First Contact?
General Info
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:10:30
Cost: €200.00
Movement
Movement 1: Chime Telescpoe
Movement 2: Analasys, Revealing the Signal
Movement 3: Excitement, Scientific proof!
Movement 4: Lightyears away, Will we ever get answers?
Movement 5: the Source, First Contact?
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone
Player 3: Tubular Bells
Player 4: Xylophone
Player 5: Marimba 1
Player 6: Marimba 2
Player 7: Marimba 3
Player 8: Timpani
Player 9: Piccolo Snare Drum & Timbales & Field Drum & Tambourine
Player 10: Snare Drum & Bongos & Congas & Tenor Drum <bbr/>
Player 11: 4 Concert Tom-toms
Player 12: Ocean Drum & Triangle & Bell Tree & Claves & Wind Chimes
Player 13: Hand Cymbals & Suspended Cymbal & Ride Cymbal & Chinese Cymbal & 2 Wood Blocks & Cabasa
Player 14: Gong & Hand Cymbals & Suspended Cymbal & Hi-hat & Shekere
Player 15: Concert Bass Drum
Description
In late 2019, a powerful radio signal coming from 500 million light-years away, reached the Chime telescope located in the remote Okanagan Falls in British Columbia, Canada. These signals, Fast Radio Bursts, come from a galaxy similar to ours. One-off Fast Radio Bursts are occasionally tracked and are attributed to dying stars. However, the Chime Telescope signal brought the scientific world in great arousal: it repeats several times per hour for 4 days, disappears for 12 days and then return in the same cycle. The signal even sounds -played back in slow motion- as a rhythmic pattern. How is this possible? The opinions are divided. Is there a physical explanation or is this a message from an alien civilization and is this the so-called 'First Contact'? This intriguing question inspired the composer to create this composition. The signal is converted into a rhythmic and melodic motif with variations and is the connecting element in this five-part composition.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
El Classico Nuevo
Ex Machina 2
Nox Oculus
Seasons
Suite Anicienne Nouveau
Twelve Developing Solos for Snare Drum
Time Divided
Percussion Ensemble (10-12 Players)
A Blue Cadance (Extended) - Percussion (10)
Arabian Dance - Percussion (12)
Blinding Lights - Percussion (12)
Exuma - Percussion (11)
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose (Extended Version) - Percussion (11); Flute
Open Up! (Version 1) - Percussion (10)
Passio Laurentio - Percussion (10)
Patamba - Percussion (10)
Synergy (Houben) - Percussion Octet
Time Line - Percussion (10)
Tres Muses - Percussion (10) & Soprano Saxophone & Flugel Horn
Percussion Ensemble (13-15 Players)
A Saturdaynight Soundtrack - Percussion (15)
A Silver Lining - Euphunium & Percussion (14) & Keyboard
Aura - Percussion (15)
D'Artagnan: le Siège de Maestricht - Percussion (15)
Deetere - Percussion (14)
Duende - Percussion (13)
Equilibrium - Percussion (13)
Evolve (Houben) - Percussion (15) & Bass Trombone
Extasis - Percussion (13)
First Contact? - Percussion (15)
Feniks Rising - Percussion (13)
Hatirla Antalya - Percussion (13)
Musicology - Percussion (13)
Open Up! (Version 2) - Percussion (13)
Pandora's Box - Percussion (15)
Promise Me - Percussion (13)
Reflections of a Reality - Percussion (14)
Soleil Levant - Percussion (14)
Suite Slava - Percussion (13)
Unitas Aureus - Percussion (13)
Percussion Ensemble (16 Players or more)
Android Anthem - Percussion (17)
Cygnus X - Percussion (16)
Evolve (2022 Version) - Percussion (16)
Na Dato - Percussion (16)
Nyama - Percussion (20+)
Open Up! (Version 3) - Percussion (16)
To One In Paradise - Percussion (20+)