Perihelion (for violin and piano)

PERIHELION FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

Music by Juhi Bansal

Duration: variable, between 10 and 20 minutes

Contact information: Email: juhibansalcomposer@gmail.com Website: www.juhibansal.com

Notes on Performance • While the piece has no meter, and the relationship between instruments is extremely fluid and free, events should happen strictly in the order laid out on the page.

• Each system represents around 45 seconds of music.

• Accidentals carry through each box • Figures in boxes indicate pitches and gestures that are to be interpreted with some freedom: • Rhythms indicated are not absolute, but simply show the relationship between gestures. (i.e. grace notes, short notes, long notes, etc.)

• While remaining within a particular box, feel free to order the individual gestures at will.

Perihelion

Section 1

Slow and timeless





Violin



Piano

   



  

pp

pp





(ca 45 sec)







   



mf



     

  

 

 

pp

  mf

 

(with pedal throughout)





1 Vln.

 

Pno.





Building momentum

   

  

p

sfz





(etc. on average, each system should last 45 seconds)

(ca 45 sec)

 

  

 

pp

Building momentum   



 

p

 



sfz



 

f

        sfz

     

mf

  

 







p

sfz



(etc. on average, each system should last 45 seconds)

3

2 Rhythmic, with motion             

Vln.

mf

3

3

  

3

 

f

Rhythmic, with motion 3



Pno.





mf

 

 

3

      

3

 

 

 

3

 



 

         3 f mp      

3

 

3



Vln.



3 Losing momentum         

    

 

pp

Losing momentum



Pno.





  



   

p

sfz

 

ff

           sfz

     

mf

 

 sfz



 p



4 Slow, timeless



Vln.

   4  

   

     

pp

mf

pp

     

 

pp



Slow, timeless



Pno.







     



Vln.

   mf

  

5 Decide on visual cue from dancers. Wait to move on until this is given.     (not harmonic)      mp

pp

pp





mp

pp

Decide on visual cue from dancers. Piano wait to fade out until cue is given.

 



Pno.





n

 

 

5 Section 2

6

 



Vln.

n

Delicate, freely

 Pno.

 







  

pp

    mp



       mp pp



 Delicate, freely sul tasto, wispy

7 Vln.

p

Delicate, freely

Pno.



  

           





ord.

          

p

  

mp

  

pp

 

4:3



p

           



6

8 Gradually gaining momentum Vln.





p

 



 

3

     

 





  

3

   

p

mp

   p

mf

Gradually gaining momentum

 

 Pno.

p







3

 

       p





9 Vln.

          



f

mf

 mf Pno.

 

 

   

  







 

     

      

mf

f

                f



7

               

10 Vln.



Driving ahead

f

Driving ahead

 

  Pno.



    

               



p

ff

f

 

ff

 

              





11 Vln.



  



mf

 Pno.



   

mf

       







 

     

f

    



mf







   f

               

p

f

p



8

12 Gradually losing momentum

Vln.





 

p

3

         

  3      

mp

p

                p

f

p

Gradually losing momentum

 

 Pno.

p









3

 

p

      



 rit., losing momentum sul tasto, wispy

13 Vln.



 p

rit., losing momentum

 Pno.

           

          

p

 

  n

 

4:3

        p

   

    

9

14

 

ord.



Vln.

n

Delicate, freely Solo











 

pp

 f

  mp

Pno.

    

  

mp

pp





15 Vln.

Slow, timeless

  

  

Slow, timeless



Pno.









pp



       



n

    

 

Decide on visual cue from dancers. Wait for this before moving on.

mp

 

Decide on visual cue from dancers. Piano wait to fade out until cue is given.

n

 

 

 

10

16 

Vln.



Section 3



          p

  



sfzpp

 mp



                 

n

n

p

4:3

             

Pno.



p





17 Vln.



      

Becoming rhythmic

p



Pno.





Becoming rhythmic

        p

 

(keep the 16 notes steady)

(keep the 16 notes steady)

       f



3

f



 n

n

 f

 

11

    

18 

Vln.





3

mf

     

        



Pno.

 

mf

f

 



ff







f

     n

n

sfzp

  





19 Vln.





Pno.

ff



    f

ff



     

              3

   

f

ff

    

 

ff

  



12



Vln.



Pno.





20



      3

ff

ff

 

 



  

  



ff



 

  





                  

21 Vln.

    

Pno.

fff

    

    

 

fff

3

3

3

 fff



        

p

ff

13

22 

Vln.





3

ff

 

  



Pno.

   

     

ff



  

  



ff

  

  



Vln.





23



Pno.



    f

ff

 



   

    





             3

   

f

n

  

ff

n

sfzp

ff

14



Vln.



Pno.



mf

f



Vln.











3

    ff



25  

 f





n

    

       p

       

n sfzp

ff



    

 

3

p

sfzp



   



f



 



f



26 Losing Momentum                        

Vln.

Pno.

 

mf

       

  



Pno.

    

24

mf

n

Losing Momentum, growing softer

n

mf





15

27 Vln.

 

Growing softer

  

n

p

            

n

4

p

Pno.

 

    p

    

 







28

Slow, timeless

Decide on visual cue from dancers. Wait for this before working through this final line and fading out.

Vln.

   



n

p

n

n

(fade out before the piano)





p

Slow, timeless Decide on visual cue from dancers. Wait for this before working through this final line and fading out.

 Pno.



     



p



   

    



 

  

ppp

 

  

n