Duration: ca. 4'30"
_____________________ As one who loves poetry for two celli
SCORE Sarah GIBSON
Written for the Tanglewood Music Center Piece a Day Project (2018, rev. 2020)
NOTES:
PERFORMANCE
*at m. 35: Cello I plays incredibly freely and out of time, cadenza-like; Cello II repeats the cell ad libitum staying roughly in the designated tempo while being unreactive to Cello I. Dynamics for Cello II are very free and can range from pp-ff ad **Repeatlibitum.mm.
Seating: It is desired that the cellists sit side-by-side, in typical fashion, with the exception that cello II will face away from the audience (with their back to the audience) while cello I faces the audience as usual.
42-43 at least three times, additional repetitions are encouraged gradually fading to nothing. On the last iteration, pantomime the full gesture without placing the bow on the strings, i.e. air bow/finger the notes. Freeze with the final "release" of the bow.
? ? 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 Cello I Cello II œ . bœ . œ . bœ . œ . bœ . œ . bœ . Intimate q = 88 p p œ ˙ œ w f bell-like Í œ ˙ œ Ó Œ O œ p œ ˙ œ O ˙ O ˙bb œ ˙ œ O w b F Œ œ . bœ . œ . bœ . œ . bœ . œ . bœ . œ Í f fsub ? ? 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 6 œ ˙ œ œ . . O ˙bb as before Í F œ ˙ œ . . O ˙ O œbb œ ˙ œ O w b f œ ˙ ∑ œ ˙ œ bœ bœ w Œ . J bœ ˙ warmly p œ ˙ œ ˙ bœ bœ ˙ ˙ Ó ? ? 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 12 œ ˙ œ bœ bœ w Œ b˙. F œ ˙ œ ˙ j œ ‰ ˙Œ J œ p œ ˙ œ œ bœ bw œ ˙ œ bœ œ ˙ bœ bœ ˙ ˙ œ ˙ œ bœ bœ w w f f œ œ œ jbœ . . ˙ ˙ ? ? 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 18 œ ˙ œ j œ ˙ ˙## j œ #œ #œ œ œ π π œ œ ˙ ˙ bœ ˙ œ . . ˙ ˙ J œ œ ‰ ƒ ƒ œ œ œ ∑ œ ˙ œ w w #wg## g g g g pizz. F œ ˙ , œ ∑ ∏ As one who loves poetry Sarah GIBSON
? ? 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 24 œ ˙˙ o œœ o w w wgbb g g g g piú mosso p molto sul tasto œœ œœ o ˙ ˙ ˙gbb g g g g œœ ˙˙ o œœ o w w w gb g g g g œœ œœ o Ó œœ ˙˙ o œœ o w w wgbb g g g œœ œœ o ˙ ˙ ˙bb g g g g g ? ? 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 30 œœ ˙˙ o bœ> . . . ˙ ˙ ˙ gb g g g g j œ œ œ arcoord. œ bœ œ > œ œœ o œœ o w > Œ ˙ + œ + jbœ w bw pizz. poco accel. F F (arco) nw > Œ ˙ + œ + jbœ ˙ b˙ j œ ˙ ˙ b ˙. œ . #œ . œ . bœ . œ ˙ + Œ & . . ˙ ˙ Œ & ? 35 nw U w w wbb g g g g g g ˙ ˙ b˙ g g g g g g h = ca. 56 * Ï molto vib. pizz. ƒ Freely, cadenza * œ bœ œ nœ b˙U jbœ œ j œ œ j œ œ œ nœ œ œ nœ . œ . #œ . #œ . . . . w w w gb g g g g g norm. p n˙ j œ nœ U πf & ? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ n˙ U o j œ œ j œ ˙ ? ƒ nœ bœ œ . œ . œ . b˙ n˙ ˙ Usul pont. pƒ œ .,˙. ˙ π ord. 4
? ? 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 w w w bU F w w Œ jbœ œ j œ œ n˙ ˙˙ U F . ww. w bw ˙ b˙ Hushed (h = ca. 56) arco π p ww b˙ . . w w b π ? ? 2 3 2 3 . . . . . . . . 38 w bw ˙ bw ˙ ˙bb . . w w o o w. IV.III. w #w ˙ bw ˙ ˙bb . . w w o o w. w #w ˙ bw ˙ ˙bb **** . . w w o o w. 5