Nox Oculus
General Info
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:06:10
Cost: €15.00
Instrumentation
Description
Nox Oculus is Latin for Night Eye or Night Vision. The composer refers this piece to images seen in a dream: sometimes recognizable but then again formless and abstract. In the rhythmic middle section the R.E.M.(rapid eye movements) are represented; a vibrant scene during our dream cycle where rapidly changing images appear. At the end of the composition the deep dreaming state returns. Since the Glockenspiel is rarely used as a solo instrument, the composer was challenged by a PAS composition competition to use the glockenspiel as a solo instrument to its fullest. In this piece he maximizes the potential of color, timbre, articulation and melodical possibilities of the instrument. The ethereal character of the instrument suits the theme of the composition perfectly.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
El Classico Nuevo
Ex Machina 2
Nox Oculus
Seasons
Suite Anicienne Nouveau
Twelve Developing Solos for Snare Drum
Time Divided
Percussion Ensemble (10-12 Players)
A Blue Cadance (Extended) - Percussion (10)
Arabian Dance - Percussion (12)
Blinding Lights - Percussion (12)
Exuma - Percussion (11)
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose (Extended Version) - Percussion (11); Flute
Open Up! (Version 1) - Percussion (10)
Passio Laurentio - Percussion (10)
Patamba - Percussion (10)
Synergy (Houben) - Percussion Octet
Time Line - Percussion (10)
Tres Muses - Percussion (10) & Soprano Saxophone & Flugel Horn
Percussion Ensemble (13-15 Players)
A Saturdaynight Soundtrack - Percussion (15)
A Silver Lining - Euphunium & Percussion (14) & Keyboard
Aura - Percussion (15)
D'Artagnan: le Siège de Maestricht - Percussion (15)
Deetere - Percussion (14)
Duende - Percussion (13)
Equilibrium - Percussion (13)
Evolve (Houben) - Percussion (15) & Bass Trombone
Extasis - Percussion (13)
First Contact? - Percussion (15)
Feniks Rising - Percussion (13)
Hatirla Antalya - Percussion (13)
Musicology - Percussion (13)
Open Up! (Version 2) - Percussion (13)
Pandora's Box - Percussion (15)
Promise Me - Percussion (13)
Reflections of a Reality - Percussion (14)
Soleil Levant - Percussion (14)
Suite Slava - Percussion (13)
Unitas Aureus - Percussion (13)
Percussion Ensemble (16 Players or more)
Android Anthem - Percussion (17)
Cygnus X - Percussion (16)
Evolve (2022 Version) - Percussion (16)
Na Dato - Percussion (16)
Nyama - Percussion (20+)
Open Up! (Version 3) - Percussion (16)
To One In Paradise - Percussion (20+)