198 [end of the movement]: felt metre = 3/2, practical metre = 2/4 Note on microtones Derivation of microtones is usually based on the tuning of the harmonic series (whether or not it is being expressed as actual natural harmonics). The degree of accuracy required depends on the context. In the cases where precision is most important the score indicates, for example, “tune as 11th harm. of C” or simply “11th of C”. In faster passages the most important thing is the special non-chromatic colour of the intonation. The language overall is heterogenous, mixing “tempered” and “spectral” attitudes to tuning throughout the piece, in order to achieve a sense of ‘shimmering’ sound and harmony (for example, the A natural in the opening violin/ viola figuration is not part of the C-spectrum, whereas the other notes are; or at b.117 we simultaneously here the spectral version in the violin/viola and the tempered version in the piano). The most common spectral root is C:

The piece begins with position 1. Between LETTER D and LETTER E the players should walk (while continuing to play from memory) to position 2, joining the rest of the ensemble on stage. If more time is needed to walk between positions it is fine to begin walking earlier, for example at LETTER C. Voix imaginaire The score includes a vocal line, setting part of a poem by Pablo Neruda: Every Day You Play. This part is not intended for performance but could inform the musical expression and interpretation. All of the melodic lines are included in other parts which are performed. While composing the words and melodies became connected in my imagination. Each movement is related to one stanza, as follows: Every day you play with the light of the universe. Subtle visitor, you arrive in the flower and the water, You are more than this white head that I hold tightly as a bunch of flowers, every day, between my hands. You are like nobody since I love you. Let me spread you out among yellow garlands. Who writes your name in letters of smoke among the stars of the south? Oh let me remember you as you were before you existed. Suddenly the wind howls and bangs at my shut window. The sky is a net crammed with shadowy fish. Here all the winds let go sooner or later, all of them. The rain takes off her clothes. From Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda | Published by Jonathan Cape | Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Limited. Other performance notes

7th = 31 cents flat (approximately a 1/3 tone) 11th = 49 cents flat (approximately a 1/4 tone) 13th = 41 cents sharp (approximately 2/5 of a tone) There are also cases of microtones used as melodic or colouristic inflections. In such cases the precise tuning is left to the performers discretion. The following accidentals are used:

Sometimes very high natural harmonics are used melodically (e.g. the cello part during the opening of the piece). It is understood that these may be fragile and unstable in performance. What matters is to aim for the written notes, and hope for the best! Glissandi should, as far as possible, last across the entire notated duration; though where the distance is very small compared to the time value the slide can be delayed as needed. Headless stems (with o) = unspecified high natural harmonics:

Layout/Playing Positions The violin and viola players have two playing positions: 1. Off-stage (not too far, but out of view for the audience) 2. On-stage, with the ensemble in a standard seating format (as for Schubert)

Upward arrow note-heads = unspecified pitch as high as possible:

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Christian Mason



Hommage à Schubert

Shadowy fish

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Hommage à Schubert

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ΠΠgliss.

q = 60

& #œ œ œ

Œ Œ

œ- nœ

6

œ- nœ 43 #œ œ œ œ- nœ #œ œ œ œ- nœ #Óœ œ œ œ œ œ œœ > ° mf

pp

ff

ppp

rall.

œ nœ

sud - den-

ff

ppp gliss.

>o >o >o

>o

>œo

high nat. harm. ad lib.

ppp

p

accel.

ly

# Ȯ ™™ -

p

mf

& nÓœ- œ œ œ 45 wœœ w ø

14

Voix Im.

sud - den - ly

# Ȯ ™™ -

œ- nœ 43 #˙ -

>-œ

54 w

rall.

œ nœ #˙

sud - den - ly

˙o

43

q = 40

œ nœ #˙

ly

gliss.

high harm. ad lib. >o. >o. >o. >o. 3

43 #˙

-

œ- #œ nœ œ œ œ - œ œ - #œ nœ- œ œ œ - #œ > rall.

mf

mf

f

q = 54

43 # Ȯ ™ -™

5

#O nO O Œ œO. ##œO. # œ. n œ. œ.

ppp

B ¢ b-Ȯ pp

Vla.

B

rall.

the

° & O œ

Vln.

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5

6

Œ

Ó

Œ

ff

o >o o >o o > o o o o o o >o o o > >o o > >o > > o o

œ #œ

sud - den -

-œo

43

œ 43

pp

high nat. harm. ad lib. sul A

-œ -œ nœ œ Vla. ¢B ‰ p

° Vc. & #˙ Db.

¢& ‹

{

&

Pno.

mf

pp

gliss.

œ- nœ #˙ -

mf

o œ-

˙o

mf

accel.

#-˙

p

ppp

gliss.

œ- nœ #˙ -

p

o œ-

˙o

p

#˙-

pp

o œ-

pp

o œ-

pp

œ-

#-˙

-œ pp

œ œ œ & #-œ œ œ œ - nœ #œ- œ œ œ - nœ #œ-Ó œ œ œ

19

Voix

˙o

-œ ‰ œJ -œ

‰ œ -œ -œ œ

sul pont.

44

Œ

∑

43

o o o o o o o o o > o > >o o o > >o > o o o> o>o 44 Œ

Œ œ- -œ

œ- #œ 43 >

6

5

ff

high nat. harm. ad lib. sul A

5

44

6

ff

o o o o o oœ >o o > o o >o o >o o >o o o > o > o > o >o 7

7

7

ff

pp

Œ

Ó

Œ

œ -œ -œ

rall.

q = 60

44 w

- œ̇ œ œ ™ pp

44 w w

ø

gliss.

-œo

43

pp

>-œ

43

3 -œ #œ 4 > °

Breitkopf EB 9399

C q = 40

accel.

3

œ

œ

2

3 œ

5

q = 60

4

U ∑

U ∑

U ∑


{

44 w œ œ œ & #-œ œ œ w œ - nœ #œ- œ œ œ - nœ #œ-Ó œ œ œ Shadowy fish

C q = 40

19

° 3 ˙&4 ly

Vln.

accel.

3 & 4 œ nœ œ

Voix Im.

œ #œ

œ

o œ-

œ nœ œ

the wind howls sud - den - ly

p

œ

3 ‰ -œ œ- -œ œ B 4 ¢

œ

œ #œ 42 œÓ nœ œ

o œ-

the wind howls sud - den

pp

mf

-

gliss.

{

C q = 40

Pno.

& Ó

accel.

>œ

Œ

f ord.

#˙-

43

˙42

43 œ

∑

(9th harm.)

œ-

pp

sul A

pp

>-o œ

Œ

U ∑

44

U ∑

U ∑

U ∑

∑

44

58 o

∑

? ‹

U #w >

f

U #w >

p

U ∑

w 44 wU

U ∑

U bw >

p

U ww > ppp

ff

U ∑

44 U w

o

mf

U ∑

44 U w

q = 60

& ‹

-œo

-œo

˙

˙o

˙

œ

˙

U ∑

U ∑

U

w ‘ “ppp

a

net

-œo

˙o

q = 30

˙

˙

p

pp

p

o œ-

p

œo ™

-œo

‰ o

mf

pp

ord. œ n-œ -œ -œ œ #œ mf

o œ-

˙o

œo ™

p

mf

‰ o

-œo

f

crammed

˙o

œ n-œ -œ -œ œ #œ f

o œ-

˙o

œo ™

mf

˙

pp

sul pont.

f

-œo

‰ o

ff

molto sul pont. >œ nœ -œ -œ œ

43

∑

∑

3 &œ - #œ 4 ˙ > pp °

?

˙™ <“>

D

∑

>œ-o

˙o

ff

œo ™

>-œo

‰ o

f

ff

q = 30 “” b >œ >œ >œ >œ œ

œ- #œ >

p

˙

accel.

œ- #œ >

mf

œ- #œ >

˙

f

q = 60

& nœ œ œ œ shad - ow - y

Ó

∑

œ

fish crammed with

ord.

nœ œ œ œ

shad - ow - y

œ

fish crammed with

∑ nÓœ œ œ œ Œ Breitkopf EB 9399 shad - ow - y fish sul pont.

ff

œ >ø°

˙

rall.

∑

#>œ-

ff

rall.

&

with 1> 1> >œ œ œ>œ œ œ ‰

crammed

-œo

pp

œ

Sample page

43

pp

œ

˙

is

o 34 ˙

pp

mf

œ

>œ #œ 3 œ n-œ - - -œ #œ œ œ 4

sul tasto

? ¢‹ ˙™

32

o 34 ˙

pp

Œ

rall.

sky

-œo

Œ

III

{

U ∑

58 o

58 #œ- œ- œ- œ œ >

#˙-

U ∑

44 U w

Leseprobe

˙-

f

44

58 # œ- œ- œ- œ- œ > f

o ˙™

o 24 ˙

my shut win- dow

58 o

43 ˙™

mf

˙ 43

the

° Vc. & Ó

Voix Im.

o œ-

at

3 -œ #œ 4 > 25 °

3

Vla. ¢B Ó

Pno.

gliss.

o œ-

˙o

bangs

p

œ- #œ 42 œj nœ ™ -

58 #œ œ œ œ œ

-œ œ #-œ nœ 3 2 ?3 œ œ 58 #œ nœ #œ nœ œ œ œ 4 œÓ nœ œ œ 4 & 4 œ nœ œ # œ n œ # œ - - - > œ œ œ œ -

° Vln. & Ó

Db.

gliss.

q = 60

43 œ-

mf

27

Voix Im.

gliss.

˙™

and

43

œ- #œ œj nœ ™ -

œ-

3 ˙&4

the wind howls

mf

gliss.

˙o 3 Db. ¢& 4 ‹

43 œ

œ

-œ - 42 œ œ œ

pp

° 3 j Vc. & 4 œ nœ ™ -

ly

-˙ œ 42

œ œ œ- -œ œ

sul pont.

Vla.

ø

œ̇ œ œ ™

∑

44 Ó

‰ #œ>

Œ

œ nœ Here

II

78


Pno.

26

{

œ #œ 43 ˙ &> pp °

?

˙™ <“>

D

œ

Pno.

{

shad - ow - y

fish crammed with

>-œo

nÓœ œ œ œ

shad - ow - y

>-œo

˙-o

>-œo

˙-o

n˙ f

pp

& n˙- ™

-˙o

p

˙-

44 Ó

∑

∑

∑

œ Œ o

Œ

∑

∑

44 Ó

Œ

∑

∑

44

∑

∑ o œo -œo -œ

˙o

-œo

o -œo # œ -œo

œ-

˙-

ppp

q = 60

pppp

˙™ -

-˙™

Œ

II

78

ppp

-œ nœ

78

ppp

?

o -œo # œo -œo K œ 44

o

f

rall.

78

œ nœ Here

Œ

mp

œ-

Œ

Πo

Leseprobe

pp

œ-

Œ o >-œo

#œ>

44 Ó

œ

mp

-˙o

p

rall.

