Mortal Coil
General Info
Year of Published: 2022
Publisher: VHMusic
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:10:00
Cost: $250.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Copper Pipes
Player 2: Glockenspiel & Triangle
Player 3: Vibraphone 1
Player 4: Vibraphone 2
Player 5: Vibraphone 3
Player 6: Crotales 1
Player 7: Crotales 2
Player 8: Marimba 1
Player 9: Marimba 2
Player 10: Marimba 3
Player 11: Marimba 4
Player 12: Piano
Player 13: Percussion
Player 14: Percussion
Player 15: Bass Drum
Composer's Notes
I began writing Mortal Coil five years after the death of my father, Jim Hansen. He spent his last few days, as he wished, at home with his family. A I was saying my final goodbyes, I found the sounds of the breathing machines to be poignant and representative of the final breaths I would hear from my dad. I recorded the air compressors with the thought that someday I would use them in a piece written for him (this is the recording you hear at the beginning of the piece). In December 2022, I was ready to write this piece. The benefit of time allowed me a new perspective on these final days with my dad, as well as the role of the compressors. As I relistened to these recordings, I found myself with conflicting feelings of sadness and loss with a sense of thankfulness for the compressors and their ability to allow my father and our family to have our last moments.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo Works
Loops - Vibraphone & Electornics
Suite for Prepared Vibraphone - Prepared Vibraphone
Ensemble Works
Luminous Vortices - Percussion Quartet & Electornics
The Breaks - Percussion Quintet & Electornics
Even This Will Change - Percussion 20+
Fresh Frozen Plasma - Percussion 12
Now - Percussion Sextet
Ad Astra - Mallet Sextet
Evolve (Hansen) - Percussion Quintet & Piano
Bazaar Castle Crossing - Marimba & Vibraphone