Fluctus, op.16
General Info
Year: 1988
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: MusicaEur
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Instrumentation
Program Notes
premiere: 18 October 1988, Vienna by the composer
Fluctus is defined as a wave, disorder, a surge, or a flood. This piece opens with a fierce flurry of notes, based on a 27-tone scale progression. Starting with the opening theme, the same motif is repeated in different scale intervals but the same 27 notes are always repeated in the same order. The piece is then thrown into a strict rhythmic state marked as ben ritmico, using five-tuplets, seven-tuplets and intensely syncopated passages. After a stirring climax the piece returns once more to the sweeping flood of notes ending with a chromatic ascent to F sharp to end the piece. - Trevor Landreth
Review
Written in 1988, this short work for solo marimba utilizes almost the entire range of a 4 1/ 2 octove (low F) instrument. Thematic material is derived from a series of wide intervals, presented "fortississimo" and "furioso" at the beginning of the piece, using devices such as repetition, inversion, and the construction of two-note vertical structures from two consecutive notes. The work falls into five sections, differentiated in large part by rhythm. In the first section, which is unmetered, long streams of repetitive eighth notes moving rapidly at ca. half note = 160 are occasionally interrupted by ritardanclos or sustained rolled notes. The subsequent section uses intervals dramatically presented with forte-piano, staggered rolls. A section in 1/4 meter, in which two-note vertical structures are prominent and a section similar to the first, with a long string of eighth notes played "presto e fortissimo," bring the work to a conclusion. No sticking suggestions have been written in; however, that should present no problem to the advanced player who will be using this material. The judicious use of four mallets will make some of the, large leaps readily playable. Fluctus is well within the capabilities of a college level student. It needs to be seriously considered by those interested in contemporary literature. - John R. Raush, October 1991[1]
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Xylophone Solo
Vibraphone Solo
Marimba Solo
ANBA (tanz der kleinen schwarzen Hexe)
Andante for Uta
Bayerscher Ländler
Drei Phantastische Lieder (Three Fantastic Songs)
Drei Unverbindliche Stücke (3 Unforgettable Pieces)
Ein Liebeslied?
Fluctus, op.16
Il canto dei gondolieri
Ilijas
Les Violons Morts
Macedonia
Song for Simone
Tensio, op.11
Ultimatum 1
Valse Serbe für Marimba und Klavier
Walzer for Herbert
Timpani Solo
Multiple Percussion Solo
"Generally spoken it's nothing by rhythm"
Castle of the Mad King
Collateral Damage
CTPAX: STRAH, op.12
Quasi Una Sonata
Drumset Solo
Das Innere des Schweigens - Drum Set; with tape; Voice; Actors
With Other Instruments
Born to Beat Wild - Bass Drum; Trumpet
In Erinnerungen Schwebend - Vibraphone; Flutes (3)
Sta Vidis - Marimba; Male Chorus
To the Gods of Rhythm - Djembe; Voice
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)
Lamento e Danza Barbara - Marimba; Percussion Trio
Quintetto per cinque solisti - Marimba Quartet; Percussion
Sandy - 3 Players
Sex in the Kitchen - 2 Players
Tak-Nara, Op.36 - 4 Players
Trio per Uno - 3 Players
Ultimatum II - 2 Players
Uneven Souls (Sta vidis II), op. 22 - Marimba; Percussion Trio
Zwischen Tag und Nacht - 6 Players
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