∑

fish

œ œ- œ- œ- œ mp

>-œo

œ >ø°

˙

f

∑

sul pont.

p

˙-o

pp

Œ

-œord. - - #œ nœ œ œ- œ- œ

˙

pp

D- accel.

&

œ

nœ œ œ œ

œ- #œ nœ œ - -œ œ- œ pp p

>B nœ œ œ œ- œ

¢& ‹

mf

ord.

-o ° ˙ Vc. & Db.

fish crammed with

° Vln. & Ó ¢

p

œ- #œ >

q = 60

& nœ œ œ œ shad - ow - y

Vla.

#œ ˙ ˙ Christian œ-Mason >

accel.

32

Voix Im.

œ- #œ >

ff

78 78

∑

∑

∑

44

∑

78

∑

∑

∑

44

∑

78

4

E

rall.

q = 40

39

Voix Im.

7 & 8 #œ #œ œ #œ # œ œ nœ all

the winds let

° 7 #˙ Vln. & 8

go

Here

œ -œ J

q = 30

#œ #œ œ #œ # œ œ nœ all

the winds let

go

Here

accel.

43 #œ #œ œ #œ œ all

the winds let

œ

> > > 1 > . 1 . 1 . 1 . > 1> >œ. >œ # œ œ œ œ œ n œ. œ. >œ. #>œ. go

#œ ™ 43

‰ o

mf

ff subito

>œ

7 #œ- #œ œ #œ #œ œ nœ #-œ #œ œ #œ #œ œ nœ 43 #-œ #œ œ #>œ- >œVla. ¢B 8 #œ ™

Db.

7 ¢& 8 ‹

{

E

7 &8

Pno.

7 &8

43

1

Sample page œ œJ

molto sul pont.

°? 7 Ó Vc. 8

44 j #œ

ord.

˙

pp

p

#œ ™ pp

∑

∑

ff

Ϫ 43

∑ “” b >œ >œ >œ >œ > >œ >œ #œ œ œ œ œ nœ >œ #œ q = 30

rall. q = 40

∑ ∑

44

pp

43

∑

43 Ó

∑

43

ff

44 #œ. R

rall.

‰ Œ

Ó

-œo b -œ ˙ J

ord.

≈

&

ppp

∑

˙™

Œ& o

f

44

∑

œ. 44 R

44

accel.

≈

‰ Œ ∑

Breitkopf EB 9399 q = 60

#>œ.

> 1 œ

Ó

molto sul pont.

#œ œ J

mf

44

>. œ. œ

‰ Œ

q = 40

Ó


{

7 &8

∑

& Ó

Œ

78 #œ #œ

-œ œ here

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

° & Ó ¢&

œ-

Œ

-œo -œ œ

-œo

all

II

B

° & Ó

Pno.

¢& ‹

ord.

Œ

Ó

{

go

Shadowy fish

œ nœ

œ #œ # œ

the winds let

go

Here

œ -œ J

#-œ ™

o œ-

#œ #œ all

œ #œ

Ϫ

the winds let

go

Here

œ -œ J

mf

#-œ ™

œ-o Oœ

-œ b -˙

œ 45

45 ˙™

Πo

78 #œ œ œ - #-œ -œ #œ # œ - nœ #œ- #-œ -œ #œ # -œ - nœ #œ- #-œ -œ #-œ œ™ -

45 ˙™

Ó

&

∑

78

&

∑

78

o œo -œ J

mf

o œo -œ J

˙o

mf

o œo -œ J

˙o

Leseprobe

mf

q = 60

rall.

∑ ∑

78

œ bœ

#-œ ™

o 78 ˙

ppp

27

q = 40

#œ #œ all

∑

45 ∑

sul pont.

œ- œ

Œ

Here

œ -œ J

ppp

ppp

Db.

the winds let

78 #˙

p

œ nœ

œ #œ # œ

78 #˙

ppp

44

∑

rall.

q = 60

43

Voix Im.

43

∑

o 54 œ

œ-o

∑

45 ∑

∑

∑

45 ∑

78

mf

o Πo

Ó

Œ œœ

q = 40

∑

78

?

78

? ‹

78 78 78

œ- bœ °

5

F 48

Voix Im.

7 & 8 œ

œ

all

the

œ

winds

let

go

-˙o ° 7 Vln. & 8 Ȯ

œo Oœ J

o n -˙

œo J

Vla.

Vc.

B7 ¢ 8

°? 7 very - slow glissandi 8 n˙ ™™ ppp

? 7 >œ ¢‹ 8

pizz.

Db.

Pno.

{

œ

f

œ pp

˙ 7 ˙ &8 œ

œ #œ

-œo Oœ

the

winds

let

-˙o

& œ

all

œ nœ #œ

the winds let

œ

go

p

go

mf

œ-o

œ

Here

œ

all

-œo

œ

the

winds

let

œ

œ

go

œo J

˙

mf

Here

>œ

œ

œ #œ

œ

f

-œ œ

pp

-˙ ˙

p

œ- bœ

œ œ J

mf

œ-

œ nœ #œ

œ bœ

œ

all

œ nœ #œ

the winds let

œ

go

œ bœ Here

˙

-˙ ™™ f

œ

>œ

Œ -œ œ pp

œ- bœ

all

œ

œ #œ

the winds let

œ

œ nœ #œ

f

ppp

-˙ ˙

œ œ J

mf

œ-

q = 60 Breitkopf EB 9399

œ

ppp

p

œ-o

œo J

mf

f

ppp

o ˙-

Ϫ

pp

Œ

œ-o

œ

go

Œ

œ- bœ

œ- bœ Here

all

-˙o

let

œ

œ

go

-œo

˙

f

pppp

œ-o

˙f

pppp

f

>œ nœ #œ

œ

f

œ- nœ #œ

œ

#œ ™

the

winds

let

go

-œ œ

f

œ

œ J

ppp

-˙ ˙

Here

mp

rall.

44 nU œ

winds

Ϫ

ppp

-˙ ‰

-œ œ

œ

œ nœ #œ

œ

the

-œo

œo J

mf

pp

-˙ f

-˙o

pp

o ˙-

p

Here

œ

œo J

sim.

accel.

52

Voix Im.

all

œ

Sample page

œ œ J

7 &8 œ -

œ

Here

Œ

F-

œ

œ

œ

pppp

œ- bœ

q = 40

U Œ

œ bœ Here

78


{

7 &8 œ 28

& œ

° Vln. &

Vla.

¢

B

the winds let

œ bœ

œ

go

Here

mf

ppp

-o œo œ J

-˙o

mf

ppp

poco sul pont. °? #-˙ ™™ Vc. p

Db.

{

f

6

ppp

œ œœ œ J

-˙ ˙

mf

pp

-˙o

-o œo œ J

mf

pp

pp

G all

the

Here

œ œ- b œ J

mf

p

œ-o

˙-o O

œo J

˙-

Ϫ

ppp

ff

IV

mf molto sul pont.

œ

œ

#œ ™

the

winds

let

go

# -œ ™

all

44

U nœ #œ

ppp

f

pp

mf

œ bœ œ- œ nœ #œ œ -

œ

œ

œ bœ

winds

let

go

Here

p

œ œ- bœ œ- œ œ #œ

œ

œ

all

the

let

go

winds

Here

U n -œ n -œ J

-œ b œ

78

mp

Ó

Ó

U Œ

Œ

Πo

Ó

Ó

U Œ

Œ

Œ

Ó

Ó

U Œ

Œ

rall. U n œ # -œ nœ #œ

-œ œ

# -œ ™ #œ ™

-œ n -œ nU nœ nœ J

-œ œ

U 44 nœ

44

-œ œ

ppppp

44 nU œ #œ ø

œ

soon - er

or

œ

78

lat

q = 40

#-œ ™

q = 60

78

œ bœ

Œ

accel.

44 œ

ppppp fragile

U 44 nœ

œ- b œ œ œ bœ œ J

˙˙

q = 40

U Œ

78

p

ppp

q = 60

œ œœ œ J

œ- bœ

œ

œ- nœ #œ

44 U Œ

>-œ œ œ #œ œ œ bœ

q = 50

œ

go

44 nU œ

Leseprobe

f

accel.

7 & 8 œ

the winds let

>œ œ nœ #œ œ œ bœ

& œ œ nœ #œ œ œ- bœ -

œ- bœ

œ

œ #œ

non harm. senza vib.

ff

mf

57

Voix Im.

-o œo œ J

all

rall.

œ

œ

Here

-˙o

˙˙

ppp

mf

go

-˙ ™™

ff

accel.

the winds let

œ bœ

œ

piu sul pont.

? >œ œ nœ #œ œ œ bœ ¢‹

&

Pno.

all

-o œo œ J

-˙o

œ nœ #œ

œ

œ- bœ

œ

œ- œ nœ #œ Christian Mason q = 60

œ nœ #œ

all

œ- bœ

œ

œ nœ #œ

œ-

accel.

52

Voix Im.

œ- bœ

œ

œ #œ

œ

&

78

78

mp

U n-œ n-œ J

78

-œ bœ °

78

accel.

œ

-

er

œ

œ

all

œ

of

them

45

always semitone Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ ˙ œ œ œ œnœ œ œ ™ œ # œ n œ # œ n œ # œ n œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ° 7 J 44 78 #œ Vln. & 8 45 scales = ord. trills = poco sul pont.

7

ppp

scales = ord. trills = poco sul pont.

Vla.

7œ ¢B 8 o

scales = ord. trills = poco sul pont.

Sample page

pp 6

Pno.

f p

5 & 4 b˙

the

3

6

ppp

ppp

f mp

5

ppp sul pont.

f p

ppp sul pont.

-œ#-œ 4 ord. 4 ˙™™ -

3

-œ # -œ n -œ q = 50 œ œ # œ n œ -œ 44 nœ œ J

accel.

pp

œ #œ

3

˙

pp

œ-

œ

nœ #œ q = 80

Breitkopf EB 9399 œ 43 b˙ ™

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rain

5

sul pont.

takes

--œœnœ#œ 45

fpp

- q = 60 œ- œ- # œ- œœ œ œ # œ 7 -œ 8œ

accel.

˙˙

mf

4 œ œ- bœ 4 œ -

f mp

ord. œn-œ#œ- 78 ˙ ™ -

fpp

q = 70 accel.

ppp

3

6

5

pp

œ

7

b œ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - œbœnœœ œ b œ Ÿœ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bœnœœ œb œ 5 78 ˙ œœbœnœœœ 44 ˙ bœ œ nœ-bœ œ œ 4

pp

7 &8 œ -

60

Voix Im.

ppp

? 7 -˙ ™ ¢‹ 8

{

f mp

always semitone

arco ord.

-˙ 7˙ &8

ppp

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b œ b œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ -œ œœnœ#œ 44 78 œœœ#œ n-œ œ œœnœ#œ 45

o

G

7

always semitone

° 7˙ Vc. & 8

Db.

f p

off

œ

œ- bœ accel.

