O Zomer! Cassandra Miller for the Asko Ensemble 2007

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1 O Zomer! Cassandra Miller for the Asko Ensemble 007

2 Performance Notes Preparation: The vibraphone and the crotales are to be prepared by taping a coin to each crotale and vibraphone bar used Scordatura: The individual parts are provided ith tablature The cello strings are to be tuned don to the folloing pitches: I G; II Bb; III stays as G; IV Bb The bass strings are to be tuned don to the folloing pitches: I Eb; II C; III Ab; IV C Tremolo Notation: This piece uses tremolos hich slo don and speed up, as notated above the staff Each instrument group should read the tremolos in a different ay: Vibraphone and Piano: There are three basic tremolo speeds: 1 FASTEST this denotes the fastest speed possible MID beteen fastest and slo 3 SLO not sloer than ½ the speed of fastest and there are other indications hich appear rarely, being EVEN FASTER faster than fastest if at all possible EVEN SLOER gradually sloer than slo SLOEST not sloer than ½ the speed of slo A deliberate attempt should be made to not make equal subdivisions of the beat Hoever, sudden changes, such as the change from fastest to slo must occur precisely on the beat as ritten At all times, both hands sound at the same time (not alternating)

3 Bassoon: The speed of the tremolos is as that described above for the piano and vibraphone The pitched tremolos and the articulated tremolos follo the same rules Strings: The concept is basically the same as above, hoever the three speeds denote different bo speeds: 1 FASTEST this denotes the fastest bo speed possible hile using the entire length of the bo (as in flautando) MID beteen fastest and slo 3 SLO as slo as possible hile still producing a arm resonant sound This is not a tremolo at all, but rather a sustained pitch ith as fe bo changes as possible (this ill be very much sloer than the slo vibraphone or piano tremolos) As above, a deliberate attempt should be made to not make equal subdivisions of the beat Hoever, sudden changes, such as the change from fastest to slo must occur precisely on the beat as ritten Noteheads: Strings: square noteheads indicate that the left hand is placed loosely over the strings, so that no distinct pitch is heard At letter F: Piano and strings play the eight iterations of the tremolo as ritten, ithin the tremolo speed as indicated For the piano, this means that the tremolo ill sound as it ould in the previous section, but that the first eight iterations contain the left hand pitches, hile the right hand continues alone for the remainder of the bar For the strings, this means that the tremolo ill be played as it ould in the previous section, but that only the first eight bo strokes contain pitch, here the remainder of the bar is played ith the left hand placed loosely over the strings

4 TOON TELLEGEN In het begin as er tumult Iemand riep om stilte, om iver en om liefde toen Een man stond op en zei: Hoe kan ik ooit duidelik maken dat ik u eigenlik, eigenlik at riepen de mensen om hem heen at niet veracht en die man kuste kinderen die uit de hemel vielen, vrouen die langs stroomden in trage modderstromen, moeders in hun glinsterende cocons, en onder de mensen barstte de eenzaamheid los, als oneer in de zomer O zomer! In the beginning there as tumult Someone called for silence, for diligence and then for love A man stood up and said: Ho can I ever make it clear that I really, really hat the people around him cried hat do not despise you and that man kissed children falling from the sky, omen floing past in slo muddy streams, mothers in their glistening cocoons, and among the people loneliness erupted, like thunder in summer O summer! 001, Toon Tellegen From: Gedichten Publisher: Querido, Amsterdam, 001 Translation: 00, udith ilkinson Previously published in Envoi

5 O Zomer! Cassandra Miller Simple, lightly, as clockork h» hard mallets, played on the nodes x Ó Ó P : : : : 3: 3: 3: 3: x : : x Marimba Ó P Ó : : : : 3: 3: 3: 3: : : Cello alto sul tasto IV entirely on the fourth string (until rehearsal letter C) p Ó Ó p Contrabass ª p alto sul tasto Ó (sounds 8vb) & Ó : : x Ó Ó! Ó Ó! : : x " 7: x 3 Mrb : : : : 7: Vc Cb 3: "

6 & Mrb A 11 7: x 7: 7: 7: Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó & & & & C Tpt Mrb Pno 1 FASTEST! B x 3 x 3 C!! con sord (straight mute) fluttertongue sempre : : ª

7 3 Ob 1 Relentless, forceful, angrily, fierce F 1 FASTEST SLOER Bn C Tpt 1 F 1 Ó brass mallets n f n n n n n 1 1 Pno 1 FASTEST Vc Cb 1 FASTEST 1 1 FASTEST

8 Ob 7 MID SLOER 3 SLO Bn æ æ C Tpt 7 7 n n n n n n 7 7 Pno Vc 7 Cb

9 D Ob 33 Ó Ó Bn 1 FASTEST SLOER 1 FASTEST SLOER MID æ 1 FASTEST SLOER æ C Tpt 33 Ó Ó 33 n n n n n 1 FASTEST SLOER 1 FASTEST SLOER MID 1 FASTEST SLOER MID FASTER Pno 3 SLO b b b FASTER MID FASTER Vc 1 FASTEST 33 Cb 1 FASTEST

10 Ob 38 Ó Ó Ó Bn (SLOER) æ MID SLOER 1 FASTEST SLOER MID SLOER C Tpt 38 Ó Ó Ó 38 n n n n n Pno b b b (SLOER) MID SLOER 1 FASTEST 1 FASTEST (FASTER) (FASTER) 1 FASTEST SLOER 3 SLO Ó MID SLOER FASTER Vc 38 3 SLO FASTER Cb 3 SLO FASTER

11 7 Ob 3 Ó E Ó Bn (SLOER) b b b 3 SLO 1 FASTEST SLOER C Tpt 3 Ó Ó 3 n n n n n 3 (SLOER) 3 SLO 1 FASTEST SLOER Pno MID 3 ƒ FASTER 1 FASTEST 3 SLO FASTER MID FASTER 1 FASTEST Vc Cb MID FASTER 3 ƒ MID ƒ FASTER 1 FASTEST 3 SLO & 1 FASTEST & 3 SLO FASTER FASTER MID FASTER 1 FASTEST MID FASTER 1 FASTEST

12 Ob 8 8 Ó F Bn MID SLOER 3 SLO æ EVEN SLOER æ (no tremolo) subito P C Tpt 8 Ó subito pp 8 n n n n lv 8 & b b b MID SLOER 3 SLO EVEN SLOER SLOEST Pno 3 SLO 8 & b b b FASTER MID FASTER 1 FASTEST 3 SLO FASTER MID FASTER 1 FASTEST EVEN FASTER subito P 3 SLO subito P $! EVEN FASTER 3 SLO P Vc Cb 8 3 SLO FASTER MID FASTER 1 FASTEST 3 SLO FASTER MID FASTER 3 SLO FASTER MID FASTER 1 FASTEST 3 SLO FASTER 1 FASTEST MID FASTER 1 FASTEST EVEN FASTER EVEN FASTER 1 FASTEST subito P 1 FASTEST subito P

13 9 Ob 3 Bn C Tpt 3 (no dim) 3 (SLOEST) 3 & b b b EVEN SLOER & b b ( ) 3 b Pno EVEN SLOER ($) Vc 3 Cb b b b