SKU: HRPE127
Challenging work for eight players, scored in four diverse movements: Mov't. 1 seeks to connect the percussion ensemble with the music of the past, especially the many works of Bach, though not a transcription, this movement is indebted to the theme of the Fifth Brandenburg Concerto. Mov't. 2 employs constant tremolo and soft dynamics with sustained singing.Mov't. 3 is based on the word "junk" - it was digitized, and the bit-patterns contained therein were transcribed for an ensemble of cast-off objects. Mov't. 4 is the only movement that actually employs 8 instruments. Instrumentation: 2 marimbas (4 1/3- and 5-octave), vibraphones (2, w/four bass bows), orchestra bells, xylophone, steel drums (chromatic octave or graduated metal pipes), timpani (4), roto-toms (6), flexatones (2), slide whistles (2), harmonicas (7-optional), balloons (7-optional) and various "found objects."
