Seltenreich Sparks and Flares
for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello
Conductor Score
Emblem
Program Note: Imagine a dark boundless open space. Every minuet, movement, and tiny flicker of light catches our attention in such darkness. The colors and shades become more brilliant and clear in this primal scenery. This allows us to perceive tiny nuances in tone, timbre, pitch, and direction in space. This piece revolves around the notion of inception, the birth of themes and ideas as they originate from a micro occurrence. This piece tries to explore the infinite possibilities that can emerge out of the smallest of fragments, and each fragment is developed into a kaleidoscope of color. The piece has three basic types of movement in space. An upward motion (ascending arpeggio, accumulation of sounds in an upward contour, etc.), a downward motion, and a horizontal motion (a sustained note, cluster, or pattern). Throughout different points of the piece, the instruments can be found to have varied levels of intensity (in density, volume, register, timbre, etc.), and thus are found in different layers of the foreground, middleground, and background. The piece is written as chain reaction of occurrences, and this dependency of occurrences is a continual sub theme. The occurrences are bound to every preceding note, and shift through the different parts of the piece in a metamorphosis.
Flute
Clarinet in Bb
Glockenspiel
Piano
Violin
Violoncello
p f pp
q = 100 ca. 8"
p f pp
mpmf p f
mf f p f
f
f
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ff pp f
q = 804
ff pp f
ppp f
ff pp f
ff pp f
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
6
Sparks and Flares Michael Seltenreich
6
Glock.l.v
Vibraphone6
7
6
col legno battuto(pitchless)
col legno battuto (pitchless)
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
mf
6
mf
pp mf
ppp
f f
f f
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
f pp
8
f p pp
ff p p
f ff mp
ff p
f
4
4
3
4
3
4
5
4
2
4
Marimba
col legno battuto pizz.
col legno battutopizz.
3
GlockenspielVibraphone
3 3
5
2
Fl.
Cl.
Crot.
Pno.
Vc.
ff p mf
10
ff p mf
f f
f
pp
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp
A13
pp
mp
mf
mf mf
mpppp
mp pp
2
4
4
4
6
4
4
4
Crotalesl.v Glockenspiel
7 6
arconat.
Vibraphone l.vGlockenspiel
Strum finger over strings (between marked pitches) nat.
7
pizz.arco
3
pizz.
Sul Aarco
("Seagull Effect")gliss.
3
3
Fl.
Cl.
Glock.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp non cresc. mf
16
ppp non cresc.ppp mf
fmp p p
fff p
pp
f pp ppp mf
pp pp ppp mf
Fl.
Cl.
Crot.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp p ppp mf
22
(fff) ppp p ppp mf
ff pp p
(fff) ppp mf
(fff) ppp mf
4
4
3
4
4
4
2
4
4
4
4
4
7
8
4
4
non vib.
Marimbameasured
Crotales(crot.)
6
pluck string
scratch string in one slow continues motion
una corda.
col legno battutopizz. arco
pizz.measured
arco
Marimbasoft sticks
4
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Vln.
Vc.
pp molto
B27
pp molto
pp molto
pp molto
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Vln.
Vc.
28
f
p
pp f
col legno battuto nat.
sul pont. col legno battuto
5
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
mf f
30
p mf f
f
f
p f
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
31
mf
mf
f mf
3
3
pizz.
33
3
arco
pizz. arco
6
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
p subito
C32
p subito
pp
mf
f p
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
33
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Vln.
34
6
3
Vibraphone
pizz.arco
5
7
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Vln.
Vc.
35
p
p
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Vln.
Vc.
36
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Vln.
Vc.
37
6
3
sul pont.
3
3
6 6
6
3 3
33 3
33 3
3
8
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Vln.
Vc.
38
Fl.
Cl.
Vln.
Vc.
mp pp mp
D39
mf mp p
mp
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
41
p ppp pp
mp
p p
3
3
3 3
col legno batutto(pitched) nat.
pizz.
col legno batutto(pitched)
3 3
Xylophone Marimba
3arco sul pont.
nat.
9
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
E43
ppp f
p pp
pp f pp p
ppp f pp p
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p f
45
p f
f
f
p f
molto
una corda
sul pont.
sul pont.
pizz.
10
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp ppp mp
46
pp ppp mp
pp
pp
p
p
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp mp mp mp f
47
ppp mp mp mp f
5
4
5
4
pizz.
