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Sy. 9107/01
ISMN 979-0-2042-9107-6
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Water Music was performed and recorded by Dreammusics Ensemble and featured on Happy Music for Orchestra Album on Delphian Label
INSTRUMENTATION
Flute / Piccolo
Oboe / Cor Anglais
Clarinet in Bb / Eb / Bass Clarinet Bassoon / Contrabassoon
Horn in F
Trumpet in Bb(straight, harmon, practice) Trombone (harmon, practice, pixie, plunger)
2 Percussion:
1 = Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Tin Cans, Samba Whistle 2 = Xylophone
Harp
Piano / Celesta
Solo Improvising Water Percussion. Amplied. (Waterphone, Water Bowls, Bottle, Kitchen Whisk, Straw, “Ping-Pong Tube Water”, Porcelain Mug, Wine Glass, Colander, clockwork bath toys)
Strings 1.1.1.1.1
PERFORMANCE NOTES
Solo water percusionist should work on the part creatively to facilitate a semi-imporvised performance. e player should always seek to maximise the sensuality of sound.
Duration: approx. 8 minutes
Score is in transposing pitch
Perc. 1 (Glockenspiel)
sing in falsetto though horn (transposed pitch), accentuate consonants con sord.
Water Music
sing in falsetto through trumpet (transposed pitch),
accentuate consonants con sord. (harmon)
sing in falsetto through trombone, accentuate consonants con sord. (harmon)
Alex Paxton (2021)
Clarinet in B
Trumpet in B
WATER BOWLS
non-rhythmical nger icks, splashes, squeaks hand droplets into the water bottle glugging into the water
gliss. (bring out entire length of this fall) to harmon mute
con sord. (tight practice) ad lib. pitch and rhythm, improvisational feel, microtonal, based around these pitches loud enough to cut through
(Glock.) Perc. 2 (Xylo.)
molto z., no pitch, just air lots of tongue
molto z., no pitch, just air lots of tongue
con sord. (harmon)
porcelain mug and hand stuff, squeaky nger mark cue
(Xylo.)
adjust note using back of tongue
(heard as resonance of clarinet note)
“Al Grey”, stem removed make sure vocalisation is heard
spectral gliss. as high as poss.
muffled string (if poss.)
(Cans) Perc. 2 (Xylo.)
nat., sul tasto, absurd vib. ad lib. “big band” fall
as high as poss., as many notes as poss.
con sord. (harmon, no stem)
balance equally with hn and tpt con sord. (harmon, with stem)
(Xylo.)
ad lib. gliss., concert pitch Ab harmonic series as many notes as possible
remove slide completely soloistic improv., incredibly complex, as many notes as poss., fast notes against the grain, tongue as fast as poss. (start to put slide back on whilst continuing solo)
pizz., ad lib. variety of
KITCHEN WHISK and WINE GLASS groove, triplet feel prepare colander
con sord. (harmon, stem extended) solo, high resistance sound, on edge, buzzy, heavy articulation, cut through texture, bring out countermelody
soloistic improvisation ~no. 2
lonely, desperate, frantic, relentless, always dangerously high energy (repetitions allowed) soloistic improvisation ~no. 3
ad lib. notes from Db major scale reverse sticks (or something quieter) textural, not soloistic
ad lib. from F hamonic major scale
ad lib. notes from Db major scale reverse sticks (or something quieter) textural, not soloistic hamonic major scale
improvise, as many notes as poss. inside the piano brushing, sweeping, plucking, textural, top octave
decrease energy, increase blowing bubbles through straw +clockwork bath toys