Variations and Distorted Reflections (After Stradella)

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1 Variatins and Distrted Relectins (Ater Stradella) Fr sl vilin an Percy

2 Variatins and Distrted Relectins (Ater Stradella) Fr sl vilin an Percy (201/17)

3 Variatins and Distrted Relectins (Ater Stradella) Fr sl vilin Mvement Subtitles Fr the ast resent and uture Pele tend t rmanticise the ast Hidden memries and assing relectins V Linear meldic statement r assing time V Changing the wraing des nt alter cntents V nside time utside time V A etic and retrsective slilquy V A rduct the twenty-irst century X And never the twain shall meet X nnatural chrnmetric eretuum linear time X A cautius lullaby r all ages X n the blink an eye X What was that we were saying? XV The changing circadian rhythms humanity XV Reminiscent distractins rm mdern lie XV Give t Caesar what belngs t Caesar XV Past has assed and the lessn lng rgtten XV Take rm Caesar that which belnged t Caesar XX n simlicitas XX Betwixt and between (The ininite tritych) XX Ghsts in the machine (The eternal trinity) XX Streams cnsciusness and cnversatins XX What was then what is nw what will never be XXV What ges arund cmes arund XXV Ad ininitum The ast is always resent

4 Variatins and Distrted Relectins (Ater Stradella) Fr sl vilin This is a multile-mvement wrk cmsed arund the grund bass r Allessandr Stradella s ( ) Twelth Tw-Part Sinnia (A E B E F G A F E C D E A) using the verall rm itch-scheme and internal structures the riginal manuscrit as a temlate r itch-rganisatin texture rm and rrtin The initial cncetin this wrk evlved ut a cllabrative recrding rect with vilinist-musiclgist Dr Albert Sanna: The Stradella Prect Alessandr Stradella: Tw-Part Sinnias The multile mvements (twenty-ive in ttal) relect un the atmshere and stylistic character the Stradella variatins with elements direct and subliminal qutatin ten using the riginal meldic cntur and/r rhythmic imetus as a starting int but have been reinterreted (distrted) and entirely recmsed rm a cntemrary ersective Sme the latter mvements cntain mre the riginal material in recgnisable rm and are credited as such within the scre The writing is illed with reminiscences the ast alngside glimses the uture but heully cmbining t create a timeless music realised within a ersnal cmsitinal autgrah highlighting the idimatic (and virtusic rerties) the sl vilin and the creative talent behind the riginal variatins Sme mvements are undeniably a rduct the twenty-irst century Nte: Twelve the mvements (initially cmsed during 201) were extensively edited during cmletin the scre in the summer 2017 Materials and textures r mvements X XV XV and XX (the recurring theme) were inluenced by an earlier wrk rm the cmser: An nstant Cncetin r small chamber ensemble and ercussin (2009)

5 in cntemrary antiquity Variatins and Distrted Relectins (ater Stradella) r sl vilin Variatin [ r the ast resent and uture ] [h 72] 1 q 0 accel q 2 accel [q 72] q 1 rit mlt legat izz arc # mlt esress vib m # izz # [q 72] rit arc sul nt æ æ an Percy æ 8 A q 2 a kaleidsce memries mlt legat rubat rit [q 0] accel [q 2] rit q 0 # n b J m mlt esress m dlce # # n # n # b n b b n n - n izz # m arc ȯ

6 2 Variatin [ ele tend t rmanticise the ast ] an Percy 2 q 0 melanchly and relective rit accel [q 0] B the ast has assed 1 mlt esress # n # n mlt legat rubat # # # # - m dlce # with subdued aggressin # # # # # V V # # 20 # V - aggressive but lyrical vib # - # rit accel C q 0 mlt legat rubat # b m mlt esress b b b b b n n # n and all have gne rit dlce n # # #

7 Variatin [ hidden memries and assing relectins ] an Percy senza misura cn rubat: The truth is ten ust ut reach q 0 accel rit a tem 27 c rubat mlt legat rubat mlt esress legat rubat vib m m D but that shuld nt st us reaching accel rit a tem E when the bugh breaks (the wind blws) rit dlce # # # # J m n lament mlt legat rubat m [tne trill] Ÿ~~~~ <

