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Silence is concerned with the separate exposition and later combination of contrasting musical characters, and its executants explore many different relationships to the ensemble as a whole, from full solo identity to being one strand in a homogenous texture. The opening movement is an imaginative representation of silence, or rather the near but never total silence of some vast and lonely place, infiltrated by sounds so small as to be just on the border of perception. The second movement, by obvious and compelling contrast, must be an eruption. The third movement is another nocturne — but perhaps a summer one this time, a silence that plays host to many small lyrical sounds. The effect of the finale is surely close to the famous ‘blizzards’ achieved by Sibelius.© Malcolm MacDonaldKammarmusikverket Silence and Eruptions är skrivet för en ensemble bestående av tio musiker, en träblåsar- och en stråkkvartett, piano och slagverk. De fyra satserna kontrasterar bjärt mot varandra. I den första och tredje satsen möter man en värld av aningsfull tystnad. I den första rör det sig kring ett 4-tonskomplex, som gör sig påmint också i de andra satserna. Den andra satsen är dynamiskt eruptiv, likaså den fjärde, där reminiscenser från tidigare satser dyker upp och skapar spänningar mellan de olika elementen inom verket. Men samtidigt framträder kompositionens olika temata i relief och smälter samman i en organisk helhet. Sträng rytmik växlar med improvisatoriska avsnitt. Det koloristiska tar sig uttryck bl.a. i klangfält, i olika användning av flygelns tangenter och strängar, pedalisering, framkallande av övertoner; flygeln används också för slagverkseffekter. Med stråkarnas flageoletter blandar sig ställvis visseltoner hos blåsarna, spröda xylomarimbaklanger och spel på flygelsträngarna i högsta registret, allt samverkande i en atmosfärisk helhet. Den förtätade tystnaden samlar i sig krafter, som tidvis urladdar sig i våldsamma eruptioner.”© Erik Bergman

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Abbreviation	Instrument
Woodwind
acl	alto clarinet
afl	alto flute
arec	alto recorder
asax	alto saxophone
barsax	baritone saxophone
barhn	baritone horn
bcl	bass clarinet
bfl	bass flute
bob	bass oboe
bsax	bass saxophone
bsn	bassoon
cbsn	contrabassoon
cl	clarinet
ehn	English horn
fl	flute
hn	French horn
ob	oboe
pic	piccolo
rec	recorder
sax	saxophone
srec	soprano recorder
ssax	soprano saxophone
trec	tenor recorder
tsax	tenor saxophone
Brass
ahn	alto horn
atrb	altotrombone
barhn	baritone horn
btrb	bass trombone
cornet	cornet
euph	euphonium
fhn	flugelhorn
hn	French horn
tba	tuuba
thn	tenor horn
trb	trombone
trp	trumpet
Percussion
dr	drums
glock	glockenspiel
mar	marimba
perc	percussion
timp	timpani
vibr	vibraphone
xyl	xylophone
Strings
db	double bass
gamba	viola da gamba
str	strings
vla	viola
vlc	cello
vln	violin
Other
acc	accordion
cel	celesta
cemb	harpsichord
chords	chords
elbas	electric bass
elg	electric guitar
elorg	electric organ
elpno	electric piano
guit	guitar
harm	harmonium
hca	harmonica
hp	harp
instr	instrument
kantele	kantele
keyb	keyboard
live electr	live electronics
mand	mandolin
mel	melody
org	organ
pno	piano
synth	synthesizer
tape	tape
Vocal
alto	alto
baryt	baritone
basso	bass voice
ch	choir
chc	childrens choir
chf	female choir
chm	male choir
chx	mixed choir
cten	countertenor
mezzo	mezzo-soprano
sopr	soprano
speaker	speaker
ten	tenor
voc	vocal

Symphony orchestra
2222 4331 11 1, str = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, one other percussionist, harp and strings
Wind band
2252 3 423 21212 3 = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 5 clarinets, 2 bassoons - 3 saxophones - 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones - 2 cornets, alto horn, 2 tenor horns, baritone horn, 2 tubas - 3 percussionists
Big band
221 4 4, pno, guit, db, dr = 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, guitar, double bass, drums
Additional codes
+	fl+pic = flutist doubles on piccolo
/	pno/org = can be played on either piano or organ
lib	ad libitum
obl	obligato
str	str: 65432 = specified number of string players
str min	str min: 65432 = at least 65432
str max	str max: 65432 = not more than 65432
solo	vln solo = violin is the solo instrument in a work not obviously for solo violin