By:

• John Rimmer

Duration:

06' 00"

Instrumentation:

Tree chimes, small gong, medium gong, large gong, sizzle cymbal, vibraphone, glockenspiel, gogo bells, brake drums, cow bells, spring coils, cabasa, flexatone

Availability

• This work has a score, 2 recordings and a resource

Programme Note

Composed at the 1984 Cambridge Summer School, Clouds over Pirongia is a short delicate piece which uses a wide variety of metallic percussion instruments. The resonant sonorities were suggested by various cloud formations over nearby Mt. Pirongia.

Difficulty:

Advanced

Performance History

	07 Nov 1984	Performed by the Percussion Ensemble at Cambridge Music School.