related works
Mimesis : for instrumental quintet and chamber orchestra, 1974 / Koos Terpstra
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Scoring:
0000 sax-s 1230 3perc g-b 7saw-blades 6vl 2vla 2vc cb 3fl-ob-cl-solo
Shift : for 3 percussionists, 1996 / Ron Ford
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
3perc
Fen in the woods : for percussion (one player), 1977 / Willem de Vries Robbé
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
perc
GAKA : for 9 players / Maxim Shalygin
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
9taiko
composition
Snow in Kalamazoo : for 3 percussion players, 1978 / Koos Terpstra
Other authors:
Terpstra, Koos
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): This piece is the consequence of an experience I had during a United States concert tour with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Through the application of demisemiquaver notes I have tried to model the piece in an impressionistic way. The main theme, exposed in the first measure in the marimba, dominates the whole work. A continuous rhythmic counterpoint is supplied by the congas, and the woodblocks accentuate the irregular timings. The restfulness and the general impressionistic atmosphere are suggested by the small gong. There has to be a perfect dynamic balance between all the instruments, of which no one should dominate the others. - KOOS TERPSTRA