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: Timpani Player 13: Snare Drum Player 14: Bongos Player 15: Tom Toms Player 16: Triangle & Whip & Vibraslap & Hi-Hat Player 17: Wind Chimes & Suspended Cymbal & Tambourine & Gong Player 18: Triangle & Suspended Cymbal & Gong & Wind Chimes Player 19: Suspended Cymbal Player 20: Marching Cymbals & Gong Player 21: 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.