Solo for percussion is a colorful piece build around 7 pitches on the vibraphone. These pitches are introduced one by one and surrounded by Chinese tom toms, chimes and metal sounds. Gradually the number of pitches increases until in the end a poetic arpeggio of all pitches prevails.
Video
Facundo Negri, percussion
Instrumentation
for solo percussion
1997
Percussion:
Vibraphone
5 Chinese Tom toms
Bass drum
Chimes
Log drums
Pieces of metal
Details
Duration
9′
First performance
13 December 2000
Uilenburger concert, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Commissioned by
Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst
Publisher
Donemus
Performances
Last performance
15 October 2018
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Arnold Marinissen, percussion