related works

Pluri-interpretable : for a flute-player and a percussionist, (1972) / Koos Terpstra

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl(pic fl-a) perc

Drawing Waves : for percussion quartet / Celia Swart

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: perc

Back to square one : for two percussionists, 1990 / Jan Bus

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 2perc

Rotations : for 6 percussion-players, 1979, revision 2003 / Ernst Oosterveld

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 6perc

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