related works

Arpino-ouverture : jeugd orkest, 1974 / Koos Terpstra

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra; School orchestra
Scoring: 2010 0110 2perc pf str(vl vc cb)

Triptiek : for 3 percussionists, 1999 / Jan Rokus van Roosendael

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 3perc

Speaking : for percussion sextet, 1990 / Maarten Altena

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 6perc

Music for wooden shoes : for four percussion players, 1978 / Koos Terpstra

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 4perc

composition

Snow in Kalamazoo : for 3 percussion players, 1978 / Koos Terpstra

Author(s):
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