Arktis! Arktis!

Arktis! A

rktis! Karin Rehnqvist

THE COMPOSER’S SUMMARY

The first movement describes the panoramic views. Not always beautiful. Not always white. When it disintegrated great drama was created. In the second movement the perspective is focused on the details of the tundra… Then for a short while we enter the darkness. … upward-going cascades in the brass and woodwind which lead to a song, a jubilant song from within.

ROLLS

Page 1, bar 1

What else to do you notice in this musical line?

A very fast repetition of a note on a percussion instrument

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GLISSANDO (PAGE 1, BAR 1>)

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ADDING COLOUR

Page 1, bars 4 and 5

Work out the first note that this instrument plays. Why is this an interesting choice?

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ACCIACCATURA (PAGE 2, BAR 1)

A very short, ‘crushed’ note which is played as quickly as possible before the next note.

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CLUSTER (PAGE 2, BAR 4)

A group of notes which clash (dissonance) when played together.

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TIME CHANGES (PAGE 2, BARS 3-5)

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ACCENTED (PAGE 2, BAR 5)

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TREMOLANDO (PAGE 4, BAR 1) SEE ALSO TRACK 10

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HARMONICS

Harmonics produce soft, ethereal flutelike sounds when the string is lightly touched at specific points. Can be achieved on any string instrument.

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SCO WORKSHOP

1. What did you enjoy most about the workshop?

2. List three ‘eureka’ moments that you experienced during the workshop?

3. How will this workshop affect how you listen to the concert? What will you listen out for in particular?

4. How would you improve the workshop? This can be fed back to the SCO.

5. Evaluate your performance. What was the desired outcome of this creative part of the workshop? List some strengths and some points for development. You must have both aspects.

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SCO PRESENTATION & CONCERT

1. What did you enjoy most about the concert?

2. What one thing that you learned will you remember most about the concert?

3. If one thing could be changed what would it be?

4. How will this/has this experience (workshop and concert) affect your:

a) understanding of music? b) composition of music?

PUPIL SURVEY

“… Many thanks for attending Masterworks yesterday and I hope you and the pupils thoroughly enjoyed the experience. We were impressed by how attentive and engaged the pupils were throughout both the presentation and performance.

It is important for future planning of projects such as this that we receive feedback both from your perspective and from the pupils… It is really important that we get this feedback in quite quickly as it can help to improve and keep the project relevant and exciting…”