Various-Summit-B

Eleven composers were commissioned to write orchestra bell solos for this book. All the compositions are for the standard range G to C. The title of the collection refers to the lofty heights of the orchestra bell range. Summit also means a conference of leaders convening around a special topic.

Sylvia Smith, editor

Roscoe Mitchell: Bells for New Orleans
Will Ogdon: A Little Suite and an Encore Tango
Stuart Saunders Smith: Over
Marta Ptaszynska: Katarynka
Barbara Monk Feldman: Glockenspiel
Lafayette Gilchrist: Breaks Through
Halim El-Dabh: Stelae of Axum
Paul Elwood: Le Splendide-Hotel et le Chaos de Glaces
Ben Johnston: Prayer
Jean-Charles Francois: To the After-Noun of a Frown
Ralph Shapey: Intermezzo