NIGHT WATCH for violoncello and audience devices
ANDREW HANNON
Instrumentation: Violoncello Audience devices
Duration: ca. 7’30”
performance material available www.andrewhannon.com
Program Note: Night Watch explores the concept of distance in regards to proximity and intimacy. The audio part is broadcast to the audience’s smart devices via a live broadcast. The live broadcast allows each audience member to have a personal relationship with the performance and become an integral member in the music making process. The composition is divided into four sections, each related to a particular time of the night. ~Andrew Hannon
Performance Note: The performer should direct audience to the YouTube video of the audio via program notes along with a short explanation before the performance. Once audience members have adequate time to load the video, the performer should instruct the audience to set the video to full screen and cue audience when to begin video. The performer may choose to also play the video on a personal device as a monitor. There should be a natural delay resulting from when audience members press play, how quick playback begins on each device, etc. The performer should encourage this audio delay. Ideally, there would be about a 5 second window of delay among all the devices. The performer should attempt to aim for the average of this window to set the cue. It is advisable to rehearse broadcasting on as many devices as possible to create a similar environment.
Notation Explanation Place left hand on strings and lift fingers. The sound comes from lifting the left hand off the string. The resultant sound should be very delicate. Partially press pitch with left hand and pizzicato as normal with right hand. The sound should be a mixture of pitch and “thud”. Gradually move from one technique to another. Play highest pitch possible Play directly on bridge with an extremely light and fast bow. There should be no tone at all, only soft white noise. molto sul pont. – Bow stroke should be extreme sul pont. and as fast and light as possible. The resultant sound should be rich in overtones with only a slight amount of the fundamental pitch. molto sul tasto – Bow stroke should be extreme sul tasto (2–3 inches over fingerboard) with an extremely fast and light bow. con legno tratto – Bow with the stick as normal (not struck). Place bow near bridge and move very slowly. Left hand should lightly finger the pitch, similar to a harmonic but with slightly more pressure. The sound should be soft and gravely with no pitch. It should be complex and unpredictable white noise. Intermittent breaks due to pressure are ok. “Chop” – The "chop" contains two motions. The down-bow is a percussive sounding stroke in which the player "throws" the bow in a short stroke down the length of the string. The resulting up-bow simply pulls the bow off the string, which results in a short sound. There are several tutorial videos demonstrating the technique on the internet. Bow should move up and down the string as opposed to a normal bow stroke, which moves across the string. Pitches should be depressed as normal with the L.H. The resultant sound should contain little to no pitch. Arrow direction indicates bow direction on string.
NIGHT WATCH
ANDREW HANNON
I. FIRST STARS In the distance q = 60
√ ∑
?4 4
Violoncello
44– – 4— 4—
ppp
/ Cmaj7 sustained to m. 14
Audio
4
Vc.
? ‰
j ‹
Œ
≈ ‹j™
j™– 4 ≈ 44 ™™– 4 ™— —
Œ
Vc.
1
s. glis
35"
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/
Œ
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Œ
3 j r j ™ ‰ ‹ ‰ ‹ ‹ ‰ ‹j ‰ ™ ‹r > >
C1 reversed
? j ‰ Œ ≈ ‹ ‰ ™ #œ R ‹ ‹ f Sul D
12
3
pn. C6
pn. B3
9
Vc.
‰
Gradually apply L.H. presure until achieving a regular pizzicato by m. 10.
Sul G
Audio
Œ
Piano E4
After plucking the starting pitch, slide to the end of the fingerboard. This is a regular pizzicato.
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Ó
Place L.H. on strings and lift off. The sound comes from the lifting of the L.H. The resultant sound should be very delicate.
Partially press with L.H. and pizz as normalwith R.H. The sound should be a mixture of pitch and "thud"
6 31"
j™– 4 ≈ 44 ™™– Ó 4 ™— —
15" pizz.
ca. 15"
. gliss
55"
? œœ œ œ
‰™
con legno batt.
3
mf
rŒ œ
1
51"
con legno batt.
Œ ≈ œ œ œ ≈ œ œ ≈ >œ œ 6
pizz. gliss.
pp
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© Andrew Hannon (ASCAP) 2016
gliss.
f
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Lightly touch and release the string with the R.H. over the bowing area. The stickiness from the rosin on the string should create a delicate pizzicato like sound.
ppp
>œ
1'07"
ca. 10"
2
II. ROMANTIC EVENING
Delicate and transparent q = 100 1'17"
?4 & 4
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directly on the bridge with an extremely light and fast bow. arco Play There should be no tone at all, only soft white noise.
