Pangea to Proxima
General Info
Duration: 00:06:45
Cost: €73.00
Movements
Movement 1: Pangea & Panthalassa
Movement 2: Tectonics
Movement 3: Proxima
Instrumentation
Player 1: Wood Block (High) & Bongo (High) & Tom Tom (High) & Bass Drum
Player 2: Wood Block (Medium High) & Bongo (Medium) & Tom Tom (Medium High) & Bass Drum
Player 3: Wood Block (Medium) & Bongo (Low) & Tom Tom (Medium) & Bass Drum
Player 4: Conga (High) & Shaker & Tom Tom (Medium Low) & Bass Drum
Player 5: Conga (Medium) & Shaker & Tom Tom (Medium Low) & Bass Drum
Player 6: Conga (Low) & Shaker & Tom Tom (Low) & Bass Drum
Player 7: Vibraphone
Player 8: Marimba
Player 9: Chimes
Player 10: Timpani
Player 11: Thunder Plate & Triangle & Doun Douns
Player 12: Gong & Finger Cymbals & Thunder Plate & Tribe-pole
Player 13: Suspended Cymbal & Sizzle Cymbal & Hand Cymbals & Claves
Player 14: China Cymbal & Splash Cymbal & [Hi Hat]] & Gong & Bell Tree
Player 15: Bass Drum (Concert and Marching)
Description
All present-day continents on Earth originated from one prehistoric supercontinent called Pangea, more than 250 million years ago. Pangea was broken up by the movements of the earth's plates and formed our present continents and mountain ranges. It's a fast-forward impression from the earth then to now: from Pangea to Proxima. The archaic and rhythmic character of the composition and the use of various drums and sounds with natural materials such as wood, boulders and a litophone - a combination of different tuned natural stones - links to the geological history of our planet. Also, two central setups for 6 percussionists play an important role being the ritmical and visual heart.
I Pangea & Panthalassa: an impression of the massive and dry supercontinent Pangea and the surrounding superocean called Panthalassa.
II Tectonics: Due to plate tectonics, continents are moving away from each other and landscapes are distorting.
III Proxima: several continents with a great diversity of species and a multitude of landscapes are created; the earth never stands still.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
El Classico Nuevo
Ex Machina 2
Nox Oculus
Seasons
Suite Anicienne Nouveau
Twelve Developing Solos for Snare Drum
Time Divided
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Arabian Dance - Percussion (12)
Blinding Lights - Percussion (12)
Exuma - Percussion (11)
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose (Extended Version) - Percussion (11); Flute
Open Up! (Version 1) - Percussion (10)
Passio Laurentio - Percussion (10)
Patamba - Percussion (10)
Synergy (Houben) - Percussion Octet
Time Line - Percussion (10)
Tres Muses - Percussion (10) & Soprano Saxophone & Flugel Horn
Percussion Ensemble (13-15 Players)
A Saturdaynight Soundtrack - Percussion (15)
A Silver Lining - Euphunium & Percussion (14) & Keyboard
Aura - Percussion (15)
D'Artagnan: le Siège de Maestricht - Percussion (15)
Deetere - Percussion (14)
Duende - Percussion (13)
Equilibrium - Percussion (13)
Evolve (Houben) - Percussion (15) & Bass Trombone
Extasis - Percussion (13)
First Contact? - Percussion (15)
Feniks Rising - Percussion (13)
Hatirla Antalya - Percussion (13)
Musicology - Percussion (13)
Open Up! (Version 2) - Percussion (13)
Pandora's Box - Percussion (15)
Pangea to Proxima - Percussion (15)
Promise Me - Percussion (13)
Reflections of a Reality - Percussion (14)
Soleil Levant - Percussion (14)
Soul of the Dragon - Percussion (14)
Suite Slava - Percussion (13)
Unitas Aureus - Percussion (13)
Percussion Ensemble (16 Players or more)
Android Anthem - 16 Players
Cygnus X - 16 Players
Evolve (2022 Version) - 18 Players
Extra Terra - 18 Players
Eyes of an Oak - 17 Players
Na Dato - 16 Players
Nyama - 23 Players
Open Up! (Version 3) - 16 Players
The Sky is the Limit - 19 Players
To One In Paradise - 20 Players; Voices
Zeitgeist - 16 Players