Four Flights

Jon Metzger

General Info

Year: 1995
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: Medium
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $29.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Movements

I. First Steps
II. Josh’s New Bag
III. Play Something Pretty
IV. I Could Have Played the Flute

Instrumentation

Multiple Percussion: Marimba, snare drum, bass drum, bells, 4 toms, bongos, 2 suspended cymbals
Flute

Program Notes

Each movement of Four Flights depicts what could be a simple childhood song. The first movement, First Steps, is set up somewhat like a two-part invention between flute and marimba. The second movement, Josh’s New Bag, opens with a simple rudimental snare drum solo that continues when the flute enters with the bluesy melody. The third movement, Play Something Pretty, features sustained chords in the marimba while the flute plays something pretty above. The fourth movement, I Could Have Played the Flute, utilizes the rest of the percussion instruments that have been neglected up to this point. This is the longest movement and gives both players opportunities for cadenzas.

Recent Performances

To submit a performance please join the TEK Percussion Database

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Percussion Solo Works

Double East - Marimba
Imageries - Vibraphone
Just Ask - Vibraphone
Riversong - Vibraphone
Spiral Passages - Marimba

Percussion Ensemble Works

Batterie Diabolique - 7 to 9 Players
Elephant Walk - 2 Players
Jazz Bis - Vibraphone, 5 Players
On Verchiel's Wings - Vibraphone, 3 Players

With Other Instruments Works

Absence of Color - Percussion Sextet, Narrator
Black Elk - Percussion Ensemble (11), Narrator
Four Flights - Multiple Percussion, Flute
Moral Compass - Percussion Trio, Soprano Voice, Alto Saxophone
Stories - Percussion Quartet, voice, Piano
Zoroastrian Thunder - Percussion Octet, Tenor Saxophone, Guitar, Bass