concerto for percussion and orchestra
(2006)
Score .
EIGENTUM DES VERLEGERS ALLE RECHTE VORBEHALTEN ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
2 flutes (flute 2 also piccolo flute)
2 oboes (oboe 2 also english horn)
2 clarinets in Bb (clarinet 2 also bass clarinet in Bb )
2 bassoons
2 horns in F
2 trumpets in Bb
Percussion 1 :
Percussion 2 :
NOTE! Do not stop resonating percussion instruments
Pianoforte (one drumstick and two thick, soft mallets - Gran cassa or Tam - required)
Solo percussion
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Doublebass (sounds one octave below except for harmonics in treble clef which sound as written)
≠ – = as pitchless as possible; in soft dynamics stop the string between harmonic nodes in loud dynamics play with exaggerated bow pressure
General = glissando = gradual shift from one thing to another (vibrato to senza vibrato for example)
Commissioned by Västerås Sinfonietta with support from the Swedish Concert Institute
First performed 2006-03-15 by Mika Takehara and the Västerås Sinfonietta conducted by Hannu Koivula
Duration ≈ 20 minutes