Rain (O'Neil)

Stuart O'Neil

General Info

Year of Published: 2013
Publisher: Tapspace Publications
Difficulty: Elementary
Duration: 00:03:20
Cost: Score and Parts - $36.00   |   Score Only - $9.00

Instrumentation

Solo

Flute

Ensemble

Player 1: Tuned Crystal Glasses 1
Player 2: Tuned Crystal Glass 2
Player 3: Glockenspiel
Player 4: Xylophone
Player 5: Vibraphone
Player 6: Chimes
Player 7: Timpani
Player 8: Wind Chimes & Cabasa
Player 9-10: Suspended Cymbal & Sizzle Cymbal & Bass Drum & Triangle & Tam Tam

Program Notes

Stuart O’Neil’s programmatic work for percussion ensemble and solo flute is a short study in minimalism and tone color. Rain, as it’s portrayed here, isn’t a drizzle or a thunderstorm. Rather, it’s a steady afternoon shower with a bit of rumbling in the distance, which provides ample opportunities for windchimes, tuned glasses, and other effects. The addition of solo flute, which exploits the full range of the instrument so is a little more difficult than the percussion ensemble as a whole, adds an airy, distant quality to the piece.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Percussion Ensemble Works

Parade of the Penguins (Ensemble Version) - 12 Players

Solo Flute with Percussion Ensemble Works

Clockwork (O'Neil) - Percussion Nonet
Nzuri Mwana - Percussion 14
Rain (O'Neil) - Percussion 10
Waltz for Anna - Percussion Nonet