Essay for Percussion and Windband
General Info
Year of Published: 2009
Publisher: Dutch Music Partners
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:08:45
Cost: €325.95
Instrumentation
Solo
Mallets: Glockenspiel & Marimba
Drums: Tom Toms & Concert Bass Drum & Kick Drum & Bongos
Cymbals: Suspended Cymbal (Small & Large)
Wind Band
Woodwind
Flute 1/2 & Piccolo
Double Reed: Oboe 1/2 & Bassoon
Clarinets: Soprano Clarinet & Clarinet 1/2/3 & Alto Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
Saxophones: Alto Saxophone 1/2 & Tenor Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone
Brass
French Horn 1/2/3/4
Trumpet 1/2/3
Trombone 1/2/3
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion
Timpani
Snare Drum
Whip
Suspended Cymbal
Descriptions
Essay for percussion and wind band was written especially for the Royal Harmony Woensels music corps in honor of their 100th anniversary. The assignment was to compose a work that covers as many facets of percussion as possible, both tuned and untuned. The work is composed both rhythmically and melodically for the percussionist. The work consists of 3 contrasting parts without a programmatic element. The first part is a slow section in which the orchestra plays a slowly drawn-out melody which is rhythmically accompanied by the solo percussionist. This has the function of a bell that plays in contrast above the orchestra. The second part concerns a marimba melody played at a moderate tempo which is taken over by the orchestra. The last part is a fiery final dance.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
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