weave for string trio christopher burns

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1 weave for string trio christopher urns

2 Weave is a string trio composed of three independent solos Weft for violin huttle for viola and Warp for cello. The violin and cello pursue radically divergent paths the violin disruptive and mercurial the cello ostinate and repetitive. The viola the only part aware of the history and future of the trio's music moves ack and forth etween violin and cello materials gradually raiding the ensemle into a unified whole. uided y the mediating presence of the viola the profusion of solos proves to e a conversation etween three voices. duration 0' erformance notes Dynamic changes are instantaneous suito) unless explicitly connected y hairpins. Certain dynamic markings are idealized given the performance technique in use; for instance playing on the ridge at a loud dynamic or playing triple stops at a quiet dynamic. n these instances the requirements of the performance technique take precedence and the written dynamics are to e approximated as est possile. Accidentals persist through the measure of their appearance. any reminder accidentals are included in the score. race notes are to e performed on the eat with the main note following immediately after the last grace note. ow positions m. molto sul tasto sul tasto sul ponticello m. molto sul ponticello on ridge ow directly on ridge noise only no pitch) owing techniques ow with overpressure producing a mixture of tone and noise lateral ow motion maximize ow motion along the string minimizing motion across the string slow ow motion reduce ow speed to the point where tone ecomes discontinuous ut no overpressure) non arp. many of the triple stops in the work are meant to e played unroken; use whatever tone quality is necessary to produce all three sounds simultaneously izzicato techniques nail pluck string using the fingernail touch hammer-on - depress and then immediately release string with finger itone as touch ut allowing oth sides of the string to ring pizzicato effleure pizzicato using harmonic pressure to stop the string see elow) quasi guitara strum chords with the thum eft-hand techniques harmonic pressure touch string at non-nodal) point specified as though producing a harmonic pinch string squeeze string with two fingers choking off viration and producing noise allow harmonics to reak up harmonic glissando emphasizing discontinuity; try to get harmonic pressure effect rather than actual harmonics pull harmonic pull harmonic use finger touching node to end string slightly producing an upwards glissando suharmonic ow string at the midpoint with overpressure while fingering the pitch indicated with the lack diamond notehead. ounding pitch should e one octave lower. - allow harmonic to reak up as finger moves away from node. Do not increase finger pressure. flat seventh harmonic

3 weave for string trio christopher urns Cello Rœxv rugged odurate a C su. C a a 6 C h C C C C a su. 1 su. 8 Ch a C su. 18 su. C a a a 8 8 C 98 C C C a su. 98 C C C C C a a C su. su. su. copyright 00 christopher urns

4 1 su. C Ê Ê Violin Viola a A explosive sputtering m. h explosive sputtering h 98 C a a m. C 8 m. 8 a a Z a a h C su. sul D a i 8 a m. C a C 8 m. C m. a m. a a

5 m. a a 8 non vi. C m. a m. C 98 non vi. C 0 su. m. 8 m. C C molto vi. C m. non vi. 8 C a molto vi. C h m. C h

6 molto vi. 8 C 8 98 non vi. vi. 8 molto vi. vi. h 98 m. 8 8 $ su. C ethereal m.s.t m. m «Ë molto vi. m.

7 9 - C a molto vi. a m. - sempre pinch string C «m. - 8 pull harmonic 8 C Ë D m. m. - Ê - a a C 8 C a Ë ± Ë ± 8 8 ± ± Ë ± ± Ë E 8 a 8 C non arp. su.

8 6 C h C ½ F m. a 66 m. C a C C m. non arp. su. C m. C C C C 68 molto vi. a vi. m. C C m. m. su. m. a - - 6

9 Ë C C 1 Ë C C ƒ non vi. C - - Ê h h su. ƒ h Ê Ê

10 h molto vi. vi. m. m. «Ê a C 8 h C C C C C C C C C C - - C - C m. 80 ƒ ƒ 8

11 m. 8 - m. - col legno tratto + crini «C C H «m. ƒ ««C quicksilver m. ) Ë C ) Ê i Ê ) h 86 a 9

12 ) m. C 8 Ê 9 m. C a C a m. ) C 90 m. C m. h «8 m. ) h C «m. 9 C Ê C 10

13 Ê m. h Ë J h C i m. «99 ± Ê rusque C a 10 m. i m. Ë a a i a s.t m. ) m. ) arp. ) h Ë «m. ƒ 10 su. ± a C a a C C 11

14 108 h h a su. a m. Ë m Ê a ) Ê C m. C ± i ) C h Ê m.s.t a h a C a C C C a 11 «m. h «m. a h C ) a a 1

15 118 C C a 1 C m. m. C a C m. Rœ ~ kaleidoscopic playful kaleidoscopic playful m. «m. ƒ sul C Ê sul D m. effleure touch slow ow sul C m. itone col legno tratto a nail 8 touch m. damp col legno tratto + crini ƒ ƒ 1

16 19 1 a 8 C m. a 8 h Ê molto vi. C a $ 8 m. 8 a C a 8 m. m. a a 1 non arp. 8 a Ë 8 C on ridge m. on ridge m. poss. 1

17 19 non arp. Ë 8 a 8 poss. C Ë Ë h 8 8 on ridge m. on ridge m. su. 1 Ë 8 a.h. C ± 8 a C $ 8 1 C 8 = 1

18 $ 18 ± Ê C a C Ë 8 10 C C on ridge m. on ridge on ridge N a N a C C C N N N 8 8 i a a 8 C C Ê 1 8 $ $ nail 8 touch + legno crini m. Ë sul sul C 8 sul m. D m. sul D slow ow slow ow 8 Ê C a ± a C ) a.h. C 16

19 18 a single ow a on ridge m. on ridge m. N N N on ridge on ridge ridge m. N CN CN N N N N N N N N N h C 8 C a C 8 a N 160 C a Ê a a a C C 8 a a Ë a a C a C 16 h a C 1

20 O quasi guitara h a 8 C C quasi guitara non vi. 8 8 m. m. C 8 8 molto vi. C C quasi guitara a C C 8 a C Ê m. 18

21 gentle C a Ê a nail «touch a a - m. - - a effleure nail molto vi. vi. 9 m. 168 Ê C C non vi. m. m. ridge on ridge m. N N m. non vi. N N «a a Ê C a poss. N poss. 11 non vi. Ê m. m. i 19

22 non vi. C vi. m. h m. ƒ m. R Ê road flowing m celestial Ê «a m. sul D C 8 8 «a a i celestial h - - C- - - Rœx panicked panicked a i 0

23 «C C ± C C 8 molto vi. vi. 8 molto vi. «vi. a Ê «a 18 a 18 h a molto vi. a 8 «m. C a molto vi. non vi. h a a C ± «m. «m. 1

24 189 Ê h «m. m. m. h a h C a «19 h Ê Ë Ê a 8 a m. a 198 «h a C

25 199 «m. «Z molto vi. i Ë i m. «8 a C $ i sempre Ë hysterical m. allow harmonics to reak up C «0 0 m.s.t m. sul A a - a -

26 T hysterical 16 m. U hysterical C ½ C - molto vi. i C h a C m. C m. C $ C C

27 C molto vi. vi. C m. a h m. C m. slow ow non vi. C m. vi. C C non vi. 9 ½ 8 vi. C V C m. «C molto vi. vi. «a m. m. a «C effleure m.

28 ridge a C i m. «m. h C «m. ridge ridge «lateral ow motion m.s.t m. col legno tratto 9 «+ crini 8 8 C m. su. 8 m. 6

29 W Rœzy h h h 6 6 m. h Ê 8 8 Ê m. h 6 sul A m. h 6 m. - h 8 8 Ê ± 8 m. 0 su. harmonic pressure 8 m. m. slow ow nail

30 m non vi. m. flautando slow ow m. col legno tratto + crini col legno tratto sul E C sul E m. C 6 «ƒ C Ê 8

31 m. ± Ë C m. m. 98 h Ë h m. 98 non vi. 98 Á 8 m. 8 m. slow ow m. on ridge m. ridge m. non vi. N N N N N N 8 vi. N slow ow m. 61 9

32 6 on ridge ƒ m. «C 8 on ridge ƒ Ê C X su. non vi. m. molto vi. h ½ ½ m. h molto vi. m. Ê m. h molto vi. 69 ½ m. ± 0

33 h m. ½ i Y non vi. m. col legno tratto a non vi. C Ê «C a m. slow ow m. C 8 8 C

34 8 C C «C i C ) 6 Z fragile ƒ sul A non vi. harmonic pressure non vi. m C on ridge m. on ridge m. on ridge pull harmonic a C ƒ 86 m. Ê

35 ) m. - AA pull harmonic Ë sul A non vi. harmonic pressure Ë Ë on ridge N 90 m. a m. a C 8 8 a 8 «a ƒ pull harmonic - - flautando pull harmonic ah 9 C - - C

36 flautando a a - - non vi. m. a slow ow 98 non arp. non arp. CC i i «a flautando 0 muttering m. a C m. m. col legno tratto C m.

37 m. crumling - - C- a on ridge slow ow - C- 06 m. slow ow motion col legno tratto ac À 10 a 8 m. harmonic pressure col legno tratto 8 C m. 8 8 col legno C col legno tratto m. - C- 8 slow ow m. 8 - C- m. slow ow a DD lateral ow motion m. m. col legno m. col legno tratto C

38 lateral ow motion m. - m. as necessary for suharmonic) a a col legno tratto harmonic pressure lateral ow motion m.s.t gettato col legno m. col legno tratto C C ow pressure slow ow motion 1 16 on ridge N N lateral ow motion m. m ƒ pull harmonic 6

39 C m. m. - - slow ow motion C- as necessary) C ow pressure pull harmonics C a - - ƒ as necessary) C C