Samantha Fernando - Utterance

Utterance for Soprano and Cello Samantha Fernando 2012

Twilight Circles Dismantling in the early hours: An urgent slideshow screens again.

Obediently spun and Habitually spinning, Done and undone.

Flashes through a fractured channel A theatre of reprise.

Scintillas of doubt gain weight In the umbra of the mind, Truth refracted Reason eclipsed Done and undone.

Performance Notes Half harmonics: Strings half depressed. In bar 7 half harmonics are played as fast as possible along the whole length of the A string.

LP: As long as possible. The duration of the note to take the length of the bow or breath.

MST: Molto sul tasto. Bowing very high up on the fingerboard for a muffled tone quality.

Noteheads:

Bowing on the bridge: in bars 9-10 begin bowing on the bridge and gradually move the bow into the ordinary position, going from noise to pitch and starting from silence.

Free bars: Vocal rhythms in free bars should be close to natural speech patterns and for both players, durations in free bars are approximate.

UTTERANCE words and music by Samantha Fernando accel.

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Copyright © 2012 by Samantha Fernando. All rights reserved.

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