DonnachaDennehy
FullScore
DedicatedtoAlanPierson
ThecompositionofthispiecewassupportedbyaGuggenheimFellowshipItwaswrittenforAlarmWillSound, andpremieredattheBeethovenfestinBonninSeptember2022.
durationca.54minutes
INSTRUMENTATION
Flute(doublingasPiccolo)
Oboe(doublingasEnglishHorn)
ClarinetinBb
ClarinetinBb(doublingasBassClarinet)
Bassoon(doublingasContrabassoon)
HorninF
TrumpetinBb(doublingasPiccoloTrumpet)[mutesgiveninpart]
Trombone[mutesgiveninpart]
Piano(doublingascelesta)
Percussion(2players)
1Marimba,Glockenspiel,Kick,Snare,Hi-hat,Woodblock,ConcertBassDrum
2Vibraphone(bowedandstruck),Kick,Snare,Hi-hat,Low/MedTom,ConcertBassDrum
Strings(allsingle)
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
CELLOANDBASS
Intheextendednatural-harmonicpassages(fore.g.,inJanuary),thediamondnoteheadshowsthesoundingharmonic.
forAlarmWillSound
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet1inBb
Clarinet2inBb (BassClarinet)
Bassoon/ Contrabassoon
conpedale(forthisandsimilarpassageslikeit)
I:Kick, Sn,Hi-h
bœ‰Œ bœ‰‰Œ bœ‰‰‰œ Œ bœ‰Œ Œœ‰‰œ b bœœœ‰œ‰‰
essentiallyoftheshapeofyourscat; rhythmshoweverareexact)
Incisive(alltongued)
Ossiafromherethrough849-canbeplayedonpiccolotptifyouprefer
HarmonMute(stemin)