- String Quartet No. 2-2008 Violin I Violin II Viola Eric Skytterholm Egan 12 Minutter Violoncello
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.
- String Quartet No. 2 - Premiered by the Momenta Quartet on 12/07-08 1 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
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>
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.)
4 IV q=76 Firm - With Rhythmical Ehasis > I > > > 5 I 9 I
5 1 I 5 16 Teo rimo I Teo rimo Teo rimo Teo rimo 19 5 I 5 5 5 6
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
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
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.
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
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>
X 11 q=60 With Anticiation - 'Beore the Storm' I m> m> 5 > m I m> m>
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
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) >
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. >
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 >
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> >
17 1 m> II I (slight dim.) m> I > > > 5 sz m I
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