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Marimba Concerto

Marimba Concerto

Train.Island.Train

Concerto Accademico

Nightlife

Percussion and Piano

Alexis Alrich

Marimba Concerto ALTOP056

Alexis Alrich's Marimba Concerto was performed by Dame Evelyn Glennie and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong in 2009 and recorded in 2013.

Instrumentation:
Marimba (five octave)
Piano

Price: £26.95

David Danford

Marimba Concerto ALTOP057

David Danford's Marimba Concerto was commissioned by the Japanese born percussion soloist Yasuaki Fukuhara in October 2013. The brass band version was recorded by the Leyland Band in April 2014.

Instrumentation:
Marimba (five octave)
Piano

Duration: 15 minutes

Price: £14.95

Andrew Keeling

Train.Island.Train ALTOP015

A set of three linked pieces for marimba and piano, written for David Danford and Nicola Rose in 2008.

Instrumentation:
Marimba (five octave)
Piano

Duration: 13 minutes

Score Sample

Price: £19.95

Eilir Owen Griffiths

Emoticons of Time: Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra ALTOP031

Emoticons of Time is a five-movement percussion concerto. It was commissioned by British percussionist David Danford and premiered with Welsh Sinfonia in March 2010.

Solo instrumentation:
Marimba
Vibraphone
4 Toms
Pedal Bass Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Mark Tree
Glass Chimes
2 Wood Blocks

Duration: 15 minutes

Score Sample

Price: £24.95 (Solo Percussion part with Piano Reduction)

6.17pm - Pam? from Emoticons of Time ALTOP032

6.17pm - Pam? is a concert piece for marimba and piano adapted from Emoticons of Time. This version was premiered by David Danford (marimba) and Nicola Rose (piano) during a recital at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in April 2010.

Instrumentation:
Marimba and Piano

Duration: 3 minutes

Score Sample

Price: £9.95

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Concerto Accademico (Piano Reduction) ALTOP023

Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote Concerto Accademico between 1924 and 1925. It was originally written for violin and string orchestra and is dedicated to the soloist who gave the premiere performance, Jelly d'Aranyi. The concerto is in traditional three-movement form and features a driving, rhythmic first movement followed by a rich, poetic slow movement. The final movement takes the form of a lively jig, borrowed from Vaughan Williams' opera Hugh the Drover.

In 2005 David Danford arranged the concerto for marimba and vibraphone. He gave the first full performance with piano at Oystermouth Music Festival in June 2006 and the orchestral premiere with the RNCM String Orchestra in February 2008.

Instrumentation:
Marimba
Vibraphone
Piano

Despite being scored for performance on a five-octave marimba (and three-octave vibraphone), the majority of the concerto can be performed on a 4 1/3 octave instrument. Simply omit the low D at the Presto in Movement I and the lower octave in the final six bars of Movement III.

Duration: 17 minutes

Score Sample

Price: £19.95

Gareth Wood

Nightlife ALTOP005

An exciting three-movement sonata for marimba and piano. Each of the three movements depicts a different nocturnal mood. The style is similar to Gareth Wood's popular works for wind orchestra and brass band with melodic phrases and rhythmic intricacies.

Nightlife was premiered by David Danford (marimba) and Nicola Rose (piano) at the 2008 RNCM Day of Percussion.

Instrumentation:
Marimba (five octave)
Piano

Duration: 13 minutes

Score Sample

Price: £19.95