Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra (Ptaszynska)
General Info
Year of Published: 1985
Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
Duration: 00:28:00
Commissioner: Szymon Kawalla
ISMN: 979-0-2740-1582-4
Movement
Movement 1: The Echo of Fear
Movement 2: The Eye of Silence
Movement 3: Thorn Trees
Instrumentation
Soloist
Orchestra
Woodwinds
Flute 1/2
Oboe 1/2
Clarinet 1/2
Bassoon 1/2
Contrabassoon 1/2
Brass
French Horns 1/2/3/4
Trumpets 1/2/3
Trombones 1/2/3
Tuba
Percussion
Strings
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Violoncello
Double bass
Harp
Premiere Details
Soloist: Stanisław Skoczyński
Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra in Zielona Góra
Description
The first movement, resembling sonata-allegro form, is built on a descending tri-tone B(-E, while E usually sustains at the bottom of the orchestra. This movement begins with a characteristic theme introduced in marimba and is repeated in modified forms during the entire part. The second movement brings a broad, lyrical and expanding melodic line in an arch-like form. The third movement, in the form of a theme with seven variations, gives priority to the vital dynamism in solo marimba as well as in the orchestra. While writing this concerto, I was interested not only in the virtuoso piece for the marimba with an accompaniment of orchestra, but mainly I wanted to create a work where a harmonious partner-like relationship exists between soloist and orchestra and they are both inseparable.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Ajikan - Unfolding Light - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Cadenze (Ptaszyńska) - Flute; Multiple Percussion
Classical Variations - Timpani; String Quartet
Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra (Ptaszyńska)
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (Ptaszyńska)
Cztery preludia - Vibraphone; Piano
Four Preludes for Vibraphone and Piano - Vibraphone; Piano
Graffito - Marimba
Jeu-Parti - Vibraphone; Harp
Little Mexican Fantasy - Multiple Percussion; Piano
Scherzo for Xylophone and Piano - Xylophone; Piano
Siderals
Space Model - Multiple Percussion
Spider Walk - Multiple Percussion
Stress (Ptaszyńska)
Vocalise - Vibraphone; Voice
Ensemble
Dream Lands, Magic Spaces - Percussion Sextet; Violin; Piano
Mobile - Percussion Duo
Music of Five Steps - Percussion Septet; Recorders (2)
Suite Variée - Percussion Quartet; Piano
Little Mosaic
Little Mexican Phantasy - Percussion Septet; Piano
Colorful World of Percussion
Concerto for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra
Synchrony - Percussion Trio
Linear Constructions in Space - Percussion Sextet
Letter to the Sun - frame drum, percussion quartet and narrator
Primary Colors - Percussion Quartet
Scintilla - Percussion Duo; Marimba Duo