Two Designs
General Info
Year of Published:
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Instrumentation
Player 1: Xylophone & Tambourine & Triangle & Wind Chimes
Player 2: Chimes & Bass Drum
Player 3: Bongos & Suspended Cymbal & Mark Tree & Temple Blocks & Claves & Brake Drum & Gong
Player 4: 4 Concert Tom-toms & Gong & Snare Drum
Player 5: Vibraphone & Field Drum
Player 6: Snare Drum & Cowbell & Marimba
Player 7: 4 Timpani & Suspended Cymbal
Program Notes
Two Designs is a percussion septet composed by Mario Gaetano. Highly dramatic with dynamic ups and downs along with passages of layered rhythms that culminate in explosions of sound.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Action/Reaction - Percussion Sextet
Circles (Gaetano) - Marimba; Percussion Duo
Fantasy for El Salvador - Marimba
Four Studies for Young Percussion Ensemble - Percussion Quartet
Junk Funk - Percussion Quintet
Mosaic, Op. 30 - Percussion Octet
Multiple Episode No. 2 - Multiple Percussion
Multiple Episode No. 3 - Multiple Percussion
Multiple Episode No.1 - Multiple Percussion
Overture for Percussion Ensemble (Gaetano) - Percussion Nonet
Prelude No.1 - Marimba
Shanghai - Percussion Ensemble
Scenes from Earth - Percussion Septet; Piano
Sonatina per Batteria - Multiple Percussion
Sonatina per Batteria No. 2 - Multiple Percussion
Song of the Libra - Vibraphone
State of the Art - Multiple Percussion; Clarinet
The Weather of Six Mornings - Percussion Quartet; Voice; Flute
Three Inventions for Flute and Percussion - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Three Solos for Snare Drum - Snare Drum
Two Designs - Percussion Septet
Two Movements for Marimba - Marimba
Undercurrents (Gaetano) - Percussion Septet