Spinning Plates (Version 1)

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Anders Åstrand

General Info

Publisher: GPN Publishing
Cost: $50.00

Instrumentation

Solo

Vibraphone

Ensemble

Player 1: Crotales 1
Player 2: Crotales 2
Player 3: Glockenspiel 1
Player 4: Glockenspiel 2
Player 5: Xylophone 1
Player 6: Xylophone 2
Player 7: Vibraphone 1
Player 8: Vibraphone 2
Player 9: Vibraphone 3
Player 10: Vibraphone 4
Player 11: Marimba 1
Player 12: Marimba 2
Player 13: Marimba 3
Player 14: Marimba 4

Description

Composed in 2002 for the students of Percussion Department at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. The inspiration for such a large work came directly from the instrumentation found in Finding Fossils. A re-scored version features solo vibraphone accompanied by 5 mallet players. Solo part contains large sections of improvisation.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo

Swedish Sketches - Multiple Percussion

Solo With Percussion Ensemble

Spinning Plates (Version 1) - Vibraphone; 14 Percussion Players
Spinning Plates (Version 2) - Vibraphone; 5 Percussion Plyers

Mallet Ensemble

Gigue (Åstrand) - 8 Players
Mallet Dance - 2 Players
Metal - 9 Players
The Nordic Light - 5 Players

Large Percussion Ensemble

Beja De Groove - 14 Players


With Other Instruments

Finding Fossils (Version 1) - Flute; 17 Percussion Players

Unclassified

Bell Power
Duo Arpeggio
Rudolph Go Latin
The Meeting
Tribus Coloribus
To Brandon
Sangelstainen

Reference