Product Description
Composed
2007, duration 8:30 approx.
The music
and text of The Sense of a Place Will Remain was inspired by pictures of an
early carved stone cross and a tenth-century Viking burial stone on the island
of Inchcolm in Scotland.
First
performed by Inchcolm New Music Ensemble 29 June 2007, conductor Steve King.
Instrumentation
is flexible; the following is a guide:
Part 1 -
Violin 1, flute 1 (doubling piccolo if possible) oboe 1,
Part 2 -
Violin 2, flute 2, oboe 2 (doubling tenor recorder if possible), clarinet 1,
trumpet
Part 3 -
Viola, clarinet 2, horn in F, Eb horn (2 players doubling harmonicas in C)
Part 4 -
Cello, bassoon
Part 5 -
Double bass, bass guitar (or Cello 2 - playing as if usual bass clef, but an
octave lower where possible)
SATB voices
(doubling metal spoons and pitch pipes)
Optional:
Percussion
(one player) - claves, glockenspiel (could be a childs toy instrument such as
an Angel glockenspiel), mark tree, spring drum (thunder shaker), frame drum,
musical jewelry box (or similar clockwork device).Should a glockenspiel not be
available, a special part has been created which arranges the glockenspiel for
two flutes, together with the other percussion music. This special part is not
visible in the score.
Keyboard
instrument with sustaining capability - piano sound
Instructions:
Wind
players can breathe ad lib. during any very long notes. From letter D onwards
non-wind players who are not soloists blow across the top of small bottles. The
pitches produced are not specified, but they should not be shrill. A soft
breathy tone is preferred.
About half
of the voices play pairs of metal spoons (share printed part between two
singers and anyone not holding the music holds metal spoons). Hold the spoons
one in each hand, and strike the larger ends together. Spoons are struck
together where shown with a large patterned note head. Strike rapidly where a
tremolo sign is given.
Four
singers play pitch tuning pipes: 1 Soprano and 1 Alto play viola/cello pitch
tuning pipes, 1 Tenor and 1 Bass play violin pitch tuning pipes
Pitch pipe
playing is indicated with square note heads - player should breathe ad lib.
during very long notes. Where there are very long sung notes, the singers may
stagger breathing ad lib. Spoken sounds are indicated with x note heads and
with the text in italics.
There are
many pauses. These can be of varying duration, but on the whole they should not
hold up the momentum of the piece, but be of sufficient duration to establish
the solo and pitch pipe notes.
Text:
Carve stone
Strike out
Stay at
home
Or go far
alone.
Blocks of
stone are laid
Emblazoned
with the signs of great deeds
That
signify our memory,
Memries of
who we are.
Careful
carvings erode through time,
Chiseled
grooves smooth away.
Families,
they scatter and fade
As
generations age
Descendants
pass on memory time.
Sense of
our allegiance shifts when major faults are found,
Feelings of
belonging fall on shaky ground,
But the
sense of a place will remain.
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