dolce COLOURS

     


 
 

   
          
3
  
 


              


  

      
    

AGITATO EQUAL

            


   
                 
 

             


                

3 3


                  

        
3 3

  
        
               



         EMOTIONS
dolce

3
 

                
     
 

ppp fff ppp

 MAZE

…a piece for cello, flute and French horn…

David Thomas Cotter

 Performance Directions

1. Each instrument starts from its respective corner, playing their first melodic fragment

2. Once the fragment has been played, the performer must hold the final note before choosing a route through the maze
and merging into the next melodic fragment

3. Whilst playing each melodic fragment, the performer must endeavor to interpret the fragment with the emotion they
associate with the colour of the background at that particular location

4. When playing melodic fragments towards the corners of the triangle, the performers must endeavour to play ppp and
dolce

5. When playing melodic fragments towards the centre of the triangle, the performers must endeavor to play fff and
agitato

6. The axes should be treated as continuous scales, with the performer endeavoring to play the dynamics between ppp &
fff, and the styles between dolce & agitato

7. Eventually, the performers may start venturing towards the other instrument’s corners

8. Theoretically, the piece can last forever, but a performance time of 4 minutes should be aimed for