Bells of St. Catherine
General Info
Year of Published: 2023
Publisher: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
ISMN: 979-0-2740-3948-6
Cost: €9.65
Instrumentation
Description
Bells of St. Catherine (Dzwony św. Katarzyny) was specially for the carillon at St. Catherine's church in Gdańsk. I owe my great fondness for the carillon to the instrument in the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at Chicago University, where for more than 20 years I listened to the carillonists' concerts every day on my way to teach. Bells of St. Catherine was inspired by a beautiful sequence by St. Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) entitled O Ignis Spiritus [O fire of the Spirit]. This work comprises two contrasting movements and a coda. The first movement is of a motoric, dynamic character, while the second, based on St. Hildegard's sequence, is more static and meditative.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Mallet Percussion Solo Works
Bells of St. Catherine - Glockenspiel
Blure Line - Marimba
Graffito - Marimba
Improvisation after J.R. - Vibraphone
The Twittering Tree - Xylophone
Percussion Concerto Works
Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra (Ptaszyńska)
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (Ptaszyńska)
Concerto for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra
With Piano Works
Cztery preludia - Vibraphone; Piano
Four Preludes for Vibraphone and Piano - Vibraphone; Piano
Little Mexican Fantasy - Multiple Percussion; Piano
Scherzo for Xylophone and Piano - Xylophone; Piano
Others
Siderals
Space Model - Multiple Percussion
Spider Walk - Multiple Percussion
Stress (Ptaszyńska)
Ensemble
Mobile - Percussion Duo
Suite Variée - Percussion Quartet; Piano
Little Mosaic
Little Mexican Phantasy - Percussion Septet; Piano
Colorful World of Percussion
Synchrony - Percussion Trio
Linear Constructions in Space - Percussion Sextet
Letter to the Sun - frame drum, percussion quartet and narrator
Primary Colors - Percussion Quartet
Scintilla - Percussion Duo; Marimba Duo
With Other Instrument Works
Ajikan - Unfolding Light - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Cadenze (Ptaszyńska) - Flute; Multiple Percussion
Classical Variations - Timpani; String Quartet
Dream Lands, Magic Spaces - Percussion Sextet; Violin; Piano
Jeu-Parti - Vibraphone; Harp
Music of Five Steps - Percussion Septet; Recorders (2)
Vocalise - Vibraphone; Voice