78

accel.

mf

n œ-

# œ- n -œ # -œ # œ n œ #œ

œ- ™ œ™

3

p

œ

œ-

œ 58 œ ™

œ

#œœ

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

45 45 43


Pno.

{

7 &8 œ -

Voix Im.

œ

5 & 4 b˙

mf

pp

4 œ œ- bœ 4 œ -

œ #œ

q = 70 accel.

60

3

pp

-

q = 80

˙

œ

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ™ ˙ œnœ#œ œ œnœ œ

the

rain

° 5 n-œ#œ œ œ Vln. & 4

takes

78

œ- bœ

Shadowy œ œ œ nœ #fish

œ

mf

œ

n œ-

œ

œ-

off

œnœ#œ œ 34 b-œnœ#œ œ œ

2945

œ

#œ-

58 œ ™

accel.

43 b˙ ™

3

p

œ

43

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nœnœ œ ™ œ™ œ 58 43

<Ÿ>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 œ œb œ œ ˙ œ nœb œ œ 5 œ™ œ œ œ n œ # œ n œ # œ œ œ 5 3 bœ-nœ œ œ Vla. ¢B 4 b-œ bœ nœ œ œ 4 8 43 6 6 f mf

7

3

f mf

ppp

7

f

6

ppp

ppp

f

ppp

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 ˙ œ 3 ° 5 Ÿ˙~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ œb œ œ œnœb œR œ b œ n œ b œ n œ 3 5 œ œ œ œ J 4 bœnœ bœ Vc. & 4 4 b-œ bœ nœ bœ 8 f mf

Pno.

?5 ¢‹ 4 bw-

{

- q = 80 -œ -œ -œ b -œ b œ b œ >- ™ b˙ œ œ œ bœ 43 b˙ ™

-˙ ˙

b -˙ 5 & 4 b˙

mf

5

pp

œ-

œ

œ

œ

sul pont.

-œ -œ -œ œ#œ 43

58 ™

5

43

œ-

f

3

p

b œ>

- n -œ # œ n œ # œ nœ nœ

-œ ™ 58 œ ™

accel.

œ

58 œ- #œ

œ

œ

œ nœ- bœ

43 43 7

q = 100

accel.

q = 90

3 & 4 b˙ ™

63

Voix Im.

ppp

ord.

fpp

q = 70 accel.

b -œ

5

f

Leseprobe

fpp

& 45

5

ppp sul pont.

-œ œ- nœ- #-œ 3 4 b˙- ™

ord.

Db.

5

5

˙™

accel.

42 ˙

78

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nœ nœ nœ œ œ ˙™ n œ œ # œ > œ œ œ œ œ#œ nœ nœ œ ° 3 b-œ bœ œ #œ œ œ # œ b œ 78 Vln. & 4 42 œ bœ her

ff

clothes

7

the

Sample page 6

ppp

fff

6

7

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <Ÿ>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 6 b œ œ n œ ˙™ œ n œ œ #œ œ 3 2 7 œ œ b œ n œ b Vla. ¢B 4 4 bœ- bœ bœ bœ œ nœ œ 8 œ > 6 <Ÿ>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 ˙ ° 3 ˙ nœ nœ b œ œ™ œ b œ n œ œ 78 œ Vc. & 4 42 bœ- bœ bœ nœ bœ ff

ppp

5

5

f

ppp

sul pont.

?3 ¢‹ 4 b˙- ™ >

{

ffp

accel.

q = 90

b>-˙ ™ 3 & 4 b˙ ™

Pno.

& 43

66

Voix Im.

& 78 ˙ rain

>-œ >œ #>œ >œ #>œ >œ œ œ œ #œ œ #œ

-˙ ˙

f

b -œ >

ord.

- - -œ #-œ 2 bœ n-œ -œ œ œ 4 n˙ >7

ord.

Db.

fff

6

pp

nœ œ™

œ

œ

q = 120

42 ˙ >-

takes

œ-

œ

nœ nœ-

molto rall.

Breitkopf EB 93995 b˙8 off

78

ffp

accel.

q = 100

> 24 -˙ ˙

78

42

78

ff

n œ> œ J

œ- ™

q œ= 80

her

o >-o o

clothes

high harm. ad lib. sul A

42

o


30

{

& 43

b -œ >

Ϫ

66

Voix Im.

œ

7 & 8 ˙

œ

œ-

œ

Christian Mason

q = 120

molto rall.

42 ˙ >-

42

nœ n-œ

58 b˙-

n œ> œ J

78

œ- ™

q œ= 80

o >-o >o >- >-o >o o >-o >o ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ - >- nœ œ œ œ™ œ œ#œnœ nœ œ ™ œ œ ° 7 œ # œ b œ n œ 58 J Vln. & 8 42 œ œbœ 6 5 o 7 o pp fff p fff o > >- - >-o >Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >6 b œ n œ œ™ œ™ œ nœb œ Ÿœ œ œ œ™ œ n œ n œ œ # œ œ # œ œ œ 7 2 5 œ œ bœ nœ 8 œ Vla. ¢B 8 b œ 4 b œ n œ œ5 3 6 6 pp fff p fff o > -o >o ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ÿ ~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Ÿ b œ b œ 5 nœ œ œ 2 ˙ ° 7 bœnœnœnœ œ™ 58 œ nœ bœnœnœ J 4 bœnœ bœ nœ œ Vc. & 8 bœbœ bœ bœ nœ bœ b œ b œ b œ -œ 5 3 5 5 f pp fff p fff sul >-o >-o pont. - - - molto sul pont. œ b œ n œ ?7 œ #œ œ œ 58 j Db. ¢ 42 ˙ J ‹ 8 -˙ ˙ œ œ™ 6 -> rain

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ˙ œ™

off

fff

{

& 78

#>œ >œ #>œ- # œ œ œ #œ ˙ œ 42 ˙ J 3 >-

n -œ

42

œ #œ-

œ

œ

œ

clothes

p

q = 120

p

her

high harm. ad lib. sul A

Leseprobe

-˙ 7 &8 ˙

Pno.

takes

42

fff

œ >-

58

p

b œ-

œ

œ

42 42 42

fff

molto rall.

b ˙58 b˙

42

œ œ J œ

œ- ™ œ™

>> > >œ- >œ #>œ œ œ >œ # œ œ œ œ#œ œ œ#œ

q = 80

fff

> œ- #œ œ œ-

7

>-

?bbœ œ

42 42

8

H ° 4 &2 70

Vln.

4 Vla. ¢B 2

Vc.

Db.

Pno.

° 4 &2

?4 ¢‹ 2

{

playful, spontaneous

rall.

o o o >o >- >-o >o >-o >-o >-o >- >-o >-o >-o >- >-o >-o 5

>-o

3

>-o

>-o

3

>-o

>-o

>-o

>-o

>-o

>-o

>-o

>-o

>-o

>-o

>-o

>-o

>-o

>-o

>-o

playful, spontaneous

fffff

>-o

>-o

? 42 W W shimmering, in the far distance... q = c.66

o

ord.

>-o 3

Ú

rall.

>-o

>-o

3

3

H

>-o

fffff

3

4 &2

I

o >-o >-

>-o

3

>-o

>-o ™

q = c.72

™™

Ú

Ú

™™

√ Ú

22

™™

Ú

Ú

™™

√ Ú

22

™™

Ú

Ú

™™

√ Ú

22

™™

Ú

Ú

™™

√ Ú

Ú

Ú

™™

√ Ú

Sample page

3

>-o

>-

3

>-o o >-

fffff

>-o

fffff

™™

q = c.72

™™bbW W

bW W

p

ppp

*Improvise rhythmically irregular trill between harmonic and open string:

Breitkopf EBof 9399 - think morse code

- vary long/short - avoid synchronisation poco sul pont. - in general emphasise the harmonic with flickering flashes of open string

a little slower q = c.60

o

ord.

™™

√ Ú

& ‹

22 22

&

22


{

? 42 W

I

° 2 Vln. & 2 74

Shadowy fish

q = c.66

>o w

ord.

23

ppppp

>o œ™ 2 ≈ B Vla. ¢ 2 J ° 2 Vc. & 2 ‰

>o œ J

2 ¢& 2 ‰ ‹

{

I

2 &2

Pno.

2 &2

wo

*

w 7

o 32 w

*

7 w

ppp

ppppp

>o o œ ˙™ ≈ R

poco sul pont.

o 32 w

ppppp

œ œ œ

œ œ œ œ

œ

œ

ppppp sempre

ppp

7 w

œ

œ

œ

œ

œ œ œ

23 23

œ

œ

œ

œ

Ó

Ú

&

31

>o w

ord.

≈ Ó o

22

23

ppppp

>o œ™ 22 ≈ J

ord.

≈ Ó

o

o ˙™

ppppp ord.

≈ Ó o

>o œ J

22 ‰

≈ Ó o

˙o ™

22

>o o œ ˙™ ≈ R

23

ppppp

œ œ œ

22

œ

23

ord.

a little slower q = c.60

≈ Ó

23

ppppp

22 ‰

œ

œ œ œ œ

#œ œ

œ

œ œ

œ

œ

slower again

° 3 &2 77

3 Vla. ¢B 2

w 7

wo

w 7

pp sul pont.

pp

U Ó o

22

wo

sul pont.

23

wo 3 Db. ¢& 2 ‹ pp

œ œ œ 3 &2

#œ œ

œ

œ œ

U Ó

o

ppppp

>o œ™ 22 ≈ J

ord.

o ˙™

ppppp

>o œ J

w 7

7 w

22 ‰

7 w

U Ó o

22 ‰

U Ó

œ œ œ 22

Ó

23

o 32 w

o 32 w p

œ œ œ œ

#œ œ

Breitkopf EB 9399

œ œ

œ

œ œ

q = c.40

23 23

œ œ œ

#œ œ

œ

œ œ

√ Ó o √ Ó

o

√ Ó o

7 w

√ Ó o

Ó

√ Ó

sul pont.

ppppp

œ

7 w

p

>o o œ ˙™ ≈ R

œ

w 7

p

ord.

22

wo

sul pont.

ppppp

slower again q = c.48 rall.

p

sul pont.

˙o ™

ord.

U Ó o

sul pont.

3 &2

>o w

Sample page

pp

o ° 3w Vc. & 2

{

q = c.40

ord.

wo

sul pont.

sul pont.

Pno.

œ

23 23 9

q = c.48 rall.

Vln.

22

a little slower q = c.60

Leseprobe *

ppp

shimmering, in the far distance... q = c.66

°

*

ppp poco sul pont.

˙o ™

œ

w 7

ppp

23

ord.

Db.

p

poco sul pont.

o ˙™

ppppp ord.

wo

™™

W

*Improvise rhythmically irregular trill between harmonic and open string: - think of morse code - vary long/short - avoid synchronisation poco sul pont. - in general emphasise the harmonic with flickering flashes of open string

shimmering, in the far distance...

ord.

