Elusive Rounds
General Info
Year of Published: 2021
Publisher: Bachovich Music Publications
Duration: 00:05:00
Cost: $25.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Glockenspiel
Description
Elusive Rounds received its world premiere on the November 7, 2020 installment of the University of South Florida International Music Festival Virtual Concert Series. It was performed by percussionists Robert McCormick and William Brown. The title is based on a succession of incipient “rounds”, or canons that form the structural basis of the duet. Following an introduction played as rolls on both glockenspiels, Player Two introduces the principal thematic ideas of the piece, followed shortly by Player One. The two players then engage in a rapid succession of imitative patterns with frequent changes of meter and rhythmic subdivisions. Occasionally, the two parts alternate as a soloist and an accompanist. After a succession of sections increasing in tempo, the two instruments converge in rhythmic unison. The imitative process resumes for the remainder of the piece.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Reverberations - Timpani
Three Movements for Unaccompanied Marimba - Marimba
Variation sans theme - Snare Drum
Solo with Piano
Collage - Multiple Percussion; Piano
Solo with Ensemble
Camaraderie - Timpani; Percussion Septet
Isorhythmic Concerto - Multiple Percussion; Wind Ensemble
Protagonist - Tom-tom; Percussion Trio
Tamboo Bamboo - Steel Drum; Percussion Orchestra
Mallet Duo
Elusive Rounds - Glockenspiel Duo
Road Traversed and Reversed - Marimba Duo
Percussion Duo
Percussion Trio
Mallet Quartet
Percussion Quartet
Percussion Sextet
Percussion Septet
Percussion Octet
Large Percussion Ensemble
Two Antiphonal Portraits - Percussion Ensemble (12)
With Other Instruments
Between - Marimba; Flute
Concerto for Euphonium and Percussion Quintet - Percussion Quintet; Euphonium
Equipoise - Multiple Percussion; Saxophone
Focus - Vibraphone; Bassoon
Khromas Diabolus - Percussion Quintet; Trombone
Shadow on Mist - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Shadow on Mist (Ensemble) - Percussion Quintet; Flute
Syzygy - Marimba; Violin
Three Subtropical Vistas - Marimba, Vibraphone, Voice
Twilight Remembered - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Windward Passage - Marimba, Vibraphone, String Quartet
Books
Five Elementary Etudes - Multiple Percussion
Performance Studies for Two, Volume 1 - Snare Drum