{"product_id":"brostrom-arena-piano-reduction","title":"Brostrom-Arena (Percussion Concerto No. 1) PIANO REDUCTION (SP)-M\/P\/PN","description":"Written in 2004 with an inner eye on the percussion soloist and Swedish Soloist Prize winner Johan Bridger, to whom the piece was dedicated and who eventually gave its original première during a concert with Malmo Symphony Orchestra and conductor Christoph Konig on 6 May 2004.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe concerto comprises two movements, each of which is divided up into clerarly distinct sections. Brostrom uses a large array of percussion instruments placed in three separate stations, and it is when the soloist moves from one station to the other that the image is evoked of the arena that has lent the work its name. In that each station possesses its own arrangement of instruments, the different sections of the concerto have their own unique sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first movement opens as a burst of extreme violence, with the soloist's percussion rig placed at the back, raised between the orchestral percussion section and the timpani. The thematic material is thus presented and the movement gradually comes to an end stage-front in the second station, which includes a waterphone, a brass instrument comprising rods of different lengths that are played with a bow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lengthy section of the second movement's opening is dominated by the third station's marimba (which is placed on the other side of the podium's front), played with great virtuosity before the soloist returns to the percussion combo of the first station, ushered there by additional percussionists in an explosion of pyrotechnics. The solo percussionist emerges from the orchestra's percussion section to eventually take over and launch into the solo cadence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber of players: 2 (or 1+orch)\u003cbr\u003eDifficulty: Advanced\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstrumentation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlayer 1: Marimba (5 octaves), 5 woodblocks, cowbell, tam tam, 2 metal pipes, opera gong, \"thunder metal tongue\", suspended cymbal, splash cymbal, 4 octobans, 2 bongos, hi hait kick drum, 4 tom toms, piccolo snare drum\u003cbr\u003ePlayer 2: Piano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrchestral material available on hire - mail@editionsvitzer.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrchestra:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 Flutes, Flute II doubling Piccolo Flute\u003cbr\u003e2 Oboes\u003cbr\u003e2 Clarinets in Bb, Clarinet II doubling Bass Clarinet\u003cbr\u003e2 Bassoons, Bassoon II doubling Contra Bassoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Horn in F\u003cbr\u003e3 Trumpets in C\u003cbr\u003e2 Trombones\u003cbr\u003eBass Trombone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 Percussion\u003cbr\u003eTimpani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarp\u003cbr\u003ePiano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSolo Percussion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrings","brand":"Steve Weiss Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43804123594806,"sku":"BROSTROMARENACTO","price":65.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/3055\/1350\/files\/brostrom-arena-percussion-concerto-no-1-piano-reduction-sp-m-p-pn.jpg?v=1773502736","url":"https:\/\/www.steveweissmusic.com\/products\/brostrom-arena-piano-reduction","provider":"Steve Weiss Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}