MacDonald-Marwa (SP)- Solo V/B/M/P

The title of Payton MacDonald's piece Marwa is taken from a Hindustani raga, the scale of which lacks a fifth giving it a dissonant and unsettled feeling. Although the work is structured according to the conventions of Hindustani Dhrupad, its tone and dramatic impulse is thoroughly Western.

Number of players: 7
Difficulty: Advanced

Instrumentation

Player 1: Solo vibraphone
Player 2: Glockenspiel
Player 3: Marimba (5 octave)
Player 4: 6 tom toms
Player 5: 2 triangles, bongos, snare drum
Player 6: Tambourine, 5 temple blocks, claves
Player 7: 4 suspended cymbals, tam tam, bass drum, gong (tuned to A)