Dedicatedto AnssiKqrtlunm

Karja Saariaho

Petals
for cellosolo
with optionalelectrorucs

Duration:approx.9 min.

Prcmiercdbf Ansti KadtùEù

at the MusícaNow Fesliral, Brumen
o Mat 19thI9E6

EditionWilhelmHansenHelsinkiAB
 Petals
Whcnvibrato markingsare not specified.play€rscan usetheir usualvibrato. Moho vibato
alwaysmeans a rapidandnarrowvibrato,unlessoth€rwise specified.
Tremoloshouldalways
bc asdenseaspossible.

CeÈml mark
changeverygraduallyfrom one soundor one way of playing(etc)to
another
----
diminuendoal niente
--- cresc€ndo
da niente

S.V.senzavibrato

highestnotepossible

Mlcrcintenals
I noteraiseda l/4 tone(between E and $ upwads)
{ notclowercda l/4 tone(b€tween b downward,l
iand
Glissmdi
For glissanditherearc threr diflercnt notations:
I A-
o' /-_: tlis slissando
shouldalwavsb€Dlaved
til 8tt" ueryeuenly.wirhoutlibraio andaóenruutions
V
)- o, .!ií; clissandowith much vibrato
!1t35.
.1*- glissando ,r.ithartificialharmonics,in which the ùppcrfingeris con-
stantlymovingand thus creatinga rich soundwíth vividly varying
8lr3t. pitches,insteadof onc gliding pitch

All the glissandishouldbe startedimmediatelyat the beginningof the rote value.

sul ponticello
S.P.d1n'aFestremarnente
S.T.sul tasto
N normal(uscd*ith S.P-andS.T-,otherwise
ord.)

J -'"--+ ol movegraduallyfrornnormalto harmonicsound(lessandlcssPressure

with thelefthand)

-- add bow pressureto ptodùce a scralching sound, in whic\he

by thenoise
audiblcpitchis totallyreplaced
=....ll-F asabovebut movebackfrom noiseto toneagain

f--(E.F) decreas€bow pr€ssureto produce a soft, noise, windlike

murmur
f--- E.F.--- -------__-_1 bow pressure
decrease to producea Soft,noisy,windslike
for as longasE-F.(estramamente
mÙrmr.rr flautando)conti_
nues,andmoveth€n gradually
back to rìormalbowpressure
-'r-S: E.F. add bow pressureto producea scratching sound,and
it graduallyto producetheE-F.sounddescrib€d
decrease
abovc.

Whcnplayinglongsustained shouldalwaysbemadeimp€rcePtible
lonesthebow changes
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Electronic rersior
For theelectronic versionthefollowingarc needed:
' t:r .ia:' ',nemi(rcphonefor theamplìfic.Lic-
- digitalreverbwith a a variablereverbtime
- harmooizer (YamahaSPX90or REVs:pitchchangepro$am,or possibly
Publison,
Ev€n-
tide)
- at leàsttwo loudsp€akers (possiblya monitorfor thecellist)
- mixer(suggeledset-upseep. 8)

The amplifì€dsoundis sentto both loùdspeakers. The amountof amplificationdepends,

naturally,on the concertspace,but shouldnot totally cov€rthe acousticsoundof the
instrument. Thegenerallevelshould
notgrow€nomouslywhenthedegree of€ffects
isadded;
hereth€ straightamplilìedsoundcanbesetslightly down.Nevertheless,
no abruptchangesin
thesoundimageshouldbe made.
Thesoundidealis aclearandrich'closesoùnd'.Themicrophone(s) shoùldbeplaced asclose
to theinstrumentaspossible.
Thegenerallevelshouldbe setto beratherloud,nevertbelessnot painfùllyso!

Hùmonizer
The harmonizer shoùldbe setto producemicroîonalpitchshifting,thetransposition being
about50cents(= l/4 tone)on both sidesof th€inputsignal.Ifonly onechannel is available,
is setone l/4 tonchigber
lhe transposition
If the SPX90is usedas harmonizer,s€lectprogramme22 C)itch changeB) and s€t the
oarameters asfollows:
piîchl ro/finel +45/delayl2oms
pitch2+ 0/fin€2-50/delay2 l5ms
fl sorneother devicesare used,a slight reverbcar be addedso softenthe effect.

ReYerb
lfserveralÌeverbpfoglamsareavailable a briglt reverberation
shouldbeselectedwithoulany
othereffects.At tle beginningtheraverbtimeshou.ldbesetto about2.5seconds (dependingon
lhe haìl), and possiblelilterings and other manipùIationsmadeto obtain a clearand brigh!
sound.If îhe concef spaceis very dry, the instrumentalsoundcan tr slìghtlyreyerberated

If the changingof reverbcmtiontime causesa[y clicks, it is better to choosea stable

reverberationand ac€entuatethe changesof reverbtime by chaDgingthe aúoùnt of reverb.
Generally:rather too littl€ tharl too mùch reverb!

The notationol the €lectronics

Thetwo effectsale markedwitb R (reverb)and H (hamonizer).Thechanges in thedegrees
of
theeffectsaremarkedapproximatelywith crescendos or diminuendosfrom a previouslevelto
a new level,or with dotted lines,whichmeansthat the curraritlev€lis to b€haintained.
Thepercentages markedareguidelinesonly,and will haveto beadjustedeverytimedepending
on the perfomancespace.

Koija Saariaho
 Propositiol for tbe set-ùpof the el€ctrorics

Eicrophone

to hoùsep/a (sEreo)

if SPX90is usedasharmonizer'
selectplogfimme22 (PiîchchangeB)
andsetthepammelelsasfollovJs:
-Ditchl +O/fioel +45/delayl 20ms
-pitcnz+ol a"a -50/delay215ms