Disciples (2016) Kathryn Salfelder. Kon Brio (ASCAP)

Disciples

((((2016)

Kathryn Salfelder

Kon Brio (ASCAP) www.kathrynsalfelder.com

Disciples (2016) Kathryn Salfelder (b.1987)

Program Note:

Disciples (2016) is inspired by Lao Tsu’s Tao Te Ching, a Chinese philosophical text that dates

from c.400-500 BC. I was drawn to Chapter Seventy-Six, which extols the necessity of

embracing change. The text presents a series of dichotomies and antonym pairings as metaphors for life and death.

Likewise, the music oscillates between two opposing ideas – to me, the optimism and pessimism innate to our human minds. Both musics attempt to adapt when confronted by new musical surroundings and events. However, they are largely resistant: stubborn, struggling, and even flailing, all while desperately yearning to change and thrive.

“A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff.

Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At their death they are withered and dry.

Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.

The hard and strong will fall. The soft and weak will overcome.”

(Translation: Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching, trans. Jane English and Gia-Fu Feng. New York: Vintage Books, 1989.)

Instrumentation:

Flute (doubling Piccolo)

Bb Clarinet (doubling Bb Bass Clarinet) Violin

Cello Piano

Percussion:

Timpano (Bb2), Tenor Drum, Snare Drum, Spock Drum (6"), Glockenspiel, Marimba (Db3 - E6), Tam-tam (small)

Performance Notes:

Accidentals remain in effect for the duration of the measure, at the octave in which they occur. They are sometimes rewritten within a measure for clarity.

Grace notes occur before the beat. Performance time: c. 10 minutes

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Flute/ Piccolo Bb Clarinet/ Bb Bass Clarinet Percussion Piano Violin Violoncello q = 64 Shimmering, Warmly ppp p p

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ppp Fl. B. Cl. Timp. Pno. Vln. Vc. pp n pp Ominous

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8 pp _{poco p} mf pp poco p pp pp                                                  

Disciples

Kathryn Salfelder

    Bass Clarinet  _{      }  3 3  3 3  _{      }        _{      }  Flute 3   _{  } Timpano w/shaft3  3 3 3  _{   }  3  _{   }                                     _{   }                    _            _                    _{ } _

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mp mf mp pp p n mp                                                  

 solo, molto espress.

 _{ } 3 _{ }   3 3  _{    }  3       3  3 _{  }  3 3 _           _{      }     _{  }                          _ _ _ _                                 _{      }       _{ } _   _{  }    _{ } _                          2

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  Fl. B. Cl. Timp. Pno. Vln. Vc. mf 21 Fl. B. Cl. Timp. Pno. Vln. Vc. 24         3 3 3  3 3  _{  }  3 _           3 3  3  _{   }    3 3                                                 _{   } _        _                  _{  }                                 

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Intensely - Più mosso

q = 96

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31 mf n p f                                      3 6   _{  }  _{ } 3                3    _{    }  _{ } 3 3  3 3        solo, espress. 3 3                          _{ }      _        _ _                                 ___{ }              4

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  Fl. B. Cl. Perc. Pno. Vln. Vc. 35 t.d. pp Fl. B. Cl. Perc. Pno. Vln. Vc. 37 p        6 s.d. (snares off) 6 6 6 6 6 6   3 3 _ 3 3      3        spock 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6   3 3   3 3   6 6 6 6 6 6 6  3                                                      _{    }                                                         _{    }                                     

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        Fl. B. Cl. Perc. Pno. Vln. Vc. ff mf mp mf mf _{mp mf} ff    ff Fl. B. Cl. Perc. Pno. Vln. Vc. Gracefully 47 pp p ppp mp  pp n mp  to Picc.      6 3 6 6    6 3 6 6  3 3  3       3 3        

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 to Bb Cl.   Bb Clarinet          espress. 3 3 3  3 _{    }     3 sempre espress. 3 3                                                                               _            _                                                  

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65

62 mp  pp n        Piccolo delicately 3         Glockenspiel sempre l.v.

delicately, like distant "Messiaen oiseaux"

3  3 3 3 3 3  _{       }     3  3 _{3 3 3 3}  solo 3  3 3  3 3 3  _{     }                                        _        _{     }     _{  }            _{          }                              _       _                _                                       _ 8

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  Picc. Cl. Glock. Pno. Vln. Vc. 68 n ppp p ppp p Picc. Cl. Glock. Pno. Vln. Vc. 73  3 3 3   3  3  3  3  3  _{    }      3 3 3 3 3  3 3 3  3  3 3 3  _{    }      _  _{ }   _                  _                      _{ }                               _                   _{     }          _{     }                                                            

        Picc. Cl. Glock. Pno. Vln. Vc. mf f Brooding

80

78 f ff p f sub mf mf _f Picc. Cl. Glock. Pno. Vln. Vc.

