This piece is scored for a large array of standard percussion instruments including brake drums, woodblocks, glockenspiel, cowbells, marimba, bass drum, and even muted Chinese gongs. Composed in ABA form, Miller first explores rhythmic characteristics in rapidly changing mixed meters. The middle section features marimbas in a quasi-aleatoric dialogue. The final section is a tour-de-force restatement and coda with some of the most original scoring for glockenspiel found in any work.
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Skylark Orange Circles
$33.00 – $39.00Duet for two marimbasSkylark Orange Circles is dedicated to the wonderful Japanese marimba virtuoso, Momoko Kamiya. The music is very dance-like in quality, going over and over through mostly the same sequence of harmonies while melodic variations are developed. The melodic ideas become more and more like a bird (or flute) singing as the work progresses.
Duet for two marimbasSkylark Orange Circles is dedicated to the wonderful Japanese marimba virtuoso, Momoko Kamiya. The music is very dance-like in quality, going over and over through mostly the same sequence of harmonies while melodic variations are developed. The melodic ideas become more and more like a bird (or flute) singing as the work progresses.