11
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p f p mf f pp f pp p mf
48
p f p mf f pp f pp p mf
mf p mf f
f p mf f
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p
50
(ppp)
(ppp)
3 3
3 3
3arco
3
3
arco33
3
12
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
51
ff
ff
Fl.
Cl.
Mar.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp ppp (f) ppp
F52
pp ppp ppp
ff
ff f
pp f pppmolto
(f)
pp mp ppp molto
7
8
7
8
5
4
4
4
pizz.
pizz.
5 6
arconat.
arco
13
Fl.
Cl.
Vln.
Vc.
(f) ppp (f) pp (f) ppp (f) ppp (f)
56
(f) ppp (f) ppp (f) ppp (f) ppp
ppp (f) ppp (f) (f) (f) ppp
(f) f p ppp
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
f ppp (f)
60
(f) mp f ppp
f mf pp
f mff
mf
(f)
(f) ppp
glide slowly gliss. gliss.
glide slowlygliss. sul pont. nat
col legno battutoarcosul pont. nat
5
Vibraphone
3
65
6
14
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p
62
(f) p
f mf f mf f
p
(f) ppp
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp (ff) ppp
G65
ff p ff p p (ff) ppp (ff) ppp
f
ppp (ff)
(f) p ff p ppp (ff) ppp (ff) ppp
ff p ff p ppp (ff) ppp
6 6
non vib.nat.
martellato
15
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
(ff) f
71
(ff) f
f
(ff) f
(ff)
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p ff
73
p ff
p
p f
f
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
H74
stacatissimo
stacatissomo
7
pizz.
6
3
3pizz.
16
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
75
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
76
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
77
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
I78
p
p
p
p
Crotales
Vibraphone
17
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp (f)
80
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
83
mf
18
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p
J84
p
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
85
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
f
K86
f
f
f
f
9
8
9
8
4
4
4
4
6 6 6 6
66 6
6
(quick strum)
19
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp
87
pp
mpf
mp f
p
p
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p ppp
L89
p ppp
ff
f
p ppp
p ppp
6
6
Vibraphone measured
63
measured
63
(Vibraphone)6
(Vibraphone)
6 6
arco
arco
20
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
f pp f
94
f pp f
f pp f
f pp f
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
f p
M100
f p
f
f
6
6
(Vibraphone) 6
3
73
3
pizz.
3 3
21
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
f
102
f
ff
ff
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
103
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
104
mp
6 6
6 6
6
7
36 6 6
6 3 6 6
7
6 6 3 6 3 6 36
6
6
6 36 3
6
22
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
fp
106
fp
mf
f
f
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp ppp
N108
ppp ppp
3 6 6 6 3
63
3
6
3
pizz.
pizz.
6
6
6
6
23
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
mfpp
112
mfpp
pp
pp
pp
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
mp pp p
114
mp pp p
mp pp p
mp pp p
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp p pp
115
pp p pp
pp p pp
pp p pp
3 3
3 3
arco3 3
arco
3 3
33 3
33 3
33 3
33 3
33
33
3 3
3 3
24
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p pp f pp f
O117
p f pp f
f pp f
p pp f pp f
p f pp f
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp f
119
pp f pp
pp
pp f pp
pp f pp
3
3
3
3
25
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp f mp
120
f mp
f mp
f mp
f mp
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
121
pp
26
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p
P122
p
p
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p f ff
124
p f pp
f
p f
36 3 3 3
6 3 3 3 3
pizz.
3 3 3
6 6 6 6
66 6 6
pizz.
3 3
27
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p pp mp p mf
Moderato126
(f) pp mp p mf
ff p
ff pp mp p mf
pp mpp
mf
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p (pp) ppp p (ppp)
Q
130
ppp p (ppp) ppp
p
p ppp p p
3
4
3
4
6
pizz. arcosul pont.
arcosul pont.
pizz. arco
Xylophone
33 3 3
3
3 3 3
pizz. arco pizz.
3 3
col legno battuto
gliss.
6
28
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp p (ppp) mf p mp pp
133
p (ppp) mf p mp pp mp
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
mp pp mp pp mp
136
pp mp pp mp pp
3 3
3 3 3
3
3 3
3 3
pizz.
3 3
3 33
33
3 3
3 gliss. 3
gliss.
3 3 3 3
29
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
mf
139
mf
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
141
4
4
4
4
6
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3col legno batuttogliss.
