The Big Bang

Andrew Houchins

General Info

Year: 2004
Duration: c. 25:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Multiple Percussion

Wind Ensemble

Program Notes

The Big Bang was written for Dr. Freeze whose ideas and conversations about music were an inspiration for this composition. I attempted to take advantage his varied interests and talents. He enjoys performing and conducting experimental music, as well as the more standard repertory, and also performed in a jazz duo with Charles Dowd. At Tracy’s request I arranged the composition, originally written for soloist and wind ensemble, for soloist and percussion ensemble.

This first movement of three, conflagration, begins as an amorphous, swirling, mass until it reaches critical mass and explodes into lines that are counterpointing and crashing into each other. In the middle of this movement there is an oboe and drum duet. It also features the percussion section in a kind of competition with the soloist.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Duo for Clarinet and Percussion - Multiple Percussion, Clarinet
Face Off - Percussion Duo
Fire From Within - Percussion Quartet
The Big Bang - Multiple Percussion, Wind Ensemble
The Big Bang (perc. ens. version) - Multiple Percussion, Percussion Sextet
The Mad King - Marimba
String Theory: Multiverse Level 1 - Percussion Quartet, Marimba Quartet