Bounce (2016) for French Horn, Violin, and Piano
by Vivian Fung
Commissioned by the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto
Bounce (2016) for French horn, violin, and piano, by Vivian Fung Commissioned by the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto Premiered by James Sommerville, horn, Scott. St. John, violin, and Peter Longworth, piano, on November 24, 2016, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Program Note Bounce is inspired by my son Julian, who was about 9 months old when I started to work on this piece. Ever since he was a newborn, Julian has had the habit of banging his head against his mattress to soothe himself to sleep. Even though his pediatrician reassured us that this is perfectly normal, and that about a third of all boys do it, Julian’s nightly ritual has had a profound effect on my psyche—so much so that I would routinely hear him pounding away even when he was sleeping quietly or not even around. The piece is a compact 12 minutes, but swings through many different moods, from the leisurely ebb and flow of harmonies in the beginning, through the playfulness of the bouncy scherzo‐like middle sections and the bell‐like tolling of the interlude, to the schizophrenic culmination at the end. Throughout the piece, the idea of a constant drone or thump remains constant, with a deep ostinato that permeates the beginning; playful, rhythmic, repeated notes in the faster sections, and fast, muted sounds in the virtuosic final section. A few notable moments include some inside‐the‐piano sounds in the beginning and final sections; use of harmonics in the violin; and a final horn call, before the fiery ending, that involves the performer singing into his instrument while playing. ~Vivian Fung
Transposed Score
commissioned by the Women's Musical Club of Toronto
Bounce for Violin, French Horn, and Piano
Vivian Fung (2016)
Violin
Horn in F
4 4
Ebb and Flow q = 60
4 4 ppp
p
ppp
4 4 Piano
4 4
ppp
p
3q
3q repeat pitch leave pedal down until m. 16, beat 2
poco a poco sul pont. repeat pitch
3
sul pont.
2q
ppp
ord.
2q
mp
poco a poco sul pont.
ppp repeat pitch
mp
ppp
4q
2q
ppp
mp
ppp
3q
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2q
change bow as necessary repeat pitches in random order
2 6
ord.
3q
sul pont.
poco a poco sul pont. alternate III and IV
mp
2q
ppp
1q mp
ppp
mp
4q
8
3q
sul pont.
mp
2q
ord.
mp
poco a poco sul pont.
2q
ppp
mp
2q ppp
mp produce this harmonic by depressing on the contra D string inside piano with RH (same string as LH pitch)
mp
6e
2q
poco a poco sul pont. 10
3q
ord.
mp
ppp
mp
sul pont.
12
3
sul pont. repeat pitches in random order 3q
3 2 mf
ppp
3 2
mf (produce this harmonic by depressing on the contra D string)
3 2 mf
3q
13
3 2
1q
repeat pitches in random order
ord.
pp
3 2
5q
pp repeat 3 note pattern
3 2 pp
3 2
repeat 3 note pattern
4q
3q
5q
14
mf
repeat pitches in random order
mf
mf
4q 4q
pp
3 2
4 repeat pitches in random order 15
pp
4q pp
(depress contra D string with RH) 3q
repeat pitches in random order
repeat harmonic
16
4 4 5q
f
4 4 f
4 4 f
p
4 4
2q
17
II III
4 4
repeat pitches in random order
3 2
p
2q
4 4
p
3 2
repeat pattern of previous 4 notes
4 4
3 2
4 4
3 2
5
18
3 2
4 4 9e
ff
3 2
4 4 pp
ff repeat pattern of previous 4 notes
3 2 3 2
4 4 ff
modo ord. - no accel. or rit.
4 4 repeat pattern of previous 3 notes
19
4 4 4 4
ppp
4 4 4 4
ppp possible
seamless
20
gliss. immediately - very slow gliss.
ppp possible
6 21
gliss immediately - very slow gliss.
ppp possible gliss.
22 gliss. gliss.
23 gliss. gliss.
24 gliss. gliss.
7 25
3 2
gliss.
3 2
gliss.
3 2 3 2
26
repeat note
3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
A Piacere - approximately 7 sec. glide finger up and down E string in random gestures and speeds 27 f RH produces harmonics by gliding finger up and down the low E string
loco
f
8
5 sec.
5 sec.
repeat note
repeat pitches in random order
28
4 4
ff
f
4 4
ff
4 4 4 4
e = 100 30
repeat pattern of previous 4 notes
4 4 4 4 4 4
pp
pp
6
p
4 4
6
6
6
31
p
6
6
6
6
6
grace notes before beat mf
6
6
6
9 32
3 4 3 4
gliss.
