Sonorization for solo clarinet

Sonorization for Solo Clarinet (duration: 11’20”)

Gillian R. Menichino

*Premiered at the British Museum for the RNCM Sound Histories Project © copyright Gillian Menichino 2013

Sonorization for Solo Clarinet (duration: 11’20�)

Gillian R. Menichino

As a researcher, I had chosen to write a composition for solo clarinet in order to enhance my knowledge of the clarinet and to further my understanding of the nature of the instrument. The research focused on, from the composer’s perspective, the collaboration between composer and performer. I had written original, idiomatic, contemporary music adhering to the character of the clarinet by exploring its extreme parameters and writing excerpts using techniques unique to its capabilities.

The performer agreed to take part in the collaborative project. In choosing this performer I knew that her level of expertise would accommodate the various techniques I intended to employ. In some ways this piece is based around the performer in that I only used a selection of multiphonics that she could produce clearly and with ease.

This piece was written as part of a collaborative research project and was presented at the PARCNorthwest Research Conference on April 13th at the Manchester Metropolitan University and at the Royal Northern College of Music Research forum on May 4th.

Score Transposed

q = (approx.) 60 expressively

  



p

 

f

      ( ) 



p sub

f

p sub

      G  

     G   

G

G

 pp

mp

p

      G   

     

p sub



pp

     3



p sub

     mf

ppp

  ppp



 

mp

ppp



p sub

mf

C

e

F



 ppp

     

  





ppp

p sub dolce

mf

 ord.      3                 flz.

3

f

mp

  

3



       G  

G

mp

T.tr

R

C

ppp sub

      T.tr       G   

           

p sub

         G

G

p

mf



3

f

p

mp

  

pp

T.tr

pp

p sub

T.tr

mf

    

f

G

3

p

 

mp

 T.tr         G   G     



G

mf

p



   G        

      ord.       G  G    

flz.

 

mf

 

3

C

ppp

  



     3           ()       *T.tr = timbral trill T.tr

 

3

 ord.

flz.



Gillian Menichino

Sonorization for Solo Clarinet

p

  ppp mp 3

flz.

              mf

Copyright © Gillian Menichino 2011

mf

 

p sub

T.tr     G  

mf

f

3

  

mp

           



p

    p

2

   

       G 

R

rit.                  3 3 ord.

mp

mf

     



  G  

      G  

 



 ppp



  

 



 

 





3

  

 

3

mf

3

ppp

p sub

ord.        f

mf

p

       

       

 

3

mf

   

mf p sub

   

     mp





 

mf

   





mf

  3   



mf

      3



  

pp

p dolce

     T.tr      

T.tr

p sub

mf

    

p sub dolce

 

         ord.           3

3

p

p sub

p

mf

p sub

              

mf

mp

flz.

3

           

3

T.tr

ppp sub mp

   

p

3

         

mp

f



 



      G

flz.

pp

F

3

  (no break)                        G   G   G   G   G   G   G   G  G   G   G           

G

mp

3   3           

A tempo

pp

      G  

    

p sub

G

C

        

mf

mf

 



p

3

p

p

3



 E

 G 

G

mp dolce

    

R

E



      3

mp







        3

    

        3     T.tr     

3

 G  

G

mf

ppp

        

p





mp

p





3

  

        mf dolce





p



       

p sub

dolce

 T.tr                                                      T.tr

3

f

3

p sub

mf

    T.tr T.tr                  3               G          C

G

mf

p sub

       3    G     C

G

mf

e

p sub

mf

p sub

   

T.tr

ppp

              3

       G   R

C

F

p



5





    

pp

          

p sub

     

ppp

mp

3

e



mp

  

     3           

mp

 



mf

 

mp mf

    

 

3

ff

                                 7

7

4



   

     7

     3

    3



ff

        3

f



3

     

 

   

3            

T.tr

 pp

   A tempo   ord.          G   G

ff aggressively

 

3

f

flz.

           T.tr      

p 3

pp dolce

mp



7         3     G  G G  G  G  G       

G

p sub dolce

      pp

  pppp