™™b W


Leseprobe

Sample page


Shadowy fish Violin

Christian Mason, 2020

I Feel each 2/4 bar as a h beat within a larger 8-beat structure

Mysterious, hypnotic, entrancing q = 1 08 – 1 20 OFF-STAGE, OUT OF VIEW, WITHOUT SHOES

fast light bow strokes, molto sul pont. (PLAY 2×)

8  2 ªª  L3     L3     L3     L3     L3     L3                ppp lontano

Leseprobe p

fast light bow strokes

A molto sul pont.

7

  L3     L3    ªª  L3     L3     L3     L3                ppp lontano

B

meno sul pont.

13

  L3     L3     L3     L3     L3     L3                p

pp lontano

19

   L  3  

 L  3   

   L3    

 L  3   

 L  3   

 L   3  

 L   3  

Sample page C

24

 L  3   

molto sul pont.

mf

WALK CALMLY WHILE PLAYING TO ON-STAGE POSITION...

poco sul pont.

n  L   3   ppp

 L   3  

D

29

ord.

  L3     L3     L3     L3     L3     L3                p pp lontano

ON-STAGE

35

  L3     

 L  3   

 L  3   

 L  3    mf

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 L  3    

1

pp

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poco sul pont. 4141 poco sul pont.

  L3 L3      L3 L3      L3 L3      L3 L3      L3 L3                                   ppp ppp

FFord.ord.

4646

  L3 L3      L3 L3      L3 L3      L3 L3      L3 L3                                        ff

pp lontano pp lontano

Leseprobe

5151

  L3 L3      L3 L3      L3 L3      L3 L3      L3 L3                                  

molto sul pont. 5656 molto sul pont.

GG

  LL      LL      LL      LL      LL     3 3       3 3       3 3       3 3       3 3            ffff Gradual Gradual transformation of transformation of articulation articulation

HH

6161 ord. ord.

  LL      LL      LL      LL      LL        3 3       3 3       3 3       3 3       3 3         ppp ppp

6666

Sample page

ff

molto sul pont. molto sul pont.

  L3 L3         L3 L3         L3 L 3         L3 L 3         L3 L 3                                        ppp ppp

II

7171

  LL         LL       n nLL       LL       LL      3 3       3 3       3 3   3 3   3 3     mf mf

7676

  L3 L 3  

ord. ord.

    LL       LL       LL       LL      3  3    3  3    3  3    3  3      ppp ppp

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Violin

81

molto sul pont.

J

ord.

  L3        L3        L3        L3        L3       > > > > > > > > > >      f

ppp

K

86

  L        L        L        L ª   3>  3>  3>  3 >  > > > >   

 L ª   3 >  >

f

Leseprobe

molto sul pont.

91

ord.

     ª   ª   ª   ª 22   L3  ª   n  L  ª L  ª L  ª L  ª L  ª      3 >  > 3 >  > 3 >  > >  > > 3 >  > > 3 >  > pp

q = q

97 L  

   ª  ª

3

2  2     > ff

   

ppp

 

116

3

3



ª



L  3

1 1 th of C

f

#  # 

Sample page 

p

f dolce

mf

3  n

ff

 L     n      n  L     n       L  ª  ªn   ª  ª 3  3 > 3  >     > >  ppp fff dark, melancholy, a little faster, �owing 1 3th of C q = 1 20 – 1 32 senza vib.

120

  

1 3th of C molto sul pont. 

  3



1

IV 

II

ppp

poco vib. (senza vib. on start of microtones) 106

3

1

    

M 4 ó

3

1

ppp

Breitkopf EB 9399

ª

 p

3

 

6 óò


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Icy, a distant echo NNIcy, a distant echo molto sul pont. molto sul pont.

137 137 senza vib. senza vib.





3 3



ppp ppp



5 5

      ª ª             



ppp ppp

pp

145 145



   

  # #   ª ª     >>

 ª ª    

pp

�owing, watery, shimmering �owing, watery, shimmering slightly slower [ slightly slower [ TEMPO 1] TEMPO 1] q = 1 q = 1 08 - 1 08 - 1 2020

ord. ord.

 

mp mp

   

ppp ppp

rall. rall.

ord. ord.

3 3

sul tasto sul tasto



 

pp pp





ppp ppp

Leseprobe

OO

~ ~   ###~# ~   # ~# ~   # #              pp mf mf

156 156

3 3

3 3    b b  b ~b ~   b bb     n  n  b b b    b b    n n  

ff

mf mf

b b~b ~   n n ~nn ~ n n  b b bb ªª ªª  ª n ªn b b bb ªª ªª  ª ª  ªª ªª ª ª      ~~ b    # #      # #    3 3

163 163

ff

ffff

3 3 # #  170 170   ~~  ~ ~                

mf mf

PP

# # 



    n n         3 3

Sample page

ff

ff

fff espress. f espress.

b b 3 3 II II   pp

pp pp

Feel each 2/4 bar as a h beat within a larger 3-beat structure Feel each 2/4 bar as a h beat within a larger 3-beat structure

7th of Bb 7th of Bb 179 179  



3 3

      

b b  33 22



 



ffff

molto rall. molto rall.

189 189# # 



QQ

Winding down, like a music box Winding down, like a music box rall. rall. q = c.80 q = c.80

pp





 # # 

# # 

3 3

mf mf

poco poco vib. q = c.40 q = c.40 vib.

# # 

n n 

senza senza   vib. vib.  L L 



ff

pp

  3 3

Breitkopf EB 9399 Breitkopf EB 9399

ff

senza senza vib. vib.

  K3 K3    ffff

 

ÃÃ 


5

Violin

II slow, with a heavy heart h = 54 II III senza vib.

A 6

 

1  1 óò

B

 

ppp

h = 40

rall.

  >

III IV

 

sfz

  >

sul pont. ord.

sul pont.







pp

sffz

slightly faster, a little lighter h = 60

C 17

(senza �at like vib.) nat. 7th of C 





pp

  >









rall. 51

3

   >

# 

ª

  >

 



mf

pp

sul pont.

�at like nat. 7th of G

K3 ~>

    > ª

f

II III

 >

sffz

% ~ b >  >

 

f

  b  > >

sffz

p

E senza vib. ~ b ~

mf

~

b

ppp



fff

 >

 



Breitkopf EB 9399

b ~ >

ppp

 



cresc.

 

stay extremely slow h = 40

 Ã  

 ªª #  # IIªªª 

#

~ > 

h = 40

I II

~ >

3

ord.

Sample page

b b ~> 

ppp

pp

61

71

pp

~

~

sffz

f sffz

 ~ >

K3 

~  >

1 D ord. ~

1 

fff

 ~   >

rall.

slightly faster, somewhat agitated h = 66



41

#

Leseprobe

sul pont.



sfffz

f espress.

senza vib. II

1

con vib.

h = 40 31

  >

sul pont. ord.

 

 >

  ppp

p

à 


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I II I I

delicate, mysterious delicate, mysterious AAq = 40 q = 40

33 4 4 

   



   

ppp ppp

66

pp pp

q = 60 q = 60

accel. accel.



pp

rall. rall.

55                    4 4 ª ª              ª ª pp

pp pp

q = 40 q = 40



   

ppp ppp



5 5

ffff

ff

b b      b b bb  n n nn ####  b b     

 

mp mp

mf mf

q = 54 BBq = 54

33  #### ####nn n n    4 4# # ª ª  ª ª    5 5

ff

rall. rall.

# # ªª ªª 

                                   # #    # #    4 4      44 q = 60 q = 60 

Leseprobe 5 5

ppp ppp mf mf ppp ppp p p

6 6

ppp ppp

q = 40 q = 40accel. accel.

ffff

q = 60 q = 60

  

  

Sample page p p pp pp

mf mf pp pp

f f pp pp

q = 60 q = 60

accel. accel.

DD

 

1 1 11                          33      44   pp pp

3232

 

q = 30 q = 30 

rall. rall.

2727

ppp ppp

high nat. harm. ad lib. sul A high nat. harm. ad lib. sul A  

 ª ª 1818       11    CC             3 3 2 2 3 3 5 5 4 4         44   4 4  44 88 44   pp pp pp pp pp mf mf ff   rall. rall.

# # ªª ªª 

pp

mf mf

pp

high nat. harm. high nat. harm.     ad lib. accel.    ad lib. accel.     senza   senza   1313  vib.   vib.   

    # # 

7 7

ord. ord.

sul pont. sul pont.

 # #                         



ffff

rall. rall.

ò ò 44 44 

 

22

II II 



77 88

ppp ppp  q = 30 q = 30 11 11 11 11 1 1          11 1 1       rall. rall. q = 40 q = 40    # #         n n          accel. accel. 3939EE             # # # # #  #    #  #    #  #  ª ª     77 44    43 43        8 8 44 mf mf  fff subito f subito   rall. rall. q = 60 q = 60 q = 40 q = 40  4343   7 #7#      # #      # #      5 5    b b    7 7      88      88 44 pp pp

pp

mp mp

ppp ppp

mf mf

Breitkopf EB 9399 Breitkopf EB 9399


7

Violin

      

 48 F  7  8 

   

sim. 



mf

   



pp

mf

ppp





f



accel.

pppp mf

p

  b  4  4

non harm. senza vib. 54

mf

   



ppp mf

pp

accel.

q = 60



   

 #   rall.

p





scales = ord. trills = poco sul pont.

       ª #  ª n  n   b  G    #   7 4  8 4 7 q = 40

ppppp fragile

always semitone

mp

ppp

accel. q = 60 q = 70 accel.       q = 50  n  n  ª ª ª         58  #   #        #         4 7 # 5 # 3  4 8 4 4

Leseprobe

accel.

7

7

f p

ppp

7

f mp

ppp

3

f mf

ppp

accel. q = 90     ª ª n  n      n   ª   61 q = 80  #   #           3 b # 5 3 b # 2 4 8 4 b 4 accel.

7

f

ppp

ff

6

7

ppp

molto rall. q = 1 20     ª ª  n   n     n  n  65 q = 1 00  #   #        2  b b # 7 2  bn # 5  4  8 4   b 8 accel.

Sample page 6

7

q = 80

6

7

pp

fff

5

shimmering, in the far distance... q = c.66

   74 I 2 2

ord.

ppppp

3



3 2 ppp

* Å 7  

 

ord.

2 2

ªª

ò

2 2

slower again q = c.48 rall. q = c.40



 7

pp

 

ord.

sul pont.

3 2 ppppp

à 

2

fffff

a little slower q = c.60

sul pont.

p

q = c.72

3     high harm. ad lib. sul A                                  ª  ª  69 H 4 ªª  2

playful, spontaneous rall.

fff

5

fff

  

2 2

sul pont.



3 2 ppppp

p

 Ã 7  

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Contents I mysterious, hypnotic, entrancing [c. 5 min.] II slow, with a heavy heart [c. 4 min.] III delicate, mysterious [c. 6 min.]

