Zwilich-Rituals (StS)-B/V/Tuned gongs/Orch.

Rituals, by Ellen Taafe Zwilich, was composed in for Nexus and makes use of their extensive collection of percussion instruments. The work is in four parts, "each issuing from a ritual associated with percussion, but with the orchestral interaction providing an essential element in the musical form." (E.T.Z.)

I. Invocation
II. Ambulation
III. Remembrances
IV. Contests

Instrumentation

Player 1: 2 tuned Thai gongs, 6 tuned button gongs, 12 tuned Chinese opera gongs, melodian, 5 boobams, scored gourd, cymbal
Player 2: 2 woodblocks, glockenspiel, small bass drum, 7 drums, 4 tom toms, mounted contrabass castanets, piccolo snare drum, 2 bongos, cymbal, large Chinese cymbal
Player 3: 2 crotales, 2 iron bells, 4 balinese cymbals, 2 tuned Tibetan cymbals, 2 tuned piccolo woodblocks, bowed cymbal, bass drum, medium woodblock, tenor drum, 3 cymbals
Player 4: Japanese temple bowl, 5 tuned Tibetan cymbals, 2 tuned Japanese ring-finger bells, vibraphone, large bass drum, 7 drums, 4 jambes, cajon, 2 congas, cymbal
Player 5: 4 tuned button gongs, 2 Balinese Trompong gongs, 4 tuned temple blocks, 5 tuned woodblocks, tamtam, splash cymbal, cowbell