Allegro Volante
for Solo Xylophone and
Orchestra, or with Band or Piano
Duration: c. 4½'
A dazzling showpiece in the style of a Russian galop, with
jazzy American harmonies; Movement 3 from Concerto for Solo Percussion and
Orchestra.
INSTRUMENTATION: 2(Picc)222-4331 Timp 3Perc Hp Strings
PREMIERE of orchestra version: Alan Gilbert conducting the
Haddonfield Symphony (now Symphony in C); Dean Witten solo xylophone.
Xylophone and Orchestra version: on rental from Theodore Presser Company.
Xylophone and Band version AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.
Xylophone and Piano version AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.
View the complete orchestra score (Mvt. 3 begins at page 66) View the complete band score
Duration: c. 20' INSTRUMENTATION: 2(Picc)222-4331 Timp 3Perc Hp Strings
COMMISSIONED by the Polish Chapter of the
Percussive Arts Society for the International Music Workshops in Bydgoszcz,
Poland.
PREMIERED March 18, 1995 by Haddonfield (NJ) Symphony, Dean Witten, solo
percussion, Alan Gilbert, conductor.
Complete solo part AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.
Complete piano reduction alone, AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.
Complete orchestra score AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.
Orchestra parts AVAILABLE on rental.
Duration: c. 11' for timpani alone (4 drums, 23" 26" 29" 32")
I. Fanfare
II. Spring Dance
III. Bedtime Story
IV. Summer
COMMISSIONED by West Chester University for timpanist Ralph Sorrentino.
PREMIERED by Luke Thurston, West Chester University senior recital, May 7, 2022.
PREMIERED
SIMULTANEOUSLY by Hitoshi Maeda
and Brian Prechtl, Philadelphia, and by Nachiko Maekane (as solo player), Sacramento, November 8,
1985.
PERFORMANCES include the St. Louis Symphony's On Stage Series.
AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.
Included on New York State's NYSSMA contest list.
YOUTUBE of Duo Anime (Mell Csicsila
and Andrew Pongracz) playing Dance Etude No. 1 at Cleveland's "Happy
Dog" December 2011
AUDIO EXCERPTS (1 & 2
"badly-miked" premiere by Hitoshi Maeda & Brian Prechtl; 3
by Florence Ierardi & Andrew Reamer) from
Dance Etude No. 1
Three Mysteries of Nagasaki for Violin and Percussion
Duration: c. 13'
PREMIERED by Terry Vermillion (perc) and Marion Judish (vn), St. Cloud, MN.,
February 2000.
AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.
