Duo Chopinesque

Chopin's Prelude in E Minor provides the material upon which Hennagin composed a masterful work for a percussion ensemble of ten players. A complete battery of percussion instruments are used to create a powerful composition utilizing essentially traditional performance techniques.

Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 10
Level: Difficult | Duration: 10:20

Instrumentation
Percussion 1 (bells, temple blocks, piccolo snare drum)
Percussion 2 (chimes, crotales, medium suspended cymbal, 2 woodblocks, tom-tom)
Percussion 3 (xylophone, small suspended cymbal, small brass wind chimes, tambourine, bass drum - shared)
Percussion 4 (vibraphone, cowbell)
Percussion 5 (vibraphone, 6 concert tom-toms, 2 brake drums, claves)
Percussion 6 (4.3-octave marimba, bass drum - shared)
Percussion 7 (4.3-octave marimba, ratchet)
Percussion 8 (4.3-octave marimba)
Percussion 9 (bass marimba, large suspended cymbal, small gong, bongos)
Percussion 10 (4 timpani, snare drum, tam-tam, medium suspended cymbal, glass wind chimes)

Program Notes
Chopin's Prelude in E Minor provides the material upon which Hennagin composed a masterful work for a percussion ensemble of ten players. A complete battery of percussion instruments are used to create a powerful composition utilizing essentially traditional performance techniques.

About the OU Percussion Press
In 1977 the OU Percussion Orchestra and Ensemble embarked on a project that developed into a national model for the encouragement and development of new music for percussion ensemble. The OU Percussion Ensemble Commissioning Series regularly engages outstanding composers to write works for this medium. The Commissioning Series is responsible for the creation of some of today`s staples in the percussion ensemble repertoire.

In 1983 the University of Oklahoma funded the establishment of the OU Percussion Press, a non-profit extension of the percussion area. Through the Percussion Press, the commissioning series compositions plus other works expressly written for the OU Percussion Orchestra and Ensembles have been made available for purchase and performance by the world`s leading percussion ensembles. The Percussion Press` catalog numbers more than 50 works, all published in a non-profit venture as a service to the profession.