Pickering-Rhapsody Bacchanale-M

Rhapsody Bacchanale is a two mallet solo scored for 5-octave marimba. This solo is inspired by Saint-Saen's Samson et Dalila, Act III "Danse Bacchanale". This four minute work is composed around a fragmentation of the main theme of "Danse Bacchanale." The work explores a wide variety of sounds and colors available on the marimba and is written from a "drumming" perspective, containing a very rudimental approach to the instrument.