composer

Terpstra, Koos

related works

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

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 4perc

Scrape, scratch & shake : for percussion ensemble / Maarten Altena, 2007

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 6perc

Edges : for solo percussion with amplified Plexiphone and electronics; Super 8 projector, oscillator or Super 8 projector audio samples / Christina Viola Oorebeek

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: perc

Barracuda solo : for percussion solo / JacobTV Jacob Ter Veldhuis , 2009

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: perc-solo

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