Nightshade
General Info
Year: 2024
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:05:05
Cost: $40.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone 1
Player 3: Vibraphone 2
Player 4: Chimes
Player 5: Xylophone
Player 6: Marimba 1 (4.3-octave)
Player 7: Marimba 2 (4.3-octave)
Player 8: Marimba 3 (4.3-octave)
Player 9: Sleigh Bells, Shaker (or Cabasa), Low Tom (shared)
Player 10: Ride Cymbal, Triangle, Low Tom (shared)
Player 11: Bass Drum, Wind Chimes
Player 12: Tam-Tam, Vibraslap
Player 13: Suspended Cymbal, Woodblock
Program Notes
Floating between beautiful and deadly, the flowering plants of the Nightshade family range from common vegetation to highly toxic forms. As such, this piece pulls the listener back and forth between a major and minor feel, with dark moments bleeding into light.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Almost There - Marimba
Cerulean Blue - Vibraphone
Tension / Release - Timpani
Flexible Ensemble
Small Ensemble
Cymplified - 6 Players
Demon Poetry - 5 Players
Lion Story - 4 Players
Methuselar - 2 Players
Napenthé - 2 Players
Quartets That Travel- 4 Players
Quartets that Travel (Volume 2: Deep Cuts)- 4 Players
Spiel (Flannigan) - 7 Players
Tiny - 6 Players
Large Ensemble
Chasing November
Debris Field - 14 Players
Lamplighters - 13 Players
Nightshade - 13 Players
Obsidian - 12 Players
Street Spiders - 18 Players
The Forgotten - 12 Players
They May Be Listening - 10 Players