Dreadnought
General Info
Year of Published: 2016
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:07:00
Cost: $45.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel & Chimes
Player 2: Xylophone & Crotales
Player 3: Vibraphone
Player 4: Vibraphone
Player 5: Marimba & Low Tom-tom
Player 6: Marimba & Low Tom-tom
Player 7: Marimba & Crash Cymbals
Player 8: Marimba
Player 9: Timpani
Player 10: Concert Bass Drum & Impact Bass Drum & Snare Drum & Congas & Tambourine & Thundersheet & ribbon Crasher & Tam Tam & Crash Cymbals
Player 11: Concert Bass Drum & Impact Bass Drum & Snare Drum & 3 Concert Tom-toms & Hi Hat & Crash Cymbals
Description
Dreadnought by Caleb Pickering is a percussion ensemble inspired by the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought, the first ship of its size and strength; it often won naval battles without suffering any casualties, overpowering the enemy with overwhelming force. As you might guess from the title, this piece is aggressive and energetic. It's not specifically programmatic, but it would be easy to pull out the idea of "naval warfare" from the colors created. Put it on your concert and add tension and power to the program.
Recent Performance
Performed by Hebron High School
Performed by Granbury High School
The Vista Ridge HS Percussion Ensemble (Cedar Park, TX)
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solos
[A]tudes, 26 Advanced Studies for Snare Drum (Volume 1)
[A]tudes, 26 Advanced Studies for Snare Drum (Volume 2)
An Assembly of Outrage - Snare Drum
Heavy Binary - Snare Drum
Non-Prophets - Snare Drum
Tinfoil - Multiple Percussion
Shred - Multiple Percussion
Drift- Marimba
Etude in D Minor (Pickering)- Marimba
Malice- Marimba
Paradigm (Pickering)- Marimba
Prelude in C Major (Pickering)- Marimba
Rhapsody Bacchanale- Marimba
Ensemble
21 Grams - Percussion 10
Beneath - Percussion Nonet
Bright Light - Dark Shadows - Percussion Nonet
Carve into me what you call love - Percussion Nonet
Dreadnought - Percussion 11
Electro-Phantasm - Percussion sextet
Post-Sunrise - Percussion Quintet]]
Powder Keg - Mallet Quartet
Suadela - Percussion Sextet