> > > For Evelyn Glennie Commissioned by the BBC for the 1997 BBC Proms JONATHAN HARVEY Percussion Concerto (1997) Duration: c 25 minutes Faber Music Ltd 3 Queen Square London WCIN 3AUSOLO PERCUSSION Marimba oo Vibraphone = 2 Balinese Gamelan keyboards covering approximately = stack of 8 Temple blocks, stack of 6 high Woodblocks, Mark tree with single rank of tubes ‘two-tone mallets suitable for everything ORCHESTRA 3 flutes (3=piccolo) 2 obves 3 clarinets (1 in Bb,2 in A,3=bass clarizet) 3 bassoons (3 =contrabassoon) 4 homs 3 trumpets 3 trombones . tuba percussion (1 player) tubular bel, slockenspcl 2 high oriental gone, 3 fry small woodblocks, 1 temple block, 1 tom-om, bass drum (with foot pedal) harp piano strings reverberation unit + amplification ad lib. ‘The optional reverberation is to give a suiden expansion of the sound at the end of the work. Mics suspended above the orchestra should be opened for less than one second (avoiding feedback) and fed into « quality reverberation unit set at 55" and sent to a stereo amplifier which sends the signal to speakers placed above, behind or beside the orchestra or in the auditorium. The effect should be of a subtle widening of the sound image, Accidentals apply throughout the bar. Trills are semitonal unless otherwise marked. (f= multiphonie 14 = alter by a quarter-tone The score is notated in C Orchestral parts available on hire from the publishers VaAIAAATA© 1997 by Faber Music Lid., London