Sonata for Percussion (Pastor)
General Info
Year of Published: 2004
Publisher: Bachovich Music Publications
Duration: 00:20:00
Cost: $40.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone
Player 3: Marimba
Player 4: Chimes
Player 5: Timpani
Player 6-9: Claves & Crash Cymbals & 7 Suspended Cymbals & Shekere & Tambourine & Triangle & Snare Drum & Tam-Tam & Bass Drum
Player 10: Piano
Description
Sonata For Percussion is a large scale work for large percussion ensemble. The three movements of the piece require approximately twenty minutes to perform in total. The movements are capable of standing alone as well. The first movement is built on a 12/8 quartal motif, loosely resembling a march. The form is traditional but the content is more contemporary, with a lively melody set against dark colors. The second movement is the adagio and features a lyrical melody in shifting meters over a chorus of suspended cymbals playing soft rolls. The third movement is a high energy finale with a chromatic theme that darts, swoops and dives high above an accompaniment that boils over the stage. The ending is one that won't soon be forgotten. Scored for four mallet players, timpanist, four auxiliary percussionists and piano, Sonata is very harmonic as far as percussion ensemble literature is concerned. It is intended for professional or college ensembles and top tier high school programs.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Two Bagatelles - Vibraphone
Bagatelle No.3 - Vibraphone
Never Ending Staircase - Vibraphone
Ensemble
93 Million Miles - Percussion Ensemble
A Thousand Impulses, One Voice - Percussion Quartet
Lament for American Casualties of War - 2 Trumpets; Timpani and Snare Drum
Scherzo (Pastor) - Marimba Quartet
Sonata for Percussion (Pastor) - Percussion (10)