LIMINA
a concerto for piano and ensemble (or chamber orchestra) in 3 movements
Full Score
From the G. Schirmer Rental Library
Date of Printing________________
Music Sales Corporation
New York, NY
DonnachaDennehy
in3movements
(I:Head,II:Chest,III:NervousSystem)
ScoreinC
ForElizaMcCarthy
CommissionedbyElizaMcCarthy(withfundsfromtheArtsCouncilofIreland) andContemporaneous
durationca.28minutes
Dateofedition:October27,2025
INSTRUMENTATION
Flute(doublingasPiccolo)
Oboe
ClarinetinBb(doublingasClarinetinEbandBassClarinet)
Bassoon(doublingasContrabassoon)
HorninF
TrumpetinBb(doublingasPiccoloTrumpetandFlugelhorn)[mutesgiveninpart] Trombone[mutesgiveninpart]
Percussion(1player)
Xylophone,Vibraphone(bowedandstruck),Marimba,Crotales(higherset),Upside-downSnare,NormalSnare,Kick, BowedCymbal(s),HighandLowTom,ConcertBassDrum
Celesta
SoloPiano
Strings(singleor4.4.4.3.2or5.4.4.3.2 ifmultiplestrings,atleasttriplefortheupperstrings)
NOTESFORPERFORMANCE
Accidentalsholdthroughthebar,andareimmediatelycancelledatthenextbarline Thisalsoappliesforthefollowingmicrotonalaccidentals:
µquarter-tonehigher
Bquarter-tonelowerthannatural(quarter-tonehigherthananormal‘flat’accidental)
˜threequarter-toneshigher(quarter-tonehigherthansharp)
Bbthree-quartertoneslower(quarter-tonelowerthanflat)
JKone-sixthtonedeviationindirectionofarrow(ifdown,similartotuningof7thharmonic)
Occasionally,ifit'sswitchingmodealot,accidentalsaregiveninfrontofeverynote.
HORN
Thehornmakesuseofnaturalharmonics. Whereharmonicsoccur,thefundamentalisindicated(byitslettername)atsoundingpitchwithabracket generallyshowingtheaffectednotesforthepurposesofclarity
forElizaMcCarthy
LIMINA
Strikehand-heldcrotaleabout1ft(30cm)aboveupsidesnaredrum(snareson)andthen graduallylowerclosetothesnares(atdiamondnotehead)thenmovinggradually away(backtonormalnotehead)
snaredrum(snareson)andthengradually lowerontosnares(makingcontactatxnotehead)
(crescinnerlongernotesonly)