8 Variatin V [ a linear meldic statement r the assing time ] an Percy q 0 2 senza misura cn rubat timistic rit [e 0] q 0 a tem rit vib - - mlt esress legat rubat - # # # with increasing intensity # # n - # - # - [e 60] accel q 0 the luidic transitin time rit vib lyrical dlce - # b b b n # b b b b # # æ æ n [as luid as ssible] n n Ụ n art harm O O n n m

9 q 80 V c rubat as i brushing the dust rm an ld manuscrit Variatin V [ changing the wraing des nt alter the cntents ] rit [q 0] accel [q 8] rit [q 0] c accel # # sul nt # - n n # dlce J n m n# # # # n an Percy F q 8 with ust a hint melanchly q 8 G the ast can ten be littered with regrets accel 8 # n 8 mlt legat rubat dlce mlt esressive legat rubat aggressive 6 b m [q 69] accel [q 80] rit [q 0] q 8 rit q 0 attacca 1 8 dlce 6 mlt esress aggressive but aggressin dissiates with dynamic and ulse b Ó m

10 6 6 6 q 2 assertive lyrical and exressive [cmbine gliss with ar techniques adlib] # n Variatin V [ inside time utside time ] c rit c accel q 2 a tem lively c rubat an Percy 0 6 rit [q 0] mlt esress rubat # H q 2 there will always be elements dubt # n # m q 0 accel [q 2] rit [q 0] with increasing aggressin [tne trill] [tne trill] lively but restrained mlt lyrical rubat Ÿ~~~~~~ n <- < yet lie rlls n regardless rit Ÿ~~~~~~ # # Ÿ~~~~~ < J rit a little slwer J n [tne trill] Ÿ~~~~~~~ J J < J

11 Variatin V [ a etic and retrsective slilquy ] 7 an Percy 9 7 senza misura cn rubat q 0 smetimes eeling dwn can be arriate mlt legat rubat sul nt [min rd trill] Ÿ~~~~ < # dlce # b n n mlt esress b J b rit # n sul nt n sz b b vib n n n

12 8 8 q 72 animated and ust a little bit clumsy Variatin V [ a rduct the twenty-irst century ] c accel [q 8] J q 72 c accel an Percy 60 V c rubat sul nt # # n # n b ' b b n b b n n n b b b b b b n n sul nt n n b b n n senza misura cn rubat 6 K q 8 # n Æ a rduct the 21st century c accel ar duble-sts thrughut Æ b n b b Æ n n # Æ n n n Æ Æ b sul nt b # Æ Æ # n Æ Æ n n # # Æ # aggressive b n Æ q 96 n n Æ ## Æ - n sz L a release ent-u rustratins c accel 66 mlt esresslegat rubat sul nt animated and aggressive vib n n # n # #

13 71 9 q 0 - b # n m an awkward cnversatin acrss the centuries izz V V Variatin X [ and never the twain shall meet ] V m V an Percy c rit a tem rit q 0 M and whse vice is this? arc lyrical arc dlce - izz izz vib arc b n 6 7 b n # n b 9 7 senza misura cn rubat q 0 a tem a stream cnsciusness and a raid interchange ideas and thughts mlt esress legat rubat n b n b b sul nt # nbnb m 76 c rit N q 0 izz b 7 - # n the cnversatin ends mre crdially than it began but distance remains rit [q 0] a tem rit q 0 V 6 b lyrical arc m izz # n b b arc dlce ȯ # ȯ

14 10 Variatin X [ the unnatural chrnmetric eretuum linear time ] [ a recurring theme ] an Percy q 76 with renetic (and excited) energy c rit [q 66] O q 76 restating the sitives [mre like a ricchet ech than individual articulatins] c rubat m the cmlexities and cntradictins mdern lie rit [q 6] P rit q 6 mlt legat rubat mlt vib a little slwer # # # # J 7 c rubat sul nt - n 89 Q erratic glimses the uture ast 6 lyrical sul nt # Æ Æ Æ Æ - b n b - # Æ accel [q 6] rit - # n # n # n n Æ Æ Æ # - mlt esressive rubat # attacca [q 6] b # Æ Æ Æ #

15 Variatin X [ a cautius lullaby r all ages] 11 an Percy 9 11 q 0 with resect r traditin mlt esressive rubat Æ Æ c accel R q 6 with mre energy c rit [q 0] Æ - Æ Æ Æ - S q 66 t walk the hallwed halls rit [q 0] q 60 c rit [q 0] rit [q 0] 102 mlt legat rubat V m lyrical rubat mlt esress # # Æ n #

