Our House is on Fire

For toy piano, percussion and bass tones with spoken word.For Clocked out.The score should be read in the Decibel ScorePlayer application on an iPad. PROGRAM NOTE“Our House on Fire” was the opening line of a speech by Greta Thunberg, a 16year old Swedish activist, at the World Economic Forum in Geneva in early 2019. The speech is a desperate yet clear plea for action on global warming, and the spoken text in the piece is taken from her speech, which is published in the Guardian newspaper. Each instrument in this work does what is not normal that it do: sustained, dark tones on the toy piano, sustained, variable and difficult to control cymbal and bass sounds. These are interspersed with more ‘native’ sounds: but the work explores the idea of trying to change, challenging systems do things they were not necessarily designed to do, pushing up against established systems.Red is for percussion, blue is for the toy piano, pink is for the low tone, which can also be played on a synthesiser or bass guitar with effects to sustain the sound. Crosses are stick hits on the cymbals, round dots are soft hits on cymbals or notes on the toy piano or bass.The width of the line indicates of dynamic. Words in Italics should be spoken by the performers – in any order and density – and should be spoken into something (e.g. bowl, container of some kind).PERFORMANCES Premiered 4th August in Brisbane, Queensland at Griffith Conservatorium.5th August at Laugavin, the Piano Mill, NSW.本作品为融入人声朗诵的玩具钢琴、打击乐与低音声部曲目，标题为《Clocked Out》。乐谱需通过iPad端Decibel ScorePlayer应用程序读取。 作品注释："Our House on Fire"是瑞典16岁活动家格蕾塔·通贝里（Greta Thunberg）2019年初在日内瓦世界经济论坛（World Economic Forum）上发表演讲的开篇语句。该演讲是针对全球变暖问题发出的恳切而明晰的行动呼吁，本作品中的人声朗诵文本即取自她刊载于《卫报》（Guardian）的该篇演讲内容。 本作品中，每件乐器均突破常规演奏范式：玩具钢琴演奏持续、暗沉的音色；钹与低音声部则呈现持续、多变且难以操控的声响效果。此类音响与更具“原生性”的音响交织穿插，作品旨在探讨“尝试变革、挑战系统以完成其预设功能之外的任务、对抗既有秩序”的核心理念。 乐谱符号说明：红色对应打击乐声部，蓝色对应玩具钢琴声部，粉色对应低音声部，该声部亦可通过合成器或搭载音色延音效果的电贝斯演奏实现。乐谱中的叉形符号代表用鼓槌敲击钹，圆形圆点则代表轻击钹，或是演奏玩具钢琴、低音声部的音高。音符线的宽度代表力度强弱。斜体标注的文本需由演奏者朗诵——朗诵顺序与疏密程度不限，且需将声音传入某种容器（例如碗碟或其他收纳容器）进行拾音。 首演信息：该作品于8月4日在昆士兰州布里斯班的格里菲斯音乐学院（Griffith Conservatorium）完成首演，8月5日于新南威尔士州钢琴磨坊（Piano Mill）的Laugavin场馆演出。