in
eternal dusk for orchestra (2017)
INSTRUMENTATION
2 Flutes (Flute 2 doubling Piccolo)
2 Oboes (Oboe 2 plays English Horn)
2 Clarinets (Clarinet 2 doubling Bass Clarinet)
2 Bassoons
2 Horns (Mute)
2 Trumpets (Straight Mute, Soft Mute)
1 Trombone (Straight Mute, Soft Mute)
2 Percussion Players
Percussion 1:
Vibraphone (motor)
Glockenspiel
Tubular Bells
1 Snare Drum (use surface only)
1 Crotale (high E)
Soft/medium vibraphone mallets, soft/hard glockenspiel mallets, 1 metal brush, 1 cello or bass bow
Percussion 2:
Marimba
Bass Drum
1 Triangle
1 Suspended Cymbal
Soft/hard marimba mallets, soft bass drum beater, triangle beater, 1 cello or bass bow
1 Pedal Harp
1 Piano
Strings (no division except for occasional solo)
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Contrabas
The score is notated as its sound, except for Contrabass, Piccolo, Glockenspiel, and Crotale, which sound in a different octave.
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
� Hauptstimme, the main voice that needs to be more emphasized
Woodwind and Brass
Air Only Air sound only, breath in to instrument without producing tones
Pitched Air (for Flutes), Air sound with specific fingering flutt. Flutter tongue
bisb. Bisbigliando, similar to timbre trill, the same or very similar pitch with different fingerings
N Normal
+ (for Horns) Hand mute
Breath (inhale/exhale)
(for Trumpets) Mute, emphasis of the first time use, otherwise follow the score indication (for Flutes), Rotate the instrument from outwards to inwards to slightly change the pitch
(for Oboes and Bassoons, examples in m.178 and m.190), Air sound + free key clicks, breath into the instrument without vibrating the reed with the long note's duration; and rapidly, freely click the keys at the same time with irregular breaks
Percussion, Harp, and Piano
l.v. let vibrate, keep the resonance
RUB (for Percussion), Rub against the instrument's surface (in this work, only with metal brush)
Strings
p.d.l.t. près de la table, pluck closer to the table to create a thinner sound (for Harp), standard harmonic that sounds an octave higher, otherwise specified
M.S.P. molto sul ponticello
S.P. sul ponticello
P.S.P. poco sul ponticello
Ord. Ordinary bowing position
P.S.T. poco sul tasto
S.T. sul tasto
M.S.T. molto sul tasto
n.v. non vibrato
N Normal bowing pressure
pizz. Pizzicato, pluck the string
arco to bow
0 open string
Percussion Mallets
Lightly mute the string by putting two fingers on the same string with light pressure as playing harmonics (A diamond-shaped notehead means to lightly touch string to produce harmonics, however, when a, X is marked on the stem, the note will sound mostly bowing noise rather than a clean harmonic.)
Over bow pressure with level control
Harmonic glissando, poco sul ponticello is suggested to create higher partials as colors
t Soft mallets (vibraphone, glockenspiel, marimba)
u Hard mallets (vibraphone, glockenspiel, marimba)
y Medium mallets (vibraphone, marimba)
m Metal brush
o Soft bass drum beater
m Use the cello or bass bow to bow the instrument
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
in eternal dusk was commissioned by the League of American Orchestras and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra with the generous support of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
PROGRAM NOTE
The work's title in eternal dusk represents a state of being within and towards an intangible distance. During recent years, I have frequently traveled across the Pacific Ocean and North America I always feel drifting and torn apart as the time and space drastically change – memories, auras, dreams, and thoughts, everything seems vivid but at the same time so surreal and distant. I therefore designed the structure with a continuous flow in polyrhythm to reflect my perception of time and imaginary space where I seek for something that remains inside myself while everything is lost except waves, twilight, and endless longing