Symphony: Water Music by Libby Larsen

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Dedicatedto NevilleMarriner withgratttudeandappreciation

Libby

Larsen

Symphony: WaterMusic

I. Fresh Breeze

II. Hot, Still

III. Wafting

IV.Gale

Commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra under the terms of the Meet the Composer/Orchestra Residencies Program

Duration: c. 21 minutes

Instrumentation

Piccolo

2 Flutes

2 Oboes

2 Clarinets in B-flat Bass Clarinet

3 Bassoons

4 Horns in F 3 Trumpets in B-flat 3 Trombones Tuba

Timpani

Percussion (3): Vibraphone, Marimba, Orchestra Bells, Crotales, Bell Tree, Triangle, Wind Chimes, Tam-Tam (large), Bass Drum, Tenor Drum, Bongos, Tom-Toms, Snare Drum, Temple Blocks, Tubular Bells, Sleigh Bells, Suspended Cymbal, Sizzle Cymbal, Wind Machine (optional synthesized white or pink noise)

Harp Piano / Celeste Strings

Full score and instrumental parts are available on rental from the performance department of ECS Publishing.

PerusalScoreForReviewonly

PerusalScoreForReviewonly

(to celeste)
marimba
vibraphone gl. gl.
marimba
Celeste
celeste
Harp D
gl.gl. gl.gl.
gl. gl.gl. gl.gl.gl.gl.gl.gl.gl.gl.gl.
con sordino
con sordino
(to piano) Harp
triangle
marimba 3.
legato legato
D
(to celeste)
dolce Solo 1.
chime
vibraphone
celeste
triangle
gliss. gliss.
(To Celeste)
gliss.
(Celesta)
(celeste)
marimba, soft mallets
senza sord., unis.
senza sord.
crotales
orchestra bells (soft mallets)
warmly
senza sord, warmly
senza sord, warmly
shadowy, fleeting
mallets (chimes)

III. Wafting

Contrabass
Violoncello

bongos

Vc.
senza sordino
Vla.
senza sordino
sordino
(To Piano)
Contrabass
Violoncello
celeste
8vb
gliss. gliss. gliss.

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