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Revision as of 03:14, 24 June 2014
General Info
Year: 2001
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Studio4
Cost: Score and Parts - $30.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Program Notes
premiere: 10 February 2001, Muncie, Indiana, U.S.A., Eddie Rich, saxophone, Daniel McCloud, percussion
The term equipoise refers to a state of balance or counterbalance. The work was composed in 1998 for the saxophone/mallet duo of Gottfried Stoger and Errol Rackipov. The parts for the two players are balanced through the alternation of solo and accompaniment textures with counterpoint. The formal design of Equipoise is based on the evolution of fully notated sections into improvised passages. Each movement includes passages in which one performer improvises on a given group of pitches while the other provides an ostinato-like pattern using a complementary set of pitches.The first movement, the slowest and shortest of the three, opens with a high-register vibraphone solo followed by a passage in the low register of the tenor saxophone. In the middle section, the saxophone improvises on motives introduced in the vibraphone part. The movement ends with the vibraphone in the low register and the saxophone in the high register, a juxtaposition of their respective positions in the opening section.Movement Two is characterized by the two players taking turns playing ostinato patterns and improvised sections, Written at a medium tempo, it opens with an alto saxophone melody accompanied by an ostinato in the marimba part. The final section consists of counterpoint based on previously introduced motives as the mallet player alternates between marimba and vibraphone.Movement Three is the longest, most complex, and rhythmically dense of the three. Beginning with a slow soprano saxophone solo, it suddenly increases in tempo with the abrupt entrance of a loud polyrhythmic passage played on the marimba. The rhythmic interplay between the soprano saxophone and the marimba continues until the mallet player switches to vibraphone to play an ostinato over which the saxophone improvises. Thematic materials are developed through complex contrapuntal activity between the saxophone and vibraphone. The dense counterpoint is interrupted by a section in which the saxophonist plays an ostinato while the vibraphone improvises chordal structures. As the movement builds to a climax, both players improvise simultaneously on a pattern of interlocking rhythms and rapid meter changes. The movement concludes with a coda based on its opening materials.[1]
Errata
Awards
Commercial Discography
Recent Performances
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Reverberations - Timpani
Three Movements for Unaccompanied Marimba - Marimba
Variation sans theme - Snare Drum
Solo with Piano
Collage - Multiple Percussion; Piano
Solo with Ensemble
Camaraderie - Timpani; Percussion Septet
Isorhythmic Concerto - Multiple Percussion; Wind Ensemble
Protagonist - Tom-tom; Percussion Trio
Tamboo Bamboo - Steel Drum; Percussion Orchestra
Mallet Duo
Elusive Rounds - Glockenspiel Duo
Road Traversed and Reversed - Marimba Duo
Percussion Duo
Percussion Trio
Mallet Quartet
Percussion Quartet
Percussion Sextet
Percussion Septet
Percussion Octet
Large Percussion Ensemble
Two Antiphonal Portraits - Percussion Ensemble (12)
With Other Instruments
Between - Marimba; Flute
Concerto for Euphonium and Percussion Quintet - Percussion Quintet; Euphonium
Equipoise - Multiple Percussion; Saxophone
Focus - Vibraphone; Bassoon
Khromas Diabolus - Percussion Quintet; Trombone
Shadow on Mist - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Shadow on Mist (Ensemble) - Percussion Quintet; Flute
Syzygy - Marimba; Violin
Three Subtropical Vistas - Marimba, Vibraphone, Voice
Twilight Remembered - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Windward Passage - Marimba, Vibraphone, String Quartet
Books
Five Elementary Etudes - Multiple Percussion
Performance Studies for Two, Volume 1 - Snare Drum
Additional Resources
References