Steinfeld (2004)
for piano solo & orchestra Dur. 15'
Written
Rolf Hind & the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
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Steinfeld (2004)
for piano solo & orchestra
Dur. 15'
PERFORMANCE NOTES
Piano:
The pianist must be equipped with three wooden boards. Two of equal length: 22 centimeters long, and one 80 centimeters long. The long board should have two handles on the upper surface in order to controle the attack of the cluster chords, and soft felt covering the bottom surface. The short boards should have one handle each on the upper surface and also be covered with felt on the bottom surface. These boards can be borrowed from the composer in connection with performances.
Strings:
Strings usually play most pieces with vibrato and then occasionally, as a colour, play without or with only little vibrato. In this piece it should be opposite: in general, only play vibrato when asked for in the score. Vibrato is not forbidden, but is generally alien to the musical language of the piece. It must be up to the conducter to decide, if vibrato should be added occasionally, and where.
Balkan vibrato (clarinets): really loud exaggerated lip-vibrato.
Brass:
ask your fellow musicians about permission to play the loud dynamics during the concert. Especially in poor concert halls. But DO spare them during rehearsals!
repeat the section inside the brackets until next cue from conductor.
conductor gives a sign
3 flutes, 3rd doubling piccolo
3 oboes, 3rd doubling English horn
3 clarinets in B flat, 3rd doubling clarinet in E flat and bass clarinet in B flat
3 bassoons, 3rd doubling double bassoon
4 horns in F (sounding 5th lower in the bass clef)
3 trumpets in C
3 trombones, 3rd doubling contrabass trombone Tuba
Timpani
Percussion 1: well tuned(!) bass drum, large tarn, suspended cymbal, bukosho (small, piercing sounding piece of hardwood struck with hard mallets), vibraslap, claves, mouth organ in C sharp
Percussion 2: sizzle cymbal, claves, bass drum 2, well tuned(!), shared with perc. 3, ratchet
Percussion 3: clash cymbals, large tarn, small templeblock, 4 toms: medium, higher, higher and higher.
Harp
Solo piano
Strings (doublebasses preferably 5-stringed)
everybody: follow piano
conductor: keep tempo and time, independant of piano!
trne., tb., db.: follow conductor, everybody else: follow piano!
Meno, q = 72-76