- Program Notes
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Following a long and rich tradition of composers who wrote for percussion (Edgard Varèse, Harry Partch and John Cage, Lou Harrison) over the past 30 years, Augusta has composed extensively for percussion designing works including concerto for percussion quartet and orchestra, percussion playing bells from all around the world, quartets, solos, and two octets for percussion and string quartet. Additionally, many of her 65 orchestral works feature percussion.
Five quartets of colorful instrumentation ping-pong and hocket quickly between the four musicians who each play:
1: MALLETS (Vibraphone, Marimba, etc.)
2: BELLS (Glockenspiel, Crotales, etc.)
3: DRUMS (Bongos, Congas, Log, etc.)
4: SHAKER NOICE MAKER (Cabasa, Egg shaker, Maracas, etc.)
5: TRIANGLES (of all sizes)
with a virtuosic display of rhythmic agility, counterpoint, and sensitive chamber music teamwork.
- Recording Notes
- John Corkill, Adam Rosenblatt, Garrett Arney, and Nonoka Mizukami and engineer Christopher L. Willis
- Record Label
- Nimbus Records
- Performer Credits
- John Corkill, Adam Rosenblatt, Garrett Arney, and Nonoka Mizukami
- Publisher
- Nimbus Music Publishing
