Mette Nielsen: If I Had a Hammer (2012)

Mette Nielsen If I Had a Hammer

(2012)

open composition for an indefinite number of voices, hammer, chisel and brick Dur. 10′

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Mette Nielsen If I Had a Hammer

(2012)

open composition for an indefinite number of voices, hammer, chisel and brick Dur. 10′

PERFORMANCE NOTES

OPFØRELSESNOTER

Performer: knock a hammer on a chisel into a brick for ten minutes. Divide the ten minutes into four parts.

Performer: slå med en hammer på en mejsel ned i en mursten i ti minutter. Del de ti minutter ind i fire dele.

Part One: Have the song If I Had a Hammer with all four verses in your head as you strike.

Første del: Hav sangen If I Had a Hammer med alle fire vers i hovedet, mens du slår.

Part Two: Sing the song while beating, gently and weakly to yourself.

Anden del: Syng sangen imens du slår, forsigtigt og svagt for dig selv.

Part Three: Sing the song again, first a little more powerful while hammering at double tempo. Let both the hammer and song slow down, giving up, the song ebbing out.

Tredje del: Syng sangen igen, først lidt kraftigere mens du hamrer i dobbelt tempo. Lad både hamren og sang blive langsommere, opgivende, sangen ebber ud.

Part Four: Keep hammering, powerful and slightly desperate as fragments of the song try to escape.

Fjerde del: Bliv ved med at hamre, kraftigt og lettere desperat, mens brudstykker af sangen forsøger at slippe ud.

Stop without notice.

Stop uden varsel.