Changing Tensions

Changing Tensions (c. 1939)

Published by Media Press (Copied and edited by Ron Coulter)

Duration: I. Moderately Fast 1:39, II. Slow 1:48

Instrumentation

P1. 5 temple blocks, Burmese gong, Chinese gong, Italian gong, African bell, gong, tom tom (edge)
P2. maracas, 3 small tom toms (tops/edges)
P3. 3 gongs, xylophone (3 notes), Turkish cymbal, 5 gongs
P4. 4 low drums

Performances

April 3, 2011 (Carbondale, IL)at the 5th Annual Outside the Box New Music Festival; Southern Illinois University Carbondale Percussion Group (SIUCPG), conducted by Ron Coulter. That program also included world premiers of Beyer’s PERCUSSION, Strive, Horizons, and Daniel Kessner’s A Knocktet. As well as rare performances of Colin McPhee’s Kachapi Mas, Lou Harrison’s Oriental, and Jose Ardevol’s Preludio a 11.

Recordings

ORIGINS: forgotten percussion works, vol. 1 https://percussionartensemble.bandcamp.com/album/origins-forgotten-percussion-works-vol-1