Skoog, M.-Whispers of a Forest (S-n2)-2M

Whispers of a Forest by Martin Skoog is a piece for two marimbas based on the mood and harmonic language of the folk music the composer heard growing up in Halsingland in Sweden. The performers are encouraged to improvise and make personal adaptations in dynamics and ornamentation in performance, as appropriate to music generated by an aural tradition.

Number of players: 2
Difficulty: Intermediate

Instrumentation: Two 5 octave marimbas