Kaija Saariaho SPINS AND SPELLS for solo cello CHESTER MUSICCommande de association des Concours internationaux de la Ville de Paris pour le 6éme Concours Rostropovitch (1997) COMPOSER'S NOTES scordatura bi There are two versions of the score: - performance score for the cellist, written as played - the same performance score combined with another line, marked ‘sounding’, in which the actual pitches are notated. change very gradually from one sound or way of playing ——> (etc.) to another. —————->_ diminuendo al niente ———Csctescendo da niente All the glissandi should be started immediately, at the beginning of the note value. The pitches shown during the glissandi are there to indicate the approximate speeds of the glissandi, and are not to be played with any accentuation or tenuto. SP sul ponticello ESP _estremamente sul ponticello ST sul tasto N normal (used with SP and ST, otherwise ord.) tr a trill produced by rapidly alternating the finger pressure between normal () and light (harmonic, «). The sounding —d¢, —— result should be rapid alternation of a normal and harmonic sound. Ks.SPINS AND SPELLS Kaija Saariaho (1996) Dolee, agitato J= 63-76 sempre poco rubato rit, ito semiquavers N pocorit. Lento sp————_>sr 7 FS : Wp, © Copyright 1997 Chester Music Lid All rights reserved Printed in England‘A tempo N sp Lentoa rit, molto Lento tee Nee doleississimo _-—s— | Beene \ > +— mntA tempo primo sempre energico Ne 4a : rit. into sextuplets Libero a tempo primo SOeee a lissando notes change gradually dad into natural harmonicssubito lento dolce, legatissimo tr > or, tate Atempo primo J = 63-76 sp —_____> sr a @ om otLento dolcississimo So ee eno of ad molto flessibile sra n sim. sim. mv Mv mn on umV 27 lo Pari 10.12.1958,SPINS AND SPELLS Dolce, agitato J = 63-76 sempre poco rubato rit, into semiquavers N Kaija Saariaho (1996) 7 > Pocorit. Lento rit. Lento te enereico sp Iv ———— © 1997 Chester Music Ltd Al rights reserved Printed in Englandaf pp rit, molto Lento sp doleississimo_—3—> —3— tr a ipo DE A tempo primo sempre energico N 6 rit. into sextuplets Libero ‘a tempo primo 9 or 2 SS mt35 pls nes chang ada BaF ee nomenon subito lent dolce, legatissimo Atempo primo J= 63-76 poco rit. ee ye ii »—— 1 om om u ae A tempo SP yppet rit, molto Lento ie dolcississimo Pe eee oer a wf Tp So a —— ai SF? “tempo primo (J = 63-76) a ‘molt flessibile sein U3 Lo =>. mp wm sim, mv iv mu om uM Lento Pid mosso ne) N—>SP ON is C—— Sy Se 2. Fe Se er et’ uf ——P tf Lento misterioso - se * sia