Scored for: marimba and string orchestra Duration: 11:39 min. Premiere: 4/3/05, The Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Karl Middleman, artistic director, with Angela Zator Nelson, marimba, Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany, Philadelphia, PA Commissioned by: The Philadelphia Classical Symphony Published by: Self-published, Angelfire Press
Contact Andrea Clearfield for score and parts:
“Andrea Clearfield goes from strength to strength. Her Concertino for Marimba and Strings is a landmark, a brilliant addition to the marimba repertoire. She has succeeded in writing a showpiece brimming with originality, color and flair. Our audiences jumped to their feet as though charged by an electric current. I can’t wait to perform it again!”
–Karl Middleman, Artistic Director, Philadelphia Classical Symphony
REVIEW
…A thoroughly convincing piece…inventive…entrancing.”
-David Patrick Stearns, The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 5, 2005
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PROGRAM NOTE
CONCERTINO FOR MARIMBA AND STRING ORCHESTRA
This work was commissioned and premiered by the Philadelphia Classical Symphony with virtuoso marimbist Angela Zator Nelson. I wanted to write a piece that would feature Ms. Nelson’s exceptional technique and musical expressiveness as well as explore some of the many colors of this lesser known solo instrument; sounds ranging from brilliant and dynamic to delicate, evocative and mysterious.
The Concertino is in a large ABA form, with energetic, rhythmic material framing slower and more introspective music. In the center of the work is a lyrical duet between the violin and the marimba, following and preceeding two cadenzas for the soloist, one rhapsodic and the other mercurial and precise. An orchestral transition leads back to the return of the opening thematic ideas which are varied and developed, interspersed with recollections of earlier motivic elements, culminating in an exuberant coda that propels the work to its close.
Concertino for Marimba and String Orchestra
Angela Zator Nelson
Scored for: marimba and string orchestra
Duration: 11:39 min.
Premiere: 4/3/05, The Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Karl Middleman, artistic director, with Angela Zator Nelson, marimba, Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany, Philadelphia, PA
Commissioned by: The Philadelphia Classical Symphony
Published by: Self-published, Angelfire Press
Contact Andrea Clearfield for score and parts:
See preview score pages: CONCERTINO FOR MARIMBA SCORE EXCERPTS (PDF)
QUOTE
“Andrea Clearfield goes from strength to strength. Her Concertino for Marimba and Strings is a landmark, a brilliant addition to the marimba repertoire. She has succeeded in writing a showpiece brimming with originality, color and flair. Our audiences jumped to their feet as though charged by an electric current. I can’t wait to perform it again!”
–Karl Middleman, Artistic Director, Philadelphia Classical Symphony
REVIEW
…A thoroughly convincing piece…inventive…entrancing.”
-David Patrick Stearns, The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 5, 2005
LISTEN
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PROGRAM NOTE
CONCERTINO FOR MARIMBA AND STRING ORCHESTRA
This work was commissioned and premiered by the Philadelphia Classical Symphony with virtuoso marimbist Angela Zator Nelson. I wanted to write a piece that would feature Ms. Nelson’s exceptional technique and musical expressiveness as well as explore some of the many colors of this lesser known solo instrument; sounds ranging from brilliant and dynamic to delicate, evocative and mysterious.
The Concertino is in a large ABA form, with energetic, rhythmic material framing slower and more introspective music. In the center of the work is a lyrical duet between the violin and the marimba, following and preceeding two cadenzas for the soloist, one rhapsodic and the other mercurial and precise. An orchestral transition leads back to the return of the opening thematic ideas which are varied and developed, interspersed with recollections of earlier motivic elements, culminating in an exuberant coda that propels the work to its close.