PROMETHEAN EDITIONS 2013 Percussion Music Catalogue
PROMETHEAN EDITIONS is synonymous with
Adding to the repertoire of university percussion
percussion music, we specialise in cutting-edge
studios and professional groups are our recently
works for percussion. Several works are now
published works for ensembles, including quintets
established as standard percussion repertoire,
Pukul by Farr (PE096) and Kyoto by Psathas (PE174).
including Kembang Suling (PE001) for flute and
We also have available a selection of works
marimba by Gareth Farr, and works first made
suitable for elementary and intermediate level
famous by percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie,
performers. Among them are Farr’s Little Sea
John Psathas’s Matre’s Dance (PE027) for percussion
Gongs (PE079) for percussion quartet and
and piano, and Drum Dances (PE008) for drum kit
Nostalgia (PE154) for vibraphone by Vincent Ho.
and piano.
Keep an eye out for more of our exciting new
Also becoming favourites are our innovative new
releases this year: Modulations (PE118) by Christos
works for percussion and digital audio. Included is
Hatzis, Ukare Funk (PE129) and Tubes (PE130) by
the adrenaline-fuelled solo work One Study One
Gareth Farr.
Summary (PE087) for marimba, junk percussion and digital audio by Psathas, and the evocative Fertility Rites (PE101) for marimba and digital audio by Christos Hatzis – a work that features haunting and captivating sounds of Inuit throat-singing.
Published Works for Percussion Percussive Arts Society rating
Academic Level
ABRSM / Trinity grade comparison
Elementary (grade I-II)
Junior High School / Intermediate (11-14 years old)
Grade III-IV
Intermediate (grade III-IV)
Advanced High School / Secondary School (14-17 years old)
Grade V-VIII
Advanced-Difficult (grade V-VI+)
Undergraduate & above (18 years old +)
Diploma and above
Elementary Level – Suitable for Novice Percussion Ensembles (*Rated by the Percussive Arts Society as Grade II) Code
Composer
Title
Dur.
pp
ISMN
Format
PE010S
Gareth Farr
PE010P
Price
Volume Pig (Percussion Quartet)*
11:30
27
979-0-67452-086-7
Score
NZ$44.00
Gareth Farr
Volume Pig (Percussion Quartet)*
11:30
29
979-0-67452-087-4
Parts
NZ$60.00
PE079S
Gareth Farr
Little Sea Gongs (Percussion Quartet)*
3:00
5
979-0-67452-084-3
Score
NZ$29.00
PE079P
Gareth Farr
Little Sea Gongs (Percussion Quartet)*
3:00
8
979-0-67452-085-0
Parts
NZ$45.00
Intermediate Level – Suitable for Advanced Secondary Students (*Rated by the Percussive Arts Society as Grade III) Code
Composer
Title
Dur.
pp
ISMN
Format
Price
PE092
Gareth Farr
Three Etudes (Marimba)
8:00
11
979-0-67452-114-7
Perf. Score
NZ$26.00
PE094
Gareth Farr
Duggan Theme (Flute & Marimba)
1:45
10
979-0-67452-133-8
Score and Part
NZ$32.00
PE095
Gareth Farr
Three Little Pieces for Eve (Piano & Percussion)
6:00
13
979-0-64752-144-4
Score and Part
NZ$39.00
PE154
Vincent Ho
Nostalgia (Vibraphone)
5:45
9
979-0-67452-142-0
Score and Part
NZ$39.00
PE076
John Psathas
Fragment (Vibraphone & Piano)*
3:00
3
979-0-67452-089-9
Score and Part
NZ$21.00
PE089
John Psathas
Fragment (Vibraphone & Marimba)
3:00
9
979-0-67452-115-4
Score and Part
NZ$27.00
Advanced Level – Suitable for Undergraduate Students & Professionals (*Rated by the Percussive Arts Society as Grade V+) Code
Composer
Title
Dur.
