Concerto for Marimba, Percussion & Synthesizers

Marimba Feature

Written for marimbist Michael Burritt, this virtuosic three-movement work is a first-rate piece of music. The solo marimba part is virtuosic and challenging. The electronics weave in and out of the solo and ensemble texture, sometimes providing a nice sustained, choral backdrop, sometimes providing an in-your-face back beat.

Program Notes

Written for marimbist Michael Burritt, this virtuosic three-movement work is a first-rate piece of music. The solo marimba part is extremely virtuosic and challenging. The electronics weave in and out of the solo and ensemble texture, sometimes providing a nice sustained, choral backdrop, sometimes providing an in-your-face back beat (as in Rokit!). You can hear a recording of "Concerto" on Daniel McCarthy's CD "Song of Middle Earth" (also available from C. Alan).

Grade Level: 4
Copyright: 1994
Number of Players: 6 + Solo Marimba & CD
Duration: 12:30
Type: Septet; With Soloist

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Instrumentation

Solo Marimba (5 octaves)
Mallet 1 (5-oct marimba)
Mallet 2 (5-oct marimba, vibraphone)
Timpani (5 drums)
Percussion 1 (6 roto-toms, temple blocks, log drum [6 pitches], suspended cymbal, snare drum, timbales)
Percussion 2 (agogo bell, bamboo wind chimes, bell tree, bass drum, bongos, castanets, slapstick, snare drum, suspended cymbal, medium tam-tam, medium temple block, water gong, woodblock)
Percussion 3 (afuche or cabasa, bass drum, 2 congas, gliss gong, high and low temple blocks, large tam-tam, large woodblock, rainstick, suspended cymbal, slapstick/whip, snare drum)
CD Accompaniment