85

83 p  3 3 3 3 3  to Bass Cl.  3 3   3 3 3  3 3  3 3  3  _{ }     _ molto portamento until m. 92 3   3 3 3         s.d. (snares on) 6 6  3 _ 3 _ 3   3  3  3       3 3             _{      }  _{ }                                                                _                                          _                      10

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  Picc. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. f 86 Picc. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. 89  3 3      6 6 6 6 6 6  3  3 3  3 3  3       3  3 3 3 3      6 6 6 6 6 6   3   3   3   3   3 3       3 3 3 ord. sul G   _{  }   _{  }                                             _                _{       }                                                    _  _         _{  } 

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92

voce piena mf f mf  voce piena mf mf voce piena Picc. B. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. 97 ff p pp ff  3 to Fl.        Bass Clarinet 3        3  3  _{    }   Sul G 3 3  3 3 3        3 3 3           3 3  _{    }  3 3  3   3  3       _  _{  }                                   _{    }             _{    }            _                           _{ }           _{ }        12

        Fl. B. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. p

102

p mf mf f sub mp sub f  ff mp sub f ff Fl. B. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. p

107

106 p mp sub  mp sub                 Flute        6 6 6 6    3   3  3 ₃   3   3  _ 

solo, molto portamento to m. 115

3 3 3  _{   }        6 6   3   3  _   _{  }                                       _{ }                                                     _{  }    _{  }

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  Fl. B. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. p 109 p mf mp sub   f sub  ff mp sub ff Fl. B. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. 113              to Picc.     to Bb Cl.    6 6 6 6 6 6  f sub   3 3  3   3  _     _{   }        6 6 6 6      _{ }                                         _    _{ }   _            _{            }                    _{ }         __     14

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  Picc. B. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. mf

115

mf mf sub  p Picc. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. 117 p  Piccolo 3   Bb Clarinet 3     espress. ₃ 3  _{ }  ord. 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  _{ }  3 3  3 3      _{ }  6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  _ 6  _      _   _        _                                                 _   _{      }   _{      }                                                   

 



      Picc. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. 119 mp Picc. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. f 121 f sub mf p sub f sub f mf _f  3 3  3 3     3   _{ }  6 _{6 6} 6 _{6 6} 6 6  _ 6  3 3 3 3  3   6 6    _      6 6 6 6 6  6 6           _{ }     _       _       _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _{  }   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _                       _{   }                             _{  }                                              16

        Picc. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. mf _{p sub} mf p sub cresc. Picc. Cl. S.D. Pno. Vln. Vc. 125 fff                3   6 6 6                6 6 6  6 6 6          _{ }           _{ }  _{ }     _{     }                   _           _{ }     __                                                       _{ }  _                                           _   _        _    _        

  Picc. Cl. S.D. Pno. ff Intensely

127

ff ff ff sempre Pno. 129 Pno. 132 Pno. 134 Pno. 136                                 to Fl.     

 Cadenza - sempre martellato 6 6 3 

(accidentals carry through the measure, but only in their printed octave)

                   3 3 6 6                     6 _{6 6}                     6 3 3 3 ₃               6 ₆ 6 ₆                     _{  }   _{  }                                                                                                                18

    Pno. 138 Pno. 139 Fl. Cl. Pno. p Undulating

140

p p sub  Fl. Cl. Pno. 141                                        Flute

molto legato, inside piano's sound



molto legato, inside piano's sound

                                                               _{       }  _                              _                         

      Fl. Cl. Pno. 142  Fl. Cl. Pno. 143   Fl. Cl. Pno. 144                                                                                                               _  _                    20

      Fl. Cl. Pno.   Fl. Cl. Pno. 146   Fl. Cl. Pno. 147                                                                              _{   }  _{       }    _                              _                 

        Fl. Cl. Pno. Vln. Vc. 148   pp pp Fl. Cl. Pno. Vln. Vc.

