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Innermost man
for soprano
and 4 instrumental groups
2002 on texts by A.Platonov
Flute Clarinet
f - into mouthpiece, pressed lips vibrations (like on brass instruments x - keynoise (any keys)
mouthpiece) (on C) -- + T - low chord + changing lips pressure and mouthpiece position
3 - high harmonics (on C) 11 + T - high chord + changing lips pressure and mouthpiece position
Ö Ö
T - turn fingertips around resonant keys
- sharp beginning and ending of notes
Ö Ö - sharp beginning and ending of notes ®° - from this sign 1/16 tone upper or lower
®° - from this sign 1/16 tone upper or lower
Horn, Trumpet, Trombone Percussion
f - in the very low with voice (quasi ”roaring”) (not unison) f - piatto sospeso (arco). Change bow angle to find different sounds.
Stop bow on piatto while pauses.
3 - on distance ~1cm from mouthpiece pressed lips vibrations
Vibrafono – hard stick
T - changing articulation (o – u – a – i – e…)
m - fast short gliss. on strings in the very high 1 - cluster in the very high
4 - cluster in the middle register
g - fast gliss. on keys (soundless)
g - keynoise (fast gliss. on keys (soundless)
x + - pizz. on strings in the very high behind pegs
6 - soundless
m + - fast short fingernail gliss. on strings in the very high behind pegs
T - rotate hand on keys in given register
/// P - scratch strings in the very low with wooden bar (sharp attack)
Ö Ö - sharp beginning and ending of notes
Soprano Strings
x - whisper ÷ - mute clef (left hand covers strings not to less them resonate)
g - low guttural noise
m - strike a body with hand
g + o - high guttural noise (also – inhale)
O - col legno battuto
Ö Ö - sharp beginning and ending of notes D - fast handgliss. along strings
_ - breathe out ∩ - altissimo sul ponticello (arco)
The Man is not a mind but a body packed with passionate tendons, blood-filled
canyons, hills, openings, pleasures and oblivion.
(From Chevengur – Unpublished translation by R. & E.Chandler)
Громадный, опухший от ветра и горя голый человек, умирал по мелким
частям на ходу жизни.
(Котлован)
A huge naked man, puffed up from the wind and his own grief, was dying but by
little bit, as his life went by.
(From The Foundation Pit – tr. R.Chandler & G.Smith, Harvill, 1996)
A.Platonov
А. Платонов Duration approximately 9’30”