pp
ISMN
Format
PE001
Gareth Farr
PE026S
Price
Kembang Suling (Flute & Marimba)
10:00
22
979-0-67452-081-2
Score and Part
NZ$42.00
Gareth Farr
Kendhang Kalih (Percussion Duet)*
7:00
12
979-0-67452-082-9
Score
NZ$26.00
PE026P
Gareth Farr
Kendhang Kalih (Percussion Duet)*
7:00
7
979-0-67452-083-6
2 Parts
NZ$40.00
PE037
Gareth Farr
Tuatara (Percussion & Piano)*
9:00
30
979-0-67452-099-7
Score and Part
NZ$47.00
PE063
Gareth Farr
Spook (Marimba)*
10:00
26
979-0-67452-097-3
Perf. Score
NZ$44.00
PE064
Gareth Farr
Tangaroa (Marimba)*
10:00
22
979-0-67452-098-0
Perf. Score
NZ$40.00
Promethean Editions Limited • PO Box 10-143, Wellington, New Zealand • P +64 4 473 5033 • F +64 4 473 5066 • info@promethean-editions.com Publication and Promotion of New Music Gareth Farr, Christos Hatzis, Vincent Ho, John Psathas Publishers of New Editions of Bartok, Lilburn, Pruden, Vaughan Williams
www.promethean-editions.com
Code
Composer
Title
Dur.
pp
ISMN
Format
PE083
Gareth Farr
PE096S
Price
Dialogue (Vibraphone & Marimba)*
10:00
24
979-0-67452-113-0
Score and Parts
NZ$45.00
Gareth Farr
Pukul (Percussion Quintet)
8:45
28
979-0-67452-146-8
Score
NZ$44.00
PE096P
Gareth Farr
Pukul (Percussion Quintet)
8:45
28
979-0-67452-147-5
Parts
NZ$75.00
PE101
Christos Hatzis
Fertility Rites (Marimba & Digital Audio)*
13:30
31
979-0-67452-104-8
Score, Part & CD
NZ$57.00
PE103
Christos Hatzis
Arctic Dreams 1 (Flute, Vibraphone & Digital Audio)*
6:45
28
979-0-67452-106-2
Score, Parts & CD
NZ$52.00
PE108
Christos Hatzis
In the Fire of Conflict (Solo Percussion with Digital Audio)*
10:00
37
979-0-67452-116-1
Score, Part & CD
NZ$67.00
PE008
John Psathas
Drum Dances (Drum Kit & Piano)
9:30
40
979-0-67452-088-1
Score and Part
NZ$58.00
PE009
John Psathas
Happy Tachyons (Marimba, Vibraphone & Piano)*
7:45
29
979-0-67452-090-4
Score and Part
NZ$51.00
PE019
John Psathas
Spike (Marimba, Vibraphone & Piano)
8:30
27
979-0-67452-092-8
Score and Part
NZ$47.00
PE027
John Psathas
Matre’s Dance (Percussion & Piano)*
9:45
27
979-67452-091-1
Score and Part
NZ$46.00
PE087
John Psathas
One Study One Summary (Marimba, with Junk Perc. & Digital Audio)*
12:00
47
979-0-67452-111-6
Score, Parts & CD
NZ$70.00
PE088
John Psathas
Ukiyo (Vibraphone, Marimba & Digital Audio)
9:45
26
979-0-67452-107-9
Score, Parts & CDs
NZ$56.00
PE172
John Psathas
Planet Damnation (Timpani with Digital Audio)
10:00
16
979-0-67452-140-6
Score, Part & CD
NZ$42.00
PE174S
John Psathas
Kyoto (Percussion Quintet)
8:00
30
979-0-67452-148-2
Score
NZ$44.00
PE174P
John Psathas
Kyoto (Percussion Quintet)
8:00
42
979-0-67452-149-9
Parts
NZ$75.00
PE012
Gary Wain
Paganini Variations (Marimba)
8:00
11
979-0-67452-093-5
Perf. Score
NZ$26.00
PE013S
Gary Wain
Seven Steps (Marimba Trio)
6:00
19
979-0-67452-094-2
Score
NZ$35.00
PE013P
Gary Wain
Seven Steps (Marimba Trio)
6:00
16
979-0-67452-095-9
Parts
NZ$60.00
All prices are listed in New Zealand dollars and exclusive of GST
Upcoming releases for 2013 Farr: Ukare Funk (Percussion Quartet), Dur. 6:30 Ukare Funk (2008) is an innovative multi-percussion work inspired by Japanese taiko drumming. “Ukare” is a Japanese musical term for a swung or compound beat, and also means “letting go” or “throwing caution to the wind.” This perfectly captures the essence of the work as it explores different ways of finding syncopation within a compound beat and incorporates exciting cross-rhythms. Farr: Tubes (Percussion Quartet), Dur. 7:00 Tubes (2008) for four pieces of aluminium pipe is inspired by Balinese interlocking techniques. It is innovative by exploring a wide variety of sounds made with minimal materials. The work is challenging and enables performers to demonstrate skills in ensemble unity.
