PROMETHEAN EDITIONS
04/2017
New music editions April 2017 Both of this month’s releases are part of the John Psathas
register, allowing room for the vibraphone’s statements in
Percussion Project, in which a selection of Psathas’ works are
its resonant lower voice. The gentle, odd metered marimba
being arranged for percussion ensemble by Dr. Omar Car-
groove that opens the final movement lays a foundation for
menates, Associate Professor of Percussion, Furman Univer-
the vibraphone’s own groove based melodies to interlock
sity, USA. The latest offerings from this collection are both
with, their lines tumbling through shifting time signatures
arrangements for marimba and vibraphone.
reminiscent of the first movement before the duo’s increas-
The first is Jettatura, originally for solo piano, which will test the capabilities of the percussion duo just as much as the
ingly busy interplay is peppered with quickfire synchronised runs.
original version challenges the pianist. The duo must keep precise time to navigate rapid-fire waves of notes that can be fragmented and dovetailed between instruments. The rumble of the piano’s lower register is supplanted by the damp, woody resonance of the marimba’s lowest octave, while the vibraphone’s mellow timbre features in the work’s more subdued middle section. Standing out most, however, is the punchiness of the marimba’s middle-to-upper register, which
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The second of Carmenates’ arrangements released this month
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is Muisca, which Psathas originally wrote for solo guitar in
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three movements. With its restless time signatures, a gentle
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liveliness inhabits Muisca’s first movement, while elsewhere
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certain syncopated figures recall the strum-based rhythms of the work’s original incarnation for guitar. Sleepy yet mysteri-
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ous, the second movement sees the marimba and vibraphone
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New music editions April 2017 John Psathas: Jettatura for Percussion Duo (for two vibraphones and two marimbas)
P R O M E T H E A N
Performance set • ISMN: 979-0-67452-247-2
E D I T I O N S
JO HN PS AT H AS
New Zealand PE183 NZ$69.00 (excl. GST) • North America PREPE183 US$49.00
Jettatura for Percussion Duo Two Vibraphones and Two Marimbas (Arranged by Omar Carmenates)
Carmenates’ intricate arrangement of Jettatura tests the capabilities of the percussion duo just as much as Psathas’ original version challenges the pianist. Here, the percussionists must keep precise time to navigate Jettatura’s rapid-fire waves of notes, which can find themselves fragmented and dovetailed between instruments. The rumble of the piano’s lower register is supplanted by the damp, woody resonance of the marimba’s lowest octave, while the vibraphone’s mellow timbre features in the work’s more subdued middle section. Standing out most, however, is the punchiness of the marimba’s middle-to-upper register, which dominates the animated outer sections of the work, maintaining the bold character of the piano version.
John Psathas: Muisca for Percussion Duo (for vibraphones and marimbas) Performance set • ISMN: 979-0-67452-248-9 New Zealand PE184 NZ$56.00 (excl. GST) • North America PREPE183 US$30.00
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JO HN PS AT H AS Muisca for Percussion Duo Vibraphone and Marimba
A gentle liveliness inhabits Muisca’s first movement Soledad. Time signatures constantly shift,
(Arranged by Omar Carmenates)
with bar lengths changing by a beat or half-beat, while elsewhere certain syncopated figures recall the strum-based rhythms of the work’s original incarnation for guitar. Sleepy yet mysterious, the second movement Chia opens with a solo vibraphone passage, before the marimba joins in for some gentle melodic interplay. The marimba then settles into a lightly swinging rhythmic bed in its rich lower register, allowing room for the vibraphone’s statements in its resonant lower voice. The gentle, odd metered marimba groove that opens the final movement El Dorado lays a foundation for the vibraphone’s own groove based melodies to interlock with, their lines tumbling through shifting time signatures reminiscent of the first movement. The duo’s increasingly busy interplay is peppered with quickfire synchronised runs in the final minute of the movement, bringing Muisca to an exhilarating conclusion.
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ISMN: 979-0-67452-247-2
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ISMN: 979-0-67452-248-9