Zivkovic-Quasi una Sonata (SP)-V/Alm/P/PN - Product Information
" Quasi una Sonata consists of three attacca movements, each featuring one certain instrument group. The score has been written primarily with the intension to get the best possible work percussively rather than trying to write for new sounds and instruments that have never been heard before......
Finally , free from the pressure to create the 'new & unheard', composers can primarily compose music. The challenge is in the fine nuances, in the atmospheric or energetic mood that can be reached and colorfully painted especially with the vast array of different percussion instruments. Yet even now I pledge for reduction, to get the largest possible output from the smallest possible instrumentarium.
At the end- is it a sonata or not? Well, quasi. Enjoy"
-NJZ
Commissioned and premiered in London by Evelyn Glenie and Emanuel Ax, energetic and also atmospheric music using interesting set-up.
Number of Players: 1
Level of Difficulty: Grade 4+
Instrumentation:
Shared Bass Drum
Player I: Bass Drum, 5 roto-toms, 2 plastic woodblocks, 2 ribbon crashers, 1 crash cym, 12 in China Cym, Cymbal Tree, Zillbell, 3 Temple Bowls, 1 China Gong, 1 Thunder Sheet, Octave of Almglocken, Vibraphone
Hailed by the critics as one of the most unique and expressive artists in the field today, a composing virtuoso Zivkovic is recognized as one of the worlds top marimba and percussion soloists. He embodies a very rare tradition: the tradition the composer and virtuoso in one person, which was common in the 19th century among famous concert artists.
Zivkovic completed his master's degrees in composition, music theory and percussion in Mannheim and Stuttgart, Germany. He tours extensively throughout Europe, and performs frequently in the USA, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Latin America, Russia and Scandinavian countries. As a soloist, mostly with his own Marimba concertos, Zivkovic played among other with Stuttgart Philharmonic, Munich Symphonic, Bochum Phiharmonic, Austrian Chamber Symphony, Hannover Radio Symphony, Bielefeld Philharmonic, Belgrade Philharmonic, National Orchestra of Costa Rica, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (Finland) Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, to name a few.
Finally , free from the pressure to create the 'new & unheard', composers can primarily compose music. The challenge is in the fine nuances, in the atmospheric or energetic mood that can be reached and colorfully painted especially with the vast array of different percussion instruments. Yet even now I pledge for reduction, to get the largest possible output from the smallest possible instrumentarium.
At the end- is it a sonata or not? Well, quasi. Enjoy"
-NJZ
Commissioned and premiered in London by Evelyn Glenie and Emanuel Ax, energetic and also atmospheric music using interesting set-up.
Number of Players: 1
Level of Difficulty: Grade 4+
Instrumentation:
Shared Bass Drum
Hailed by the critics as one of the most unique and expressive artists in the field today, a composing virtuoso Zivkovic is recognized as one of the worlds top marimba and percussion soloists. He embodies a very rare tradition: the tradition the composer and virtuoso in one person, which was common in the 19th century among famous concert artists.
Zivkovic completed his master's degrees in composition, music theory and percussion in Mannheim and Stuttgart, Germany. He tours extensively throughout Europe, and performs frequently in the USA, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Latin America, Russia and Scandinavian countries. As a soloist, mostly with his own Marimba concertos, Zivkovic played among other with Stuttgart Philharmonic, Munich Symphonic, Bochum Phiharmonic, Austrian Chamber Symphony, Hannover Radio Symphony, Bielefeld Philharmonic, Belgrade Philharmonic, National Orchestra of Costa Rica, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (Finland) Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, to name a few.
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