Hummel-Quattro Pezzi-V/Cro./P - Product Information
The Quattro Pezzi were composed for Peter Sadlo in 1990.
A whole variety of percussion instruments is grouped around the solo instrument, the vibraphone.
In the Prologue (I), mainly vibraphone and metal sounds determine the various tonal characters and "invocative gestures".
The Allegro con brio (II) provides a toccata-like framework for drum-head, wooden and metal sounds and features 2 vibraphone solo passages; a melody reminiscent of jazz music and backed by a "stubborn" ostinato figure attracts the listener's particular attention.
A la Sarabande (III): A fantasy based on a sarabande rhythm and consisting of several parts gives the player an opportunity to fully explore the vibraphone 's tonal possibilities.
Vivace (IV):A march episode forms the core of this virulent-virtuoso finale movement- sometimes grotesquely alienated, sometimes containing a hymnic interpretation. After the movement's beginning has been repeated in the form of a Variation, the coda briefly quotes a sequence of notes from the prologue; finally, a stretta provides an effective conclusion to the work.
-Bertold Hummel
Number of players: 1
Difficulty: Advanced
Instrumentation: Vibraphone, snare drum, 2 bongos, 2 tom-toms, bass-drum, tambourine, 2 wood drums, 5 log drums, 5 temple blocks, 4 suspended cymbals, sizzle cymbal, gong, tam-tam, 2 crotales, Chinese opera gong (with up glissando), triangle, 2 cowbells, vibraslap
A whole variety of percussion instruments is grouped around the solo instrument, the vibraphone.
In the Prologue (I), mainly vibraphone and metal sounds determine the various tonal characters and "invocative gestures".
The Allegro con brio (II) provides a toccata-like framework for drum-head, wooden and metal sounds and features 2 vibraphone solo passages; a melody reminiscent of jazz music and backed by a "stubborn" ostinato figure attracts the listener's particular attention.
A la Sarabande (III): A fantasy based on a sarabande rhythm and consisting of several parts gives the player an opportunity to fully explore the vibraphone 's tonal possibilities.
Vivace (IV):A march episode forms the core of this virulent-virtuoso finale movement- sometimes grotesquely alienated, sometimes containing a hymnic interpretation. After the movement's beginning has been repeated in the form of a Variation, the coda briefly quotes a sequence of notes from the prologue; finally, a stretta provides an effective conclusion to the work.
-Bertold Hummel
Number of players: 1
Difficulty: Advanced
Instrumentation: Vibraphone, snare drum, 2 bongos, 2 tom-toms, bass-drum, tambourine, 2 wood drums, 5 log drums, 5 temple blocks, 4 suspended cymbals, sizzle cymbal, gong, tam-tam, 2 crotales, Chinese opera gong (with up glissando), triangle, 2 cowbells, vibraslap
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