Judit Varga
Zankend - Stille, stumm, still
Short instrumentation: 1 0 1 1 - 1 1 1 0, perc(2), pno, str
Duration: 20'
Instrumentation details:
flute (+picc)
clarinet in Bb (+bass cl(Bb))
bassoon (+cbsn)
horn in F
trumpet in C
trombone
percussion (2 players)
piano
1st violin
2nd violin
viola
violoncello
double bass
Zankend - Stille, stumm, still
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Work introduction
My piece Zankend - Stille, stumm, still (Quarrel - silence, mute, silence) was written in memory of Márta Kurtág, although the title could have come from György Kurtág's Játékok. The work, with its personal tone, is a farewell symphony that traces the five stages of grief - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. It is at once about remembering and forgetting, anger and love. Over the course of the play, the quarrel becomes a dialogue, the anger calms down, the strange, an awkard dance becomes an enchanted waltz. All this was born from the ruins of a forgotten piano concerto that was never finished: the first drafts were painstakingly scribbled out over several weeks, overwritten, so that a completely new music could be born from the empty beats. So it became a two-part piece: under the audible layer there is an invisible other half.
What is necessary to perform this work?
Flute/Piccolo
Clarinet in Bb/Bassclarinet in Bb Bassoon/Contrabassoon
Horn in F + 2 larger pebbles (5-10 cm) Trumpet in C + 2 larger pebbles (5-10 cm) Trombone + 2 larger pebbles (5-10 cm) Percussion (2 players)
Player 1
bass Drum glockenspiel 2 bows xylophone
2 larger pebbles (5-10 cm)
Player 2
one cymbal (medium or large) tam-tam
snare drum
vibraphone
whip
small metal whistle
spiral drum stick superball mallet
2 larger pebbles (5-10 cm) 2 bows
piano (+ pencil, one piece of rubber to prepare one string)
2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass (5 string CEADG) hotel-sordino (metal!) for the violins and viola
sordino for all strings