Visional Train

Kazuhiro Mamada

General Info

Year: 1991
Duration: 00:07:00
Difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced
Publisher: HoneyRock
Cost: Score and Parts - $35.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player 1 : Vibraphone
Player 2 : Glockenspiel & Chimes
Player 3 : Marimba 1
Player 4 : Marimba 2
Player 5 : Marimba 3 or Bass Marimba
Player 6 : Timpani & Claves
Player 7 : Drum Set
Player 8 : Suspended Cymbal & Conga & Bongos
Player 9 : Wind Chimes & Train Whistle & Concert Bass Drum & Shaker & Vibraslap & Tambourine & Cowbell & Triangle & Wood Block (High & Low) & Agogo Bell

Program Notes

premiere: August 1991, Shinjuku, Asahi-Seimei Hall, Percussion Ensemble Okada

Visional Train by Kazuhiro Mamada for percussion ensemble. Steam locomotives are now a rare sight. However, they are accessible in our dreams and memories - hence the title Vision Train. This work is constructed in three main sections. The introduction portrays the train as it starts to move. The vibraphone, bell, and marimba 1 players accelerate the tempo to rehearsal letter A, at which point marimba 2 sets the pace. By letter C the train is running through the fields with a loud whistle, passing a railway crossing. By letter the train is emerging from a tunnel into a new land and rhythm change.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Visional Train - Percussion Nonet