A Chance Encounter (A minute can change your life) For string quartet Ian Percy (2014/17)

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Chance Encounter

[A minute can change your life]

For string quartet

Reference Score and Book of Parts

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Reference Score and Book of Parts

Ian Percy

2014

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Chance Encounter

[A minute can change your life] 2014

This very short single movement for string quartet is part of a series of miniatures realised for a variety of instruments by the composer during 2014. The piece takes its form and structure from the narrative of an imagined scenario: A chance encounter

between two ex-lovers at a train station as they are rushing to meet their connections.

In a language the composer refers to as twelve-tone consonance and with some material borrowed from an earlier string quartet, this piece interprets the potential emotions of such a hurried and unexpected encounter and the interactions of the two characters

involved.

Initial hesitant textures and awkward reactions, clearly separated by pizzicato and staccato, dovetail together with interlocking legato canons and melodic phrases equally shared between the four parts singing as one.

A lot can be said within a minute, but perhaps the most evocative thought is how much is left unsaid?

The score was edited in May 2017

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Chance Encounter

Ian Percy q = 100 ... So much to say, so little time ... poco rit. [q = 92] poco rit.

Vln.

Vla.

Vc.

A q = 84 ... A loss of concentration [just keep pushing on through] ... 7

poco accel. [q = 88]

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poco rit. [q = 60] B [q = 76] accel. [q = 88] poco rit.

C q = 84... A moment of clarity [and a swift farewell] ... 20

rit. [q = 60] D [q = 76]

... Parting glances [no time to reflect] ...

accel. [q = 88]

... An indeterminate conclusion ... rit. [q = 72]

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p mp p pp mp

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p mp p pp mp

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Ian Percy

2014

[Score edited 2017]

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Book of Parts

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Book of Parts

Ian Percy

2014

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Chance Encounter

[A minute can change your life] 2014

This very short single movement for string quartet is part of a series of miniatures realised for a variety of instruments by the composer during 2014. The piece takes its form and structure from the narrative of an imagined scenario: A chance encounter

between two ex-lovers at a train station as they are rushing to meet their connections.

In a language the composer refers to as twelve-tone consonance and with some material borrowed from an earlier string quartet, this piece interprets the potential emotions of such a hurried and unexpected encounter and the interactions of the two characters

involved.

Initial hesitant textures and awkward reactions, clearly separated by pizzicato and staccato, dovetail together with interlocking legato canons and melodic phrases equally shared between the four parts singing as one.

A lot can be said within a minute, but perhaps the most evocative thought is how much is left unsaid?

The score was edited in May 2017

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Violin I

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Violin I

Ian Percy

2014

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Chance Encounter

Violin I

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Violin I

Ian Percy

2014

[Score edited 2017]

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Violin II

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Violin II

Ian Percy

2014

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q = 100

Chance Encounter

Ian Percy

Violin II

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... An indeterminate conclusion ...

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Violin II

Ian Percy

2014

[Score edited 2017]

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Viola

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Viola

Ian Percy

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q = 100

Chance Encounter

Ian Percy

Viola

So much to say, so little time... poco rit. [q = 92] poco rit.

Vla.

A q = 84 ... A loss of concentration [just keep pushing on through] ... 7

poco accel. [q = 88] rit.

[q = 76]

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Viola

Ian Percy

2014

[Score edited 2017]

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Violoncello

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Violoncello

Ian Percy

2014

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Chance Encounter

Violoncello

Ian Percy

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... So much to say, so little time ...

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Violoncello

Ian Percy

2014

[Score edited 2017]

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Chance Encounter

For string quartet

Reference Score and Book of Parts

Ian Percy

2014

[Score edited 2017]