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    Moment Musical - Duo For Flute and Violin

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    Dylan Schneider
    Program Note: In this duo, I took the idea of the “musical moment,” a genre intimately explored by Schubert and Rachmaninov among others, quite literally. In human experience, a moment is usually not a singular, freestanding occurrence. It may be preceded by anticipation, and it may take time to sink in. These two contingent experiences, along with the moment itself, suggested a simple form for the piece: anticipation, moment, and absorption. The work begins with a hazy puff of pitches: our consciousness waking up from standby-mode into a state of awareness. Our attention takes on several forms, ranging from a palpable alertness to fuzzier states of mind as the two instruments attempt to agree on a single pitch, with varying degrees of success. A rise in volume and pitch accompanies an intensifying sense of awareness, continually shifting in and out of focus. The “moment” we’ve all been waiting for happens exactly half way through the movement, marked by the first proper chord in the piece. Stark, raw, and glistening, you won’t miss it. Nevertheless, as soon as “it” arrives, it too begins to shift in and out of focus. We attempt to apprehend the moment, from several angles, yet it remains just beyond our grasp. Our subjective experience has transformed the purity of the original moment: our seeing it has indeed changed it. The moment has passed as it slips into our memory—not exactly as it happened but close enough, perhaps.

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    Moment Musical - Duo For Flute and Violin

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    Program Note: In this duo, I took the idea of the “musical moment,” a genre intimately explored by Schubert and Rachmaninov among others, quite literally. In human experience, a moment is usually not a singular, freestanding occurrence. It may be preceded by anticipation, and it may take time to sink in. These two contingent experiences, along with the moment itself, suggested a simple form for the piece: anticipation, moment, and absorption. The work begins with a hazy puff of pitches: our consciousness waking up from standby-mode into a state of awareness. Our attention takes on several forms, ranging from a palpable alertness to fuzzier states of mind as the two instruments attempt to agree on a single pitch, with varying degrees of success. A rise in volume and pitch accompanies an intensifying sense of awareness, continually shifting in and out of focus. The “moment” we’ve all been waiting for happens exactly half way through the movement, marked by the first proper chord in the piece. Stark, raw, and glistening, you won’t miss it. Nevertheless, as soon as “it” arrives, it too begins to shift in and out of focus. We attempt to apprehend the moment, from several angles, yet it remains just beyond our grasp. Our subjective experience has transformed the purity of the original moment: our seeing it has indeed changed it. The moment has passed as it slips into our memory—not exactly as it happened but close enough, perhaps.

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    Program Note: In this duo, I took the idea of the “musical moment,” a genre intimately explored by Schubert and Rachmaninov among others, quite literally. In human experience, a moment is usually not a singular, freestanding occurrence. It may be preceded by anticipation, and it may take time to sink in. These two contingent experiences, along with the moment itself, suggested a simple form for the piece: anticipation, moment, and absorption. The work begins with a hazy puff of pitches: our consciousness waking up from standby-mode into a state of awareness. Our attention takes on several forms, ranging from a palpable alertness to fuzzier states of mind as the two instruments attempt to agree on a single pitch, with varying degrees of success. A rise in volume and pitch accompanies an intensifying sense of awareness, continually shifting in and out of focus. The “moment” we’ve all been waiting for happens exactly half way through the movement, marked by the first proper chord in the piece. Stark, raw, and glistening, you won’t miss it. Nevertheless, as soon as “it” arrives, it too begins to shift in and out of focus. We attempt to apprehend the moment, from several angles, yet it remains just beyond our grasp. Our subjective experience has transformed the purity of the original moment: our seeing it has indeed changed it. The moment has passed as it slips into our memory—not exactly as it happened but close enough, perhaps.

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    Moment Musical - Duo For Flute and Violin

    Uploaded by

    Dylan Schneider
    Program Note: In this duo, I took the idea of the “musical moment,” a genre intimately explored by Schubert and Rachmaninov among others, quite literally. In human experience, a moment is usually not a singular, freestanding occurrence. It may be preceded by anticipation, and it may take time to sink in. These two contingent experiences, along with the moment itself, suggested a simple form for the piece: anticipation, moment, and absorption. The work begins with a hazy puff of pitches: our consciousness waking up from standby-mode into a state of awareness. Our attention takes on several forms, ranging from a palpable alertness to fuzzier states of mind as the two instruments attempt to agree on a single pitch, with varying degrees of success. A rise in volume and pitch accompanies an intensifying sense of awareness, continually shifting in and out of focus. The “moment” we’ve all been waiting for happens exactly half way through the movement, marked by the first proper chord in the piece. Stark, raw, and glistening, you won’t miss it. Nevertheless, as soon as “it” arrives, it too begins to shift in and out of focus. We attempt to apprehend the moment, from several angles, yet it remains just beyond our grasp. Our subjective experience has transformed the purity of the original moment: our seeing it has indeed changed it. The moment has passed as it slips into our memory—not exactly as it happened but close enough, perhaps.

