Professional Documents
Culture Documents
on Rothko
for Solo Viola,
Live Electronics & Video
Ursula Kwong-Brown
April 2016
PERFORMANCE NOTES
Duration: 8 min
Scordatura
IV = B-flat, III = G, II = D, I = A
The score is notated at SOUNDING pitch.
Fingered pitches on the B-flat string are colored blue and must be played up a M2.
Electronics
The viola will be amplified with a DPA mic or a pick-up, and processed live to add the
plugin effects: reverb, flanger, echo and chorus. While I am currently running the
electronics in Logic Pro 9 Mainstage, it is possible to perform the piece using other
programs such as Max/ MSP.
Video
The video projection will involve a live capture of the performer chromakeyed against
selected Rothko paintings. The video must be run in Isadora. Successive video scenes
are triggered at each of the rehearsal letters.
Contact information
Please contact the composer to obtain a tech rider.
Email: ursulakb@berkeley.edu / Phone: +1 617-461-9474
NOTATION
Accidentals apply throughout the bar to notes in the same octave and the same stave.
Cautionary accidentals are often given.
tremolo faster
tremolo slower
Rehearsal Letter
F
Reections on Rothko
for Viola w/ Live Processing & Live Video
Gently Unfolding
Repeat 2x and vary dynamics (pp to mf), bow placement, phrase duration
Vla B
b w
pp poco
12
b
Vla B 43 b gliss. b
j
b b b b
poco sfz
16 , poco S.P.
b gliss. U
4 b b
Vla B 4 j b
b b 3
sfz p
p mp
23 - - 10s U
n
n J
B b 4
Vla 4
mf
3
B Amorous M.S.T.
(N.) h. h
25 arco
gliss. gliss.
Vla B
j
b b
p poco sfz poco sfz pp
M.S.T.
S.P. N. h
28 N.
gliss. gliss.
Vla B
j
b b
mf sfz sfz
(pizz. location)
M.S.P.
32 n n 15s # U
# <#> 4
Vla B b <b> 4
ff
f
4
A tempo - Ferocious
C N.
arco
>
34
U b
Vla B b b b
b > > > b > > > > > b > > >
ff > >
37
> > b > >
>
b
Vla B j b b b j
b > > > > b > > b
Sharply accented
40 pizz.
> >
5 n 3 7 > > > 3 b 2
Vla B 16 b > 8 b 16 b 8 b 4
b b b b
f
46
b b b
B 42 # # 4
Vla 4
ff
Ferocious
arco
> > b>
51 > > >
> >
Vla B 44 b b
b > > > b > > b > >
ff > >
poco rit.
54 > > > > > b > > >
Vla B b
b > > b > > >
fff
5
Sharply accented
56 pizz. >
5 n> 3 7 > > 3
Vla B 16 b 8 b > > 16 b 8
b b b
f
59
5 b > 3 b#> > 7 b >>
#> 3
Vla B 83 b b b 16 8 16 8
b b b b
ff
66 # # >
Vla B 83 b b 7
16
2
4
7
16
b b >
b >
b
71 # # # rit.
7
B 16
9 >
>
> # 2 # # > > >U
> > > > > > 4
Vla
> 16 4 4
b
6
A tempo
D Passionate, Singing
76 #arco
gliss#. g liss. U
b # n
Vla B 44 J J g li ss.
J #
f mf
80
Vla B gliss. # b b
J b
mp p sfz p
Meno Mosso
E Expansive, con vibrato
arco
U N.
b b b n
82 poco S.P.
b por t.
Vla B
3 3 3 b
mf mf fast roll
85 6 6 6 6
# # <#>
B #
Vla
b b 3
sub p mf
Passionate, Self-Assured
Pi mosso
q = c 72 - - - -
87 b b bU
b - b - b - b -
Vla B & B 43
3 b b
f f sempre
- 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6
90 -
B 43 4
Vla 4
b b b mf b
7
94
b gliss. b b gliss.
B 44
Vla
(N.) M.S.T.
,
96
Vla B
n
b b
poco sfz
6 6 6
6
98 - -
4 b - -
Vla B 4
b
6 6 6 6 Searching
b
100
#- 3
Vla B -
#
-
-
b n
b b 3
mp p
h. h
102 pizz.
B j
Vla
b
poco sfz
sfz
h.
104 pizz.
Vla B b b
p 3 b
sfz
S.P. M.S.T.
106 arco h. h.
Vla B
b b
mp poco sfz
108 pizz. h. h.
B 3
Vla 4
b b
p poco
8
F
arco M.S.T.
N.
oo oo oo o o o o oo
110
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Vla B 43 b b
6 6 6 6 6 6
p
N. o o o o o o M.S.T. o o o o o o
112 o o o o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
o
o
Vla B b b &
N. S.P.
M.S.T.
OO O O OO O O OO O O OO O OO O O OO O O OO O O OO O
116 O O
4 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
Vla &4 b O OO OO OO O b O OO OO OO O
mp
poco rall.
OO O O OO O O OO O O OO O OO O O OO O O OO O O O O
118 O O
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
Vla & b O OO OO OO O b O OO OO OO
p ppp