Commissioned jointly for Colin Currie by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. First performance on 14th May 2008 at Symphony Hall Birmingham by Colin Currie (percussion) and the City ofBirmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins.NOTE FOR PERFORMANCEIn table top the unpitched solo percussion part in the 9th movement the scoring was initially left open. The present full score showsa suggested instrumentation  which was devised by Colin Currie in conjunction with the composer. Soloists  should attempt to match the timbres used but should not feel constrained by the  exact choice ofinstruments.COMPOSER’S NOTEThe percussion instruments used in a table of noises in some ways represent the odd things that were on my great uncle Ash’s parlour table that fascinated me as a child. There is even abottle; there was always a milk bottle with the silver top pushed in surrounded by other essentials for his life. From birth he was quite severely handicapped in one of his legs and couldn’t walk too far without his trusty crutch.He kept everything he needed within arm’s length. In the list of instruments for the solo part there’s everything from deep log drum sounds to very high metallic chime sounds. Wood glass metal and a whistle. Mostlysmall-scale things with a large gong behind used sparingly. I think that we managed to keep below 30 instruments in all which I was keen to do. I didn’t want scores of things that are only played once they have to earn theirkeep. I didn’t want to use a marimba but thought that trying to make the xylophone sound in a more expressive way would be more of a challenge. The percussionist sits for much of the time on a Cajon a flamenco instrument which isessentially a wooden box. The player hits the front of the box in various ways rather as you play a conga. There are guitar strings inside and bells to add to the overall colour. I would like to thank Colin Currie for the

Premiered at the festival 'Magma Berlin 2002' by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Robertson 29th November 2002.3 Flutes 1st and 2nd also Alto Flutes in G 3rd also Piccolo3 Oboes 3rd also Cor Anglais in F3 Clarinets in Bb 3rd also Bass Clarinet in Bb3 Bassoons 3rd also Contra Bassoon4 Horn in F3 Trumpets in Bb3 Trombones1 TubaTimpani4 Percussion four playersPlayer 1 - Vibraphone Glockenspiel Water Chime Bell Tree Japanese Wood Blocks Cymbal (Suspended) TamTam (Medium)Player 2 - Triangle Tubular Bells Crotales Marimba Chinese CymbalPlayer 3 - TamTam (Large) Java Gong(Large very low) Bell Lyra (Handheld) Sizzle CymbalPlayer 4 - Bass Drum Glockenspiel Xylophone1 Harp1 Piano also CelestaStrings - 16/14/12/10/8All transposing instruments are notated in their relevant transpositions.Any accidental apply only to the note that it immediately precedes except tied notes.Naturals appear occasionally 'for safety'.'LISTENING EARTH' is a symphonic drama a one- movement composition in four parts based on the work by two writers Joseph Addison (1672-1719) and W.H.Auden (1907-1973). Joseph Addison is not particularly well known; he was English a classical scholar essayist poet and politician but one of his hymns was used by Benjamin Britten. in his setting of a Thomas Tallis canon.The hymn is singularly beautiful and being a composer always inspired by extramusical stimuli such as poems nature paintings I was immediately convinced when I carne across the Addison hymn that here was exactly what I wanted to use as my major source of inspiration for this piece commissioned by and written for The Berlin Philharmonic. I don't refer to the hymn in its entirety but have chosen the following 3 excerpts all acting as mottos for the first three sections of the piece thus turning the piece into a straightforward tonepoem in the classical

A fabulous medley to celebrate the penultimate episode in the Harry Potter journey. Remaining true to the soundtrack this piece is perfect for school orchestras.For full orchestra.Instrumentation includes Vibraphone Bells Marimba Timpani Snare Wind Chimes Hi-Hat Cymbals Bass Drum Finger Cymbals Suspended Cymbals Triangle Ride Cymbal Low Tom and Piano.

Three Scenes for Percussion and Six Instruments (2009) by Per Nørgård. Preface / Programme Note Slagtøjssolisten er den gennemgående skikkelse og hovedperson i musikkens ”tre scener”. Begrebet ”scene” kan forstås flertydigt både som det fysiske sted platformen hvor man optræder og spiller musik og drama – og som betegnelsen for defortællende forløb og afsnit i en dramatisk forestilling. Mine musikalske ”scener” udfolder sig i tre forskellige sceniskefremtrædelsesformer og ensembler. Den førstescene er præget af diskrete ogmelodiske slagtøjsinstrumenter vibrafon og marimba med modspil fra de trestrygere. I den anden scene er spotlightet på slagtøjssolisten alene vi møder hovedpersonen/solisten i en monolog fremført hovedsageligt på ”syngende sav” der skal trakteresmed den yderste mikrotonale præcision. Vi hører også solisten spille på Kalimba ligeledes et folkeligt instrument men nu med afrikansk baggrund – i modsætningtil den hjemlige gårdsangers ”musikalske sav” – et ofte hørt lydbillede frakomponistens barndom på Nørrebro. I den tredje scene er det en blæsertrio der indledningsvis spiller op til slagtøjetsforskellige kraftfulde trommer. Efter en tromme-kadence sætter alle syv musikereind sammen for første og eneste gang. Værket afsluttes med en kort slagtøjssolo. I en ”programmatisk tolkning” kan de tre scener ses som repræsenterende tretilbagevendende stadier:det indadvendt/drømmendedet udadvendt/agerendedet daglige drama mellem os alle. Per Nørgård februar 2010

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