Red Alert
General Info
Publisher: Honeyrock Publishing
Difficulty: Advanced
Cost: $25.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: 5 Timpani
Player 2: Glockenspiel & large Suspended Cymbal
Player 3: Vibraphone & medium Tam Tam
Player 4: Marimba
Player 5: Chimes & Whip & large Tam Tam
Player 6: Snare Drum & Crash Cymbal & medium and small Suspended Cymbal & Tambourine & medium Tam Tam]] & Wood Blocks & Triangle & Whip
Player 7: Bass drum & 4 Tom Toms & large and small Suspended Cymbal & Snare Drum large Tam Tam
Player 8: Air raid siren
Description
This ensemble is the challenging fifth movement of Homeland Security Suite for Percussion. Red Alert (Severe Risk of Terrorist Attack) goes beyond 9/11 to musically explore a dark vision of world-wide apocalyptic destruction. The piece builds in tension and texture and reaches a climax with the sound of an air raid siren hovering over descending overlapping glissandos punctuated by the sounds of explosions. The end is represented by a relentless repeated figure in the timpani and a militaristic figure in the snare drum that crescendos into a deafening wall of sound.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Homeland Security Suite
Green Alert
Blue Alert
Yellow Alert
Orange Alert
Red Alert
White Alert