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DUO

for 'cello and piano

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Duration - c. 6 mins.

The driving concept behind Duo is simply the problem of a using a piano (by all accountsa percussion instrument) with a sustaining string instrument. Therefore in this piece I attemptto play upon the capabilities of both instruments in regard to the different ways in which they

can create and then sustain sound.Duo begins with a slow introduction formed from Mendelssohn's

op.45 cello sonata, however, its constituent elements have been fragmented. This piece was

chosen specifically because it highlighted some of the key issues of sonority that I wanted tohighlight. The five modal sets that form the melody, are a natural outworking of the first modal

set, using a simple process of expansion and rotation of the modal centre. The restof the piece is formed from these sets and crucially how the two instruments relate toone another using various unisons, which allow each instrument to take on several different roles.

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30

pesante

33

38

molto

feroce

con forza

42

sempre

sempre

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61

64 = 92

= 92

A tempo

A tempomolto

m.s.p

molto leggiero, secco

66

69

Meno mosso

Meno mosso

nat.

p.s.p

poco

resonant

poco

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136

141 = 80

= 80

sub.

loco

sub.molto

144

molto

147

molto

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150

molto( )

G.P

lunga posible

tenutosul tasto (no dim.)

'freeze!'

G.P molto legg.

'freeze!'

Silentlydepress

sos.

Brush hand overstrings (inside piano)

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