Night of the Bocor
General Info
Year: 1971
Duration: c. 13:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Clark
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Player I - VI: vibraphones(2), log drum, tom-toms(7), maracas, high & low bar chimes, rainstick, temple gong, tam tams(2), bass drum, castanets, woodblocks(6), windchimes(6 various types), suspended cymbals(5-9), congas(2), bongos, claves, styro-foam block, cricket calls(2)
with soprano/ actress
male or female narrator
synthesizer(optional)
Program Notes
commission: McGill University Percussion Ensemble; premiere: Spring 1971, McGill University, Montreal, Sharry Flett, soprano, Pierre BΘluse, conductor
Review
Composed for six percussionists, male narrator and female voice this work is inspired by the Voodoo religions' belief that the evil sorcerers (Bocors) have the power to raise the dead. Instrumentation and staging directions allow for dramatic intensity to be achieved in performance. Graphic and conventional notations are both used in this fine new work of 13 to 15 minutes duration. - Staff (Winter 1972)[1]
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Batucada One – Percussion Sextet
Flicks – Percussion Septet Bass; Tuba
Halflight – Percussion Quartet
Night of the Bocor – Percussion Sextet; Voice; Actress; Synthesizer
Quasi Bossa Nova – Percussion Quintet
Right Hand Swing, Left Hand March – Drum Set
The Cat – Multiple Percussion; with Tape; Dancer
Theme and Variations for John Henderson Jr. High School – Percussion Sextet
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