The Final Precipice

Jeffrey Peyton

General Info

Year: 1993
Duration: c. 10:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Cascadia
Cost: Score and Parts and Tape - $55.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Timpani

With Tape

Program Notes

The Final Precipice could well be subtitled “Concerto for Timpani,” as the work requires great range in melodic expression, facile technique and exceptional rhythmic sensitivity form the soloist, set within a sound world that is symphonic in scale and depth.

The Final Precipice was written in the spring of 1993, and arose out of the composers’ interest in creating a work for acoustic percussion and computer generated tape. As a timpanist, he felt the need to contribute to the body of repertoire for the instrument, and this composition is the result. The Final Precipice is dedicated to David Jarvis, Professor of Percussion at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, for whom it was written. The sound palette for the work utilizes sounds designed by the composer from the samples and synthesis processes, as well as manipulated sound elements present in the U of O sound library.

The Final Precipice has been awarded second prize in the 1995 Percussive Arts Society International Composition Competition. The work was also chosen by juried competition for performance at the SEAMUS (Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States) National Conference, with the composer as soloist, where the work was subsequently nominated for best new work. The Final Precipice has enjoyed hundreds of performances throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, South America and Canada.

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Danza de Samba - Percussion Quartet
Four on the Floor - Percussion Quartet
Primitive Echoes - Percussion Quartet
Rivermusic - Percussion Duo; Marimba Duo
The Final Precipice - Timpani; with Tape
The Furious Angels - Percussion Septet
The Musical Timpanist - Timpani
Theme and Variations (Peyton) - Marimba
Veils: Concerto for Four Percussionist and Orchestra - Percussion Quartet; Orchestra