Auprès, au loin Score

Elis Vesik
AUPRÈS, AU LOIN
For harpsichord, recorder, violoncello and electronics
Tallinn 2014

Foreword
“Auprès, au loin” (Near, far) is a journey through the process of creation, that in one hand derives strength from introspective experience, on the other
hand describes process of creation as a challenge to handle strong interruptions from outside that change and shape the inner sphere.
This is continuous cycle of reappearances, in what forces come across each other and create new antithesis, even out or transmute and change the
disposition of material.

Legend for AUPRÈS, AU LOIN
approximate pitch values for playing behind the bridge
Violoncello has four different staves -
extra one-line staff for tapping with left hand
extra one-line staff for tapping on fingerboard with right hand
one regular extra staff for higher registers – for example bar 30 – improvisational theme playing pizzicatos in higher register.
Sometimes regular 5-lined staff can have extra line (like shown above) – this is for playing behind the bridge.
approximate pitch value
with violoncello - left hand tap with a balm of hand against the back of the instrument, left side, sound should be low, rich and deep
with violoncello – right hand balm taps on fingerboard
mano batt. tapping with a hand
gettato (gett.) bow skip or bounce across the strings
sul pontitcello (s.p.)
near to the bridge
molto sul ponticello (m.s.p) very near to the bridge
gliss. glissando
for flute and violoncello – like high frequency white noise
for flute and violoncello – like medium frequency white noise

for flute and violoncello – like low frequency white noise
There are markers for modelling sound, can be done with a change of mouth shape (flute) or the placement of a bow (violoncello)
with flute - air tone
with flute – half tone, half air tone
with violoncello - pressure with arco from more to less
with violoncello- pressure with arco from less to more
Electronics – electronics part is based on a pitches (written out part) marked in the score.

Alto/
sopranino recorder
Rec.
Harpsichord
Cello
Electronics:
(accordion)
Alto recorder
5
5
Hrpsc.
1
cresc.
2
Bow on the bridge
I
II
Cello
Electr.
5
VI
5
5
left hand pizz
cresc.
Mano batt. with hand balm, try to find the
deepest sound, impact should
be soft and round low sound from the instrument body.

Rec.
2
9
3
4
3
Hrpsc.
9
chromatic
cluster
Inside of the instrument body -
let the marker falls on the lowest register of
strings, sound should be a bit sizzling.
Put your hands gently on keyboard,
press the keys, effects should be like a
resonance of a cymbal and tam tam.
3
Cello
9
s. p.
m.s.p.
s. p.
s. p.
m.s.p.
cresc.
Electr.
Rec.
Hrpsc.
Cello
9
13
13
13
13
3
3
5
In the instument body, use the marker
on lowest part of the strings to make
a slide/glissando adn then drop it
on strings
Left hand mano batt.
6
3
6
cresc.
s. p. m.s.p.
6
5 7

Rec.
Hrpsc.
Cello
Electr.
Rec.
Hrpsc.
18
18
18
18
18
18
23
23
5
Upper pitch
for voice
fingerboard taps with
right hand balm
mano batt. left hand
cresc.
s. p.
7 6
7
7
6
double strings
open
behind the bridge
II
III
8
3
Cello
23
gliss.
left hand pizz. sul D
muffled
left hand pizz. sul D
muffled
s. p.
Behind the bridge
I
left hand pizz. sul D
muffled
Electr.
23
3 3

Rec.
27
Hrpsc.
5
Cello
4
Electr.
27
27
27
27
27
Electr.
31 a tempo
Rec.
31
9
Jet whistle
vibrato
15´ sek
10
11
right hand arco
15´
left hand gliss
Hrpsc.
Cello
Electr.
31
31
31
right hand arco
Put your hands gently on keyboard,
press the keys, effects should be like a
resonance of a cymbal and tam tam.
chromatic
cluster
ord.
s. p.
behind the bridge
III
gett.
gett.
gett.
gett.
IV
III
IV

Rec.
34
12
5
Hrpsc.
34
behind the bridge
Cello
Electr.
Electr.
Rec.
Hrpsc.
Cello
Electr.
Electr.
34
34
34
38
38
Ord.
gett.
38
38
38
13
s.p.
Ord.
s.p.
Ord.
gett.
m.s.p.
s.p.
m.s.p.
right hand
left hand
s.p.
14
m.s.p
behind the bridge

