Hikoi

Gareth Farr

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: 00:33:00
Difficulty: Advanced
Publisher: Promethean
Cost: Score and Parts - $33.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Solo Percussion

4 Tom-toms, Suspended Cymbal, Chinese Cymbal, 5 Roto-toms, 3 Brake Drums, 5 Flowerpots, Temple Blocks, Marimba, 3 Metal Plates, Floor tom, Bass Drum, Tam Tam, Hi-hat, Kick Drum, Timbale, Splash Cymbal

Orchestra

Woodwind

3 Flutes (All Doubling Piccolos)
3 Oboe (3rd Doubling English Horn)
3 Clarinet (Doubling Soprano Clarinet & Bass Clarinet)
2 Bassoon
Contrabassoon

Brass

4 French Horn
3 Trumpet
2 Trombone
Tenor Trombone
Tuba

Percussion

Percussion I: tom tom (High & Medium), roto-tom (6" & 8" & 10"), suspended cymbal, congas, marimba, brake drum, chinese cymbal, xylophone, woodblock, bongos
Percussion II: roto-tom (12" & 14"), suspended cymbal, maracas, vibraphone, triangle, medium high brake drum, tambourine, xylophone, snare drum, 4 tom toms
Percussion III: medium low tom tom, roto-tom (6" & 8" & 10"), low tom tom, suspended cymbal, tam tam, bongos, glockenspiel, medium brake drum, chinese cymbal, splash cymbal, vibraslap
Percussion IV: medium low tom tom, roto-tom (12" & 14"), low tom tom, suspended cymbal, bass drum, crotales, chimes, low brake drum, triangle, clash cymbals

Keyborad

Celesta
Piano

Strings

Violins
Violas
Cellos
Double Basses
Harp

Program Notes

Hikoi (’journey’) was commissioned by Evelyn Glennie and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. After the premiere performances in New Zealand, the work was later heard in a concert as part of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

Review

The resulting 40-minute piece is, in my opinion, the most accomplished of Gareth Farr’s large scale pieces, and the first I’ve heard for some time that does not sound hasty in its gestation. It is a most imposing work, full of contrast. The wild, Polynesian drumming is in evidence as always, but so, too, is a contemplative lyricism, always part of the Gareth Farr makeup, but here properly formed and resolved. The marriage of violin and marimba in the central section of the work is beautifully made.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Beat! - Percussion Trio; Javanese Gamelan
Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra (Farr) - Percussion Quartet; Orchestra
Dialogue (Farr) - Percussion Duo - Vibraphone & Marimba
Duggan Theme - Marimba; Flute
Duggan Theme (Vibes) - Marimba; Vibraphone
Hikoi - Multiple Percussion
Illumina - Multiple Percussion; Choir; Soprano
Kembang Suling - Marimba; Flute
Little Sea Gongs - Percussion Quartet
Marimba Concerto (Farr) - Marimba; Orchestra
Nga Tai Hurihuri - Percussion Quartet; Kaikaranga; Voice
Pathways - Multiple Percussion; Choir; Synthesizer
Percussion Octet (Farr) - Percussion Octet
Pukul - Percussion Quintet
Pukul Wainui - Percussion Ensemble; Gamelan Orchestra
Saraswati - Marimba Trio; Voice; Violin
Smashing Sweet Vixen - Percussion Trio
Spook - Marimba
Taiko Tango - Multiple Percussion
Tangaroa - Marimba
Tangi te Kawekawea - Percussion Trio; Choir
Te Parenga - Percussion Duo; Clarinet; Strings
The Mad Dog Bites Again - Multiple Percussion; Saxophone Quartet
Three Etudes - Marimba
Three Little Pieces for Eve - Multiple Percussion; Piano
Tirohia Atu Nei - Percussion Duo; Choir
Tuatara - Multiple Percussion; Piano
Tubes - Percussion Quartet
Ukare Funk - Percussion Quartet
Un Verano de Passion - Marimba; Clarinet; Tenor Saxophone; Guitar
Volume Pig - Percussion Quartet
Waikohu - Percussion Trio; Voice, Soprano
Warriors from Pluto - Percussion Quintet; Double String Orchestra