LIMINA
a concerto for piano and ensemble in 3 movements
Full Score
From the G. Schirmer Rental Library
Date of Printing________________
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New York, NY
Donnacha Dennehy
LIMINA
a concerto for piano and ensemble in 3 movements (I: Head, II: Chest, III: Nervous System)
Full Score
For Eliza Mc Carthy Commissioned by Eliza Mc Carthy (with funds from the Arts Council of Ireland) and Contemporaneous duration ca. 28 minutes
Date of edition: June 16 2023
INSTRUMENTATION
Flute (doubling as Piccolo)
Oboe
Clarinet in Bb (doubling as Clarinet in Eb and Bass Clarinet)
Bassoon (doubling as Contrabassoon)
Horn in F
Trumpet in Bb (doubling as Piccolo Trumpet and Flugelhorn) [mutes given in part]
Trombone [mutes given in part]
Percussion (1 player)
Xylophone, Vibraphone (bowed and struck), Marimba, Crotales (higher set), Upside-down Snare, Normal Snare, Kick, Bowed Cymbal(s), High and Low Tom, Concert Bass Drum
Celesta
Solo Piano
Strings (single or double)
NOTES FOR PERFORMANCE
Accidentals hold through the bar, and are immediately cancelled at the next barline.
This also applies for the following microtonal accidentals:
µ quarter-tone higher
B quarter-tone lower than natural (quarter-tone higher than a normal ‘flat’ accidental)
˜ three quarter-tones higher (quarter-tone higher than sharp)
Bb three-quarter tones lower (quarter-tone lower than flat)
JK one-sixth tone deviation in direction of arrow (if down, similar to tuning of 7th harmonic)
Occasionally, if it's switching mode a lot, accidentals are given in front of every note.
HORN
The horn makes use of natural harmonics. Where harmonics occur, the fundamental is indicated (by its letter name) at sounding pitch with a bracket generally showing the affected notes for the purposes of clarity.
Strikehand-heldcrotaleabout1ft(30cm)aboveupsidesnaredrum(snareson)andthen graduallylowerclosetothesnares(atdiamondnotehead)thenmovinggradually away(backtonormalnotehead)
snaredrum(snareson)andthengradually lowerontosnares(makingcontactatxnotehead)