composer

Terpstra, Koos

related works

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

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Instruments: 3perc

Cadenza : per timpani, 1979, (revisione 1980) / Enrique Raxach

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Instruments: timp

The warrior with no fear : (Three episodes from 'Noises in the night'), for percussion quintet, 2001, opus 14a / Marijn Simons

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
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Om mij mijzelf met mij aanmezelf en mezelf en mijn eigen / Jan van de Putte

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Instruments: timp

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