3 4 6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
3 4 mf
33
3 4 pp
3 4
mp
3 4 6
6
6
6
6
6
3 4 f
6
34
mf
6
6
6
6
6
f
6
6
6
10 35
4 4 6
6
6
3
4 4 3
6
6
6
6
4 4
6
6
4 4 f
36
6
4 4 f
4 4
6
6
6
3 4
6
3 4
f
4 4 4 4
6
6
6
f
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
3 4 3 4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
37
6
3 4
6
6
6
6
12 16
3 4
12 16
3 4
12 16 6
6
6
6
3 4 3
3
3
3
3
6
3
6
12 16
4
38
12 16
5 8 4
39
11
4
4
4
4
4
4
12 16
5 8
12 16
5 8
12 16
5 8
5 8
6
5 8
6
6
9 32
4 4
9 32
4 4
9 32
4 4
9 32
4 4
loco
5 8
6
6
6
5 8 6
6
6
6
6
6
6
q = 60
staccatissimo
41
4 4 4 4
3
7 8 ff staccatissimo
p
ff
p
4 4 3
7 8
3
3
staccatissimo
loco
4 4 4 4
7 8 ff staccatissimo
4 4 4 4
3
p
7 8
3 3
3
4 4
12 44
3
4 4
3
4 4 4 4 3 3
4 4
3
3
3
3
3 3
45
3
3
3
3 3
3
cresc. poco a poco
3
cresc. poco a poco
3
3
3
3
3
legato
3
3
3 4 3
3
3
3
3 4
3 4 3 4
3 4
3
cresc. poco a poco
3
3 4 3 4
3
46
3
3
3
3
3 4
13 47 6
6
6
6
6
3 4
6
3 4
3 4 3 4
q = 82 48
loco
3 4
2 4 f
p
5
3 4 f
3
p
3 4
2 4 f
p
3 4
50
2 4
2 4
2 4
3 4
9 8 f
2 4
gliss.
5
3 4
9 8
f
2 4 2 4
3 4 3 4
9 8 f
9 8
14 52
9 8
3 4
9 8
3 4
3
3
3
3
9 8
3 4
9 8
3
3
3 4
3
q. = h 53
3 4
2 4
4 4
3 4
4 4
3 4
2 4
4 4
3 4
4 4 f p
3
3 4
2 4
3 4
57
3
3
2 4
4 4
3 4
4 4
3 4
3
3
4 4
3
p
4 4
4 4
5 4 f
4 4 4 4 4 4
5 4
f
5 4
f
loco
5 4
h = q. 58
5 4 5 4
3 4 f
5
f 3
5 4 5 4
3 4
3
f
3
3
3
3
3 4 3
3 4
15
q. = h 59
3 4
5 4
3 4
5 4
3 4
5 4
3 4
5 4
4 4 3
3
4 4
3
4 4 loco
4 4
e=e 61
4 4
6 8
4 4
6 8
4 4
6
6
6 8
4 4
6
6
6 8
63
6
2 4
5 4
2 4
5 4
2 4 6
2 4
3
3
5 4 5 4
16 65
5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4
p
loco
h = q. 66
3 4 f 5
3 4
f
3 4 f
67
68
3 4
3 4
4 4
3 4
4 4
3 4
4 4
3 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
5
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
q. = h 69
17
4 4
6 8 mf
4 4 4 4
6 8 6 8
6
6
mf
4 4
mf
6 8
71
2 4
6
6
6
6
74
3 4
3
2 4
3 4
2 4
3 4
6
6
2 4
3 4
3 4
2 4
3 4
3 4
2 4
3 4
3 4
6
6
6
p
mp
2 4
3 4 77
6
6
2 4
3 4 mp
p
3 4
q = 84
3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4
4 4 4 4
3
mf
mf
4 4 mf
4 4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
,
79 3
3
3
3 4
3
3 4
3
3
3
3
pp
,
f
3
3
f
pp
,
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3 4 pp subito
f 3
3
3 4
3
81
5 4 cresc. poco a poco
5 4 5 4 cresc. poco a poco
5 4
82
5 4 5 4
12 16 3
12 16 3
5 4
12 16
5 4
12 16
19 83
12 16
3 2 fff
12 16
3 2 fff
12 16 12 16
85 Hn.
3 2 fff
3 2
A Piacere
3 2
6
6
4 4 ff
fpp 90
6 4 f pp
ff
pp possible
q = 52
6 4
ppp
6 4 bell-like loco
6 4 f
6 4 glide finger up and down E string to produce harmonics 92
3 2 3q
f
3 2 3 2 3 2
20
93
3 2
4 4
3e
pp
f
play harmonic series up and down in varying gestures
3 2
4 4 pp
94
3e
f
3 2
4 4
3 2
4 4
4 4
3 2
4 4
3 2
pp
loco
4 4
3 2 pp
pp
4 4
3 2
96
3e
f
loco
21 97
4 4
p
4 4 6
6
6
6
mf
4 4
p
4 4 mf loco
4 4 mf
4 4 mf
p
4 4
99
4 4
4 4
3 4 p
6
6
p
mf 6
4 4
6
6 6
p
3 4 mf
5
4 4 p
4 4
100
3 4 mf
3 4 3 4 3 4
mf
mf
5
5
5
p
3 4 3 4
22 3
101
3 6
6
6
6
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
102
4 4 4 4
ppp
p
4 4 4 4
p
repeat pattern of previous 4 notes
q=h
103 ppp
105
107 p
dampen strings inside piano with RH
23 110
staccatiss. sempre
fltg.
ppp
p
112 sul pont.
2 4
gliss. ppp
gliss.
