Percussion Concerto No.2 - Light

Martin Georgiev

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 25:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Title Publisher
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Movements

Movement 1 - Armaggedon
Movement 2 - Lacrimae
Movement 3 - ... Light perpetual ...

Instrumentation

Solo

Mallet Percussion: Marimba & Vibraphone & Glockenspiel & Chimes
Set 1: 3 Medium LowTom Toms & 4 Low Tom Toms & 3 Wind Gongs
Set 2: 4 Tam Tams
Set 3: 4 Cymbals

Orchestra

Woodwind: 2 Flute (2nd doubling Piccolo & Alto Flute & 2 Oboe & English Horn & 2 Clarinet & Bass Clarinet & Bassoon & Contrabassoon
Brass: 4 French Horn & 3 Trumpet & 2 Trombone & Bass Trombone & Tuba
Percussion (On Stage): Timpani & Bass Drum & Tam Tam & Suspended Cymbal
Percussion (Off Stage): Crotales & Bell Plate & Chinese Cymbal & 3 Triangle & Bass Drum & Crash Cymbal
Strings: violin I (14 players) & violin II (12 players) & viola (10 players) & violoncello (8 players) & double bass (6 players)

Program Notes

Percussion Concerto No.2 Light was a finalist composition at the Hindemith Prize 2010. The solo part features a wide pallet of Percussion instruments, and alongside virtuosity and theatricality it also spotlights the profound lyrical potential of the Vibraphone in the song-like middle movement. The three movements are dovetailed in a single uninterrupted flow, progressing from the catastrophic, apocalyptic Armageddon, through soulful and intensely lyrical Lacrimae, towards the immersive, almost blindingly eruptive Light eternal, featuring a celestial trio between the solo percussionist on stage and two orchestral percussionists echoing it at the back of the hall. The concerto exists in two versions - the original Symphonic version, and the later Chamber version from 2013.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Apocalyptic Passacaglia on a Theme by John Cage - Snare Drum, Video Installation
Concert Paraphrase on Themes by Dobri Hristov - Percussion Sextet
Doxologies of Bells and Candlelight - Marimba, Percussion Ensemble, Bulgarian Traditional Women's Choir
Icon Amongst the Waves - Landscape with the Varna Lighthouse - Marimba
Oppositions - Percussion Sextet
Percussion Concerto No.1 (Georgiev) - Mallets (Marimba, Vibraphone), Orchestra
Percussion Concerto No.2 - Light - Multiple Percussion, Orchestra
Percussion Concerto No.2 - Light (Chamber Version) - Multiple Percussion, Chamber Ensemble
Percussion Concerto No.3 - Genesis - Marimba, Orchestra
Percussion Concerto No.3 - Genesis (Piano Version) - Marimba, Piano
Rhapsody for Two Flutes and Vibraphone - Vibraphone, 2 Flutes
Scherzino in Bulgarian Spirit - Percussion Sextet
Scherzo (Georgiev) - Vibraphone, Flute
Still Life: Clock and Icon - Xylophone, Piano
Varna Triptych - Marimba, Organ
Vision - Vibraphone, Flute, Piano