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CELLO CONCERTO
Sangita
for violoncello and orchestra
The Sanskrit word Sangita refers to music and performance arts in the Indian traditions
This composition contains 9 episodes, presenting various “rasas” or states of mind, inspired by the Sangita Ratnakara
texts of Carngadeva
First performance on the 25th of October 2018 by Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) and the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Klaus Mäkelä at the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ in Amsterdam
With special thanks to the artistic leader of the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam, Maarten Mostert, to my wife Bea Steylaerts
and to my musical assistant Diederik Glorieux
Score and instrumental parts are available on hire from Norsk Musikforlag A/S, Oslo
ORCHESTRA
2 Flutes (1st also Alto Flute, 2nd also Piccolo)
2 Oboes (2nd also English Horn)
2 Clarinets in Bb
Alto Saxophone in Eb
2 Bassoons (2nd also Contrabassoon)
Harp
Timpani
Percussion (3 players)
Violoncello solo
Set - up:
timpani (5),
also: medium cymbal (on timp.), finger cymbals, Bb temple bell (on timp.), 3 triangles (L, M, S)
Percussion 1:
marimba, Glockenspiel,
3 congas + 2 bongos, 2 timbales, frame drum, snare drum,
3 cymbals (L, M, S), thunder sheet (S), metal chimes (S), sandpaper blocks
Percussion 2:
vibraphone, 3 tuned gongs (B, A#, C#; octave transpositions ad lib.), 2 crystal glasses (tuned B and D),
snare drum, tambourine (riq), bass drum (ped.) + crash cymbal (S), 3 cymbals (L, M, S), Chinese cymbal (M),
sandpaper blocks, African slit drum (L)
Percussion 3:
crotales (2 octaves), tubular bells,
bass drum (L), 3 toms, frame drum, darbouka,
tam-tam (L), thunder sheet (S), shakers
NOTES ON PERFORMANCE
General info
Always 1/2 tone trill
Accidentals:
misura: accidentals apply to the whole bar
senza misura: accidentals apply to the note they precede (except on repeated notes)
& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Oboe 1, 2
& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Clarinet 1, 2 in Bb
& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Bassoon 1, 2
? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
¢
° ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
&
Horn in F 1, 2
& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Trumpet in C 1, 2
& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Flatterzunge
(only air sound) >6 >6 >6
7 7
/ 6 R ‰™ Œ Ó Ó
6™ R ≈ Ó Œ
6
≈
pp p 7
Trombone 1, 2 Flatterzunge pp p pp p
(only air sound) >6 >6 >6
7 7
¢/ 6 R ‰™ Œ Ó Ó
6™ R ≈ Ó Œ
6
≈
pp p 7
senza misura (barlines serve only as a guide) pp p pp p
D-C-B|Eb-F-G-A œ™ œ™ œ œ œ™ œ œ™
∑ œ U J œ bœ U œ™ bœ U
& œ œ™ œ™
Harp pp
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{ finger cymbal
° ∑ ¿– Œ Ó ∑ ∑
Timpani
¢/
p
senza misura (barlines serve only as a guide)
metal chimes (S) Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿj~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿj~~~ Ÿj~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ repeat ad lib.
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pp
vibraphone
& ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ ‰
Percussion
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thunder sheet (S) pp
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ppp pp ppp pp
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1 4
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‰
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pp p
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Cl. 1, 2
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Bsn. 1, 2
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(slow 1/4 tone oscillation)
con sord. ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏
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°
& Œ ˙™ Ó ‰ œ™ œ ‰ Œ ˙
pp lontano (pp)
Hn. 1, 2
con sord. (slow 1/4 tone oscillation)
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& Œ ˙™
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pp lontano
(pp)
& ∑ ∑ ∑
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& ∑ ∑ ∑
>6 >6 ?
∑ 7 7 7
/ 6 6™ R ≈ Œ Ó
6™ R ≈
pp p pp p
Tbn. 1, 2
>6 >6 ?
∑ 7 7 7
¢/ 6 6™ R ≈ Œ Ó
6™ R ≈
pp p pp p
repeat ad lib.
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& ∑ ∑ ∑
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Ob. 1, 2
& ∑ ∑ ∑
senza misura (barlines serve only as a guide)
(noisy sound)
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° œ Œ Ó ‰ œ ˙ œ ‰ Ó ˙
&
Hn. 1, 2
∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏ ∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏∏
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& Œ Ó ‰ Ó
œ œ ˙ œ ˙
con sord. (practice mute)
Ó Œ œ œ œ™ œ ‰ Œ Ó œ™ œ œ
& J J
ppp (ppp)
Tpt. 1, 2
con sord. (practice mute) j
& Ó Œ œ ˙™ Œ Ó œ œ œ
J
ppp (ppp)
? ∑ ∑ ∑
Tbn. 1, 2
? ∑ ∑ ∑
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& ∑ ∑ ∑
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triangle (S)
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p
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∑ ∑ ∑
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mp dolce
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& œO R
‰ ‰ J œO R
‰
J
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& œO
‰ ‰ <n>O˙ ™™ J ‰
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bbO˙ ™™ Oœ ™ Oœ ™™ Oœ™™ Oœ Oœ Oœ
& ‰ Oœ O˙ Oœ ≈ ‰
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Cb.
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¢
& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
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& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
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j j
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& Ó Œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ Œ ‰ œ ˙ œ ‰ Œ ∑
Hn. 1, 2
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& Ó Œ ‰
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& R R
J
Tpt. 1, 2
˙ j œ™ œ œ
& œ Œ ‰ œ™ œ ‰ Ó ∑
J
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Tbn. 1, 2
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¢
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∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
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J œO ™™ J
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& œ bbœO ˙O Oœ ≈ ‰
J J
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& œ
Oœ ≈ œ Oœ ™™
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O Oœ O Oœ nO˙ Oœ Oœ ™™ Oœ
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Vc.
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Cb.
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