Messy Dream
General Info
Publisher: Dutch Music Partners
Difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced
Duration: 00:07:39
Cost: €118.50
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel & Whip
Player 2: Vibraphone
Player 3: Xylophone
Player 4: Marimba
Player 5: Harp
Player 6: Accordion
Player 7: Timpani
Player 8: Temple Blocks & Triangle & Brake Drum
Player 9: Cowbell & Maracas & Suspended Cymbals & Wind Chimes & Sleigh Bells
Player 10: Snare Drum & Hi Hat & Cowbell
Player 11: Side Drum
Player 12: Side Drum & Tom Tom & Claves
Player 13: Timbales & Vibraslap & Chimes & Suspended Cymbal
Player 14: Bongos & Tom Toms
Player 15: Congas & Rattle & Vibraslap & Hand Cymbals
Player 16: Tom Toms & Tam Tam & Brake Drum & Guiro & Maracas
Player 17: Bass Drum 1
Player 18: Bass Drum 2
Description
Messy Dream is the 2nd and 4th part of a large work called Dreams. This is a concert work for 16 percussionists, harp, accordion and choir. When composing Dreams, Ruud Mourik was inspired by various great symphonic composers. It includes characteristic themes from symphonies by Beethoven, Shostakowitch and Stravinsky. The rich sound idiom also has a symphonic feel. The almost absurd changes in styles and themes take the listener into a dream where almost anything is possible. The addition of the textless choir part also makes the whole thing even more resemble a surreal dream. The composer leaves what exactly happens in that dream to the listener.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Large Ensemble
The Bells (Mourik) - Percussion 15
Metamorphosis - Timpani; Percussion 16
Mallet Ensemble
Lockdown - Mallet Sextet
With Other Instruments
Bon bini Festival - Percussion 19; Flute
Dreams - Percussion 16; Harp; Accordion; Choir
Dreams to Remember - Percussion 14; Harp; Accordion; Choir
Fantasy Dream - Percussion 18; Harp; Accordion
Messy Dream - Percussion 18; Harp; Accordion
Strange Dream - Percussion 17; Accordion