Lizard (2010)

Chikako Morishita 森下周子

Lizard (2010) for Clarinet in B flat, Viola and Koto

Chikako Morishita 森下周子

Lizard (2010) for Clarinet in B flat, Viola and Koto

Written for Okeanos ensemble First performance: 25 January 2011, Huddersfield, UK Okeanos ensemble: Kate Romano (Clarinet in B flat), Bridget Carey (Viola) and Milissa Holding (Koto)

Notes for performance Accidentals apply only to the notes they immediately precede. Natural signs have been added however, to facilitate reading.

Quartertones:

Pause:

For Clarinet in B flat *Score is in B flat

SYMBOLS

very breathy tone (almost unpitched)

breathy tone (pitched)

ord.

For Viola SCORADATURA:

h sul pont : bow near the bridge allowing many different harmonics to ring out ord ! h sul pont : allow indicates timbral modulation by shifting the bow from 'normal ' playing position towards the bridge

SYMBOLS

fingers light-pressed (harmonics pressure)

fingers half-pressed

ord.

distorted

For Koto TUNING & RETUNING th

*巾 (13 string) has no-bridge in order to enhance Bartok pizz. ** each of retuned pitch are appeared on part V(一), I(三), VIII(六), IV(八) as shown below.

SYMBOLS L.H. finger pizz.

R.H. finger pizz. (without plectrum) Bartok pizz. semi-tone raised tone raised TSUKI-IRO: fast depression and release of string half-TSUKI-IRO: fast depression and half release of string (eg: tone-raised—semi-tone raised)

tremolo

staccato: stop resonance immediately after pluck string

stop all resonance

UCHI-ZUME: hit string by plectrum

SURI-ZUME: forcefully strike string with side of plectrum

CHIRASHI-ZUME: slow scrape along string with side of plectrum

gliss. on ryugan: stroking/ strumming on clasps of strings/ the short string length at the far right-hand end of koto

hit strings and the body of the instrument by palm (one hand)