Tintinnabulation for Percussion Sextet
General Info
Year of Published: 2008
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Duration: 00:09:00
Instrumentation
Player 1: 2 Congas & 4 Bongos & Large Log Drum & Flat Gong & Chinese Opera Gong & Wood Drum
Player 2: Guiro & Maracas & 2 Cymbals & Triangle & Slapstick & Alto Nipple Gong & 3 Tom-toms & Alto Snare Drum & Piccolo Wood Block
Player 3: Bass Nipple Gong & Splash Cymbal & High Snare Drum & Claves & Ratchet & Darbouka & Timbale & Tom-tom
Player 4: Soprano Nipple Gong & Talking Drum & Shaker & Medium Snare Drum & Large Tam Tam & Small Tam Tam & Japanese Wood Block & Small Log Drum
Player 5: Temple Blocks & 2 Wood Blocks & Tenor Nipple Gong & Low Snare Drum & 3 pipes
Player 6: 4 Almglocken & 2 Wood Blocks & Bass Drum & Hammer & Tom Tom & Baritone Nipple Gong
World Premiere Details
Date: 12/2/2008
Place: Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA
Performer: NEC Percussion Ensemble / Frank Epstein
Press Quotes
“…exudes Carter's brand of immaculately choreographed rhythmic chaos, like an explosion in a clock factory. …
“Carter had never written for solo percussion ensemble before but that clearly did not deter him from bending this configuration to his own composerly aims with extraordinary precision. 'Tinnabulation’ covers an enormous range of sonorities, partly through Carter's choice of instruments (a Chinese opera gong and five types of nipple gongs are among the mix) but also through his meticulous instructions of where to strike each instrument and what kind of stick to use, be it a mallet, a brush, a birch dowel, or even a knitting needle.” The Boston Globe
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Eight Pieces - Timpani
Figment V for Marimba - Marimba
Tintinnabulation for Percussion Sextet - Percussion Sextet
Two Pieces for Kettle Drums, Recitative and Improvisation - Timpani