PASIC starts Wednesday!
I'll be performing Wednesday around noon. I'm very excited about premiering In Search of Three Goddesses by Halim El-Dabh. The piece is fantastic and I think that it's a great addition to the timpani repertoire. It requires the performer to create number of interesting sound effects and also has some fast tuning changes. It's not easy, but it is beautifully written and very playable. I'm happy to report that Halim will be at the performance and will say a few words about the piece before I play.
It's been busy here because, in addition to learning the piece, I somehow managed to book myself with three orchestras this past week. I've done Firebird, Night on Bald Mountain, Egmont Overture, Symphonie Fantastique, Peer Gynt, Stokowski's arrangement of Tocatta and Fugue in D minor, etc, etc, etc.... Still, I've been able to put in a lot of time on the piece and the next few days will be full of timpani practice for me.
I'll post more details about the new work after PASIC, but for now, I've got to go practice. I hope to see you on Wednesday.
....OH, I got the Mozart book in (from the previous post). It is SPECTACULAR! More on that later.
2 comments:
Pasic was incredible...especially the Bosphorous booth..and the LP shakers, can't go wrong there. Anyways, I have a blog now so you should link it...beal09.blogspot.com. Check it out!
OK, I know I would have to cast the first stone...but this is ridiculous! I'll post something if you will.
JP
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