Seven

Schott Music Mainz

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“Prix de Composition Musicale” – Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco, 2008

3 Flutes (1. also Alto Flute, 2./3. also Piccolo)

3 Oboes

3 Clarinets in A

Bass Clarinet

Baritone Saxophone (also Alto Saxophone)

3 Bassoons

2 Horns in F

2 Trumpets in C

2 Trombones (with 4th valve)

Tuba

Percussion 1:

Glockenspiel

Crotales

Gongs (sea seating arrangements)

2 Tubes (Anvils)

Tubular bells

Sizzle

Chinese Cymbal

Dome cymbal (diameter: 30-38 cm special Tibetian cymbal with a very small plain and a very big dome   )

Tamtam

Triangle

Coil spring

Percussion 2:

Vibraphone

Gongs (sea seating arrangements)

Glockenspiel

Tubular bells

Cymbals (high, medium, low)

Dome cymbal (diameter: 30-38 cm special Tibetian cymbal with a very small plain and a very big dome   )

Tamtam

Crotales

Sistrum

Triangle

Coil spring

Percussion 3:

Vibraphone

Gongs (sea seating arrangements)

Glockenspiel

Tubular bells

Cymbals (high, medium, low)

Dome cymbal (diameter: 30-38 cm special Tibetian cymbal with a very small plain and a very big dome   )

Crotales

2 Tubes (Anvils)

Triangle

Coil spring

Percussion 4:

Crotales

Gongs (sea seating arrangements)

Tubular bells

Sizzle

Chinese cymbal

Dome cymbal (diameter: 30-38 cm special Tibetian cymbal with a very small plain and a very big dome   )

Tamtam

Sistrum

2 Tubes (Anvils)

Triangle

Coil spring

E-Guitar (also with ‘Bass guitar’ – octave modul and bottle-neck)

Harp (amplified)

Keyboard (Sampler)

6 Violins (playing on the balcony)

5 Violas

5 Violoncellos

4 Double Basses

AMPLIFICATION AND SOUND MATERIAL:

– 4 loudspeakers should be hanging as indicated in the score.
(If it’s not possible they have to be on stands, but it’s not ideal for the percussionist.)
– Harp is amplified
– E-guitar need its own monitor loudspeaker and it should have a line to the mixing desk.
– Keyboard need sound material, connected with Mac computer, all sounds can be played with “KONTAKT” software (3.5 version or higher).

If the software named KONTAKT is installed on your Mac computer, you can download the sound program from our server.

The pianist plays on Master Keyboard.
Needed equipment:
Master Keyboard with KONTAKT Computer Program

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The sound material is available for download

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ORCHESTRAL SET UP

– In the back of the stage there are 4 loudspeaker A-B-C-D, hanging 4-5 meters high. Connections: Harp to the AB, E-Guitar to the CD, Keyboard to the ABCD loudspeakers.
– In front of the loudspeakers there are 4 percussionists (1-2-3-4 from left to the right). The visual impression of the percussion is dominated by the four deepest gongs which are suspended at an equal distance head-on to the audience, just above head height of the musicians.
– In front of the percussion line are the harp (left), keyboard and E-guitar (right) together.
Both should have their own monitor loudspeaker and a line to the mixing desk.
– Flute 1 sits in front of the conductor’s stand, central (slighly left from the conductor) position, because of its solo at the end of the piece.
– 6 Violins play on the balconies in the hall:
Violin 1, 3, 5 on left balcony (front-middle-back position), Violin 2, 4, 6 on right balcony (front-middle-back position). They only need one stand with light and they play standing. Monitors, if needed.
– There should be a small mixing desk in the hall.

The sound engineer should attend all rehearsals.

Die Columbia-Katastrophe am 1. Februar 2003 war ein dramatisches Ereignis, das mich außerordentlich berührt hat. Vor allem das Fernsehbild eines leeren Astronautenhelmes, der unversehrt inmitten zahlloser Trümmerstücke auf die Erde gestürzt war, versinnbildlichte für mich die Tragik dieses Unglückes, bei dem sieben Menschen kurz vor der Rückkehr der Raumfähre auf die Erde ihr Leben verloren.

Seit langem schon dachte ich darüber nach, ein Violinkonzert zu schreiben. Vor dem Hintergrund der tragischen Ereignisse um die 28. Space Shuttle Mission griff ich diese Idee wieder auf; das Violinkonzert als musikalischer Dialog zwischen Solist und Orchester schien mir besonders geeignet, der Erinnerung an die verunglückten Astronauten musikalische Form zu geben.