Différentes Activités – Jean-Luc Rimey-Meille

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Concerto for string orchestra and percussion.

Full score and separate parts available for download.

Description

Différentes Activités – Jean-Luc Rimey-Meille

Concerto for string orchestra and percussion.

Full score and separate parts available for download.

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The starting point of this piece is to mix different musical aesthetics which are dear to me like jazz, some music of composers of the XXth century, or some rock & jazz music (B.Bartok, S Reich, F.Zappa, P.Metheny, J.Cage, King Crimson …), je souhaitais lui donner une architecture qui ne soit pas la forme traditionnelle du concerto mais qui permette de faire se rencontrer plusieurs combinaisons sonores.

The constitution of the orchestra is unusual (13 strings and 2 percussionists) and I had fun equipping the soloist’s instrumentarium, besides the vibraphone and the numerous drums and cymbals, with some sound objects not coming from the traditional percussion instruments (cans, salad bowl filled with water, calabashes, muffled gongs…).

This gives a particular result which sounds original but which corresponds well to the idea I had at the beginning of this type of meeting.

The piece is constructed in the overall form of 3 movements interspersed with small snare drum pieces played by the soloist that appeal to a certain form of derision sometimes found in modern musical theater.

The general style remains rather rhythmic and syncopated and the great difficulty lies in the setting up of all these somewhat satellite elements in order not to sink into an inventory of instrumental and sound possibilities.

Additional information

Delivery

Digital sheet music for immediate download

Difficulty

Duration

15-20 mn

Formation

Concerto, Orchestra

Instrument

Multipercussion, Orchestra

Brand

Editions Francois Dhalmann

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