Upper pitch
for voice
41
Rec.
41
Hrpsc.
41
Cello
41
Electr.
41
Electr.
Rec.
Cello
6
Hrpsc.
Electr.
Electr.
44
44
44
44
44
m.s.p
m.s.p
gliss.
gliss
s.p.
16
m.s.p
Sopranino recorder
15

piercing sound
is welcomed
Sopranino recorder
48
gliss
Rec.
gliss.
48
Hrpsc.
m.s.p
s.p.
m.s.p
s.p.
m.s.p
48
Cello
Rec.
52
Hrpsc.
52
17
sharp tone
with overtone
7
Cello
Electr.
Electr.
52
52
52
s.p.
left hand
m.s.p
s.p.
m.s.p
right hand
s.p.
m.s.p

Rec.
Hrpsc.
Cello
Electr.
Electr.
Rec.
Hrpsc.
Cello
8
Electr.
Electr.
alto recorder
57
57
57
57
57
18
s.p.
61
61
61
61
61
20
growl
growl
m.s.p
s.p.
21
growl
growl
s.p.
growl
m.s.p
s.p.
19
m.s.p
Ord.

Rec.
Hrpsc.
growl
66
66
22
5
5
5
growl
9
Cello
Electr.
Electr.
Rec.
66
66
66
70
70
Hrpsc.
Cello
Electr.
Electr.
70
70
70
m.s.p
23
m.s.p
s.p.
s.p.
m.s.p
24

10
74
Rec.
gliss.
25
growl
growl
growl
74
Hrpsc.
5 5
5
5 5
5
Cello
Electr.
Electr.
Rec.
Hrpsc.
Cello
Electr.
Electr.
74
74
78
78
74
78
78
78
m.s.p
26
growl
s.p.
s.p.
5 5
5
growl
m.s.p
growl
s.p.
27

Rec.
Hrpsc.
Cello
Electr.
Electr.
Rec.
Hrpsc.
82
82
82
82
82
86
86
growl
5 5
5
5 5
5
growl
cresc.
cresc.
29
growl
5 5
growl
5
growl
30
5 5
5
28
cresc.
cresc.
cresc.
cresc.
growl
11
Cello
Electr.
Electr.
86
86
86

Fast and with rather
12
chromatic scale
gesture pointing down
91
Rec.
Recorder player
91
voice
91
Hrpsc.
Fast and with rather
chromatic scale
gesture pointing down
7
91
Cello
7 7
91
Electr.
91
Electr.
Play with overtones
and accents
96
Rec.
Fast and with rather
subito forte
chromatic scale
gesture pointing up
96
96
Hrpsc.
3
3
Fast and with rather
3
3
chromatic scale
gesture pointing up
Fast and with rather
7
3 3
96
Cello
3
chromatic scale
5
gesture
pointing up
3
96
Electr.

103
Rec.
Irregular tremulo
103
Hrpsc.
103
Cello
s. p.
7 7
Fast and with rather
chromatic scale
gesture pointing down
Fast and with rather
chromatic scale
gesture pointing down
7
13
Rec.
Hrpsc.
Cello
107
107
107
ord.
107
s. p.
7
Up and down rapid
non-diatonic scales,
basically random notes.
Up and down rapid
non-diatonic scales,
basically random notes.

Rec.
14
114
Overtones
With rubber perc. sticks
tremulo on the strings
inside
114
Hrpsc.
With rubber perc. sticks
tremulo on the strings
inside
Cello
Rec.
Hrpsc.
Cello
Electr.
m.s.p.
114
118
118
118
118
118
upper pitch is vocal tone
3 2
0
4 1 4 0 0 3
2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 1 0 4
3 4 1
With rubber perc. sticks
tremulo on the strings
inside
s. p.
m.s.p.
Electr.
118

Rec.
126
15
126
126
Hrpsc.
Cello
Rec.
126
129
s. p.
31
129
Hrpsc.
129
Cello
Electr.
129
129
5
Electr.
129
beating fast
simile
beating slow