Oriol Cruixent
Patagonia
Duration: 6'
Instrumentation details:
marimba
vibraphone
1st percussion
2nd percussion
double bass
Patagonia
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Work introduction
Patagonia is a sparsely populated region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes mountains as well as the deserts, steppes and grasslands east of this southern portion of the Andes.
Patagonia is a Divertimento for Percussion Quintet structured in ternary form. In the composition musical influences from Argentine Tango and Caribbean habanera can be heard, followed by a middle section inspired by the rhythmic and melodic of the Chilean dance Cueca.
This piece was written 2021 for OPERcussion (Bayerische Staatsoper).
What is necessary to perform this work?
INSTRUMENTATION
Percussion 1: Vibraphone (bow needed)
Percussion 2: Seeds (maracas or similar), Marimba (5-octave, 4 mallets)
Percussion 3: Seeds (maracas or similar), Udú, Cajón
Percussion 4: Seeds (maracas or similar), Glockenspiel, Suspended Cymbals (medium and dark), Crotales (A flat, high octave), Vibraslap
Percussion 5: Seeds (maracas or similar), Bass (Mallet Kat with Contrabass sound, sounds one octave lower)