Quadruple Percussion Concerto

There is very little remaining information about this piece. It was my first NZSO commission. Premiered in 1998 at the MFC in Wellington and dedicated to my family: Carla, Emmanuel, Anastasia and Tania. It was then performed once more in Austria at the Klangspuren Festival in 2001. I flew to Austria with my son Emanuel (who was 5 at the time). On our return journey we  were in a hotel room in transit in Singapore watching the attack on the twin towers in New York in real time……

Performance history

12 Jul 1997: Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra cond. Jerzy Maksymiuk, Evelyn Glennie (principal percussionist); Aotea Centre, Auckland

07 Sep 2001: European premiere performed by Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck conducted by Georg Schmöhe with percussion soloists, Evelyn Glennie, Gunnar Fras, Robert Pammer and Norbert Rabanser

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Full Instrumentation

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Soloist 1: marimba vibraphone.

Soloist 2: timpani (4), triangle, tubular bells.

Soloist 3: drum kit (3 toms, snare, hi-hat, 3 cymbals).

Soloist 4: bongos (2), conga (1), glockenspiel, crotales, bass drum.

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3 Flutes (dbl pic)
3 Oboes
3 Clarinets (3 dbl Bass Clarinet)
3 Bassoons (3 dble contrabassoon)

4 Horns
3 Trumpets
3 Trombones
Tuba

Piano

Strings

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Resources

RESEARCHERS: EXPLORE QUADRUPLE PERCUSSION CONCERTO AT THE ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY