Cahn-Walk in the Garden of Earthly Delights, A

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.