Marimba concerto

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A marimba concerto is a musical composition written for a marimba soloist and a large ensemble such as an orchestra, wind band, or a chamber music ensemble.

Notable marimba concertos[]

The first solo marimba concerto, Concertino for Marimba, was composed by Paul Creston in 1940. Paul Creston was commissioned by Frédérique Petrides to compose this work. The Concertino for Marimba was premiered on 29 April 1940 in the with marimba soloist Ruth Stuber Jeanne and the Orchestrette Classique directed by Frédérique Petrides.

Marimbist Vida Chenoweth and the premiered Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, Op. 34, by Robert Kurka on 11 November 1959. This performance marked the first time that the marimba was invited to Carnegie Hall.[1]

Marimbist Alex Jacobowitz commissioned Edith Borroff to compose "Concerto for Marimba and Small Orchestra" in 1981, and was premiered on November 23, 1981 with the State University of New York at Binghamton's University Symphony Orchestra, under conductor Paul Jordan. This work might be the first marimba concerto composed by a woman. "And at that moment I pictured the concerto, a dolphin in the distance, leaping out of the water in the sunlight and casting golden ocean-drops all around! I agreed and laboriously turned those drops into a concerto..." Edith Borroff, Autobiography

The Boston Symphony Orchestra commissioned Maurice Wright to compose Concertpiece, for marimba and orchestra. The piece was composed in 1993 and premiered in 1994 by percussionist Will Hudgins.[2]

The Oregon Symphony Orchestra commissioned Tomáš Svoboda to compose Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, Op. 148, in 1995, which it recorded in 2003, conducted by James DePreist and with Niel DePonte on marimba. The recording was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra).

List of marimba concertos[]

Following is a partial list of marimba concertos.[3]

Composer Life Concerto name Date
composed
James Basta Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra
Andrew Beall Testament: Symphony for Marimba and Orchestra 2004
Scott Blasco Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra 2003
Bradley G. Bodine 1960– Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra
Edith Borroff 1925-2019 Concert for Marimba and Small Orchestra 1981
Akira Ifukube 1914–2006 Lauda concertata for marimba and orchestra 1979
Michael Burritt Concerto for Marimba
Casey Cangelosi Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, No. 2 2008
Paul Creston 1906–1985 Concertino for Marimba 1940
Emma Lou Diemer 1927– Concerto in One Movement for Marimba and Orchestra 1991
Eric Ewazen 1954– Concerto for Marimba 1999
Evan Hause 1967– Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra 1994
Felix Herron 1997– Marimba Concerto 2015
Robert Kurka 1921–1957 Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, Op. 34 1959
Marta Ptaszyńska 1943– Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra 1985
Libby Larsen Marimba Concerto: After Hampton 1992
David Long 1950– Concerto for Marimba & Concert Piece for Marimba and Orchestra 1997
Lior Navok 1971– ...of weaving the shadowed waves – for two marimbas and chamber orchestra 2003
Michael Nyman 1944– gdm[clarification needed] – for amplified marimba and orchestra 2006
Kevin Puts Marimba Concerto
Ryan Elvert 1994– Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra 2016
Waterfalls for Marimba and Orchestra
Tomáš Svoboda 1939– Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, Op. 148 1995
Noah D. Taylor 1982– Concerto No. 1 in D minor 2003
Andrew Thomas 1939– Loving Mad Tom 2002
John Thrower Rhythms of Life 2005
Mark Lanz Weiser Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra[4] 1996
Austin Yip Marimba Concerto: Road Business 2019
Emmanuel Séjourné Double Concerto for Vibraphone, Marimba and Orchestra 2012
Emmanuel Séjourné Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra 2005
Concerto No. 1 for Marimba and String Orchestra 1986
Concerto No. 2 for Marimba and String Orchestra 2001

References[]

  1. ^ Strain, James A. "Vida Chenoweth". Percussive Arts Society. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ "BSO Commissions". Boston Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Focus Day 2011: Five Decades of New Music for Percussion: 1961–2011" (PDF). Percussive Arts Society. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Mark Lanz Weiser, Concerto for marimba and string orchestra or piano reduction". Editions Bim. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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