Vita (2023 Version)
General Info
Year of Published: 2023
Publisher: Da Capo Music
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:10:40
Cost: €143.50
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Crotales
Player 3: Vibraphone 1
Player 4: Vibraphone 2
Player 5: Chimes
Player 6: Xylophone
Player 7: Marimba 1
Player 8: Marimba 2
Player 9: Marimba 3
Player 10: Marimba 4
Player 11: Timpani
Player 12: Snare Drum
Player 13: Bongos
Player 14: Tom Toms
Player 15: Triangle & Whip & Vibraslap & Hi-Hat
Player 16: Wind Chimes & Suspended Cymbal & Tambourine & Gong
Player 17: Triangle & Suspended Cymbal & Gong & Wind Chimes
Player 18: Suspended Cymbal
Player 19: Marching Cymbals & Gong
Player 20: Bass Drum
Description
Vita was written on behalf of the World Music Competition Foundation in Kerkrade (WMC) and the Netherlands Institute for Wind Music, on the occasion of the 13th WMC in 1997. A revised version was written in 2023 on behalf of the Vrienzenveense Harmonie led by Niek KleinJan. Vita means: Life. The work begins with a theme in a minor key. This theme depicts sadness with a hint of hope, and is the common thread throughout the composition. It is interspersed with various other themes that have to do with 'life', and the subtitle: life goes on. Sad memories fade, but return again and again. At the beginning of the composition the main theme returns regularly, however, life goes on. By the end of the composition, this main theme has virtually disappeared. Various themes alternate, themes that have to do with the interesting and also turbulent life. Just before the end, the main theme returns briefly, as a sign that, although memories fade, they always remain present.