Concerto No.2 for Percussion Section, Timpani & Orchestra

Joseph Schwantner

General Info

Year: 2011
Duration: 30:00
Difficulty: Advanced
Publisher: Helicon
ISBN: 978-1-4234-3592-1
Cost: Score and Parts - $159.95   |   Score Only - $0.00

Movements

I Feroce
II Misterioso e Buio
III Con Fervore

Instrumentation

Player I:
Player II:
Player III:
Player IV: Timpani

Orchestra

Program Notes

The incredibly rich timbral, sonic and articulative universe of percussion continues to nurture and inform the fabric of all of my music. The fast first movement’s (Feroce) large-scale design opens with the four soloists collaboratively playing a series of assertive bass drum and timpani gestures followed by sharp low register orchestral punctuations and rapid, spiky high register phrases in the piccolo and flutes. The slow second movement explores the deep resonant melodic and harmonic sonorities of the marimba. The third movement (Con Fervore) is fast and engages all of the drums, first as a collective ensemble followed by individual improvised solos. The final section introduces bucket drums in a spirited ’give and take’ of improvised cadenzas concluding, coda-like, with materials of the first movement.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (Schwantner) - Multiple Percussion, Orchestra
Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble - Multiple Percussion, Wind Ensemble
Concerto No.2 for Percussion Section, Timpani & Orchestra - Multiple Percussion, Timpani, Orchestra
Velocities - Marimba