Spinning Plates (Version 2)

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Anders Åstrand

General Info

Cost: $40.00

Instrumentation

Solo

Vibraphone

Ensemble

Player 1: Vibraphone / Glockenspiel
Player 2: Xylophone
Player 3: Marimba
Player 4: Marimba
Player 5: Marimba

Description

Composed in 2002 for the students of Percussion Department at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. The inspiration for such a large work came directly from the instrumentation found in Finding Fossils. A re-scored version features solo vibraphone accompanied by 5 mallet players. Solo part contains large sections of improvisation.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo

Swedish Sketches - Multiple Percussion

Solo With Percussion Ensemble

Spinning Plates (Version 1) - Vibraphone; 14 Percussion Players
Spinning Plates (Version 2) - Vibraphone; 5 Percussion Plyers

Mallet Ensemble

Gigue (Åstrand) - 8 Players
Mallet Dance - 2 Players
Metal - 9 Players
The Nordic Light - 5 Players

Large Percussion Ensemble

Beja De Groove - 14 Players


With Other Instruments

Finding Fossils (Version 1) - Flute; 17 Percussion Players

Unclassified

Bell Power
Duo Arpeggio
Rudolph Go Latin
The Meeting
Tribus Coloribus
To Brandon
Sangelstainen

Reference