One Minute to Midnight
General Info
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Year of Published: 2018
Difficulty: Medium Difficult
Duration: 00:03:00
Cost: $40.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel & Crash Cymbals
Player 2: Xylophone & Suspended Cymbal & Crotales & Whip
Player 3: Vibraphone 1
Player 4: Vibraphone 2
Player 5: Marimba 1
Player 6: Marimba 2
Player 7: Marimba 3
Player 8: Marimba 4
Player 9: Timpani & Wind Chimes
Player 10: Splash Cymbal & Snare Drum & Chimes
Player 11: China Cymbal & 4 Concert Tom Toms & 2 Woodblocks & Suspended Cymbal & Wind Chimes & Bell Tree & Triangle
Player 12: Bass Drum & Tam-Tam & Temple Blocks & Triangle
Program Notes
One Minute to Midnight was commissioned by Mauricio Castellano and the Sharyland Pioneer High School Percussion Ensemble for the 2018 Percussive Arts Society International Convention. The piece is based on the term “minutes to midnight” associated with the doomsday clock that represented probability of the threat of a global catastrophe during the late 1940’s. One Minute to Midnight is a fun, yet unnerving work for percussion orchestra that portrays a series of events that invigorated a combination of emotions such as fear, calmness, and intense exhilaration.
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