16 q 112 the raid lashbacks lying time c rubat sul nt # n # # Variatin X [ in the blink an eye ] with enthused energy n an Percy T the luidity the mind's eye 11 mlt legat rubat # # # n # c rubat there was a memry that wanted t recall q 6 c rit [q 0] rit 120 mlt vib mlt esressive legat rubat b b b b b b b n n dlce # n n

17 q 6 h remember where we were nw mlt esress Variatin X [ what was that we were saying ] c rit q 0 # # # # # # # # # # 1 an Percy n m V q 0 skeletns in the clset (with n recgnisable ulse) 1 6 izz ar ad lib thrughut # n # n 7 mlt esress arc izz # # n 8 mlt esress arc # m # izz ar ad lib n mlt esress arc sul nt 9 # # # # J izz arc m # n 18 W q 6 and there we g driting again 8 mlt esressive legat rubat 7 lyrical and rlrn b b b n b m 6 b n b m c rit n b b b [q 0] rit n n b b bn mrend sul nt vib

18 q 6 Z Variatin XV [ the changing circadian rhythms humanity ] q 76 with renetic (and excited) energy c rit [q 66] X q 76 with ust a little mre cntrl [mre like a ricchet ech than individual articulatin] c rubat - - rit [q 6] Y rit in relectin 7 8 # n tra drs hidden meanings and alse rhets a stuttering transitin AA q 76 and an anmalus crescend a little slwer # J V c rubat m aggressive bursts int lie an Percy rit [q 60] 6b b b b - șul tast m mlt esressive legat rubat 6 b b b b sul nt n b b n sz

19 Variatin XV [ a reminiscent distractin rm the intensities mdern lie ] 1 an Percy 17 1 q 0 as i the music was already laying legat rubat izz mlt vib arc b 7 b b n n m V # n b J m 8 mlt esressive rubat # n BB b n # V sme music des nt seem t have any edges c accel n b J J m m 16 senza misura cn rubat CC q 0 as i the music was already ending dlce n # # # n b mlt esress legat rubat n n # n DD V and yet all things must inish rit [q 0] sul nt mrend

20 16 Variatin XV [ give t Caesar what belngs t Caesar ] Alessandr Stradella (an Percy) 16 q 0 i it is nt brken then d nt ix it a tem 16 [n luid hrases] c rubat mlt legat # # # # # # n # # n a little slwer # m # n n n # n V V c rit EE q 0 with ust a little sit and lish a tem c rit [q 0] 162 mlt esress # # # # n n # # # # n n n a little slwer m n n # n # # # V sul nt

21 Variatin XV [ the ast has assed and the lessn lng rgtten ] 17 an Percy q 0 smetimes it is wise t kee a resectul eye n the ast c rubat # n # [whle-tne trills] Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~ < - < - ọ J b J c rit [q ] FF q 0 as it seems time can dilute the lessns memry rit [q 0] 17 m c rubat Ÿ~~~~ < < # Ÿ~~~~~~~ # u J c rubat # # J J

22 q an bstinate stutter Variatin XV [ and s take rm Caesar that which belnged t Caesar ] a little quicker sul nt [q 60] accel q 72 in eretual mtin c rubat [mre like a ricchet ech than individual articulatins] 6 - mlt esress rubat - ' # # m an Percy c accel [q 76] # # # # # # 6 # # # n # n # 189 c rubat # # # # # # # J n

23 19 a little slwer 192 # # # 19 rit n # # n Æ Æ Æ Æ GG [q 60] things may nt be quite as bad as irst eared (with cautius timism) c accel mlt esress rubat # n n # n # n # n # n b # n n b b [q 69] [q 66] b b c rit c rit lively and energetic # n with sitive energy and exaggerated character b n Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ b Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ b Æ Æ b Æ b Æ b Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ b Æ b Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ b Æ Æ b Æ 6 6 [q 60] c accel mlt esress b Æ Æ Æ Æ n Æ # Æ Æ Æ Æ b Æ b Æ Æ Æ Æ n Æ n Æ n Æ # Æ Ụ n Æ Æ Æ Æ n Æ Æ Æ Æ b Æ b Æ n Æ b Æ Æ 6 6 m [q 2] rit # n Æ 6 n Æ Æ n # '

