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Solo for Percussion

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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

Solo for Percussion

Aleksander Wnuk, perc.

7pm, MusicOlomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

All performances of Solo for Percussion

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Arnold Marinissen, percussion