PENTECOST Don Freund (1980)
Instrumentation: Soprano voice (also plays tambourine, hand drum, tam-tam, finger cymbals, triangle, and castanets) Flute (doubles on piccolo and alto flute) Trombone Viola Percussion (see instrumentation below) Piano Duration: ca. 10 minutes
PENTECOST creates a sonic carnival, a neo-medieval celebration of the coming of the Holy Ghost. A panoply of styles parades through the piece, mixing Ars Antiqua-inspired tunes and textures with contemporary sounds, pitting dark, unearthly moans against the brightness and brilliance of the Spirit. The Latin text is drawn from the traditional Sequence, Hymn, and Mass Propers for the Feast of Pentecost, somewhat broken-up and sensationalized.
Percussion instrumentation:
÷ œJ
Triangle
Percussion
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2 Bongos
œ J
Cowbell
Log Drum
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2 Timbales
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2 Suspended Cymbals
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3 Tom - Toms
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œ Bass Drum
j œ
j œ
Brake Drum
Glockenspiel
(sounds 2 8ves higher)
&
j œ
Tam - Tam
Vibraphone