1 19 23

Performance Notes Note on metre Sometimes the notation distinguishes between “felt metre” (defined by normal barlines) and “practical metre” (defined by dotted barlines). While the smaller metrical divisions (in 2/4) make the music easier to read, the larger metrical structures reveal the compositional intentions. This approach occurs in two sections of the first movement: b.1 [LETTER A] – b.97 [LETTER L]: felt metre = 8/2, practical metre = 2/4 b.181 [LETTER Q] – b.198 [end of the movement]: felt metre = 3/2, practical metre = 2/4 Note on microtones

The piece begins with position 1. Between LETTER D and LETTER E the players should walk (while continuing to play from memory) to position 2, joining the rest of the ensemble on stage. If more time is needed to walk between positions it is fine to begin walking earlier, for example at LETTER C. Voix imaginaire The score includes a vocal line, setting part of a poem by Pablo Neruda: Every Day You Play. This part is not intended for performance but could inform the musical expression and interpretation. All of the melodic lines are included in other parts which are performed. While composing the words and melodies became connected in my imagination. Each movement is related to one stanza, as follows:

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Derivation of microtones is usually based on the tuning of the harmonic series (whether or not it is being expressed as actual natural harmonics). The degree of accuracy required depends on the context. In the cases where precision is most important the score indicates, for example, “tune as 11th harm. of C” or simply “11th of C”. In faster passages the most important thing is the special non-chromatic colour of the intonation. The language overall is heterogenous, mixing “tempered” and “spectral” attitudes to tuning throughout the piece, in order to achieve a sense of ‘shimmering’ sound and harmony (for example, the A natural in the opening violin/ viola figuration is not part of the C-spectrum, whereas the other notes are; or at b.117 we simultaneously here the spectral version in the violin/viola and the tempered version in the piano).

Every day you play with the light of the universe. Subtle visitor, you arrive in the flower and the water, You are more than this white head that I hold tightly as a bunch of flowers, every day, between my hands. You are like nobody since I love you. Let me spread you out among yellow garlands. Who writes your name in letters of smoke among the stars of the south? Oh let me remember you as you were before you existed. Suddenly the wind howls and bangs at my shut window. The sky is a net crammed with shadowy fish. Here all the winds let go sooner or later, all of them. The rain takes off her clothes.

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The most common spectral root is C:

From Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda | Published by Jonathan Cape | Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Limited. Other performance notes

7th = 31 cents flat (approximately a 1/3 tone) 11th = 49 cents flat (approximately a 1/4 tone) 13th = 41 cents sharp (approximately 2/5 of a tone) There are also cases of microtones used as melodic or colouristic inflections. In such cases the precise tuning is left to the performers discretion. The following accidentals are used:

Layout/Playing Positions The violin and viola players have two playing positions: 1. Off-stage (not too far, but out of view for the audience) 2. On-stage, with the ensemble in a standard seating format (as for Schubert)

Sometimes very high natural harmonics are used melodically (e.g. the cello part during the opening of the piece). It is understood that these may be fragile and unstable in performance. What matters is to aim for the written notes, and hope for the best! Glissandi should, as far as possible, last across the entire notated duration; though where the distance is very small compared to the time value the slide can be delayed as needed. Headless stems (with o) = unspecified high natural harmonics: Upward arrow note-heads = unspecified pitch as high as possible:

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Christian Mason

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Shadowy fish (Hommage à Schubert)

für Violine, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Klavier for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass and Piano

Viola

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Shadowy fish Viola

Christian Mason, 2020

I Feel each 2/4 bar as a h beat within a larger 8-beat structure

Mysterious, hypnotic, entrancing q = 1 08 – 1 20 OFF-STAGE, OUT OF VIEW, WITHOUT SHOES

fast light bow strokes, molto sul pont. (PLAY 2×)

  82 ªª 

   

ppp lontano

6

12

18

   

   

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    p

 

fast light bow strokes molto sul pont.

   

   

A

   ªª 

  

ppp lontano

  

  

B

meno sul pont.

    

p

    

    

    

    

 

pp lontano

molto sul pont.

    

    

    

    

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mf

  

WALK CALMLY WHILE PLAYING TO ON-STAGE POSITION...

23

29

C poco sul pont.

 

  

 

  

 

ppp

  

 

  

 

 

  

    

 

  

D ord.

p

    

    

    

pp lontano

ON-STAGE

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    

   

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   

    mf

   

   

1 

pp

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Viola 41

poco sul pont.

E

  

                                           

ppp

47

    f

F ord.

                                             pp lontano

molto sul pont.

53

   

G                                                

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ord.

59

   

                                             ppp

H 65

Gradual transformation of articulation

     f

70

                                                        

I

molto sul pont.

    

                                   

      

      

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ppp

mf

ord. J molto sul pont.                       ª                   

76

ppp

ord.

84

         ª  ppp

  

  

    

f

molto sul pont.

K

                 ª                 f

pp

ord.             L2q = q              2     >

93



ff

3

101

1

I

 pp

3





ppp

IV

 

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







 





f

mf

molto sul pont.

3  

 

3



             

ff

ppp

M

poco vib.

ord.

118

  

#

                    >   > >   >  

dark, melancholy, a little faster, �owing q = 1 20 – 1 32

3

 # 

p dolce

mf

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124

3

 # n

ª

p



 

#  ª #   n 



f

pp

N Icy, a distant echo

133

  

 ªª

3

poco sul pont. senza vib. 3

n 

  

f

b 

143

   mf

p

rall. 153

5

 3n 

mp



p

pp

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pp

ord.

3

 b  n 

b

mf

p

�owing, watery, shimmering slightly slower [ TEMPO 1] q = 1 08 - 1 20

5

O

  5

 

molto sul pont. fast, light bow

5

5

5

5

n n n      L3           L3    n  L3  

ppp

p

5

5

5

5

5

n n n n n   n      L3           L3    n  L3      L3           L3    n  L3  

ppp

163

# 

pp

f

159

3

#  ª #   n 

3  b 

#

p

5

5

5

ppp

p

5

5

5

5

5

n n n  n n n     L3           L3    n  L3       L3           L3    n  L3   

ppp

p

ppp

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5

5

5

5

5

5

n n n n n   n      L3           L3    n  L3      L3           L3    n  L3  

ppp

171

5

5

p

ppp

P

p

1 1 th 1 3th of Bb of Bb 5

 K  ª   n  L    n     n  L    n  L    3     3   3  3 5

5

5

ppp

5

p

175

ppp

pp

f

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5  K    ª  K    ª  K   ª  3  3  3

5     K3   ª 

 K   ª  K    ª  3  3 

pp

f

5  K    ª  K    ª  K   ª  3  3  3

pp

f

Feel each 2/4 bar as a h beat within a larger 3-beat structure

Q

Winding down, like a music box rall.

q = c.80

molto sul pont.

3 3 3 3    3 3    K      #  3L   ª  ª #  L   #  L   #  L   3 K  L   L   L    3    3  3 3   2 3  3  3   3  3

180

3

pp

f

3

molto rall.

poco sul pont.

186

3

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 # 3  L   L L   3  3   L3    3 3

3

  #  3L   3

3

pp

3

 3   L3    #  L3    L3    3

q = c.40 191

3

#3  L   3   L3 

3

mf

3

molto sul pont.

ord.

3   3 3    L3    #  L3    L3    #  L3    3

pp

3

f

3

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slow, with a heavy heart h = 54 senza vib. 

A 

b 

 11





rall.

B



b 

ppp





ord.

12

sul pont. ord.

   >

sffz

23

  >

pp

I 

sfffz



36

~

~ >

ppp

 >

ff

 >

p



II





3

ord.

1

5

K3 

f

sul pont.

pp



mf

pp

mf

n 

  

  

 ª

sffz



b 





 

ppp

 5L   3



3     b  ª n  

p

 

3

b > f

A

1

sffz

poco vib.



68

   

 ªª

sffz

stay extremely slow h = 40 senza vib.

sffz p

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p

E 1

  ª    K3  h = 40

3

  

ppp

pp

molto sul pont.

b >

  

ó

b  >

5

fff

III

1  b 

mf espress. 3

   >

delicate, mysterious q = 40

 43  b  

ord.

rall.

  >

  

   L3  n 

fff



h = 40

molto sul pont.

 >

p

K3 ~>

49

57

Leseprobe piu sul pont.

slightly faster, somewhat agitated  h = 66 

 ~  



rall.

poco sul pont.

f

D

1 C 

pp

�at like nat. 7th of C

III

sul pont.

(senza vib.)

sfz

slightly faster, a little lighter h = 60 h = 40

sul pont.

  >

 b  p

   mp

 bb   b    5

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q = 60

accel.

b  

mf

 b  p

 b 

pp

5 4


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q = 40

B q = 54       9      3   45  ##    b b  n  ##    4  rall.

mf

7

14



high nat. harm. ad lib. 

        



 

ppp

ff

q = 60

                   

high nat. harm. ad lib. sul A 

sul pont. 

      p

     

mf

C q = 40

pp

p

      ppp

rall.

1 

4 4 6

5

pp

ff

Leseprobe ord.

5 4 8#     4     >

    43           42     43  #   pp

mf

p

 # >

f

 # >

p

q = 30

molto sul pont.

sul tasto

sul pont. ord.              #   #   #   #           3          #  4  

27

 

pp

p

mf

f

q = 60

accel.

D

       pp

ord. 

 #       mp

ò

ppp

ord.

 

 f

mf

accel.

 

ppppmf

   

ppp

 

ppp mf

mf

q = 60

   

IV 

pp

    

 b   

II



7 8

p

    F          7      8  

 87 #  #  ª #  #  ª #  #  ª 45  ª ppp

4 4

accel.

q = 40

rall.



 n  E7 #  #   #   n   # 8

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   

ff

44 q = 60

q = 40

2

molto sul pont.         #  #   #  #  n  43 #  #   #    44 #    

40

ff

rall.

q = 30

rall.

51

mf

rall.

32

3 4

q = 60

accel.

sul pont.

19





p

f

accel.

rall.

 

mf Breitkopf EB 9399

p

    p

mf

pp mf

q = 40

rall.

4    4

ppp

  

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accel.

G

scales = ord. trills = poco sul pont.

q = 50 accel.

q = 60 accel.

       b    4     #   b    ª 7     #   b   5  #  7    8  4 8 n  4 3 3 6 6 6  pp ppp f p ppp f mp ppp

57

always semitone

q = 70 accel.

q = 80 accel.      6 60 b  b       n    # # 3 5 ª  3    45  b  n     b  n  4 b  8 4 6

f mf

q = 90

Leseprobe

6

f

ppp

6

ppp

q = 1 00

accel.

 6   # n n b     43  b  b  b  n  6 >

63

accel.

 6 ª 2  87 4  b b b n

ff

ppp

fff

q = 1 20 molto rall.

 3   ª  ª 66 6 6 b  6    b       #   #  7 2 5     8  4   b b b n 8 pp

rall.

