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Ruby

Concerto für Schlagwerk und Orchester
Schlagzeug und Orchester
Ausgabe: Aufführungsmaterial

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Beschreibung

Ruby forms the final part of a triptych of works written for the percussionist Colin Currie.  The first, Parallel Lines, for percussion and piano, was written in 1999, followed by Snowblind, for percussion and strings, written in 2002.  While the first two works are almost exclusively for tuned percussion, Ruby incorporates an un-tuned kit set-up, but the emphasis is still on the tuned instruments.  In fact, the contrast between the rhythmic and colouristic properties of the un-tuned and the melodic and harmonic possibilities of the tuned is one of the underlying ‘arguments’ of the work.  So, along with the familiar muscular sonorities of the drum kit, Colin has material with which he can engage with the orchestra’s harmonic framework in a lyrical manner.  After all, this is what one might expect from a concerto for any other instrument, so why not for percussion?  One might also expect some theatrical leaping from one instrument set to another and, while there are some quick changes for Colin to make, these are for purely musical reasons and not meant as some hackneyed dramatic effect.

Ruby is in a conventional three-movement form (basically: medium - slow - fast) but one where the three sections form an overall arc shape.  The first two movements have two tempos each, which are incorporated (along with the material) into the third, with the final passage being in the same tempo as the opening.  Almost all the material of the work is derived from the soloist’s two ostinatos and the trumpet figure and string chords from the beginning of the first movement.  There are prominent roles for the first flute, trumpet, piano and double bass, which, along with Colin, form a ‘concerto grosso’ group in the third movement. The vast majority of my titles are borrowed from other sources and are completely abstract (as is the majority of the music).  Ruby was a joke that stuck, and anybody with a rudimentary grasp of rhyming slang can work it out!  The work is dedicated to Colin Currie.  As a critic once remarked, Colin is ‘a musician first, percussionist second’ and for those of us all too familiar with derogatory ‘drummer’ jokes, this is both high and well deserved praise.

Joe Duddell

Orchesterbesetzung

pic.2.2.ca.0.2Acl.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.2.btbn.1-timp-hp.pno-str-
Solo percussion: vibraphone, marimba, crotales, 7 tuned gongs, drum kit

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Titel:
Ruby
Concerto für Schlagwerk und Orchester
Ausgabe:
Aufführungsmaterial
Verlag/Label:
Schott Music
Kompositionsjahr:
2002 - 2003
Spieldauer:
25 ′
Uraufführung:
25. Juli 2003 · London (UK)
Royal Albert Hall
BBC Proms 2003
Colin Currie, percussion · Musikalische Leitung: Marin Alsop · Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Auftragswerk:
Commissioned by the BBC
Reihe:

Technische Details

Bestellnummer:
LSL 10009-01

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