Unfinished Bridge. String Quartet For Mivos / 2018 (revised) Duration: 10 Peter Kramer

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1 Unfinished ridge String Quartet Fr Mivs / 2018 (revised) Duratin: 10 Peter Kramer

2 PROGRAM NOTE Unfinished ridge was cmsed during the winter and sring f 2012 and was revised during the winter f 2018 fr the Mivs Quartet. Mvements: 1. Intrductin (lent) Scherz Scrrevle Aris 2. Cda (chrale) First snw Falling On the half-finished ridge -ash (translated y Rert Hass) The new snw has settled n the ridge under cnstructin -ash (The River f Heaven: The Haiku f ash, usn, Issa, and Shiki) A light snw still falling On a distant steele, and ele Crssing a ridge that still stands. -illy Cllins, uilding with its face lwn (fragment)

3 GENERAL TECHNIQUES Tale f Fermati: (unless nted therwise) U - w =2-5 =5-8 =8-1 Suddenly/arutly mute the sund f yur instrument! m.s.t. / rd. / m.s.. (mlt sul tast / rdinary sitin / mlt sul nt) Í c.l.t. / c.l.. (cl legn tratt / cl legn attut) Harmnic swee: This technique, fund nly with diamnd nte heads, indicates a sweeing mtin f the left hand (harmnic ressure) ver the strings. The range f the swee can e shrt r lng deending n the material that fllws, idimatic hand lacement, string sitin, etc. (Uward swee) m.s.. semre ù Œ (Dwnward swee) 2!!! û Œ n n.. m (m.s..) û û / û Œ Œ

4 Mvement 1 Intrductin (lent) rd. (w freely) (+/- 21") n gliss. very slw/glacial gliss. n cresc..., Scherz (q=80_85) Like mving thrugh snw, restrained, small and agitated gestures... The dyads are cnnected via dtted lines and shuld e strung tgether as a larger verarching "chrale." 1. as written, mlt agitat! 2. sumerged, as ech... "mime-like". simile (1.) m.s.. * see nte Unfinished ridge fr the Mivs Quartet m.s.t. semre < always mving... Peter Kramer (2018) (D always en string) û m.s.. Vln. * see nte n n, decresc... m.s.. * see nte ù Œ n m.s.t. semre < always mving... n m.s.. * see nte j m m.s.t. semre < always mving... * w sitins (m.s.. / m.s.t.) shuld e smewhat free, navigating etween these extremes!

5 2 m.s.. semre ù Œ (as efre) n ( < ) ù ù Œ : ; # n # # su. ( < ) 2 Vln. n n m Œ j n n m.s.t. semre ww su. ( < ) < always mving... (D always en string) m.s.. semre (as efre) ù Œ n n n ( < ) m.s.. semre (as efre) ( < ) j

6 7 2 n ü û û ( < ) Vln. Œ m.s.. semre j n n n ( < ) (D always en string) : ù Œ ; f : û ; ( < ) j m ( < ) Œ j

7 10 # ( < ) ù Œ ( < ) Vln., n n n n m (as efre) ( < ) ù ù # su. ( < ) : ; ù Œ ûû mlt m û ( < ) ( < )

8 5 1 su. ( < ) 2 # ( < ) # û Vln. n ( < ) Œ n n Œ J r n n rd. leggier, ut nt detatched n n m mlt j f m n # # ù ( < )

9 1 Œ rd. leggeri, ut nt detached n n.. m [x ttal] 1. as written, mlt agitat! 2. sumerged, as ech... "mime-like". cl legn tratt + w ( < ) 2 n û ( < ) Vln. : ù Œ û ; ( < ) cresc. n n n û ù ûû : ; ( < ) cresc. # # ûû n ( < ) rd. leggeri, ut nt detached n sz. Œ n n n.

10 7 19 (m.s..) < J decresc. Vln. Œ j n # j < n n n n ( < ) rd. semre... n n ù ù Œ m : ; ( < ) û Œ Œ j n

11 8 22 lc Œ m ü arc (nrm) < ( < ) Vln. lc m Œ # n n n rd. leggier ut nt detatched... arc (nrm) ( < ) n n n û û arc (nrm)..... n.. n m su. ( < ) ( < ). arc (nrm) su.. ( < )

12 25 û n 1, ü Œ ( < ) [2x ttal] 1. as written, shrt ause as written, attacca m.27! rd. semre m 2.. n ( < ) n 9 Vln. ù Œ æ unmeasured trem.,.... n n û Œ n rd. semre n j j n unmeasured trem., æ n m ( < ) unmeasured trem. æ, j m J û û

13 10 29 n m n û n n ( < ) ù ù Vln. Œ... n. n n n û ( < ) ( < ) n n n n. Œ Œ # n. û û m mlt ( < ) rd. semre n. Œ n. sz ù ù su. ( < )

14 11 2 û Œ n.. n ( < ) m 2 Vln. : û ; ( < ) û n ( < ) Œ ù Œ û û Œ ( f ) mlt I ù ù Œ # û # n : ; su. ( < )

15 12 5 Œ # j r Œ 2 n n n ( < ) [2x ttal] 1. as written, mlt agitat! 2. sumerged, as ech... "mime-like" cresc. a... Vln... ù n n n n n. n.. : ; m û û n j n n n n n ( < ) cresc. a... n ( < )

16 1 8 (transitin freely) n n n n n.... n..... n.. n n n..... n.. 2 Vln..... n n (transitin freely) n n n. n n n n n cresc... (transitin freely) cresc n n n n n n (transitin freely) n n n n... n n n n cresc...