Hatzis: Modulations (Percussion Quartet), Dur. 21:00 Modulations (2011) for two vibraphones and two fiveoctave marimbas is an exciting work that combines metric modulation with minimalism. It contains intriguing “DJlike” shifts of harmony and beats, which is challenging and shows off the ensemble skills of the performers. It was written for and first performed by TorQ Percussion Quartet (Toronto, Canada) and has since been performed by the Eastman School of Music Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Michael Burritt.
Promethean Editions Limited • PO Box 10-143, Wellington, New Zealand • P +64 4 473 5033 • F +64 4 473 5066 • info@promethean-editions.com Publication and Promotion of New Music Gareth Farr, Christos Hatzis, Vincent Ho, John Psathas Publishers of New Editions of Bartok, Lilburn, Pruden, Vaughan Williams
www.promethean-editions.com
Composer Profiles GARETH FARR is one of New Zealand’s leading composers. His music is particularly influenced by his extensive study of percussion music throughout the Pacific Rim, including Rarotangan log drum ensembles and Indonesian gamelan. Farr has written extensively for percussion. His work Kembang Suling (1995) for flute and marimba is now a standard in percussion repertoire. Among his career highlights was writing his percussion concerto Hikoi (2000) for Dame Evelyn Glennie, who premiered the work at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. CHRISTOS HATZIS is well known in Canada and internationally for his works. His music is inspired by protoChristian spirituality, his own Byzantine music heritage, world cultures and various non-classical music genres such as jazz, pop and world music. Among his works for percussion is the highly regarded Fertility Rites (1997) for marimba and digital audio, which was inspired and incorporates the music of the Inuit, Canada’s arctic inhabitants. He has been commissioned by percussionists Dame Evelyn Glennie and Beverley Johnston to write his large-scale concerto for percussion and orchestra Tongues of Fire (2007). VINCENT HO lives in Winnipeg, Canada where he is composer-in-residence with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. His music is rich and energetic—a unique integration of influences ranging from the visual arts, electroacoustic and natural soundscapes, traditional classical music forms, and the physical properties of the
instruments and ensembles for which he writes. He has written two percussion concerti for Dame Evelyn Glennie, including The Shaman (2011) and From Darkness to Light: A Spiritual Journey (2012). Glennie will present the USPremiere of The Shaman with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, New York in May 2014. JOHN PSATHAS is one of New Zealand’s most frequently performed composers. Early success came in 1991 with Matre’s Dance (1991), a maximum-energy duet for percussion and piano that has since made Psathas’ name internationally known through having been taken up and championed by Dame Evelyn Glennie. This work and Drum Dances (1993) are now standard repertoire for percussionists. One of his seminal works is View From Olympus (2001), a double concerto for percussion, piano and orchestra, which continues to thrill audiences worldwide. GARY WAIN is the Principal Percussionist in the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 1987. Since 1988 he has taught percussion and composition at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music. He has written extensively for percussion. While technically challenging, his music has invariably proved interesting and rewarding to both players and audiences. His work Paganini Variations (1995) has entered the mainstream of performance exam repertoire and regularly appears in the recitals of advanced students at music conservatories throughout Australia.
Promethean Editions Limited • PO Box 10-143, Wellington, New Zealand • P +64 4 473 5033 • F +64 4 473 5066 • info@promethean-editions.com Publication and Promotion of New Music Gareth Farr, Christos Hatzis, Vincent Ho, John Psathas Publishers of New Editions of Bartok, Lilburn, Pruden, Vaughan Williams
www.promethean-editions.com