Hinchinbrook Riff

Nigel Westlake

General Info

Year: 2009
Duration: 00:08:00
Difficulty: Advamced
Publisher: Australian Music Center
Cost: $45.00

Instrumentation

Marimba & digital delay.

Program Notes

Originally written for guitar, the idea for the marimba version was suggested to Nigel Westlake by Rebecca Lagos, principal percussionist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. The piece consists of a string of "motives" or "riffs" that are digitally copied within the delay & made to repeat 600 milliseconds (about half a second) after they have been performed "live". The performer is required to interlock with the delay signal by adhering to a strict tempo indication (100 beats per minute), creating the riffs to interplay & trip over themselves, causing interesting rhythmic & melodic variants that surge & ebb in wave - like formations.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Fabian Theory - Multiple Percussion
Hinchinbrook Riff - Marimba
Kalabash - Percussion Quartet
Malachite Glass - Percussion Quartet & Bass Clarinet
Moving Air for Percussion Quartet & Tape- Percussion Quartet & Tape
Omphalo Centric Lecture - Marimba Quartet