Product Description
One Hour to Madness for percussion septet. by Dan Heslink
From its opening motto
to its bold closing summation, "One Hour to Madness" explores a high degree of musical
energy. The title is loosely inspired by Walt Whitmans marvelous poem, "One
Hour to Madness and Joy" (Leaves of Grass). The music presents a dark and exciting
expression couched in pervasive contrapuntal
development. A high degree of
dissonance is contrasted with the second themes clear
Bb major tonality. The works contrapuntal nature
is distilled into a fugato in the second half.
Predominantly a mallet
ensemble composition, scoring is for orchestra bells (2 mallets), xylophone (2
mallets), vibraphone (4 mallets), 3 marimbas (each with 2 mallets) and timpani.
The timpani part is best performed on the standard set of 4 drums (23-24", 25-26",
28-29", 32-30"). The marimba 1 part requires the standard range of 3 ½ or 4
octaves; the marimba 2 part can be executed on the standard 4-octave instrument
by omitting a few octave doublings, or on a 5-octave instrument if one is
available; marimba 3 requires a 5-octave instrument.
The composer assigns a
difficulty level of advanced. It will serve any
concert or recital very well. Audiences
and performers alike will enjoy the flashy passage work and musical impetus afforded by "One Hour to Madness." Duration
is 3:41. The composer, Dan Heslink, can be contacted at dan@dheslink.com.
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