Macdonald-Rudra (SP)-P (original edition)

Rudra was composed by Payton MacDonald while he was studying Dhrupad in Bhopal, India. The title comes from the Vedic God Rudra, the god of the roaring storm, a fierce entity of destruction. A principal motive is given in the first few measures, then is varied through use of a variety of compositional devices such as augmentation, diminution, Fibonacci series, canonic relations and other techniques.

Number of players: 4
Difficulty: Intermediate

Instrumentation

Player 1: Bongos, small cymbal
Player 2: Snare Drum, medium cymbal
Player 3: 2 tom toms, large cymbal
Player 4: Bass drum, tam tam, large cymbal