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Revision as of 22:43, 27 December 2021
General Info
Year of Published: 2003
Duration: 00:16:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Nebojša Živković
Cost: Score and Parts $60.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Soloist
Mallets: Marimba(5 octave) & Crotales
Drums: Bass Drum & Piccolo Snare Drum & Bongo & Tom-toms
Accessories: 4 Cymbals & 2 Cowbells & 2 Crashers & 2 Plastic Blocks & Gong Thunder Sheet
Wind Ensemble
Woodwinds
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II (II doubling Contrabassoon)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Brass
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Tuba I-II
Percussion
Player I: Timpani
Player II: Crash Cymbals & Flexatone & Tom-Tom & Vibraphone & 3 Wood Blocks
Player III: Tom-tom & Darabuka & Vibraphone & Suspended Cymbal & Piccolo Snare Drum & China Gongs
Player IV: Piccolo Tom-tom & Riq & Tambourine & Flexatone & Glockenspiel & Bass Drum & Bongos
Player V: Frame Drum & Flexatone & Very Low Tom-tom & Woodblocks
Errata
Program Notes
In a spring of 2002 I was commissioned to compose a piece for one percussion soloist and wind ensemble. Commissioner was a consortium of 12 universities from the USA led by the University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music. The school's conductor Glen Adsit and percussion Professor Benjamin Toth requested a piece that would be a real challenge for a soloist, showing well the possibilities of marimba as well as of percussion, and also leaving some space to the orchestra and especially to its percussion section to “show up”. Since the solo part has been composed ON the set-up, it really uses all possibilities and colors of the chosen instrumentation in a very effective and hugely virtuosic way. Therefore is also important for the soloist to build his set-up exactly as indicated in order to make all “licks” playable. In a little less than a year later after a commission, a concerto was finished and premiered in Hartford in April 2003.
Tales is a musical story that is drawn from an oriental Balkan-like mood. Even if the large formal structure of the piece is divided in two main sections, there are many "little tales" in between such as dreamy cadenzas for the marimba and winds and an Egyptian-sounding groove in the tutti passages. After the "oriental: awakening introduction the music moves into a slow dance written for the marimba, which I like to think of as a "Camel-Groove". The dance is developed and leads into a tutti climax, which is broken by a crack of the whip. After a cadenza on marimba and a brief reminiscence of the Camel-dance, the first section ends quietly in the sounds of cymbals reminiscent of deep-water waves.
The second movement is connected attacca and begins with low drums and two tubas. This is immediately supported by a slow uneven rhythm in 5/4 plus 9/8. The percussion grows slowly and adds a touch of mystery. In generally, the second movement is energetic and supported by strong rhythmic pulses, often performed by the whole ensemble in unison. Volcanic-like eruptions start in the percussion section and together with a soloist, lead to a percussion cadenza.
Awards
Commercial Discography
Recent Performances
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Xylophone Solo
Vibraphone Solo
Marimba Solo
ANBA (tanz der kleinen schwarzen Hexe)
Andante for Uta
Bayerscher Ländler
Drei Phantastische Lieder (Three Fantastic Songs)
Drei Unverbindliche Stücke (3 Unforgettable Pieces)
Ein Liebeslied?
Fluctus, op.16
Il canto dei gondolieri
Ilijas
Les Violons Morts
Macedonia
Song for Simone
Tensio, op.11
Ultimatum 1
Valse Serbe für Marimba und Klavier
Walzer for Herbert
Timpani Solo
Multiple Percussion Solo
"Generally spoken it's nothing by rhythm"
Castle of the Mad King
Collateral Damage
CTPAX: STRAH, op.12
Quasi Una Sonata
Drumset Solo
Das Innere des Schweigens - Drum Set; with tape; Voice; Actors
With Other Instruments
Born to Beat Wild - Bass Drum; Trumpet
In Erinnerungen Schwebend - Vibraphone; Flutes (3)
Sta Vidis - Marimba; Male Chorus
To the Gods of Rhythm - Djembe; Voice
Concertos
Concerto No. 1 per marimbafono e orchestra - Marimba; Orchestra
Concerto No. 2 per marimbafono e orchestra - Marimba; Orchestra
Percussion Concerto No. 1, Opus 28 (Concerto of the Mad Queen) - Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
Percussion Concerto No. 2, Opus 33 - Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
Pezzo Da Concerto No. 1 - Snare Drum
Tales from the Center of the Earth - Multiple Percussion; Wind Ensemble
Ensemble
Die Arten Des Wassers - Percussion Duo; Pianos (2)
Lamento e Danza Barbara - Marimba; Percussion Trio
Quintetto per cinque solisti - Marimba Quartet; Percussion
Sandy - 3 Players
Sex in the Kitchen - 2 Players
Tak-Nara, Op.36 - 4 Players
Trio per Uno - 3 Players
Ultimatum II - 2 Players
Uneven Souls (Sta vidis II), op. 22 - Marimba; Percussion Trio
Zwischen Tag und Nacht - 6 Players
Additional Resources