related works

Three Affects : for traverso, baroque violin, baroque viola, baroque cello and harpsichord / Brendan Faegre

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: traverso vln vla vc cemb

Edges : for solo percussion with amplified Plexiphone and electronics; Super 8 projector, oscillator or Super 8 projector audio samples / Christina Viola Oorebeek

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: perc

Solo for percussion : 1997 / Michel van der Aa

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: perc

At the party : for percussion quartet / Srđan Dedić

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 4perc

composition

Circles: sacrament : for percussion trio / Brendan Faegre

Author(s):
Faegre, Brendan (Composer)
Description:
At the core of effective percussion performance in all musical traditions is a strong sense of theater and choreography. In Circles: sacrament I elevate this theatrical tendency to a key ingredient in the piece; the aural and visual domains unite as actions in one realm lead to results in the other. Clockwise circles produce ascending lines, reversals of direction produce retrograded musical ideas, and the production of a certain sound necessitates specific motion. From the aural perspective, all of the musical materials in this piece are generated from the sound of an ascending Opera Gong with a “sizzle” chain attached. From the theatrical perspective, ritualistic percussion movements are developed into a full-blown ceremony. Engage both ears and eyes; allow the performers to draw you into their world.