Violoncello
∑
ppp
Audio
/
Alternate between directly on bridge and extreme sul pont. This should be random and intermittant. Gradually move to all extreme sul pont. by m. 25.
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&
Ó
Sul G to m. 59
/
Vc.
Audio
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Vc.
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7™
7
7 7 7
7
7
7
7 7 7
7
7
metal ping
1'42"
7 7 7 œ œ œ 3
3
7 7 7 œ œ œ 3
3
Bow stroke should be extreme sul pont. and as fast and light as possible.The resultant sound should be rich in overtones with only a slight amount of the fundamental pitch.
molto sul pont.
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
pp
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ metal ping
27
?
7™
7™
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Play as a unison double stop
?
6
6
Bubbling synth and bird sounds
1'32"
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24
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∑
Cmaj7 chord with attack and sustain to m. 60
Sul C to m. 59
Audio
Finger pitches with L.H. while keeping the bow directly on the bridge.
Synth. G4
20
Vc.
1'27"
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almost a glissando
29
Vc.
?4 4œ ?
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p 6
pp
4 4
31
?
Vc.
Audio
?
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ o œ
metal ping
34
Vc.
?
œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
slow glissando
/
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3
1'58"
2'05"
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
pp
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6
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pp
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6
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pp
36
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Vc.
? 38
?
Vc.
Audio
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mp
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pp
6
œ œ nœ#œ œ#œnœ#œ œbœ nœ bœ nœ œ œ œ
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œ 6
œ œ œ œ œ œ œbœ nœ œ b œ œ
2'12"
2'17"
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
ppp
pp
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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/
metal ping (reversed)
41
?
Vc.
?
œ œ œ œ œ
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p
6
œ œ
pp
œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ bœ œ œ nœ œ
œ œ œ
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p
6
œ œ œ œ
pp
œ œ œ #œ œ bœ œ œ nœ œ œ œ
4
43
?
Vc.
?
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6
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mf
6
#œ œ #œ nœ bœ nœ œ œ œ nœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2'34"
45
?
Vc.
Audio
molto sul pont.
mp
? bœ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
/
metal ping with effects
48
?
Audio
?
Extreme sul tasto. Place bow 2-3 inches over fingerboard. Extremely light and fast bow.
molto sul tasto
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
/
"random" organ
51
?
Vc.
gradually move to extreme sul tasto
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
2'39"
Vc.
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
molto sul tasto
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
p
? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2'51"
54
?
Vc.
Audio
? /
gradually move to con legno tratto (i.e., bowing only with stick of bow)
2'53"
con legno tratto
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
pp
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ metal ping (heavier then before)
√ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó o ? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó
57
molto rit.
?
Vc.
Audio
3'03"
/
5
ca. 10"
metal ping
III. HOUR OF THE WOLF
,
Agitated q = 72 ≥ ?4 4 )
3'23"
Violoncello
ppp
Audio
/
Place the bow near the bridge and move very slowly. Finger lightly with the L.H., as if fingering a harmonic, but with slightly more pressure. The sound should be soft and gravely with no pitch. It should be complex and unpredicable white noise. Intermittent breaks due to pressure are ok.
F1 sustained continues to m. 108
Synth. G4
Vc.
pp
Audio
/
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63
&
mf
clock fades in
chatter fades in and continues to m. 115
Bow should move up and down the string as opposed to a normal bow stroke, which moves across the string. Pitches should be depressed as normal with the L.H. The resultant sound should contain little to no pitch. Arrow direction indicates bow direction on string.
68
Vc.
3'49"
3 & O
ppp
Audio
2 ‚ #‚
. . . œ. . n ˙o – # œ 2 & ≈ #œnœ #œ ≈ ‰ 4
72
con legno batt.
ppp Audio
/
2 #‚
3 2 3 2 n‚ #‚ b‚ n‚
3 #‚ ‚ ™ O
Œ
mf
"random" organ
/ 4'03"
Vc.
3 #O ™
ord.
"random" organ
con legno
∑
33 2 batt. 4'08" 2 3 ‰ b‚ ‰ #œ. #œ. nœ. Œ 4 ‚™ 4 #‚ n‚ mf
3
3 nO
2 3 # ‚ b‚ ™ n ‚ f
6 76
Vc.
79
Vc.
Audio
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h h
"chop"
VV
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ord. w/ increased bow pressure h "chop" œ œ. œ. œ # œ # œ n œ. # œ œ n œ œ. . œ œ # h # œ J J ‰ ≈nn hh V hh VV ≈ n hh VV ≈ ≈ VV V 3 3 f
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4'31" ord.
