Hellawell
Litholatry
Exhibition for Ensemble
Score
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PIERS HELLAWELL
Litholatry
Exhibition for Ensemble
Score
ISSUU Version
For perusal only
Commissioned with financial assistance from the David James Music Trust, by Kokoro, who gave the first performance, conducted by Mark Forkgen, Wessex Arts Centre, Poole, 30 October 2002.
PIERS HELLAWELL
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Litholatry
Exhibition for Ensemble
Instrumentation
Flute (doubles piccolo)
Oboe
Clarinet in B flat (doubles E flat)
Bassoon (doubles contra)
Horn in F
Trumpet in B flat
Trombone (doubles bass trombone)
Percussion (l player)
Vibraphone (motor off), Marimba, Suspended Cymbal.
Harp
Piano
Strings 11111 (soli)
Duration c. 10 minutes
N.B. the score is transposed
LEGEND
Percussion: player to use stick handles at letter Ml for pianissimo effect.
Piano: i) Sustain opening scale on middle pedal: play slowly on strings with suitable wooden object (eg spatula) at letters A & E and leave to vibrate. If strings obstructed by bar, passage should be transposed.
ii) Same object performs brief glissando on upper strings at letter M1 iii) Bass notes are plucked with l.h., with sustaining pedal (eg at letter G) iv) Rubber band is 'fired' onto strings by hand, with sustaining pedal (eg after letter Ml)
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Photo © Gerry Hellawell
Piers Hellawell
Piers Hellawell has worked with the Schubert Ensemble of London, Hilliard Ensemble, RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, for whom he wrote Dogs and Wolves (2006), among others worldwide. Works include: Cors de chasse, a concerto commissioned for Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) and Jonas Bylund (trombone) by the Philharmonia Orchestra; Degrees of Separation, commissioned for the opening of The Sage Gateshead (2004); and Sound Carvings from the Bell Foundry for Stockholm Chamber Brass performing at festivals in Norway and Ireland. The Schubert Ensemble marked his 50th birthday with a performance. Hellawell is currently Professor of Composition at The Queen’s University of Belfast.
Piers Hellawell hat mit vielen internationalen Ensembles zusammengearbeitet, darunter das Schubert Ensemble of London, das Hilliard Ensemble, das RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet sowie das BBC Scottish Orchestra, für das er Dogs and Wolves (2006) schrieb. Daneben entstanden Cors de chasse – ein Konzert für Håkan Hardenberger (Trompete) und Jonas Bylund (Posaune) im Auftrag des Philharmonia Orchestra, – Degrees of Separation zur Eröffnung des Kulturzentrums The Sage im englischen Gateshead sowie Sound Carvings from the Bell Foundry für Stockholm Chamber Brass zur Aufführung bei Festivals in Norwegen und Irland. Zu seinem 50. Geburtstag widmete ihm das Schubert Ensemble ein Konzert. Gegenwärtig ist Hellawell Professor für Komposition an der Queen’s University in Belfast.
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