33
3
3 3
30
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
f ppp
142
f ppp
mf
f
f
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
f pp
R144
f pp
f
pp (f)
pp
pp (f)
arco
arco
31
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
(ff)
147
(ff)
mf
mp
f
mp f mp
(ff)
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
f
148
f
f
mp f mp f mp
f
(Xyl.)
Accented notes are note clusters.the pitch range of the clusters must be kept.
pizz.
32
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p f
149
p f
f
mp
f
p f
p f
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
150
mp f mp f
mp
f
(ff)
(ff)
arco s.p. nat.
arcosul pont.
nat.
3
sul pont. pizz.
sul pont. pizz.
33
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
151
mp f mp f mp
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
mp f
152
mp f
f
mp f mp
flutter
flutter
arconat. 6 6
3
3
3
pizz. arco
3
34
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
153
f mp f
mp
f mp f mp f mp
f
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
154
mf
mp
f
mp
f
mp f mp
f
ff mf f
mf f
pizz.3
flutter.
arcosul pont. pizz.
3
arcosul pont.
pizz.
35
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
f
155
pp ff f
mp
f
pp ff
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
156
p
mp
f f fff
p ff f
3
arco
3
col legno battuto
gliss.nat. pizz.
6
3
arcosul pont.
pizz.
3
36
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p (f) f
157
f
p f
f
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p
158
p
fmp
f mp
p (ff)
arco
arconat.
33
pizz.
37
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
(ff) f
S159
(ff) f
f
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
160
f
mp
arco
6 6arco
6 6
pizz.
pizz.
38
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
161
fmp f
mp
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp
162
pp
pp f pp
pp
pp
arco
arco
39
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ff
T164
ff
p
ff pp
ff
ff p
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
165
p
Vibraphone
pizz.
pizz.
40
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p
166
p
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
168
p
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp
169
arco
6 3 7
6 3
6 3
41
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
mp pp f p fp
171
pp mp pp mp p fp
mf f
f
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p
q = 80
U
173
p
p
p
5
4
5
4
7 3 3 6
7 7
7
pizz.
arco
42
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
174
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
poco a poco cresc.
175
mp cresc
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
mf f ff
176
mf f ff
mf f p
Fl.
Cl.
Vln.
p subito
177
p
4
4
4
4
43
Fl.
Vib.
Pno.
V178
p
pp
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp p ppp p
179
ppp p ppp p
ppp p ppp p
ppp p ppp p
Vibraphone
arco
44
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp p
180
ppp p
ppp p
ppp p
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp p
181
ppp p
ppp p ppp
ppp p ppp
5
4
45
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p ppp p
182
p ppp p
p ppp p
p ppp p
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp p ppp p
183
ppp p ppp p
ppp p ppp p
5
446
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp p ppp p
184
ppp p ppp p
n
ppp p ppp p
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp p ppp p
185
ppp p ppp p
ppp p ppp p
ppp p
47
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp p ppp f sfz
186
ppp p f sfz
ppp p f sfz
ppp p f sfz
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp f ppp p ppp
W187
ppp f ppp p ppp
pp
ppp f ppp p ppp
ppp mp ppp mp
sul pont.
48
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ff ppp
188
ff ppp
ff ppp
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp f pp mf
189
pp f pp mf
(n)p mf
f p mf
pp f pp
pp f pp
3
3
3
3
49
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp p pp
191
pp p pp
mp
mp
mp p pp
mp f pp
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
f p f
193
f p f
f p f
f p f
3
3
pizz arco
3
pizz arco
50
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p f p ff
X194
f p f p f
f p f p f
p f pp mf
f p f p f
mp f ff f mp f
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
195
mf
Xylophone 66
6
6 6
pizz.
pizz.
51
Fl.
Cl.
Xyl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
mf
196
mf
mp
mf
mf
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p
Y198
pp
pp
p
p
Vibraphone
52
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
199
p
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
200
53
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
201
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
mp p
202
mp p mp
6
6
3
54
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
pp mp
203
pp mp
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp p
204
ppp p
6 6 6
6 6 6
55
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp mp
205
ppp mp
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
206
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
56
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp p ppp p
Z207
ppp p ppp p
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp p ppp p
208
ppp p ppp p
57
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp
209
ppp
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
mf
210
mf ppp
58
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
ppp mf
211
mf ppp mp
Fl.
Cl.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
213
59
Fl.
Cl.
Vib.
Pno.
Vln.
Vc.
p f pp
215
p f pp
p f
mp p f
f
f
6
6
6
6
60