Lucas Oickle. Fifteen Decades. sesquicentennial fanfare/prelude for carillon (2017)

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1 Lucas Oickle Fiftee Decades sesquiceteial fafare/prelude for carillo (017) wier of the Chime I, Caada! Carillo Compositio Competitio - Youth Category, hosted i 017 y the House of Commos i celeratio of Caada's 10th.

2 This short prelude for carillo opes with rash, chaotic arpeggiatios of alteratig, dese, cacophoous chords. While the performer should give some reaks etwee each arpeggiatio to allow the air to clear somewhat efore goig o to the ext, the resultig soudmass will ievitaly e clashig ad oisy. The itetio is to set the mood for the ext, calmer sectio. After the loud opeig (meat to draw the attetio of ayoe withi earshot), a rhythmic patter of (=1) egis, later iterjected with the alteratig chords from the egiig. Aimig to evoke the sese of temporal travel through 10 years (each right had strike represetig a decade), the triulatios challeges of the world are represeted i the alteratig chords that pass eeath; sometimes overcomig sumergig the upper soorities. However, eve whe the stridet repetitios aove are uried eeath y the lower crashig chords, the repeatig upper motif forges forward regardless. Through all the oise ad rashess, the hope is that listeers will hear the persistet, cosoat souds cotiuously ghtig to e heard. After travelig agai through 1 more repetitios, ow low i the pedals, the piece eds with a al, 16th strike - suggestig the ext decade to come, ad y iferece yet more after that. Special thaks I'd like to exted special thaks to the jurors for their commets, ad especially to Roy Lee for his ivaluale advice suggestios. The curret versio of this piece is sustatially differet from the origial sumissio, ad is a much stroger, more idiomatic piece thaks to his help cotriutios. Premiered y Roy Lee for Caada Day 017 o the Soldiers' Tower (iversity of Toroto), ad susequetly o the Peace Tower Carillo as part of the 017 Percival Price Symposium.

3 May 017, Tokushima wier of the Chime I, Caada! Carillo Compositio Competitio - Youth category Fiftee Decades Sesquiceteial Fafare for Carillo f A chaos of ells chaotic arpeggios; give space etwee each oe (give the ells a few momets to dimiish slightly) play arpeggios as gestures withi a loose temporal / rhythmic frame # # seza misura # these solid eams are meat oly to give a rough visualizatio of the aturally sustaiig soudmass accidetals apply oly to the ote directly followig. elargeed accidetald are meat as courtesy remiders Lucas Oickle # # # # # # # # # # 7 j # # # Copyright 017

4 9 pause a momet to let the ells egi to clear; like the sky clearig up after a large raistorm. thuderous w perforated dyamic markigs are meat as a visualizatio of the atural decay of the ells. doule ar lies deote a major sectio divisio; give the ells a little extra time to clear efore cotiuiig., Co moto q = c.80 A crystallie; stridet. e E e e e e J J 10 rests are occasioally omitted to clear uecessary clutter mp - top staff p - ottom staff e e e e - 1 B % e E e J e e J e mf - top staff p - ottom staff e e e e e - 18 EE

5 0 C Suddely faster q = c.9 e E e j e e j e mf - all staves Πe e e e e J e e J e rall., e e e e - mp p pp Πe E E 6 D Reset q = c.80 play arpeggios as loose gestural gures; the otated duratios are approximatios oly. mf - all staves # # declamatory; celeratory. % e E 0 # e # j e e j e cresc... # #

6 6 # e e e e # e # e e e poco rall. # # mf f mf f 8 1 E Moderately q = c.88 mf stemless oteheads deote attacks which ca e placed more freely, quasi seza misura, at the player's discretio (withi reaso). - w e E e E % e % e e E E # # # # E e E E e E 1

7 7 E e E e rall. E e E j e 1 ff, 7 f with placemet; seza misura j dramatically, total duratio = c. '00" 9 sigallig the ext decades yet to come sffz