Fluctus, op.16
General Info
Year: 1988
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: MusicaEur
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Instrumentation
Program Notes
premiere: 18 October 1988, Vienna by the composer
Fluctus is defined as a wave, disorder, a surge, or a flood. This piece opens with a fierce flurry of notes, based on a 27-tone scale progression. Starting with the opening theme, the same motif is repeated in different scale intervals but the same 27 notes are always repeated in the same order. The piece is then thrown into a strict rhythmic state marked as ben ritmico, using five-tuplets, seven-tuplets and intensely syncopated passages. After a stirring climax the piece returns once more to the sweeping flood of notes ending with a chromatic ascent to F sharp to end the piece. - Trevor Landreth
Review
Written in 1988, this short work for solo marimba utilizes almost the entire range of a 4 1/ 2 octove (low F) instrument. Thematic material is derived from a series of wide intervals, presented "fortississimo" and "furioso" at the beginning of the piece, using devices such as repetition, inversion, and the construction of two-note vertical structures from two consecutive notes. The work falls into five sections, differentiated in large part by rhythm. In the first section, which is unmetered, long streams of repetitive eighth notes moving rapidly at ca. half note = 160 are occasionally interrupted by ritardanclos or sustained rolled notes. The subsequent section uses intervals dramatically presented with forte-piano, staggered rolls. A section in 1/4 meter, in which two-note vertical structures are prominent and a section similar to the first, with a long string of eighth notes played "presto e fortissimo," bring the work to a conclusion. No sticking suggestions have been written in; however, that should present no problem to the advanced player who will be using this material. The judicious use of four mallets will make some of the, large leaps readily playable. Fluctus is well within the capabilities of a college level student. It needs to be seriously considered by those interested in contemporary literature. - John R. Raush, October 1991[1]
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
"Generally spoken it's nothing by rhythm" - Multiple Percussion Solo
ANBA (tanz der kleinen schwarzen Hexe) - Marimba; Piano
Andante for Uta - Marimba
Bayerscher Ländler - Marimba
Born to Beat Wild - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet
Cadenza für 5 timpani - Timpani
Castle of the Mad King - Multiple Percussion
Collateral Damage - Multiple Percussion; with tape
CTPAX: STRAH, op.12 - Multiple Percussion; with tape
Das Innere des Schweigens - Drum Set; with tape; Voice; Actors
Der kleine Paganini - Xylophone
Drei Phantastische Lieder (Three Fantastic Songs) - Marimba
Drei Unverbindliche Stücke (3 Unforgettable Pieces) - Marimba
Ein Liebeslied? - Marimba
Fluctus, op.16 - Marimba; with tape
Il canto dei gondolieri - Marimba
Ilijas - Marimba
In Erinnerungen Schwebend - Vibraphone; Flutes (3)
Lamento e Danza Barbara - Marimba; Percussion Trio
Les Violons Morts - Marimba
Macedonia - Marimba; Piano
Quasi Una Sonata - Multiple Percussion; Piano
Song for Simone - Marimba
Sta Vidis - Marimba; Male Chorus
Suomineito - Vibraphone
Ten Etudes for Snare Drum - Snare Drum
Tensio, op.11 - Marimba
To the Gods of Rhythm - Djembe; Voice
Trio per Uno - Percussion Trio
Ultimatum 1 - Marimba
Ultimatum II - Marimba Duo
Uneven Souls (Sta vidis II), op. 22 - Marimba; Percussion Trio
Valse Serbe für Marimba und Klavier - Marimba; Piano
Walzer for Herbert - Marimba
Concertos
Concerto No. 1 per marimbafono e orchestra - Marimba; Orchestra
Concerto No. 2 per marimbafono e orchestra - Marimba; Orchestra
Percussion Concerto No. 1, Opus 28 (Concerto of the Mad Queen) - Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
Percussion Concerto No. 2, Opus 33 - Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
Pezzo Da Concerto No. 1 - Snare Drum
Tales from the Center of the Earth - Multiple Percussion; Wind Ensemble
Ensemble
Die Arten Des Wassers - Percussion Duo; Pianos (2)
Quintetto per cinque solisti - Marimba Quartet; Percussion
Sandy - Percussion Trio
Sex in the Kitchen - Percussion Duo
Tak-Nara, Op.36 - Percussion Quartet
Zwischen Tag und Nacht - Percussion Sextet
Method Books
My First Book for Xylophone and Marimba
Funny Marimba - Book 1
Funny Marimba - Book 2
Funny Vibraphone - Book 1
Funny Vibraphone - Book 2
Funny Xylophone - Book 1
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