Spinning Plates (Version 2)

From TekPercussion
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Anders Åstrand

General Info

Cost: $40.00

Instrumentation

Solo

Vibraphone

Ensemble

Player 1: Vibraphone / Glockenspiel
Player 2: Xylophone
Player 3: Marimba
Player 4: Marimba
Player 5: Marimba

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

Just a Second - Vibraphone
Mixolydian Waltz -Vibraphone
More Than One Way - Vibraphone
Sonic Etudes - Snare Drum
Swedish Sketches - Multiple Percussion
Tribus Modis - Marimba

Solo With Percussion Ensemble

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

Small Percussion Ensemble

Highway 22 - 5 Players
New Year Groove - 3 Players
Rudolph Go Latin - 4 Players
The Vibe of Timpani - 3 Players

Large Percussion Ensemble

Beja De Groove - 14 Players
Bell Power - 14 Players
Biking in 7/8 - 14 Players
Sangelstainen - 12 Players
The Meeting - 10 Players

Mallet Ensemble

Cruise Control Fika - 3 Players
Gigue (Åstrand) - 8 Players
Mallet Dance - 2 Players
Metal - 9 Players
More to Say - 10 Players
The Nordic Light - 5 Players
To Brandon - 6 Players
Tribus Coloribus - 4 Players

With Other Instruments

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

Reference