Parallel Lines
General Info
Year of Published: 2004
Publisher: Schott Music
Difficutly: Advanced
Duration: 00:10:00
ISBN: 979-0-2201-2178-4
Cost: €18.99
Instrumentation
Player 1: Marimba & Vibraphone & Crotales
Player 2: Piano
Program Notes
This piece forms part of a triptych of duos written in 1999. The others being Fracture for Alto Sax & Piano and Shiver & Shake for Trumpet & Piano. The principal behind all three pieces is an attempt to achieve equality between the two instruments rather than solo with piano accompaniment. The title is simply a reference to the many parallel lines within a piano and the tuned percussion instruments employed and, as ever, derives from a pop source; namely the classic Blondie album of the same name. The piece lasts 10 minutes and was commissioned by the BBC for Music Live in Glasgow in 1999. It was premiered by Colin Currie and James Pearson.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Parallel Lines
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