Kaija Saariaho: Trois Rivieres: Percussion: Parts

Delta (Solo Percussion)-Work for Solo Percussion and Electronics.As the title suggests Trois rivières is divided into three separate sections. The first part introduces all the instrumental colours used in the piece. The rhythmic aspect ishere nearly eliminated giving room for the timbral scales colours resonances attacks and textures to come to the fore. The instruments come from all members of the percussion family but unpitched instruments are given aprimary role.