4 4
2 4
4 4 repeat pattern of previous 4 notes
4 4
staccatiss. sempre play between tailpiece and bridge on D string
4 4 4 4
4 4
2 fltg. 4
2 4
114
drag bow to produce extreme scratchy sound
mf
p
mf p sub.
4 4
mf p sub.
4 4 117
gliss. mf p
6 8
4 4
6 8
4 4
6 8 6 8
4 4 4 4
24
121
4 4
3 2 mf
4 4
mf
4 4 mf
4 4
122
3 2
3 2
sul pont.
3 2 p
drag bow to produce extreme scratchy sound
p
3 2
4 4
f
p
sul pont.
p
p
(produce this harmonic by depressing on the contra B string)
3 2
4 4
f
p
124 staccatiss. sempre
fltg.
mf
4 4 f
fltg.
3 2
f
p dampen strings inside piano
4 4
p modo ord.
3 2
25 127
3 4 3 4
4 4 mp
mf
mp
mf
3 4
4 4 4 4 mf
3 4
129
4 4
3 4
7 8
p
4 4
lip smack
fltg.
4 4 4 4
132
3 4 p sub.
sf p sub.
4 4 4 4 4 4
mf
mf
4 4 f
p
7 8 f
3 4
7 8
poco a poco ord.
4 4
f
7 8 f
p
4 4 p
f
3 4
4 4
4 4 p ord.
f loco
4 4
26
134
ord.
6
6
2 4 f
mf
2 4 staccatiss.
3 4
6 8
3 4 3 4
3
6 8
3
4 4 4
6 8
3
3 4
140
4 4
6 8 3
3
4
f
4
4
2 4 2 4
3 4 loco
3 4
3
p
p
3
3 4 mp
3 4
4 4 4 4
3
lip smack
2 4 2 4
137
3 4
3
7
3 4
mp
pp
2 4 2 4
3 4 mp
3 4
3
3
3
27
143
3
4 4
3
3
mf
4 4 pp
6
6
4
4
mf
4 4
4
mf
4
loco
4 4
145
3
6
pp
6
3
3
3
3
147
mf
mf
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
28 148
149
p
3
3
3
3
3
3
p sub.
150
3 2 f
3 2 3 2
f
3 2 151
3 2
p
3 2
loco
3 2
4 4
5 4
4 4
5 4
4 4
p
3 2 p
5 4
f
pp
5 4
4 4
29
loco 153
4 4
3
3
3
3
3
3
ff
4 4 ff espr.
4 4 4 4
ff
155 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
156 3
3
3
3
6
6
30
157
3 4 3 4
6
3
3 3
3
159
3 4
3
3
3
3
3
3 4
3
3
3 4
4 4
3
3
3
3 4
4 4
3 4
4 4
4
4
4
3 4
161
4 4
4 4 4 4
3
3
3
3
3
6 8 3
3
3
6 8
4 4
6 8
4 4
6 8
31 163
6 8
3 4 4
6 8
4
4
4
6 8 4
6 8
165
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3 4
4 4
3 4
4 4 loco
3 4
4 4
4 4
3 4 3
4 4
3 4 3
3
4 4 3
4 4
3
3
3
3 4
3
3 4
3
q = 88 166
3 4 mf
f 5
3 4 f
3 4 3 4
4 4
f
mf
p
32 168
f
p
p
3
3
3
f
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
f
3
3
3
170 3
3
3
6 8
3
3 4 mf 5
6 8 3
172
mf
3
3
3
3
3
6 8
3
3 4
4
6 8
3
3
3
mf
3
4
3 4
4
4
3 4
3 3
leggiero
3
3
3
3
3
3 5
3 4 3
leggiero 3
3 4
leggiero
3 4
3 4
loco
3
3
3
33 174
ord.
3
f
3
ff
3
3
3
mf
f heavy
q = 60 176
3
3
3
3
4 4 3
sff
6
4 4 6
ff loco
ff
3
3 3
3
sff
4 4 3 3
3 3
sff dampen keys silently
sff loco
sff
4 4
sul pont.
poco a poco ord.
A Piacere 179
sul pont.
sff p
gl.
ord.
6
gl.
gl.
gl.
3 2
ff
3 2 sff
3 2 sff
3 2
34
q = 60 ord. 181
3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
4 4 ppp
f
4 4 4 4
p repeat note
f
5e
5e
4 4
183
VOICE (IN C) sing pitches - notated at concert pitch
glide finger up and down D string 187
bow as necessary
f
p
p
mf
2q
2q
35
h = 54
188
violin continues a piacere
4 4 4 4 4 4 f
189
4 4
4 4 p
4 4 mf
4 4 mf
loco
4 4
191 3
mf
3
3
3
3 3
f
loco
3 3
36 193
f
3
3
f
f
195
3 3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 6
6
197 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
198
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
fp
fp
fp
loco
37 200 Stringendo h = 60
pp sub.
f
f repeat previous three notes pp
f
repeat previous three notes
202 gliss.
fltg. pp sub.
204 sfff
sfff
sfff
fff
fff
fff loco
7