Mortal Coil
General Info
Year of Published: 2022
Publisher: VHMusic
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:10:00
Cost: $250.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Copper Pipes
Player 2: Glockenspiel & Triangle
Player 3: Vibraphone 1
Player 4: Vibraphone 2
Player 5: Vibraphone 3
Player 6: Crotales 1
Player 7: Crotales 2
Player 8: Marimba 1
Player 9: Marimba 2
Player 10: Marimba 3
Player 11: Marimba 4
Player 12: Piano
Player 13: Percussion
Player 14: Percussion
Player 15: Bass Drum
Composer's Notes
I began writing Mortal Coil five years after the death of my father, Jim Hansen. He spent his last few days, as he wished, at home with his family. A I was saying my final goodbyes, I found the sounds of the breathing machines to be poignant and representative of the final breaths I would hear from my dad. I recorded the air compressors with the thought that someday I would use them in a piece written for him (this is the recording you hear at the beginning of the piece). In December 2022, I was ready to write this piece. The benefit of time allowed me a new perspective on these final days with my dad, as well as the role of the compressors. As I relistened to these recordings, I found myself with conflicting feelings of sadness and loss with a sense of thankfulness for the compressors and their ability to allow my father and our family to have our last moments.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo Works
Anything Worthwhile is Perishable - Vibraphone & Fixed Media
Breath - Marimba & Fixed Media
Gr@w£ix - Vibraphone & Fixed Media
It's Like The Nothing Never Was - Any Instrument and Computer
Loops - Vibraphone & Electronics
Music Is The Best - Prepared Snare Drum & Fixed Media
Suite for Prepared Vibraphone - Prepared Vibraphone
Welcome to the United States - Fixed Media
Ensemble Works
Ad Astra - Mallet Sextet
Bazaar Castle Crossing - Marimba & Vibraphone
The Breaks - Percussion Quintet & Electronics
Even This Will Change - Percussion 20+
Evolve (Hansen) - Percussion Quintet & Piano
Fresh Frozen Plasma - Percussion 10
Lenses - Percussion Quartet; Harp
Luminous Vortices - Percussion Quartet & Electronics
Mortal Coil - Percussion 14; Piano
Now - Percussion Sextet
Trinket - Percussion Ensemble (7-20+)