Quintetto per cinque solisti
General Info
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Duration: 00:16:00
Difficulty: Advanced
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Cost: Score and Parts - $25.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Player 1: Marimba & Crotales & 2 China Cymbals & Triangle & Small Metal Tube
Player 2: Marimba & Crotales & Tambourine & 2 Woodblocks
Player 3: Marimba & Tambourine & 2 Woodblocks & 2 Tom-toms
Player 4: Marimba & Tambourine & 2 Woodblocks & 2 Tom-toms
Player 5: Bass Marimba & Bass Drum & Cymbal & Heavy Chain
Errata
Program Notes
Quintetto, just as most of my other works, was composed mostly at night. And this is how it starts - in the dark night atmosphere, in the low register of the bass marimba. The piece was composed for the US tour of the "Percussion Ensemble Stuttgart" and had its premiere performance at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Nashville by the same ensemble. At that time as well as today, it is a "complicated" instrumentation, since five marimbas are not the most practical selection one could make. This eccentric instrumentation is further complicated by extreme technical demands placed on the musicians. The music actually is of a soloist's level, therefore the title: "Quintet for Five Soloists". The principal idea - putting together five different soloists and characters into one rather large and energetic piece - is achieved in various ways. In some parts of the piece, for example, I call for five different tempi imultaneously...the connecting parameters at such places, are only a mathematical proportions of those five tempi to each other. After the one-by-one opening of each player in the mid-low register, they remain together in a contemplative pianissimo for a while, until the first "break out" occurs by one of the players. This represents the "soloist" tendency. The middle section of the piece is built on several attempts of different "soloists" to break out, but they are always caught and brought back by the rest of the group. Eventually, duo and trio "connections" among the ensemble members are being established (for example: the melody in the crotales is actually performed by three players, which also gives a nice panorama effect in live performance). Finally, the group spirit wins and the five soloists find themselves in an energetic, groovy and wild ride towards the ending - a heavy chain stroke against a huge tam-tam on the stage floor.
Awards
Commercial Discography
Recent Performances
Works for Percussion by this Composer
"Generally spoken it's nothing by rhythm" - Multiple Percussion Solo
ANBA (tanz der kleinen schwarzen Hexe) - Marimba; Piano
Andante for Uta - Marimba
Bayerscher Ländler - Marimba
Born to Beat Wild - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet
Cadenza für 5 timpani - Timpani
Castle of the Mad King - Multiple Percussion
Collateral Damage - Multiple Percussion; with tape
CTPAX: STRAH, op.12 - Multiple Percussion; with tape
Das Innere des Schweigens - Drum Set; with tape; Voice; Actors
Der kleine Paganini - Xylophone
Drei Phantastische Lieder (Three Fantastic Songs) - Marimba
Drei Unverbindliche Stücke (3 Unforgettable Pieces) - Marimba
Ein Liebeslied? - Marimba
Fluctus, op.16 - Marimba; with tape
Il canto dei gondolieri - Marimba
Ilijas - Marimba
In Erinnerungen Schwebend - Vibraphone; Flutes (3)
Lamento e Danza Barbara - Marimba; Percussion Trio
Les Violons Morts - Marimba
Macedonia - Marimba; Piano
Quasi Una Sonata - Multiple Percussion; Piano
Song for Simone - Marimba
Sta Vidis - Marimba; Male Chorus
Suomineito - Vibraphone
Ten Etudes for Snare Drum - Snare Drum
Tensio, op.11 - Marimba
To the Gods of Rhythm - Djembe; Voice
Trio per Uno - Percussion Trio
Ultimatum 1 - Marimba
Ultimatum II - Marimba Duo
Uneven Souls (Sta vidis II), op. 22 - Marimba; Percussion Trio
Valse Serbe für Marimba und Klavier - Marimba; Piano
Walzer for Herbert - Marimba
Concertos
Concerto No. 1 per marimbafono e orchestra - Marimba; Orchestra
Concerto No. 2 per marimbafono e orchestra - Marimba; Orchestra
Percussion Concerto No. 1, Opus 28 (Concerto of the Mad Queen) - Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
Percussion Concerto No. 2, Opus 33 - Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
Pezzo Da Concerto No. 1 - Snare Drum
Tales from the Center of the Earth - Multiple Percussion; Wind Ensemble
Ensemble
Die Arten Des Wassers - Percussion Duo; Pianos (2)
Quintetto per cinque solisti - Marimba Quartet; Percussion
Sandy - Percussion Trio
Sex in the Kitchen - Percussion Duo
Tak-Nara, Op.36 - Percussion Quartet
Zwischen Tag und Nacht - Percussion Sextet
Method Books
My First Book for Xylophone and Marimba
Funny Marimba - Book 1
Funny Marimba - Book 2
Funny Vibraphone - Book 1
Funny Vibraphone - Book 2
Funny Xylophone - Book 1
Additional Resources