Percussion music

[Pabmusic]

...Push the envelopes if you wish, though then I suppose we'd have to allow Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique!

Of course I'm pushing envelopes - what else do you expect with percussion? But everything I've suggested is regarded as core percussion repertoire. Works that feature percussion in the way that (say) violin concertos feature violins are few and far between - even a little esoteric or even eccentric. Therefore, those that are famed among percussionists for the difficulty/prominence/stretchabiltity of some aspect of the writing, over long stretches, are fair game. Surely you wouldn't argue that - say - the Schubert Octet is not an important piece in a clarinettist's repertoire, even if it's not principally for clarinet? Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto has seriously long passages throughout that amount to a duet for clarinet and side drum - a continuous feature of the work. More so, even, than the (very good) symphonic examples quoted, which tend to be impressive moments. I recall the soloist having a separate rehearsal with piano and side drum (me) before performing it.

[Dave2002]

http://open.spotify.com/track/0FDtOh6kDd2VyHnUgyYePY

http://open.spotify.com/local/Ney+Rosauro/Ney+Rosauro+In+Concert/Concerto+for+Vibraphone+and+Orchestra+-+1+Recitative/345

http://open.spotify.com/track/2NpzyyPWygau1QnfinxiQ6

http://open.spotify.com/track/25NqJB9XwbbiakUCIgwJgJ sounds a bit like Bernstein this one ....

[Black Swan]

I don't think anyone has mentioned Toru Takemitsu's 'From Me Flows What You Call Time' for percussion and orchestra. This is not only one of my favorite works by Takemitsu but a major favorite in general. There are also other works by Takemitsu for Percussion.

John

[Roehre]

Matthus: Der Wald - concerto for kettledrum and orchestra (1984)

[DublinJimbo]

Christopher Rouse: Der gerettete Alberich
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Incantations (Percussion Concerto)
Alfredo Casella: Concerto for Piano, Timpani, Percussion and Strings
William Bolcom: Dream Music No. 2 for Harpsichord and Percussion
Per Nørgård: A Light Year (for Percussion Ensemble)
Poul Ruders: Monodrama (Drama Trilogy II for Percussion and Orchestra)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Rituals for Five Percussionists and Orchestra

Eino Tamberg: Concerto Grosso op. 5 for flute, clarinet, trumpet, alto saxophone, bassoon and piano with percussion, harp, and strings.
The percussion is incidental for the most part, but really comes into its own in the final movement.

Peteris Vasks: 'Birth' for Mixed Choir and Percussion

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Morton Feldman: The King of Denmark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIyj-Ibh3NY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhNw8jSLtjg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qg-kNtW1BM

... just three of the nine performances available on youTube!

The title of the piece refers to an incident during the Second World War, when the Nazi occupiers ordered that all Jews in Denmark be forced to wear a Star of David in public. The next day, the King appeared in public, wearing a Star of David.

[Pabmusic]

I don't think anyone has mentioned Toru Takemitsu's 'From Me Flows What You Call Time' for percussion and orchestra. This is not only one of my favorite works by Takemitsu but a major favorite in general. There are also other works by Takemitsu for Percussion.

John

Yes indeed. A strange oversight - Takemitsu is a major composer for percussion works.

[Boilk]

Henry Cowell Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness October Mountain (percussion sextet)
Alan Hovhaness Khaldis (piano, 4 trumpets, percussion)
Alan Hovhaness Suite for violin, piano and percussion
Lou Harrison Suite for Percussion
Lou Harrison Fugue for Percussion
Lou Harrison Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra
Lou Harrison Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra
Daniel Jones Sonata for 3 Kettledrums
Barry Anderson Proscenium (percussionist, tape and live electronics)
James Dillon La coupure (percussionist and live electronics)

[Bryn]

Cornelius Cardew The Great Learning: Paragraph 2 (voices and drums), and of course Crash Bang Clank Music from Paragraph 5.