Chamber Symphony for Percussion

Geary Larrick

General Info

Year: 1990
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G&L
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I: Piano, celesta, chimes, bells, vibraphone, xylophone, marimba, temple blocks(5), cowbells(5), brake drums(5)
Player II: Bass drum, snare drum, slapstick, tom-toms(4), suspended cymbals(3)
Player III: Guiro, castanets, maracas, windchimes, tambourines(3), triangles(3)

Program Notes

This major work for percussion ensemble gets its name from the number of instruments requested, about twenty, which is the size of a good chamber orchestra. Although only three performance parts are notated, more than three players could perform it. It is a standard symphony, my first, and was written in the month of January in central Wisconsin, a year when it was too cold to go outside. The piece is symphonic in dimension, and should be approached with careful attention to good tone.

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

A Musical Joke-composition for a car - Multiple Percussion; one car, with horn
A Musical Joke-composition for a car (Duo) - Percussion Duo; one car, with horn
A Song of Moses - Percussion Quartet; Reader
Adagio with Accompaniment - Hand drum; Violin
Aeolian - Vibraphone
Andante - Marimba
Ballad for Angklung Choir and Organ - Percussion Nonet; Organ
Ballad for JB - Mallets
Ballad for JB (Duo) - Percussion Duo
Ballad for Joey (Marimba) - Marimba
Ballad for Joey (Vibraphone) - Vibraphone
Boston - Marimba; Violin
Cadenza for Xylophone - Xylophone; Marimba
Chamber Symphony for Percussion - Percussion Trio
Chorale with Variations - Percussion Quartet; Marimba Quartet
Composition for Snare Drum - Snare Drum
Composition No. 2 for Snare Drum - Snare Drum
Composition No. 3 for Snare Drum - Snare Drum
Dance in Time - Vibraphone
Drum Cadence No. 1 - Percussion Duo
Duo Sonata (Larrick) - Multiple Percussion; Trombone
Ecclesiasticus - Marimba
Elegie - Marimba
Elegy and Meditation - Marimba
Episode (Larrick) - Vibraphone
Etude for JB - Percussion Solo, Duo or Trio (Three Sets of Wind Chimes)
Everything's Up to Date in Junction City - Marimba
Exclamation! - Multiple Percussion; Cello; Reader
February - Marimba
Flute Piece - Marimba
Hymn without Words - Marimba
Improvisational Suite - Multiple Percussion; Indeterminate Instrumentation
Jingle by Sulina Larrick - Marimba
Lyric Piece - Mallets; Recorder
March for Drumline - Percussion Quintet
Marie - Marimba
Melody for Abraham Lincoln - Multiple Percussion; Oboe
My Lydia - Vibraphone
Ode to a Menominee - Percussion Quartet; Flute
Piece for Flute and Drums - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Piece No. 2 - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Poem with Accompaniment - Timpani; Viola
Quintet for Drum Line - Percussion Quintet
Quintet for Trumpets and Timpani - Timpani; Trumpets (4)
Rag's Rag - Marimba
Repertory List II - Multiple Percussion; Reader
Romantic Etude - Marimba
Rondo Etude - Marimba
Scott's Tune - Marimba
Sonata for Bass Drum - Bass Drum
Sonata for Trombone and Percussion - Multiple Percussion; Trombone
Sonata No. 7 - Timpani
Sonata No. 8 - Marimba
Sonatina for Percussion - Multiple Percussion (Three Triangles)
The Story of Punkin Person - Multiple Percussion; Brass Quintet
The Temple Garden - Glockenspiel; Piano
The Three Daughters - Percussion Quintet
Trio for Tambourines - Percussion Trio
Trio Sonata - Percussion Trio
Two Jazz - Vibraphone; Trumpet
Variations on - Vibraphone
Variations on Handel's - Vibraphone
Vivo Duo - Vibraphone; Trumpet
Waiting and Accompaniment - Marimba; Cello