Mette Nielsen Stretch (2023) for viola and percussion
Dur. c. 10′
Commissioned by Rafaell Altino
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Stretch (2023) for viola and percussion
Dur. c. 10′
Stretch consists of three movements:
I. (appr. 1′25″)
II. (appr. 2′50″)
III. (appr. 5′40″)
II is half the tempo of I; III is half the tempo of II
The music of the previous movement is repeated at half tempo, and more sounds are discovered in the gaps resulting from the time stretch.
This rhythmic figure appears in both viola and percussion. It indicates a rhythmic movement (from slow to fast/ fast to slow) and is not meant as a precise number of notes.
Viola
Scratch is notated with square noteheads and ‘scratch’ above.
Glissando while maintaining a tremolo between the normal pitch and an artificial harmonic.
Dotted arrow indicates a gradual movement towards something, in this case towards sul ponticelllo.
Harmonics-glissando: gliss. to a very high harmonic (written as an arrow- grace note). Let as many harmonics as possible sound on the way.
s.p. = sul ponticello
s.p. extr. = extreme sul ponticello
Percussion
l.v. = let vibrate
Play in circular motions with nails on tom/ with whisker on cymbal.
Play with bow
Glockenspiel
Cymbal
2 Wood blocks (1 high and 1 medium-high pitch)
Large tom
The percussion part is notated on two lines:
