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1 - String Quartet No Violin I Violin II Viola Eric Skytterholm Egan 12 Minutter Violoncello

2 Perormance Notes: 1/8 tone /8 tone 5/8 tone 7/8 tone 1/4 tone 1/2 tone /4 tone 1/8 tone /8 tone 5/8 tone 7/8 tone 1/4 tone 1/2 tone /4 tone Standard ause. Pause or as long as necessary. Long ause. Glissando o the note, aroximately to the notated itch. Notes graced harshly beore reaching to string. Brush the body o the instrument audibly without touching the strings. Strings layed behind the bridge. > (>) Sustain this dynamic level until another is seciied. Indicates a continued level o intensity.

3 - String Quartet No. 2 - Premiered by the Momenta Quartet on 12/ Score Violin I q=6 Firm - Intense No diminuendo. Slight cresc. o note. I Eric Skytterholm Egan Violin II No diminuendo. Slight cresc. o note. Viola No diminuendo. Slight cresc. o note. Violoncello No diminuendo. Slight cresc. o note. 5 I

4 2 II h=40 Cautious - With Increasing Intensity m I m m m 4 With Great Internsity m> I With Great Internsity m> With Great Internsity m> With Great Internsity m>

5 III Each erormer lays two strings behind the bridge or the duration o the movement. The chords should last or aroximately 8-10 seconds with a short break between each. Harsh - Grating Noise E G DA > (oss.) > > (oss.) I Harsh - Grating Noise E G DA > (oss.) > > (oss.) Harsh - Grating Noise CG D A > (oss.) > > (oss.) Harsh - Grating Noise A D CG > (oss.) > > (oss.)

6 4 IV q=76 Firm - With Rhythmical Ehasis > I > > > 5 I 9 I

7 5 1 I 5 16 Teo rimo I Teo rimo Teo rimo Teo rimo 19 5 I

8 6 V q=44 Quiet yet Firm Audibly brush the body o the instrument with the bow without touching the strings. I Audibly brush the body o the instrument with the bow without touching the strings. Notes graced harshly beore reaching to string. m> m Audibly brush the body o the instrument with the bow without touching the strings. Audibly brush the body o the instrument with the bow without touching the strings. 4 sul ont. m I sul ont. IV (Gliss o the note) m

9 VI 7 q=72 Very Light and Sritely izz. I izz. m m izz. m col legno battuto (al niente) izz. m 4 m sz I sz m m sz (Gliss o the note) col legno tratto col legno battuto izz. m (Gliss o the note) m

10 8 VII q=76 With 'Mozartian' Otimism (Gliss o the note) sz sz sz m> I m Very gradual glissando m> m 4 q=54 Solemnly molto rit. m> molto rit. I m> molto rit. m> m> molto rit.

11 VIII 9 q=54 Firm - With Strong Rhythmical Ehasis arco > s I arco 5 > s I q=46 Drawn Out - Emotional 4 Play all our strings behind the bridge. III IV arco 5 5 > s arco 5 > s (al niente) (al niente) m II I sz m> (al niente) m q=8 Painully Emotional 7 m m m I I II sz III IV III IV sz I II m I II sz III IV m III IV II m m m III IV I m m m sz> m

12 10 IX All layers start in time and gradually, over the sace o ca. 0 seconds, start laying aster and aster, with alternate bowings. When everyone is laying as quickly as hysically ossible, sustain this or ive seconds beore coming o together. Violins gradually start to tune out. By the end they should have moved a ull semitone shar/lat. q=56 Like a Train Coming Out From the Platorm arco sz> I arco sz> arco sz> arco sz>

13 X 11 q=60 With Anticiation - 'Beore the Storm' I m> m> 5 > m I m> m>

14 12 9 m sz (al niente) I m sz (al niente) m sz m (al niente) m sz (al niente) 1 sz m I sz m sz m sz m sz

15 XI 1 The irst chord is the same as the chords in Movement III. q=72 Furiously Violent sz 1. > I sz > sz > sz > 4 2. Attacca (a very short ause) > I Attacca (a very short ause) > Attacca (a very short ause) > Attacca (a very short ause) >

16 14 XII Violin I lays solistically; Violin II, Viola and 'Cello with very little vibrato throughout. q=42 With Great Emotion II m m m> I > > > 7 m Notes "graced" harshly on the way to the to string. sz II m sz m I sul ont. > sul ont. > sul ont. >

17 15 11 col legno battuto (al niente) Brush the body o the instrument with the bow wotout touching the strings. (oss.) Play all our strings behind the bridge. sz norm. m I con sord. (sul ont.) sz con sord. (sul ont.) s> sz s> con sord. (sul ont.) sz s> 15 izz. m sz sz sz Play G and D strings behind the bridge arco izz. sz sz I normale > normale > normale >

18 16 Gradually aster, alternate boing. arco 20 sm As beore with a gradual glissando. sul ont. m I > > > 25 normale m m I m> > m> > m> >

19 17 1 m> II I (slight dim.) m> I > > > 5 sz m I

20 18 9 col legno tratto; with a touch o hair m col legno battuto Play all our strings behind the bridge. normale (normale) > I > > > 4 Col legno tratto with a touch o hair. Gradually aster tremolo. sz normale m q=0 Very Slow - Considered I > senza sord. > senza sord. > senza sord. SLUTT

Bruno Ruviaro. Ventania (2004) for flute, clarinet in Bb, violin, violoncello, piano and percussion

Bruno Ruviaro. Ventania (2004) for flute, clarinet in Bb, violin, violoncello, piano and percussion Bruno Ruviaro Ventania (2004) or lute, clarinet in Bb, violin, violoncello, iano and ercussion NOTATION Resectively: /4-tone lat, 1/2-tone lat, 1/4-tone lat, natural, 1/4-shar, 1/2-tone shar, /4-tone shar.