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Four Pieces for Timpani: each Composer: Bergamo John
This work uses four drums with each piece in a contrasting style.
1. “Recitative” - This piece is exactly what the title suggests. There are no barlines and no time signature; this allows for a lot of interpretive freedom for the performer.
2. “Perpetual Motion” - Again, there is no time signature and no barlines; however, the rhythmic figures (which are steady eighth notes for the most part) are grouped according to melodic and motivic ideas.
3. “Elegia” - This piece incorporates the use of four mallets and is very slow.
4. “Finale” - This piece is marked, “as fast as possible; with barbaric ferocity”. There are some mixed meters and interesting use of motivic development.
This piece is approximately 8 minutes long.
