Tower in the Cloud
General Info
Year of Published: 2018
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:05:20
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel & Melodica
Player 2: Tubular Bells & Crotales
Player 3: Vibraphone 1
Player 4: Vibraphone 2
Player 5: Xylophone
Player 6: Marimba 1
Player 7: Marimba 2
Player 8: Piano
Player 9: Malletkat
Player 10: Timpani & Melodica
Player 11: Cajon & Tambourine & Ocean Drum
Player 12: Udu & Frame Drum & Rainstick & Tambourine
Player 13: Tam-tam & Triangle & Tambourine & Pin Chimes
Player 14: Shaker & Temple Blocks & Cabasa
Description
Tower in the Cloud was commissioned by Percussion Ensemble Academie voor Muziek & Woord Tessenderlo. It was inspired by P. Breughel's famous painting 'Tower of Babel'. (2019 year of Peter Breughel) The power of 'The tower of Babel is the rhythmic & melodic drive during the entire piece. The use and the combination of different percussion instruments (European, African, Indian, Asian), the mixed meters and the melodic material, represents the accordance and interference between the different languages and cultures of the workers. At the end, there's a small moment of rest but ......not for long.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Snare Drum Works
Side by Side
Mellow March
Marka
Something Else
Taptoe, Toreador, Tango Targa
Chatooga
Posanita, Chasity
Valse di Nargal
Timpani Works
Battle
Marcia Maestoso
Lancelot
Bascobert
Garbi
Crorac, Kerloti
Tessotto
Polter
Mendara
3 Little Timpani Stories
Drumset Works
Sendrum
Kerrylou
Tarciel, Jolama, Traboel, Mlako, Cilex
Double or Nothing
Mallet Percussion Works
Vibraphone
Passages
Time for a Coffee Break
The path before me
Home alone in 2020
Papilio Hilari
Xylophone
Xylofravo
Mallets on Stage
Cassiopeia
Marimba
Toccetto
Villa Barca
Bany's Waltz
Multiple Percussion Works
D.D. in the mix
Mini-Matti-Suiti
Chosenass
Concerto
Song for the Open Road (Vibraphone Concerto)
Concertino Batta
Recital Pieces
Recital Pieces for Timpani I
Recital Pieces for Timpani II
Recital Pieces for Timpani III
Recital Pieces for Timpani IV
Recital Pieces for Timpani V (Batsco)
Recital Pieces for Snare Drum V (Dagmar Feyen composed the Piano part)
Percussion Ensemble Works
A Fly in the desert
Aride
Asian Trip
Atlantic Breeze
Bamdrasch Procession
Centurio's March
Drummer"s Symphony N°1
Drummer's Symphony N°2
French Coffee
Kelbodus
Play Samba
Percussive Typhoon
Petrol Zuid
Place de la Gofâ
Playing together N°1
Playing together N°2
Prelude, toccata & fuga
Ripalata
Scenes from the earth
Spring is Coming
Synbad
The Kansalla Story
Tierra del Fuego
Tower in the Cloud
Triptichon