01 Matthe Whittall Negative sace o lute clainet assoon ha and sting quintet (o sting ochesta) 011
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Matthe Whittall Negative sace o lute clainet assoon ha and sting quintet (o sting ochesta) 011
Negative sace (011) o lute clainet assoon ha and sting quintet (o sting ochesta) As a comose I'm extemely image-oiented almost alays equiing some sot o visual stimulus to tanslate into music (I've even ondeed i I ecame a comose ecause I can't da) Tasked ith iting a iece to e eomed ist in a galley music that ould in some ay inteact ith the sace and atoks aound it my thoughts theeoe tuned immediately to the teminology o the visual at old "Negative sace" ees to emty sace aound (o ithin) an at oect sace hich nonetheless contiutes to the viee's ecetion o om and the elationshi eteen oects in a ield Having ecently inished a long elaoate ochestal ok and in need o a adical change I ecame osessed ith the idea o iting quiet lagely uneventul music that aoached o at least commented on the condition o emtiness This intent as einoced on a ti to Ne Yok in ealy 011 hee I sent much time vieing u close the vast canvases o atists such as Mak othko ackson ollock anett Neman Ad einhadt Ellsoth Kelly and othes uttely seduced y the eauty o thei oks The stak colo contasts these atists emloy had the most immediate eect on the musical mateial o the ensemle divided as it is into thee disceet colo locks o stings oodinds and ha What made an even geate imession though as the shee amount o sace equied to dislay these aintings as they ae tuly oks on an eic scale Eic sace emty sace emtiness made stuctual visile then audile I as tying to make a simle one-idea iece ut ate I ote the oening music othe mateials coded in and it quickly ecame aout the sace eteen oects as ell As a esult the music is less aout contemlating a single ok than the galley exeience as a hole (Thee's even an inteution y a gou o loud museum-goes ho aive to lock my vie o a avoite iece) Oects ae laced on a lane some distant othes in close oximity some shaing cetain asic elements ut all essentially ust shaing sace Some etun othes don't Is an oect the same the second time it is vieed o dieent alteed y the intevening sights Occasionally the ocus linges longe on one element as one does in an at exhiit ut thee is no conscious naative othe than that dictated y my desie to ande eteen things that caught my attention Ovelaying these moe astact ideas the music has a kind o ocessional atmoshee that shits eteen tende ememance and stak mouning The ackgound to the ealy stages o sketching as the Oslo teo attacks o uly 011 and thoughts o my iends and students thee came out in teading tolling hythms and the muted oten unanseed calls o the inds Negative sace as commissioned y the Zagos Ensemle and is dedicated to them Notes to eomes: Stings: -All sting layes should use minimal viato thoughout the iece -I a sting ochesta is used instead o single layes all doule-stos may e layed divisi -In the case o a sting ochesta eomance the viola inteections in mm 10-1 should emain a solo Woodinds: The oodinds ae equied to move aound the eomance sace thoughout the iece To this end thee o ou stations o music stands must e set u to lay om Diections elo ae loose and may e einteeted taking into account the sace availale and the natue o each eomance Station 1: All thee layes goued togethe nea the main ensemle This station should e somehat seaate om the main gou eealy highe u (on a alcony o examle) Station : This involves ceating to lanking ositions to eithe side o the audience aout halay don the concet sace Only to layes ill lay om these stations simultaneously so only to stands ill e needed These stations should also e on a dieent level om the main gou and the audience i ossile Station : A emote location as a as actical om the main eomance sace eealy outside it and invisile to the audience The otional outh station o mm 11-1 involves having the thee layes stand eteen the audience and the main gou acing toad the main gou (not toad the audience!) The aove oodind diections may e aandoned comletely i the sace does not allo a convincing ealization o them The iece may e layed in a taditional concet stage setting as needed Duation: ca 15 min
Flute Clainet assoon Violin 1 Violin Viola Violoncello Contaass Ha Timeless q= 5 Fl Cl sn Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C H 10 Dedicated to the Zagos Ensemle Negative sace Matthe Whittall (011) Scoe in C