   3                 H 4 2

high harm. ad lib. sul A   69

   ª 

   

fff

5

3

shimmering, in the far distance... q = c.66 ord.

 74 I   ª  ª  22   ppppp

 ppp

3



q = c.72

2 ªª

ò

à 

ªª

2 2

fffff

a little slower q = c.60

sul pont.

3 2

p

Sample page playful, spontaneous

q = 80

fff

slower again q = c.48 rall. q = c.40

ord.

 ª  ª Å 2  * 7  2 7   ppppp

sul pont.

3 2

 pp

 7  7  

ord.

 ª  ª 2  2 ppppp

sul pont.

3 2

 p

à 7  7  

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Viola

Contents I mysterious, hypnotic, entrancing [c. 5 min.] II slow, with a heavy heart [c. 4 min.] III delicate, mysterious [c. 6 min.]

1 19 23

Performance Notes Note on metre Sometimes the notation distinguishes between “felt metre” (defined by normal barlines) and “practical metre” (defined by dotted barlines). While the smaller metrical divisions (in 2/4) make the music easier to read, the larger metrical structures reveal the compositional intentions. This approach occurs in two sections of the first movement: b.1 [LETTER A] – b.97 [LETTER L]: felt metre = 8/2, practical metre = 2/4 b.181 [LETTER Q] – b.198 [end of the movement]: felt metre = 3/2, practical metre = 2/4 Note on microtones

The piece begins with position 1. Between LETTER D and LETTER E the players should walk (while continuing to play from memory) to position 2, joining the rest of the ensemble on stage. If more time is needed to walk between positions it is fine to begin walking earlier, for example at LETTER C. Voix imaginaire The score includes a vocal line, setting part of a poem by Pablo Neruda: Every Day You Play. This part is not intended for performance but could inform the musical expression and interpretation. All of the melodic lines are included in other parts which are performed. While composing the words and melodies became connected in my imagination. Each movement is related to one stanza, as follows:

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Derivation of microtones is usually based on the tuning of the harmonic series (whether or not it is being expressed as actual natural harmonics). The degree of accuracy required depends on the context. In the cases where precision is most important the score indicates, for example, “tune as 11th harm. of C” or simply “11th of C”. In faster passages the most important thing is the special non-chromatic colour of the intonation. The language overall is heterogenous, mixing “tempered” and “spectral” attitudes to tuning throughout the piece, in order to achieve a sense of ‘shimmering’ sound and harmony (for example, the A natural in the opening violin/ viola figuration is not part of the C-spectrum, whereas the other notes are; or at b.117 we simultaneously here the spectral version in the violin/viola and the tempered version in the piano).

Every day you play with the light of the universe. Subtle visitor, you arrive in the flower and the water, You are more than this white head that I hold tightly as a bunch of flowers, every day, between my hands. You are like nobody since I love you. Let me spread you out among yellow garlands. Who writes your name in letters of smoke among the stars of the south? Oh let me remember you as you were before you existed. Suddenly the wind howls and bangs at my shut window. The sky is a net crammed with shadowy fish. Here all the winds let go sooner or later, all of them. The rain takes off her clothes.

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The most common spectral root is C:

From Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda | Published by Jonathan Cape | Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Limited. Other performance notes

7th = 31 cents flat (approximately a 1/3 tone) 11th = 49 cents flat (approximately a 1/4 tone) 13th = 41 cents sharp (approximately 2/5 of a tone) There are also cases of microtones used as melodic or colouristic inflections. In such cases the precise tuning is left to the performers discretion. The following accidentals are used:

Layout/Playing Positions The violin and viola players have two playing positions: 1. Off-stage (not too far, but out of view for the audience) 2. On-stage, with the ensemble in a standard seating format (as for Schubert)

Sometimes very high natural harmonics are used melodically (e.g. the cello part during the opening of the piece). It is understood that these may be fragile and unstable in performance. What matters is to aim for the written notes, and hope for the best! Glissandi should, as far as possible, last across the entire notated duration; though where the distance is very small compared to the time value the slide can be delayed as needed. Headless stems (with o) = unspecified high natural harmonics: Upward arrow note-heads = unspecified pitch as high as possible:

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Leseprobe

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Shadowy fish Violoncello

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I Feel each 2/4 bar as a h beat within a larger 8-beat structure

Mysterious, hypnotic, entrancing q = 1 08 – 1 20 IV gliss on nat. harm.

8 A    7    L    ª   5    3 ª   ª   8      2 ªª ó ó ªª     3 

 L3        

(PLAY 2×)

p

B

  

17

26

 

f

Leseprobe

f

 ª  

D 3  3      I



  

43

57

 ªª

3

G1 

    #

ppp

    ª  ª L   L              3 3   

3  L3    

p

   

non harm. senza vib.

3  



I

 

poco vib.



3

F

3   E       



(tune as 1 1 th harm. of C) senza vib. poco vib.

3   L3 

 

(tune as 1 3th harm. of C) poco senza vib. vib.

3

 

non harm. poco senza senza vib. vib. vib.

 3 

H

4

 

ò

3

senza vib. poco 3 vib. 

poco vib.

L3 

1

poco vib.

 3L3 

3

cantabile molto espress.

mf



7

f

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

senza vib.

 

 3              

1

7

p

IV gliss on nat. harm. C    6     5      7    L  3   

      ª   ªª   ªªª

f

72

82

3   

3

         

33

 

ò

f

      ª  

 ª

 ª    

2

ó

senza

J vib. #

f

Edition Breitkopf 9399

>

L3 > p

K

mf

4 

ó

2 2

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q = q LLq = q ≤≤

2 2  2 2

9797

 # #   ª ª       

# # 

p p ff dolce molto espress. dolce molto espress.

107 107

b b 

pp



mf mf



     



ff

L3 L3  

3 3

pp

  

pp



ff

ord. ord. poco vib. poco vib. (senza vib. on start of microtones) (senza vib. on start of microtones)1 11th of C 1 th of C

poco poco sul pont. sul pont.

  



1 3th 1 3th of C of C

# #  # # 



f dolce f dolce



3 3   n n      >> ffff 3 3

mf mf

dark, melancholy, dark, melancholy, a little faster, �owing a little faster, �owing

Leseprobe

7th of C 7th of C sul tasto sul tasto q = 1 q = 1 20 – 1 20 – 1 3232 senza vib. senza vib. 3 3

117 117molto sul pont. molto sul pont.

n n ª ª       >> > > 

pp pp

 

144 144





ò ò     

ppp ppp

n n ª ª   pp  

44 óó

Icy, a distant echo Icy, a distant echo

1 11th of C 1 th of C

131 131L3 L3  

  



  

MM 3 3



molto sul pont.  ªªªªªª   3 3 NNmolto sul pont. senza vib.   ò ò  senza vib.     mp mp ppp ppp

 pp

IV IV





 ª ª     > > > >



ord. ord.





pp pp

ord. ord.

 



mf mf

rall. rall.



Sample page mp mp



 

pp pp

sul tasto sul tasto

 



ppp ppp

�owing, watery, shimmering �owing, watery, shimmering slightly slower [ slightly slower [ TEMPO 1] TEMPO 1] q = 1 q = 1 08 - 1 08 - 1 2020

155 155

  

160 160  

     

ord. + fast, light bow OOord. + fast, light bow   ªn ªn   ª nªn 

L3 L3    

    

   L3 L3     ªn ªn      ª ª L3 L3     ªn ªn      ª ª    

ppp ppp

mf mf

         L3 L3    ªn ªn      ª ª L3 L3    ªn ªn      ª ª L3 L3    ªn ªn      ª ª L3 L3    ªn ªn      ª ª ppp ppp

mf mf

164 164  

         L3 L3    ªn ªn      ª ª L3 L3    ªn ªn      ª ª L3 L3    ªn ªn      ª ª L3 L3    ªn ªn      ª ª ppp ppp

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    L3     ªn      ª  

 L     ªn      ª  L     ªn      ª  L     ªn      ª    3  3  3 

168

ppp

ff

7th of Bb

P

3 5        ª       ª ª ª     n            L3           b b  b 

172

5

ppp

f

3

pp

3 5            ª                ª        b n  n b  b n  n b  3

5

176

Leseprobe

f

pp

f

pp

Feel each 2/4 bar as a h beat within a larger 3-beat structure

Winding down, like a music box rall. molto sul pont.

     Q 3     3   b  2 

3 #        3

180

pp

f

3

#        3

3

mf

3

q = c.40 ord.

Sample page

3 #   #          3

  

#  

molto rall. 188

q = c.80

3

   3

f

#    #        3

3

3

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   3

pp

#        3

3

poco sul pont.

  

#   3

3

pp

molto sul pont.

 #    3

ff

2 ò

à 


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Leseprobe

Sample page

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5

Violoncello

II

A

slow, with a heavy heart h = 54 



1   1

ppp sempre

h = 40

13

  

 



 

 





 

slightly faster, a little lighter h = 60

C 

 







1

36

f espress.

pp





 >

p espress.

#      b   5

45

 









Leseprobe #

slightly faster, somewhat agitated h = 66 3

 

 

h = 40

rall.

senza vib.

3

ff



 

 

# ª

f

 3  #   p ord.

1

h = 40

rall.



molto sul pont.

sul pont.

   n 

 >

 >

Sample page

pp

mf

p

ppp



3

à 

7th harm.

sul pont.

 ª b    

K3 

 ª

IV: 9th harm.

 >

fff

D

rall.

pp

con vib. 26





B

mf

p

p

sfz

 >

sffz

1

 pp

stay extremely slow

E h = 40 57

2 ò

 

66

ord.

b 



ppppp

ppp

cresc.

 



I senza vib. II II sul pont. 



b >

fff



 >

p

molto sul pont.

74

  b >





sim.

3

 >

b  >

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3

 >

b  >

ffff

ord. IV: 7th harm.

à 

ppp


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I II I I delicate, mysterious delicate, mysterious AA q = 40 q = 40 glisgls.iss.

33 4 4 

 # #    

 # #    

ppp ppp

77

 # #    

  

pp pp

pp

ppp ppp

mp mp

glisgls.iss.

BB

 n n  43 4#3#  



accel. accel. gligli ss.ss.

 # #     

 # # 

mf mf

q = 54 q = 54

rall. rall.

   45 45 

gligli ss.ss.

 # #    

pp pp

q = 60 q = 60

  

glisgls.iss.

glisgls.iss.

  

pp

rall. rall.

glisgls.iss.

 n n  # #  

mf mf

 n n  # #  

pp

Leseprobe

  

glisgls.iss.

ppp ppp

q = 60 q = 60

q = 40 q = 40

high nat. harm. high nat. harm.     ad lib. sul A ad lib. sul A              

glisgls.iss. glisgls.iss.   glisgls.iss.             44       # #   n n # #   n n # #    4 4 5 5

accel. accel.

