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This work was inspired by the triptych, The Garden of Earthly Delights, painted in the 15th century by Bosch. Female voices and ten percussionists: sys. cym., wind machine, lion's roar, prepared taxi horns, bass drum, tam tam, vibraphone. college.
Number of Players: 12 or more
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:
Player I: Wind Machine
Player II: Suspended Cymbal, Lion's Roar, Taxi Horn
Player III: Suspended Cymbal, 1 Timpani, Triangle
Player IV: Suspended Cymbal, Tom-Tom, Triangle
Player V: Suspended Cymbal, Tom-Tom, Triangle
Player VI: Chinese Cymbal, Triangle
Player VII: Chinese Cymbal, Vibraphone
Player VIII: Suspended Cymbal, Wood Organ Pipe, Taxi Horn
Player IX: Bass Drum
Player X: Tam-Tam
Player XI: Female Voice (1 or more singers)
Player XII: Female Voice (1 or more singers)
Bill Cahn has been a member of the NEXUS percussion group since 1971, and was principal percussionist in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra from 1968 to 1995. Born in Philadelphia in 1946, Bill has performed with conductors, composers, ensembles, and artists representing diverse musical styles - Chet Atkins, John Cage, Aaron Copland, Chuck Mangione, Mitch Miller, Seiji Ozawa, Steve Reich, Doc Severensen, Leopold Stokowski, Igor Stravinsky, and Paul Winter. He has conducted programs with symphony orchestras, and his compositions for solo percussion, percussion ensemble and percussion with orchestra/band are widely performed. His fourth book, "Creative Music Making," on freeform improvisation was published by Routledge Books in 2005.
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