Soleil Levant
General Info
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:05:45
Cost: €62.50
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel & Marimba (Shared)
Player 2: Xylophone & Roto Toms
Player 3: Vibraphone & Marimba (Shared)
Player 4: Marimba (Shared)
Player 5: Chimes & Marimba (Shared)
Player 6: Timpani
Player 7: Piano
Player 8: Bass Marimba
Player 9: Drum Set
Player 10: Snare Drum & Gong & Congas & Temple Blocks
Player 11: Bell Tree & Triangle & Shaker & 2 Cowbells
Player 12: Spring Drum & Wind Chimes & Tambourine & Claves
Player 13: Crash Cymbals & Suspended Cymbal & Gong & Triangle
Player 14: Bass Drum
Description
The task given to the composer was to depict the spirit of the ensemble who commissioned this composition. Their name is 'Aurora', which means Sunrise. The composer took the painting Soleil Levant -rising sun- by the French painter Claude Monet from 1873 as an inspiration. The work gives an impression of a sunrise on a foggy day and is the starting point of a build-up from the nebulous beginning to the exciting end where the sun has given color and energy to its surrounding and people. The music is a blend of impressionistic influences with popular music styles from nowadays. In the last part there's a surprising feature for four players on one marimba.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
El Classico Nuevo
Ex Machina 2
Nox Oculus
Seasons
Suite Anicienne Nouveau
Twelve Developing Solos for Snare Drum
Time Divided
Percussion Ensemble (10-12 Players)
A Blue Cadance (Extended) - Percussion (10)
Arabian Dance - Percussion (12)
Blinding Lights - Percussion (12)
Exuma - Percussion (11)
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose (Extended Version) - Percussion (11); Flute
Open Up! (Version 1) - Percussion (10)
Passio Laurentio - Percussion (10)
Patamba - Percussion (10)
Synergy (Houben) - Percussion Octet
Time Line - Percussion (10)
Tres Muses - Percussion (10) & Soprano Saxophone & Flugel Horn
Percussion Ensemble (13-15 Players)
A Saturdaynight Soundtrack - Percussion (15)
A Silver Lining - Euphunium & Percussion (14) & Keyboard
Aura - Percussion (15)
D'Artagnan: le Siège de Maestricht - Percussion (15)
Deetere - Percussion (14)
Duende - Percussion (13)
Equilibrium - Percussion (13)
Evolve (Houben) - Percussion (15) & Bass Trombone
Extasis - Percussion (13)
First Contact? - Percussion (15)
Feniks Rising - Percussion (13)
Hatirla Antalya - Percussion (13)
Musicology - Percussion (13)
Open Up! (Version 2) - Percussion (13)
Pandora's Box - Percussion (15)
Promise Me - Percussion (13)
Reflections of a Reality - Percussion (14)
Soleil Levant - Percussion (14)
Suite Slava - Percussion (13)
Unitas Aureus - Percussion (13)
Percussion Ensemble (16 Players or more)
Android Anthem - Percussion (17)
Cygnus X - Percussion (16)
Evolve (2022 Version) - Percussion (16)
Na Dato - Percussion (16)
Nyama - Percussion (20+)
Open Up! (Version 3) - Percussion (16)
To One In Paradise - Percussion (20+)