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Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Sequences
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Written for the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) for the ICEcommons Project and the New York Public Library. The first performance was given on 2 February 2013 at Kaldalón Hall, Harpa Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland. Duration: c. 8 minutes with tranquility and expressive pulsation
Notation Abbreviations k.cl. t. ram ord.
key clicks tongue ram takes back all special effects/performing techniques applied
Techniques Air sounds, no pitch – written on the middle line of the staff, indicates ‘no pitch’. Can be double/fluttertongued. Air sounds, with subtle hints of the written pitches – mostly on air with key clicks. Key clicks and slap tongue/tongue ram, for percussive effect. The upper notehead indicates the key click, the lower note is the sounding pitch/color effect. Alternate between fingerings in slow trills for dramatic variations in tone color – aiming for selected quartertone variations where possible.
Sequences Anna Thorvaldsdottir
q = 64
on air no pitch
4 4
Bass Flute
f
4 4
Bass Clarinet
f
f
mp
f
mp
f k.cl.
mp
f
mp
f
mp
f
mp
f
mp
f
mf
on air no pitch
4 4
Baritone Saxophone
mp
on air no pitch
mp
f
f
mp
double tongue on air
mp
4 4
Contrabassoon
7
p
6 B. Fl. mp
f
mp
f
mp
mp
B. Cl. f
mp
f
mp
f
mp k.cl.
Bari. Sax. mp
f
f
mp
p
mf
mf
k.cl. Cbsn. p
mf
7
k.cl. & t. ram
10 B. Fl. f
mf
f
mp
f
f
B. Cl. p
mf
f
p
mf
mp
mf
p
p
mf
mp
Bari. Sax. mf
Cbsn. p
5
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mp
6
59 B. Fl. mp
f
mp
7
p
7
B. Cl. mf
p
mf
p
mf
p
mf
p
p
mf
p
mf
p
mf
p
mf
Bari. Sax. 7
p
Cbsn. p
p
mf
mf
p
mf
p
mf
63 B. Fl. mf 7
mp
ff
mp
7
mf
mp
7
B. Cl. mf
p
mf
p
7
mp
f
mp
pp
p
Bari. Sax. p
mf
p
mf
p
mf
mp 9
Cbsn. p
mf
p
7
p
mf
mp
66
2 4
B. Fl. mp
ff
mp
4 4
9
9
2 4
B. Cl. mf
p
7
p
4 4
p
mf
2 4
Cbsn. mf
mp
2 4
Bari. Sax.
p
9
mf ord.
9
4 4
p
7
4 4 p
7
68 B. Fl.
ord.
4 4
5 4 9
f
mp
p
mp
ff
4 4
B. Cl.
5 4 mp
9
ff
mp
mp
ff
mp
pp
4 4
Bari. Sax.
5 4 p
mf
mp
mp
9
ff
mp
pp
4 4
Cbsn.
5 4 mf
70 B. Fl.
mp
9
p
mf
p
mf
5 4
4 4
mp f
fff
5 4
B. Cl.
f
mf
5 4
mp
f
p
p
mf
p
4 4 f
p
p
5 4
Cbsn.
p
4 4
mp
Bari. Sax.
mf
mf
mp
f
4 4 mf
p
73 B. Fl. mp
f
mp
mf
mp
f
f
mf
ff
p
mf
p
mp
B. Cl. p
Bari. Sax. p
p
mf
p
p
mp
mf
p
mf
Cbsn. p
p
mf
pp