Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra

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Composer Name

Lou Harrison

General Info

Year: 1973
Duration: c. 24:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: PeerSouth
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Solo

organ

Ensemble

Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone
Player 3: Tubular bells
Player 4: Celesta
Player 5: Piano
Player 6: Muted large plumbers pipes(6), bells made from oxygen tanks6), pak, sweet jangles, guiro
Player 7: Muted gongs(3)
Player 8: Snare drum, Chinese cymbals α2, suspended cymbal, maracas, temple blocks(3)
Player 9: Tom-toms(3), suspended gongs(3)
Player 10: Bass drum, wooden drums(3)

Program Notes

premiere: 30 April 1973, San Jose University, Phillip Simpson, organ

Works for Percussion by this Composer

A Tribute to Charon (Passage throught Darkness/Counterdance in Spring) - Percussion Trio
Ariadne - Solo Percussion and Flute acc.
Beverly's Troubadour Piece - Percussion and Harp
Bomba (Harrison) - Percussion Quintet
Canticle No. 1 - Percussion Quintet
Canticle No. 3 - Percussion Quartet; Ocarina; Guitar (6 Players)
Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra - Percussion Octet; Organ, Piano
Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra - Percussion Quintet, Violin
Double Fanfare - Percussion Ensemble 12 - Harrison/Cirone
Double Music - Percussion Quartet - Cage/Harrison
Fifth Simfony - Percussion Quartet
First Concerto - Percussion Duo and Flute
Fugue - Percussion Quartet
In Praise of Johnny Appleseed (for Dance and Percussion) - Percussion Trio; Flute; Dancer
Labyrinth No. 3 - Percussion Ensemble (11)
Orpheus - for the Singer to the Dance - Percussion Ensemble (15); Solo Voice; Chorus
Serenade - Percussion; Guitar
Simfony No. 13 - Percussion Quartet
Suite - Percussion Quintet
Suite No. 1 - Percussion; Guitar
The Drums of Orpheus - from the ballet "Orpheus"
The Song of Queztecoatl - Percussion Quartet