Flood (Duo)
General Info
Year: 2005
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Non Sequitur
Cost: Score and Parts - $15.00 | Score Only - $0.00
There are also versions of the piece for flute and percussion and for clarinet and percussion.
Movements
I. Ripple
II. Wave
III. Flood
Instrumentation
Player I: Marimba
Player II: Vibraphone
Program Notes
Premiere: Rita Linard, flute; Sherry Rubins, percussion, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas (March 2006)
Flood is a small piece; more precisely it is one of limited musical ambitions, an idea I value highly and often struggle to instill in my composition students. Almost nothing happens in the first movement of the piece, Ripple: the unfolding of the flute melody out of the first three notes is slow and methodical, and the vibraphone simply and gradually drops down an octave. The second movement, Wave, consists of a fair number of notes played quickly. In Flood, the final movement, calmness prevails except for a short outburst in the middle. The piece was composed around the same time hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast of the United States last August and September. The piece was not written in response to these events, but alongside them, if you will. It was almost impossible not to be bent towards reflecting the devastation in Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana, and the titles, as well as some of the musical characteristics of the work, came out of this reflection.[1]
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Recent Performances
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Baby Toys - Percussion Quartet
Blow Up - Multiple Percussion
Blow Up (MIDI) - Multiple Percussion
Five Views of the River - Marimba Duo
Flood - Marimba/Vibraphone; Flute or Clarinet
Flood (Duo) - Percussion Duo
Going to Vermont - Marimba (Amplified); with Tape
Not here, but there - Percussion Ensemble (12)
Secrets - Percussion Sextet
Still Life with Fruit - Multiple Percussion; Flute
The Way of the Animal Powers - Percussion Sextet
Totem - Percussion Sextet
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