Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra
General Info
Year of Published: 2000
Publisher: Dunvagen Music Publishers
Duration: 00:27:00
Instrumentation
Soloist
Solo 1: Timpani
Solo 2: Timpani
Orchestra
Woodwinds: Piccolo & 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Clarinet in E, 2 Clarinets in B, Bass Clarinet in B, 2 Bassoons
Brass: 4 French Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in B, 2 Trombones, Tuba
Strings: Violins, Violas, Violincelli, Double Basses, Harp, Piano
Percussions: Xylophone & Glockenspiel & Marimba & Vibraphone & Snare Drum & Tenor Drum & Bass Drum & Triangle & Chimes & wood blocks & Tambourine & Cymbal & Suspended Cymbal & Tom Toms & Tam-Tam
Commission Details
For the Timpanist Johnathan Haas by: The American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein: Music Director The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Andreas Delfs: Music Director The Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Hajime Teri Murai: Music Director The Phoenix Symphony, Hermann Michael: Music Director The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Hans Vonk: Music Director
Premiere Details
Date: November 19, 2000
Place: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center in New York (U.S.A.)
Soloist: Jonathan Haas and Svetoslav Stoyanovby
Orchestra: American Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Leon Botstein
Notes
Jonathan Haas approached me almost ten years ago with an invitation to write a Timpani Concerto for him. It seemed we were in agreement to begin our project when a series of operas and symphonic commissions led to a series of postponements. Now, years later, the work is finally completed, a three movement concerto with cadenza. It has also grown into a “double” concerto requiring two timpanists playing a total of nine timpani between them.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra - Timpani 2 players; Orchestra
Prelude to End Game - Timpani; Double Bass | Originally for 2 Timpani