Fl 1 Intimate q= 0 5 Cl 5 sn 5 H Vln 1 F clea g n # n F n F # n n F n F # # F n 5 5 5 n Vln 5 Vla 5 Vlc 5 C 5 Fl leak q= 5 Cl 5 sn 5 H 5 g E F # 5 # lv 5 5 Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C # - - # - - - - - - - - # - - # - - - - - - - - # - - # - - - - - - - - # - - # - - - - - - - - # - # - - - - 5 5 5 5 5
Fl Cl sn All WW layes at Station 1 5 Foad q= 90 F 5 F 5 # F q= q= 90 5 5 5 # q= # 5 5 H 5 5 Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C 5 5 5 5 5 # - - # - - - - - - - # - - # - - - - - - - - # - # - - - - 5 5 5 5 5 # - - # - - - - - - - - # - - # - - - - - - - - # - - # - - - - - - - - # - # - - - - Flute stays at Station 1 Fl Cl q= 5 n # Teading mounul 5 5 sn Cl sn move to Station 5 H E n 5 5 5 5 Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 5 5 5
Fl 5 Cl sn Station H 5 5 Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fl (long) Cl sn Station H 5 D E A 5 lv Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Fl Cl sn - - q= 90 - - n - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (long) Cl alk sloly to Station Hold note until osition eached 0-0" 0-0" 0-0" q= 50 sn move to Station 1 5 5 5 # 5 0-0" 5 H Vln 1 ÉÑ "Gong" 0-0" 5 5 Vln 0-0" 5 Vla 0-0" 5 Vlc 0-0" 5 C 0-0" 5 Fl 9 q= 5 Chilly q= 9 Cl sn H Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C D n E n A n 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D G # sul ont sul ont sul ont sul ont # # izz # # # # # # # # # #
Fl 9 leak q= 5 Cl sn mounul # H Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C od n od od # od - - - - - - - - Fl Cl 10 q= 0 1) All WW layes move to station 1 o ) Stand ust outside eomance sace o main ensemle 5 5 I setu ) is used all WW layes move quickly to stand acing main ensemle eteen ensemle and audience q= 5 sn 5 # H Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C D n G n 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 aco
Fl 11 # - # - # - n # 5 # Cl sn chatteing anal n # chatteing anal - - chatteing anal # # # # - # n - - n - # - - - # - # - - H Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C Fl Cl sn 11 # n 5 # # # n # # - n - # - - n - - - - # # # - - n - # n # # n n - - n n # - H Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C
Fl Cl sn 11 - - # - n - Ÿ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - # 5 # - n - # n n # - n # # # n Ÿ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ # # n # - # - n # # n n # - - # H Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C Fl Cl sn 15 - n - # n # n - - Ÿ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n # n n # n # # n n All WW layes alk aay immediately ate inishing -Fl to Station 1 -Cl to Station -sn to Station ß ß ß H Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Fl Cl sn Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C H 1 Inad q= 0 hythmically ee imovisational and intimate E g g g Fl Cl sn Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C H 19 g # Sloing F # D n tailing o É Ñ É É É Ñ # n g É # á Ñ É Ñ Ñ n q= 5 lv eely n ß # ß Vey long ematas (-10" each) ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ Station alking to Station 9
Fl Cl sn Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C H 150 q= 5 n 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - D n E n F n - - - - - - - - - - - - Fl Cl sn Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C H 159 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - ß - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 10
11 Fl 1 Cl sn H 5 5 Vln 1 Vln Vla Vlc C - - - ß - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fl Cl sn H All WW stat om Station 1 alking sloly to Station -layes should not stat this section togethe -Each laye takes a dieent ath though the hall -itches in any ode duation ee -Avoid octaves in ealizing the textue ut do not coect them i they haen 1 slight ell-like accent slight ell-like accent slight ell-like accent 5 sim sim sim Haist may eeat the notated measues as itten o eely imovise attens using the notation as a guide 5 5 Sloing a it ith each eetition Vln 1 Vln Vla - - - - - - - - - - - - EEAT AD LI DATION 1- MIN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AT CTOFF ON AGEED SIGNAL Vlc - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C izz one note evey - eats ad li avoiding doneats most o the time etc August 1 011 Helsinki