. . 83 œ. # œ. # œ œ # œ. ? Œ pp
85
Vc.
Audio
?
3
. . œ. # œ. # œ n œ # œ.
4'39"
≈ V n hh ≈ hh V hh V V V V "chop"
mf
con legno batt.
3
>h n œ # œ. # œ n œ œ œ >œ . "chop" h œ œ ‰ ≈ nh ≈ h ‰ J h VV h VV 3 ff ord. w/ more bow pressure than before
≈
œ. œ. n œ. œ. œ.
≈‰
n œ. #œ.
æ æ ? n h‰ ≈ h ≈‰ hr ≈ h ‰ & bœœæ~~~~~~ œææ~~ #œææ~~~ #œœæ™™ VV h hVV h hVV ~~~~~~ bœ~~~~ œ~~~ 4'51"
overpressure
"chop"
/
Vc.
n h. #h h h VV hh ‰ ‰ VV n h VV h 3
# œ. # œ. n œ. 3
‰ ‰
j œœ .
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≈Ó 3 o
VVn hh‰ ≈ VV h≈Œ h VV h‰ h &
"chop"
clock fades in
1 ææ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1J ? "chop" ‰ ≈ V hh ≈ V hh ‰ & bœœ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ V V
90
hh. ™™
"random" organ
f
Audio
≈‰
/ 87
Vc.
mf
"random" organ
con legno batt.
Vc.
mf
pp
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81
Vc.
Ó
& O
. œ œ . #œ . ≤ h™ œ œ 3 #œ nœ œ ≥ hh hh ≈ V V V ‰ ‰ V V #h ™ V ‰ Vn hh ‰ hh V ‰ œ V V V VV V V V 3 6
"chop" contains two motions. The down-bow is a percussive sounding stroke in which the player "chop" The "throws" the bow in a short stroke down the length of the string. The resulting up-bow simply pulls the bow off the string, which results in a short sound. There are several tutorial videos demonstrating the technique on the internet. ord. 4'18"
overpressure
overpressure . # n œœ~~~~~~~~ bn œœ "chop" æ ≈ V hh ≈ VV hh ‰ ≈ VV hh ≈ æ V
>œ. 7 5'13" overpressure overpressure # œ . œ œ ™ œ # œ ~ ~ 92 # œœ~~~~~~ # œœ ™ n œœ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ œ#œ#œ "chop" r r ~ ? h J ‰ ≈ h≈ h‰ J‰ ææ h ‰ VV h æ VV hh ≈ VV h≈ V V h h Vh Vh æ 3 3 11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ overpressure . n œ ~~ b œ ~ ~ ~ # œ ~~~~~~ œ 95 "chop" "chop" "chop" ~ b œ ~ ~ æ ? h≈ hr ≈ h≈ ææ J ‰ ≈ h≈ h≈ hr ‰ æJ ææ J ‰ Œ ≈ h≈‰ r ≈ VVn h h VV h æ VVn h VV h h VV h VV overpressure "chop"
Vc.
Vc.
overpressure
r r 5'31" r r r r r r ≈ hh ≈ V hh ≈ V ≈ ‰ ≈ hh ‰ ≈ V hh ≈ ≈ V V V V V
? h ‰ ≈ h ≈ Œ h VV h VV
98
Vc.
? hr ≈ h ≈ r ‰ ≈ h ≈ h ‰ ≈ r ≈ hr ≈ h ≈ Ó VV h VV h VV h VV h h VV h VV o
≥ )
100
Vc.
103
Vc.
?
mf
∑
5'40"
pp
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∑
ppp
106
Vc.
Audio
?
∑
∑
/
F1 fades out
,
√ ∑
6'08" ca. 11"
chatter fades out low synth enters
IV. JUST BEFORE DAWN In the distance q = 60
o & w
6'20"
Violoncello
o w
Use natral harmonics on the C string only, at the end of the fingerboard and beyond, if necessary. Use one finger for the melody, sliding between pitches. The melody need not be executed precisely. Extraneous harmonics, particularly in passing between the notated pitches, are desirable. "Dirt" in the sound is also desirable, and can be used for expressive effect.
Audio
/
G4 synth
bird sounds to end
8
o & ˙
111
Vc.
o ˙ o œ
o ˙™ &
114
Vc.
o & œ
117
Vc.
o ˙
œo
ca. 4"
6'44"
o ˙™
o œ
6'54"
ca. 5"
o ˙
o bw
o Ϫ
o ˙
6'32"
o ˙
7'06"
o w &
120
Vc.
#wo
wo
˙o
1o
7'23"
123
Vc.
&
wo
˙o
o
Ó
o œ J