149

 p p                       espress.   espress.                          _{        }       _{           }       _{ }  _                          _     22

        Fl. Cl. Pno. Vln. Vc. 150  Fl. Cl. Pno. Vln. Vc. 151                                               3   3   _                                                              

        Fl. Cl. Pno. Vln. Vc. 152 Fl. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc. 153 p                      3   3   

Marimba (blend with piano)_{6 6}

                      _  _                    _{ }        _                                  24

        Fl. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc. 154 Fl. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc. p 155 p     6 6 6 6                        6 6 6 6                    3   3                                                   _{ }                                                  

        Fl. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc. 156

poco a poco cresc.

poco a poco cresc.



poco a poco cresc.

poco a poco cresc.

Fl. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc. 157     6 6 6 6                         6 6 6 6                                                                                                                             26

        Fl. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc. mp mp  Fl. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc. mf 159 mf f f molto espress. f molto espress.    6 6 6 6                       to Picc.   6 6 6 6                       3   3                                                                                                     _{   }        

        Fl. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc.

160

f f fff sub _f Fl. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc. 162     (measured 32nds)  6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  3   _ _  3   3      6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6   3 3 3 3  3 3  3   3                                              _{  }    _{    }  _  _                   _  _                                28

        Fl. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc. mf mf sub Picc. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc. f 166 f     6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  3 3 3 3      _ 6  3   3    6 ₆ 6 ₆ 6 ₆  3 3 3 3  6 6 6 6 6 6  3 3   3 3       _{ }  _                                      _{   }       _                         _{ }   _{ }       _{ }                                              _     _            _                               _            

    Picc. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc. ff 168 ff    martellato  martellato 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  6 6  3  3  _{ }  _{ }  _  _{ }  _{ }  _  _  _                                                                                            _   _     _   _     _   _           _                 30

    Picc. Cl. Mar. Pno. Vln. Vc. fff fff

171

170 fff fff fff ff fff fff fff fff fff fff  fl. wild! 3  wild! 3  

tam-tam ₃ tenor drum (w/yarn)

 6  3 3 3 6 6 6  6  _ 3  3 3  3  3 6  3  3 6         _{   }     _     _{    }   _{  }                                             _      _          __ _                     _          _{}    _         _   _                                                    

        Picc. Cl. Perc. Pno. Vln. Vc. 174 ff _ff fff sempre fff sempre Picc. Cl. Perc. Pno. Vln. Vc. 177  3 ₃ 3  3 ₃ 3  s.d. stick shot   3  3 ₃  3 _{3 3}   grotesquely 6 6    grotesquely 6 6  3 ₃  3 3   3 3 3   3 3 3  6 6 6  6 6 6                                               _{ }  _                               __  _   _            _        _ __ __                                                                _{ }  _{ }  _                    _   _            _        _ __ __     _ __ __                                  32

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186

180 ff pp p pp Picc. Cl. Timp. Pno. Vln. Vc. Gently - A distant memory q = 56 190 mp         to Fl.   solo, semplice     Timpano (ord.)  3     3             _{         }      _ Glockenspielsempre l.v. 3  _{  }  _     _{  }     _{        }    _{        }                   _       _ _       _{ }_  __{ } __{ } _ __{ } _ _              _     _                                         

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194

pp mp espress.  ppp ppp Fl. Cl. Glock. Pno. Vln. Vc. 195 mp sub    n pp warmly pp         Flute   3  3  _ 

molto legato, sul tasto

3



molto legato, sul tasto

6 6 6 6 6    6 _{6 6} 6  3  3  _  ord.             _{   }      _                                                                    _  _{  }                           _{   }                34

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  Fl. Cl. Glock. Pno. Vln. Vc. mp  _{ }  196 p Fl. Cl. Glock. Pno. Vln. Vc.  _{  } 197  6 6 6 6  3    _      6 6 6 6     3  _                                         _     _{ }                          _{    }      _  _             

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      Fl. Cl. Glock. Pno. Vln. Vc.   198 mp pp mp n Fl. Cl. Glock. Pno. Vln. Vc. pp

202

pp n pp p warmly  pp n p n ppp n                6        3 3 3  _{   }         3                  solo  3 3 3  3  _{       }   ( ) ( )   3                      _   _     _                           _                                                                                   36