Towards the Future
General Info
Publisher: Dutch Music Partners
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:03:50
Cost: €83.95
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone 1
Player 3: Vibraphone 2
Player 4: Chimes
Player 5: Xylophone & Marimba 1
Player 6: Marimba 2
Player 7: Marimba 3
Player 8: Marimba 4
Player 9: Timpani
Player 10-11: Field Drum
Player 12: Tom Toms & Congas & Tambourine
Player 13: Bass Drum & Bongos
Player 14: Ride Cymbal & Chinese Cymbal & Crash Cymbal
Player 15: Suspended Cymbal & Tam Tam
Player 16: Concert Bass Drum
Description
This composition was commissioned by the National Youth Percussion Ensemble, on the occasion of the gala concert at the World Music Competition 2005 in Kerkrade. This short, spectacular opening reflects the development of the percussion in its own way. The piece moves from noise (bass drums) to elements of 'rudimental drumming', an elementary building block for American drumming technique, followed by Eastern influences on melodic percussion instruments (marimba, vibraphone, glockenspiel, tubular bells). Then the composition takes on more and more Western forms and ends in a grand ending where the percussion is fully displayed in all its colors.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Small Percussion Ensemble
Noblesse Oblige - Percussion Duo
Large Percussion Ensemble
Dreamscapes - Percussion 16
Distant Memories - Percussion 16
Figures, Atmospheres & Dances - Percussion 15
Final Hymn - Percussion 20
Intrada Festivo - Percussion 18
Physis - Percussion 22; Harp; Synthesizer; Choir
Towards the Future - Percussion 16