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    The piece explores the idea of a 'musical moment' through three stages - anticipation, the moment itself, and absorption of the moment. It begins hazy and shifts between focused and unfocused states of awareness until the climax at the midpoint, representing the moment.

    The piece is in one movement and explores three stages - anticipation, the moment itself marked by the first chord, and absorption as the moment shifts in and out of focus and memory. It begins softly and builds to the climax at the midpoint before fading away.

    The 'moment' is the climax of the piece marked by the first chord. It represents a peak of awareness but immediately begins shifting in and out of focus as the experience is apprehended from different perspectives and incorporated into memory.

    Moment Musical

    for flute and violin

    By Dylan Schneider
    (2013)

    Program Note:
    In this duo, I took the idea of the musical moment, a genre intimately explored by
    Schubert and Rachmaninov among others, quite literally. In human experience, a
    moment is usually not a singular, freestanding occurrence. It may be preceded by
    anticipation, and it may take time to sink in. These two contingent experiences, along
    with the moment itself, suggested a simple form for the piece: anticipation, moment, and
    absorption.
    The work begins with a hazy puff of pitches: our consciousness waking up from standbymode into a state of awareness. Our attention takes on several forms, ranging from a
    palpable alertness to fuzzier states of mind as the two instruments attempt to agree on a
    single pitch, with varying degrees of success. A rise in volume and pitch accompanies an
    intensifying sense of awareness, continually shifting in and out of focus.
    The moment weve all been waiting for happens exactly half way through the movement,
    marked by the first proper chord in the piece. Stark, raw, and glistening, you wont miss
    it.
    Nevertheless, as soon as it arrives, it too begins to shift in and out of focus. We attempt
    to apprehend the moment, from several angles, yet it remains just beyond our grasp. Our
    subjective experience has transformed the purity of the original moment: our seeing it has
    indeed changed it. The moment has passed as it slips into our memorynot exactly as it
    happened but close enough, perhaps.

    Performance Notes:
    1. All accidentals carry through the bar.
    2. Accidentals are never transferable at the octave.

    The duration is approximately 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

    Moment Musical
    for flute and violin

    Score

    Lento q = 60

    i
    ~~~~~~
    & 44 b n # n b n n n b b
    7

    Flute

    4 b n b b n b >
    &4
    #
    #
    J
    !
    f
    sul pont.

    Violin

    becoming
    very
    breathy

    Fl.

    Fl.

    Vln.

    & b
    &

    Vln.

    pizz.
    (ord.)

    >+
    .
    R

    ord.

    45 b

    b . . . .

    & 44 b w
    & 44

    b
    P

    45

    gliss.

    b.
    !
    J.

    2013 By Dylan Schneider

    Dylan Schneider, 2013

    b b n b

    arco
    sul tasto

    senza vib.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    (ord.)
    i
    b

    44

    . . . .
    !
    F
    43 J
    43 J

    .
    gliss.

    44

    10

    Fl.

    Moment Musical
    becoming
    very
    breathy

    &

    3q

    pizz.

    Vln.

    &

    & #

    Fl.

    Vln.

    Fl.

    &

    b.
    molto vib.

    Vln.

    &

    b.

    42

    j
    b

    44

    senza vib.

    24 b
    n
    !

    (pizz.)

    ....
    &

    15

    44 .

    > > >>> > > > >

    12

    44

    ord.

    b. n

    44 b w
    nw

    gliss.

    b
    n

    k b

    (senza vib.)

    k
    gliss.

    # # n

    (senza vib.)

    ! F

    b b

    arco
    (senza vib.)

    b b

    43
    43

    Moment Musical

    3 n
    &4

    19

    Fl.

    Vln.

    5
    & 4 n

    Fl.

    Vln.

    "warbly" vibrato
    (as much as one
    1/4 tone in both
    directions)

    # #

    & 44

    about

    4
    4

    & 44 ..

    >+

    b
    R " j

    5
    4

    5
    4

    senza vib.

    n b b

    F
    #

    "

    p
    senza vib.

    Vln.

    b b

    & 45

    22

    Fl.

    3
    &4

    21

    4
    4

    b.

    j
    b
    F
    pizz.

    vibrato

    arco
    (senza vib.)

    ww

    #
    >
    f

    gliss.

    44

    gliss.

    4
    4

    b j
    R " J
    F p

    Moment Musical

    Fl.

    Vln.

    &

    &

    "

    & 44

    n
    P

    b
    " " b

    &

    28

    Fl.

    Vln.

    &

    #w
    p

    very clear,
    bright
    ord.

    42 n

    vibrato
    gliss.

    44

    flutter-tongue

    n n b b n #
    # #
    n

    # # b

    liberamente
    vibrato

    >
    b

    p !

    b.
    4 b .
    &4

    ~~~~~~~~
    # 4
    24 #
    4
    b

    senza vib.

    Vln.

    26

    Fl.

    >
    b

    24

    b b

    >
    b
    b n
    n
    F

    #U
    w

    senza vib.

    October 12, 2013, Chicago, Ill.

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