Bell waves_brass dectet

Bell waves Vasileios Filippou Brass dectet 2014 7 minutes

Program notes: Inspired by the theme of ‘A song for all seas, all ships’ and ‘Bell wave’ a recent piece I composed for saxophone quartet, violin and piano, this piece is a continuation of the poly-thematic exploration as a compositional approach that I am currently interested in. Each section of ‘Bell waves’ is closely

connected with a particular framework of musical materials that I have chosen, linking the work into a narrative; although as the piece moves on, new themes come to the surface provoking the sense of autonomy of sound, as if the music is been constantly shifting. In the last moments of the piece harmonic material that in a way has been avoided for 7 minutes, has now become “isolated and drifted by the wave, before they even touch the sea”.

Stage Layout:

Glossary of symbols & instructions: ‘Bells up’ -

to be performed from all performers. Beginning of movement from the first beat of bar 3

and end

on the last beat of the same bar.

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Produce the given sound and repeat it freely in the

specified time.

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Gradually change between these sounds

Produce the highest and the lowest note possible respectively

(If there are specific dynamics choose a high or low pitch that is effective at the given dynamic)

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Cross-head notes indicate percussive sounds produced by hitting the

bell of the instrument with the nail or the thumb respectively.