17 ü n n n n n n n r cresc... ( ) Vln... n n cresc... # ù n n n ( ).... ù ù û : n ; ( < ) n n.. n n. sz û. n

18 n n n ( ). n as written, mlt agitat! 2. sumerged, as ech (c.l.t. + w). simile (1.) (arc, nrm.) n n ù n Vln... n n n ( < ) n n n... n..... n n û.... n ( ) n... n... ù ù û n n n. n n..... n. n sz ( )

19 1 Vln. 7.. n : ; n... n... ù n n decresc... ü ù. n.. n n û n. n..... ù ù û û ù. n n..... û. n. n. sz û

20 Vln. 50 ech (q=0). U. ù n. Œ Ó sz n n û n rd. (w freely) (+/- 1") U gliss. n cresc... slw/glacial gliss. n Ó rd. calm U n n n n.. Œ sz rd. calm... (verla with vln. 2) U.. ù n n Œ Ó n. sz

21 18 5 rd. calm... m.s.t. Ó Scherz (tem I) rd. leggier n n. û Vln. m.s.t. rd. leggier n n.. ( ) m.s.t. rd. Ó # û n n m.s.. m.s.. rd. leggier ù n n n cresc. a rd. leggier calm...

22 ù.. n.... m 2 cl legn attut n.. Œ Vln. ù.... n. n..... n.. n Œ Œ m cl legn attut n n n sz n n.. n. ( < ) n cl legn attut (c.l..).... n Œ cl legn attut.. arc (nrm) ( ) sz ( < ) ( < )

23 20 59 m.s.. arc (nrm) û n n û # : ; ( < ) Vln. m.s.. arc (nrm) n n û Œ (rd.) calm... arc (nrm) ( < ) (m.s..) ù Œ û n # ù ù Œ ( < ) calm... (rd.) (m.s..) j m calm... Œ û ( < )

24 21 2 rit. a... n ù ù n ( < ) Œ j # Scrrevle (q=0) let ring... rit. a... Vln. su. ( < ) su. let ring... rit. a... ( < ) Œ (rd.) calm... (flaut. semre) j rit. a... û û Œ (rd.) calm... let ring...

25 22 5 (rd.) calm... (flaut. semre) Vln. Ó (rd.) (w freely, semre) m.s.. calm... (flaut. semre) (rd.) m.s.. (calm...)

26 2 8 m.s Ó.-.- Vln. Œ Œ Œ j (m.s..) (w freely, semre) (m.s..) Œ (m.s..) calm... (flaut. semre)

27 2 1. as written, very calm cl legn tratt + w 71 (m.s..) (ti...) 1. as written Vln. Π(m.s..) (ti...) 1. as written 2. # ( < ) (ti...) 1. as written Π( < ) 1. as written 2..- ( )

28 25 7 ( < ) (m.s..) Vln. # # #...erdendsi (ti...) ( ) su.

29 2 (rd.) (m.s..) 77...erdendsi (rd.) (m.s..) Vln. (rd.) (m.s..) (rd.) ( < )

30 U as written Œ as written U Vln. Ó as written U mlt esress... (m.s..) 1. as written 2. U Ó

31 28 8 Ó (m.s..) 5 5 (m.s..) Vln. (m.s..) (rd.) 5 5 n n (m.s..) (rd.) 5 Œ j µ µ

32 29 8 (rd.) n (c.l.t. + w) ü n Vln. (c.l.t. + w) (rd.) µ µ n n µ µ (2nd time nly) (c.l.t. + w) (rd.) (c.l.t. + w) µ µ n n

33 0 89 (rd.).-.- (rd.) (ti...) Vln. µ µ (ti...) Ó (ti...) 5 µ µ j Œ

34 1 92 (ti...) n n arc (nrm) (ti...) Vln arc (nrm) Ó ( < ) Ó Œ arc (nrm) Ó Ó ( < ) Œ arc (nrm) Ó Ó ( < )

35 2 95 Aris (same tem) w Ó su....erdendsi f m.s.. Ó f (m.s..) semre Œ Vln. w w w su. m.s.. Ó (m.s..) Ó Œ su. f f f semre m.s.. (m.s..) w Ó Œ su....erdendsi f f semre

36 [x ttal] 1-. as written, very calm Ó Œ Ó Ó ü f f f (ridge) Vln. w w w decresc a... Ó Œ Ó Ó f f f Ó Œ Ó Ó f f f

37 101 Œ Ó Œ n n (rd.) leggier f sumerged, as ech... (nearly ver the ridge, still with sme itch) Vln. ) ) ) Œ Ó Œ (rd.) leggier f sumerged, as ech... Œ (rd.) leggier Ó Ó n f sumerged, as ech...

38 5 10 cresc... n n Ó n 1 (m.s..) f n Vln. Ó (c.l..).. (m.s..) n n Ó cresc... f cresc... n n n n ƒ

39 1 Mvement 2 Cda (chrale) e=0_5 lending freely with ne anther, hasing in and ut rhytmically, very free... U cn srd. (senza vi.) rd. (mlt flau.) accent very slw w, hushed... n, Vln. U Πcn srd. (senza vi.) rd. (mlt flau.) very slw w, hushed... accent, n U Πcn srd. (senza vi.) rd. (mlt flau.) n n j, I n J, n very slw w, hushed... n cresc... U Πcn srd. rd. (mlt flau.) I n, n very slw w, hushed... Scre 12/28/12 Revised 01/0/18 New Yrk, NY