Keiko Abe - PRISM RHAPSODY FOR MARIMBA and ORCHESTRA

pgiampi1 · Post by **pgiampi1** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:18 pm

i heard it recently here at ithaca college...one of gordon stout's masters students performed it with the orchestra. i don't remember much except that it gets rather intense...tuba-wise there were one or two licks that seemed somewhat involved but otherwise there was nothing that jumped out at me.

enjoyable piece in my opinion - and the soloist played the hell out of it. have fun.

pgiampi1 · Post by **pgiampi1** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:38 pm

it requires six malletts at times, its got three different sections (i think) and its just sort of nuts. but i think just about all marimba music is like that anyway. so i guess i don't remember much about it after all!

hnoyes · Post by **hnoyes** » Mon May 01, 2006 8:58 pm

The UGA Symphony performed the work last year - similiar situation, we got the parts the week of the concert. Its is a great piece, nothing in the tuba part was scary or exposed, be ready to count and watch. I remember that it was the most successful work on the concert - so it couldn't have been that hard of an orchestra part.

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