composer
related works
Arpino-ouverture : jeugd orkest, 1974 / Koos Terpstra
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra; School Orchestra
Instruments:
2010 0110 2perc pf str(vl vc cb)
Speaking : for percussion sextet, 1990 / Maarten Altena
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Instruments:
6perc
Shift : for 3 percussionists, 1996 / Ron Ford
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Instruments:
3perc
Fraktur : voor vijf slagwerkers, 1982 / Ivo van Emmerik
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Instruments:
5perc
composition
Snow in Kalamazoo : for 3 percussion players, 1978 / Koos Terpstra
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