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Percussion Concerto

for four percussion soloists and symphony orchestra

  ·  Duration:  23m
Instrumentation:  picc333bass cl3 (3 doubling contrabassoon);4331; piano; strings. Soloist1: marimba vibraphone. Soloist 2: timapni (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.

Duration:  23m
Instrumentation  picc333bass cl3 (3 doubling...

Composer:   John Psathas

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Commissioned note

Commissioned by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra


Dedication note

To my family: Carla, Emmanuel, Anastasia and Tania.


Contents note

Three movements


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

Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk with soloists, Evelyn Glennie (mallets), Gunar Fras (Timpani), Norbet Rabanser (kit), Robert Pamner (Congas, bongos etc)

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