Animal (2015)

Daniel Portelli

Animal (2015)
Ensemble Part
Soundstream Commission 2015
Premiere performance by Soundstream Collective and the Adelaide Philharmonic Choir
on 16 April 2015
at Samstag Museum of Art, South Australia
9 minutes 34 seconds
For Choir, Violin, Cello, Keyboard, Percussion and Video
Performers:
Warwick Stengrds (Conductor)
Elizabeth Layton (Violin)
Simon Cobcroft (Cello)
Gabriella Smart (E. Piano)
Andrew Penrose (Percussion: Vibraphone)

Composition by Daniel Portelli

See website for further performance details: http://danielportelli.com.au/choirandensemble

Notation Instructions

Cello & Violin:

Vibraphone:
= harmonics

= lateral sweeping upwards

= lateral sweeping downwards
These are a lateral sweeps with the bow
across the strings, very breathy sounding.
Keep a continous sweeping sound for the
duration indicated.
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Let all notes ring unless specified.

3 mallets types are used: soft, rubber & wooden

E. Keyboard:
Use the volume fader for hairpin
dynamic changes.
Choose an organ-like sound with a
long sustain slow attack starting from bar 1
change to a fast attack and a short sustain from
bar 56

= arrow indicates a transition of timbre

= arrow indicates a transition to a slow tremolo speed

= The tuplet number above the tremolo marking indicates how fast the tremolo speed should be.
The example here is 7 32nds notes in the space of a quarter note.

= 1/4 sharp
= 1/4 flat
The choirs video length is 10'10". They begin at 18" and end at 9'54" with a total running time 9'34"
This ensemble part is approximately 9'34", but has a more flexible time then the fixed video time.
The ensemble should end shortly after the choir.

Performance Instruction

This symbol indicates a section where all ensemble players are to perform
instructions like the one given below for 20"

Performance Instructions for Violin, Cello, and Keyboard (example)

Walk your index and middle finger along a line on your instrument at a medium pace
with light pressure.
A line could be considered the outline of your instrument, its corners, its strings, between keys etc...
Follow the line where ever it takes you. If the line ends move your finger to another line and continue.
Allow any sound that happens to happen.
Sounds could include rubbing along strings and the wood, push along the keys and plastic,
knocking against the body of the vibraphone and its tubes. Do this playfully.
Be child-like with your explorations.

The volume on the electronic keyboard should be turned down so it doesnt make a sound electronically (acoustic sounds are fine!).

The vibraphone player is to brush across a sheet of sand paper with a small piece of wood, back and forth repeatedly with the
instruction given (fast medium or slow pace with light, medium or heavy pressure).
The sheet of sand paper can be fixed to a table next to the vibraphone. This is to happen while the violin, cello and keyboard
performers are walking their index and middle finger across lines on their instrument.

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Slow Pace
Light Pressure

Volin, Cello and Keyboard players are to

walk index and middle finger across
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Vibraphone is to brush across a sheet of

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Medium Pace
Medium Pressure
Volin, Cello and Keyboard players are to
walk index and middle finger across
lines on their instrument, playfully

Vibraphone is to brush across a sheet of

sand paper with a piece of wood

Fast Pace
Heavy Pressure

Volin, Cello and Keyboard players are to

walk index and middle finger across
lines on their instrument, playfully
Vibraphone is to brush across a sheet of
sand paper with a piece of wood

Animal

Daniel Portelli

Begin when choir starts

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Walk your index and middle finger along a line on your instrument at a fast pace
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Follow the line where ever it takes you. If the line ends move your finger to another line and continue.
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