The Seventh Hour
General Info
Publisher: Dutch Music Partners
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:22:00
Cost: €248.50
Instrumentation
Solo
6 Bongos & junior Conga & Congas & Bass Drum (Small) & Marimba & Vibraphone & Boobams & Cowbells & Cymbals & Kalimba & Java Gong
Ensemble
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Vibraphone
Player 3: Xylophone
Player 4: Marimba 1
Player 5: Marimba 2
Player 6: Marimba 3
Player 7: Chimes
Player 8: Piano
Player 9: Snare Drum & Temple Blocks & Claves & Triangle
Player 10: Field Drum & Timpani & Triangle & Finger Cymbals
Player 11: Bongos & Timpani & Log Drum & Roto-Tom & Conga
Player 12: Tom Toms & Timpani & Roto-Tom & Boobam
Player 13: Tambourine & Timpani & Whid Chimes & Wood Block & Sleigh Bells
Player 14: Suspended Cymbal & Finger Cymbals
Player 15: Tam Tam
Player 16: Tam Tam
Player 17: Triangle & Bass Drum & Suspended Cymbal
Player 18: Bass Drum & Suspended Cymbal
Description
This composition was commissioned by the percussion ensemble of Schutterij St.Barbara Leveroy and Henrico Stevens. It is dedicated to Mark Voermans. It was the conductor's wish to write a composition that would fit into a total program with the concept of time. Ultimately, this became a work for percussion soloist with accompaniment. The title The Seventh Hour is not programmatic, but refers more to certain matters that emerge in the composition. For example, the metronomes in this work are supposed to represent old-fashioned mantel clocks. The hours are represented by the 12-tone chords. The number 7 is mainly represented by the 7 different tones (phrygian series) used in the composition, often as clock motifs. The theme in the first part is also built up from this series, as is the main theme from part 2. The number 7 is also often used for the number of bars of a passage (part 2) or a repetition of a certain rhythm. Part 3 is, as it were, a large cadence for the solo kalimba (using 7 different notes). The last part starts with an imitation of the mantel clocks by the solo percussionist. Various facets from the earlier parts also return. The ending depicts the infinity of time. The lone mantel clock that remains and the resounding gong.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Percussion Ensemble
Hommage - Percussion Septet; Flute
Illusions - Percussion Nonet
Majestic Portraits- Percussion Septet
Percussion Ensemble with 10-12 Players
Brass Connection - Percussion (10)
Crystal - Percussion (11); Trumpet
Enigma - Percussion (10)
Rêverie - Percussion (12)
The Tin Soldiers - Percussion (10)
Three Short Images - Percussion (11)
Percussion Ensemble with 13-15 Players
A Crystallized Memory - Percussion (15)
Quadraphonics 2 - Percussion (14)
Vision (Cox) - Percussion (15)
Where is the Spoon? - Percussion (13)
Where is the Spoon? (Extended Version) - Percussion (14); Alto Saxophone; Tenor Saxophone; Trumpet; Trombone; Bass Trombone
Wooden Puppets - Percussion (13)
Percussion Ensemble with 16-19 Players
Andromeda (Cox) - Percussion (16)
Contemporary Past - Percussion (18)
Divintés Primordiales - Percussion (19)
Episodes (Cox) - Percussion (19)
Exposure- Percussion (18)
Fata Viam Invenient - Percussion (17)
Il Ruscello e la Chiesa - Percussion (19)
Insomnia II - Percussion (17)
Mystic Prophecy - Percussion (17)
Mystic Prophecy (2013 Version) - Percussion (19)
Phantasm - Percussion (18)
Phrenology (Short Version) - Percussion (19)
Shadows of a Dreamworld - Percussion (18)
The Seventh Hour - Percussion (18)
Thought Waves - Percussion (16)
Utopia - Percussion (19)
Large Percussion Ensemble
Abstract Figures - Percussion (20)
Die Zeit - Percussion (21); Voice
Four Imaginary Scenes - Percussion (20)
Inverness - Percussion (21)
Lost in Time - Percussion (22)
Phrenology - Percussion (20); Wind Ensemble
Reflections on the Thirteenth Myth - Percussion (24); Euphonium
Revolution (Cox) - Percussion (20)
Scene Analysis - Percussion (21); Flute; Accordion; Double Bass
Tales of Imagination - Percussion (21)
The Big Earthquake - Percussion (23)
The Curse of Nazdajivai - Percussion (24)
The Mechanical Ballet - Percussion (25)
Zimbutibatine Mxagakozi - Percussion (21)