Sound Blocks
General Info
Year: 1998
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Publisher: Southern Percussion
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Instrumentation
Tom Toms
Snare Drum
Bass Drum
Congas
Tambourine
Temple Blocks
Cowbells
Wood Block
Triangle
Suspended Cymbal
Program Notes
'SOUND BLOCKS was written in 1998 for David Hext's pupils at the Chethams School of Music in Manchester. David Hext has adapted it during lockdown to accommodate whatever in the Hallé percussion section happened to have at home. David Hext has to use a saucepan at one point! The idea of the piece is to demonstrate the different materials from which our instruments are made. So we start with wood, then on to skin, then metal, and finally a coda section which combines all three.'
Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Marimba Solo Works
Caprice
Lullaby for Olivia
Suite for Solo Marimba
Vibraphone Solo Works
Snare Drum Solo Works
Timpani Solo Works
With Piano Works
Church Ope Waltz
Dance Suite for Snare Drum and Piano
Ianto's Dances
Suite Concertante for Timpani
Tango Twister
Ensemble Works
Sound Blocks - 4 Players
Spicy Sauce - 2 Players
Suite Concertante for Snare Drum and Marimba - 2 Players
Tag - 5 Players
Tumbledown Mountain - 2 Players