1313

ff

q = 40 q = 40

CC

1919

ss.ss. gligli

mf mf

pp

        # #  43 43 >> glisgls.iss.

ffff

pp pp

pp pp

q = 60 q = 60

accel. accel. glisgls.iss.

6 6

rall. rall.

ss.ss. gligli

glisgls.iss.

ss.ss. gligli

33 22 33 4 4 ª ª  # #   ª ª  # #  4 4 ª ª 4 4 ª ª    mf mf

55 88   

11

4 4  44

 

Sample page q = 30 q = 30accel. accel.

   

2626

q = 60 q = 60 3535

  

11

rall. rall.    D  D                                                       sul A sul A                43 43  pp pp pp mf mf ff ffff pp pp pp q = 40 q = 40

rall. rall.

22 òò

ord. ord. #  # ª ª   # # ª ª 3 3 ª ª # #    4 4   7 7  44 88 44 pp pp

ord. ord.

pp

rall. rall.

pp pp

accel. accel.

 ª ª 44 44

molto sul pont. molto sul pont.

1 1 EE

q = 60 q = 60 4343

q = 30 q = 30

rall. rall.

mf mf pp pp

ff

q = 40 q = 40 sul pont. sul pont.

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F



ª

 ªª

pp

f

p

very slow glissandi

 7  ªª 8

48

ppp

f

f

 n 4    4 

55

poco sul pont. 

più sul pont. 



ª

pp

ppp

ff

ª

#  ªª

mp

f

p

G

scales = ord. trills = poco sul pont.

q = 50 accel.

5

pp

ppp

f p

Leseprobe

q = 60 accel.

ff

4 4

always semitone  b  4    b  n    b    7   b  n   b   4 8

7 8 

 ªª

ff

accel.

  

q = 60 molto sul pont.



q = 40

rall.

accel.

q = 70

5

ppp

q = 80

accel. accel.  59   5   b 5  b  3      b  n  b  n  7 5    b   b  n  b   8 b  b  n  b   8 4 4 5

f mp

5

5

f mf

ppp

f

q = 90 accel. q = 1 00 accel.    62 5 b  b       ª  2   5  b n 3 7  b n    b  b  n  8 4 4 8 b  b  5 5 5

ppp

5

f

ppp

q = 1 20 molto rall.

 66 5 5 b  n    2 n  n n b  b  n  b  n  7 5      4  8 b b b b n b 8  b b b b n b   5 5 f

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q = 80

playful, spontaneous

 3             69    ª   H4   2 high harm. ad lib. sul A 

p

rall.





3

3

  74 I  ª  2  2 ord.

ppppp

a little slower q = c.60 sul pont.      ª 3   * Å 2    7 7  2 2 7 7     ppppp pp

sul pont.

  3 2

ppp

    

q = c.72

à 

2 ªª

ò

ªª

2 2

fffff

fff

shimmering, in the far distance... q = c.66

5

fff

ord.

slower again q = c.48 rall. q = c.40

  ª 2 2 ord.

ppppp

sul pont.

  3 2 p

à 7  7  

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Contents I mysterious, hypnotic, entrancing [c. 5 min.] II slow, with a heavy heart [c. 4 min.] III delicate, mysterious [c. 6 min.]

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Performance Notes Note on metre Sometimes the notation distinguishes between “felt metre” (defined by normal barlines) and “practical metre” (defined by dotted barlines). While the smaller metrical divisions (in 2/4) make the music easier to read, the larger metrical structures reveal the compositional intentions. This approach occurs in two sections of the first movement: b.1 [LETTER A] – b.97 [LETTER L]: felt metre = 8/2, practical metre = 2/4 b.181 [LETTER Q] – b.198 [end of the movement]: felt metre = 3/2, practical metre = 2/4 Note on microtones

The piece begins with position 1. Between LETTER D and LETTER E the players should walk (while continuing to play from memory) to position 2, joining the rest of the ensemble on stage. If more time is needed to walk between positions it is fine to begin walking earlier, for example at LETTER C. Voix imaginaire The score includes a vocal line, setting part of a poem by Pablo Neruda: Every Day You Play. This part is not intended for performance but could inform the musical expression and interpretation. All of the melodic lines are included in other parts which are performed. While composing the words and melodies became connected in my imagination. Each movement is related to one stanza, as follows:

Leseprobe

Derivation of microtones is usually based on the tuning of the harmonic series (whether or not it is being expressed as actual natural harmonics). The degree of accuracy required depends on the context. In the cases where precision is most important the score indicates, for example, “tune as 11th harm. of C” or simply “11th of C”. In faster passages the most important thing is the special non-chromatic colour of the intonation. The language overall is heterogenous, mixing “tempered” and “spectral” attitudes to tuning throughout the piece, in order to achieve a sense of ‘shimmering’ sound and harmony (for example, the A natural in the opening violin/ viola figuration is not part of the C-spectrum, whereas the other notes are; or at b.117 we simultaneously here the spectral version in the violin/viola and the tempered version in the piano).

Every day you play with the light of the universe. Subtle visitor, you arrive in the flower and the water, You are more than this white head that I hold tightly as a bunch of flowers, every day, between my hands. You are like nobody since I love you. Let me spread you out among yellow garlands. Who writes your name in letters of smoke among the stars of the south? Oh let me remember you as you were before you existed. Suddenly the wind howls and bangs at my shut window. The sky is a net crammed with shadowy fish. Here all the winds let go sooner or later, all of them. The rain takes off her clothes.

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The most common spectral root is C:

From Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda | Published by Jonathan Cape | Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Limited. Other performance notes

7th = 31 cents flat (approximately a 1/3 tone) 11th = 49 cents flat (approximately a 1/4 tone) 13th = 41 cents sharp (approximately 2/5 of a tone) There are also cases of microtones used as melodic or colouristic inflections. In such cases the precise tuning is left to the performers discretion. The following accidentals are used:

Layout/Playing Positions The violin and viola players have two playing positions: 1. Off-stage (not too far, but out of view for the audience) 2. On-stage, with the ensemble in a standard seating format (as for Schubert)

Sometimes very high natural harmonics are used melodically (e.g. the cello part during the opening of the piece). It is understood that these may be fragile and unstable in performance. What matters is to aim for the written notes, and hope for the best! Glissandi should, as far as possible, last across the entire notated duration; though where the distance is very small compared to the time value the slide can be delayed as needed. Headless stems (with o) = unspecified high natural harmonics: Upward arrow note-heads = unspecified pitch as high as possible:

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Shadowy fish Double Bass

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I Feel each 2/4 bar as a h beat within a larger 8-beat structure

Mysterious, hypnotic, entrancing q = 1 08 – 1 20 (PLAY 2×)

8 A

molto sul pont.

 8 ªª ó ó ªª 2

8

19

 

8

f

30

b  ªª

8

B

ord. 3

 b  

 b

Leseprobe bª  

ª  

bª

  

ord.

C

ord.

 b 

 b

3

 b

p

f

ord.

3

1

3

sul pont.

sul pont.

ppp

D   b tr.

f

5

 b   

3

b

molto sul pont.

  b 3

p

ord. IV

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  f

     ª    



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   3

5

ppp

5

46

E

F



3





  

 ª  

3

3



3

 

3  

p

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GG

3 3              

HH

     ??             ppp ppp pp pp  ppp ppp ff                      gliss. gliss.   gliss. gliss. I I gliss. gliss.   gliss. gliss. 6767                b b                     b  b  b  b     b b    8 8 >>     8 8

 

5757

 

pp

pp pp

 

ppp ppp

 

pp pp

8 8

pp

mp mp

          gliss. gliss. gliss. gliss. gliss. gliss. 7474     bb     bb     bb          8 8

ff

pp

pp pp

                      L3 L3  

11

ppp ppp

8 8

pp

8 8

q = q q = q

LL

9797

2 2 22 8 8   >>



sfsf fzfz

108 108



8 8



ff

> > pp

mf mf

sul sul pont. pont.

ord. ord.

sul sul pont. pont.

sim. sim.

> >



> >



> >

mf mf

pp

molto 2 2 molto sul pont. sul pont.



òò

??

8 8

ff

> > pp



mf mf

> > pp

ff





pp

mf mf

> > pp

ffff

b b 

pp pp

> >



pp



> > pp

ffff

> >

ff

Sample page



ff

move towards sul pont. with cresc. move towards sul pont. with cresc. and back to ord. with dim. (sempre) and back to ord. with dim. (sempre)

ord. ord.

pp pp

3 3

pp

C: 1 4th 4th C: 1 C: 1 1 th 1 th 3              J J  3C: 1   K K              LL      33 

8181

mf mf

arco arco ss.ss. IVIV gligli 

Leseprobe

mf mf

pizz. pizz.



pp

> > pp

ffff



ffff

dark, melancholy, a little faster, �owing dark, melancholy, a little faster, �owing MMq = 1 q = 1 20 – 1 20 – 1 3232

121 121senza vib. senza vib.



8 8





pp

      mf mf



pp pp



 

mp mp



    

 pp



ff

Icy, a distant echo Icy, a distant echo 133 133

  

8 8

pp pp

  

ord. 145 145ord. 8 8

pp

 

pp



 

 

pp pp



(ord.) NN(ord.)  





ppp ppp





pp pp

 ª ª    

 

mp mp

pp pp Breitkopf EB 9399 Breitkopf EB 9399



sul tasto sul tasto 



ppp ppp

sul pont. sul pont.

rall. rall.







mf mf





   

22 22


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Double Bass

�owing, watery, shimmering slightly slower [ TEMPO 1] q = 1 08 – 1 20

ord. + fast, light bow

III  IIIIV IV                                                             

157

II

O

8

3

3

ppp

 

160

 

8

 

8

mf

166

 

3

8

 

3

8

3

3

3

3

f

3

3

3

 

8

3

                                                  

3

 

3

ppp

3

3

3

3

ppp

172

3

Leseprobe

3

 

3

ppp

                                            

3

169

3

                                                  

3

 

3

                                                   3

 

3

mf

3

163

3

3

ff

     

3

Sample page

  3

P

circular bowing: shi continuously sul pont. <> sul tasto

- 5 3   b       n  b         ppp

7

3

5

 b     n  b   n  b  n   b    n 

p

pp

mf

p

Feel each 2/4 bar as a h beat within a larger 3-beat structure

Winding down, like a music box q = c.80 rall. 178

8

3

7

 b  n 

3  b    n  b  n   b  n  b  2  >

f

187

8

p

3

>

ff

Q

3

III IV ord.

 b > f

ff

molto rall.



>

mf





pp

p



 pp

Breitkopf EB 9399

b  >



mf

q = c.40

b  >

>

 b  ppp



f

molto sul pont.

p

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I II I slow, with a heavy heart slow, with a heavy heart h = 54 h = 54  

AA

11 

 

1 1   11

8 8

b b 

 

   b b  8 8 > >

1212 ord. ord.

sfsf fzfz

b b   8 8

 b b  >>

sul pont. sul pont.ord. ord.

 pp pp

2424



sfsf fff zfz

   >>

ff

1 1 Ksul pont. Ksul pont.     3 3 

8 8

4747



8 8

b b 

 





sul pont. sul pont.





