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Reckless, defined as a disregard for consequences or unthinking boldness, is a brash & exciting battery percussion octet with wide assortment of instruments.
Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 8
Series: Hollinden Signature Series
Level: Medium Advanced | Duration: 8:00
Instrumentation
Conductor's Score (9"x12" spiral bound)
Player 1: Medium Tom, 2 Chinese Toms, Woodblock, Practice Pad, 5 Woodblocks, Metal Guiro, Rainstick, Triangle, 2 Chinese Cymbals, Opera Gong
Player 2: Log Drum, 2 Chines Toms, Practice Pad, Temple Blocks, Shaker, Antique Cymbal, Triangle, 2 Chinese Cymbals, Opera Gong
Player 3: Low Tom, Timbales, Cowbell/Almglocken, Piccolo Snare, 5 Cowbells, Wooden Guiro, Stones, Antique Cymbal, 2 Ride Cymbals, Wind Gong
Player 4: Marching Bass Drum, Tenor Drum, 2 Headless Tambourines, Field Drum, 5 Brake Drums, Afuche, Slapstick, Hi-Hat, 2 Crash Cymbals (Suspended), Sizzle Cymbal
Player 5: Concert Bass Drum, Concert Tom, 2 Bell Plates, Concert Snare, 5 Bell Plates, Vibraslap, Flexatone, Hi-Hat, 2 Ride Cymbals, Tam-Tam
Player 6: Floor Tom, 3 Congas, Toy Snare Drum, 4 Bongos, Cricket Caller, Ratchet, Glass Jar, 2 Trash Cymbals, Wind Gong
Player 7: Marching Bass Drum, Low Tom, 2 Tambourines with Heads, High Marching Snare Drum, 4 Marching Toms, Sandpaper Blocks, Ratchet, Ceramic Plate, 2 Trash Cymbals, Tam-Tam
Player 8: Gong Drum, 7 Graduated Toms, Snare Drum, Shaker, Slapstick, Gong, 2 Crash Cymbals (Suspended), Sizzle Cymbal
Program Notes
When I considered naming this piece Reckless, defined as a disregard for consequences or unthinking boldness, it seemed appropriate for two reasons. First, the score states that the performance should always be pushing forward, that the piece will suffer if the tempo is too slow, and that "While accuracy is necessary, there should be no feeling that the piece is being performed carefully." So I hoped the name "Reckless" would give even more encouragement to the performers to push themselves and bring an edge to the performance.
Second, when I started planning the music I had two very different ideas in mind, and was having trouble deciding which one to use. I was attracted to something I'd read about a remix artist that claims he mixes different pieces of music together without listening to them. So I decided to take my two ideas and mix them together, inserting other ideas more or less at random, sometimes fitting them into the score visually as opposed to working them in compositionally, or in effect, without really "listening" to them. So in addition to my desire that there be a bit of recklessness in the performance of the piece, there was a bit of recklessness in the composition of the music as well.
– D.H.