Liang - Lake (2 flutes)

Lei Liang

Lake for two flutists

Š 1999/2004 Lei Liang Publishing, administered exclusively worldwide by Schott Music Corporation, New York (ASCAP)

Lake was composed after I spent sometime in a Buddhist monastery in upstate New York in the early spring of 1999. In an evening while walking alone by the side of the lake, I caught the sight of a “V” shape floating and extending on the surface of the water. It was a beaver taking a swim under the moon. I wished then to write a piece of music that served as the silent surface of water on which performers could inscribe their signatures in sounds.

Lake was commissioned by flutists Orlando Cela and Masumi Yoneyama who gave its premiere on January 18, 2000 at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.

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Duration: 5:30 Recording: New World Records 80715, recorded by John Fonville and Jane Rigler General Symbols : 1/4 higher : 1/4 lower : 3/4 lower : from “niente” to “pianissimo” air

: breathy sound, but with clearly defined pitch

In performance, the players should stand apart from each other at a distance that creates an open space while allowing effective communication.

Lake

Ú 60 Tranquillo, as if without barlines,

Lei Liang

Movement I

with a rich and shadowy tone

& c bœ

non vib.

Flute 1

p

Ó

&c Ó

˙

3

tongueless attack non vib.

Flute 2

‰ bœ p

b˙

p

˙ j œ bœ 3

˙

tongueless attack

∑

5

Fl. 1

Fl. 2

& j & œ ‰ Œ ∏

Fl. 1

& œ.

Fl. 2

&Ó

10

‰ bœ.

b˙

p

&w

˙.

˙ Œ

Œ

Fl. 2

&

Fl. 1

&w

˙.

Fl. 2

&w

Ó

20

p subito

˙

œ . µœ π

π

bw

P

15

Fl. 1

bw p

w

P

b œ ..

p

P

w w

π Œ

non vib. ‰ b œJ œ Œ P

œ

P non vib. ‰ b œj œ π

Œ b˙

bœ

œ

p

w

œ

bœ

œ ‰ Œ J

w

vib.

-1-

Œ

˙ p

‰ bœ w J p

Œ

bw

w

Ó

Œ π

π

n ˙.

( )

π

bœ œ œ Œ J p P - b œ slowœgliss. œ bœ J ‰ 3

p

F

espressivo

3 . b œ œ ˙ J f

‰ bœ F 3

œ ‰ ‰ j jŒ bœ œ p π 3

‰ b œJ ˙ p w p

Œ

˙

˙

Ó π

˙

˙.

P

≈ Ó

˙

œ

p

w P

˙

I˙ P

slow gliss.

‰ bœ

3

‰ bœ. p

w

vib.

‰ Œ bœ

p

vib. poco a poco

‰ j bœ œ π

© 1999/rev.2004 Lei Liang Publishing, administered exclusively worldwide by Schott Music Corporation, New York (ASCAP)

p

œ ‰ bœ J π p

w

π Œ bœ ‰ Œ p 3

π

&Π25

Fl. 1

Fl. 2

‰ b œj ˙ ∏

strong vib.

r & œ ≈ ‰ Ó

‰ . b œr b ˙ F f

j &œ ‰ Œ

bw

Ó

30

Fl. 1

Fl. 2

&

& ˙

b˙.

Fl. 2

Fl. 1

&˙

Fl. 2

&

w P

vib.

vib.

p

Ó

œ nœ ˙.

F

3

Πvib.

air (20%)

w

w

π

˙

Ó

P

˙

p

f

˙

bw

œ

Ó

b˙

w

w

≈ Ó

Ó

Œ bœ

˙.

Œ

‰ B œj œ π

π

‰ bœ ˙.

B œ bœ

‰ b œj Œ p

Œ

˙.

3

˙

air (20%)

π

œ

˙

espressivo

vib. poco a poco

P bœ ˙. œ

b œ b œJ F

‰ bœ ˙.

J P

∑

&w F

‰

b œ ..

n˙ p

&w 45

Fl. 2

3

bœ B œ. bœ.

J ≈ & P p 40

Fl. 1

p

‰ bœ π

w œ J bœ ˙.

P

3

3

π

Œ

œ bœ œ J

air (20%)

˙.

π

∑

35

Fl. 1

w p

vib. ritard.

p

‰ b œj ˙ . π

Ó

air (20%)

˙.

p

P

Œ

Œ

Ó

œ b˙.

-2-

œ b œ ‰ ≈ b œJ .

F b˙ Ó

j b œ . ≈ Œ Œ P œ bœ. œ n ˙ p f

Œ

5:4

F

‰ bœ ˙ P

‰ bœ p espressivo P

bœ

œ b œJ œ 3

Œ

I˙

œ

vib.

f

œ.

‰ b œj p

‰ π

bœ

b œ- . ≈ J b œ F

Fl. 1

& œJ ‰ Œ

Fl. 2

& w

‰ b œj ˙ P

Ó

50

w

&w p w &

Fl. 1

Fl. 2

Fl. 2

& œj ‰ π j & œ ‰ π

Fl. 1

œ &J

& ˙.

71

Fl. 1

Œ

≈ b œ .

J

Œ

Ó

air (20%)

‰ b œj œ ∏

&Ó

67

˙

‰ Œ P

˙

Ó

j bœ ‰

œ π

œ ‰ Œ J π

˙.

3

63

Fl. 1

bœ

˙

œ ≈ ‰ Œ R ∏

œ bœ ˙.

J F

59

Fl. 1

˙

P

œ

55

j .

B œ ‰ ‰ ≈ œR ˙ π

π

bœ

p

Iœ

˙.

Œ

‰

Bœ

3

µœ ∏

-3-

b˙.

˙

‰ b œj œ µœ

P

Œ

∑

j œ . ≈ Ó

w π ‰

bœ p 3

p

∑

air (20%)

Ó

w

˙

∑

‰ bœ J

3 ‰ bœ œ b˙ espressivo P

Ó

w

n˙

w

Œ

Œ

w

bw

bœ ‰ J π

Œ

w

π

j ‰ œ

p U ∑

Total Duration: 5:30