The Sky is the Limit
General Info
Difficulty: Advanced
Cost: €54.75
Instrumentation
Player 1: Crotales
Player 2: Glockenspiel
Player 3: Xylophone 1
Player 4: Xylophone 2
Player 5: Vibraphone 1
Player 6: Vibraphone 2
Player 7: Chimes
Player 8: Marimba 1 & Tom Tom (Medium)
Player 9: Marimba 2 & Tom Tom (Medium)
Player 10: Marimba 3 & Tom Tom (Medium)
Player 11: Marimba 4 & Tom Tom (Low)
Player 12: Timpani
Player 13: Snare Drum
Player 14: Snare Drum & Roto-Toms & Tenor Drum
Player 15: Djembe & Triangle & Bongos & Beatring
Player 16: Hi Hat & Suspended Cymbal (High & Low) & Sizzle Cymbal
Player 17: Tam Tam & Bell Tree & Finger Cymbals
Player 18: Hand Cymbals & Claves & Caixixi & Wood Block (Medium)
Player 19: Bass Drum (Concert & Marching)
Description
This dazzling overture for percussion orchestra is dedicated to my dear friends of percussion ensemble Concordia Obbicht. Our collaboration started in 2002 and our journey to new musical heights still continues. It was composed for the Towards Infinity concert in november 2023 where music and astronomy created a unique concert experience. This melodic and rhythmic powerhouse expresses human ingenuity and perseverance. This makes us able to do great deeds and reach the stars, figuratively and literally.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
El Classico Nuevo
Ex Machina 2
Nox Oculus
Seasons
Suite Anicienne Nouveau
Twelve Developing Solos for Snare Drum
Time Divided
Percussion Ensemble (10-12 Players)
A Blue Cadance (Extended) - Percussion (10)
Arabian Dance - Percussion (12)
Blinding Lights - Percussion (12)
Exuma - Percussion (11)
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose (Extended Version) - Percussion (11); Flute
Open Up! (Version 1) - Percussion (10)
Passio Laurentio - Percussion (10)
Patamba - Percussion (10)
Synergy (Houben) - Percussion Octet
Time Line - Percussion (10)
Tres Muses - Percussion (10) & Soprano Saxophone & Flugel Horn
Percussion Ensemble (13-15 Players)
A Saturdaynight Soundtrack - Percussion (15)
A Silver Lining - Euphunium & Percussion (14) & Keyboard
Aura - Percussion (15)
D'Artagnan: le Siège de Maestricht - Percussion (15)
Deetere - Percussion (14)
Duende - Percussion (13)
Equilibrium - Percussion (13)
Evolve (Houben) - Percussion (15) & Bass Trombone
Extasis - Percussion (13)
First Contact? - Percussion (15)
Feniks Rising - Percussion (13)
Hatirla Antalya - Percussion (13)
Musicology - Percussion (13)
Open Up! (Version 2) - Percussion (13)
Pandora's Box - Percussion (15)
Pangea to Proxima - Percussion (15)
Promise Me - Percussion (13)
Reflections of a Reality - Percussion (14)
Soleil Levant - Percussion (14)
Soul of the Dragon - Percussion (14)
Suite Slava - Percussion (13)
Unitas Aureus - Percussion (13)
Percussion Ensemble (16 Players or more)
Android Anthem - 16 Players
Cygnus X - 16 Players
Evolve (2022 Version) - 18 Players
Extra Terra - 18 Players
Eyes of an Oak - 17 Players
Na Dato - 16 Players
Nyama - 23 Players
Open Up! (Version 3) - 16 Players
The Sky is the Limit - 19 Players
To One In Paradise - 20 Players; Voices
Zeitgeist - 16 Players