Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo (Mendelssohn)
General Info
Year: 2010
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:03:00
Cost: $40.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Xylophone 1
Player 3: Xylophone 2
Player 4: Vibraphone 1
Player 5: Vibraphone 2
Player 6: Marimba 1
Player 7: Marimba 2
Player 8: Marimba 3
Player 9: Marimba 4
Player 10: Marimba 5
Player 11: Marimba 6
Player 12: Chimes
Description
Mendelssohn composed the incidental music for Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the behest of King Frederick of Prussia while serving as music director at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Now Brian Slawson brings forth a brilliant percussion arrangement of the Scherzo, a movement that underscores the antics of Puck, a clever jokester in the magical world of fairies. Written for a large mallet ensemble of 12 players, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo contains a lot of notes in compound meter that require quick playing at soft levels. While challenging, it's also intended to remain light and playful throughout, with all dynamics being relative.
Arrangements for Percussion by this Composer
Mallet Percussion Solo
Sonata in F (Handel) - Mallets; Piano
Teardrop (Rossini) - Vibraphone; Piano
Small Percussion Ensemble
Beethoven's Fantasy (Beethoven) - Percussion Trio
Children's Medley (Bach / Ellemenreich) - Percussion Sextet
Clockbox - Percussion Octet
Danse Macabre (Saint-Saëns) - Percussion Octet
Heartland (Rameau & Dvořák) - Percussion Octet
Leggerhead (Bach, Handel, Dvořák) - Percussion Sextet
Menuetto (Mozart) - Percussion Septet
Rock the Gavotte (Rameau & Ditters von Dittersdorf) - Percussion Octet
Large Percussion Ensemble
Brandenburg No. 2: Allegro Moderato (Bach) - 10 Players
Frightmare (Beethoven) - 12 Players
Shepherds Song (Beethoven) - 14 Players
Soca Polka - 14 Players
Winter (Vivaldi) - 10 Players
Mallets Ensemble
Concerto in A Minor (Bach) - Mallet Sextet
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
Etude in C# Minor (Scriabin) - Mallet Duet
Goldberg Variation 28 (Bach)
Intermezzo from a Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) - Mallet Octet
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) - Mallet Sextet
Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo (Mendelssohn) - Mallet Ensemble
Sonata in A Minor (Scarlatti) - Mallet Duet
The Storm (Beethoven) - Mallet Trio
Three Romanian Dances (Bartók) - Mallet Duet
Upbeat Suite - Mallet Quartet
Waltz in C# Minor (Chopin) - Mallet Duet