Udow-Tsuki Kage (StSP)-V/chromatic gongs/almglocken/P/FL/ CL/ASX/HN/TN/VN/VC

Tsuki Kage by Michael Udow is a solo for multiple percussion and chamber ensemble. The opening material of this piece is a homage representing pensiveness, hope and despair for children who have suffered and then ultimately succumbed to famine in times of drought and conflagration. These reflections then meld into varied moods based on ten haiku selected from Cricket Songs and More Cricket Songs, Japanese haiku translated by Harry Behn.

INSTRUMENTATION:

Multiple Percussion Soloist
G#3 Thi Embossed Gong
Vibraphone
Chinese Cloud Gongs (chromatic octave c-c')
Swiss Almglocken (chromatic octave e-e')
4 Piccolo Mouksho Woodblocks
1 Chinese Woodblock (actuated by a foot pedal)
Japanese Rin (cup bells - E, F, Gb, G, Ab, Bb, B, C', Db', D')
Los Alamos Rocket Nose Cone
6 low Swiss Almglocken (C, E, F, A, B, c, e)
Javanese or Thi Angklung (E, F, A, B, c, e)
1 Hawaiian Pui Ili (Bamboo Rute)
2 Handbells (c6, c#6)
3 Roto Toms (A, B, c)
2 Tom Toms (ca. 16 & 15 inch diameter)
Large (C3) Japanese Kesu (Temple Bell)

Chamber Ensemble
Flute (also plays handbell C#5)
Bb Clarinet & Bass Clarinet (also plays handbell E4)
Alto Saxophone (also plays handbell
Horn in F (also plays handbell C4)
Tenor Trombone (also plays iron pipe/brass mallets; handbell C#4)
Percussion: Crotales - 2 octaves; concert bass drum; 4 woodblocks; cast iron skillet ca. 8" diameter, 3 Chinese paigoo or Quinto, bongos - pair
Violin (also plays handbell A4)
Cello (also plays handbell F4)