CTPAX: STRAH, op.12

Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic

General Info

Year: 1987
Duration: c. 11:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: MusicaEur
Cost: Score and Parts - € 20.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

"STRAH*CTPAX"

Multiple Percussion:: Vibraphone, 3 Cymbals, Bongos, Snare Drum, 4 TUNED Almglocken (c2, es2, h2 d3), Two Triangles, Schellenkranz-tambourine, 5 Temple blocks, Two Woodblocks, 3 Tom-Toms (12,13,15 Inch), Bass Drum with pedal, flexatone

with tape

Program Notes

dedication: to Dmitri Shostakovich; premiere: 30 May 1987, Mannheim, Germany, by the composer (optional tape part includes Shostakovich's voice)

Review

Zivkovic's CTPAX: STRAH for solo percussion and tape is written in honor of composer Dmitri Shostakovich. The work can be performed with or without the tape which contains the voice of Shostakovich. Unfortunately the publisher did not forward a copy of the tape for review. The composition is written for a multiple percussion set up of cymbals, triangles, almglocken, temple block% wood blocks, bass drum with foot pedal, tomtoms snare drum, bongos, vibraphones and other small instruments. Zivkovic also calls for the performer to speak and yell during a section with tape. The legend and manuscript is dear but all of the performance notes are in German. The work opens with slow quiet statements on the cymbals and triangles. Written without meter, the music contains a steady pulse. Gradually the rhythms begin to obscure the pulse as the music turns to an improvisatory nature. Here the vibraphone issues short statements in a conversation style manner with interjections of the metal and wood instruments. Leading to alterations of rhythmic and senza misura sections, the composition finally ends with a fortissimo sixteenth notes passage and an abrupt final note. CTPAX: STRAH would probably be a more effective concert selection when performed with the tape. The serious nature of the work seems to demand the added Ingredient that the tape would supply. Well suited for a graduate recital, Zivkovic's CTPAX: STRAH would provide equal measures of intensity and intrigue to any performance. - Mark Ford, Spring 1990

Commercial Discography

Recorded on CD "marimba & percussion" by Nebojsa (Cadenza, Bayer Records, CAD D 878-8, Helikon Heidelberg)

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

"Generally spoken it's nothing by rhythm" - Multiple Percussion Solo
ANBA (tanz der kleinen schwarzen Hexe) - Marimba; Piano
Andante for Uta - Marimba
Bayerscher Ländler - Marimba
Born to Beat Wild - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet
Cadenza für 5 timpani - Timpani
Castle of the Mad King - Multiple Percussion
Collateral Damage - Multiple Percussion; with tape
CTPAX: STRAH, op.12 - Multiple Percussion; with tape
Das Innere des Schweigens - Drum Set; with tape; Voice; Actors
Der kleine Paganini - Xylophone
Drei Phantastische Lieder (Three Fantastic Songs) - Marimba
Drei Unverbindliche Stücke (3 Unforgettable Pieces) - Marimba
Ein Liebeslied? - Marimba
Fluctus, op.16 - Marimba; with tape
Il canto dei gondolieri - Marimba
Ilijas - Marimba
In Erinnerungen Schwebend - Vibraphone; Flutes (3)
Lamento e Danza Barbara - Marimba; Percussion Trio
Les Violons Morts - Marimba
Macedonia - Marimba; Piano
Quasi Una Sonata - Multiple Percussion; Piano
Song for Simone - Marimba
Sta Vidis - Marimba; Male Chorus
Suomineito - Vibraphone
Ten Etudes for Snare Drum - Snare Drum
Tensio, op.11 - Marimba
To the Gods of Rhythm - Djembe; Voice
Trio per Uno - Percussion Trio
Ultimatum 1 - Marimba
Ultimatum II - Marimba Duo
Uneven Souls (Sta vidis II), op. 22 - Marimba; Percussion Trio
Valse Serbe für Marimba und Klavier - Marimba; Piano
Walzer for Herbert - Marimba

Concertos

Concerto No. 1 per marimbafono e orchestra - Marimba; Orchestra
Concerto No. 2 per marimbafono e orchestra - Marimba; Orchestra
Percussion Concerto No. 1, Opus 28 (Concerto of the Mad Queen) - Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
Percussion Concerto No. 2, Opus 33 - Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
Pezzo Da Concerto No. 1 - Snare Drum
Tales from the Center of the Earth - Multiple Percussion; Wind Ensemble

Ensemble

Die Arten Des Wassers - Percussion Duo; Pianos (2)
Quintetto per cinque solisti - Marimba Quartet; Percussion
Sandy - Percussion Trio
Sex in the Kitchen - Percussion Duo
Tak-Nara, Op.36 - Percussion Quartet
Zwischen Tag und Nacht - Percussion Sextet

Method Books

My First Book for Xylophone and Marimba
Funny Marimba - Book 1
Funny Marimba - Book 2
Funny Vibraphone - Book 1
Funny Vibraphone - Book 2
Funny Xylophone - Book 1