1 1 CC 1 1   

 



 



   >>

 pp

piu piu sul pont. sul pont.

   >>



ffff

 

h = 40 h = 40

pp

 >>

molto molto sul pont. sul pont.

   >>



fff fff

K3 K3  ??

pp

fff ff fff



ord. ord.

ord. ord.

b b 

 





rall. rall.



Sample page       b b  > >

sfsf zz

sul pont. sul pont.



pp

b b  >>

sfsf fzfz



pp

h = 40 h = 40

molto molto sul pont. sul pont.

b b  >>



11

sfsf fff zfz

stay extremely slow stay extremely slow h = 40 EEh = 40 5757

senza vib. senza vib. 2 2 IIIIIIIIIIsul pont. sul pont.IIIIII

 ò ò

8 8

6969

 

8 8



ppppp ppppp

b b  >> pp

b b  >>



sim. sim.



b b  >>

b b  >> 

ord. ord.



b b  >>

ppp ppp

 cresc. cresc.



b b  >>

molto molto sul pont. sul pont.

  >>

fff fff

  >>

Breitkopf EB 9399 Breitkopf EB 9399

  >>

  >>

 > >



fff ff fff

 8 8

pp pp

poco poco sul pont. sul pont.

pp



11

K3 K3 



8 8

ff

mf mf

 



Leseprobe



pp pp

nat. 7th of C nat. 7th of C

rall. rall.

poco poco sul pont. sul pont.

sul pont. sul pont.

sfsf zz

slightly faster, a little lighter slightly faster, a little lighter h = 60 h = 60 �at like �at like

ppp ppp

K3 K3 

 b b  >>

ppp ppp

slightly faster, somewhat agitated slightly faster, somewhat agitated �at like nat. 7th of G h = 66 �at like nat. 7th of G DDh = 66



 

ppp ppp

h = 40 h = 40

3636

 

rall. rall.

BB

b b  >> 

11


5

Double Bass

III delicate, mysterious q = 40 III 

A

3 4  8

rall.

ppp

pp

p

mp



 



mf

8

  3 4





 

ª    3  4  p 8 q = 60

35

 8

  





  

q = 60   

p

pp

4 4





 2  4

6

7

ª

3 4

5 8

7

7

  ? 44 

rall.

p

ff

rall.



 

mf

 ª

 

f

 ª

 D 



ff

pp

q = 40

   #   4 K   #   E7 43 8  f

Breitkopf EB 9399

1



3 4

 3 ª  4

III

8

ppp

q = 30 accel.

  pp

  >

Sample page  ª

ff

 b >

8

 

f

q = 60

1

 

f

                        

(9th harm.) 

ppp

    #    





ppp

pp

5 4

q = 40

q = 60

f

28



mf

p

 



8

rall.



accel.

rall.

mf

p

q = 40 accel.

19

q = 54

6

 

Leseprobe

3

f

accel.

C



3

8

  

      B      3 4

 9  5 4

14

 

  

high harm. ad lib. 

  

high harm. ad lib.



mf

pp





p

mp

q = 30 accel.

rall.

1

1 3 4

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 

 

   

q = 60

  7 8



rall.

   

   



ppp

8

mf

    #   

8

f

pp

f

  5 4   

f

ppp

8

ppp

q = 70 accel.

q = 50 accel.

q = 80 accel.

2 4 8 >

5 8

fff

 #  4  ªª 4

ord.

fpp

  2 b  n      #  4 7

ffp

playful, q = 80 spontaneous

f

ppp

q = 60 accel.

sul pont.

sul pont.

  #  87  ª  3

     #  45

ord.

fpp

   b  n   2 7  #  4  8   6 > sul pont. 

ord.

ffp

Sample page rall.

 3                H 4  ª 2   high harm. ad lib. sul A  

p

pp

q = 1 00 accel. sul pont.

ord.

fpp

molto sul pont.

sul pont.

q = 90 accel. sul pont.

ord.

q = 1 20 molto rall.

q = c.72

3

fff

2

ªª

ò

ªª

à 

slower again

q = c.66

q = c.60

q = c.48 rall. q = c.40

ord.

ppppp

sul pont.     ª 3   * Å 2  2    2 7 7     ppppp pp

sul pont.

  3 2

ppp

2 2

fffff

a little slower

I

 8

shimmering, in the far distance...

  ª 2  2   8

7 8 ª

5

fpp

74

arco ord.

       #  43 b  ª 85 ª     #  43 b  ª  >

 5 b 4 8

67

  

G

pp

sul pont.

ord.

60

q = 40

rall.

     #    b  4 n    4

8

ppp

Leseprobe

q = 60

7 8 

?

f

f

accel.

f

  b    #   b     #        #   

ppp

54

F pizz. 

accel.

  #    

49

q = 40

ord.

  ª 2   2

  3 2

ppppp

p

ord.

sul pont.

à  7  

* Improvise rhythmically irregular trill between harmonic and open string: think of morse code, vary long/short, avoid synchronisation, in general emphasise the harmonic with �ickering �ashes of open string. Breitkopf EB 9399


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Double Bass

Contents I mysterious, hypnotic, entrancing [c. 5 min.] II slow, with a heavy heart [c. 4 min.] III delicate, mysterious [c. 6 min.]

1 19 23

Performance Notes Note on metre Sometimes the notation distinguishes between “felt metre” (defined by normal barlines) and “practical metre” (defined by dotted barlines). While the smaller metrical divisions (in 2/4) make the music easier to read, the larger metrical structures reveal the compositional intentions. This approach occurs in two sections of the first movement: b.1 [LETTER A] – b.97 [LETTER L]: felt metre = 8/2, practical metre = 2/4 b.181 [LETTER Q] – b.198 [end of the movement]: felt metre = 3/2, practical metre = 2/4 Note on microtones

The piece begins with position 1. Between LETTER D and LETTER E the players should walk (while continuing to play from memory) to position 2, joining the rest of the ensemble on stage. If more time is needed to walk between positions it is fine to begin walking earlier, for example at LETTER C. Voix imaginaire The score includes a vocal line, setting part of a poem by Pablo Neruda: Every Day You Play. This part is not intended for performance but could inform the musical expression and interpretation. All of the melodic lines are included in other parts which are performed. While composing the words and melodies became connected in my imagination. Each movement is related to one stanza, as follows:

Leseprobe

Derivation of microtones is usually based on the tuning of the harmonic series (whether or not it is being expressed as actual natural harmonics). The degree of accuracy required depends on the context. In the cases where precision is most important the score indicates, for example, “tune as 11th harm. of C” or simply “11th of C”. In faster passages the most important thing is the special non-chromatic colour of the intonation. The language overall is heterogenous, mixing “tempered” and “spectral” attitudes to tuning throughout the piece, in order to achieve a sense of ‘shimmering’ sound and harmony (for example, the A natural in the opening violin/ viola figuration is not part of the C-spectrum, whereas the other notes are; or at b.117 we simultaneously here the spectral version in the violin/viola and the tempered version in the piano).

Every day you play with the light of the universe. Subtle visitor, you arrive in the flower and the water, You are more than this white head that I hold tightly as a bunch of flowers, every day, between my hands. You are like nobody since I love you. Let me spread you out among yellow garlands. Who writes your name in letters of smoke among the stars of the south? Oh let me remember you as you were before you existed. Suddenly the wind howls and bangs at my shut window. The sky is a net crammed with shadowy fish. Here all the winds let go sooner or later, all of them. The rain takes off her clothes.

Sample page

The most common spectral root is C:

From Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda | Published by Jonathan Cape | Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Limited. Other performance notes

7th = 31 cents flat (approximately a 1/3 tone) 11th = 49 cents flat (approximately a 1/4 tone) 13th = 41 cents sharp (approximately 2/5 of a tone) There are also cases of microtones used as melodic or colouristic inflections. In such cases the precise tuning is left to the performers discretion. The following accidentals are used:

Layout/Playing Positions The violin and viola players have two playing positions: 1. Off-stage (not too far, but out of view for the audience) 2. On-stage, with the ensemble in a standard seating format (as for Schubert)

Sometimes very high natural harmonics are used melodically (e.g. the cello part during the opening of the piece). It is understood that these may be fragile and unstable in performance. What matters is to aim for the written notes, and hope for the best! Glissandi should, as far as possible, last across the entire notated duration; though where the distance is very small compared to the time value the slide can be delayed as needed. Headless stems (with o) = unspecified high natural harmonics: Upward arrow note-heads = unspecified pitch as high as possible:

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Christian Mason




Christian Mason Shadowy fish (2020) Commissionned by the Grand Théâtre de Provence – Aix-en Provence

Aufführungsdauer | Performing Time

Christian Mason Weitere Kammermusikwerke bei Breitkopf & Härtel Further Chamber Music Works at Breitkopf & Härtel This present moment used to be the unimaginable future... (2019) 20 min.

etwa 15 Minuten | approx. 15 minutes

2Vl.Va.Vc

Uraufführung | World Premiere

Inner Landscapes (2018) 17 min.

Nouveaux Horizons Aix-en-Provence | 16/10/2020 One of my favourite pieces of music as a child – and I still love it – was Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet. It was partly the wonderful music, of course, so light-hearted and joyful on the surface, yet with twists and turns and murky depths of feeling too. But I also liked the picture of a trout on the album sleeve – such beautiful creatures! Last year, while resident at the Villa Concordia in Bamberg, as I took daily walks along the Regnitz river, I observed the trout as they calmly hovered and swayed in the shallows… But if they felt my shadow they were gone in a split second! If you ever get a chance to look closely at brown trout you see that they are covered in myriad brown/red spots of varied sizes; camouflage I suppose. Now those patterns seem to be mixing in my mind with the shifting colours of the spectral arpeggios that flow through this little piece. It’s a watery piece, with rippling waves, shimmering surfaces and textural veils around the melodies which flow through it. But it also takes inspiration (and it’s title) from a Pablo Neruda poem: the third stanza of Every Day You Play includes the line “The sky is a net crammed with shadowy fish”. There’s no singer, but I imagine an invisible or imaginary voice somewhere behind (or beyond) the music, and so the score includes a melodic setting of the text. Even though this is not performed by a voice, the melody is always played by the ensemble – especially high register cello – making 9 790004 the piece something like the inverse of a “song without words”. (Christian Mason)

Fassung für Klavierquintett Version for Piano Quintet

Sardinian Songbook (2018) 15–20 min.

2Vl.Va.Vc

Tuvan Songbook (2016) 19 min. for (Singing) String Quartet 2Vl.Va.Vc

Trio: In Space Enlaced (2012) 9 min. Fl.Ob.Klar | Fl.Ob.Clar

188736

ISMN 979-0-004-18873-6

9 790004 188736

A 21

EB 9399

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