Symplegades

Kaiser, Leander

General Info

Year: 2000
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Studio 4
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

timpani:

Program Notes

This composition is based on the Greek myth of the voyage of the ship Argo through the Symplegades

The Symplegades were a group of rocks which opened and closed so that every ship caught in between was crushed. The seer Phineas told the Argonauts to let a pigeon fly between the rocks. If the pigeon flew through unharmed, the ship would also be able to pass safely. When the Argonauts reached the rocks, they followed Phineas' instructions. As the pigeon flew through the Symplegades, the rocks closed, catching her tailfeathers. Having seen this, the Argonauts followed and, as the rocks closed, only the helm of the Argo was caught.

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo

Apsara No.1 - Marimba
Apsara No.2 - Marimba
Aquanautic Voyage - Percussion Sextet
Bells, Poems and Monasteries - Multiple Percussion
Besenfingerschlägelfilz - Snare Drum Solo
Black Sphinx - Marimba
Colorado Springs - Marimba
Der Provokateur for Snare Drum Solo
Four Piatti Caprices Op. 25 (No.1,4,8,9) - Marimba
Florida Arclab - Multiple Percussion
Hurricane's Eye - Marimba
Kick Box 261 - Marimba
Kurbelwelle five Solos - Drum-Set
Minotaurus 4.3 - Marimba
Nächtliche Reise, by/von Cornelius Gurlitt - Marimba Solo up to Percussion Quintet
Onyx (Kaiser) - Vibraphone Solo
Symplegades for Timpani
Three Caprices Op. 25 by Alfredo Piatti (No.5,10,12) - Marimba
Upside Down (Kaiser) - Timpani Solo (2)
Vier kurze Soli für den jungen Schlagzeuger - Drum-Set Solo
Watermusic - Vibraphone (with incidental Percussion)
Whirlwind I - Drum-Set Solo

Duo

Cosmic Constellation
Countersink Engine No.1
Coutersink Engine No.2
Double Flanging No.1
Double Flanging No.2
Easy 6/8-Duo for Drums
Easy Duo for two Drum-Sets
Easy Latin-Duo for Drums
Easy Pop-Duo for Drums
Easy Pop-Duo II for Drums -
Fünf Duos Drums
Korkenzieher 4 Duos for Drumsl
Kugelblitz
Kugellager
Latin-Duo
Rock-Duo I
Shuffle-Duo
Slow Rock-Duo I
Three Winter Impressions
Time Torpedo II
Time Torpedo for two Drum-Sets Duo

Duo with Other Instruments

Phaikon 493 - Organ and Percussion
SchattenSägenFuge - Piccolo and Field-Drum

Trio

Bayon Pearnik (Percussion Trio Version)
Kolbenfresser
Rock-Trio
Slow-Swing Trio

Quartet

5f Midland Transit
Bayon Pearnik (Percussion Quartet Version)
Die Sitzgruppe
Eastern Oriental Express
Eastern Pacific Liner
Klassentreffen 3 Quartette
L´Expreso Brazil
Melting Point
Mikado 1254
Queensland Offshore Railroad
Southern Pacific Liner
The Rocky Mountaineer
Transsiberian Railroad
Union Pacific Liner
Western Pacific Liner

Large Ensemble

Desert Express