Jarre-Le premier jour du printemps (SP-6)-7T/B/X/2M/2V/P

Le Premier Jour du Printemps (The First Day of Spring) by Maurice Jarre for percussion sextet. Spring's arrival is always a bit magic. The slumbering earth gently awakens, trees sprout buds, flowers surge forth, bird songs become more melodious, poplar leaves at the wind's command shiver once again like butterflies, herds and flocks climb back to their lofty pastures and everything seems slowly to revive, throbbing to an ostinato rhythm that invites all of nature to join in an ever more frenetic round-dance. It's precisely these impressions that are the inspiration behind this piece, which was written for the Percussionisti della Scala of Milan.

Instrumentation:
7 Timpani
2 Marimbas
2 Vibraphones
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Snare Drum
5 Tom-toms
Pedal Bass Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Bongos
Congas
Crash Cymbals
Gong
Rattle
Thunder Sheet
Crotales
3 Woodblocks
Cowbell