24 20 Variatin XX [ in simlicitas ] an Percy simlicitas est rma (simlicity is beauty) q 0 mlt esressive legat rubat dlce # # # ## q 2 rit [q 0] c rubat mlt esressive legat rubat n n n # n J # n m V V sancta simlicitas (sacred simlicity) attacca HH q 2 rit q 0 rit 21 6 c rubat mlt legat mlt esressive legat rubat 9 b m 6 n # # J J J mrend sul nt

25 Variatin XX [ a secnd in three and the ininite tritych ] 21 [ betwixt and between ] an Percy q 0 ensive anxiety - betwixt and between c rubat b - in mysterius ambiguity accel [q 60] rit [q 0] rit b dlce b n b b n 6 mlt esress legat rubat b b b b b bb bb J b n b bb n n b distrted relectins - cntrted imitatins 22 q 0 c rubat b b accel [q 60] rit [q 0] rit [q 0] rit b n b b n n - b sul nt n - mlt esress legat rubat 6 b b b b n m

26 22 Variatin XX [ ghsts in the machine ] [ a third in three and the eternal trinity ] an Percy q 0 everyne has skeletns in the clset izz ar ad lib thrughut # # n # n an abstract emtin arc sul nt b bb m n b mlt esress izz arc n n b b n ar ad lib izz # JJ everyne has cnversatins with the ast 28 b n n n b b b mlt esress arc b b b b n m n ar ad lib izz mlt esress arc b 6 b n b bb b n rit ar ad lib izz mrend n # n

27 Variatin XX [ streams cnsciusness and cnversatins acrss time and sace ] [ the ininite triangle is a straight line ] 2 an Percy 2 22 q 2 with cntrlled mmentum and a sense he arc sul nt a little quicker 6 ' c accel c rubat 7 [mre like a ricchet ech than individual articulatin] 6 m 27 9 q 66 c accel # # # # # mlt esress # # #

28 2 KK q 72 with increasing intensity and excited energy c rit q b b J n # b n n n 20 c rubat # # # # n # # n 21 # # J # # # n n n c accel mlt esressive rubat n b n b # b b 2 q 72 b b b # # #

29 27 # # # n # n # # # # n # rit [q 2] rit # # # n Æ Æ Æ Æ - # # - # 2 lie is within the assing secnds the resent LL [q 6] accel q 60 c accel [q 66] lively and energetic mlt esress b # n b # # n b b b n # b b nn n # n MM [q 60] 266 [q 2] c rit rit NN q 0 with sitive energy and exaggerated character b n b Æ b Æ b Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ b Æ b Æ b Æ Æ Æ Æ n Æ Æ Æ b b n b n n 6 6 c rubat n b J b vib b b sz 271 OO q 2 rit mlt esress bn # it is hard t kee an animal rm running away # n # Æ Æ Æ Æ - q 0 PP q 2 7 # # - a little slwer # # n sz aggressive # b these days! rit mlt esress # Æ Æ Æ # -

30 26 Variatin XX [ what was then what is nw and what will never be ] Alessandr Stradella (an Percy) 27 2 q 72 a glden lden (a ith in three) mlt esress areggiate duble sts thrughut # # # J J # # n 281 QQ sel-similar relicatin # # J c rit V # # șul nt n

31 Variatin XXV [ what ges arund cmes arund ] 27 Alessandr Stradella (an Percy) 2 q 0 staring at an ancient arteact c rit [q 0] 287 mlt esress J # # J n # # V with careul restratin shuld it lk as gd as new? 296 RR q 0 c rit mlt esress legat rubat 9 # # J J SS [q 0] 6 n J c accel [q 6] c rit [q 0] dlce # # # # n b n n m mlt esress legat rubat rit mrend sul nt # n

32 28 Variatin XXV [ ad ininitum - the ast is always resent ] [ and there will always be he ] Alessandr Stradella (an Percy) 01 2 q 100 a lively and energetic statement (a blast rm the ast) c rubat V # # # 08 TT in the last reserves energy ne can ind a secnd wind mlt esressive rubat # # n V c rit # V exaggerated and lambyant

33 Variatins and Distrted Relectins (Ater Stradella) Fr sl vilin an Percy (201/17)