Nick Bentz
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a collision of horizons
for orchestra
program note
“Love is the impossible, and it does not arrive, or arrives only at the limit, while crossing.”
-Jean-Luc Nancy, Shattered Love
a collision of horizons is a piece about the arduous journey of love, the rollercoaster of emotions that brings two people together into a greater unity. This piece presents a variety of different sonic worlds in succession, allowing their materials to blur and bleed into one another as they attempt to amalgamate and construct relations between each other. The process of the piece is one of accrual, of the gradual connecting of resonant gestures into larger structural devices, allowing the work to move swiftly from an origin of disorientation and confusion to a jubilant surety. a collision of horizons is dedicated to Dennis Huang.
performer’s notes –woodwinds/brass
–bisbigliando - a trilling between two (or more) fingerings for the same pitch.
ex.
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–percussion
-percussion legends
Perc. 1 Bongos (2) Suspended Cymbal
Crash Cymbals Triangle (high)
Pitched percussion: Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Tubular Bells (shared w/ 3)
Perc. 2 Tam-Tam Congas (2)
Bass Drum Snare Drum Tambourine (shared w/ 3)
Pitched percussion: Crotales
Perc. 3 Tom-toms [4] Suspended Cymbals [3]
Large Gong Snare Drum (shared w/ 2)
Pitched percussion: Tubular Bells (shared w/ 1)
-bow pressure
-bow placement
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–general
-glissandi last the entire duration of the line
-accidentals last through the bar without octave displacement
-boxed material should be repeated to the termination of its corresponding arrow, following any additional text as provided
-triangle noteheads signify the highest note possible
DURATION: 11’ score is in c
orchestra
2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo)
2 oboes
2 clarinets in b-flat
2 bassoons (2nd doubling contrabassoon)
4 horns in f
2 trumpets in c 2 trombones
bass trombone tuba timpani
3 percussion -vibraphone -xylophone -crotales -glockenspiel -tubular bells -triangle (high) -crash cymbals
-4 suspended cymbals (high, high, med., low) -large gong (low) -tam-tam (low) -tambourine
-4 tom-toms -2 congas -2 bongos -snare drum -bass drum
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harp
strings
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Vibraphone